Zhang Weixian slept for about an hour and woke up.

In fact, when Wei Bao first came, Zhang Weixian knew in a daze, but he was sleepy at the time and didn't want to wake up.

Zhang Weixian glanced at Wei Bao, who was sitting alone, with one hand supporting half of his face, napping there.

The maid beside Zhang Weixian signaled whether to wake up his uncle, but Zhang Weixian hurriedly stopped him and signaled not to wake up Wei Bao.

Wei Bao's sleep time was about the same as Zhang Weixian's.

Wei Bao also has the habit of taking a lunch break, but he doesn't sleep every day, sometimes he sleeps, sometimes he doesn't, mainly based on how long he sleeps the night before.

If you don't sleep long enough the night before, or if you drink alcohol at noon, you must take a short lunch break at noon.

Or in the current situation, when there are more things, more trouble, and more headaches, Wei Bao can also sleep.

No matter how troublesome things are, there is no sleep that can't be solved.

"Daddy." Wei Bao opened his eyes slightly, and was startled when he saw his old father-in-law looking at him.

"It's okay, you're sitting, you're awake?" Zhang Weixian asked with a smile.

Wei Bao nodded, squeezed out a smile, and immediately told Wei Zhongxian what happened to him today.

"You promised?" Zhang Weixian frowned, "Nine million taels of silver? Also demarcate Cangzhou Mansion and Shandong and Denglai? Isn't it true that the governor of the second grade is being awarded, but only the third grade participates in politics? ”

"Otherwise, what else can I do, at my age, it is indeed a bit unreasonable to actually teach the second grade, and many people have criticized it for getting a marquis." Wei Bao said: "Wei Zhongxian is afraid that I will support the army and respect myself, so he will leave me a Hejian Mansion, which is understandable, and I don't plan to control many Ming troops." can control all the sailors of the Ming Dynasty and control coastal defense, this profit is already big enough, and it will not be too controversial. ”

"Xiaobao, don't care how high an official you are, how small an official you are, just a prefect, there is still a group of people behind the criticism, don't think about this." Zhang Weixian said: "You go out with real money, don't take the money seriously, besides, the taxes collected by the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, are not from the imperial court, even if you can draw some profits from it, how much silver can you get in a year?" Two or three hundred thousand taels of heaven, if you want to recover nine million taels of silver, wouldn't it take at least thirty years? Figure what? According to me, the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, must control Hejian Province, Cangzhou Province, Shandong Province and Denglai Province as usual. If you have a good heart, let's not hold the soldiers of the Ming Dynasty for the emperor, who will share these things for the emperor. ”

Wei Bao nodded, knowing that this old father-in-law was chattering, and he couldn't finish talking, but he had to listen.

This is a very painful thing, it doesn't matter if you ask Zhang Weixian for help or not, the key is now here, and you can't leave without waiting for Zhang Weixian to finish speaking.

Of course, Wei Bao knew that he had to bargain, but Wei Bao also knew that Wei Zhongxian and the emperor were not the only ones who went this way, because in the original history, without him Wei Bao, the Ming Dynasty was also operating normally.

"This matter has not been decided, Wei Zhongxian can be regarded as proposing a charter now." Wei Bao said: "Whether I can come up with so much silver is a difficult problem. Whether His Majesty can agree to the charter that Wei Zhongxian came up with is also a difficult question. ”

"Take three million taels at most! This is still a shadowless matter, where to find nine million taels for them? You don't care about this, your previous resignation is very good. Zhang Weixian smiled: "I'll talk to Your Majesty about this!" The Governor of Haiphong must be handed over to you! Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai must be together, and Shandong's infantry army must be under the control of the Yamen, the governor of coastal defense, and this matter is decided. ”

Wei Bao nodded immediately, if you are willing to come forward, it is naturally good, I am too lazy to care, this matter has exhausted Wei Bao, and he also wants to let go, "Then it is all up to Lord Yue." ”

