Because if he travels as a prisoner, no matter how he says it, he is also a member of the imperial court, and it is not good to take his wife, no one will say anything about taking a woman, and if he takes his wife, it will have an impact.

Wei Bao arrived at Wei Zhongxian's secret mansion.

Speaking of secrets, in fact, it is not very secret, people close to Wei Zhongxian can come, and when they encounter a 'big money' that costs a lot of money, they can also come.

Anyway, Wei Zhongxian has several mansions outside the palace, and the largest mansion where Wei Zhongxian lives does not accept outsiders, and only relatives can go.

Several of the other mansions were either given to relatives or he didn't go much at all.

See people like Wei Bao, usually in this secret mansion.

Every time Wei Bao came, he was arranged by the people of the Statistics Department of the Heaven and Earth Society, and he usually didn't see anyone else.

Therefore, few people still know that Wei Bao and Wei Zhongxian have met in private.

"Hello Master Fu, I haven't seen you for many days, but Master Fu's demeanor is still there." Wei Baole said to Fu Yingxing.

"Wei Da is getting more and more handsome, right? The dignified Tanhualang is a beautiful man, the son-in-law of the British duke, and a member of the fourth grade of the imperial court, Lord Wei is already the hottest and most talked about member of the Ming court. After Fu Yingxing and Wei Bao got acquainted, they talked a lot.

In the past, Fu Yingxing had a cold face when he saw Wei Bao, and he didn't say a word for a long time.

Wei Bao smiled and said: "Master Fu is too exalted to me, I am just a fourth-grade official, how dare I be a big man?" That is, for the court, for Your Majesty, for the nine thousand years old. ”

"Master Wei is too modest, you have only been in the office for half a year, and you are already a fourth-grade official, and the third-grade and second-grade are just around the corner! It is not an exaggeration to call the big man, and the nine thousand years old will be there soon. Fu Yingxing smiled: "I'll go and bring you tea and snacks." ”

Because this is Wei Zhongxian's secret mansion, except for Fu Yingxing in the inner courtyard, only a few personal Dongchang masters who follow Wei Zhongxian can come in.

The superficial things such as serving tea and pouring water were all done by Fu Yingxing himself.

"There's a Lady Laofu!" Wei Bao was full of joy. But he felt very uncomfortable, if he could, Wei Bao didn't want to eat anything here in Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Baolai Wei Zhongxian is unprotected here, and it is impossible for people from the Statistics Office and the President's Guard to come in.

If Wei Zhongxian wants to kill him one day, a cup of tea is enough.

Although Wei Bao knew this, every time he came to Wei Zhongxian, he seemed to be defenseless and should eat and drink.

Wei Bao knew that Wei Zhongxian would definitely care about these details behind him, even if Wei Zhongxian didn't ask, Fu Yingxing would report it.

It is precisely because Wei Bao has done a good job in this detail that Wei Zhongxian has always been not very wary of Wei Bao.

It didn't take long for Wei Zhongxian to arrive, and Wei Bao hurriedly knelt down: "The child has seen nine thousand years old!" ”

Wei Zhongxian snorted, "Get up." ”

Then sit down lazily.

Wei Bao saluted respectfully and then got up, hanging his hands, looking very regular.

"You came back from Shandong so soon? I heard that you are very majestic over there, killing hundreds of thousands of people? Wei Zhongxian said.

"That's all rumors, it's more than 100,000 or 200,000, it's definitely less than 300,000! They are all landlords who don't know whether they are alive or dead, as well as corrupt officials and corrupt officials, many people rely on the relationship with the 9,000-year-old, and desperately ruin the reputation of the 9,000-year-old, I have to kill a few people for the livelihood of the common people and the reputation of the 9,000-year-old. Most of them are bandits in the mountains, these people do not produce, they only make a living by burning, killing and looting, and they cannot stabilize the place without killing. Wei Bao hurriedly said.

