Ruthless!

What a ruthless man!

Not only to destroy oneself, but also to dig one's own roots.

You know, his children haven't even been born yet!

This kid is innocent!

The literati in the audience have been preparing for several days, and this is full of words, and at the moment, it is really unspeakable.

Because they think that the words they prepared, compared to Guo Dan's simple words, wow... That is simply benevolence and righteousness, and it is simply forgiving Guo Dan's sins.

It's tangled!

Very confused!

Should we support him or oppose him?

Rao is Huang Daxiao is also a little scared in the face of such a ruthless Guo Dan, is this guy crazy? Or are you pretending to be crazy and stupid? asked: "Huang is willing to hear and see, this should be like digging Guo Dan's roots?" ”

"Good question!"

Guo Dan nodded, sighed on his back again, a little tears flashed in the corners of his eyes, as if he was going to pull out a knife to wipe his neck in the next moment, and said: "If you want to dig Guo Dan's roots, you must first find Guo Dan's roots, and then prescribe the right medicine." ”

Speaking of this, he swept his eyes, looked at everyone, and said: "I remember that the first time Guo Dan came to prominence, it was to contract Ma Zheng, this is his beginning, I will start from this analysis, this is the most appropriate." Why is Guo Dan, a businessman, able to contract Ma Zheng?

The reason is very simple, because a large number of horse farms in the imperial court were embezzled by the magnates, and the officials who managed this matter did not dare to offend those magnates and take back those lands, so the horses of the imperial court were raised less and less, and in the end they could only be passed on to the people. And today's saint is benevolent and righteous, he is unwilling to increase the burden on the people, but at the same time, he knows that the drawbacks are difficult to rely on the minister to solve, so he found another way, which is why Guo Dan, a businessman, is used. ”

As soon as these words came out, Aunt Xu couldn't help but suddenly realize, looked at Guo Dan, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

When the bald old man heard this, he stretched out his neck, praised him again and again, and looked at Guo Dan intently.

When Huang Daxiao heard this, something was not right, why did he turn to this again, and immediately pointed at Guo Dan and said, "You... You talk nonsense. ”

"Jiang knows best about this matter."

Guo Dan looked at Jiang Yinglan with a smile, bowed his hand, and said, "Dare to ask Jiang for something, I don't know if I can make a mistake?" ”

Jiang Yinglan's face was entangled, and finally nodded and said, "You're right." ”

There was an uproar in the audience.

"Guo Dan did a good job, he did not offend those powerful people, nor did he increase the burden of the people, and at the same time raised 5,000 horses for the imperial court."

Having said that, Guo Dan smiled sadly and continued: "Next, Guo Dan contracted Weihui Mansion again. Why did Guo Dan contract Weihui Mansion, it was because the construction of Luwang Mansion at that time led to the financial bankruptcy of the local government, and the local officials were helpless, and the situation was completely out of control.

At that time, the ministers strongly recommended the Holy Lord, and sent food from Hejian, Daimyo and other places to the rescue, but the Holy Lord thought that this might increase the burden on the people of Hejian and Daimyo, and at the same time could not solve the difficulties of Weihui Mansion, but would further spread the situation. ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Jiang Yinglan again, and asked loudly, "Did I say something wrong?" ”

Everyone's eyes also looked at Jiang Yinglan.

Jiang Yinglan glanced at everyone, hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded.

He values character above all else, and he also has a moral cleanliness disorder, and he can't tolerate lying in front of so many people.

A trace of contradiction gradually appeared in everyone's eyes.

Su Xu, who was in the teahouse, couldn't help frowning, and looked at Tan Xiu on the opposite side, only to see that Tan Xiu was the same as everyone, and his expression was very contradictory.

"Everyone should know the results."

Guo Dan continued: "Since Guo Dan contracted Weihui Mansion, the riot stopped, the crisis was strangled in the cradle, and soon Weihui Mansion recovered, the people lived and worked in peace and contentment, and Weihui Mansion recast its former glory and became the richest state capital in the entire Henan Province. ”

Li Zhen, they all had tears in their eyes.

Handsome!

It's so handsome!

They are familiar with these exploits, and they have all been compiled into biographies, although they are all private goods.

If Guo Dan hadn't told them in advance, at this moment, they would have raised their arms and shouted: "Guo Shengren." ”

"Next is Kaifeng, Huaiqing, and Zhangde."

Guo Dan lowered his head, walked along the side of the stage, and said as he walked: "Speaking of Guo Dan's contracting of these three mansions, the reason has a great relationship with Weihui Mansion, because Weihui Mansion is too prosperous, so the people of these three mansions are trying every means to go to Weihui Mansion.

This led to a sharp drop in tax revenue from the three prefectures, and the officials here were helpless in the face of this situation, so they simply let it go, which led to a large-scale land annexation, and the local people were even more desperate, and the situation was about to get out of control.

The imperial court immediately held the Weihui Mansion accountable and Guo Dan accountable, believing that Guo Dan should be responsible for this, but His Majesty was merciful and decided to give Guo Dan a chance to redeem and let Guo Dan contract these three mansions. ”

At this point, he stopped, looked back at Jiang Yinglan again, and said, "Jiang gave me something, did I make a mistake?" ”

Jiang Yinglan didn't hesitate at all this time, as if he had expected Guo Dan to ask this question, and nodded cleanly.

"What the result is, everyone has seen it with their own eyes, so I won't say much about it."