"Okay, that's what I say! If not, we will continue to resign, you can rest assured, with the title of the gold list at the age of fifteen, with your achievements in the capital, in Beizhili, and in Liaodong, who in the Ming Dynasty can surpass you? Not only are we the most talented, but you are also a member of my British Mansion, which is equivalent to a royal person, and who else can be more at ease than you? Even if you resign, Your Majesty will have to come back to you in two days, so don't let up and bite to death! Wei Zhongxian asked you, you said that you can make up up up more than three million taels of silver in your hand, and you don't have one tael more, do you hear? "Zhang Weixian, let's go.

Wei Bao smiled: "I heard it, I did what my father said." ”

The two talked for a long time, Zhang Weixian still left Wei Bao to eat, called Zhang Zhiji to come over, the three of them ate for a long time, and when Wei Bao returned to Wei Mansion, it was already late at night.

"Dad and eldest brother are really, pulling you to drink again, and drinking so much, are you uncomfortable?" Zhang Meiyuan complained softly.

"I didn't drink much, and I didn't get drunk, so I don't think I'm very energetic now." Wei Bao laughed.

Wu Xuexia wanted to ask how things were going when she saw Wei Zhongxian today, and wanted Wei Bao to rest early, so she hurriedly summoned a group of North Korean maids to bathe and change clothes for President Wei.

Wei Bao knew what Wu Xuexia thought, and while enjoying the service of a group of maids, he closed his eyes and enjoyed it, and roughly said what Wei Zhongxian meant and what Zhang Weixian meant today.

"I think Lao Taishan's words are reasonable, talk about the achievements, talk about it, otherwise it will make people think that we have made a lot of money, contracting Daming's coastal defense, sea trade, involving a lot of things, and it may not be a steady profit." Wu Xuexia said.

Although Wei Bao patiently told Wu Xuexia about today's situation, he didn't want to talk about it in detail.

Wei Bao knows that everyone is not optimistic about sea trade, but Wei Bao is confident in Daming's sea trade.

Under normal conditions, the amount of normal trade is much greater than that of tributary trade.

Because normal commercial trade is restricted.

Therefore, the government-led and political tributary trade is even greater.

Much of the normal trade was also carried out under the guise of tributary trade.

The same is true for smuggling, where the huge demand for trade is suppressed, and large-scale smuggling naturally occurs.

The introduction of the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy did not appear alone, but was introduced together with tributary trade, and constituted the basic content of the Ming Dynasty's celestial courtesy.

The introduction and development of the Ming Dynasty's maritime ban policy was largely a passive anti-Japanese policy.

The first to come into contact with the Chinese were the Portuguese, who had already come into contact with the Chinese doing business in the South Seas long before the Portuguese arrived on the Chinese coastline.

In 1511, the Portuguese general Albucock led an expeditionary force of 17 warships and 1,800 men to attack Malacca, a major trading town in the South Seas.

Because the local rulers of Malacca have always favored *** merchants and severely exploited the Chinese caravans, and tried to take advantage of the war to rob the Chinese merchant ships anchored in the port of Malacca at that time.

Therefore, the local Chinese merchants took the initiative to help the Portuguese army.

Although this alliance against the enemy ultimately did not materialize, the Chinese, who were familiar with the local situation, also revealed the situation in Malacca and the information of the defenders to these new Westerners.

The first contact between the two sides made a good impression on each other.

In fact, these Chinese who went south to do business were not private businessmen who went to sea without permission.

Since the Ming Dynasty had strictly adhered to the maritime ban policy for half a century, ordinary people could not expect to go to the sea spontaneously to conduct trade activities.

However, many commodities in the Nanyang region, such as pepper and other spices, are materials that China cannot produce itself, so while the government has stopped its activities in the West on a large scale, some local merchants are still allowed to trade south on a regular basis under the official organization.

The Chinese merchants encountered by the Portuguese expeditionary force in Malacca were precisely this kind of official businessmen with the official background of the Ming Dynasty.

