Wei Bao nodded and said, "Thank you Lord Shen for reminding me, I know, I will be careful." ”

"I want to say, if there is any case, please Lord Wei must hand it over to me! Although I don't agree with Lord Wei's cashiering, I think that if we can really divide the Duchayuan and Dali Temple into the south and north courtyards as Lord Wei said, and set up a financial office in the north courtyard, it will definitely be beneficial and harmless to the Ming court. Shen Hezhe took the initiative to ask.

Wei Bao never thought that this Shen Hezhe would actually come to ask for help on his own?

"Thank you, Lord Shen, if you say something to Lord Shen, I will consider it carefully." Wei Bao replied.

"Master Wei, don't take it seriously, I sincerely ask for my life. Moreover, not only will the eunuchs stare at the first case that Lord Wei encountered, but the ministers of Donglin will also stare at the first case of Lord Wei. Shen Hezhe said.

"I'll seriously consider it! Lord Shen, don't worry. Wei Bao smiled slightly.

"Master Wei, there is one more thing to ask for." Shen Hezhe continued.

Wei Bao Khan, the heart said that you are still finished? I'm tired enough today.

However, Wei Bao still said patiently: "Lord Shen, please speak." ”

"Master Wei, I don't know why you drove Lord Yang Lian and Lord Zuo Guangdou away from them in the official hall of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but I can see that Lord Wei is the one who wants to do something! If Lord Wei can invite Lord Yang Lian and Lord Zuo Guangdou back, I will be very grateful to Lord Wei, and I am willing to introduce my mentor, Lord Zhu Yanxi, to Lord Wei. Shen Hezhe said.

Wei Bao was secretly funny, he and Zhu Yanxi had met several times, where would he not know Zhu Yanxi?

Moreover, from before to now, Wei Bao's impression of the Donglin Party has always been very average. He never thought of getting closer to the Donglin Party, not to mention, he knew history, in the past two or three years, the Emperor of the Apocalypse Zhu Youxiao did not die, and Wei Zhongxian had no opponents.

"Thank you, Lord Shen, I know, have you forgotten that I am in charge of the cabinet scholar? It's not difficult for me to meet Lord Zhu Yanxi. Wei Bao said.

"I know that it is not difficult for Lord Wei to meet Lord Jifu, but what I said is different from what Lord Wei wants, I want to introduce Lord Wei to Lord Zhu Yanxi! Lord Zhu Yanxi will definitely appreciate Lord Wei, and maybe he will accept Master Wei as a closed disciple, in that case, we will be senior brothers. Shen Hezhe said.

Wei Bao sweated, secretly thinking that I need your recommendation? I took the examination, Zhu Yanxi was the deputy chief examiner, and I was considered half of the master, and I was awarded a bachelor's degree in the Hanlin Academy, and it was Zhu Yanxi's recital, and I personally guaranteed it.

As for joining the Donglin Party, Wei Bao has never considered it, even if Chongzhen takes the stage in the future and the Donglin Party is dominant, Wei Bao is not ready to have anything to do with the Donglin Party, Wei Bao is not used to these feudal bureaucrats in his bones, and the civilian-bureaucratic group will bring disaster to the country and the people! This is not a problem of a certain era or a certain dynasty, this is a problem of the feudal system, no matter which dynasty it is, the officials who rely on a piece of paper and donations are all sanctimonious characters with black hands behind their backs, and they are not as blatant, almost not disguised goods.

"Thank you, Lord Shen, I respect Lord Zhu Yanxi very much, but I don't plan to worship under anyone, I am already a disciple of Lord Sun Chengzong." Wei Bao Road.

"Oh." Shen Hezhe secretly regretted that he knew that although Sun Chengzong was relatively close to the Donglin officials, the eunuch party had been looking for trouble with Sun Chengzong recently, but Sun Chengzong had never joined the Donglin faction, since Wei Bao was already a disciple of Sun Chengzong, this was troublesome, it was estimated that he was unlikely to switch to the court, at least when Sun Chengzong was still in power, Sun Chengzong was the emperor after all, with a high position and a grand prestige.

