In front of the British public Zhang Weixian, Zhang Zhiji was also honestly like a well-behaved little white rabbit, standing aside honestly and not daring to say anything.

Wu Sanfu stood at Zhang Zhiji's hand and also saluted Zhang Weixian.

Zhang Weixian briefly asked Wu Sanfu's origin, and nodded: "You Liaoxi families rarely hear of people coming to the capital as officials, right?" ”

"I'm the only one." Wu Sanfu said: "The generals don't pay much attention to scientific research. ”

Zhang Weixian's impression of Wu Sanfu was very good, "Then you are very good, it is even more commendable to be able to achieve the fame of Jinshi in a place that does not pay attention to scientific examinations." ”

"I'm not as good as Xiaobao," Wu Sanfu hurriedly said: "Xiaobao is the Tanhualang with the title of the gold list, I didn't like to go to school very much, I only stopped when I got into the child, and under the drive of Xiaobao, I regained confidence in the scientific examination, and within a year, from the child, to Xiucai, and then to the lifter, I finally luckily ordered the Jinshi, and the fame I gained was thanks to Xiaobao." ”

When Zhang Meiyuan heard this, she glanced at Wei Bao deeply, she didn't expect such a young person to be so talented.

Zhang Meiyuan's impression of Wei Bao was the same, and it was also very general, and Zhang Weixian had similar ideas, but it was even more difficult for a teenager to be able to visit Hualang in high school, which was unique in the history of the Ming Dynasty.

"Master Wei, your affairs have already been told to me, I asked you to come, just to say to you face to face, although the old man wants to help you, but the imperial court has a court system, and I also ask your majesty to ask for a holy decree, if your majesty needs my Beijing camp to assist the governor of coastal defense, we are naturally duty-bound." Zhang Weixian said.

Wei Bao didn't expect Zhang Weixian to be a happy person, and he didn't say some vain words, he actually agreed directly, couldn't help but be happy, and nodded: "This is as it should be, but I want the British public to give me a real bottom, you don't need to use people and horses yourself, you just need to give me 10,000 horses and horses, I have some people under me, I want my people to be used as Beijing camp!" ”

"It can't be! How? Lord Wei doesn't look down on the soldiers of my Beijing camp? If we want to help the Governor of Haiphong, Yamen, we must send people ourselves, so how can we allow others to do things under the banner of our Beijing camp? Wouldn't it tarnish the reputation of my Jingying if he did something out of the ordinary? Zhang Weixian said in a deep voice.

Wei Bao is afraid of this, for Wei Bao, it is very simple to find the emperor to ask for a holy decree, Wei Bao is afraid that the people in Beijing will not be able to work.

What you want to do this time must be all out of the ordinary, if you don't do it well, you will have to kill at a critical moment, how can the people in Beijing have their own people to use?

When it was time to get real knives and guns, the people in Beijing turned around and left, not only were they not helping, but they lost all the momentum of the Governor of Haiphong's yamen at once!

When the time comes, not only will he not be able to do things, but he will make the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, a laughing stock for others, and even if he is not driven out of Tianjin Wei at that time, he will have no face to stay any longer.

Therefore, Wei Bao did not want the Beijing camp to directly send troops and horses to help, and it was impossible for the emperor to say how many people the Beijing camp would send to help Wei Bao, at most it must be mentioned in the holy decree, so that the Beijing camp could provide some help in the establishment of the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong, at most.

This kind of holy decree has little effect, and it is even quite deceitful.

Wei Bao's biggest advantage is that he thinks about things farther, knows how to draw inferences, and will come up with many aspects of the problem.

"Grandpa Guo, it's not that I don't trust the soldiers of the Beijing camp, it's just that what I want to do this time is indeed a bit tricky, cutting off people's wealth is cutting off people's lives, I don't hesitate to offend all the gentry for the people of Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai, I don't hesitate to get the most powerful local army, I don't hesitate to offend local officials, in order to give the people a way to live! Since we have to do it, we will have to fight and kill at that time, and even cause even bigger incidents, in this case, can the people in the Beijing camp be sent by me at will? Wei Bao asked rhetorically.