These merchants regularly went to sea every year to do business, and upon their return to Guangzhou, China's largest foreign port at the time, they were subject to a heavy tax of about 10% of the total value of their goods.

In addition to this, they also paid expensive gifts to local officials in private as a form of filial piety. In addition to being the operators of the official concession trade, they were also the few eyes of the Ming Dynasty at that time that could help the official understand the situation in Malacca.

The year after Albucock's contact with Chinese merchants, Chinese merchant ships returned to Malacca, but this time they did not trade with domestic products.

In response, the Chinese merchant chieftain told the Portuguese that they had come to investigate the situation in Malacca on behalf of the authorities.

With these two impressive encounters, the Portuguese were happy to start planning to continue their journey to China by sea.

Due to the great influence of "Marco Polo's Travels" in Europe in history, at this time, Westerners imagined that China was a rich and treasured land full of gold, so trading in China was considered a very lofty goal.

In the years that followed, the Portuguese used Malacca as a base to explore spice producing areas such as the Moluccas, and then north to Thailand.

They found that the Thais and some small Nanyang states were vassal states of the Ming Dynasty, so they could conduct legal trade with the Ming Dynasty, and because of the gradual connivance of the local officials, they could already pay tribute at any time without paying tribute according to the time stipulated by the Ming Dynasty, and trade in Guangzhou at any time.

So the authorities of Malacca, Portugal, immediately sent several merchant representatives on their ships to arrive for the first time in China, which they had been dreaming of, and after completing the trade, the merchants also made a report on China.

Before leaving, they did not forget to erect a discovery monument on Tuen Mun Island at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong.

It was with this foreshadowing that King Manuel I of Portugal, who was far away in Lisbon, ordered the organization of a fleet to China and sent Pires, the first ambassador in European history to China.

Pires was Manuel I's personal physician and traveled to Asia with Albuquer's ship on the mission of finding a source of spices for the king.

During his years in Asia, he wrote what he saw and heard in a book called "Outline of the East", which became the first first-hand report on the situation in Asia in modern Europe.

After receiving orders from the king, Pires took office.

Soon, a fleet led by Andrade was ordered to escort the ambassador to China.

The fleet arrived at the mouth of the Pearl River in Guangdong in 1517. Immediately approached the outside of Guangzhou and fired a cannon signal, which alarmed local officials.

After that, the Portuguese arranged for the magistrates to stay in Guangzhou, on the one hand, to let them learn court etiquette, and on the other hand, to report to the court in Beijing.

During this time, Pires was infecteded by information about China's geography, trade, and customs, and thus wrote many of his descriptions of China in his book "Oriental Summer". He wrote: "China is rich in products, large in population, vast in land, pompous and extravagant. ”

In this report, the Portuguese envoy was most impressed by the Chinese's experience at the table: "There were nine tables on the ship, and no tablecloths were laid. Soon after the table was seated, the table was filled with many dishes, including chicken, duck, roast and cooked pork, round dough made with honey and sugar, and many fruits. Wooden bowls and silver spoons were placed on the table, and porcelain cups were filled with white and brown wine. They eat a lot and drink a lot, but not much each time. There are a lot of condiments in the dish, with sweet garlic, and chopsticks are used for eating. ”

From this, he concluded that the Chinese "eat everything", and unlike the *** or Hebrews, they are better at communicating.

"The Chinese eat pork, beef and all other animal meat. They drank all sorts of unpleasant drinks, praised our wines, and got drunk. The people seen in Malacca were frail, dishonest, and stealing, and it seemed that those people were inferior to China. When they eat, they take two chopsticks, bring the bowl to their lips with their left hand, and use the two chopsticks to bring food to their mouths. This is the way the Chinese eat. ”

Soon, however, due to the limited reception of foreign guests in Guangzhou, and the Ming Dynasty officials did not want the Portuguese to stay there.

