But Wei Bao doesn't want to say anything now, because it is impossible to change Zhu Youxiao's opinion.

There is no need to offend the Emperor of the Apocalypse in order to curry favor with Zhu Youzhen.

I have done enough today, I should accept it when I see it, not only bow to Queen Zhang, but also bow to Tian, in the future, Tian will help me often say good things on Zhu Youzhen's side, I believe that Zhou will continue to help himself say good things, with these two pillow winds, it is enough to bring himself and Zhu Youzhen closer.

So Wei Bao has been deeply bowing his head, not planning to participate at all.

Wei Bao knew that if Zhu Youzhen asked for help with his eyes at this time, he couldn't pretend not to see.

In fact, now Zhu Youzhen is anxious and keeps glancing at Wei Bao, wanting to ask Wei Bao for help.

It's a pity that Lord Wei's head is pressed very low, and he can't wait to bury it under the table.

But Zhu Youxiao kept looking at Zhu Youzhen, and seeing that Zhu Youzhen kept looking at Wei Bao, he couldn't help but say loudly: "King Xin, what are you doing all the time watching Wei Aiqing?" Do you think that Wei Aiqing will speak for you and think the same way as you? Wei Aiqing, you said, the restoration of the three major halls will be completed in a year or two, and more than half of the repairs have already been completed, is it appropriate to stop at this time? ”

Wei Bao sweated profusely, almost fainted, but he didn't expect that he would ignore Zhu Youzhen, but Zhu Youxiao named himself again.

If he could escape the emperor's questioning if he fainted, with Wei Bao's thick skin, Wei Bao would dare to faint.

It's a pity that Wei Bao knows that he can't hide for a while.

"Your Majesty, Weichen is just a mediocre person, he only has a certain amount of research on Liaodong and Shandong, and he really hasn't had much contact with such a big project as the three major halls and the finances of the entire Ming Dynasty, so he doesn't dare to say anything." Wei Bao pretended to be cowardly, and he didn't care if Zhu Youjian would be angry.

Zhu Youzhen sighed secretly, disappointed that Wei Bao broke his promise.

Zhu Youxiao didn't agree, and said angrily: "Wei Bao, don't avoid the important and light, don't be with the mud, I know your talent, this is not a difficult thing, you have to make it clear that the project of the three major halls is suitable to continue, do you need to stop!" ”

"You need to go on because it's almost finished, and if you stop at this point, a lot of the materials that have been repaired will be wasted because they are scrapped halfway, and you will lose even more. If you stop at this point, you shouldn't have started in the first place. Wei Bao could only bite the bullet.

When Zhu Youzhen heard this, he was secretly angry, and said in his heart that you are Wei Bao, you are too cunning, right? You promised to speak for me when you came.

Zhu Youxiao listened to Wei Bao's words, his face improved a lot, but he still didn't give up, "Wei Aiqing, do you want to imply that I shouldn't have restarted the project of repairing the three major halls in the first place?" Do you want to say that I am out of time, that I work hard for the people and hurt money? ”

"Wechen never dare." Wei Bao hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is angry, and he is also a good believer." Wechen only said one, the finance of the Ming Dynasty, Wechen is not clear, Wechen does not have such a high perspective, look at the entire Ming Dynasty, Wechen knows what His Majesty is anxious about, His Majesty wants to build three major halls, the three major halls should be repaired, because it can affect Your Majesty's mood, Your Majesty is the lord of all peoples, the whole world is not the king's land, the shore of the land is not the king's minister, Your Majesty is not happy, then the Ming Dynasty is unstable. Therefore, from this point of view, the three major halls should be restored. Wei Bao said very sleekly.

not only answered Zhu Youxiao's question positively, but also enlightened Zhu Youzhen from the side, no matter what the reason, don't you do it against the emperor anymore, make the emperor unhappy, do the people of the Ming Dynasty have a good life?

Zhu Youzhen is not a fool, he immediately woke up, although he did not agree with the reason that the emperor said, and did not think that he should continue to spend a lot of money on the three major halls, but Wei Bao said that it would affect the emperor's mood, and Zhu Youzhen listened to this.

"Your Majesty, the words of the Auxiliary State Duke made the ministers and brothers suddenly open, and the ministers should not rashly admonish." Zhu Youzhen kowtowed and admitted his mistake.

Zhu Youxiao's anger disappeared a little.

