"Taishan, I've thought about these, but as a courtier, I think that at the critical moment, I still have to put Your Majesty and the interests of the Ming Dynasty first, if anyone doubts me, I can take the initiative to resign from the errand of the Governor of Haiphong." Wei Bao said angrily.

Wei Bao is currently in the Yamen, the governor of Haiphong, that is, he is a political participant, of course, without a governor, he is in charge of everything.

Even if Wei Bao is not there, there is Wu Sanfu to help him watch and take charge of the overall situation.

But if another governor is appointed, everything will be in vain.

Therefore, Wei Bao's words surprised Zhang Weixian.

"That's what you really think?" Zhang Weixian said.

"Hmm." Wei Bao replied a little weakly.

Zhang Weixian seemed to see through Wei Bao's thoughts, and said with a smile: "In front of me, there is no need to fake." But what you said is right, if you bring it up like this today, it will be really difficult for others to say anything, and they will discuss it seriously. ”

"Then it's not too late." Wei Bao is a smart person in the end, and he is not slow to react, and after Zhang Weixian said this, he also realized what the problem was.

"I can nominate a person who is incompetent and can be controlled by my father-in-law to be the governor of Haiphong and the governor of Yamen." Wei Bao Road.

Wei Bao originally wanted to say that he could be controlled by himself, but after thinking about it, he still stopped his mouth in time.

First, after all, he has been in the officialdom for too short a time, and the person who is qualified to be the governor of Haiphong and the governor of Yamen must at least be an official of the third rank or above, and this kind of official has at least twenty or thirty years of officialdom experience, where can he be easily controlled?

Therefore, Wei Bao does not have such a suitable candidate at hand.

His father-in-law Zhang Weixian may have such a candidate, and his father-in-law controls it, and there is no big difference between his own control.

Second, this can show that he is impartial and selfless.

Zhang Weixian heard Wei Bao say this, smiled slightly, although he knew what Wei Bao probably thought, but he still felt quite comfortable, at least he felt that Wei Bao began to respect his father-in-law.

"That's it! I don't have this kind of person, when I reach a certain level, which is not an old fritter, how can it be easily controlled. Zhang Weixian smiled and said: "Moreover, this kind of person should not be elected by us, it should be appointed by His Majesty himself, so that His Majesty will not be suspicious, after sending someone, you will try to control it, can you become your own person?" ”

Wei Bao's eyes lit up, it seems that his father-in-law is also an old fritter, he is really not as honest as he seems on the surface, and he is really not good-looking.

"What Tarzan said is that he was taught." Wei Bao said hurriedly.

Wei Bao really felt that Zhang Weixian's method was the most ideal, especially the people sent by the emperor, who must be people from Wei Zhongxian's faction, and they must be eunuchs.

Those straw bales of the eunuch party have no ability to control the yamen of the governor of Haiphong at all.

Because the Yamen, the governor of Haiphong, has a strong technical ability, who of these people knows how to trade and trade?

And in less than two years, Zhu Youxiao will die soon, and Chongzhen will have to turn the page when he comes to power, if he can keep the position of deputy of the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong, and then report the governor himself, he can leave a good impression on Chongzhen, and he can become a hero who reports the eunuchs.

In that case, wouldn't it be easy to control the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong?

In addition, he has repeatedly made great contributions in Liaodong, and with Wei Bao's understanding of Chongzhen from the original history, Chongzhen is a person who loves to read superficial articles, especially attaches great importance to the defense of Liaodong, and will not ignore his own merits.

As long as you divide yourself into the category of the Donglin Party and the category of heroes who helped the emperor come to power, you will be able to soar.

At that time, try not to be in Beijing, avoid Chongzhen, a guy who likes to be suspicious, as long as he can stabilize the place for three or five years, and firmly grasp the Yamen of Haiphong and Jiliao Defense in his hands, it is equivalent to grasping half of the military strength of the Ming Dynasty, plus the strength of the British government, he is equivalent to the most powerful person in the Ming Dynasty.

There is military power, and heaven and earth will be the backing, wow, who is my opponent?

The more Wei Bao thought about it, the happier he became, and he couldn't bear to look excited.

Wei Bao's subtle change in expression could not escape Zhang Weixian's eyes.

Zhang Weixian smiled: "How is it?" Figured it out now? ”

"Figured it out, thank you Tarzan for the point. Let Your Majesty send people, not only can you avoid the suspicion of Your Majesty and Wei Zhongxian, but also the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, can also be controlled in my hands. Kill two birds with one stone. Wei Bao laughed.