Zhang Weixian was shocked when he heard this, and secretly said that this kid is so ruthless, he actually wants me to go to the local camp to fight directly with the local army? What are you going to do?

Zhang Weixian originally thought that Wei Bao just wanted to pull up his banner for bluff purposes, so he could cooperate.

The main Wei Bao is also for the people to stutter, Zhang Weixian is willing to help Wei Bao for the sake of the Ming Dynasty and the local people, but you let your people go out to fight, this is too much.

"Lord Wei, the Jingying is His Majesty's Imperial Forest Army, and its duty is mainly to defend the Jingshi! Do you want to pull Jingying to Shandong to fight? It's still the court's own soldiers and horses, don't you think it's too bold to do this? Have you told Your Majesty these thoughts, have you considered the feelings of the officials in the world, and have you considered the feelings of the gentry and the big families in various places? Whose world is the world, have you thought about these things? What do you want to do, do you want to ruin Daming? The more Zhang Weixian spoke, the more excited he became, and he actually stood up and glared at Wei Bao.

Zhang Zhiji and Wu Sanfu were taken aback when they saw Zhang Weixian angry, but neither of them dared to say anything.

Including Zhang Meiyuan, her beautiful eyes widened, and she was secretly surprised that her father rarely got so angry, and didn't he say it well? Why do you say angry when you are angry?

Zhang Zhiji, Wu Sanfu and Zhang Meiyuan all have to see how Wei Bao will respond.

Wei Bao was not too surprised that Zhang Weixian would suddenly get angry, as a ruling group, as an ironclad relationship with the imperial power, Zhang Weixian is actually a part of the imperial power, and he must maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty, there is no doubt about it.

In order to maintain the stability of the Ming Dynasty, we must not excessively suppress the landlord group, let alone openly use force like Wei Bao.

Zhang Weixian could immediately understand Wei Bao's intention, which was to use force to eradicate the local forces in Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong, and Denglai, and eradicate the local generals, big families, and bureaucrats together.

Zhang Weixian knows very well that there is no way to cut some of this kind of layoff and leave part of it, this kind of either not do it, if you want to do it, you must live or die, eradicate it, and kill it.

"Then in the eyes of your grandfather, without the common people, the place will be stable, right? What else can those tarsal poisonous insects do except loot the people's fat and people's ointment? The finances of the imperial court have been paralyzed, and it still has to support so many unworthy officers and soldiers, and let the generals eat empty quotas and drink the blood of soldiers? The common people have lost their livelihood because of the drought, and they still have to watch the landlords hoard and use the bones of the common people to obtain money? The common people don't even have anything to eat, and they have to be exploited by the local chiefs, and they should have paid a tax of ten cents, but they have to pay one or two silver, right? When everyone is dead, the Ming court will be stable, isn't it? This world is all supported by corrupt officials and corrupt officials, isn't it? "Wei Bao is also on fire, and if he can't borrow Zhang Weixian's support, he won't borrow it, and he has to make it clear.

Zhang Weixian was also frightened by Wei Bao's attitude, no one really said anything to him like this, even the emperor didn't dare to treat him with such an attitude, and the courtiers were even more respectful to him.

The princes of the Ming Dynasty were all people with their tails between their legs in front of the emperor, so Zhang Weixian was really one of the few people who could claim to be an elder in front of the emperor.

But today, he, Zhang Weixian, the emperor elder of the Ming Dynasty, was actually yelled at by Wei Bao.

Zhang Zhiji frowned and said coldly: "Master Wei, you can't talk to my father like this!" ”

Wei Bao glanced at Zhang Zhiji apologetically, "Brother Zhang, I was reckless, but this is my heartfelt words, maybe Grandpa Guo will think that even if there is no Wei Bao to do this thing today, the Ming Dynasty is still the Ming Dynasty, and the sky will not fall." But what I want to say is that this day can't never fall! Without Zhang Juzheng's restructuring, I may not know how many years the collapse has been. ”

"You! How dare you make such a rebellious statement? Zhang Weixian saw that Wei Bao was getting more and more outrageous, glaring at Wei Bao, but he didn't say anything.

