Guo Dan didn't sit here for too long, he mainly asked why this matter broke out at this point.

"Grandpa, it seems that Guo Dan doesn't trust us." As soon as Guo Dan left, Liu Chengbian became enlightened to Liu Zong.

Liu Zongcheng said with a smile: "This is just a deal, and he took the initiative to find us, and we are not his subordinates, so we want him to trust us." ”

Liu Chengbian nodded, and said: "But this matter, Sun Er has always been a little incomprehensible, Guo Dan did this, isn't he digging his own grave?" Now it's just the beginning, and it's made him anxious. ”

When Liu Zongcheng heard this, he frowned slightly, and said in a deep voice: "I thought that he must be trying to take precautions when he did this, he probably expected that once the other party could not use power to deal with him, he would target him in the system, and if he set up this bureau by himself, he would be more calm in dealing with it." ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "But you kid is very cunning, I don't believe it, he will be willing to let the old man integrate the official teeth, and we have to prevent him from crossing the river and demolishing the bridge." ”

Liu Chengbian said: "In that case, why did grandpa cooperate with him in the first place? ”

Liu Zongcheng sighed: "If we don't cooperate with him, then today, we are meat on the chopping block, why do you think we can compete with it." ”

At this moment, the old servant walked in, "Master, the household servant is invited." ”

"So fast?" Liu Zongcheng was slightly stunned, and then said to Liu Cheng: "You see, even the household servant is so afraid of him. ”

......

"The layman is here."

Over there, Guo Dan returned to Yaxing and saw Kou Zhuansha sitting in his office chatting with Aunt Xu.

In fact, Aunt Xu also prefers to stay in his office rather than the square office above.

Aunt Xu smiled: "I'm here to say hello to Zhuansha." ”

"Did you bring any gifts?"

Guo Dan looked left and right.

"Husband."

Kou Zhuansha immediately gave Guo Dan a roll of his eyes.

Guo Dan snorted: "Just kidding." ”

Aunt Xu smiled: "You are so rich, I don't know what to give, so I gave Xiao Xiang'er a piece of jade pendant that I have been wearing on my body, you don't have to be too polite." ”

"The jade pendant that can be worn by the layman all the time, it must not be a vulgar thing, I say thank you to the layman for Xiao Xiang'er." Guo Dan smiled.

Kou Liansha shook her head helplessly, knowing that they must have something to talk about, so she got up and said, "Big sister, I'm really sorry, I still have something to deal with......." ”

Aunt Xu smiled: "You go and get busy." ”

Kou Liansha whispered to Guo Dan again: "Don't make the big sister angry." ”

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "It's good to have that idle effort." ”

Aunt Xu frowned slightly when she heard this, and after Kou Zhuansha left, she asked: "It seems that this time the matter is very tricky, you have just come back, and there is a happy event at home, so you are in a hurry to go out and walk around." ”

Guo Dan sat down and said, "It's all kindness!" ”

"Kindness?"

Aunt Xu looked at Guo Dan in surprise.

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Layman, your eyes are very hurtful now!" ”

Aunt Xu also realized that she was a little out of shape, pursed her lips and smiled, "I'm sorry." ”

Guo Dan didn't bother with her, and said: "I should really have revenge at the beginning, and at the same time I destroyed the four official teeth, and at the same time, I also crushed the Liu family in one fell swoop, otherwise, there would be today's disaster." ”

"The Liu family?"

Aunt Xu said: "It's the tooth merchant." ”

Guo Dan nodded.

Aunt Xu was surprised: "How could this tooth merchant attract His Majesty's attention? ”

Guo Dan blinked and said, "Layman, inside... I'm also a dental vendor, and I'm a private tooth. ”

“......！”

Aunt Xu was speechless.

It's the world that has changed.

Guo Dan said again: "The Liu family suggested to the head of the household department that the tariffs be adjusted and the tariffs become more reasonable....... ”

Before he finished speaking, Aunt Xu said: "How is this possible, it is impossible for the household department to follow his advice, especially when this involves tariffs." ”

"But that's what happened."

Guo Dan sighed and told Aunt Xu about Liu Zongcheng's proposed tariff adjustment.