"Hehe, your mouth, the dead can be said to be alive, there are starving victims everywhere, you are good, the victims did not starve to death, you kill the rich first. There is a hand. Wei Zhongxian said: "Originally, I planned that you would go to the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong to get some silver, but you are good, it turned out that the Yamen of the Governor of Caoyun could send more than 100,000 taels of silver every year, but now there is no more, the Yamen of Shandong, Denglai Yamen, and the silver of the Yamen of Hejian Mansion and Cangzhou Mansion are gone!" ”

Wei Bao was mentally prepared for seeing Wei Zhongxian, and Wei Zhongxian would ask him for money when he came up, and said with a smile: "Dad, can those add up to one million taels of silver a year?" The child has already asked people to bring a message to his father, and it is the eighth year of the apocalypse! The child gave his father at least five million taels of silver! Never break his word, how dare a child deceive his father? ”

Wei Bao screamed one by one, and he was not ashamed in his heart, and scolded Wei Zhongxian, can you live until the eighth year of the Apocalypse?

Wei Bao knows that no matter how much he tosses, these major historical events are difficult to change, Zhu Youxiao will not live to that time, and you Wei Zhongxian will not live to that time.

Even if Wei Zhongxian is likely to live to the eighth year of the Apocalypse, he must have already lost his power because of Zhu Youxiao's death, and I am still afraid of you by then.

"Our family is not short of your little silver, you laid off more than 50,000 Shandong soldiers and horses this time, this thing is still very good." Wei Zhongxian said.

"Thank you dad for the compliment! The child still has something to say to his father, and now there are major repairs in various places, and the child feels that there is something wrong with this matter. It's not that the child didn't think of this stubble, to build a living shrine, at most one or two hundred taels of silver, no matter how difficult the child is, it can be repaired by building one hundred and eighty schools. Wei Bao said.

Wei Zhongxian didn't expect Wei Bao to take the initiative to mention this, and he originally wanted to knock Wei Bao on the side, but now he didn't know what to say.

Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall is a unique product of the times, and there are two unique features, one is that the ancestral hall is generally built for commemoration by future generations after people die, but Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall was built when Wei Zhongxian was still alive, which can be regarded as a joke.

The second is that the officials of the Ming Dynasty, large and small, actually curry favor with Wei Zhongxian, and there is a collective personality cult against Wei Zhongxian, and it is still rare to worship a eunuch.

At that time, the flattery of Wei Zhongxian reached what extent, and Pan Ruzhen, the governor of Zhejiang, first proposed to the emperor to build a shrine for Wei Zhongxian, and the emperor said "Pude".

This is to get the emperor's approval for Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall, and set this precedent, and then many people who are good at drilling camps will join the tide of building a shrine for Wei Zhongxian.

So the matter of building a shrine for Wei Zhongxian seems to have become a decree issued by the government, and officials, large and small, as well as various righteous sons and grandsons recognized by Wei Zhongxian, have joined this ranks.

Ying Tian Governor Mao Yilu Jiansheng Ancestral Hall in Suzhou Tiger Hill, Jiliao Governor Yan Mingtai Jiansheng Ancestral Hall in Jizhou, Miyun, Changping, Tongzhou, Zhuozhou, Hejian, Baoding, Xuanda Governor Zhang Pu Jiansheng Ancestral Hall in Xuanfu, Datong, Shanxi Governor Cao Erzhen Jiansheng Ancestral Hall in Wutai Mountain and so on.

For a time, Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall sprung up like mushrooms after a rain all over the country.

What's more exaggerated is that Huang Xianqing, the imperial history of the five cities, built a shrine outside the Xuanwu Gate, Shuntian Mansion Yin Li Chunmao built a shrine in the Xuanwu Gate, and some people built it on the edge of the emperor's ancestral tomb, Xiaolingwei commanded Li Zhicai to build a shrine in front of the Xiaoling Mausoleum, and Xue Maoxiang, the governor of the river, built a shrine next to the Fengyang Emperor's Mausoleum.

