"To do such a big thing, how can five thousand taels of silver be enough? Fifty thousand taels of silver! Wu Xiang stretched out five fingers and raised them, and then said with a smile: "But it doesn't matter, this silver, Wei Bao will give it to me in the future!" I'll send someone to Beijing to do some more and send another letter to Weijiazhuang! Wei Bao is not a stingy person, knowing that I have done so many things for him behind his back, he will return it to me when the time comes. ”

Wu Zushi was relieved at this time, "I have to make it clear to Wei Bao, otherwise it will not be good to be jealous of our family." I hope he is a grateful person who knows that we have done so much for him. ”

Wu Xiang nodded, "It's not just for him Wei Bao, but also for our Xuexia!" ”

"I'm afraid that something will go wrong with Wei Bao and Xuexia's marriage, after all, they have never been engaged! Also, when Gonggong Wei sees that you are sparing no effort to make money for Wei Bao, will you guard against us? If our family joins forces with Wei Bao, it will be equivalent to Liaoxi and Liaodong being united, and this force is not small. ”

"Nope! Gonggong Wei is not guarding against our Liaoxi, Liaodong, and Liaonan side, but the Donglin Party! We are not officials in the imperial court, so we are not a threat to him! On the contrary, the people promoted by Gonggong Wei himself gained huge local power, doesn't it mean that Gonggong Wei has gained influence in that place? Wu Xiang said thoughtfully.

"Then what if Wei Bao doesn't marry our Xuexia in the future?" Wu Zushi asked.

"You, this money, we spent it for Wei Bao, and he owes us more! Do you think there is no one in Weibao? Wei Bao has long been in a relationship with Father-in-law Wei, as long as Sun Chengzong's recital is sent to the imperial court, at the same time, Wei Bao will also receive a letter sent to him by Sun Chengzong! Wei Bao will naturally ask people to ask Minister Wei for money! When the time comes, won't you be able to get the position of the Liaoning Southern Transfer Envoy? With the help of Jiliao Governor, this matter is nine out of ten, understand? As for Wei Bao and Xuexia's marriage and daughter's affairs, don't worry too much! Children and grandchildren have their own children and grandchildren! Our Xuexia is so beautiful, what man wouldn't like it? Wei Bao is not blind! What's more, if Wei Bao dares to offend my Wu family, even if he has Weijiazhuang and Liaonan, and his momentum surpasses my Wu family, but we control Liaoxi, we can still make him uncomfortable! Unless he doesn't contact Kannai in the future! Otherwise I can let him fly up and fall off! ”

When Wu Zushi heard this, he was a little relieved, "Well, I'm relieved if you have an idea, I'm really not sure about Wei Bao's child, a fourteen-year-old child, why is it so incomprehensible?" ”

"It's right if you can't eat it, who can do great things, who is a person who is easy to guess? This kid is very talented. Wu Xiang said with a smile.

All this happened in western Liaoning, and Wei Bao, who was far away in southern Liaoning, didn't know anything about it.

Wei Bao is still in Liaoyang City.

Because of the occupation of Liaoyang City, Jiannu was in danger of being cut off the grain road, and the cold in winter was getting heavier and heavier, coupled with the continuous harassment and attack of the treasure army in various places, so that Jiannu had to shrink greatly in southern Liaoning.

Fuzhou and Yongning were all abandoned, and the Jiannu army all shrank to the areas north of Gaizhou, Xiuyan and Xuancheng.

Mainly because of the difficulty of supply, and there are many cities in the north, which are more strategic than Fuzhou and Yongning, even if they can't give full play to the advantages of Jiannu Iron Cavalry in winter, when the spring flowers bloom, they are also confident that they can quickly subdue Yongning and Fuzhou, and even directly take Jinzhou City and Lushunkou to get the entire southern Liaoning!

If it is not a war, it is fine, and there is not much problem in the transportation of grain and grass to maintain the supply.

But when the war starts, there will be more messy losses, and the amount of food used by the soldiers every day will also increase several times! Fighting a war is much more tiring than doing farm work, and in that case, according to the usual number of transports, it will definitely not be possible to guarantee supplies!

Moreover, even if there is no war this winter, Jiannu's own food is very short, and the supply is very difficult.

This is also the reason why Wei Bao has the confidence to wrestle with Jiannu in southern Liaoning, and it is the main reason!

Whether it can be compared to the rich people in Jiangnan, Wei Bao doesn't know, anyway, Wei Bao now dares to compete with Jiannu on his own!

Due to the shortage of forage, it is impossible for the Jiannu cavalry of the brigade to move and fight, but the small group of Jiannu's cavalry can still cooperate with the battle, and Jiannu is good at archery, and the individual combat ability is still much higher than that of the treasure army.