So the fleet went to Tuen Mun Island at the mouth of the Pearl River and established its own base on the island.

This was very much in line with the Portuguese habit of establishing trading bases, but it also laid the foundation for later conflicts.

Having completed his mission, Andrade led an elite Western galleon back to Malacca.

In January 1520, the ambassador to China, Pires, with his Chinese translator Yasan the Fire and a number of retinues, set out from Guangzhou and arrived in Nanjing, the capital of the Ming Dynasty, in May.

I met the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Houzhao.

But the bad thing is that he is not the only foreign envoy to meet the Chinese emperor above the court.

The envoys of the Sultanate of Malacca are taking every opportunity to complain to the nominal suzerain, hoping that the Ming Dynasty will send troops.

The conservative officials of the Ming Dynasty were also dissatisfied with the Portuguese, such as the Portuguese ship fired a cannon after entering the mouth of the Pearl River, which was a common courtesy in the Nanyang region at that time.

But in the eyes of Ming officials, it became an outright belligerent provocation.

In addition, since 1514, the Ming Dynasty Canton magistrates violated the imperial central maritime ban and allowed merchants from the Nanyang vassal states to trade in China, attracting many merchants, Thai, and Ryukyu merchants.

The presence of the Portuguese undoubtedly made them feel threatened.

As a result, many forces, including the envoys of Malacca, repeatedly reported to Ming Wuzong and criticized the Portuguese for all kinds of wrongdoings.

However, Ming Wuzong himself did not heed these complaints, and instead signaled that Pires and others should return to Beijing with him, and meet them in the official capital of the empire.

Thus began a short honeymoon period between the two countries.

Ming Wuzong himself was definitely an ideologically active outlier among the ancient Chinese emperors.

Although he has left a bad reputation because he is greedy for fun and women, he pays more attention to practical work in dealing with state affairs and likes to take an unusual path.

The emperor also had a keen interest in non-Han Chinese cultures, and learned Mongolian, Tibetan, and Huihui dialects, and was able to communicate in foreign languages with strange people from all walks of life.

The new Portuguese catered to the emperor's curiosity.

Pires's Chinese translator Yasan, a Han from Hunan, was exiled to Nanyang because of his family's downfall, so he became the first Chinese to learn Portuguese and the only teacher in Chinese history to teach the emperor's Portuguese.

In order to be received by the emperor, Pires and others also bribed Jiang Bin, a favorite minister of Ming Wuzong, who also tried his best to beautify the Portuguese in front of the emperor.

However, only three months after returning to Beijing, Ming Wuzong, who liked women, died of illness in 1521, and the Sino-Portuguese honeymoon period came to an abrupt end.

Although the newly succeeded Emperor Jiajing of Ming Shizong was young, he was a very conservative emperor who believed in traditional etiquette.

At the instigation of the angry Manchu scholars, the new emperor ordered the expulsion of the Portuguese and forbade them to continue their trade with China.

Pires and others were arrested, escorted back to Guangzhou and imprisoned, executed Yasan, the translator of the fire, and returned the gifts they brought.

Under this public opinion, the local defenders of Guangzhou also organized a naval army to attack the Portuguese on Tuen Mun Island and the Nanyang ships carrying the Portuguese in the port of Guangzhou.

Not only did they kill all the Portuguese on board, but they also killed a large number of innocent Nanyang merchants on board, and all the survivors were sold into slavery.

All the cargo on the ship was embezzled by local officials, and this was the first Tuen Mun victory.

In August 1521, Wang Hong, then 56 years old, was ordered to expel the Portuguese.

But it wasn't until he took over the war that he discovered that the real naval division with a level of combat readiness in the Ming Dynasty was actually one in Guangdong.

Although the Japanese invaders in the early Ming Dynasty once ravaged Shandong and other northern regions.

But Guangzhou is the only place where you can often come into contact with merchant ships from the South Seas.