Zhang Meiyuan secretly admired Wei Bao's courage and intelligence, Wei Bao said the right reason, as long as he has a little brain, he can look at the problem from the perspective of the overall situation of the Ming Dynasty, and he knows that what Wei Bao said is no problem.

"I dare to say this here because I think that's the problem! Moreover, I didn't treat Grandpa Guo and Shizi Ye as outsiders, I and Shiziye are righteous brothers, not to mention, Grandpa Guo is a person who is fully dependent on the Ming Emperor's power, which is equivalent to the royal family, I believe that Grandpa Guo will not see these situations I said. Unless you have ill intentions and want to see Da Ming finished! ”

"How can this be reasonable, the more you talk about it, the more out of line! Okay, Wei Bao, let me ask you, even if the matter is as serious as you said, what does the imperial court want to do? What do you want the ministry to do? If there is a problem with the officials, the examination and selection will be abolished, and the virtuous ones will be re-selected. Landlords around the country engage in hoarding, destroy their dens, punish the first offender, and punish them heavily, these can be! The local army needs to lay off personnel, and it can be negotiated with it, what things cannot be resolved slowly, must we meet each other? Have you ever thought about the consequences of a war against each other? It's not a local thing, and if you do it as a governor, will all other governors do it? Even if other places don't follow suit, will the landlords everywhere be afraid? Don't do anything, all day long to prevent the court from suddenly killing, won't the world be chaotic? If the Ming Dynasty is gone, what if the people are saved? The world is torn apart? Zhang Weixian began to calm down and reason with Wei Bao, but his tone was still very stern, and the old man under the anger was slurred.

Wei Bao probably understood what Zhang Weixian was trying to express, and said coldly: "I've thought about this, Grandpa Guo, you can rest assured!" If these people had the courage to rebel, there would not be homeless people everywhere in the world! They only know that black-hearted money is made, they can only care about their own life and death, and they can never think of anything else. Greedy for life and afraid of death, regard wealth as life, and regard the lives of ordinary people as mustard, this is the common character of these people! Doing a good job in Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai will not only not let the chaos in various places, but can make people see the determination of the Ming Dynasty, but can play a great warning role! Not to mention that the people's livelihood in other places will be renewed, at least the corrupt officials and squire bullies in various places will be reined in! ”

This time, Wei Bao could only speak after speaking, Zhang Weixian did not reply for a long time, frowned, and fell into deep thought.

Zhang Weixian cares about the political situation of Daming and the changes in the situation inside and outside Daming, but he is a pampered high-ranking official, and he really hasn't thought about so many things, and from the bottom of his heart, he is not willing to take risks.

I don't want Daming to be bad, I hope Daming is good, but it doesn't mean that he is willing to gamble with his glory and wealth, and his family's prestige.

If you don't do anything, his honor has reached its peak, and it is impossible to go up further, and it is impossible to be crowned king.

But if he messes with Wei Bao, he will be implicated, and he will be humiliated at best, or he will be demoted or even cut off his title, so what is he trying to do?

"Master Wei, your loyalty, the old man saw it, but if you do this, aren't you afraid that you will become an official in the world and an enemy of the landlord in the world? When the time comes, whether you succeed or not, you will personally become the target of the public, what are you trying to do? Can't you think of a safe way to figure it out slowly? Zhang Weixian then changed from arguing with Wei Bao to persuading.