Fortunately, there are more than 4 million Liao people behind the Heaven and Earth Society and the Bao Army, otherwise, purely from a military point of view, the Bao Army is still not the opponent of the Jiannu army militarily, and only has the share of being beaten and harassing the opponent.

A frontal attack is almost impossible.

In that case, needless to say, it is impossible to drive all the Jiannu out of southern Liaoning, even if they are evenly matched.

Liaoyang City is in danger.

Nearly 10,000 people have been killed or wounded in the Bao army, and there are only a few remaining non-commissioned officers with combat experience, most of the remaining are newly replenished recruits, and there are more than 5,000 enlisted troops transferred from Korea.

The recruits and the coercion army, the three of them are not as good as an experienced Liuzi, let alone a Jiannu who is several times more fierce than Liuzi!

Jiannu has been riding and shooting since childhood, and everyone is brave!

The total strength of the Bao army is now less than 10,000.

Jiannu continued to increase troops, with a total of more than 20,000 troops on the battlefield in southern Liaoning!

At this stage, President Wei thoroughly realized the horror of Jiannu, but whenever he took the battle, the Baojun never won.

If it weren't for the periphery of Liaoyang City, the Bao army had been fighting to the death and constantly harassing Jiannu, Liaoyang City would have been captured long ago.

At this time, the great eunuchs of Bingjun Tu Wenfu and Liu Yingkun and Tao Wen arrived, and these big eunuchs were all old acquaintances of Wei Bao, and they had seen them in Weijiazhuang at the beginning.

Wei Bao didn't expect that the head of the Ministry of Rites Xiong, whom he had only seen before in the exam, also came.

At the same time, there are people Wei Bao even more unexpected, Wu Sanfu and Wu Xuexia, who also came.

Liaoyang City, which will be approached by the Jiannu army almost every day and will be attacked at any time, is even more lively this time.

"Father-in-law Tu is good!" Wei Bao got the report, personally greeted him out of the city, and at the gate of the city, when he saw Tu Wenfu and others coming, he immediately saluted.

Wu Xiang asked Wu Xiang to transport these people in two big boats, and only a few horses accompanied them, and the carriages couldn't pass, so they all rode horses.

Wei Bao glanced at Wu Xuexia and Wu Xiang, and secretly liked it in his heart, but there were too many people, so it was not easy to speak alone immediately.

I haven't seen Wu Xuexia for more than a month, and Wei Bao suddenly found that he missed Wu Xuexia very much, and he was hard and swollen underneath what he thought.

But I saw that she was wearing a carved silk cotton dress with green and green roots and flowers, a twelve-painted lotus leaf skirt embroidered with lake-colored plum blossoms on the bottom of a camel gray bottom, and a purple bottom bucket pattern icing on the cake and a foreign thread of silk Bixialuo.

Black and bright green silk, the hair is graceful and chic double buns, the light and slow cloud temples are inserted with red gold filled with bluestone longevity flowers, the skin is like a gold ring with a plum leaf ring on the hand, the waist is tied with a light blue pink blue embroidered gold floral pattern belt, on which is hung a red buckle Ruyi pile embroidered sachet, and the feet are wearing pink and orange soft satin pajamas, a super stunning beauty.

Wu Xuexia glanced at Wei Bao and then turned her gaze.

I haven't seen him for more than a month, Wei Bao seems to be a little taller, and after some wind and frost, the appearance of an adult has gradually come out.

Wu Xuexia's heart is hot, her heart is like a spring flower that needs to bloom urgently, and she is shy.

"Master Wei, let's meet again, you are now majestic, not only the disciple of Master Inspector, but also made such a big thing, even Jiannu was beaten by you? We came to you from the capital, and we had to ride a horse, a horse, a boat, and a horse, but we could suffer the old sin. Tu Wenfu said without being salty or light.

"A few grand dukes have worked hard, please enter the city quickly, I want to entertain a few grand dukes and adults with the best wine and meat! Please! Wei Bao knew what the old eunuchs wanted, they wanted to enjoy, they wanted money, and they didn't talk nonsense, so they made a gesture of please.

The great eunuchs Tu Wenfu, Liu Yingkun, and Tao Wen were satisfied with Wei Bao's enthusiasm.

"Don't be busy, are you safe in Liaoyang City? Don't go into the city right now, if you want to leave after a while, you won't be able to walk again, right? Tu Wenfu said coldly: "Everything else is easy to say, I don't want to be caught by Jiannu and disemboweled." ”

"Father-in-law, but rest assured, there will never be such a thing! My Wei Bao guarantees my life, even if I Wei Bao loses my life, I will never let a few grand dukes hurt a single hair! Wei Bao smiled like a flower, this sycophant shot was a little excessive, and the main Wei Bao was happy.