Therefore, the daily tasks of the Guangdong naval division are closest to the navy in the modern definition.

The entire Guangdong Water Division Health Station is divided into three parts: East Road, Middle Road and West Road.

There were 600, 1,200 and 104 soldiers in the guards.

The actual number of seafarers was 500, 1,000 and 500.

They have only 30 very small ships for coastal patrols.

Helpless, Wang could only recruit militia among the coastal residents.

As a result, many locals who secretly went south to trade in Malacca and other places during the sea ban period were organized.

However, even with the illegal sea-going ships they built privately, the total number of sailors was only about 50, and they lacked the necessary training.

Fortunately, the Portuguese forces on Tuen Mun Island were weaker. In total, there are only 3 small boats, all of which are Chinese-style sailing ships purchased from the South Seas region.

Due to the small population of Portugal and the need for naval forces to operate colonial positions along the entire Indian Ocean coast, there were very few people who could be sent to China.

As a last resort, the Portuguese had no choice but to buy Chinese-style sailing boats directly from Nanyang.

As a result, the number of Portuguese who were actually in charge of fighting and commanding on each ship was often between a few and a dozen or so.

On the eve of the war, two more Portuguese Chinese sailing ships arrived from Malacca, bringing the number of Portuguese ships to five.

First, Wang Feng commanded the navy to make a tentative attack on the Portuguese on the island, but was defeated by the Portuguese, who were armed with Franco cannons and arquebuses.

As a result, Wang Feng could only rely on numerical superiority to surround Tuen Mun Island.

But the next few attacks were full of heavy losses.

At this time, one more Chinese sailing ship arrived from Malacca, and the number of Portuguese warships rose to six.

After a series of defeats, Wang Feng could only organize the siege of the Ming army.

Forty days later, the Ming army launched a general offensive.

After losing 1 ship, the Portuguese gathered the Portuguese on each ship into 3 ships and desperately broke out.

In the end, he took advantage of the storm to break through the blockade of the Ming Dynasty sailors and retreated to Malacca safely.

Because they were unable to encircle and annihilate the Portuguese, the local officials of the Ming Dynasty were furious.

It so happened that Pires and others were also escorted to Guangzhou, and as a result, some of his entourage were beheaded, some died of torture in prison, and some starved to death in prison.

The gifts that the first ambassador to China brought to the Chinese emperor were also divided among the magistrates.

The Portuguese were not British after all, and fighting war was not their fundamental purpose, so shortly after the Battle of Tuen Mun, in 1523, a Portuguese fleet of five galleys and one Chinese sailing ship sailed to Canton under the command of Mording to renegotiate with the Ming government and inquire about the whereabouts of the former ambassador Pires.

After being rejected by the magistrate of Canton, the fleet passed through Tuen Mun and sailed all the way to Sai Cao Wan.

This time, the Ming Dynasty came prepared.

The 96 Ming Dynasty warships, which had been waiting for a long time, kept tailing and provoking along the way.

The Portuguese focused on diplomatic tasks and did not fight back along the way.

Until the night, the Ming Dynasty sailors took the fireships as the vanguard and carried out a surprise attack on the Portuguese fleet.

The two sides broke out in the Battle of Xicaowan.

The Portuguese, having lost 2 ships, broke through again.

Forty-two people, including Mo Erding, were killed or captured, and the Ming defenders hanged all the captives for piracy.

In the Battle of Xicaowan, the Ming Dynasty captured 20 Portuguese Furlong cannons and copied them in large quantities.

Since then, this type of artillery has become a winning weapon in the Ming Dynasty army, and it has defended the Great Wall for the Ming Dynasty for several decades.

For the artillery of the Portuguese, the Ming Dynasty was full of praise.

However, when it came to opening up trade, the Ming Dynasty remained stuck to the rules and did nothing.

After that, the Portuguese government temporarily abandoned the pursuit of official trade along the Chinese coast, and instead formed cooperative relations with local pirate merchants along the coasts of Fujian and Zhejiang.

