Zhang Weixian waved his hand, "There is no need to say these words at home, your eldest brother can inherit my title safely, and pass on the title of Duke of England to his son peacefully, I will be dumbfounded, and I don't dare to expect him to do anything." ”

Wei Bao smiled and didn't say anything.

Like Zhang Zhiji, the second generation of rich and super officials, it is indeed like this, and it is already immeasurable to be able to keep the ancestral title safely, not to mention the top dukedom.

"I heard that tomorrow morning, Your Majesty will canonize you in the court, and the coupons are ready." Zhang Weixian said, "Tomorrow, all the Beijing officials above the fourth grade will have to go to the court, and they all have to wear dresses, and one cannot be absent, which is grand enough, catching up with the pomp and circumstance of His Majesty's wedding, which shows that the grace of the saint is favored and the emperor's grace is mighty." ”

"It should be about the same, I also heard what the little father-in-law said, Wei Bao was very frightened, just with my little credit, I really can't afford the duke, let alone the pomp and circumstance of Your Majesty, I'm afraid of being hated." Wei Bao Road.

"You're right, it's certain to be hated, but it's okay, just because you have killed sixty or seventy thousand Jiannu before and after, it is Xu Da Chang Yuchun and these princes when the country was founded, and that's it." Zhang Weixian said.

"Dad, this is an exaggeration, where do I dare to compare credit with the founding marshal." Wei Bao hurriedly said.

"Almost, at this time and that time, at that time, the rise of the Ming Dynasty, people and financial resources are different from the status quo, and the whole country is twisted into a rope. What is the situation now, scattered sand, each doing its own thing, intrigue, collusion, filth! The more British Minister Zhang Weixian spoke, the more angry he became.

Wei Bao secretly thought, my father-in-law knows a lot of idioms, but he just smiled and didn't speak.

"Xiaobao, just now I said I can't understand you, not that I can't understand how you were promoted, you didn't defect to any faction, and the eunuch party, and the Donglin party have maintained a good relationship, this is a good thing, many people do this, but you do the best! These are your talents, and you are born to understand the way of being an official, and my father is very pleased. I don't understand yours, what do you want to do in the future? Some people become officials for fame, and some people become officials for profit, and fame and fortune follow you like a shadow. The things that people pursue in their lives are nothing more than four things, fame, fortune, power, and affection, so there are basically these two types of suffering in life, that is, they can't get and can't keep them, there are no eternal things in this world, and we often think that the things that are immutable are constantly being born and dying. Even the heart we chase is constantly being born and dying, so when asked how to correctly view fame and fortune, I think that people can turn their minds with things in the first half of their lives, and in the second half of their lives, they should turn with their hearts. If you are not attached, you should have nothing to do but give birth to your mind, like this. When the heart of fame and fortune fades, people's nature will come out, and people will be much happier. Zhang Weixian said.

Wei Bao sweated, I don't know what my old father-in-law wants to say, so I can only nod, how can you talk about philosophy with people of my age, I am not old enough to think about these things.

And what Zhang Weixian said was not Zhang Weixian's own words, Wei Bao remembered that they were all the words he said when he was chatting with people, it seems that Zhang Weixian is very concerned about himself, and he memorized everything he said before.

"Indifferent to fame and fortune does not mean to be a person who has no desires and no desires, on the contrary, it is a person who achieves great things, does not stick to small fame and fortune, and should be guided by the great ambition in his heart, and not be confused by material desires. Mr. Yang Ming has no good words and no disgusting body. There is only purity in the heart, unswervingly chasing their ideals, although they can't reach it, but after all, they have gained something in life. If you fall into fame and fortune, your selfish desires will be like a flood of broken embankments, even if you are lucky enough to get a little fame and fortune, it is also against your heart, what is the use. People's self-cultivation is not only the promotion of wealth, but also the leap of the soul, only by not sticking to fame and fortune, we can obtain greater energy to chase our dreams. Zhang Weixian continued.

Wei Bao couldn't help it, "Dad, it's just the two of us here, if you have anything to say, you can just say it, what kind of bend are we going to make." ”

"I don't mean anything else, I want to ask you, how many soldiers and horses do you actually control under your hands?" Zhang Weixian finally asked what he wanted to ask.

Wei Bao was stunned, he didn't know why Zhang Weixian was asking this, and thought that Zhang Weixian wanted to ask himself whether he wanted to get closer to the Eunuch Party or the Donglin Party.