Wei Bao smiled slightly, and casually thanked Shen Hezhe a few words.

The banquet didn't end until late at night, and Wei Bao dragged his tired body back to the mansion in his official sedan chair.

For three whole days, he was busy with the personnel arrangements of the Duchayuan and Dali Temple, and until this moment, Wei Bao did not dare to say that the dust had settled.

Not only did he not dare to say that the dust had settled, Wei Bao even thought that this was a new beginning!

Wei Bao didn't go home for three days, Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming were eager to see it, and when they saw Wei Bao coming back, they hurriedly arranged for him to bathe.

"Tired these days, aren't you? Need something to eat? Wu Xuexia asked.

"Don't eat, go to bed early, there are still many things to do tomorrow." Wei Bao rubbed his temples tiredly.

Wu Xuexia said distressedly: "Being a fifth-grade official, so tired?" Heaven and earth will be such a big deal, and you haven't been so concerned. ”

Wei Bao smiled: "This is just the beginning, it should be comfortable after being busy for a while, being an official is like playing cards, I haven't got started yet, so I have to spend more effort and time." ”

Wu Xuexia hummed obediently, and hurriedly joined Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming to let people bathe the president, and after bathing, a group of North Korean maids massaged President Wei.

Wei Bao didn't fall asleep in a few seconds.

Exertion combined with excessive alcohol consumption made the fifteen-year-old unable to support his body.

The next day, Wu Xuexia felt sorry for Wei Bao and wanted Wei Bao to sleep lazy, but she was afraid of delaying Wei Bao's arrival in the court, so she was very embarrassed.

In fact, it is possible to take sick leave, but officials who are qualified to go to the court rarely ask for sick leave, because if they do not go to the court on sick leave, it is easy to become the weakness of the opponent when they are promoted.

Also, Wei Bao not only has to go to the court, but also to the yamen.

Therefore, after discussing with Wang Qiuya and Princess Zhenming, Wu Xuexia was still ruthless, and the Korean maid foreman Jin Shanggong went to call Wei Bao.

Wei Bao rested for less than three hours, obviously not recovering, but he still insisted on sitting up, washing and changing clothes under the service of the maids, and put on a new five-grade official uniform.

In the groggy last dynasty, the emperor did not show up as usual, Wei Zhongxian asked everyone if there was anything wrong? No one said a word, and he went down in a groggy voice.

Wei Zhongxian also asked according to the rules, what is the matter of the Donglin Party, it will not be said when the emperor is not there, there are ministers of Donglin in the cabinet, and they will play the book.

Of course, Emperor Somoto usually doesn't watch it.

When Emperor Zhu Youxiao of the Apocalypse first ascended the throne, he was actually not like this, he was also scared by the Donglin Party, as long as he showed up, the Donglin Party and non-Donglin officials were fighting to the death, and many things, he, the emperor, couldn't figure it out.

He has personally made several wills, but they have caused more trouble, and it can even be said that he has been overwhelmed.

Zhu Youxiao even found that he didn't do anything, didn't say anything, but the court situation was too peaceful, and he could also enjoy leisure, so he concentrated on the two things he loved since childhood, carpentry and playing.

Zhu Youxiao was not born obsessed with carpentry, but when he was the emperor's grandson, his life was too depressing, and there were too few opportunities to go out to play, so he focused on doing carpentry work.

From top to bottom, Wei Bao is very low-key like most officials, he gives salutes when he sees people, he doesn't say much, he keeps smiling, but he doesn't specifically find a big man to talk to.

Originally, Wei Bao did this, and it was not easy to attract the attention of the high-ranking officials, but helplessly, Wei Bao was too young to go to the court, except for Wei Bao, who had the special honorary title of bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, the others were all high-ranking officials above the fourth grade, at least forty were outside, forty outside were young, the main force was fifty outside, and there were many people over sixty and over seventy.

Wei Bao is only 15 years old, and he is very handsome, and the name Wei Bao is the most talked about in the whole capital in the past few days, everyone knows that Wei Bao is rectifying the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and changing personnel.

