Early the next morning, Wei Bao was told by Wu Xuexia: "Everything has been done, and some officials have rushed to the cabinet to submit the transcript!" ”

"So smooth? Are there a lot of people?" Wei Bao didn't expect a very simple plan, and it was actually implemented without hindrance.

"At present, I only know two people, both of whom are petty officials of the sixth and seventh grades, but I think there must be more than that." Wu Xuexia said.

"Well, no matter how many people submit the book to protect Xiong Tingbi, as long as one person is on the book, this rumor will be released. These Donglin parties are really brainless. Wei Bao complained with a little resentment.

"You don't seem to like the Donglin Party in particular." Wu Xuexia looked at Wei Bao.

"I can't talk about it, in my eyes, there are not many good people in the court!" Wei Bao said, getting up.

In the past, Wei Bao studied the history of the Ming Dynasty in modern times, and he really felt that no one was a good person at the end of the Ming Dynasty.

Which celebrity's family occupies less than a few thousand acres?

As much as Zhang Juzheng's tens of thousands of acres of land, it is more beautiful and moisturized than the emperor, and he is made to die when he dies, in fact, he is also a little bit of his own death.

The Yang family is almost the largest land annexation in their hometown, Sun Chengzong is not bad, but he is also a party and a private business, as for Yuan Chonghuan, he can only brag, there are no two brushes, whether it is before, or in this life, Wei Bao has long seen Yuan Chonghuan clearly, this is a typical speculative politician.

Killing Mao Wenlong without authorization, making the situation in Liaodong uncontrollable, supporting the army and not obeying orders, although it is a bit extreme to cut Yuan Chonghuan's head, he will definitely not be wronged by cutting off Yuan Chonghuan's head.

The most unforgivable thing is that Wei Bao came from Liaoxi, and for Liaodong Iron Cavalry to sell military supplies to Jiannu, this is almost an open secret for the Ming Dynasty, how many years did Yuan Chonghuan stay in Liaodong? It is impossible not to know.

In fact, the more Wei Bao looked, the more he felt that the Donglin Party was indeed inferior to Wei Zhongxian, if Chongzhen did not kill Wei Zhongxian, the Donglin Party would never be so rampant, Wei Zhongxian was a villain, but he at least understood that there were eggs under the nest, and very few people in the Donglin Party understood that they were all fighting for power and profit, and they thought that any dynasty of scholars would use him to change the emperor.

The whole Jiangnan is the world of the Donglin Party, and the budding business of capitalism in the late Ming Dynasty has been very developed in Jiangnan, but the tax revenue of the entire late Ming Dynasty is only a few million taels.

Wei Zhongxian has more than 10 million taels in his hands, but it is not the norm, fluctuating around 10 million taels.

If it weren't for Wei Bao's development too fast and fierce, the silver in Wei Bao's hand would be worth the sum of more than four years of taxes in the Ming Dynasty at the beginning of the year.

The Donglin Party firmly controlled the salt and mines, and the salt tax in Jiangnan could not be collected at all, so they sent eunuchs to become mine supervisors, but eunuchs were not good birds.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian can still get some salt tax in his hands, but in Chongzhen's hands, there is no at all.

And Chongzhen is ambitious and talented, stubborn and suspicious, and the end will inevitably perish, and God can't save him.

At the same time, the big businessmen in Shanxi used money to buy off many officials, and the merchants in Shanxi were popular at that time to invest in poor scholars, casting a large net, and for hundreds of years, every silver earned by the eight families of Shanxi from the Manchu Qing Dynasty every year was a bargaining chip for burying the Ming Dynasty.

So in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, many of the big merchant gangs in the Ming Dynasty disappeared, and the Jin merchants became stronger and more prosperous, which is how it came.

Therefore, there were no good people in the late Ming Dynasty, and the country was dying, and the dead end was much the same.

The royal family is like garbage, the army's empty salary is outrageous, and the only estimate who really wants to save the Ming Dynasty is Chongzhen himself, but unfortunately his ability is insufficient, and hanging his own crooked neck tree can be regarded as the emperor's last dignity at best.

Wei Bao went to the court first, but the emperor did not appear as usual, and the officials whispered about someone reporting Xiong Tingbi.

Wei Bao is secretly funny, this is all his handiwork, can it not be funny?

This is not the first time that Wei Bao has played his role in the Ming Dynasty, but the personnel of the previous reform of the Imperial Procuratorate and Dali Temple were the first to bear the brunt of the pioneer, this time, he did not appear at all, and he was completely hidden behind the scenes.

