Maybe it's because of the habit of giggling and bragging with the fat house, bragging and farting, this fat house suddenly became serious, and Guo Dan felt a little uncomfortable.

The fat house is a good fortune, but he is also an emperor who is good at manipulating power.

He actually grasped the changes in the political situation very accurately, which Guo Dan was far inferior to him, otherwise how to say that it was an emperor and business combination, it was generally Wanli who put forward goals and ideas, and Guo Dan provided technical support.

Although Wanli still firmly controls the border army, those border army generals must be the defenders of the old order, however, if he wants to break the old order now, this will obviously touch the interests of the military.

Therefore, as long as there is an opportunity and a way, he will definitely start to straighten out the military department.

Because the biggest problem faced by the Ming Dynasty is actually the problem of military salaries, paying so much military salaries every year, the weak treasury is difficult to afford, if it were not for Zhang Juzheng to give the Ming Dynasty a shot of strength, it is estimated that it would have collapsed long ago, and the reason for the collapse must be because of military salaries.

Although he himself likes to spend money, the money he spends is far less than one-tenth of the military salary.

The military salary is a mountain on him, no matter how desperately he collects money, in the end the money still has to flow to the military department, this feeling is difficult for Guo Dan to experience, so after cleaning up all the henchmen such as Zhang Whale and Liu Shouyou, he asked Jinyiwei to start investigating the matter.

In his opinion, the current situation is the best time, and he must make a decision immediately, and must not hesitate again, otherwise, there will be endless troubles.

First of all, the situation in the north is relatively stable.

Secondly, firearms are developing rapidly, and a large number of firearms can be produced in a short period of time. Armed with a powerful department, this strong productivity and financial resources give him enough confidence to take action against the military department.

At last? Is it a matter of the New Deal? According to Jinyiwei's investigation? Many people in the border army actually opposed the New Deal, but they didn't dare to say it clearly, which made him feel that he couldn't drag it out any longer? Must you cut through the mess quickly? When the new policy begins to be implemented nationwide, as soon as the border army makes trouble, he may face the dilemma of not landing at both ends? He decided to strike first.

In terms of power? Wanli is actually very decisive? As long as you find that you can't control it? He's definitely going to strike first.

"Your Majesty."

Guo Dan hurriedly shouted first? And he said: "Poor consideration of lowly duties? I also ask Your Majesty for forgiveness. ”

Wanli smiled and said: "This matter is not in your hands, and I haven't talked to you about it specifically, so what are you guilty of!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Guo Dan bowed, and said very embarrassedly: "Your Majesty, please forgive me for being humble and stupid?" I still don't understand ....... ”

Wanli smiled slightly: "What is the purpose of my doing this? It is to ask you to contract the military salary. ”

"Contracted military pay?" Guo Dan's face was shocked.

Wanli nodded? said: "Don't get any money?" I can not give it, but I have to give this military salary? But the annual military salary of nearly 10 million taels makes me a little powerless, and it is not easy for me to make some money, how can they be so profligate, and I have been observing your restructuring in Ningxia, and found that I can save a full 300,000 taels of military salary. ”

Guo Dan's shoulders twisted when he heard this.

Wanli said: "What? Am I not right? ”

Guo Dan sneered: "Your Majesty's data is indeed a little biased. ”

He's a data controller, and he gets sick when he hears the wrong data.

Wanli was stunned for a moment and said, "What's wrong?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "It is estimated that Your Majesty may only have calculated the expenditure of the household department, but did not calculate the income of Ningxia, Ningxia used to make ends meet, and now Ningxia still has surplus, the rise of local trade has created more wealth for Ningxia, and the approximate figure should be 600,000 taels." ”

Wanli blinked, leaned his neck forward, and said, "Six hundred thousand taels." ”

"Yes."

Guo Dan said: "Although this is only a lowly estimate at present, if there are no natural and man-made disasters, it should be this number, because Your Majesty can still make money in Ningxia now." ”

"Still able to make money? Good, good, good! ”

Wanli smiled and nodded, and said happily: "It can be seen that I decided to contract the salary to you, which is not wrong." ”

Guo Dan said curiously: "But Your Majesty, how to contract this military salary?" ”

Wanli smiled and said: "Now those courtiers are attacking you, no matter how much I support you, they will not give up, because the more trouble this matter goes, the more beneficial it will only be to them, not only the courtiers, but also the forces of Caoyun, as well as some general soldiers in the border towns, all support them."