Wei Bao also secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that Zhu Youzhen was still afraid of death, and he was not a complete elm head.

According to the original history, Wei Bao actually knew who Zhu Youzhen was, Zhu Youzhen likes to idealize things when he encounters them, but he really feels that things are bigger, and he will immediately throw the pot, which can be called the king of throwing the pot.

Therefore, Wei Bao looked down on Zhu Youzhen in his bones.

Zhu Youzhen's ability is not the same order of magnitude as Zhu Youxiao, and even in Wei Bao's opinion, Zhu Youzhen's level is not even half of Zhu Youxiao's.

To be an emperor, you don't need much ability, but at least you have to be responsible!

I don't have a responsibility, and I won't use people to be an emperor.

Zhu Youxiao's support for Wei Zhongxian is a support from beginning to end, and there is no doubt in employing people, Chongzhen can't do it.

Therefore, with a person like Chongzhen, he can't be called a brother at all, and he can only guard against him.

Beware everywhere, what kind of cooperation is there to talk about.

As a dead monarch, Emperor Chongzhen does not seem to be a bad emperor in the traditional sense, not only different from Ji Xuan, but even in people's impression of a diligent emperor who works hard.

In later generations, there have always been people who have been aggrieved for him, and he seems to be a tragic and sympathetic good emperor.

In 1642, two years before Emperor Chongzhen hung on the tree, the domestic situation caused by the peasant rebel army was already very serious, coupled with the situation in Liaodong, two-front warfare, Emperor Chongzhen did not have the confidence to win two wars at the same time, so he had the intention of negotiating peace with the Manchus first.

On the side of the Manchu Emperor Taiji, the Council of Ministers of the King of Parliament caused a conflict between the nobility and the imperial power, although the country was established, the rule was not stable, and the contradictions between the Manchus and the Han Dynasty became increasingly acute, resulting in the collapse of the body.

At that time, everyone knew that the national strength did not allow two-front warfare, but because of Emperor Chongzhen's arbitrariness, self-righteousness, and never responsibility.

For more than ten years, the monarchs and ministers have learned countless lessons from the past, so no one is willing to propose peace, to be this budding bird, and to be a clear stream of wisdom and self-protection.

And whoever dares to propose peace will be attacked in groups.

The mouth was still opened in the Ministry of War, because the northern and southern fronts were in trouble, Li Zicheng invaded Henan, and Chen Xinjia, the secretary of the Ministry of War, was repeatedly impeached and dismissed, so Chen moved the idea of privately negotiating peace with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and told his colleague Fu Zonglong very secretly.

Fu You told the scholar Xie Sheng, so Xie Sheng reported it to Chongzhen.

This is exactly what Chongzhen wants, so Chongzhen did not punish the crime for the first time, but asked Chen Xinjia to operate secretly behind his back, and told him not to leak a trace of rumors.

Unexpectedly, this Chen Shangshu was a sloppy person, and he casually put the secret letter of peace conditions sent back by the Manchu Qing Dynasty on the desk, and as a result, he was used as a newspaper by the scholar to distribute it to the provincial offices in Beijing.

This time the pot exploded, and the ministers were in an uproar.

Chongzhen gave Chen Xinjia a stern decree, I don't know if Chen Shangshu has seen too much of the fate of other back-handed heroes, or because he is from a background and has insufficient education, he didn't see that this was an edict to let him take the blame and ask for the guilt, so he didn't blame himself, but also boasted of his merits.

Chongzhen is out of anger, you are not wrong? Could it be that I am at fault?! You don't take responsibility, let the Manchu civil and military think of me!

How can this unequal treaty of land cession and reparations be carried by me, a promising monarch who works hard to govern the country?

Where are you trapped? Kill!

Chongzhen, the pot dumping man, shook the pot again, clean and clean, and did not stain the name of "Mingjun".

Things can not be done, and the responsibility must not be carried!

This was not enough, and this could not show Chongzhen's attitude, so he sent Wu Sangui to take the initiative to attack the Qing army.

The battle was lost, but it showed that Chongzhen was never a surrender faction, and he never knew about the so-called peace.

This performance completely cut off the road to peace.

The last four years of the Ming Dynasty were thus destroyed by him.

In 1644, the year of the death of the Ming Dynasty, Li Zicheng's army was marching towards Beijing like a bamboo.