In fact, the whole system was designed by him, and Liu Zongcheng was just a messenger.

Aunt Xu was amazed when she heard this, "This... This was brought up by the Liu family? ”

"As far as I know, yes, I'm just going to Liu's house." Guo Dan nodded.

"This tooth shop is really a hidden dragon and a crouching tiger!" Aunt Xu muttered to herself.

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Layman, I asked you to help, not to praise your opponent." ”

Aunt Xu pondered a little and said: "But I think this is very reasonable, and very far-sighted, the output of those workshops in Weihui Mansion is far more than that of other state capitals several times, if the goods of Weihui Mansion flow to other state capitals without restrictions, it will inevitably hurt the local small merchants, not every merchant has to go to Weihui Mansion to do business." ”

"Reasonable?" Guo Dan snorted: "Where is this reasonable? Natural selection, survival of the fittest, if they fail because of this, it can only be blamed for their inability, why they themselves do not work hard, do not want to improve, and blame those of us who work harder. ”

Aunt Xu said: "It's not that they don't work hard, but because of all kinds of restrictions, if those state capitals are the same as Weihui Mansion, I don't think they will be much worse than Weihui Mansion, or even better than Weihui Mansion, which is not fair." ”

"Is that my fault?"

"It's not your fault, it's the court's fault, so the court needs to adjust."

"Adjustments?"

Guo Dan snorted: "Is this an adjustment?" They are targeting Weihui Mansion and me. Alright, alright, I'm not trying to fight with the layman for anything, I just hope the layman can help me. ”

Aunt Xu said: "You should remember the cold lips and teeth we talked about. ”

Guo Dan said: "But the problem is that he wants me to die, not for the good of the country, which is not the same thing as dying and dying of teeth." ”

Aunt Xu said: "The Liu family is targeting you, but you also said that the cabinet also supports it, and I believe that an upright minister like Wang Jiaping will not deliberately target you." They must have felt that it was beneficial to the country, so they adopted Liu's suggestion.

Moreover, I think that as long as it is executed properly, it will not hurt the interests of Weihui Mansion, but it will only make a little less, but this will leave a livelihood for many people. ”

"Well executed?"

Guo Dan sneered: "Do the laymen really think that they will execute it properly?" They will definitely use this as an excuse to deal with me, once there is any mistake in Weihui Mansion, it will inevitably implicate Kaifeng and other state capitals, and I will be finished at that time. ”

Aunt Xu said: "So you can go and fight for a fair reform, instead of denying all this." Moreover, you are only contracting Weihui Mansion, not everything in Weihui Mansion belongs to you, can you guarantee that those businessmen will not do anything harmful to the country for their own interests? ”

"I can promise that if this happens, I will stop it, but I will never let them succeed."

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Once there is this restriction, then the officials can unscrupulously restrict the shipment of Weihui Mansion. ”

Aunt Xu was silent for a while, and sighed faintly: "You are also right, since ancient times, the original intention of many changes has been for the country and the people, but over time, it has become a selfish desire. ”

The tone was full of helplessness.

"That's the truth."

Guo Dan nodded, and said: "So I need your help, I can only rely on Your Majesty to make decisions for me in this kind of matter, but now that the ministers of the DPRK and China are united, Your Majesty can't do anything, if you can divide them, then Your Majesty will be able to come forward to solve this problem." ”

Aunt Xu pondered a little and said, "Now I don't know very much about the situation in the DPRK, I can't give you advice in this regard, but if you can give a better solution, coupled with Your Majesty's support, it will be very difficult for them to succeed." ”

If I had a better suggestion, I would have told Liu Zongcheng a long time ago. Guo sighed: "For me, the best suggestion is not to restrict Weihui Mansion, at least not yet." ”

......

Households.

"Outside Liu, the official heard that Guo Dan went to your house early in the morning." Song Jingsheng asked with a smile.

After Guo Dan came back, he always sent people to keep an eye on him.

Liu Zongcheng nodded and said, "Yes." ”

Song Jingsheng asked, "Then I don't know what he is looking for you to do?" ”

Liu Zongcheng smiled bitterly: "Maybe it's a declaration of war against the old decay." ”

"A declaration of war?"