In just one year, a total of 40 Wei Zhongxian ancestral halls were built. Of course, most of these ancestral halls were demolished by Emperor Chongzhen's order, and this evil trend was stopped.

"Tell me, what's the problem," Wei Zhongxian asked following Wei Bao's words.

"First of all, the ancestral halls are built to worship the deceased, the nine-thousand-year-old dragon spirit is fierce, just in the prime of life, this is unlucky! Secondly, many people with ulterior motives are attacking the nine thousand years old with a little bit, and now the Ming Dynasty is starving all over the wilderness, and the common people have nothing to eat, how many people will say good things about the nine thousand years old because they have cultivated the ancestral hall? Originally, it should have been the responsibility of the magistrate, but now because of this kind of ancestral hall, it can all be pushed to the head of the nine thousand years old. Again, the construction of ancestral halls everywhere, officials profit from it, let the people donate money, a hundred taels of a shrine, can collect thousands of taels, or even thousands of taels, the construction of the ancestral hall of the money is less than a few tenths of it! The benefits have made the corrupt officials and corrupt officials below greedy, and the nine thousand years old is infamous in vain! Also, although His Majesty nodded too much about the Seminary Shrine, but the Shrine was built everywhere across the country, did the nine thousand years old really think that His Majesty would not have any ideas in his heart? Wei Bao said.

Hearing Wei Bao say this, Wei Zhongxian's cold sweat came down, and he felt as if what Wei Bao said had some truth.

"However, if you don't cultivate the ancestral hall, how do you know if our family is of the same mind as our family?" Wei Zhongxian said.

"Forgive the child for saying something wrong, Dad, you shouldn't repair your personal ancestral hall, you should repair it to Your Majesty, and then your nine-thousand-year-old statue is next to Your Majesty's statue, so that the name is justified, and others have nothing to say." Wei Bao Road.

Wei Zhongxian was puzzled: "But in that case, how can our family see whether others are loyal to our family?" And the construction of His Majesty's ancestral hall, isn't it a curse that Your Majesty died early? ”

"Change the name, it's called the Shrine or the Holy Grace Temple, anyway, it's not called the ancestral hall. Nine thousand years old, only put a statue of you next to Your Majesty, not other princes and ministers, you still look high, how can you not see whether others are sincere, so, if nine thousand years old does not doubt the child's loyalty, the child first build a few in Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai, only put the statue of His Majesty, not nine thousand years old, and see if others will follow when the time comes? If someone else only puts up a statue of His Majesty and does not add another statue of 9,000 years old, it is obvious that this person is not loyal to 9,000 years old. And if someone else puts both the statue of His Majesty and the statue of the 9,000-year-old, it is obvious that this person and the 9,000-year-old are of the same mind! Wei Bao said.

"That's a way to do it." Wei Zhongxian nodded, and then suddenly remembered something, "But in this case, the people under our family should suspect that you and our family are not of the same mind." ”

"There is nothing wrong with the child being wronged, this method is typical of Zhao Gao's use of pointing deer as a horse, the same! Somebody has to start a start. The child himself is open-minded, not afraid of what others say, the child himself knows that he is loyal to the nine thousand years old, and he is not afraid of the nine thousand years old suspicion. Wei Bao said angrily.

"No, you can't take the lead in this matter, and you can't be wronged anymore. According to our family, let's call it the Holy Grace Temple! Our family will build one in the capital first, and call on the world to follow suit, and then those of you who are close to our family will immediately follow, and when you build the Holy Grace Temple, you must erect the statue of our family next to the statue of His Majesty! Wei Zhongxian narrowed his eyes and said.

Wei Bao secretly scolded Wei Zhongxian, the old slippery head was really cunning and cunning.

Originally, Wei Bao planned to take advantage of this incident to let the world see that he had nothing to do with Wei Zhongxian, and even opposed Wei Zhongxian, and when Chongzhen came to power in the future, he would not be suspected of being a eunuch minister, but it is estimated that Wei Zhongxian saw through his thoughts.

