"Master Wei, is it useful to say this? Will Your Majesty change his mind because the people of Donglin must kill my father? Xiong Zhaoqi hurriedly asked.

Wei Bao shook his head, "It's hard to say, let's get the chess pieces out first." Anyway, if you do this, others won't know that I did it, it won't have any effect on us, and it won't have any effect on your father, so I'll try to meet Your Majesty again and intercede for your father a little. It's not that I don't want to intercede with your father, it's not that I'm afraid of offending Wei Zhongxian, you should know a little bit about officialdom, the emperor already has an established impression of your father, and it's a bad impression, saying it too hard will backfire. ”

When Xiong Zhaoqi and Xiong Xin'er heard this, they both nodded, they understand this truth, this is true many times in the officialdom, most of the things that officials think about are the opposite of the common people, not to mention that the emperor is the biggest official in the world.

"If this is done, first of all, Wei Zhongxian and the Donglin Party will be suspicious of who did this, and they will definitely think that the other party's people did it, and then guess what the other party's intentions are." Wu Xuexia further analyzed.

Wei Bao was a little funny, and forcibly held back, after all, it was the life and death of the Xiong family's father, and he couldn't laugh at this time.

But he just said it casually and didn't think about it, but Wu Xuexia actually took the initiative to analyze it.

He secretly thought that his own pass should also belong to the operation as fierce as a tiger, right?

Xiong Zhaoqi and Xiong Xin'er looked at Wu Xuexia expectantly, wanting to hear her continue to analyze.

Wu Xuexia looked at Wei Bao.

Wei Bao said: "Say, I also want to hear what will happen if you really do this." ”

After they suspected each other, they should have wondered why the other party wanted to announce that it was the Donglin Party that wanted to kill Lord Xiong. Wei Zhongxian's side must have thought that the Donglin Party itself said that they had to kill Xiong Tingbi in order to cater to His Majesty's preferences and take the opportunity to curry favor with His Majesty. The Donglin Party will think that Wei Zhongxian said that they want to kill the Donglin Party because they want them to carry the black cauldron, and as for what the black cauldron is, they will be suspicious. Wu Xuexia continued.

"What kind of black cauldron could it be?" Wei Bao came to the spirit, he didn't expect that he would say it so casually, and he could think so far away from the smart Wu Xuexia.

Some people who are good at chess often can't think of how to make a move for a long time, but after someone else has played a move, they can guess many moves behind.

Wei Bao is now the one who plays chess, and Wu Xuexia is the master of chess watching around him.

Maybe Wu Xuexia won't be the best at chess, but analyzing the chess game and being a chief of staff is definitely quite qualified.

Wei Bao is the same, Wei Bao is not necessarily very good at chess, but his advantage is that he can listen to other people's analysis, and he also likes to listen to others' analysis, is good at accepting advice, and has the demeanor of a wise gentleman.

"The Donglin Party will think that the Wei family is spreading rumors, and they have to kill Lord Xiong, and they are carrying the black cauldron of the Liaodong war situation. Everyone knows that Liaodong was defeated at the beginning and lost more than 100,000 elites in the imperial court, and the first culprit was Wang Huazhen, not Lord Xiong. And Wang Huazhen is the Donglin Party, and Xiong Tingbi is only the Qichu Zhejiang Party. It stands to reason that Lord Xiong's sin can be condemned to death, or it may not have to be a capital crime, which is reasonable. Wu Xuexia said: "In this case, the Donglin Party will be put in a position where it has an ulterior relationship with Lord Xiong, and it is to kill Lord Xiong and destroy his mouth, which is actually beneficial to the Wei family." Doing so might make Wei Zhongxian hesitate again whether he should kill Lord Xiong right away. ”

Wei Bao secretly thought, these don't need you to analyze at all, I already knew that in the next move, Wei Zhongxian would use Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan to drag Yang Lian and other hardcore ministers of the Donglin Party into the water, so as to control the government in one fell swoop, and then the Donglin Party had no strength to fight back until Chongzhen came to power.

