President Wei would eat snacks and chat with the diners, personally talking about the new policies he had announced.

Those who can eat snacks will not be too poor, and of course, they will not be too rich, and the rich people at this time are usually more ostentatious and rarely eat on the side of the road.

People who are not too poor and have spare time are the most suitable for chatting.

Listening to Master Wei's direct talk about the New Deal also greatly improved the efficiency of the New Deal's dissemination, which is not available in the face-to-face article.

People who can talk directly to Master Wei are often excited at the time and in person, and they talk everywhere.

After three days like this, with the activities of Li Jingbai, Liu Yangao, Qiao Guangjin, and Qiao Dongsheng, the alliance against Wei Bao was rapidly expanding.

Wei Bao's practice of constantly arresting people and pulling the local big families into the text inventory has a certain deterrent effect, and at the same time, it has also accelerated the determination of the big families in Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, and Shandong to unite to bring down Wei Bao.

There is a lot of silver, and Wei Bao really can't fight these people.

More and more people went to Haiphong money banks to exchange money, and they only took it but did not save it.

Although I don't dare to make trouble and make a loud noise, I queue up at the door every day, which really affects my reputation.

Tiandihui Money Village was originally an emerging money bank and did not have much influence.

Although the Yamen, the governor of Haiphong, is an official government and can represent the imperial court, it has just been established by decree, and the time is too short, and it is difficult to say how much prestige it has.

A group of wealthy people saw that the victory was in their hands, and the Haiphong Qianzhuang would not be able to hold it out within a day or two, and they would be crushed, and they were all paying close attention to the movements of the Haiphong Governor's Yamen in Tianjin.

"General Liu, no, I heard that a large number of ships came to Tianjin Wei Wharf, and the ships were full of silver! There were tens of thousands of escorts accompanying them! "A big man who got the news went to the inn where the group of opponents of Wei Bao gathered.

Liu Yang was shocked: "Where did so many people come from?" Are you sure you got a lot of silver? ”

"It must be silver, someone has seen it, and is disembarking at the docks. These people are from Liaoxi, isn't Wei Bao's nest in Liaoxi? "That big family road.

"How much silver," Li Jingbai asked.

"I don't know, but look at those boxes, there are at least twenty or thirty million taels of silver!" Oto replied.

Liu Yang'ao frowned, and said to his cronies: "You take a few people to inquire clearly, pay close attention to the movements of these ships and silver, and see if they are from Haiphong Qianzhuang?" ”

"Yes, General." Liu Yangyao's cronies agreed, and went out in a hurry.

A group of big families who were still elated just now and felt that Wei Bao and the Governor of Haiphong Yamen were going to be finished, immediately became miserable again.

"Wei Bao is very wealthy, if the ships are all from Weijiazhuang in Liaoxi, it is completely possible to transport twenty or thirty million taels of silver." Qiao Guangjin said.

"Wei Bao, he has so much silver? Isn't this all catching up with your Jin merchants? How long has he been out of the picture? Li Jingbai didn't believe it.

"You are in Shandong, haven't you heard about the situation in Jingshi? After Wei Bao climbed to the saint, he did something wrong, and made an unknown amount of silver in the Duchayuan and Dali Temple. This text inventory is still hot, saying that Feng Quan presided over it, but in fact, all of them are being carried out by people from the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and a wealthy family is taken away for investigation, at least they will be cheated on a thousand taels of silver, how many people has he investigated? I'm afraid there are tens of thousands. Qiao Dongsheng explained.

"Not only that, Wei Bao also sells officials and fame, which is simply bold." Another wealthy family from Beijing also said: "Wei Bao now not only controls the Ducha Yuan and Dali Temple, but also controls the Hanlin Academy, and is also in the cabinet to take up a temporary post, which is too prosperous." ”

"That's right, he dares to sell tens of thousands of taels of silver just for a nominal official position in the Metropolitan Procuratorate! How many people in Beizhili have bought officials in the Metropolitan Procuratorate? If you buy an official, you not only have an official position, but you can also avoid being checked by the text, so no matter how expensive it is, everyone rushes to buy it. Not only is it a ghost who sells it, but I heard that you have to find someone Wei Bao knows to buy it through the back door. Another rich man who understands the situation.