Wei Bao nodded and said, "This is okay, but it is better to let others build the Holy Grace Courtyard, and the nine thousand years old don't have to build it himself." Save others from thinking that the 9,000-year-old Holy Grace Temple does not have a statue of the 9,000-year-old himself, and others will not do it. ”

"Otherwise, the Holy Grace Courtyard built by our family itself does not have its own statue, and it seems that our family does not have the intention of encroaching on His Majesty, and others should follow suit, and they should also follow the Holy Grace Courtyard with our statue, so this matter is decided." Wei Zhongxian laughed.

"Yes, Daddy Shengming." Wei Bao's chick nodded like a pecking rice. I secretly thought in my heart that Lao Tzu had not repaired the ancestral hall for Wei Zhongxian, and now he is repairing the Holy Grace Academy, which is not a sycophant for Wei Zhongxian, at least it is much better than those who built the Wei Zhongxian Ancestral Hall.

Wei Bao did this, but also to save wealth, so as not to waste, the common people always need to worship the faith, if Wei Zhongxian's ancestral hall is built everywhere, and when Chongzhen comes to power in the future, it will have to be demolished, what a waste of money.

When Chongzhen comes to power in the future, he only needs to destroy the statue of Wei Zhongxian, doesn't he save a lot of money?

In this way, Wei Zhongxian's biggest estrangement from Wei Bao was easily lifted by Wei Bao, which caused Wei Zhongxian to pay more attention to Wei Bao!

It's not that Wei Bao knows everything, it's the roundworm in Wei Zhongxian's stomach, but Wei Bao's Heaven and Earth Society Statistics Bureau has sent people to Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba's side, although they are still only peripheral personnel, but Wei Bao now has a certain grasp of the movements and mentality of Wei Zhongxian and Ke Baba and other important eunuch party personnel.

Therefore, Wei Bao can take the initiative to grasp the opportunity and turn the passive into the active.

Things in officialdom, big things, are big things, talk about small things, no matter how big things can become small things, and even turn into good things.

Wei Zhongxian was happy, not only praised Wei Bao a few words, but also promised: "Little monkey cub, our family promised you that things will not change, you see that you have now set up the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong, and our family has not sent another person to be the Governor of Haiphong, right?" Do you know how many people are red-eyed, staring at such a fat shortage, who is in charge of rivers and shipping, and manages Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai Place! This is the real power, the weight of one side, the feudal officials. ”

"That is, the child has a father, so he naturally has to take advantage of others, and the child knows that the father is good to the child. Besides, the child's ancestral home is in Cangzhou Mansion, and he is in the same place as his father, and if others want to take care of it, we can't hand over our hometown to outsiders. Wei Bao hurriedly laughed.

"Ang, as long as you make a contribution to Liaodong, and cut off 50,000 soldiers and horses in Jiliao and Liaodong, reduce their troops to 50,000 respectively, and only 100,000 troops in one place, it will greatly ease the financial pressure of the imperial court. With your little monkey cub here, our family is confident that we can make Daming re-prosper! You are much more capable than Zhang Juzheng. Because you kid dare to kill! What our family values most is people who dare to kill. Wei Zhongxian smiled with a dazzle.

Wei Zhongxian was born as a ruffian in the countryside, in order to avoid debts, he dared to sell his daughter, and dared to cut into the palace by himself, although he has been a eunuch for many years, but the nature of the ruffian cannot be changed.

Wei Zhongxian has always been very interested in Wei Bao, precisely because Wei Bao also has such a bandit energy, a ruffian energy, and other people from scientific research backgrounds are either sour and fake vinegar, or they are not on the same path as him.