In fact, the current eunuch party, that is, the imperial party actually controlled by Zhu Youxiao, Zhu Youxiao gave Wei Bao the name of the auxiliary prince, and Wei Bao should be regarded as a hardcore imperial party.

The emperor must have given knighthoods to those closest and most trusted.

"Isn't it just Shandong's 50,000 infantry troops and more than 10,000 sailors. The 50,000 horses in Shanhaiguan belong to my father-in-law, Wu Xiang, and it has something to do with me, but after all, it is not my direct command. Wei Bao said.

"It's not that you are in charge directly, but in the eyes of others, is there a difference between Wu Xiang's soldiers and horses and yours? Including the Jingying, although the Jingying is in my control, others will think that it is your soldiers and horses, that is to say, you are directly in charge of the 150,000 elite infantry of the Ming Dynasty, and they are all around Gyeonggi, how much power is this, what does this mean, you yourself will not be unclear, right? Zhang Weixian said.

Wei Bao now understands a little, "Dad, what do you mean?" You don't doubt my loyalty to Daming, do you? ”

"Dad doesn't doubt it, the emperor can make you an auxiliary prince, how much trust is this, the emperor doesn't doubt it, but the emperor doesn't doubt you, it doesn't mean that others don't doubt it, our family's military power is too heavy, we have to give up some!" Zhang Weixian said: "Dad wants to ask you, Shandong Army and Beijing Camp, if you can only choose one, which one do you want?" ”

Wei Bao completely understood what Zhang Weixian meant, and sighed that the old man was indeed loyal enough to Daming, and he had not heard that anyone was willing to take the initiative to give up the right to send troops, and the military power was the supreme power.

This has little to do with official positions, the difference is in military power, and governors have military power.

"The Beijing camp is in the hands of my father, and it is in the hands of the British government for generations, unless the new British government is really not in the climate, the royal family will consider replacing it. Dad is good, where is my turn to choose. Wei Bao said.

"You don't care about any of that, I'll let you choose one now." Zhang Weixian insisted.

Wei Bao understood what Zhang Weixian meant, Zhang Weixian wanted to take the initiative to resign from the position of governor of Beijing, and wanted to hand over the military power to alleviate the suspicion and jealousy of the outside world against him.

Wei Bao was moved, and at the same time, his brain was spinning rapidly, Wei Bao knew that Zhang Weixian must be loyal to Daming.

Wei Bao thought that if he asked for the Beijing camp, even if the Shandong army was replaced, the Shandong army would still be firmly controlled by himself, but he was afraid that someone would interfere with the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, and he could not be the governor of coastal defense and the governor of Beijing, there was no such good thing, in that case, he would be equivalent to the Ming Emperor.

Moreover, according to the historical process, Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse will live until next summer at most, and there is still more than a year to live.

As soon as Zhu Youxiao died, Chongzhen was the only heir, and he was almost determined to come to power.

If he controls Jingying at that time, he collides with Chongzhen, who is stubborn and very rigid, if he breaks up, he must kill Chongzhen.

Then history changed completely.

Wei Bao no longer cares about the name of the anti-world, Wei Bao just wants more people to live a good life, and just wants to make Huaxia strong.

With the land and population currently in Wei Bao's hands, it is no problem to kill the emperor and stand on his own, militarily speaking.

But the people of the other Ming lands must have fought with themselves to the end.

Even if it can win, the country will not be able to recover without ten or twenty years.

Mainly because there will be no known number of deaths!

This is something that Webel cannot tolerate.

Moreover, what kind of changes will occur after history has completely changed, Wei Bao cannot imagine.

Wei Bao did not swell, he still wanted to implement the established development strategy he had thought of before, and rely on the Ming Dynasty to develop his own power!

Even if Chongzhen comes to power, if he doesn't get along well with Chongzhen and all power is taken back, he will at most take a defensive position and defend his sphere of influence, so that Chongzhen will not take the initiative to attack the Ming Jingshi and change history.

After thinking about all this, Wei Bao said to Zhang Weixian: "Dad, I haven't thought about Jingying, and besides, even if His Majesty asks me to choose today, I will definitely not consider Jingying!" ”

"Do you really think so?" Zhang Weixian's emotions were very complicated, seeing Wei Bao think about it for a long time, he knew that Wei Bao was the result of careful thinking and careful consideration, not Wei Bao's nonsense.

