This was an era in which the imperial examination was taken very seriously, and all feudal literati believed that articles could save the world.

The first thing they value is a person's talent in poetry, books and articles, and without this foundation, they will feel that this person has no real talent and real learning.

Because he knew the details of Wei Bao, Sun Chengzong felt very shocked today, and felt that Wei Bao was not what he thought.

Because Sun Chengzong knew the details of Wei Bao, he didn't think that Wei Bao could rely on his own ability to title the gold list.

But Wei Bao not only has a set of business, business, and officialdom communication, but also seems to have a set of analysis of the situation, application and formulation of strategies.

So Sun Chengzong's attitude towards Wei Bao has eased again, and he is no longer as resistant as he was at the beginning.

No matter whether he can see through Wei Bao or not, no matter what kind of person he is as a disciple, no matter whether it is a good thing or a bad thing to receive Wei Bao, anyway, Sun Chengzong feels that Wei Bao is more talented than he imagined.

"Xiaobao, I was going to discuss today, my mind is a little messy, it's better to wait until after your marriage, your marriage, as a teacher, will personally preside, and all Jiliao and Liaodong generals will participate. Ma Shilong's matter, as a teacher, I hope that you will make a big thing a small thing, and a small thing. Sun Chengzong said.

"Thank you!" Wei Bao was quite pleased that Sun Chengzong had suddenly changed his attitude.

But it was also a little difficult, "Teacher, but do you know that Jiannu is now gathering a large army to attack North Korea?" Mao Wenlong's people have all retracted back to the island, regardless of North Korea, if Liaodong can't contain it, Jiannu will drive straight in, which will not only cause great damage to North Korea, but also make the Ming Dynasty completely lose the right to speak in North Korea. If you don't get it right, Jiannu will still control North Korea! When the time comes, Jiannu has a relatively stable rear, and things will be difficult to do. ”

"Xiaobao, how much do you think we can do to Jiannu? We can't take care of North Korea for the time being, so we don't need to think about it. As for saying that Jiannu wants to take the whole of North Korea just like this, it is impossible, Jiannu does not have this strength, as long as Mao Wenlong's Dongjiang Army is still there, Jiannu will not dare to do this. Sun Chengzong smiled slightly.

Wei Bao secretly thought, you are a cunning old man, you are not unclear about everything, you are clear about everything.

You don't give Mao Wenlong any support, so that Mao Wenlong has to ask Denglai for everything he needs, and you know very well that Mao Wenlong has a role in building slaves!

"Then why didn't the teacher let Mao Wenlong assist the Koreans in fighting against Jiannu?" Wei Bao asked.

"Hehe, I'm not calling Mao Wenlong, I'm calling Mao Wenlong, he will definitely ask for military salaries and food, ask for military expenses, where can I get it for him? You yourself know that it is very difficult for the imperial court now. Now Jiliao is also stretched, and the most common problem encountered by Jiliao Governor's Mansion every day is to urge for silver and food, and this kind of thing is happening everywhere. These things can be delayed as long as they can. What you just said to the teacher, take a good look at it for the teacher these days. Moreover, since Ma Shilong's matter has been stabbed to the imperial court, if the imperial court does not speak, everyone will not be in the mood to discuss it. "Sun Chengzong said: 'Okay, let's do it first, for the sake of the teacher last night for your business, I didn't sleep all night, and now I am very tired.'

"Take care!" Although Wei Bao was not satisfied with Sun Chengzong's procrastination.

He was dissatisfied with Sun Chengzong, as the supreme commander of Jiliao, procrastinating and delaying the fighter plane, regardless of North Korea.

But Wei Bao also had nothing to do with Sun Chengzong.

In fact, Wei Bao is not afraid of people, he hates these officialdom shortcomings the most, he drags it when he encounters trouble, he drags it desperately, he drags it when he can, and he drags it out into a big thing, and he is a dead pig who is not afraid of hot hands.

Everyone feels that something big has happened, it is not anyone's business, and Daming is not anyone's Daming.

Don't you know that this is how the Ming Dynasty went into decline and perished step by step.

Never mind! Lao Tzu is not a savior.

Wei Bao said goodbye to Sun Chengzong and left the Governor's Mansion, not in a very good mood.