Guo Dan suddenly changed his words and said: "But this is not right, this is wrong, this is only a temporary emergency at most, and it is definitely not a long-term strategy." Because Guo Dan is just a businessman in the end, a mercenary businessman, he should have run business in the market, such a person is not worthy of great use. This should be done by the officials, and it is only when they solve these problems that it is a matter of course, the right way, and the royal way. However, Guo Dan just stood here, why is this? ”

He stomped his foot hard and asked cynically.

In the face of Guo Dan's questioning, everyone was silent.

At this moment, an old voice sounded, "You don't know this, it's really stupid enough, my crazy old man can understand it, it's because those officials are incompetent, and they can't do anything." ”

Without waiting for everyone to look back, Guo Dan said loudly: "Wrong! ”

Everyone immediately looked at Guo Dan again.

"This stinky boy!"

It was the bald old man who had just spoken, and he couldn't help but laugh and scold.

"If you think so, you are very wrong."

Guo Dan said: "The reason is definitely not the case, those officials are incompetent? Could it be that Guo Dan has the ability? Those officials are all from Jinshi, and from the township test to the palace test, they are fighting a bloody way out of 10,000 people, how difficult it is. It is never an exaggeration to say that they are the smartest group of people in my Ming Dynasty. And what about Guo Dan? He's just a little kid, he can't even get into Xiucai, who is smarter, do you still have to ask? ”

After these words, everyone was confused again.

Brother, what exactly do you want to say?

"Those officials can occupy this position, aren't they general, since they are not general, are they all corrupt officials and corrupt officials, I don't know if you still remember the county official in Ji County who hanged himself for the people? He proved with his life how noble his character was. However, this success is also noble, and defeat is also noble. ”

Guo Dan sighed and said: "The reason is because they attach too much importance to their own morality and integrity, and they remind themselves day after day, year after year, to be a person with high morals, and ignore this art of governance." ”

"In your opinion, this morality is not important?" Huang Daxiao immediately asked.

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Those who want to be virtuous in the world in the ancient times will cultivate themselves, govern the country, and level the world." ”

Huang Daxiao was stunned, how did this sound a little weird.

Aunt Xu pursed her lips and smiled, and said in her heart, it seems that he still can't memorize everything.

"Self-cultivation, governing the country, and leveling the world."

Guo Dan gestured his fingers and said: "You are all people who are full of wealth, I don't have an axe when I am a child, I want to say that this order is crucial, first self-cultivation, then governing the country, and then leveling the world."

If you are not yet mentally mature, you must study the books of the sages so that you can distinguish between good and evil, and if you can't even distinguish between this, then what are you talking about governing the country and leveling the world, and this is the virtue that is not worthy. Huang Yushi, what do you think? ”

Huang Daxiao frowned slightly, nodded and said, "You are right. ”

"And yet!"

Guo Dan immediately said: "You have become an official, which is enough to prove that you have entered the next stage, that is, the stage of governing the country, and you should naturally concentrate on this, but this is not the case, many ministers of the DPRK and China regard the pursuit of morality and morality as the highest goal."

For example, Jiang gave things to warn Huang Yushi, don't take the good as small, don't take the evil as small, but then again, Huang Yushi is talented and full of wealth, do you need Jiang to remind him?

It seems to me that it is very ridiculous to take what is supposed to be said to a child, to say to an adult who has read the books of the sages, and if anyone says this to me, I must think that he is insulting my intelligence, and if I must do it with evil, then you can't stop it.

It can be seen that although many officials in my Ming Dynasty are smart, they will always stay in the self-cultivation stage, and are not ready to enter the next stage, if you want to talk about morality, he can talk to you for a day, without repeating, he is a good person, a person with high morals, but if you want him to solve the problem, he is helpless, because he puts all his thoughts on self-cultivation.

This is tantamount to putting the cart before the horse, Your Majesty needs officials, is to hope that they can assist themselves, govern the country well, make the country strong and the people rich, rather than need a moral example, they occupy the position of governance, and do things that are indeed self-cultivation, which is equivalent to taking the court money, doing private affairs, and using the public for personal gain, but that's it. Morality is a kind of restraint of self-behavior, or the education of minors, rather than taking it out to restrain adults, and what really binds adults is called law. ”

These words are really worth pondering for today's readers.

Guo Danke is by no means nonsense, this is what he saw and heard in Daming, now morality has become a kind of belief, and everything seems to be solved with morality.

If the monarch had not lost his virtue, this natural disaster would not have occurred.

It's all metaphysics.

If this is the case, then the sage should say, self-cultivation, self-cultivation, and self-cultivation until death, instead of self-cultivation, governing the country, and leveling the world.

The saint was not wrong.

Jiang Yinglan also fell into a deep contradiction.

Because he is such a person, but in retrospect, Guo Dan said it exactly at all, he was right every time, standing on the moral high ground, to warn others, but he never solved any problems, should he be corrupt or corrupt, what should he do or what should he do.

It's the law that really solves the problem.

And Li Zhen, Tang Xianzu and others, as well as Aunt Xu and the bald old man, their eyes are gradually hot.

The young literati in the audience had a confused look on their faces, and they began to question something.

Only Huang Daxiao is still sober, Guo Dan, a businessman, openly talks about officials, which is really rebellious, he immediately angrily reprimanded: "You are a mercenary businessman, and you are also worthy of virtue." ”

"I don't deserve it!"

Guo Dan said: "This is also why I held this 'egg extermination conference', if the officials can solve these problems, then Guo Dan will naturally not appear, and will never appear, otherwise, if a Guo Dan falls, thousands of Guo Dan will stand up, because His Majesty and the court need capable officials, not moral examples."

It is precisely because of this that I founded this academy with the purpose of eliminating Guo Dan. ”