"Hmm." Wei Bao nodded and looked into Zhang Weixian's eyes.

Zhang Weixian sighed and said, "Xiaobao, don't you look down on Jingying so much? You must know that if you are in charge of the Beijing camp, you can basically be sure that in the future, you will be in charge of the capital camp by your auxiliary state mansion, and whoever is in charge of the capital camp will be the first country government in the world. ”

Wei Bao is very clear about this, maybe the British Mansion is not as prominent in historical fame as the Wei Mansion of Xu Da's descendants, but the British Mansion is indeed the first national Mansion now, and there is no dispute.

When he arrived at the position of the British Mansion, he also reached the top of his reputation.

Obviously, these Wei Bao don't care about it, what Wei Bao values least is fame, and what Wei Bao wants is profit.

"Dad, it's not that I don't look down on Jingying, if I take charge of Jingying at such a young age, won't I be even more hated, I'm already very satisfied with being my governor of coastal defense." Wei Bao said: "After temporarily stabilizing the situation outside the Guan, I believe that the most urgent thing for Daming now is to make silver, I can do silver, I believe Your Majesty also thinks so, Your Majesty needs me to make silver, so my position as governor of coastal defense is iron." As for Wu Xiang's Shanhaiguan soldiers and horses, the imperial court did not attach importance to the border army at all, and Wu Xiang was originally a family general in Liaoxi, so he had more military power, and there was no big problem. ”

"Now you've figured it out." Zhang Weixian sighed and said, "That dad only has to resign from the errand of the Beijing camp!" ”

Wei Bao was taken aback: "This is not necessary, if Dad does this, it will make the emperor have some ideas." ”

Zhang Weixian shook his hand: "You, you're still too young, do you think that the good things in the world can make us all catch up?" Dad resigned as the governor of Jingying to protect you. And my father is also old, you have seen what kind of person your eldest brother is, he can't be an official, and others won't be convinced, and when my father leaves office, most of them will be replaced by others. It's better to accept it when you see it at this time. ”

When Wei Bao heard Zhang Weixian say this, he was moved and admired, and he was very moved to understand, knowing that Zhang Weixian was for his own good.

Wei Bao did not admire Zhang Weixian for being so decisive and able to give up his position as a high-ranking official, but admired Zhang Weixian's vision.

In the original history, Wei Bao remembered the position of the governor of Jingying, and as soon as Chongzhen came to power, he was replaced by Li Banghua of the Donglin Party, and then he was replaced by Dingguo Gong, Cheng Guogong, Li Guozhen and others, anyway, it did not fall into the hands of the hereditary British Gongzhang Zhiji.

This is mainly because Zhang Zhiji's image is not good, everyone thinks that Zhang Zhiji is completely incapable, and can only eat, drink and have fun.

Otherwise, with Zhang Weixian's great contribution to protecting the Emperor of the Apocalypse and protecting Chongzhen's accession to the throne, the Zhang family's trust in the royal trust must be no problem at all.

"Okay, let's not talk about it, let's go to dinner, talk while drinking, today I and your eldest brother, the three of us have a good drink." Zhang Weixian said happily: "Don't think about it too much, just remember that the more you are in a high position, the more humble you are." ”

Wei Bao nodded and said, "Follow my father's teachings." ”

Zhang Weixian laughed, very satisfied with his son-in-law's attitude, perhaps because his son was really not an official, so Zhang Weixian pinned his hopes on his son-in-law.

Originally, Zhang Weixian was just optimistic about Wei Bao, and he was not so enthusiastic as now, but now Wei Bao has been crowned the Duke of the Kingdom, and Wei Bao is his son-in-law.

Zhang Weixian has reason to believe that the future generations of Fuguo Gong will remember that he is the son-in-law of the British Duke, and will remember the bits and pieces of his dealings with the Fuguo Mansion, including his initiative to resign as the governor of Beijing for the sake of his son-in-law, and I believe that it will become a good story in the future.

Everyone has selfish intentions, Zhang Weixian is no exception, Zhang Weixian has no other skills, he inquires about news all day long, studies the development of the DPRK situation, and is a good hand.

Wei Bao admired Zhang Weixian's ability in this regard, and last time Zhang Weixian even told Wei Bao that the emperor would not live for two years, which was the same as the ability to travel through the giant.

Originally, it was said that the three of them had a meal, but more and more people came to visit.