As the time of rebirth goes by, he understands the world more and more, and understands the disadvantages of the Ming officialdom more and more, and Wei Bao becomes more and more dissatisfied with this world.

Wei Bao originally planned to go back to the house directly, but after thinking about it, he decided to meet Wu Xiang and discuss with Wu Xiang about the meeting with Sun Chengzong just now.

Once Wu Xuexia was not by his side, Wei Bao suddenly discovered that Wu Xuexia was irreplaceable unconsciously.

Wei Bao goes to Wu Mansion now, just like going back to his own home, he can go directly to the backyard and wait without notification.

This is also what Wu Xiang explained to his subordinates.

Wu Xiang didn't say that he completely accepted Wei Bao, but he knew that Wei Bao would become his son-in-law.

Even if he is still on guard against Wei Bao and has reservations, he can be regarded as handing over most of his sincerity.

When Wu Xuexia heard that Wei Bao was coming, she didn't care about etiquette and came to see Wei Bao with Wu Xiang.

"Can't you wait two days? I'm about to get married, and I'm in a hurry to meet. "Wu Xiang has no way to take his baby daughter, he was born a daughter slave, and he can only shake his head and smile bitterly.

Although Wei Bao didn't plan to see Wu Xuexia, he was also very happy to see Wu Xuexia, who had not seen her for a few days, only to find that this girl had already integrated into her life.

"Xuexia."

"Lang Jun."

Wei Bao and Wu Xuexia ran together, and their hands were inseparable.

Wu Xiang shook his head helplessly, and turned his face away, although he was just pulling hands, he still felt a little embarrassed in front of him, who was a father.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, let go of Wu Xuexia's hand, invited Wu Xiang to sit down, and then told him about the meeting with Sun Chengzong just now.

"Sun Chengzong is waiting for the imperial court, waiting for His Majesty's reaction, and seeing how biased they are towards Lang Jun!" Wu Xuexia rushed in front of Wu Xiang and said.

Wu Xiang nodded and said: "It's Xue Xia who said so, this is by no means Sun Chengzong succumbed, no one will be willing to succumb to anyone who wants to shake his powerful position." Xiaobao, you hit Sun Chengzong directly in the face! Even if he thinks about the friendship between teachers and students, it is impossible to say that he will be discouraged. Therefore, you can only believe half of Sun Chengzong's words! What did he say to personally preside over your marriage, and what did he say to call all the generals of Jiliao and Liaodong to participate, just listen to it, don't let the news out in advance! ”

"Yes, that's what Dad and Xuexia said." Wei Bao actually thinks the same way, but he is a little unconfident by nature, maybe he has been a silk silk for too long in modern times.

Even if you think about something, it's often hard to decide.

"I originally wanted to take advantage of the fact that Ma Shilong is grounded now and recruit my own soldiers from Weijiazhuang to come over and reorganize the soldiers and horses in Shanhaiguan, what does my father think about this?" Wei Bao asked again. Wei Bao thought about this last night, and Wei Bao did this to the Shandong defenders when he was in Shandong, and he achieved great success.

Wu Xiang didn't speak immediately when he heard this.

Wu Xuexia didn't speak immediately.

Wei Bao didn't rush either.

After a while, Wu Xiang shook his head and said: "This is a big thing, it is a direct seizure of power, and it is a seizure of military power, if you don't do it well, it will cause a big disaster!" Xiaobao, I know that you have seized the military power in Shandong, and completely turned the Shandong soldiers and horses into your personal soldiers and horses, but the situation in Jiliao and Liaodong is different, the hereditary situation here is more rigorous, and all the soldiers and generals are connected by flesh and blood! Moreover, the soldiers and horses of Jiliao and Liaodong are intricately intertwined, and the number is even larger! ”

Wei Bao snorted, secretly wondering if you didn't say it in vain?

"Xiaobao, tell me the truth, how many soldiers and horses do you have in your hands now? How many soldiers and horses are there in Weijiazhuang? How many soldiers and horses are there in southern Liaoning? How many soldiers and horses are there in Shandong? Wu Xiang asked.

Wei Bao looked at Wu Xuexia.

Wu Xuexia originally wanted to signal Wei Bao not to say it.