Wei Bao had already received letters from Wu Xiang and Sun Chengzong before this, and he already knew what the two had done for themselves behind their backs.

Wei Bao guessed that these big eunuchs must have come by holy decree, and the accompanying officials of the Ministry of Rites would definitely arrange for Enke to take a township test in Liaoyang City immediately!

Then he justifiably gained fame, and it is estimated that he will announce on the spot that he will be given the official position of the transfer envoy of southern Liaoning!

This fame and the official position of the Liaoning Southern Transit Envoy are what Wei Bao needs very much and likes very much!

In fact, the fame of the people is incomparable with the official position of the Liaoning Southern Transit Envoy!

But Wei Bao seems to pay more attention, because Wei Bao has really put too much effort into scientific research, and he has not worked so hard when he is studying in modern times.

If your hard work is rewarded, don't say anything, the key is that Wei Bao passed the imperial examination, and there is no shadow of being rewarded on the road to the imperial examination! Isn't that bad?

In modern times, not getting a high degree of education has always been a big regret for Wei Bao, in the era of the Ming Dynasty, and in the case of paying so much, there is no hope, if this regret is superimposed, it will simply overwhelm people!

Fortunately, now there is hope for everything again!

This renewed hope is incomparably exciting!

Tu Wenfu listened to Wei Bao's resoluteness, and although his good impression of Wei Bao increased a little bit in his heart, he didn't take Wei Bao's words too seriously.

"Lord Xiong, quickly arrange for Wei Gongzi and Wu Gongzi to take the exam this time! Quickly finish the test, quickly correct, and start the list quickly! Let's try to leave Liaoyang City before dark today, who knows when Jiannu will call? This is not a place to stay! Tu Wenfu's speed of speech was very fast, and he used countless speeds in a row.

Xiong Wencan hurriedly agreed, "Obey my father-in-law's orders!" ”

Wei Bao saluted Xiong Wencan and said, "Lord Xiong, we meet again, my talent and fame are obtained in your hands, and I can be regarded as half of your disciple." ”

Xiong Wencan nodded and said, "Wei Bao, Wei Gongzi, I have already written you down, you may not know who I am, right?" My name is Xiong Wencan! After today, there will be two more masters in Liaoxi, I congratulate you and Wu Gongzi in advance! ”

Wu Sanfu hurriedly came over and thanked Wei Bao together, both of them were happy in their hearts, this has not started the test yet? Just congratulate you in advance?

However, Wei Bao was not surprised at all that he could pass the township test to become a lifter immediately, and it was a fast through train, because Sun Chengzong and Wu Xiang had already given him a passage through the wind.

Wei Bao was shocked that he didn't know until now that the head of the Ministry of Rites, who had known him for a long time, was actually Xiong Wencan?

Wei Bao knows Xiong Wencan quite well in modern times.

Xiong Wencan is a native of Yunjin Town, Lu County, Luzhou City, Sichuan Province, a Jinshi in the 35th year of Wanli (1607), awarded the Huangzhou Push Official, the director of the Ministry of Rites, Langzhong, Shandong Left Politics, Shanxi According to the Inspectorate, Shandong Right Political Envoy, the Ministry of War, Shangshu and other positions.

In the first year of Chongzhen (1628), he was promoted to the right of the imperial history, governor of Fujian, the pirate Zheng Zhilong attacked Tongshan from Xiamen, Wen Can recruited Zhilong and appointed him as a coastal defense guerrilla to conquer the pirates Li Kuiqi and Liu Xiang, and completely pacified the pirates on the southeast coast.

Ping Wei was recommended by Yang Sichang, Wen Can proposed "five difficulties and four can't", and tried his best to shirk, but Chongzhen was still entrusted with a big task.

In April of the tenth year of Chongzhen, Xiong Wencan served as the secretary of the military department and the right deputy capital of the imperial history, and acted as the prime minister of Nangi, Henan, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Huguang and Sichuan.

Later, Yang Sichang suggested the strategy of "four positive and six corners, ten sides of the net", increased the army and paid most of the troops, encircled and suppressed the peasant army, and "followed the thief's direction, and was responsible for killing and killing".

The initial move paid off.

After Wen Can supervised the military affairs, the Ming army won successive battles, and the peasant uprising fell into a low ebb, and Luo Rucai was among them.

In May of the eleventh year of Chongzhen, Wen Can still went forward to persuade Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng to surrender, and Zhang Xianzhong was nominally obedient to the Ming Dynasty, but in fact he was urging Xiong Wencan to ask for silver, and tens of thousands of troops were stationed in Gucheng, waiting for an opportunity.

In May of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong made a comeback, and Xiong Wencan was arrested and imprisoned for the failure of this situation, and was beheaded the following year.