On the third day of the first lunar month, the minister Li Mingrui saw that Chongzhen intended to flee south, and was the first to persuade the emperor to move the imperial court to Nanjing, and to make an immediate decision.

Since the Ming Dynasty was founded in Nanjing, to Zhu Di's usurpation of the capital and the implementation of the two-Beijing system, Nanjing has always been used as the capital, and it is reasonable and legal to move the capital to Nanjing.

But this idea can't be taken by Chongzhen himself, it seems that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, and the death of the king is the ancestral training.

must be repeatedly admonished by hundreds of officials, hugging his thighs and crying to move the sky, he reluctantly agreed, this is the normal procedure.

However, there is only one Li Mingrui who understands current affairs.

Chongzhen can only repeat the old tricks.

Let Li Mingrui do it privately, and don't make a noise.

So Li Mingrui went to plan.

The relocation of the imperial court needs the escort of the army.

At this time, the whole country is tense and there is a shortage everywhere, so if you can still draw an army, you can only recruit others.

So Li Mingrui reported this situation to Chongzhen, and proposed that Chongzhen use his own internal funds to recruit the army.

Chongzhen was anxious when he heard this, moving the capital is a matter of the state, how can he use his own private money?!

So nothing can be done.

It dragged on for another two months.

Seeing that the situation was critical, Chongzhen was anxious.

On the fourth day of the first month of March, it had to be openly discussed in the court.

Ladies and gentlemen, Li Mingrui recently advised me to move south, what is your opinion?

The ministers were excited, knowing that the emperor really couldn't help it.

The ministers did not disappoint Chongzhen, and their cries shook the sky, denouncing the southward migration as a violation of the ancestral teachings, abandoning the ancestral society, and a fallacy that ruined the country's society.

Shouting out the teachings of the saints of the king's death.

Send the prince to Nanjing first? Not at all!

In fact, the officials did not want to move south, first, they were reluctant to work in the imperial capital, and they had worked hard for so many years, especially the northerners were the majority of the officials.

Second, this relocation is all a money-burning job, the treasury is empty, and the emperor is unwilling to touch his private property, and it is not their idea to move them at that time.

The most important thing is that I am afraid that after the relocation of the capital, I will be held accountable for any variables, which is a loss of my head.

At this time, as long as Emperor Chongzhen said that in order to preserve the ancestral society, he was willing to move south, and he would bear all the consequences.

But the essence of the blame-dumping man who is unwilling to take responsibility and vain name is more important than everything determines that Chongzhen cannot do this.

How can he bear the responsibility of being greedy for life and fearing death, fleeing and betraying the country?

may think that there may be an opportunity to use Li Mingrui to re-propose moving south, Chongzhen did not respond to the petition of the hundred officials to kill Li Mingrui and thank the world.

Unexpectedly, the situation took a sharp turn for the worse, and within a few days, Li Zicheng attacked Beijing.

The second chance was missed again.

Li Zicheng's troops came to the city of Beijing, but Li Zicheng knew how many catties and taels he had, and he only wanted a feudal country to ask for money.

When the Juyong Pass was beaten, Du Xun, the eunuch of the prison army, surrendered, and it was just right to go to the palace to negotiate with the emperor on terms.

So Li Zicheng sent him to the palace to negotiate with Chongzhen, and Chongzhen took Wei Zaode, the first assistant of the cabinet, to meet Du Xun together.

Li Zicheng's conditions were very simple, just two, to give him Shanxi and Shaanxi as a feudal state, and to give him another million taels of silver.

Chongzhen thought to himself, you said it earlier, how many million taels did you spend to beat you!

Isn't the feudal kingdom a vassal king?

If the descendants of your Li family encounter a bad situation, how can this land be recovered.

What's more, there are incidental obligations, not in vain, Li Zicheng will help the imperial court quell the rebellion and resist the Qing army.

Chongzhen almost didn't get happy, how good this condition is, it's not just tempting, he hurriedly squeezed his eyebrows at Shoufu Wei Zaode, and asked him what he thinks.

Wei Zaode's ass pouted, and Lao Gao lay on the ground without looking.

Again, silence.

Three questions, still silent.

Almost pumped Chongzhen's anger over.

Wei Zaode has changed from a champion to a cabinet chief assistant in just four years, how can he do it without two brushes.

He knew too well that Chongzhen had brought him to participate in the negotiations to let him take the blame, and it was impossible for him Chongzhen to take the responsibility of ceding land and losing money, losing power and humiliating the country.