Wu Xiang also looked at Wu Xuexia for the first time, "Hehe, is there anything else that can't be known to me, a father?" Are you worried that I'll tell your uncle? I'm not old enough to get confused, am I? ”

"There's nothing you can't say." Wei Bao said with a smile: "There are more than 50,000 infantry and more than 10,000 sailors in Shandong!" Weijiazhuang has more than 10,000 infantry and thousands of sailors. There are more than 20,000 infantry and thousands of sailors in southern Liaoning. The infantry of Weijiazhuang and Liaonan can be worth ten or even twenty infantry with cold weapons! It can be worth three to five cavalry. ”

Wu Xiang was taken aback, he didn't expect Wei Bao to have such great strength? "In this way, your strength alone is more than the generals of Jiliao and Liaodong combined!? You can even fight the Jiannu on your own, right? ”

"It's almost, otherwise why hasn't Jiannu been sneaking up on me for more than a year, but I can't even touch the edge of southern Liaoning?" Wei Bao said indifferently.

Wu Xiang twisted his beard slowly, as if he was deliberately calming the excitement in his heart, he didn't expect that Wei Bao had quietly developed such a considerable number of troops in just over a year?

"The main thing is that the teacher is unknown! You are the supervisor of the imperial court, and the supervisor army does not have the power to directly command the army! You can't let your own private soldiers and horses reorganize tens of thousands of defenders at Shanhaiguan, right? If this matter spreads, even if Gonggong Wei helps you carry it, what will Your Majesty think? Besides, I don't think Gonggong Wei may be able to help you carry it, no one will watch such a large number and powerful private army appear in the world. Wu Xiang said.

"It will definitely not work to be reorganized, but this matter can be done quietly, Lang Jun can first recruit three thousand presidential guards into Shanhaiguan, gather the defenders of Shanhaiguan, and seize control in the next few days to find out the details of all the soldiers and generals. If His Majesty is completely on Lang Jun's side, Lang Jun will make a drastic move, dismantle the Shanhaiguan garrison, and support my father to become the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan! If the replies of His Majesty and the imperial court are ambiguous and belong to the attitude of harmony, then forget it, only support a group of generals, and develop a force belonging to the Heaven and Earth Society in the Shanhaiguan garrison. Wu Xuexia made a plan.

Wei Bao nodded again and again.

Wu Xiang's eyes widened, and he was very excited in his heart, support me? I, a fourth-rank officer, can I be promoted to the position of the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan all at once? Isn't that much higher than Zu Dashou?

Zu Dashou is now just a lieutenant general!

In that case, my Wu family will be in Liaoxi from now on, what opponents will there be? It is to look at the entire Jiliao, the entire Liaodong, and the entire north of the Ming Dynasty, and my Wu family will also become a big family!

"Dad, what do you think?" Wei Bao asked Wu Xiang.

"I didn't think about it. There are only two questions, one, you have so much power that you can influence Your Majesty to promote me? The Shanhaiguan General Army is an important position. Secondly, I am your father-in-law, you speak for me, what will Your Majesty and Wei Zhongxian think? Wu Xiang expressed his concerns, "Also, with my qualifications, I spent money to buy a martial artist, but it is only more than four years, and the time to enter the rank is still short, and the qualifications are far from enough, even if you have great ability to help me into the position, will others be convinced?" Am I doing a good job in this position? Also, even if I sit firmly, from now on, the generals of Jiliao and the generals of Liaodong will really have to part ways with my Wu family. Isolated by everyone, even if you have a sizable army in your hands, you can't stand the suspicion of the imperial court, and there are many generals and officials in Jiliao and Liaodong who are constantly attacking. ”

"Hehe, Dad, you're thinking too much." Wei Bao smiled slightly, originally Wu Xiang just said two questions, but he came up with so many questions.

"Dad, if everything really goes well, you control the soldiers and horses of Shanhaiguan, who will dare to disagree with Jiliao and Liaodong from now on? With the fact that we have blocked the natural danger of Shanhaiguan, all roads have to pass from us, and with the strength of the Heaven and Earth Society, they don't want to live unless they don't want to. Wu Xuexia is obviously much more domineering than her father.

Wu Xiang stopped talking, the position of the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, he really didn't even dare to dream about it, he was terrified when he thought about it, although he was only in his forties, Wu Xiang was already frightened now, he felt that his heart was beating so fast, and his lips were a little white.