"Then I think about it, I want to change my strategy, and let it out and say that His Majesty and the nine thousand years old must kill Xiong Tingbi, in fact, it has always been the Donglin Party that has tried to protect Xiong Tingbi!" Wei Bao was awakened by Wu Xuexia: "In this way, Wei Zhongxian and the emperor will suspect that the Donglin Party is borrowing a knife to kill people, and it must be the wind released by the Donglin Party." And the Donglin Party will never doubt this kind of remarks, because this statement is basically in line with the facts, and it will be thought that it is natural to leak the rumors! After we have expanded the influence of this matter, if the Donglin Party does not move, Wei Zhongxian will still use Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan to drag Yang Lian and them into the water. If the Donglin Party fights back and turns to protect Xiong Tingbi, it will be difficult for Wei Zhongxian to drag Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan into the water again, others will think that Wei Zhongxian did it deliberately in order to take revenge and sing against the Donglin Party, and then use Xiong Tingbi to point against Yang Lian and others, it will be untenable! ”

Wei Bao said, patted his thigh, he was impressed by himself, he sincerely appreciated himself, he didn't play politics and didn't find that he was really talented.

He doesn't really care about the final direction of this matter, because he doesn't have much to do with him, he likes Xiong Xin'er a lot, but a girl like Xiong Xin'er is really high for him now.

Wei Bao has not yet married, at the age of fifteen, he is already a Tanhualang, and he is a positive five grade given by His Majesty, he is not a high-ranking official, but he can definitely be regarded as a quasi-high-ranking official, and his future is immeasurable!

If Wei Bao proposes to the daughter of a prince and minister of Jingshi, it can almost be said that there is no impossibility, whether it is the eunuch party or the Donglin party, they will not refuse Wei Bao.

Because Wei Bao not only has a future in officialdom, but also money, and is handsome, he is definitely a perfect masonry king.

"The key is that I don't know if the Donglin Party will go according to the president's wishes. Will they work together to protect Xiong Tingbi? Wu Xuexia said: "If you do this, it is indeed the most beneficial to Lord Xiong, and it is also beneficial to the Donglin Party, and it is indeed the best way to break Wei Zhongxian and make a fuss about Lord Xiong." ”

When Xiong Zhaoqi heard this, his eyes lit up, and he knelt down and said, "Then ask Master Wei to do this, no matter how the Donglin Party reacts, as long as it is beneficial to my father, it is worth giving it a try." ”

Wei Bao nodded and helped Xiong Zhaoqi up, "Brother Xiong, your family's affairs are my affairs, don't kneel down at every turn, it's not difficult, I'll let people do it now." ”

Wei Bao said and looked at Wu Xuexia.

Wu Xuexia said: "I will arrange it immediately, and ensure that tomorrow the entire capital will know that the emperor and Wei Zhongxian are in a hurry to kill Xiong Tingbi and Wang Wenyan, and prepare to drag the Donglin Party into the water with the matter of Xiong Tingbi." ”

"Well, not only do you want to drag the Donglin Party into the water, but you also want to put Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou at the front by name, which is more convincing, because Wei Zhongxian and they are planning to do this now, and they will do it in the next two days." Wei Bao smiled. Secretly scolding himself for being stupid, and breaking Wei Zhongxian's plan as soon as possible, why did he think of this method?

"I'm worried that someone will suspect Childe." Wu Xuexia said: "Because the more true it is, the more likely it is that the insider said it." ”

Xiong Zhaoqi and Xiong Xin'er were embarrassed again when they heard Wu Xuexia say this.

"If it will cause trouble to Lord Wei, forget it, anyway, it will be difficult for Daddy to rescue after all, there is no need to save my Daddy and ruin the young and promising Lord Wei who has a big future." Xiong Zhaoqi said. He is not hypocritical, he is telling the truth, besides, the people who contributed to the effort, he is not so capable, and he definitely can't insist on letting people save his father after hearing that he will cause trouble for others.

Xiong Xin'er also said: "What my brother said is, Master Wei, if you cause trouble, you really don't have to come hard. Think of other ways. ”

"Don't worry about me, we can let people ventilate to the Donglin Party, especially since my Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Yamen of Dali Temple still have a few officials of the Donglin Party who will make trouble, let them let the news out by themselves! It's better to go directly to this impeachment! Wei Bao is not quick to do good deeds, but he is quite quick to do bad deeds: "Tonight, you will send people to the homes of these Donglin Party Qingliu officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and in the name of Yang Lian, ask everyone to play the book together early tomorrow morning, and ask the court to send Xiong Tingbi lightly, saying that Xiong Tingbi will not die for his crimes!" As long as one of them does this, this rumor will be successfully released, I don't believe it, twenty or thirty Donglin Party Qingliu, none of them are on this book. ”

"Won't they check with Yang Lian overnight?" Wu Xuexia asked.