The body was transported back to Luzhou and buried with his wife Yang Shihe, under the Xinxi Field in Zhaoya Town, Luxian County, along the north bank of the Yangtze River.

In the northern suburbs of the eastern city of Xuyong, there is a laterite mountain range extending from Hongya Mountain, which goes in an east-west direction, and penetrates into the heart of the Yongning River from top to bottom. There are five small hills evenly arranged from beginning to end on the mountain, which is extremely dignified and stable.

Since the fourteenth year of Chongzhen in the Ming Dynasty, people have called it to dig out the mountain, but the original name of the mountain is no longer known.

From the point of view of Kanyuxue, this mountain range is really a rare feng shui treasure in the world. Its head rests on the towering Zixia Peak, and its feet step on the Yongning River; The front is far away opposite to Jiulong Mountain and Shihuling, the momentum is magnificent, forming the trend of the dragon and the tiger; On the back is the thirty-six peaks of Zixia that stretches for dozens of miles, the green cypress of Cangshan Mountain, and the mountains and rivers are beautiful; In the distance on the right, there is Phoenix Mountain across the sky, like a phoenix singing in the sky; On the left, there is the Ru River flowing from the southeast and the Jieshou River flowing from the southwest, confluence in Qifeng Temple, the clear river water passes through the Yongning twin cities of Lu Yan Servant, lazily turns a bay at the foot of the mountain, and meanders to the north; The Maojin Mountain on the left hand side and the Sanjiaping Mountain on the right hand side are like the armrests on the chair standing on both sides, while the Digging Mountain is like a Venerable sitting firmly on the Taishi chair, with a graceful bearing.

The five hills on the ridge are lush and vibrant. If at the beginning of the thunderstorm or when the clouds are clear for a long time, Lingzi Mountain is misty and misty, like a fairyland of sacred mountains.

According to experts who know feng shui, this is the best place to bury the ancestors.

In the last years of the Yuan Dynasty, the Red Turban Army led by Liu Futong rebelled, turning most of the Chinese upside down, and the military disasters continued for many years, especially in Jiangxi.

Therefore, there are a total of 18 clans of people surnamed Xiong in Jiangxi, in order to escape the war, they went into collective exile in Sichuan, and were naturalized in Luxian, Longchang, Rongchang, Nanchong, Ya'an, Jiading, Yongning and other places.

After settling down, the family surnamed Xiong, who became naturalized in Yongning, bought land and built houses in Dongcheng, ran a business, and had children and grandchildren, and their lives were ordinary.

When his family learned that there was a feng shui treasure in the dug mountain, they invited the wise Mr. Yin and Yang to take the compass to the mountain to measure the acupuncture points of several longevity mounds, buy it at a high price, and use it as the Xiong cemetery where the ancestors were buried for generations. Decades have passed, and the Xiong family, which originally took business as their first priority, has also begun to pay attention to the education of their children's reading and writing. His family hired the most knowledgeable teachers in the area to teach the Xiong family's children. In the 100 years from Zhengde to Wanli, the Xiong family has produced several talents and tributes, so the Xiong family is also a scholarly family in the local area. In the thirty-fifth year of Wanli, Xiong Wencan, who was gifted and sensitive, took the high school entrance examination in the Beijing Palace.

This is a great joy for the Xiong family and Xiangzi.

Jinshi is the qualification certificate of the official, is the first step of officialdom, talented, capable and opportunity Jinshi can be the governor of the feudal officials or the cabinet of the secretary, prime minister.

Soon after Xiong Wencan was awarded the title of Jinshi, he was awarded the title of Huangzhou Governor, and then transferred to the posts of Director of the Ministry of Rites, Shanxi Left Political Participation, Shanxi Provincial Envoy, and Shandong Right Political Envoy.

In the winter of the forty-second year of Wanli, he was appointed as the political envoy of Fujian Zuobu, and he deliberately made a detour to return to his hometown, with the intention of returning to his hometown and glorifying his ancestors.

Returning to Xuyong, coinciding with the completion of the newly built Penglai Bridge in the city, at the request of Zhou Kuangshi, the county guard, he happily wrote the "Monument to Build Penglai Bridge".

In the first year of Chongzhen's tenure in Fujian, Xiong Wencan implemented a strategy of appeasement to local armed groups, successively appeased Zheng Zhilong and others (Zheng Chenggong's father), and then relied on local armed forces to wipe out the sea thieves who had been suffering for many years in one fell swoop.

During this period, he also had the idea of recovering Taiwan, but it was not realized because he was transferred out of Fujian.

The extinction of bandits at sea has greatly benefited the people along the coast from living and working in peace and contentment.