Originally, these things were handled by the cabinet designators, and they were usually done by one official at a time, and in order to maintain the stability of the yamen, the time would not be very close.

Therefore, the officials in the yamen can usually maintain personnel stability, and there are frequent personnel changes in two or three months, where can it be like Wei Bao, who will act at the same time on all the officials of the five grades and below the five grades of the two big yamen, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple?

Involving the departure and stay of more than 2,000 officials, Wei Bao's transformation of the Ducha Yuan and Dali Temple naturally attracted everyone's attention.

Wei Bao doesn't find anyone to talk to, and no one talks to Wei Bao specifically.

In fact, Wei Bao completed the personnel changes of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple yesterday, and in just a few hours, it has gone viral throughout the officialdom of Beijing.

But on the surface, it was calm.

After the next dynasty, there was no dispute in the cabinet, and Gu Bingqian, Zhu Yanxi, Wei Guangwei, Zhou Rupan, Huang Liji, Ding Shaoshi, Feng Quan and others were also very calm.

"Early this morning, the people of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple reported the list of officials of the fifth grade and below, what do you think? Should it be submitted to the celebrant immediately? Gu Bingqian asked.

Although Wei Bao's appearance is closer to that of the eunuchs, Wei Bao has always concealed it very well, and it does not make people think that he must be eunuchs, on the contrary, Wei Bao also left many Donglin Party Qingliu officials in the Duchayuan and Dali Temple for free.

To say that Wei Bao is more inclined to the Donglin Party seems to be in the past.

Therefore, Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji, Feng Quan and other eunuch ministers are not very biased about Wei Bao's affairs.

The only thing they are worried about is that there are many people in the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, and these people have been cleared out of the Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Inspectorate, and they all come to them to find a way.

Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi, who are the same as the Donglin Party, they can't see the advantages and disadvantages of Wei Bao's actions for the time being, and buying officials with silver does not meet the verbal standards of the Donglin Party, but they actually did not completely deny Wei Bao's approach from the bottom of their hearts.

Anyway, the eunuch party is also buying and selling officials, and it has always been rampant, as long as there is a meritorious person, and there is money in the family to buy an official, it is not difficult to buy a seven-grade official and a six-grade official.

Wei Bao only expanded the scope and lowered the standard of fame a little bit, so that Xiucai could buy officials, and not only could he buy sixth, seventh, eighth, and ninth grade officials, but even fifth-grade officials could be openly bought and sold.

But if Wei Bao can really follow what he said, hand over a large sum of money to His Majesty every month in the future, and improve the efficiency of punishing corrupt officials, they actually agree with this practice.

Because Wei Bao is not protecting corrupt officials, but after investigating and punishing corrupt officials, he earns money from corrupt officials to buy their lives.

"In the past, there was no precedent for the yamen to decide whether officials would stay or not! The selection of officials to go and stay in the examination is carried out by the cabinet with special ministers, in coordination with the officials of the Ministry of Officials and the officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, which is not in line with the precedent. I'm worried that as soon as this example is opened, all yamen will follow suit, and there will be a big mess. Zhu Yanxi said.

"I can't make up my mind, but the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate is different from the ordinary Yamen, and Wei Bao has the identity of being in charge of the scholars in the cabinet, and it is understandable that he represents the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Cabinet, but there is just a lack of officials from the Ministry of Officials." Gu Bingqian said.

"Why don't you leave the notebook in the cabinet first, and talk about it later?" Zhu Yanxi asked.

"It's best to stay in the celebrant eunuch, and see what Your Majesty says." Gu Bingqian shook his head and said, "Unless we oppose and dismiss, there is no need to keep this kind of book." ”

Zhu Yanxi felt that it made sense, and muttered: "It's okay, but if you want to hand it over to the celebrant and supervisor, our ministers need to write their opinions, how should we write this opinion?" ”

"Not in favor of that!" Gu Bingqian replied very simply, "Wei Bao has not been authorized by the cabinet and His Majesty, he is only a fifth-grade official, what authority does he have to do this?" ”

Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi were very surprised, they didn't expect Gu Bingqian to have such an attitude.