Wei Bao was overjoyed, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Whether the child can be the governor of Shanghai Defense this year depends on his father's care." ”

"It also depends on yourself, as long as you do what our family says, dismantle the soldiers and horses of Jiliao and Liaodong, and make meritorious contributions to Jiannu, at the latest next spring, our family will definitely help you put down the governor of coastal defense!" But don't blame Dad for not reminding you, Jiliao and Liaodong, those people have not been constrained by the imperial court for a long time, but they are not easy to talk to, you have seen Jiannu, they are all murderous and crazy, and they are even more difficult to deal with, these two things are more difficult than in Shandong. Wei Zhongxian said: "Our family has no way to help you." Don't expect anything from us. ”

Wei Bao smiled, knowing that Wei Zhongxian was afraid that he would ask him for silver, which was to say ugly words in front, "Dad, don't worry, I will never care if you and the court ask for silver, but there are some changes in personnel, if the child opens his mouth, you have to give it to me." The child went to the gate alone, if you don't help me, I might as well not go. ”

"I can help you, if you need a few helpers, you can just promote, write a few holy decrees." Wei Zhongxian was very happy when he heard that Wei Bao didn't want money, and readily agreed to Wei Bao's request.

"Thank you, Dad." Wei Bao jumped up and down three times.

"There is one more thing, you are a simple soldier, and while reducing your military salary, you have to clear the way for Gao Di to take charge of Ji Liao, and you have to drive away Sun Chengzong! This thing is done, even if you don't have any great credit for Jiannu, our family can help you get some fake big credit. This is the most important thing, understand? Wei Zhongxian said.

Wei Bao knew that Wei Zhongxian would definitely say this, and said with a smile: "Dad, everyone knows that Sun Ge Lao is my mentor, I can't make him open, otherwise the world will despise him, this matter, can only be done in secret, it is best for Sun Ge Lao to resign himself." In this way, the child does not have to bear the infamy, and the 9,000-year-old does not have to bear the reputation of excluding important ministers. ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled: "Whatever you want, you little monkey cub, goblin, it's a bad reputation to drive away your master, and our family won't embarrass you, just let Sun Chengzong get out." ”

"Yes, Dad, don't worry!" Wei Bao hugged his fists.

"When you go to Liaodong, you can arrange it yourself, remember to call Liu Chao, Hu Liangfu and Ji Yong to go with you when you leave, you are the main supervisor, and they are the deputy supervisors!" Wei Zhongxian said.

"Yes, Dad, the boy has written it down." Wei Bao agreed, and scolded Wei Zhongxian in his heart, secretly thinking that this was a thorn in his side! With these eunuchs in the prison army following, can it be convenient for me?

However, Wei Bao was not too worried, and when he arrived outside the pass, he left these eunuchs in Shanhaiguan, these eunuchs were greedy for money and afraid of death, and hid in Shanhaiguan to drink and have fun every day, and gave some silver in private, and several eunuchs of the prison army fainted unhappily.

Wei Bao is now more and more handy at being an official, anyway, as long as he is willing to spend some money, there is nothing that cannot be done.

Saying goodbye to Wei Zhongxian made Wei Bao's mood a lot better, Wei Zhongxian is his own backyard, as long as the backyard is fine, he can toss it outside.

The key is still money, gold and silver, or resources, Wei Bao found that whether it is a small business or a big official, it is actually a problem of resource allocation.

Back at the mansion, Zhang Meiyuan, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Princess Zhenming, Yang Xue, Xiong Xin'er and others were still waiting for Wei Bao to go home.

The women seemed to be in a good mood when they saw Wei Bao, and they all knew that Wei Bao must have had a good conversation with Wei Zhongxian.

They were also very happy.

Wei Bao's emotions can influence the people around him, and the people around him can control the entire Heaven and Earth Society, and the Heaven and Earth Society controls the vast area and the people under the rule of the Heaven and Earth Society.

So, President Wei's mood is good or bad now, and the relationship is already very important.

"Did you have a good conversation with Wei Zhongxian?" Wu Xuexia asked.

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