The officials of the capital knew that the Duke of Fuguo was in the British Mansion, and they all rushed to congratulate him.

Originally, Wei Bao didn't want to see him, but Zhang Weixian also said that he had accepted a gift and asked Zhang Zhiji to go out to be polite, so he said that Wei Bao had worked all the way and had already slept.

But no, the cabinet ministers came later, as well as Li Chengnei, Wei Bao's sworn brother, and Luo Yangxing, friends who had a better relationship.

Wei Bao had no choice but to receive, and the reception inevitably kept people for dinner.

In this way, the scale of the banquet in the British Mansion is getting bigger and bigger, and Wei Bao simply asked several restaurants outside the British Mansion to set up banquets, so that everyone can drink their own happy wine.

If you want to be low-key, you can't be low-key, things in officialdom have always been like this, the celebrity must be in front of the door, hiding in his father-in-law's house is still like the city, and an idle official like Sun Chengzong, regardless of whether he was a very good minister before, once he has no power, no one cares about him immediately.

Fortunately, Sun Chengzong returned to his hometown, otherwise it would have been very desolate in the capital.

Wei Bao now also understands why officials leave office and call them to return to their hometowns, the place where they are officials can't stay at all, and they can't stand the stimulation, so they can only sell their family property cheaply, roll up and leave.

Li Chengnei and Wei Bao hadn't seen each other for a while, and they were very affectionate: "Xiaobao, no, it's time to call Fuguo Gong." ”

"Brother, we are sworn brothers, better than brothers, what you said, don't you let me drink?" Wei Bao feigned displeasure.

Li Chengnei hurriedly touched the back of his head and smirked.

When Wei Bao entered the official career, he was not as good as Li Chengnei, Li Chengnei was a hundred households because of the relationship between East Li Niangniang, and more than a year later, Li Chengnei is still a hundred households.

It's not that Li Chengnei is slow to be promoted, like Li Chengnei, if he wants to be promoted to a thousand households in hundreds of households, even if he has a relationship and a background, he will have to wait for at least three or five years, and once he reaches the position of a thousand households, it is almost difficult to go further in the future, not to mention that Li Chengnei is so honest, if it weren't for Wei Bao's brother, it would be very difficult for Li Chengnei to keep the jobs of hundreds of households.

Wei Bao smiled at Li Chengnei, and then said to Tian Ergeng, the commander of Jinyiwei: "Lord Tian, how about my eldest brother being a hundred households?" ”

Tian Ergeng is a smart person, and there is no one who is not a smart person who started by shaving a beard and beating horses, so he hurriedly smiled and said: "If you return to your grandfather, Lord Li Chengnei is shrewd and capable, and he is a capable person in our Jinyiwei." ”

Wei Bao smiled slightly, "Then why is it still a hundred households?" It seems that there are still a lot of capable people in your brocade guards. ”

"No way, there are more monks and less porridge." Tian Ergeng sighed and said: "I have always wanted to help Lord Li plan to improve, there is no vacancy, if you don't believe it, Grandpa Guo asked Lord Li, in my opinion, it is best to let Lord Li go to the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong, it will be easy." ”

Wei Bao scolded secretly, good for you to be a farmer, and give Lao Tzu to play ball, "The governor of Haiphong Yamen is not in the capital, my brother's family is living locally, and if I go to other places, the child is too young, I can't bear it." ”

Tian Ergeng was puzzled: "Yes." ”

Wei Bao said with a smile: "Lord Tian, drink a bar, wait until I haven't said it, the location is the location, the position of a thousand households, you can continue to do the business of a hundred households, forget it, when I haven't said it." Don't spread the word that I interfere in the affairs of Jinyiwei, I'm a small official, but I don't have such a big face. ”

"Grandpa Guo said with a smile, I will report that the factory is 9,000 years old tonight, Grandpa Guo can rest assured, I may have too many things, and I have been busy all the time, Grandpa Guo's affairs are my Tianergeng affairs, I will definitely die hard." Tian Ergeng hurriedly said.

Wei Bao smiled slightly and took the initiative to pick up his wine glass.

Tian Ergeng hurriedly stood up and toasted.

Tian Ergeng is the commander of Jinyiwei, although the commander of Jinyiwei is only a third-grade official, but Tian Ergeng's actual power is definitely not less than that of Jiliao Governor, more than any ordinary governor, even for the British Gongzhang Weixian, Tian Ergeng did not fear to this extent.