Due to Xiong Wencan's outstanding political achievements during his tenure in Fujian, Yu Chongzhen was promoted to the post of squire of the military department and imperial envoy of the right capital in February of the fifth year of Chongzhen, and the prime minister of the military affairs of Liangguang and the governor of Guangdong.

In April of the tenth year of Chongzhen, he was promoted to the secretary of the military department, and the right deputy imperial envoy, and at the same time the prime minister of military affairs in Zhidi, Shanxi, Henan, Shaanxi, Huguang, Sichuan and other provinces.

Responsible for quelling the so-called "Thirteen" peasant rebel army headed by Li Zicheng and Zhang Xianzhong.

In his crusade against the peasant rebel army, he still adopted the strategy of appeasement, which had been very successful in Fujian, and in October of the tenth year of Chongzhen, he successively appeased Zhang Xianzhong and Liu Guoneng, and successively surrendered Luo Rucai, Zuo Geli and other departments, and all the twelve peasant rebel armies except Li Zicheng were surrendered.

In February of the twelfth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Xianzhong took the lead in reversing the water, and then raised the banner of righteousness, Luo Rucai and other departments responded in various places, and for a time the government and the opposition were shaken, and Emperor Chongzhen became furious when he heard this, and ordered Xiong Wencan's official position to be punished. In July, Zhang Xianzhong defeated Zuo Liangyu, the chief soldier of the Ming army in Luoyingshan, and Emperor Chongzhen immediately ordered Yang Sichang to rescue and supervise the war, and at the same time arrested Xiong Wencan and imprisoned, and the following year (1640) was beheaded in Xishi, Beijing, at the age of 67.

Throughout Xiong Wencan's life, since the 35th year of Wanli, through the 13th year of the Apocalypse to Chongzhen, after three dynasties, 33 years, he has been promoted repeatedly. From the official to the observation envoy, the political envoy, the governor, the squire, the secretary and other positions, it can be said that the official fortune is prosperous. began to appease Zheng Zhilong, and finally to appease Zhang Xianzhong and destroy his body, which is really a success and a defeat.

Just when Xiong Wencan was in full swing in the officialdom, a new county magistrate came to Yongning County, named Wu Ren, a Zhejiang Huiji, and a Jinshi background.

After he took office, he visited the local gentry one by one according to the rules. Xiong Wencan's father, Mrs. Xiong, naturally took the first place, intending to win over local forces and make himself take more care of the gentry during his tenure.

August 16 of this year is the 80th birthday of the old lady Xiong, the virtuous celebrities of the two cities of Yongning and the squire and scholars of the four towns and eight miles have come to the Xiong Mansion to celebrate the birthday of the old lady.

More than 200 tables of birthday banquets were placed in the nearby Emperor's Palace, and the scene was very lively, but when the birthday ceremony was held, the local parents and officials did not show up, which made the grand and enthusiastic birthday celebration a lot less colorful, and made the Xiong family feel very faceless.

It turned out that after Wu County's order sent a gold-lettered vermilion lacquer plaque with the inscription "Shou and Tianqi" to Xiong's Mansion, he went to the countryside with his master to investigate a murder. When the official business is understood, it is the end of the feast and the people are gone.

Although Wu Ren went to the Xiong Mansion to explain his apologies, the Xiong family was angry.

Xiong Wencan has a younger brother named Wenbing, because he is a young child, he was especially favored by the old lady Xiong when he was young, so he has developed the habit of arrogance and lasciviousness since he was a child, does not read poetry and books, does not do business, and sings songs with a group of gentlemen in the county all day long.

He was extremely annoyed that Wu Ren could not congratulate Wu Ren on the old man's birthday, and threatened to find an opportunity to teach Wu Ren a lesson.

Soon after, he set up an impossible robbery case in the Bear Mansion, and then reported it to the authorities, asking for the thieves to be arrested and the property recovered. After several months, the robbery case was still unsolved, so Xiong Er Ye gathered a group of local scoundrels and Xiong clan members to make a big fuss in the court and speak ill of him, which made Wu County Ling extremely embarrassed.

Wu Ren was humiliated and resentful. So he quietly sent his henchmen out to find a gentleman who was extremely skilled in public opinion, and asked him to secretly investigate the ancestral tomb of the Xiong family with a heavy reward.

After Mr. Yin Yang came to Yongning, in order to find out the source of the Xiong family's dragon vein, he first went to Zixia Peak, then climbed the Luohan Forest, and finally traced the dragon vein to the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, prepared for hardships, lasted half a month, and finally found out the source of the momentum of the Xiong family's ancestral tomb. When he returned, he said to Wu County: "Xiongjia Tomb Mountain is the remnant vein of Wumeng Mountain on the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, and its main vein is at the junction of Weining in Guizhou and Xuanwei in Yunnan. After hearing this, Wu County's eyes were in a daze, his face was heavy, and he was immediately discouraged.