Even Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji and Feng Quan were a little surprised, because Wei Bao had always been appreciated by Gu Bingqian.

"Could it be that Lord Zhu is going to oppose my words again this time and approve of Wei Bao's doing?" Gu Bingqian looked at Zhu Yanxi with a smile, he and Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji, and Feng Quan are Wei factions, and they have always been against Zhu Yanxi, Zhou Rupan and Ding Shaoshi, the ministers of the Donglin Party, no matter what they say.

However, the cabinet does not need to agree on the opinions of all the ministers, and everyone can express their opinions, otherwise, the Ming cabinet will not be able to do anything, only quarrels.

Before the Ming Dynasty's recital was delivered to the emperor, it had always been densely written, and many times, the courtiers quarreled on the recital, and the emperor was more like the final referee, neutralizing the views of all parties, and then coming up with his own decision.

Zhu Yanxi groaned and didn't know what to say.

"I'm against it too." In the end, Zhu Yanxi actually made a decision that was completely consistent with Gu Bingqian. Because Zhu Yanxi didn't know whether Bingqian was playing a trick on himself again, after all, Wei Bao's approach was too sensational, and the impact on the Ming Dynasty was too great, and he didn't dare to easily put himself on the side of supporting Wei Bao.

Gu Bingqian, Wei Guangwei, Huang Liji, Feng Quan and other eunuch ministers all looked at Zhu Yanxi in surprise, and they didn't expect Zhu Yanxi to choose to stand with them against Wei Bao this time?

Although I feel that Wei Bao's current approach may be beneficial to the Ming court, especially to the emperor, it will definitely not be of any benefit to the Donglin Party, so Zhu Yanxi's decision is actually not very unexpected, just because in ordinary times, everything that is supported by Wei officials, Donglin Party officials must oppose it, and it is difficult for the two sides to agree on one matter.

In fact, there is not much need for this recital to be submitted upward, because the cabinet rarely agrees, and the cabinet has reached an agreement, which is definitely not good!

This time, even the referee was saved.

However, according to the procedure, this is a copy of the newspaper submitted by the yamen, and it must be handed in.

After Wei Bao arrived at the Yamen, the Dali Temple and the Yamen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate are also very calm today, the officials have changed a whole number, the original officials, less than two percent are left, and eighty percent of the officials below the fifth grade have changed their faces, plus the small officials of the eight and nine grades, as well as the servants of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple have also changed.

This makes people feel that the Duchayuan and Dali Temple have become a new yamen!

To the surprise of Luan Ruping, Zhou Yingqiu and other officials who came to the Yamen again, after changing so many people, there was no trouble? They originally thought that the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple must be very lively today, and those officials who were driven away by Wei Bao would definitely join forces to make trouble, but they didn't.

There must be some people who are not convinced, but they dare not make trouble openly, because Wei Bao's plan really has a promising prospect of implementation, and Wei Bao once solemnly promised that if the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Dali Temple Yamen are expanded, they must be given priority to hiring these old people who are related to the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple.

Therefore, even if someone wants to get Wei Bao behind his back, he only dares to sneak around, and the number of people is not large, only thirty or forty people dare to do this.

Luan Ruping, Zou Yuanbiao, Rong Keqin, Wang Dewan, Yang Weiyuan, Zhou Yingqiu and other officials came to Wei Bao's official hall together, but Wei Bao did not recruit them.

"Master Wei, you have changed everyone now, what will you do in the future?" Luan Ruping asked. The tone is very calm, not to find fault, they are also watching the development of the situation, and they don't want to easily fall out with Wei Bao, in fact, Wei Bao moved a lot of their doormen, but it didn't touch their interests too much, because they collected cash, mainly the money that the doorman ran to the official when he entered, and few people had the heart to get the silver after becoming an official, and they would give a share to the lords. At most, it is a festival every year, and the number is very limited.

Wei Bao moved their interests, mainly because Wei Bao changed so many people at once, which was equivalent to snatching all the personnel rights, and it would be difficult for them to get money from the flow of personnel in the future.