Wei Bao suddenly found that it seemed interesting to be completely hidden behind the scenes.

As the Donglin Party went up to protect Xiong Tingbi from being killed, Wei Zhongxian immediately commanded his subordinates to take action against Yang Lian and others in advance, and used Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan's confessions to pull Yang Lian and others into the water, saying that they were corrupt.

Wei Bao knew at a glance that it was a fictitious thing, this kind of confession must have taken advantage of Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan's handprints when they were knocked unconscious, everyone was arrested, and it was too simple to get the confession, just like the eunuch party got the confession of Yang Lian's daughter Yang Xue in the first place.

After Wei Zhongxian ordered some of his cronies to impeach the Donglin Party officials, the Donglin Party enthusiastically tried to protect Yang Lian and others, and secretly referred to Yang Lian, Zuo Guangdou, Wei Dazhong, Zhou Chaorui, Yuan Huazhong, and Gu Dazhang as the Six Gentlemen.

Wei Bao was originally worried that Yang Lian's debunking was not a matter for him to lead the Donglin Party to protect Xiong Tingbi, but now it seems that this worry is obviously superfluous, because Wei Zhongxian's actions were too fast, and he arrested dozens of hardcore ministers of the Donglin Party together on the same day.

It was Wei Bao's fanning that accelerated the progress of things.

The men and horses of Dongchang and Jinyiwei were dispatched everywhere, and the entire capital was panicked for a while.

Wei Zhongxian didn't do it too ruthlessly, it should be that he was afraid of the power of the Donglin Party in various places, and the Donglin Party still had an absolute advantage in the local officialdom and the people, but he couldn't win Wei Zhongxian, who had the support of the emperor, in the officialdom of the capital.

After Wei Zhongxian arrested more than 50 important ministers and officials of the Donglin Party, he further loosened the restrictions on the Duchayuan and Dali Temple controlled by Wei Bao.

Why?

Because Wei Bao left more than 20 Donglin Party Qingliu to serve in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, there was no cashier, and this time it was all taken away by Wei Zhongxian's people.

Wei Bao can sell a batch of officials again.

Wei Zhongxian's grasp was mainly between the third-rank officials and the eighth-rank officials, and the span was very large, and he did not directly attack the first- and second-rank members of the Donglin Party, so he should be concerned about the influence.

Then the remaining officials of the Donglin Party were all in danger, and they held together more closely, desperately fighting with the eunuch officials, trying to rescue the arrested officials of the Donglin Party.

Wei Bao knew that the more fierce the scolding, the more unlikely it was for Wei Zhongxian to let go!

"I heard that the Jingshi has been very lively in the past two days? The ministers of Donglin are quarreling with your people again? You also arrested Yang Lianzuo Guangdou and a large group of people? Arrested more than fifty people, right? Zhu Youxiao did not do carpenter work as usual that day, but called Wei Zhongxian for questioning.

Wei Zhongxian was not panicked, he knew that it was impossible to hide from the emperor after arresting so many important Donglin Party officials, and the emperor also had his own eyes and ears, no matter how powerful he and Kebaba were in the palace, it was impossible to completely seal the emperor's ears.

"Your Majesty, it was Xiong Tingbi who confessed that he had bribed Yang Lianzuo Guangdou, an official of the Donglin Party, and others, and then after arresting a few main culprits, a large group of people were involved, but the old slave promised that this matter would not be calm in a few days, please relax Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian said.

"It's so noisy, everyone doesn't do anything, just patronizing and quarreling, can it be calm in a few days?" Zhu Youxiao didn't believe Wei Zhongxian's words, "I also heard that the Donglin Party members are all trying to protect Xiong Tingbi?" said that Liaodong was defeated, shouldn't Xiong Tingbi bear the main responsibility? They already knew that you were going to make a fuss about Xiong Tingbi and bite out Yang Lian and others? Is this because your subordinates leaked the news, or did those ministers in Donglin grow in? Your every step was within their expectations? ”

Wei Zhongxian was shocked when he heard this, secretly thinking that the emperor knew everything, but he had just been acting on his own? "Your Majesty, the fact is that Xiong Tingbi did accept bribes from several criminal officials of the Donglin Party through Wang Wenyan, and the evidence of this matter is ironclad, and those ministers of Donglin tried in vain to confuse the public and black and white."

"You patronize the party struggle every day, if it weren't for Wei Bao's own money to help those refugees who came to the capital, I don't think you would have been able to spare the land to do so many things! I didn't look at the wrong person when I rewarded Wei Bao, this person is really good, and it is the first time I have heard of an official giving money to help the common people. Zhu Youxiao said.