Mr. Yin Yang hurriedly said: "Rest assured, everything in the world has the law of mutual reincarnation, and there is a way to solve any problem, as long as we dig a ditch on the nine-zhang mound above the ancestral tomb of the Xiong family, we can cut off the dragon vein of his family, and the Xiong family will be ruined." ”

Wu County ordered to laugh after hearing this, so on the pretext of digging a ditch to divert water to irrigate the dry fields, he mobilized the peasants to dig up the ridge on the ancestral grave of the Xiong family.

It is said that the day when the ditch was opened to water was when Xiong Wencan was imprisoned, and Wu County Ling saw that the resentment had been reported, so he hung up the seal and left, and the dug up mountain was also named and passed down to this day.

Wang Shide's "Chongzhen's Testament", although he praised Yang Sichang's talent, but also admitted: "Only by using Xiong Wencan to mislead the country, there is nothing to blame." ”

Wei Bao personally has no particularly deep impression of Xiong Wencan, he can't talk about appreciation, he can't talk about disgust, Xiong Wencancheng also surrendered, and defeated also surrendered, this is Wei Bao's deepest memory of Xiong Wencan.

"Alright, alright, this is not the time to talk! Let's get into town! Tu Wenfu urged: "Master Wei, let your people hurry up and prepare a few of us to thank you silver!" It's better to use a silver ticket or gold! I know that you Wei Gongzi is generous! If you really give a few dozen boxes of silver, we are not lucky. ”

Wei Bao and everyone sweated greatly, they had seen a bribe-seeker, but it was the first time they had seen a bribe solicited like this, this is too blatant, right?

"Father-in-law Tu, please rest assured!" Wei Bao hurriedly smiled.

"Xiaobao, meet again." Wu Sanfu only seized the opportunity to speak to Wei Bao alone at this time.

Wei Bao glanced at Wu Xuexia and said to Wu Sanfu happily: "Well, I want to die!" Brother Sanfu! ”

"Hehe, do you miss me, or do you miss Xuexia?" Wu Sanfu said, and also glanced at Wu Xuexia.

Wu Xuexia blushed blushing, although she heard the two talking, she didn't hold her mouth.

Originally, it stands to reason that Wei Bao and Wu Xuexia had to greet each other when they met, but they didn't, which added to the ambiguity.

Everyone soon entered Liaoyang City.

Under Tu Wenfu's constant urging, Wei Bao and Wu Sanfu were arranged in a study room in the President's Mansion in Liaoyang City.

This is an authentic Enko, and the lineup is extremely luxurious! There are three celebrant eunuchs Bingjun to invigilate the exam, and there is also a director of the Ministry of Rites, as well as a school officer from Shuntian Mansion, and even a few village sages have been found.

All the rules are impeccable.

It's just that there are only two people in the room, Wu Sanfu and Wei Bao, and in addition, there are two test papers, one is blank, and the other is filled in with all the standard answers.

Moreover, the two standard answers are not identical.

"Xiaobao, which one do you want? Father-in-law Tu asked us to finish copying it in one stick of incense, so much, I'm afraid we won't be able to finish it in half an hour, right? Wu Sanfu said with a bitter face.

Wei Bao smiled: "Whatever you choose, I will take the remaining one." A stick of incense is almost! Let's go! ”

Wu Sanfu hummed and compared, the numbers of the two volumes seemed to be exactly the same, so he took a random volume and began to copy it.

The main reason is that I am afraid of checking the notes, and the test papers of the Ming Dynasty need to be publicized, even Enke is no exception, and it must be archived after the publicity, in case others say that the scientific examination is unfair.

Wei Bao completed the transcription in less than a stick of incense, the handwriting was elegant and beautiful, Wei Bao was very satisfied, and checked it, "Brother Sanfu, aren't you okay yet?" ”

"A little more, Xiaobao, can you copy it for me? My hands are sore. Wu Sanfu wiped his sweaty head.

Wei Bao smiled: "I'll go out first, you copy it slowly, this thing, how can I help you?" ”

Wu Sanfu snorted, and Wei Bao walked out of the room.

As soon as Wei Bao went out, Tu Wenfu and others came in.

Tu Wenfu took a cursory look at Wei Bao's test paper, and then handed it to Xiong Wencan.

Xiong Wencan also took a cursory look and nodded to Tu Wenfu.

"Okay, okay, congratulations to Mr. Wei, you are the first place in this Enke Township test!" Tu Wenfu said with a smile.