"Well, yes, the children can be taught." Zhang Weixian said with a smile: "Then you will write a recital tonight, and when you meet the saint tomorrow, you can bring it directly to the cabinet." ”

"In such a hurry? Moreover, my words have already been spoken, and I don't need to write a recital, others will also tell His Majesty and Wei Zhongxian, right? Wei Bao asked.

"They know it's true, but they won't take it seriously." Zhang Weixian explained: "Your Majesty recruited you to Beijing this time, firstly, I want you to accompany Your Majesty to Shanhaiguan to have a fun. The second is to arrest you to help the imperial court solve the huge problem of lack of silver, and if you don't solve it, you will find Jin merchants. As long as you help the imperial court solve the matter of seven or eight million taels of silver shortfall this time, from now on, no one will be your opponent in the Ming business world. ”

Wei Bao nodded, "Okay, then I'll write it right away!" Do you want to write about controlling all the water masters of Daming? ”

"Write, this is not a bad thing, anyway, please ask someone else to be the governor, please ask Your Majesty to appoint it personally, you have no selfish intentions, what are you afraid of, it is best to let a big eunuch be the supervisor of the army, you can ask Wei Zhongxian to personally take command of the commander of the Daming Water Division!" In this way, although the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong is still a second-grade Yamen, it is actually a first-class Yamen that can already sit on an equal footing with the Ministry of War! Wei Zhongxian is happy, maybe he can get you a deputy governor. ”

Wei Bao's heart was overjoyed when he heard this, he really didn't expect his father-in-law to be usually dignified, and his skin was so thick? is such a sycophant, even Wei Bao can't do it himself.

Would you actually want to ask Wei Zhongxian to serve as the commander of the Daming Water Division?

It's disgusting, isn't it?

"Taishan, if this is played, will others say that I am a hardcore eunuch, if there is anything wrong in the future, if the Donglin Party is in power again, I will never recover." Wei Bao Road.

"I asked you to write, but I didn't let you sign it, the reason why you asked you to bring it to the cabinet in person, you can ask Gu Bingqian to sign it for you." Zhang Weixian said with a smile.

Wei Bao was shocked, he was a little confused when he heard it, and secretly wondered that his old father-in-law was cheating, can you think of this?

However, Wei Baobao understood the benefits, if Gu Bingqian played it, it would be even more difficult for him, which was naturally excellent.

"It's good, it's just that Gu Bingqian is willing? When I brought it up today, Gu Bingqian strongly opposed it. Wei Bao said.

Wei Bao is also a little strange, why is his father-in-law so supportive? My father-in-law's family is also a big landlord in Jiangnan, and he also has a lot of land.

However, I guess I love my son-in-law, and I hope that I will become more and more powerful.

Zhang Weixian said with a smile: "You just have to take it, Gu Bingqian will definitely be willing to sign it." Gu Bingqian's health is not good, and the relationship with Wei Zhongxian is only superficially harmonious, Wei Zhongxian is not very satisfied with him, Gu Bingqian knows all this, before Gu Bingqian leaves, if you can accomplish this big thing, not only will the relationship with you be closer, but also the relationship with Wei Zhongxian! Therefore, you must let Gu Bingqian go to this script. ”

Wei Bao nodded convincingly, looking at Zhang Weixian like he didn't know his old Taishan, sure enough, Jiang is old and spicy, no wonder every time he encounters major political changes, in the original history, Zhang Weixian has never missed the team.

"Tarzan has a point." Wei Bao said tentatively: "Taishan, I estimate that Your Majesty will not live for two years, and within two years, Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, will definitely come to power!" Have you thought about it? ”

Zhang Weixian was shocked when he heard this!

I didn't think why my son-in-law suddenly said this to himself, "What do you mean?" ”

"I don't have much contact with King Xin, and my identity is a foreign minister, so I am very sensitive, but my father-in-law and brother are different." Wei Bao Road.

Zhang Weixian understood Wei Bao's true thoughts, and he couldn't help but think highly of his son-in-law, and nodded appreciatively, "You haven't said this to others, have you?" ”

"No, I'm not stupid, this is a big taboo, how can I say it to others, I haven't talked about Meiyuan." Wei Bao said, "I see that Taishan sees the problem so thoroughly and is so well-informed, he should have thought about this problem, so I mentioned it, besides, there are only our father and son here, and there are no outsiders, I think I can say anything, Taishan thinks,"

"I'm glad you can say that." Zhang Weixian said: "You see things are very accurate, no wonder you can rise to prominence at a young age!" Your guess is similar to mine, I also heard that His Majesty has a secret disease, whether he can survive for two years, it's really hard to say. ”

Wei Bao was really a little surprised at this time, he could know the future of Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse, it was because he was a giant and knew the direction of history, but he didn't expect that his father-in-law, as a person of this era, could guess so accurately!