When the time comes, as soon as the courtiers call out, he will be the guilty sheep and the ghost of the dead.

Therefore he will not open his mouth when he dies.

He had long been ready to serve the new master of the new court, although he didn't do it.

Wei Shoufu, who couldn't get a son when he donated money, handed over tens of thousands of taels of silver under the severe torture and coercion of the rebel army, and finally died tragically in prison.

And Chongzhen really refused to take responsibility, even if his life was at stake.

The last chance was gone.

King Chuang entered the palace, and Chongzhen hung a tree.

Chongzhen's last words of "I am not the king of the dead country but have the luck of the dead country", "all the ministers misunderstand me", and "all ministers can be killed" are another dump.

Such a person is not the king of the dead country, who is the king of the dead country.

Because Wei Bao knew very well what Chongzhen was, it was impossible for Wei Bao to stand firmly with such a person.

Zhu Youxiao was still not satisfied with the answer given by Wei Bao, and asked: "Wei Aiqing, don't care if I am happy or not, you just say that these three major halls should be rebuilt, is it urgent?" Daming is short of money everywhere, and there is more than one or two hundred million taels of silver, compared to such a big gap, what are the eight million taels of the three major halls? ”

Wei Bao secretly thought, come on, you are more energetic, and was silent for a while.

Everyone looked at Wei Bao, everyone's heart was beating fast, knowing Wei Bao's answer was crucial, if he angered the emperor again, it would definitely be terrible.

"Your Majesty, if you look at it according to Weichen, the three major halls project should indeed be suspended!" Wei Bao gritted his teeth and said what was in his heart.

Wei Bao dares to say this, mainly because he has already eaten Zhu Youxiao's character, Zhu Youxiao has a smart brain and a generous personality, as long as you can tell the truth, Zhu Youxiao will not feel that he can't wipe his face and will not hold grudges.

Zhu Youxiao was very angry, but he didn't yell like just now: "You say a reason!" ”

Wei Bao said with a smile: "First of all, Your Majesty said it, regardless of whether Your Majesty is happy or not, Weichen said so." Your Majesty just said that the Forbidden City is a symbol of the empire, a totem in the hearts of the subjects of the world, and a symbol of imperial power, and this is not wrong. But Weichen wants to say that when Taizu fought with Chen Youliang in Poyang Lake, there was no unified climate, and there was no palace to take out, why did the soldiers use their lives and the people supported it? Therefore, whether the people support it or not, it is not to see how majestic and magnificent the palace is, but what the people see is what they eat in their bowls, and if they don't eat for a few days, the empire is gone, and they still have to applaud and celebrate, isn't it? ”

"Fu Guogong, you are too serious! Even if this is the case, you can't just say Your Majesty in a daze. Zhang Yan couldn't listen to it.

Wei Bao didn't go to his heart, but his heart was warm, because Wei Bao heard that Zhang Yan scolded himself on the surface, but he was actually secretly helping himself.

Zhu Youxiao sighed, Zhu Youxiao was also a starving person, so he naturally understood these truths, "It's okay, Wei Aiqing, you can go on." Natural and man-made disasters, who can predict them? When I started to build the three major halls, I thought that the wind and rain would be smooth in the future, but who knew that there would be more and more disasters, and now that they are almost completed, if I give up halfway, it will be a great loss. ”

"This is the second point that Weichen wants to say, this kind of loss is very limited, the materials for the construction of the three major halls are mainly wood, which is well preserved, so why not leave it for a while. The so-called suspension is just to make the people temporarily not need to provide building materials, a piece of wood from Yunnan, it takes hundreds of thousands of manpower, and it is completely possible to find coarse pine wood from the dense forests of eastern Liaodong to replace it. Your Majesty is proficient in manufacturing, you should know that no matter how well-made things are, it is impossible to be permanent, even if a well-made big building, can last for thousands of years, it still has to be repaired repeatedly, and the silver for repair is not less than rebuilding, and rebuilding once is new, why not. Craftsmen should pursue innovation and pursue technology, rather than pursuing once and for all, and must fully consider the cost performance. ”

When Zhu Youxiao heard this, he nodded: "Go on." There should still be one, right? ”