Wei Bao can naturally understand what Zhang Weixian's concerns are, "Grandpa Guo, I don't want anything, I will rely on Your Majesty to be my cronies, I should go to repay Your Majesty, and I should take Daming's affairs as my own business!" Grandpa Guo may think that this matter has little to do with you, you don't care about anything, and it is safest to be on the outside, but I still said what I said just now, you don't realize how serious the matter is! Millions of people die a year, millions of people die a year, year after year, day after day, how many people in the north can die? The consequence of the sharp decline in population is the collapse of the economy, and once the power of the peasant army rises up in the future, it will form an overwhelming and uncontainable situation, and at that time, the position of your grandfather will not be able to be kept! At that time, no matter how much you regret it, there will be no place to buy regret medicine! The first generation of British Gong Zhang Fu. He was the most favored general during the Ming Dynasty and the son of Zhang Yu. Zhang Fu's life is full of great achievements. He was one of the most dazzling generals of the Ming Dynasty in his time. When Zhang Fu was very early, he participated in the Battle of Jingjing with his father, and made great contributions to Ming Chengzu's victory over the world. In the years to come, he pacified Annam three times, destroyed Vietnam, followed Ming Chengzu three times, and invaded Mongolia in the north, which was famous. After the death of Ming Chengzu, he then assisted three generations of kings, and finally he was too old to do it, followed the Northern Expedition of Ming Yingzong, and died in the Tumubao Change. As a great general of the four dynasties, he died on the battlefield, and he really bowed to death. The second generation of British Gong Zhang Mao. As soon as he came up, he caught up with the moment when the Ming Dynasty was turned upside down. In the years to come, Zhang Mao always held a heavy army, became the protector of the capital, for forty years no matter which traitor came to power no one dared to provoke him, is considered to be the highest status of the nobles, even higher than the status of his first generation of British dukes, posthumously crowned the king of Ningyang. He has a very strong grasp of power, and after he is a general, his martial arts are also very strong, and he once hit three arrows in a row, which was praised by the emperor. You are already the seventh generation of British princes, why can't you follow the example of the ancestors of the Zhang family and bravely stand up when the Ming Dynasty is in danger? ”

British Gong Zhang Weixian was speechless by Wei Bao again.

Wei Bao didn't mean to stop, "Maybe you can comfort yourself with the fact that the situation in Daming is not as bad as I said, but you can't help but see that the situation is getting worse!" This is not created by a certain person or a certain group of people at the top, but the entire system has decayed, and there is no need for strong medicine, it is really too late! As long as you think that what I said is reasonable, it is indeed helping the Ming Dynasty to transform for the better, I hope that the British public can uphold the righteousness, take the Ming court as its own responsibility, bravely stand up, and shoulder the burden for the Ming Dynasty. Even if you become the landlord of the world and the enemy of the officials of the world because of this, after a few years, people will have a correct opinion of the British public. Besides, I didn't ask the British Duke to personally participate in my changes in Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong Province and Denglai, I just borrowed 10,000 sets of equipment from Beijing Battalion, which can be regarded as borrowing your soldiers and horses! ”

"Master Wei, I'll directly lend you the soldiers and horses of our Beijing camp and let them all listen to you, isn't this okay, why bother so much?" Zhang Weixian took another step back.

Wei Bao shook his head, "It's useless, didn't the British Duke listen to me just now?" Your people, first, have been abandoning training for a long time, and they can't fight. The second is that they can't completely listen to me! Unless you can go in person! Isn't that more important for you? ”

Zhang Weixian was speechless by what Wei Bao said, and said in a deep voice: "Master Wei, you go back first, let Old Man think about it for a while." ”

Wei Bao smiled bitterly, "Time is not waiting for me, I can wait, millions of victims can't afford to wait, and the Ming court can't afford to wait!" Nowadays, Jiannu is detaining the customs in Liaodong, and they will not wait for you! I will use the military funds and food from Shandong Province to help the victims, stabilize the backyard, and then I will go to Liaodong to supervise the army! When the time comes, there will be a stable rear, and some of the mediocre military horses in Liaodong will be removed, so that the finances of the imperial court can barely support the huge military expenditures, and the internal and external will be calm, and then work hard for a few years, and the situation of the Ming Dynasty will be slightly better. ”

"Lord Wei still wants to go to Liaodong to oversee the army?" Zhang Weixian was a little curious: "Isn't the Overseer?" ”

Zhang Weixian secretly wondered, he didn't believe what Wei Bao said, he just felt that the emperor had promoted Wei Bao too much, a person who had just entered the ranks, couldn't he promote Wei Bao to the position of a first- or second-class official?