"There is no way to verify, these officials live in the north courtyard specially arranged for them by the Duchayuan and Dali Temple, and outsiders can't enter or get out at all! They would think that Yang Lian had contacted one of their officials, and this official had secretly contacted them at night! I have to go to the recital early tomorrow morning, and it's too late to contact Yang Lian when it's dawn! This matter, you do it personally, urge it quickly, and emphasize that the book must be delivered tomorrow, otherwise the lives of a large number of loyal ministers of the Donglin Party will not be guaranteed! The more Wei Bao spoke, the more proud he became, and the more he felt that he was really a genius.

Of course, this is also based on Wei Bao's familiarity with this history, and Wei Bao is now in charge of the Ducha Yuan and Dali Temple, which also has this convenience.

Wu Xuexia nodded when she heard this, "Someone will definitely submit the book to Lord Baoxiong in the imperial court!" As has always been the case with the Donglin Party, they are accustomed to twisting into a rope and keeping the same caliber. But I'm still worried about that problem, I'm afraid that I will suspect Childe. ”

"The Donglin Party's speech officials jointly defended Xiong Tingbi to the imperial court, how could they be suspicious of me?" Wei Bao laughed.

"But they are all officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and the scope of personnel should be expanded! Send a letter to all Donglin Party officials in Beijing! Even if they wanted to contact Yang Lian to verify, it was impossible for everyone to go to Yang Lian overnight! It's not just the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, it's not easy to suspect Gongzi. Second, when Wei Zhongxian heard that the Donglin Party's people's congress was so active at night, he would not suspect Gongzi, and would think that the Donglin Party itself was aware of his intentions. Wu Xuexia said.

When Wei Bao heard this, he slapped his hands happily: "In the end, it is the virtuous helper of Lord Ben, if you say it well, you will do what you say." ”

Wei Bao didn't care about showing his affection to Wu Xuexia in front of Xiong Xin'er.

Wu Xuexia heard Wei Bao say this, her face turned red, she was infinitely shy, and she secretly thought about it in front of so many people, "This matter can be done easily for the Statistics Bureau, we already have a complete list of the entire Beijing officialdom, who are eunuchs, which people are Donglin Party, which people are pro-Eunuch Party, which people are pro-Donglin Party, which people are strictly neutral, we have already checked clearly, and there will be no mistakes." In my opinion, it is enough to deliver letters to a hundred or so hardcore Donglin parties. When the time comes, whether Yang Lian admits it or not, everyone will think that it is his meaning. ”

"Okay, I'll do it." Wei Bao said to Xiong Zhaoqi and Xiong Xin'er: "You guys go and rest, I look at this, now there is a possibility of a turnaround!" If the entire Donglin Party tried to protect Xiong Tingbi, it would be almost impossible for Wei Zhongxian to uproot the Donglin Party. ”

"Is it possible for my dad to be released?" Xiong Xin'er said.

"It's absolutely impossible to let it out, and the best outcome is to continue to drag it out like this, right? As long as you can survive this fall, let's take our time in the future. Wei Bao said.

Xiong Zhaoqi agreed: "Indeed, as Lord Wei said, as long as you can survive this autumn, the imperial court has issued a strict decree to behead Daddy and Wang Huazhen together this autumn." If only Wang Huazhen was beheaded this autumn and his father was not implicated, this would already be the best result. ”

"Thank you, Lord Wei." Xiong Xin'er felt that she bowed down to Wei Baoying.

Wei Bao hurriedly helped her up, "It's all your own people, what's polite?" Why do you call me an adult? Just call me by name. ”

"No, then I'll call Gongzi like Miss Wu, Sister Qiuya, and Princess Zhenming in the future, right?" Xiong Xin'er said with a red face.

Wei Bao smiled and hummed, "Yes." ”

"Sister Xin'er, I'm younger than Qiu Ya, you call her sister, call me eldest lady, don't you call me old?" Wu Xuexia protested.

provoked a few girls, as well as Wei Bao and Xiong Zhaoqi, all laughed.

"Okay, as long as the eldest lady doesn't dislike people like us who commit official crimes, I can't wait to be close to Sister Xuexia, this is my blessing." Xiong Xin'er's face also improved a lot, and she was quite confident in the plan that Wei Bao came up with.

Wei Bao went to sleep, secretly thinking that he didn't know if he could save Yang Lian and the Donglin Party!

In fact, he didn't have much of a cold to save Yang Lian, and Wei Bao didn't think that Yang Lian's existence could help Da Ming much.

This has nothing to do with whether Yang Lian is a good person or a bad person, whether he is a clean official or a corrupt official.