"Well, at present, the empire is in deep disaster, the officials are corrupt, the slaves have not been destroyed, and the people are not happy, Your Majesty should follow the example of Taizu when he was emerging from the Ming Dynasty, go out of the capital, not to mention that the disaster relief silver cannot be raised, that is, part of the money raised, for example, Hejian Mansion needs 500,000 taels of silver for disaster relief, and send it to the people, first of all, it must be sent to the government, and the government makes a register according to the head, and the people come to receive the silver, and the people who should receive it can't get it, and those who shouldn't receive it, get a few copies, these are all disadvantages that can't be cut off immediately, At this time, if Your Majesty personally brings the silver, such a bad accumulation can be greatly alleviated, Wei Chen suggested that Your Majesty go out of the capital, and then further reduce the number of officials in the capital, everyone follows Your Majesty to move the office, where Your Majesty goes, where the country and the people are safe, although this can not get good accommodation and eating conditions, but can let the people get benefits, wherever Your Majesty goes, the people are the most loyal to the Ming Dynasty, they can understand the difficulties of the imperial court. People's hearts are flesh and blood, let the people see the efforts of the court and His Majesty, even if the gap is big, everyone knows that the court and His Majesty have been working hard, and there is nothing to say. Wei Bao said.

When everyone present heard this, they all nodded secretly.

Zhu Youzhen was excited, and felt that Wei Bao was a god, no wonder he was only sixteen years old and was already ranked as a national prince.

Zhang Yan admired Wei Bao's strategy and courage very much, she had never seen such a courtier, Wei Bao alone, much stronger than the average old man in the cabinet.

One person prospers the country, one person rejuvenates the country, isn't it talking about people like Wei Bao.

Concubine Li Kang and Kebaba have always known Wei Bao's talent, and they are not surprised, but they don't know why Wei Bao seems to have changed now, as if he doesn't want to make money, and completely considers the problem from the perspective of His Majesty and the imperial court, is this the reason why Wei Bao completely broke with Wei Zhongxian?

Concubine Kang Zhao and Tian had not had much contact with Wei Bao before, and both of them felt that Wei Bao was very talented, and the most important thing was that they were very upright, and they admired Wei Bao in their hearts.

Not to mention Princess Zhu Huiyuan of Le'an, she almost didn't applaud, looking at Wei Bao's eyes, she was all infatuated.

Wei Bao was very indifferent, because there was no need to say much about this, basically every minister could think of it, but no one would say this in front of the emperor.

The Donglin Party is selfish, they oppose the eunuch party in order to oppose the eunuch party, and they dare not admonish some officialdom maladministration, because that will cut off their own financial route.

"Wei Aiqing, then you say, what should I do now? I can allow the construction of the three major halls to be stopped, and wait until the future when the country and the people are safe, what do you say is our priority now? Zhu Youxiao asked.

"Disaster relief, purging officialdom, boldly promoting officials, giving priority to morality, not allowing to buy officials, and promoting people with prestige and reputation from all over the world to come out as officials, as long as there is a talent and fame, masters, langzhong, and even fortune tellers, they can be officials. The common people say that a good official is a good official, and the common people say that if an official is not good, it is not good, and if an official does not make decisions for the people, it is better to go home and eat radish! Wei Bao said with a smile: "Daming is a big land, as long as the officialdom is stabilized, any disaster can pass." If the north can't survive, go to the south, the weather becomes cold, there are still large tracts of fertile land to be developed in the south of the Ming Dynasty, there is nothing to eat, just wild vegetables and catching fish can ensure that people do not starve to death. As long as we insist on opening the sea, transport our surplus goods out, and bring in the goods that are urgently needed, we can not only meet the demand, but also increase employment, and ensure that 100 million people have no worries about food and clothing! ”

In fact, in Wei Bao's view, with such a large area of Daming, a population of more than 100 million or less than 200 million, it is very good to live no matter what.

"What about the Jiannu and the Mongols? They have repeatedly invaded the border, preventing the north from being peaceful, and the Yellow River and the Yangtze River, which suffer from floods or droughts every year. It takes a lot of money. "Zhu Youxiao is like a person who has played a bad game and has given up, and suddenly encountered the excitement of the strategy, Wei Bao is Zhu Youxiao's strategy cheats.

Wei Bao smiled: "Those are easier to do, just stick to the established policy of maintaining Weichen." Maintain a limited number of troops, maintain combat effectiveness, and clear the wilderness outside the pass, so as not to give the Mongols and Jiannu a chance. ”