Song Jingsheng snorted: "He dares to threaten the official tooth even if he has a private tooth, has he still put the imperial court in his eyes, please rest assured, if he dares to target your tooth shop in business, this official will not be the first to spare him." ”

Liu Zongcheng hurriedly said: "My lord, please rest assured, since the old man has made this suggestion, he is not afraid of his Guo Dan's revenge." ”

Song Jingsheng said: "That's right, when the staff was in the forefront of the industry, he Guo Dan didn't know where he was. ”

......

At this time, it was the period of the release of the government.

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue walked slowly outside the palace.

"I heard that Guo Dan returned to Beijing yesterday." Shen Shi Xingdao.

Wang Xijue said: "His Majesty must have summoned him back." ”

"I think it won't be long before Your Majesty will recall the meeting to discuss this matter. I've always felt a little uneasy about this. Speaking of the back, Shen Shi sighed.

Wang Xijue said: "Brother Shen is worried about this matter involving commercial taxes? ”

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "You also know that this business tax is very sensitive. ”

Wang Xijue said: "Brother Shen, I privately think that the reason why commercial taxes are sensitive is that the problem lies in the imperial court, precisely because each department restricts each other, which makes it difficult to implement the orders of the imperial court at the local level, not to mention tax increases, even if they reduce taxes, I am afraid that they will do bad things with good intentions."

At the beginning, it was difficult for me to understand why Zhang Ge Lao was arbitrary, but now I understand that if we do not strengthen the power of the cabinet, it will be difficult for us to make a difference, and Wang Jiaping also agrees very much with this.

Now this opportunity is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, we can take advantage of the dissatisfaction of Li Zhi, Yang Mingshen and others with Guo Dan to unite the imperial court, strengthen the power of the cabinet, and then deepen the reform to solve the current shortcomings. ”

Shen Shixing nodded slightly and said, "But you have to be careful about this matter, don't cause others to be suspicious, after all, I am not very good at coming forward in this matter." ”

How did he not know about this question, he also wanted to strengthen the power of the cabinet at the beginning, which led to a struggle between the cabinet and the officials, and he did not dare to come forward in this matter, so that Wang Jiaping would come forward, because Wang Jiaping had a better reputation in the DPRK.

Everyone believed in him very much.

Wang Xijue nodded.

East Plant.

Liu Shouyou said: "Dugong, I heard that Guo Dan came back this time, and he didn't care about his newborn son, so he ran to find trouble with the Liu family, it seems that he is really anxious this time." ”

"I've heard that."

Zhang Whale nodded.

Liu Shouyou said with a smile: "It seems that this tooth man still needs to be treated by a tooth man, then Liu Zongcheng's trick is really ruthless, if the goods of Weihui Mansion can't be sold, then Guo Dan will be finished." As he spoke, he said to Zhang Whale again: "Duke, why don't we help them." ”

Zhang Whale frowned silently.

Liu Shouyou asked, "Does the Governor think there is fraud in it?" ”

Zhang Whale glanced at him, waved his hand and said, "There is no rush in advance, let's take a look." That Guo Dan is hateful, but we can't help but guard against the cabinet, and now the Manchu civil and military forces are gradually rallying around the cabinet headed by Wang Jiaping and Wang Xijue because of Guo Dan, which makes me a little uneasy. In fact, the best result of this is that they lose both. ”

There is also a natural contradiction between ministers and eunuchs.

In the history books, there are really endless eunuchs in the government, and the Ming Dynasty set the eunuchs' participation in politics as a system.

This is actually a big problem in the Ming Dynasty, because the eunuch system is not affected by the imperial court system, the state has a tax system, but at the same time the eunuchs can also collect taxes, the state has a military department, but there is also a royal horse eunuch over there.

The Song Dynasty was redundant officials, the Ming Dynasty was redundant departments, and there were not many officials in the Ming Dynasty, but there were many departments, and several departments were in charge of one thing, and they were not divided into upper and lower.

It certainly can't be managed.

This department said it was going to do this, and that department said it was going to do that, but everyone didn't do it.

This is why Wang Xijue hopes to strengthen the power of the cabinet, otherwise, the efficiency of the Ming court can really boil a young man into an old man.