"If your brother is one-tenth as shrewd as you, I can let go and retire with peace of mind." Zhang Weixian sighed and said: "Don't worry about this, as long as you don't go too far and don't kill the Donglin Party, you won't be regarded as a eunuch by King Xin." I have a good relationship with King Shin, although there are few opportunities to meet, but he trusts me very much, and I am also the only person who can protect King Shin, he treats me as if I am my own uncle, and King Shin and your brother have a relationship that is not shallow, and your brother has taken King Shin to hunt prey before. ”

Wei Bao nodded, secretly wondering! It turns out that your old boy has already laid out the layout, and this time he has a heart-to-heart with his father-in-law, and he is more relieved.

"Not only King Xin, but also a very important person, you must also pay attention, if there is a chance, you need to protect Queen Zhang! Once His Majesty dies, Empress Zhang will be the imperial sister-in-law, and the weight is also extremely heavy! Zhang Weixian said.

Wei Bao's eyes widened, this time he was not frightened, he was so shocked by his father-in-law, it was so awesome that even Zhang Yan thought of it?

Wei Bao, as a reborn crossing giant, is naturally very aware of Zhang Yan's weight in history.

In the thirty-fourth year of Wanli, Zhang Yan was born in Xiangfu County, Kaifeng Prefecture, Henan Province.

Since she was a child, Zhang Yan has revealed a more sensible side than her peers, cleaning the courtyard, washing and cooking, studying female celebrities, reading history books, and even taking care of her younger siblings after her father Zhang Guoji was widowed.

In addition to her good personality and knowledge, Zhang Yan is known as one of the five great queens in ancient China, which is not unfounded.

Zhang Yan's appearance is beautiful and neat, her face is like Guanyin, her eyes are like autumn waves, her mouth is like a cherry blossom, her nose is like a hanging gall, and her teeth are fine.

In the first year of the Apocalypse, Emperor Zhu Youxiao was preparing for a big wedding, and the whole country selected 5,000 women to enter Beijing, and in the end only three remained.

Fifteen-year-old Zhang Yan not only has excellent appearance, but also a slender and plump figure, refreshing and beautiful, Zhu Youxiao took a fancy to her at a glance and named her the queen.

Although Zhang Yan and Zhu Youxiao are not diligent in political affairs and favor eunuchs, they still have love and understanding for Zhang Yan, even if there are traitors who spread rumors, but they did not punish Empress Zhang according to rumors without evidence.

The emperor's nurse Keshi and Wei Zhongxian ate against each other, one in the palace and the other in the previous dynasty, "strong alliance", which became an unshakable unhealthy trend in the Ming Dynasty at that time.

Zhang Yan has a solemn personality and a motherly demeanor, she is very angry at the behavior of the two of them joining forces to cause trouble in the imperial court, and has repeatedly raised the two of them in front of Zhu Youxiao, so Wei Zhongxian and the Hakka family have a grudge against this Empress Zhang.

In the third year of the Apocalypse, Zhang Yan was pregnant, and the whole country celebrated, but she didn't expect that such a happy event would actually provide an opportunity for the traitorous party to take revenge.

One day, Zhang Yan, who was pregnant, suddenly felt low back pain and wanted to find a palace maid who could massage to massage.

The Hakka family was worried that the queen's birth of the prince would affect the current situation, so he found his own person to pretend to be a palace maid, and the palace maid deliberately gave a heavy hand during the massage, and a few days later, Zhang Yan miscarried, and she was unable to give birth in the future.

Once, Zhu Youxiao went to see Zhang Yan and saw a book on the table, so he asked, "What kind of book is this?" ”

Zhang Yan replied: "The Biography of Zhao Gao." ”

The must-read book for concubines should be "The Female Commandment", but the deep meaning of Empress Zhang's move Zhu Youxiao also understood that she wanted to use the example of the traitor Zhao Gao monopolizing power and leading to troubled times to satirize Wei Zhongxian.

Zhu Youxiao knew the opposition between Wei Zhongxian, Ke and Zhang Yan, but he could neither punish the eunuchs nor want the queen to be killed, so he chose to remain silent.