In fact, not everyone thinks that Yang Lian is a perfect person.

There are also many ministers who feel that Yang Lian has not done many good things in his life except for political struggles, fighting for power and profit, and bullying orphans and widows.

Are people like Yang Lian loyal?

It is difficult to say that he has not contributed to the Apocalypse Emperor to solve the financial difficulties of the empire.

Their kind of officials can only quarrel, and there is no need to quarrel in many fights.

Do such people love the people?

It is also difficult to say that in the early years of the Apocalypse when Yang Lian and his gang of Donglin bureaucrats were in power, there were more things about the withering of private industry and commerce and the government's coercion of the people, which was much worse than the years when Wei Zhongxian was in power.

Yang Lian, who only knows the power struggle, does not know what the national economy and people's livelihood are, and is a person cultivated by the feudal imperial examination, it is really difficult to say.

Wei Bao appreciates doers more than this kind of officials.

For him, it is even more useless, Xiong Tingbi is well versed in the art of war, and when the time comes, he can be a senior staff officer, and he can easily figure out the army under the feudal system, and even understand the movements and ideas of the anti-civilian army, which is always useful.

What's the use of keeping people like Yang Lian?

Wei Bao knew that there were several major charges that Yang Lian sued Wei Zhongxian, which were very debatable.

On the day when the emperor went to the southern suburbs, it was rumored that there was a noble man in the palace, who was virtuous and chaste, and the emperor was favored.

Zhongxian is afraid that he will expose his arrogance, plot for personal gain, pretend to be ill, and immediately cover up the killing, which is the emperor and cannot protect his honor. Eight major sins.

It is still said that there is no name. Concubine Yu passed on the seal with joy, and China and foreign countries were happy to tell each other. Loyal and virtuous resist and do not attach themselves to themselves, and they are not happy to advocate for their own self-righteousness, and they are ordered to commit suicide without seeing the emperor's face. Xi Yao was born in 14 months, if Concubine Yu survived that day, would An Zhi not be Yao's mother? It's the emperor who can't protect his concubines. Nine major sins also.

It is still said that in the concubine also, there is a celebration in the middle palace, and he has become a man, where how to protect in the inner court, it is around the auspiciousness of the current rainbow, and suddenly turned into the misery of the flying star falling into the moon, and it is rumored that Zhongxian and Mrs. Fengsheng really have a plan. With the emperor's toe auspicious, why not Si Nan is hundred, and Zhongxian harbors evil intentions, if this is the emperor, he can't protect his first son. Ten major sins also.

If you talk about the palace on the basis of "rumors", the Donglin Party can still say that he was killed by Wei Zhongxian, which emperor can endure such rumors? These "rumors" are probably made up by themselves.

It can also be seen from Yang Lian's complaint against Wei Zhongxian that the Donglin Party is sometimes too arrogant and does not take imperial power into account.

Whether it is a lawsuit with the emperor or talking to the emperor, you must pay attention to ways and means, and be the emperor's minister, not the emperor's father.

Of course, Wei Bao's angle is his own perspective, and it is to see whether a person is useful or not, and it is all said to him personally.

Wei Bao did not look at the problem from the perspective of the Ming Emperor.

It is not necessary to have merit to be considered a loyal monarch, after all, the evaluation criteria for good officials and capable ministers are different, and the character in Yang Lian's record is better than most of the historical talents, which Wei Bao does not deny.

In terms of merit, it is indeed a defect of Yang Lian and most of the Donglin Party, which is also the reason why Yang Lian's evaluation in the Ming Dynasty may not be at the same level as Yu Qian and Zhang Juzheng.

As for the voice of the people, in fact, the people here are estimated to be only landlords, wealthy businessmen and literati, because the real peasants were basically very poor in the late Ming Dynasty, and they would not have any good impression of the landlords and literati.

And there is no record of what the Donglin Party did to the peasants, the Donglin Party can all be supported by the people, Wei Zhongxian is blamed by the people, the people here must figure out the object, after all, the love of the people is only written by literati

Therefore, Wei Bao felt that Yang Lian was indeed a hardcore Qingliu of the Donglin Party with noble character, but he was by no means a capable person who could turn the tide and support Sheji.

So Wei Bao saved Yang Lian, which was basically easy, mainly to save Xiong Tingbi.

Wei Bao does not have a very clear personal view of history, and he is easy to change, so he looks at everything from the perspective of whether it is beneficial or not beneficial to him, and he should not be accurate.