Seeing her father like this, Wu Xuexia hurriedly poured a cup of hot tea for Wu Xiang, and said angrily: "Dad, why are you so worried?" As long as you regard Xiaobao as the pillar of our Wu family in the future, and stand with the Heaven and Earth Society wholeheartedly, what is there to worry about? Although the land of Liaoxi and Liaodong is still in the hands of the family generals, all the Liao people have already arrived in Weijiazhuang and Liaonan, and the land in Liaonan is not smaller than Liaodong, right? Don't you understand the general trend? As long as Xiaobao squeezes out Sun Chengzong and leads Jiliao and the Liaodong border army to fight a big victory this winter, who dares to disobey you? ”

"You're still too young to think about the good in everything." Wu Xiang waved his hand again and again, took a sip of hot tea, felt a little better, and coughed: "Who can guarantee a steady victory in the war?" Even if a battle is won, will the situation in Jiliao and Liaodong completely change? You still don't know much about the imperial court system, Jiliao, and the general pattern of Liaodong. ”

Wei Bao also fell into deep thought, in the face of war, everyone is insignificant.

The philosophy of history simply says that history is driven by power.

The course of history contains innumerable contingencies, which together constitute the inevitability of history.

Although one or two outstanding figures may appear by chance, these tasks are also involuntary in the face of history, and they are nothing more than clowns.

The insight into history requires the wisdom of real life rather than the grasp of theoretical reason.

Power is not power in the general political sense, power is a relationship between people and people, and different powers are concentrated together to form a historical force and form a historical power pyramid.

And at the top of the pyramid, there are heroes.

The contingency of history is the base at the bottom of the pyramid, which is the majority of history.

Usually, when the average historian studies history, he or she finds it difficult to grasp these countless contingencies, so he extracts a special case from it or simply looks for the heroes at the top of the pyramid to interpret them.

But this is only a small part of history, not the whole of history, especially as the base of most pyramids.

And from the point of view of the power pyramid itself, as a hero at the top, he can only directly influence a limited part of himself.

And for most of the contingencies of the pedestal of power, there is complete powerlessness.

As for the kind of heroes who use heroes as historical reasons and motives, it is very ridiculous.

The hero's orders are passed through layers of layers, and when they reach the bottom, they are already unrecognizable, and not all the hero's orders can be conveyed to the point, and there are always a few that can really be conveyed, but this is not a historical reason, but only a small part of all the reasons.

Therefore, the role of heroes is limited, and even many times can only be regarded as a part of ordinary people.

The inevitability that serves as the base of the pyramid of power is the masses of the people.

This is also the more Wei Bao develops, the less he feels that he has the ability to change anything in this era, so he can only follow the trend and rise secretly.

Even after the rise, you can't do whatever you want.

Wei Bao will even feel that he is nothing more than a nouveau riche who started with the help of the times.

Whenever he approached war, Wei Bao felt that his conceit and arrogance would be exposed.

Wei Bao knew that he was not a military genius, and even in military command, he was not as magical as the legend at all, and was more rigid and self-serving.

Therefore, Wei Bao rarely commanded the war in person, and at most clearly told the people below what the results of this campaign would be achieved.

What must be done and what is sought to be done.

Then Wei Bao will focus on logistics planning and try to do a good job of allocating resources.

"Dad, you are afraid to do things, you can only achieve nothing." Wei Bao said: "If you are worried, forget it." Xuexia, let's think of another way. ”

"Dad, Lang Jun has already given you the opportunity, the development of the Heaven and Earth Society is unstoppable! If you don't do it, he will support others one day, and when the time comes, you will not regret it, and you will not be blushing. Wu Xuexia was very decisive and said to Wei Bao: "Lang Jun, you will transfer troops to Shanhaiguan later!" Now that Ma Shilong is grounded, it is a godsend. No matter what His Majesty's attitude is, we must take this opportunity to get control of Shanhaiguan. ”

Wei Bao glanced at Wu Xuexia and was a little shocked by his woman.

Wu Xuexia thought that Wei Bao was also hesitating, and was a little anxious, "Lang Jun, if my father doesn't have this ability, he can appoint someone else!" There can be no delay. ”

"Good! I'll arrange it! Wei Bao finally made up his mind.