"It's so dark, I've never seen anything darker than Wei Bao."

The rich are talking.

"Speaking of which, is Wei Bao determined to stick his own money and fight with everyone?" Li Jingbai frowned, "This is not easy to do, I originally thought that Wei Bao came to Tianjin Weilai to get silver from Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion and Shandong, but I didn't expect him to be willing to paste the silver himself?" ”

"It is estimated that this was discussed between Wei Bao and Wei Gonggong, otherwise he would not have handed over a newly established Haiphong Governor's Yamen to Wei Bao. Don't you see it? This is to let Wei Bao paste the silver first, and then give him the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, the governor of Haiphong Yamen did not set up a governor, so it was so empty, and when Wei Bao's qualifications were enough, it was logical to put him in the position of governor of Haiphong. Qiao Guangjin said in a thoughtful analysis.

"But Wei Bao is only fifteen years old, right? At this age, how is it possible to be a governor? Li Jingbai shook his head, still not believing their analysis.

Qiao Guangjin said: "Brother, you are the governor of Shandong, a member of the imperial court, and the affairs of the imperial court, haven't you understood it yet?" It is said that there are people in the court who are good officials, not to mention, Wei Bao brought His Majesty's Shang Fang Sword this time, and I heard that His Majesty gave Wei Bao all the Nine Dragon Jade Pendants he wore with him, doesn't this mean that His Majesty trusts Wei Bao? ”

"Then Wei Bao, a person who is a good official in the imperial court, is too powerful, His Majesty personally promoted, Wei Bao is really likely to sit on the governor's seat within a year or two, then at least he is a second-grade official, it's incredible." Everyone is even more pessimistic.

"What's so incredible about this, Wei Bao was originally born in Tanhualang, and he just got the official rank of a bachelor in the Hanlin Academy, and this official rank is specially prepared for people to enter the cabinet! Feng Quan was promoted by Father-in-law Wei and entered the cabinet at the age of thirty, and Wei Bao was personally promoted by His Majesty, and it is not uncommon for him to enter the cabinet at the age of twenty. Liu Yangao was also a little moved by everyone's words, and he was also pessimistic.

"General Liu, you must not be discouraged, we are counting on you, you have military power in your hands, you really can't do it, you can take your soldiers to make trouble with Wei Bao! We mobilized the officials we knew to support you, and forced the imperial court to revoke the official title of the governor of Wei Bao's coastal defense, Yamen, and revoke the Lao Shizi proclamations issued by Wei Bao. "A wealthy road in Tianjin.

Everyone agreed, and they all said that they would fight Wei Bao to the end, and use Wei Bao's means to make money, if they don't twist into a rope and fight with Wei Bao, sooner or later they will be cramped and skinned.

"Let's take a look first, let's see if Wei Bao has let people transfer tens of millions of taels of silver!" Liu Yangwu said in a deep voice.

Everyone waited until Wei Bao's dozen big ships unloaded all the boxes filled with silver, and they didn't see them delivered to Haiphong Qianzhuang.

Everyone was surprised, originally according to their thoughts, since Wei Bao sent someone to transport so much silver, it was not necessary to make a big fuss, and the whole world knew about it, so as to relieve the siege of Haiphong Qianzhuang.

Everyone had different opinions, and they didn't know what trick Wei Bao was singing this time.

By the second half of the night, everyone had dispersed.

Wei Bao's men went into action.

Thousands of carriages ran for more than two hours, from Zi Shi to Yin Shi, and secretly and quickly sent all the silver to Haiphong Qian Bank.

When the gang met the next morning, they all knew the news.

"Wei Bao's people sent all the silver to Haiphong Money Bank in the second half of last night!" Liu Yang'ao said the news in person with a heavy heart.