However, the central court of the Ming Dynasty repeatedly attacked it by military means.

In terms of dealing with trade and foreign-related affairs, the backwardness and barbarism of the Ming Dynasty itself also made today's spectators feel embarrassed.

But anachronistic coercive policies cannot be sustained indefinitely.

In 1553, the Portuguese finally used bribes to the magistrates of Canton to obtain the right to stay in Macao.

Since then, China's maritime frontier has stabilized.

It was not until 1567, fourteen years later, that the Ming Dynasty finally agreed to conduct foreign trade in Haicheng, Fujian, which was known as Longqing Kaihai, and the maritime merchants of the Ming Dynasty could finally go to sea to trade in a bright and bright manner.

This is the first ice-breaking behavior since Zhu Yuanzhang closed the customs.

The Ming Dynasty issued 50 trade passes each year, allowing merchants in the Zhangquan region to trade at sea.

After the opening of Longqing, the Ming Dynasty's finances formed a blowout effect in the short term.

In 1576 alone, the customs revenue of the port exceeded 10,000 taels of silver.

By the end of the 16th century, in 1594, more than 264,000 taels of silver had flowed into the Philippines.

The tariff revenue of the monthly port reached more than 29,000 taels of silver.

The overjoyed Ming Dynasty court praised Yuegang as the "Southern Library of the Son of Heaven", but it was not until the Wanli period that the Ming Dynasty increased the number of licenses to 100 per year.

If you don't have permission, it's still illegal to go to sea without permission.

Spain in the 17th century was no longer the world empire that was in full swing.

But the independence of the Netherlands and Portugal did not fundamentally deal a major blow to Iberia's global system.

With vast territory in the Americas and the Philippines, they also had to face constant challenges from the Dutch East India Company.

The Spaniard followed in the footsteps of his rival and set foot in Taiwan, which he had previously been reluctant to visit.

It's just that the plan doesn't always keep up with the changes.

With the decay of its economic model, Spain-Taiwan, which was in its infancy, was forced to end early.

As for the battle of Keelung, which was launched by the Dutch army, it was only the final blow to end this catastrophe.

From the 16th century onwards, the center of gravity of Spain's overseas business was the Americas.

Not only did they gain a vast area of the region, but they also became the richest empire in the world by mining Peruvian silver, and it can be said that the Spaniards did change the world with American silver.

The rise of the Protestant state, the decline of the Ottoman Empire, and the rise and fall of the Ming Dynasty were all changes of the times triggered by the Spanish silver coin.

In Asia, the Spaniards succeeded in taking control of the eastern part of the South Seas under the Treaty of Todesillas, revised in 1495.

The second generation of conquistadors, who set out from Mexico and other places, occupied the large city of Luzon Manila and swept through the capital of the Brunei Empire. Silver from the Americas also departed from Lima, Peru, and arrived there via transit points such as Guam.

Merchants from the mainland, on the other hand, could arrive in Manila for direct trade after the opening of Longqing in 1567.

The famous Pacific route was thus completely determined.

However, by the 17th century, the Dutch invaded from both the east and the west, completely disrupting the international trade in the South Seas, which had been established by Spain for less than a century.

By sending frequent fleets to rob and co-opt local rulers in Asia, the Dutch succeeded in establishing a sphere of influence in Ceylon and the hinterland of the South Seas. Then, by regularly blockading the ports of Macau and Manila, he tried to drive out the Spaniards and Portuguese, and completely monopolized international trade with the Ming Dynasty.

The Spanish Empire, so preoccupied with the war for supremacy on the European continent, could not afford to devote more resources overseas.

The Dutch took advantage of the precious 17th-century window to monopolize the trade lanes of East Asia.

In 1624, the Dutch East India Company troops set out from Batavia and successfully landed on unmanaged Taiwan.

As the familiar city of Geranza began to be established, so did the Spaniards in Manila.