What Zhu Youxiao said is the truth, occasionally there are large households giving porridge, and the time is generally very short, three days, at most seven days, and only a few pots of porridge are made every day, and it will never be like Wei Bao who takes turns for ten days in a row, and every day is twelve hours of soup kitchen, and it does not stop at all.

Wei Bao didn't spend much money this time, 100,000 taels was almost enough, but Wei Bao's reputation spread smoothly to the entire Ming Dynasty!

Jin Shang is rich, and Donglin Party is famous, but the limelight has been compared to Wei Bao.

Whether it is an official or a business, the first thing is fame, and the fame of Wei Bao has been established, and a very good foundation has been laid, and almost no one says bad things about Wei Bao.

In addition to the fact that the people of Jin Shang will secretly create some rumors to smear Wei Bao, the officialdom has a very good opinion of Wei Bao.

Because Wei Bao does not belong to the Donglin Party or the Eunuch Party, on the surface, he seems to be a very strict neutral minister, even if there are some officials who have been deprived of Wei Bao's interests and say bad things about Wei Bao, these people themselves have little influence, and others know that they were rectified by Wei Bao, and they say things with grudges, so they can't be constructed.

Wei Zhongxian and Kebaba were slightly relieved when they heard the emperor praise Wei Bao, because Wei Bao was the person promoted by Wei Zhongxian.

"Your Majesty's promotion of Wei Bao is Your Majesty's vision, and I remember that Father-in-law Wei also spoke for Wei Bao at the beginning." Kebaba took the opportunity to say.

"Now it's not about Wei Bao, it's about Xiong Tingbi and Donglin officials, this matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and the situation must be kept stable, and there can be no big mess." Zhu Youxiao continued: "I will invite a few ministers of the cabinet later, I want to listen to what they have to say!" ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian's forehead was sweating, the emperor rarely summoned the cabinet, and every time the emperor took the initiative to summon the cabinet, it showed that the emperor was impatient.

"Father-in-law Wei, I will remind you, don't do too much in everything, take maintaining the stability of the Ming Dynasty as the first priority, you need a few more officials like Wei Bao in your hands, and the affairs of the Ming Dynasty will be easy to handle! By the way, when summoning the cabinet, let Wei Bao come too! Isn't he in charge of the cabinet clerks? Qualified to participate in the discussion of politics and let Wei Bao do the recording. ”

"Yes, Your Majesty." Wei Zhongxian didn't know why, he was a little uneasy when he heard that the emperor was going to summon Wei Bao together.

Although Wei Bao helped him get a lot of silver, Wei Bao was indeed capable, and he did try his best to pretend to be subdued and honest in front of him.

But Wei Zhongxian knew very well that Wei Bao was by no means simple, a fifteen-year-old boy could be named on the gold list and be able to become a Tanhualang, although he played a big role in it, but Wei Bao then immediately climbed from the seventh rank official to the fifth grade, and stood firm in the position of the Ducha Yuan and Dali Temple, which is mainly Wei Bao's own ability.

The most important thing is that Wei Zhongxian still hasn't seen clearly whether Wei Bao is really loyal to himself!

At this time, Wei Bao was busy selling officials.

This time Wei Bao was bold, Wei Zhongxian had just arrested more than 50 people, and as soon as some positions were vacated, Wei Bao used all the Jinke Jinshi he had recruited to fill the position!

Of course, today's Kejinshi can only fill those vacancies that have passed through the seventh and eighth grades, and the officials above the seventh grade, Wei Bao directly uses the familiar officials of the same grade of the Hanlin Academy, the Ducha Yuan, and the Dali Temple, or they are either leveled or promoted, to fill the past.

Then the vacant positions of the Hanlin Academy, the Duchayuan and the Dali Temple, he can continue to sell his official position to the new branch jinshi.

One operation is as fierce as a tiger, and Wei Bao earned more than 400,000 taels of silver!

This is not counting, at this time, he dared to sell his official position, and dared to extend his hand outside the Ducha Yuan and Dali Temple, and dared to extend his hand to the Hanlin Academy and the Six Divisions, which greatly improved Wei Bao's prestige.

Many officials now even regard Wei Bao as the emperor's spokesperson.

Because the Duchayuan and Dali Temple will now send silver to the palace every month, which is the only two yamen in the Ming Dynasty, only the Duchayuan Yamen and the Dali Temple Yamen will do this.

Moreover, Wei Bao's monthly silver to the palace is definitely not less than 100,000 taels, which is quite a considerable number, at least more than 1.5 million taels a year, and this number has a tendency to increase month by month.