"Ahem, ahem." Wei Bao almost choked, too sloppy, right? "Father-in-law Tu, this first name, should you give it to Wu Gongzi? It's enough for me to get a second place, anyway, I am the last few in every scientific examination, and I have never won the first place. ”

Wu Sanfu didn't look up and said, "Don't!" Xiaobao, it's still your first name! I'm already very satisfied that I can have a fame, it doesn't matter if I don't have a name! ”

Tu Wenfu said anxiously: "Don't fight, Master Wei, you are the first name!" There is no effort to delay! Wu Gongzi, can you hurry up? And kung fu to speak? You have to copy it for so long? ”

"Father-in-law Tu, it's going to be fine soon, I didn't stop all of a sudden, my hands were sour." Wu Sanfu also looked anxious: "Father-in-law Tu, otherwise let my scholar help me copy it?" He often helped me write articles in the same handwriting as I did. ”

Tu Wenfu nodded irritably: "Okay then!" ”

Wu Sanfu was amnesty, and hurriedly called his scholar to help him finish copying.

"Wei Gongzi, are you ready? We're leaving! Tu Wenfu said to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao knew that the other party had asked for a bribe again, and hurriedly asked Wang Qiuya, who had been sent to prepare before, to come over.

Wang Qiuya hurriedly came over with three gift boxes in her hands.

"Father-in-law Tu, this is for you and a few fathers-in-law, a small meaning, not a tribute. This box is sealed, and it is for Gonggong Wei and Gonggong Wang, and several ceremonial supervisors and grand dukes! Wei Bao took the two brocade boxes and handed them to Tu Wenfu.

Generally, there is a practice in this kind of gift-giving, two or three thousand taels of silver is enough, but Wei Bao is generous and directly sends 10,000 taels of silver, anyway, Wei Bao is also rich!

For Wei Zhongxian and several other ceremonial eunuchs, it was even more as high as 50,000 taels of silver!

Tu Wenfu opened the brocade box for him, Liu Yingkun, and Tao Wen on the spot, and saw the silver ticket with 10,000 taels of silver, and was very satisfied.

"Then thank you Gongzi Wei, I will definitely be responsible for bringing back the gifts from Gonggong Wei and several ceremonial eunuchs." Tu Wenfu said: "It's still Wei Gongzi who can be a man, no wonder Wei Gonggong values Wei Gongzi so much!" ”

"Thank you to Grandpa Tu and a few great dukes, thanks to Grandpa Wei's love, Wei Bao can't praise enough!" Wei Bao hurriedly replied happily.

After a few words of greeting with Tu Wenfu, Liu Yingkun, Tao Wen and other big eunuchs, Wei Bao handed the last remaining brocade box to Xiong Wencan, "Lord Xiong, please accept it if you are careful." ”

Xiong Wencan was stunned, he didn't expect that there was still his? This matter was arranged and ordered by the people above, and he was just an executor.

"Master Wei is too polite, I never accept gifts." Xiong Wencan said indifferently.

Xiong Wencan is really not a huge greed, although he misled the country and delayed the Ming Dynasty, but he is not a shameless person who looted the people's fat and ointment, otherwise he would not be reused by Chongzhen.

In the original history, whether it was a loyal minister or a traitor, if you want to be an official in the hands of Chongzhen anyway, you basically have to disguise yourself as a very honest person, or a very honest person.

"If Lord Xiong regards me Wei Bao as a disciple, please be sure to subordinate him!" Wei Bao sincerely wants to make friends with Xiong Wencan! If he follows the original historical trajectory, Xiong Wencan will rise to the top of a provincial leader in two or three years! It's definitely a potential stock, it's definitely worth making friends, and it's hard to spend too much money now.

Xiong Wencan couldn't refuse, Wei Bao always used the friendship between teachers and students as a reason, so he had to accept it.

Wei Bao also asked people to reward several big eunuchs and Xiong Wencan's entourage with a few taels of silver to dozens of taels of silver, which made everyone very satisfied.

Wu Sanfu's scholar also finished copying at this time.

Tu Wenfu immediately said: "It's okay now, this time Enke's first name Wei Bao and second name Wu Sanfu are all out of the list!" I read the decree! Wei Bao takes the order! ”

The eunuch read the two words of the order, and his voice dragged on very long.

Although it sounds a little funny at first, it also exudes an indescribable majesty.

As Tu Wenfu said the words of the order, everyone present immediately knelt down in hula.

Wei Bao also hurriedly straightened his clothes and knelt down in front of Tu Wenfu!

Only then did Tu Wenfu take out the holy decree and read it out: "Fengtian carrier, the emperor's edict said: Liaoxi raises Wei Bao, gold and jade, and is willing to contribute to the imperial court, which is really a model for the people." Qin gave Wei Bao as a transit envoy in southern Liaoning, an official position of the seventh grade, directly controlled by the Jiliao Governor's Office, and the Ministry of Officials made a register of registered officials. Chin this. ”

"Hooray! Banzai! Hooray! Wei Bao hurriedly kowtowed in thanksgiving, and then raised his two hands to receive the order. I haven't eaten pork, but I've seen Piggy Run, it seems that in the TV series, it's all so grateful, right?