Because as long as the Dutch have a greater influence in Taiwan, it will be more convenient to block the merchant ships from Xiamen to Manila.

This is a major blow to the Philippines, which is very dependent on foreign trade economy.

To that end, the Manilan authorities must find ways to open up new bases for progress.

Otherwise, one end of the entire Pacific route will come to a standstill.

The butterfly effect will also spread from the Philippines to the Americas and then to Spain itself.

It was under these circumstances that the Spaniards drew men from their scarce military arsenal and tried to establish a foothold in northern Taiwan.

Therefore, Wei Bao believes that as long as he controls the Daming coastal defense, he can control the Ming Dynasty's maritime trade.

Daming's maritime trade has a natural advantage for Europeans.

For the current main rivals, Spain and the Netherlands, plus a potential rival Portugal, Wei Bao also has enough psychological advantage.

The Treasure Army Coast Guard has all used steamships, and its combat effectiveness is extraordinary, not to mention hanging and fighting, it will not be difficult to defeat any opponent around Daming anyway, the most important thing is that it is close to the mainland and easy to supply.

These are things that European merchants who fought in the ocean could not have.

The next day, Wei Bao got up in the middle of the morning, and was about to practice kung fu and cultivate his emotions, when he received a call from the porter.

Of course, the call from the concierge could not have been answered by President Wei in person, but by the beautiful secretary of the president's secretariat and told Wu Xuexia.

"Grandpa Guo sent someone to invite the Lord, let the Grandpa go and enter the palace with Grandpa Guo." Wu Xuexia said.

"Face the saint at this time?" Zhang Meiyuan was a little puzzled and said, "Maybe my father didn't say yes to His Majesty, but just asked to see him." However, Daddy doesn't often enter the palace, but every time Daddy goes, His Majesty will see him. ”

Wei Bao sighed, knowing that he couldn't practice the exercises, so he could only change his clothes.

Wei Bao rushed to the British Mansion after a stick of incense, "Lord Yue." ”

"Xiaobao, let's go, let's go." Zhang Weixian was already dressed neatly and had already been ready, if he hadn't kept his identity, he would have run to the door to wait for Wei Bao, and now when he saw Wei Bao coming, he hurriedly got up and took Wei Bao from the inner courtyard to the outer courtyard.

Wei Bao didn't say much, he followed obediently, and his father-in-law said that he would do what he did, although his father-in-law seemed to be a little unreliable, but Wei Bao had no choice.

However, with the golden signboard of the British government, no matter how unreliable it is, it doesn't matter.

The relationship between the British government and the royal family is broken.

Zhang Weixian asked to see the emperor, which was much easier than ordinary people, and he didn't wait outside the palace gate for a while, Wei Zhongxian took Li Yongzhen out to greet him in person.

I can't talk about greeting, maybe it would be more appropriate to say that Wei Zhongxian came out to contact him in person.

"Grandpa Guo, what kind of wind blew you into the palace." Wei Zhongxian smiled and said with a smile.

Zhang Weixian smiled: "In the palace, I feel like going home, Your Majesty, I am as close as a son and nephew, I can come whenever I want, why bother with any wind." ”

Wei Zhongxian smiled and glanced at Wei Bao.

Wei Bao hurriedly greeted An, and at the same time greeted Li Yongzhen and several other big eunuchs around Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian is pompous, these big eunuchs around Wei Zhongxian, if they leave Wei Zhongxian, they are all big eunuchs who are in charge alone, but they are a little inconspicuous around Wei Zhongxian.

Wei Zhongxian was still satisfied with Wei Bao's attitude.

Wei Zhongxian knew that Wei Bao would definitely say to Zhang Weixian that it was understandable that Zhang Weixian would come to such a big event in person.

Wei Zhongxian even thought that Zhang Weixian was likely to bargain.

Wei Zhongxian also thought about it, if Zhang Weixian bargained, he could even promise to give Wei Bao a second-grade official rank.