This is simply unheard of, and I have never heard of such a thing in the entire history of the Ming Dynasty.

"The Overseers are all made by eunuchs, aren't they?" Wei Bao took Zhang Weixian's words and said with a smile: "I can't tell others about this, but I can tell the British public that His Majesty has already told me that after setting up the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong, let me go to Liaodong." The reason why I am the only one who participates in politics and does not have a governor is to give me the opportunity to make meritorious contributions in Liaodong, and when I have meritorious service, I can officially take charge of the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong! ”

Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Meiyuan were startled, Wei Bao said in more detail, which made them believe a little more.

Wu Sanfu was also secretly surprised, although he already knew that Wei Bao was going to be promoted, he didn't expect that Wei Bao might actually get the high position of the Governor of Haiphong's Yamen? It's just horrible.

A person who is only fifteen years old has the opportunity to become a feudal official?

Zhang Weixian nodded, looked at Wei Bao, who was only fifteen years old, and then looked at his son in his thirties, and secretly sighed that the gap between this person and people was too big.

The son is not said to be a gentleman, he doesn't do business all day long, anyway, he doesn't do anything, he can't do anything, he can't do anything, he is a mediocre person, if he wasn't born in the British government, it is really commonplace, this Wei Bao was born in a peasant family in western Liaoning, but he can rely on his talent to get the emperor's appreciation in just a few months, and it is not unreasonable to do many great things in the Ming court.

Zhang Weixian has unconsciously gone from being hostile to Wei Bao to having a slight affection for Wei Bao.

"Brother Wei, my father said so, you can't make my father promise you now, right?" Zhang Zhiji said from the side.

"Please give me a deadline, what I need is a quasi-word, if Grandpa Guo cares about feathers and is not willing to wade into troubled waters, I can understand, I will think of other ways! It's not that I'm pressing, it's just that time is pressing! I am so worried when I think of the people who starve to death every day! Wei Bao said: "I have been opening a porridge field in front of the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong for disaster relief, but I have no choice but to pay a drop in the bucket, and this is not the right way to solve the problem, it can only alleviate a very small number of victims, not a cure." ”

"Old man Rong thinks about it for three days, Master Wei, okay?" Zhang Weixian originally wanted to use a few more days of thinking about it to prevaricate Wei Bao, but he was forced by Wei Bao to have no choice, so he could only take another step back.

Wei Bao saw that this was already in the best state, so he had to say, "Thank you Grandpa Guo." Then let's take our leave. ”

"Let's go after a light meal, I still want to talk to Master Wei more." Zhang Weixian sent out an invitation.

This made Zhang Zhiji and Zhang Meiyuan very surprised, how arrogant is his father? I haven't seen Zhang Weixian send an invitation to someone.

Not to mention that Wei Bao is just a fifth-grade official at this time, even if the prince enters Beijing, Zhang Weixian has never invited anyone.

Even the first assistant, the second assistant, and the cabinet assistant came to visit the house, and Zhang Weixian never left anyone to eat.

"I'm afraid that it will disturb Grandpa Guo, Grandpa Guo's kindness, and the lower officials are terrified." Wei Bao hurriedly excused himself.

Wei Bao's resignation surprised Wu Sanfu, Zhang Meiyuan and Zhang Zhiji.

Originally, Zhang Weixian wanted to stay with Wei Bao for dinner, which was already very surprising, and what was even more unexpected was that Wei Bao actually wanted to leave?

Wei Bao didn't deliberately be arrogant, but felt that Zhang Weixian was just polite, anyway, he had never been in contact with any big people in later generations, and in general, the big people were so polite on the surface, but in fact, they were just casual routines, and they waited for a meal, but Zhang Zhiji was with him, so it was better to go out and eat freely.

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