"Congratulations to Master Wei, you are now an official of the Ministry of Officials and His Majesty, this is an extremely honorable favor!" Tu Wenfu smiled and said, "Okay, okay, get up!" ”

Tu Wenfu said, put the holy decree in Wei Bao's hands, and asked the eunuchs on both sides to hand over the official uniform and official seal to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao happily held these things, and thanked him again and again.

I thought that I would have to wait until I got the fame of Jinshi before I could become an official, but I didn't expect that the confused would become an official, and the confused would become an official!?

At this time, it has been less than a year since Wei Bao's rebirth, and Wei Bao has a feeling of being suddenly hit by happiness.

"It's all over! Let's go, shall we? Delay it any longer, and it won't be easy to leave when it gets dark! Fortunately, Jiannu did not come to disturb today. Tu Wenfu said to everyone.

And they all said yes.

Then everyone came in a hurry, and now they are in a hurry, and in less than an hour, they will open Enke, correct, release the list, read the holy decree, Wei Bao as an official, and all these important things have been done.

The efficiency is so high, I am afraid that the officialdom of the past and present will be ashamed, this is the authentic through train!

It is much better than the party school study in Huaguo in later generations.

"Brother, I don't want to go." Wu Xuexia whispered beside Wu Sanfu.

Wu Sanfu was slightly stunned, in fact, he didn't want to leave so soon, however, Wu Sanfu was afraid that Liaoyang City would be dangerous and would be beaten by Jiannu at any time, "Don't!" If I had known this, I wouldn't have brought you here! My father and mother can't spare me when I go back, I've seen it! When Wei Bao sits firmly in Liaonan, you can play again! ”

"No, if you're afraid, go back alone, right? I had already made up my mind when I came, and this time I came, I would not leave Wei Bao again. Wu Xuexia said shyly and firmly: "Besides, you really don't understand my mind as a father?" By agreeing to me, they acquiesced in me. ”

Wu Sanfu sighed, "Okay! You girl, you are so disobedient! It's dangerous here, if you come to Wei Bao again after a while, I will never say anything, it's not that I won't let you be with Wei Bao, I'm worried about you, don't you understand?"

"Understood! But if Wei Bao is in any danger, it doesn't make sense for me to live alone. Wu Xuexia said softly.

Wu Sanfu sighed again, "You, sometimes you are smart and clever, and sometimes you are a stupid and stupid girl!" Well, it's up to you. ”

Wu Sanfu is looking for an opportunity to talk to Wei Bao.

Wei Bao was walking with Xiong Wencan.

"Congratulations, Master Wei! Now we are not only the masters, but also the transfer envoys of southern Liaoning, and we will be colleagues in the future. Xiong Wencan said politely.

"Thank you Lord Xiong, my colleagues dare not be it, my talent and fame are all in the hands of Lord Xiong, this kindness will be remembered in my heart for a lifetime! Don't dare to forget. I just hope that Lord Xiong will not deny me as a disciple in the future. Wei Bao also said politely.

"That's my honor, I've already heard that Master Wei is a disciple of Master Sun! The Inspector is a scholar, and he is also the emperor, the disciple of the Inspector, and he is the same teacher as His Majesty, I am afraid that I am not worthy of such politeness as Wei Gongzi. Xiong Wencan is a very cautious person and speaks his heart.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, "It's nothing, is it?" It's all teachers. I'm sure the Inspector won't say anything, and besides, I still have an enlightenment teacher, so it's not that I'm a disciple of the Inspector, and my enlightenment teacher doesn't recognize it, right? ”

Xiong Wencan listened to Wei Bao's kindness from a teacher, and his heart was warm, and he sincerely accepted Wei Bao.

Xiong Wencan said that he was sleek, and he knew how to surrender. Let's say it's not tactful, it's actually quite dull, and he has a reputation for being a jinshi early, but Huan Hai has been up and down for decades, and people are middle-aged, and they are still just a small head of the Ministry of Rites.

Wei Bao and Xiong Wencan became more and more enthusiastic the more they talked, and the more they talked, the more speculative they became, and they often contacted each other by letter after they met.

Wu Sanfu wanted to say a few words to Wei Bao next to him, but he couldn't wait for the opportunity, and he was secretly a little anxious.

It wasn't until everyone arrived at the gate of Liaoyang City that Wu Sanfu seized the opportunity, "Xiaobao, my sister refuses to leave!" ”

Wei Bao was taken aback, although he had already guessed a few points, and guessed that Wu Xuexia might continue to stay by his side this time, he was still a little surprised, and at the same time felt very warm.