But when Wei Zhongxian heard that Zhang Yan spoke so badly in front of the emperor, he was angry and sent someone to prepare to assassinate Zhang Yan.

Unexpectedly, the next day, Zhu Youxiao found some blades in the palace, and took these people to Dongchang for interrogation.

Wei Zhongxian originally wanted to let out the news again and frame Zhang Yan's father Zhang Guoji for intending to kill the monarch and support Zhu Youzhen's ascension, although this was very risky, it was a plan to kill two birds with one stone for him.

One of Wei Zhongxian's accomplices, after knowing Wei Zhongxian's thoughts, admonished him: "Although the emperor's mind is not clear enough, he is very dedicated to his brothers and wives. ”

When Wei Zhongxian heard this, he was shocked, his head turned for a long time, and finally he secretly bought off the guards and killed those he sent to assassinate the queen.

Before Zhu Youxiao died, the Hakka family arranged for a pregnant palace maid to enter the palace and wanted to pretend to be the heir of the royal family, Zhu Youxiao said to Zhang Yan: Wei Zhongxian told me that someone in the harem is pregnant, and if it is a prince, he will be the emperor. Zhang Yan immediately objected, saying that Zhu Youzhen, the king of letters, should succeed to the throne, and the two were deadlocked for a long time before Zhu Youxiao agreed.

Zhu Youzhen received the appointment of the imperial brother and wanted to resign, at this time Zhang Yan walked out from behind the screen, "The imperial brother is duty-bound, now the situation is urgent, and the overall situation should be the priority." ”

Zhu Youzhen had no excuse.

Zhu Youxiao entrusted Zhang Yan to his younger brother on his deathbed, and said: "The Middle Palace has been with me for seven years, and I have benefited a lot from the advice of Chang Zhengyan. In the future, young and widowed, good and pitiful, good in the harem. ”

After Zhu Youzhen ascended the throne, he respected the imperial sister-in-law very much, and gave Zhang Yan the honorific title of "Empress Yi'an".

Once, Zhu Youzhen's queen Zhou told him that the minister Zhou Yanru was suspected of deception and misconduct, Zhu Youzhen was very angry at the queen's interference in political affairs, and asked her how she knew, Zhou replied that this was what Empress Zhang meant, and Zhu Youzhen did not speak again.

In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, the peasant rebel army captured Beijing, and Emperor Zhu Youzhen of Chongzhen asked the queen Zhou to hang herself, hacked to death with a sword and slashed several concubines and princesses, and sent a message to let Zhang Yan hang herself, and then committed suicide by climbing the coal mountain.

After Li Zicheng entered the palace, he never heard from Zhang Yan again.

Although Wei Bao only knows about these general pasts from history, they all fully illustrate the weight of Zhang Yan in the history of the late Ming Dynasty.

"Thank you Lao Taishan for the point, but I don't have a chance to have more contact with Empress Zhang, right? And I'm soft-spoken, where is the opportunity to protect Queen Zhang. Wei Bao said.

"There's a chance." Zhang Weixian smiled secretly.

"What chance?" Wei Bao asked puzzled.

"When the time comes, I will know, if you can really do such a big thing as helping Your Majesty raise seven or eight million taels of silver, and open up more than a dozen treaty ports in Daming, and grasp all the sailors of Daming in your own hands, you will completely become a person with Your Majesty and Wei Zhongxian, and naturally have the opportunity to contact these secrets. Wei Zhongxian didn't want to kill Empress Zhang once or twice, the first few times Empress Zhang was lucky, and His Majesty was suspicious, but Empress Zhang may not have such good luck every time. Zhang Weixian said.

Wei Bao nodded, relieved, it turned out that Zhang Weixian thought so, so don't worry, because Wei Bao knows very well that the Empress Zhang in history, who committed suicide until Li Zicheng broke through the capital, can live for at least nineteen more years.

"Then, Taishan, should I find a way to contact Empress Zhang, or have a good relationship with Empress Zhang's father, Zhang Guoji." Wei Bao asked.

"No!" Zhang Weixian said decisively: "Xiaobao, do you know which point you do best? ”

"Which point?" Wei Bao didn't know what Zhang Weixian meant.

"Treat people." Zhang Weixian said with a smile: "Even I admire you for this, just because you have a good relationship with everyone, but you don't send yourself out, and keep a certain distance from anyone, so that you can meet the source left and right, which is not easy to do, like me, I can't do this by myself, so I simply don't contact anyone, and I usually tell your brother that." Therefore, we can maintain neutrality between the various factions, and no one is involved. ”