"Is it reliable?" Qiao Dongsheng said: "Wei Bao is very cunning, he has always liked to cheat, since he got so much silver, why bother to sneak around?" ”

"The information is absolutely reliable, I asked a few soldiers to pretend to be porters to help carry the silver, and I secretly looked at it, and the boxes were full of silver." Liu Yangyao said: "There will never be a fake. ”

"I guess that the reason why Wei Bao got so much silver so secretly is because he doesn't want us to know that they have silver, what kind of trick are they going to give us! In addition, Wei Bao probably didn't want the court to know that he had posted a large amount of silver himself, and it was estimated that he wanted to use the silver for turnover temporarily, and then withdraw the silver used for turnover when the Haiphong Money Bank made money. If you let the court know, you can't let him donate? Li Jingbai analyzed.

Everyone said that Li Jingbai's analysis was reasonable, and it was very likely that it was because of these two reasons that Wei Bao chose to let people quietly transport silver in the second half of the night.

"So what now? Wei Bao got so much silver, it wouldn't be interesting for us to run it again. Wei Bao's money in various places is not bad for money, just move it. Liu Yang'ao asked: "If we squeeze him again, can we still defeat Haiphong Qianzhuang?" ”

"It seems that a run on it alone is useless." Li Jingbai said: "Everyone is scattered, it's no fun to stay here anymore!" Now we have to do two things, one is that General Liu will arrange for the soldiers to make trouble, so that all the soldiers will oppose the dismissal together! Second, after everyone disperses, we will hand over the grain in a unified manner, and we will hand it over to trustworthy people to hide in a unified manner, create a food shortage, and then incite the hungry people to make trouble. The soldiers are also making trouble, and the people are also making trouble, these things can make Wei Bao, the governor of coastal defense, unable to shirk his participation in politics! The Governor of Haiphong, Yamen, is now in charge of Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong Province and Denglai, and it is hard to escape the blame! No matter how much His Majesty appreciates Wei Bao, if there are two big things, it will be difficult to protect Wei Bao, at least Wei Bao must be recalled to the capital! ”

"Yes, it's still Lord Li who is old enough to seek the country, this method is the most practical, and you can't win Wei Bao by burning silver." Qiao Guangjin was not willing to fight a silver war with Wei Bao from the beginning, and he was reluctant to lose the interests of Jin merchants.

"This year's grain harvest has failed, so many of us have joined forces to hoard Juqi, which is indeed a good way to incite the people to rise up and make trouble!" Liu Yangwu said: "Don't worry, I will let the soldiers under me make trouble, and when the time comes, tens of thousands of troops will press to Tianjin Weilai, I think he Wei Bao can do?" He only has a few hundred people in his hands, and if he can take care of the soldiers, he can't take care of the people, I want him to cry to death in the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong! ”

"A few hundred? Didn't Wei Bao just transfer tens of thousands of people from Liaoxi," Li Jingbai reminded.

"Those are all transporters, they are all ordinary people, my people have seen clearly, there is no weapon on the ship, and these people will go back after delivering the goods. Can the common people be the same as the soldiers, how dare he Wei Bao raise tens of thousands of soldiers? Liu Yangwu said.

Li Jingbai heard Liu Yang'ao say this, relieved himself, and said to everyone: "Then everyone pays more attention to things, I estimate that as long as we work together, within a month, Wei Bao will inevitably be squeezed back to the capital!" We can't control how arrogant he is in the capital, there are so many cattle in the capital, let them make trouble, anyway, we can't let Wei Bao behave in Hejian Mansion, Cangzhou Mansion, Shandong and Denglai. ”

"Hahaha."

Everyone rejoiced again, and felt that they had won the battle.

Then he scolded Wei Bao, and then talked about it first.

Li Jingbai, Liu Yangyao, Qiao Guangjin, and Qiao Dongsheng dispersed, and Wei Bao immediately got the news at the Yamen of the Governor of Haiphong.

"Congratulations to the president, now I can breathe a sigh of relief, they are all gone, it seems that they don't plan to run on Haiphong Money Bank anymore, Haiphong Money Bank has escaped this trend." Lin Wenbiao came to report the good news.