You have to know how much is the tax paid in a year for the entire Beizhili? How much is the tax paid in a year in the whole of Nanzhili?

South Zhili and North Zhili are the key areas of Daming taxation, and the two together can have about one-fifth of the total tax of Daming!

In this way, the annual tax paid by the South Zhili is only about 1.5 million taels, and the North Zhili is only about 500,000 taels.

Now the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple alone have paid more than the taxes of the North and South Zhili to the emperor by the two yamen, how can this not alarm the government and the opposition?

How can you not make the emperor feel comfortable and not shock all the officials of the Ming Dynasty?

Not only that, everyone also heard that Wei Bao took the initiative to do this, and took the initiative to pay the silver in the palace, and he was not instructed by anyone, and the silver did not go through the household department or the eunuchs, but directly to the emperor.

So the vast majority of people can't help but suspect that maybe the emperor asked Wei Bao to collect this money.

Now Wei Bao not only replenishes the position of the Ducha Yuan and Dali Temple, but also dares to fight the Hanlin Academy and the Six Divisions.

Moreover, Wei Bao did not play anyone's brand, so he asked those officials who were waiting for the alternate to take office with their name tags, and then he asked people to go to the ministry to prepare cases.

The ministry is directly managed by Gu Bingqian, Gu Bingqian is naturally unhappy with Wei Bao's behavior, you are popular, but you are just a five-grade official, how dare you come to the ministry?

There are more than 50 officials, all over the yamen, and there are many of them who are three and four ranks, why do you help a five-grade official to set a position for three and four grades?

Just when Gu Bingqian was angry, Wei Bao personally went to the cabinet to find Gu Bingqian.

"Lord Shoufu is on top, and student Wei Bao has asked the lord to say goodbye." Wei Bao respectfully bowed and knelt down.

Wei Bao's courtesy was thoughtful, which made Gu Bingqian's anger go down a little, "Don't dare to be, Master Wei, you are now equivalent to the secretary of the ministry, and you are very good at arranging!" ”

"My lord, that's why I'm here to explain this to Shousuke-sama. I can't help it, I'm afraid that the time will be delayed, it will be too late, and someone will introduce someone to Lord Shousuke, or introduce officials to the cabinet or to the celebrant supervisor, and there will be variables. The officials I recommend have all paid money! Nine thousand years old acquiesced in this matter! Wei Bao saw that Gu Bingqian was angry, and he came up and handed over the truth.

Gu Bingqian is Wei Zhongxian's confidant minister, and he is the first and auxiliary minister of the court, no matter whether Wei Zhongxian has told Gu Bingqian about his relationship with Wei Zhongxian, Wei Bao has reason to believe that Gu Bingqian must be able to understand the fact that he and Wei Zhongxian are secretly together.

Sure enough, as soon as Wei Bao said this, Gu Bingqian couldn't hold his face anymore, and sighed: "Then I, the first assistant, this official secretary, is useless." ”

"Shousuke-sama, if you say that, you blame the student." Wei Bao smiled slightly, took out the 20,000 taels of silver tickets that had been prepared a long time ago and put them in front of Gu Bingqian.

Gu Bingqian was startled, and hurriedly looked around, Shoufu's personal guards were all at the door, all facing outside, and no one saw them.

"Master Wei, what are you doing here?" Gu Bingqian glanced at the silver tickets again, they were all one hundred taels, a thick stack, neatly tied with leather bands, and it was estimated that it should be twenty thousand taels.

To be sure, if these official positions had been taken out of his own hands, he would not have had so much money in his pocket.

First of all, Wei Zhongxian will not give him silver, secondly, out of his hands, most of them are recommended by people under Wei Zhongxian, and the people who introduced them are all Wei Zhongxian's henchmen, which one he can't afford to offend, others will give him a certain amount of thanks, together, it should not exceed 20,000 taels, there will not be so much given by Wei Bao, and it will not be so trouble-free to get it at one time, although it is not tiring to sell officials, but it also has to spend a lot of thought, and it has to cooperate with the acting, say some scenes, and give the referrer face, It also makes the bribe giver feel that the money is worth it.

After the work is done, I have to bargain with the referrer for half a day.

Where is it as refreshing to take money directly from Wei Bao as it is now?

"Lord Shousuke, Teacher, Master, this is all you deserve, don't worry! No one will know, and I will never reveal a word to anyone, I won't even say it to Grandpa Wei! Wei Bao said with a smile, "I don't want the silver I got from selling officials, I don't want it myself, I give it all to nine thousand years old." ”