"All the files have been sent, and every case has someone to follow, not only the current errands have been arranged, but also the cases left over from the past have also been sent! The Metropolitan Inspectorate and Dali Temple will not leave a little tail in the future. Wei Bao said confidently to a group of adults.

This group of people are all eunuch party members, because after Wei Bao drove Yang Lian and Zuo Guangdou and other Donglin party members away, those people have not returned to the yamen, and they are still in the cabinet.

"After that, all the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple will be assigned by Master Wei?" Zhou Yingqiu said a little unceremoniously, he is the secretary of Dali Temple, the highest official of Dali Temple, Wei Bao not only snatched away the personnel power, according to Wei Bao's meaning, it seems that he wants to snatch away the power to try and judge cases, in that case, Dali Temple and the Metropolitan Procuratorate will not become Wei Bao's yamen alone?

Wei Bao smiled slightly, and unhurriedly divided himself into the South Court and the North Court, and informed the gang of adults in detail about the plan for the future trial and judgment of the case.

In fact, they had already heard about it, but their disciples' words were definitely not as clear and clear as Wei Bao himself said.

After listening to the detailed plan narrated by Wei Bao, the group of adults all fell into deep thought.

How many people's flesh did Wei Bao share this time? Fortunately, if they really follow Wei Bao's plan, they may not have any losses, and they may even earn more than before! But they went up, all the way to the emperor, and there were many more people in between! All of them were cut down at once, and the silver was directly given to the palace treasury, from Wei Zhongxian to Zhou Yingqiu and Luan Ruping, can a large number of people in the middle not hate Wei Bao? Will they be able to say yes?

First of all, Wei Zhongxian will definitely not be able to agree!

"Don't say anything else, I'm just afraid that if you do this, the cabinet and the celebrant may not be able to pass it, and the transcript may not reach Your Majesty." Zhou Yingqiu said.

Other high-ranking officials also have this opinion, and they all think that Wei Bao is too taken for granted, this kind of thing can only be done secretly, where is there such a blatant reason for buying officials and selling officials to share money?

"This is my business, adults don't have to worry about me, something happened, it's my Wei Bao's business alone. It's the adults. Wei Bao smiled.

Wei Bao said so, what else can everyone say?

"Lord Wei, how much silver did you get from selling officials this time? How are you going to divide it? Luan Ruping asked.

"This has nothing to do with the adults, it's all handed over to the celebrant priest!" Wei Bao replied simply, "Even I don't know how much silver there is." ”

As soon as everyone heard that it was handed over to the celebrant and the celebrant, they were silent.

I can't figure out whether Wei Bao is Wei Zhongxian's person or not.

After a long time, Luan Ruping asked: "Master Wei, we are all very close to the nine thousand years old, you know this, in front of us people, can you reveal the truth?" Are you nine thousand years old? ”

When everyone heard this, they all stared at Wei Bao with wide eyes, what kind of person is Wei Bao, this may be one of the biggest secrets in the capital.

If Wei Bao is a nine-thousand-year-old person, then they have no choice about what Wei Bao says, but if Wei Bao is not a nine-thousand-year-old person, like Wei Bao, they can't be as ignorant of anything, it is all up to Wei Bao to have the final say.

Wei Bao smiled slightly: "I can't say!" But I also have respect for nine thousand years old! Please don't ask any more questions, because there are things that are much better to know than to know. ”

When a few people heard this, they looked at each other, not knowing what Wei Bao meant? What's the difference between saying that and not saying it? The method of officialdom speaking seems to have been fully learned by this young man, Wei Bao.

They had a tacit understanding and didn't ask any more, knowing that they couldn't ask anything, so they chatted for a while and withdrew from Wei Bao's official hall.

"What now?" Zhou Yingqiu asked Luan Ruping.

"What can I do? Look at what nine thousand years old say, right? Luan Ruping replied: "What are we in front of the real big tree?" ”

Everyone smiled and nodded together, indeed, although several people are high-ranking officials of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple, but the affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Dali Temple are really not their turn to call the shots.