"There's nothing to be happy about, this is their first axe, there must be tricks behind, how about having a three-plate axe, right?" Wei Bao sighed and said: "If we rob other people's interests and money, we will cut off the way to money, and cutting off people's money is equivalent to cutting off the way of life, and we will not die." ”

Lin Wenbiao nodded, "That's true, but these ill-gotten gains that harm the people and loot the people's fat and ointment don't belong to them in the first place!" ”

"It depends on how they say this, they are used to eating this kind of ill-gotten gain, and naturally think that this is their destiny! Just like the emperor's family, will they care why they were born to be emperors? I only feel that everything is born and should have been provided for the royal family. Wei Bao said indifferently.

Lin Wenbiao was stunned, nodded thoughtfully, and secretly felt that the president was thinking so profoundly, he had never thought about this.

Although political education is highly valued in the education of the Heaven and Earth Society, the time is still short.

Moreover, Wei Bao's political education followed the tone of semi-feudal etiquette and semi-capitalist system, and was not completely de-feudalized.

It is now a semi-feudal and semi-slave society, and as long as all the remnants of slavery can be removed, the society will already be very progressive.

If it comes up, it will be fully capitalized and marketized, and it will not work at all, and then it will be chaotic.

Wei Bao did not blindly pursue perfection and equality for all, he didn't like such empty slogans, which could not play any role except to deceive people.

"Prepare, I'm going to see Zhang Weixian now." Wei Bao Road.

"The president is going now?" Lin Wenbiao was taken aback.

"What? Is there any problem?" Wei Bao said: "Since there is no problem with Haiphong Qianzhuang for the time being, no matter what they do next, we must ensure that there is enough force, and if we want to have enough force, we can only pull the big tiger skin of Jingying." ”

"We sent someone to Zhang Weixian's side, but only entered the periphery, the president rashly asked to see Zhang Weixian, and he might be closed, or the president will write a letter to him first, and see if he is willing to see you, right?" Lin Wenbiao said.

"No, just come back if you don't see it." Wei Bao said decisively: "Let's leave tonight, and strive to get to Zhang's Mansion tomorrow afternoon, I don't have to prepare a carriage, I can ride a horse." ”

"Yes, President." Lin Wenbiao saw that the president had already made a decision, and he didn't dare to be long-winded.

In 1625, there was a great drought in Shandong, and in July, there was a locust plague, and there was a famine in Shandong, and the area of Jinan, which was the most seriously affected, was prone to cannibalism.

In this period of summer and autumn, the whole north is miserable, and there is famine everywhere.

Wei Bao didn't experience such an era, and he really couldn't imagine that everyone would be like this.

This also strengthened Wei Bao's idea of letting more people live.

If you want more people to live, there is only one way, to move the cheese of the big landlord class.

There is definitely no need to count on the relief of the imperial court.

Although the emperor and Wei Zhongxian now have some money in their hands, it is absolutely impossible for Wei Zhongxian's money to be used for disaster relief.

The emperor is possible, but Wei Bao has just supplied the internal treasury for a short time, and he will give the internal treasury 2 million taels of silver in a few months, and all this money is only enough for disaster relief, and even a large province like Shandong is not enough.

Not to mention that the entire Beizhili has suffered a disaster, and if you want to provide disaster relief, you must first stick to Beizhili, after all, it is at the feet of the Son of Heaven.

And the emperor can't take out all the money at once, and he finally got some silver, and he hasn't covered it yet, so he must be urging the household department to provide disaster relief, where is the silver in the household department? It's not bad to be able to come up with tens of thousands of taels, it's a drop in the bucket at all.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, the financial deficit of the imperial court was extremely serious, and this situation was actually the result of a combination of factors.

Wei Bao believes that the failure of the tax reform at the end of the Ming Dynasty was the main reason, in addition to the continuous natural and man-made disasters, serious land annexation, and the "reasonable tax avoidance" of the privileged class are also important factors leading to this situation.

The failure of the tax reform was the main reason, and the Ming Dynasty did become the pillar of the imperial court's finances due to the implementation of the national policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce.

For example, around the fourth year of Longqing (1570), the annual fiscal revenue of the imperial court was about 30.78 million taels, but the agricultural tax was as high as 81%, and the industrial and commercial miscellaneous tax only accounted for 12%.

In the last years of Jiajing, the financial constraints of the imperial court have appeared, and although the imperial court has carried out tax reforms many times, it has been abolished three times for various reasons.

Zhang Juzheng died, and the tax reform failed once.

In the early years of Wanli, Zhang Juzheng presided over the reform, and the focus of the reform in taxation was "a whip law".

The effect of the "one whip law" was obvious, the imperial court's financial revenue increased significantly, the treasury accumulated as much as six or seven million taels of silver, and the grain reserve amounted to more than 13 million stones, enough to spend ten years.

But this touched the interests of a considerable number of bureaucrats, gentry and vested interests, so it was natural that it was met with strong opposition from conservatives.

After Zhang Juzheng's death, the Zhang faction began to suffer from liquidation and suppression, and the reform was declared a failure.

The Wanli Emperor died, and the tax reform failed twice.

After Zhang Juzheng's tax system was abolished, the Wanli Emperor obviously felt the tension of the state treasury, so he began to increase the revenue of the state treasury by collecting mining taxes from various places, and this part of the revenue was mainly used to support the use of border towns.

However, although the inner treasury belongs to the emperor's private money, its revenue and expenditure are still intervened and managed by the household department, so this practice of Wanli is called the so-called "greed for money", and in fact, most of the money used by the three major levies of Wanli is supported by the inner treasury.

After the Red Pill case and the palace transfer case, the Donglin Party began to control the government again after Wanli's death, and after taking power, they immediately abolished the tax system established by Wanli, which made the treasury start to strain again.

Wei Zhongxian died, and the tax reform failed three times.

During the Apocalypse, due to the tight war in Liaodong, the empty treasury could not cope with the huge expenditures, so after Wei Zhongxian took power, he began to focus on tax reform again, and his approach was to increase the collection of industrial and commercial taxes, and sent eunuchs to supervise the tax situation.

The treasury began to be sufficient again, but this intensified the conflict between the Eunuch Party and the Donglin Party.

As for the war in Liaodong, it was how to save money and how to come, coupled with the exploitation of generals at all levels, which led to an increasingly serious shortage of wages in Liaodong, and finally provoked a mutiny.

Although the three tax reforms had different focuses, they all solved the problem of the shortage of the imperial court to a certain extent, but in the end they all failed under the resistance of the civil officials who represented the interests of the gentry, especially the Donglin Party.

Land annexation is severe, and the privileged class will do everything possible to avoid taxes.

Since the imperial court mainly focused on agricultural taxes, the agricultural taxes in the early and middle periods were able to support the imperial court, why could the agricultural taxes in the late Ming Dynasty not meet the expenditures of the imperial court.

Wei Bao believes that the main reason is that there are two main points: serious land annexation and reasonable tax avoidance by the privileged class.

At the end of the Ming Dynasty, due to the overall corruption of the government, the situation of civil land annexation had reached the point of flooding.

By using the power in their hands or the wealth in their hands, they encroached on a large number of official lands and private land of the people, and even eunuchs and relatives also occupied large tracts of land by "begging" and accepting "contributions", resulting in most of the land in the country falling into the hands of these interest strata.

However, it is these interests who hold most of the land in the country, but they have another privilege, that is, according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty, the people (and above the fame), monks, royal relatives and other classes can not pay taxes.

This is also the reason why ordinary people and unmeritorious landlords will use the method of "donation" to hang their land in the name of the privileged class.

The privileged class has taken most of the country's land into their own hands in various ways, and they can take advantage of the loopholes in the system to avoid paying taxes, how can the income of the imperial court not be reduced.

From the 17th century, that is, from the late Wanli period, the Ming Dynasty began to enter the Xiaoice period, the climate changed seriously, the northern wind and sand became increasingly serious, the drought increased year by year, and the agricultural harvest decreased sharply.

At the same time, the sudden drop in temperature and the decrease in rainfall in the Central Plains also reached the lowest point in history since the Qin and Han dynasties, and disasters continued throughout the end of the Ming Dynasty, such as drought, cold snap, locust plague, flood, plague, plague and other disasters, which seriously affected the survival of the bottom peasants who lived on the land.

The continuous outbreak of various natural disasters led to a sharp decline in the amount of land and production, which not only led to the extremely difficult life of the people in the north, who were mainly agricultural, but also seriously affected the income of the imperial court.

If this phenomenon was in its heyday, the imperial court might still be able to deal with it, but it happened at the end of the Ming Dynasty, which was simply catastrophic.

One of the important reasons for the demise of the Ming Dynasty was the emptiness of the national treasury, and the annual financial revenue of the imperial court not only could not make up for the shortfall, but even the military salary could not be paid, which was fatal in the feudal society that seized power by force.

According to the History of the Ming Dynasty, the annual fiscal revenue of the Ming Dynasty was about 3 million taels of silver, but this could not be regarded as the total annual income of the Ming Dynasty, because the Ming Dynasty did not collect taxes according to cash silver in many cases, but directly paid grain.

If some other taxes on grain are converted into silver, the total annual income of the Ming Dynasty is about 10 million taels, and the highest one was in 1602, which was only 22.953 million taels.

Compared to the annual state income during the Qing Dynasty, this figure is indeed too small.

In the ten years before the First Sino-Japanese War, the annual income of the Qing government was about 80 million taels of silver, and in 1891 it was 89.68 million taels, and the annual income of the Qing Dynasty was equivalent to the total income of the Ming Dynasty in four years of its heyday.

However, the Qing Dynasty's income was higher than that of the Ming Dynasty, which may not be a good thing in some ways.

Most of the income comes from taxes, and the taxes during the Ming Dynasty were already very heavy, and the taxes of the Qing Dynasty were even heavier.

Although the Kangxi Emperor stipulated that the population born after the Kangxi Fifty Years would not increase taxes, the taxes of the Qing Dynasty had actually been increasing.

There are many sources of tax revenue. In feudal history, the main tax of each dynasty was the tax of the land, but unlike the previous dynasties, the Qing Dynasty was very heavy in the taxation of customs duties, salt taxes, and opium taxes.

In addition, the population of the Qing Dynasty was about twice that of the peak of the Ming Dynasty, and everyone had to eat salt, and the salt tax was equal to the disguised tax of people.

There was severe inflation during the Qing Dynasty. Although the fiscal revenue is very high, the price of rice, cloth and other necessities of life has been rising.

In fact, people's lives have not improved for the better because of the "fatness" of the state finances.

After the Opium War, the Qing government had to bear a huge amount of war reparations every year, and the state treasury could not make ends meet.

There is also a theory that because during the Qing Dynasty, a large amount of silver from the Americas flowed in, and silver was no longer as scarce and valuable as it was before the Qing Dynasty, so the inflated numbers did not mean an increase in value.

Whether a country is developed depends on whether the people of every strata of the country can feel happy, although the late Qing Dynasty seems to have a high fiscal revenue, but the prices are high, taxes are high, money is not valuable, people do not feel happy, and the country is naturally not strong.

Throughout Chinese history, no matter how rich the country is, as long as the peasants are poor and cannot afford to eat, and there are many complaints, this dynasty is not far from extinction.

In order to solve the financial problems of the Ming government, Zhang Juzheng implemented a tax reform known as the One Whip Law, which immediately paid off a few years later, causing the treasury to increase from a deficit to tens of millions of taels.

It is precisely because of Zhang Juzheng's reform that Wanli has the ability to win the "Three Great Marches of Wanli" and solve the internal and external troubles of the Ming Dynasty.

The Ming Dynasty was able to continue for nearly 50 years under all kinds of ills, and Zhang Juzheng's "one whip method" can be said to be indispensable.

But such a reform, which seemed to benefit the country and the people, was abandoned not long after Zhang Juzheng's death.

Wei Bao admires Zhang Juzheng very much, Zhang Juzheng is already in the position of first assistant, why let Ronghua not want to implement such a reform that offends people.

In fact, it was not that Zhang Juzheng had nothing to find fault, but that the Ming Dynasty at that time was really terminally ill, and if he did not carry out reforms, it would really be over.

Wei Bao's request to see Zhang Weixian was not smooth, and after submitting the post, Zhang Weixian prevaricated that he was unwell and did not see the guest.

Originally, Zhang Weixian rarely saw officials, and he belonged to the category of Qing Gao.

Moreover, he is in a high position, the title has been capped, and there is no need to take refuge in anyone, even Wei Zhongxian has no way to take Zhang Weixian.

When Wei Bao was at a loss, Yang Xue said: "The president might as well go back to the president's mansion to rest first, I met Zhang Meiyuan, the daughter of the British duke, to see if I can see Zhang Meiyuan, the Zhang family does not have dealings with the Wei family, but has a good relationship with the Donglin people, and the emperor is the British duke and my father and they helped up the throne together." ”

Wei Bao was overjoyed when he heard this, he actually had this consideration before, but he just didn't know if Yang Xue had any weight, so he didn't take the initiative to mention it.

Originally, Wei Bao planned to find Zhu Yanxi through Yang Xue, and then let Zhu Yanxi sell face and accompany him to Zhang Weixian.

But Wei Bao didn't plan to have anything to do with the Donglin Party, so he was more entangled, and his biggest hope was that Zhang Weixian could directly meet him without having to make so many twists and turns.

Now listening to Yang Xue say this, it is in the arms of President Wei.

"Okay, it's up to you, then go home first." Wei Bao said happily.

Yang Xue was a little stressed and said with a smile: "I just said to find a way, and the president should not have too much hope, it is not difficult for me to see Zhang Meiyuan, but it is difficult to say whether Zhang Meiyuan can affect the British public." ”

"I understand, if you want to see the British Duke, I'm afraid it's more difficult than seeing the emperor." Wei Bao nodded.

Yang Xue smiled faintly: "That's right." ”

This Zhang Weixian is a powerful faction of the Zhang family, and he has been in power for many years.

During his reign, he has been leading the Governor's Office of the Chinese Army, controlling the Beijing camp and consolidating Kyoto. In the chaotic and squeaky political situation at the end of the Ming Dynasty, it has always played the role of fixing the needle of the sea.

Zhang Weixian was involved in the three major cases in the late Ming Dynasty, and he had a prominent background and was in charge of the Praetorian Guard.

Even Wei Zhongxian couldn't do anything to him, especially his role in the palace transfer case, although Wei Zhongxian and others tried their best to block it, the British Duke dealt with it calmly, and even personally carried a sedan chair to take the emperor away to inherit the throne.

When Wei Zhongxian was in power, he knew that Zhang Weixian hated him very much, and this nine-thousand-year-old was also afraid.

After the carpenter Emperor Tianqi was finished, Zhang Weixian and Empress Zhang of Zhu Youxiao helped Emperor Chongzhen to come to the stage.

How could a big man who could play a decisive role in the throne of Emperor Ming sell his Wei Bao's face.

Wei Bao also knew that things were in a hurry, so he could only go back to the mansion first.

Although Wu Xuexia, Wang Qiuya, Princess Zhenming and others had only seen Wei Bao for a few days, they had already missed him so much, and they were overjoyed to see him come back suddenly.

Wei Bao's return to Beijing was secret, and no one told him, although he didn't deliberately keep it secret from Wu Xuexia and them, but because it was a temporary decision, there was no need to send a fast horse to inform him.

"Okay, okay, aren't I coming back?" Wei Bao said with a smile: "I'm going to Tianjin Wei to work, not to play, I think I'm going to return to Liaoning after a while, your president's secretariat stall is not small, and it's inconvenient to move around, so I didn't bring you with me." ”

"You can hand over the president's secretariat to Qiu Ya, I should be with the president." Wu Xuexia curled her mouth and said coquettishly, "You must take me this time." ”