In the end, it is impossible for those generals to serve in the army, and I must relieve them of their duties, but this matter also has something to do with me, after all, I gave them shares, and I can't treat them badly, so I ....... ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "If you are lowly and have a chance to take advantage of the situation." ”

"Not bad!"

Wanli nodded and said, "Once they are dismissed, then their local fields will not be well protected, and at this time, I will send you to help them keep the land, just like you did in Ningxia, contract all the local land, hire people to farm, and then the imperial court will spend money to buy grain in the local area." ”

Guo Dan suddenly understood, and hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's strategy is really high!" ”

"This is just the first step, after all, there are still relatively few generals involved in this matter, and most of them are concentrated in Liaodong, the second step is to borrow these dismissed generals to attack other generals, and then I will take advantage of the situation to remove their hereditary system one by one, and fully implement the military system of conscription and conscription that you have in Ningxia."

Wanli's face gradually became serious.

He is very fond of Guo Dan's military system in Ningxia, which can save a lot of money for the country, in Ningxia, the permanent soldiers rely on recruitment, but only a few thousand, but the local residents must be trained, skilled in the use of firearms, once the war starts, it is able to quickly expand the army.

This was thanks to the production of the Grand Canyon, which was in his hands, and there was no reason why he should not use the Grand Canyon to control the army.

And the reason why he first implemented the new policy in Shandong was actually to cover up his intentions, so that everyone felt that his focus was on the new policy, and his real purpose was to rectify the army first.

He also did not dare to blatantly rectify the army, because some people wanted to rectify the military headquarters before, but as soon as there were signs of it, there was a mutiny.

He wants to paralyze the general soldiers and make them think that they are passive.

Even Shen Shixing didn't expect that Wanli would immediately attack the military department while implementing the new policy, in their opinion, Guo Dan used the shares to entrap the military department, but in fact, it was to appease the military department in exchange for their support for the new policy.

That's the way it should be.

In fact, Guo Dan also thinks so, but Wanli believes that this is not right, treating the symptoms but not the root cause, if you are too flattering to the military department to implement the new policy, you will inevitably be bound by the military department, plus those hereditary generals have power in the border towns, which also makes him a little uneasy, and he simply uproots those hereditary generals, as if he was determined to eradicate the Tusi system.

However, this requires Guo Dan's technical support.

Wanli asked again, "If I contract the general's salary to you, can you improve all this?" ”

Guo Dan pondered for a while, and then said: "The lowly position can set up a special grain bank to help the imperial court purchase military rations, so that the lowly position can integrate all the land of those generals together, and then distribute it to them in the form of shares."

Because of the tax support of the imperial court, this grain bank is sure to make money, once the shareholding system, the stock price will inevitably be stable and rising, so that those generals are still the masters of those fields, but all this will be controlled by Your Majesty.

Once we succeed in Liaodong, Your Majesty can also send Jinyiwei to various border towns to publicize the soldiers in Ningxia, how well the soldiers in Liaodong are doing, and how high they are, so as to divide the generals and soldiers, and then those soldiers will all have their hearts on Your Majesty, even if those generals oppose it, they will not make a fuss. ”

"Good, good! This method is very sincere. Wanli nodded again and again, and said: "But there is another problem, that is, once your military system in Ningxia is implemented, there may not be so many soldiers, and you can find a way to accommodate these people." ”

Guo Dan said: "This is simple, Luzon and Penghu have a lot of land, Your Majesty can transfer some people to that side in the form of garrisons, and at the same time, the development of the Grand Canyon needs the support of iron mines and coal mines, if Your Majesty can contract some mines to the Grand Canyon and expand the production scale of the Grand Canyon, then you can place a lot of people here." ”

As he spoke, he seemed to think of something again, and said, "That's right! Once the imperial court purchased military rations through grain stores, then there was a reason to buy large quantities of grain from Luzon, Penghu and other places, and transport it directly to the Liaodong region by sea, so that not only could the grain problem be solved, but also His Majesty's power overseas could be consolidated. ”

"Wonderful!"

Wanli's brain is also turning very fast, this grain line is his, Luzon is also his, in this way, he is the biggest winner, what he is most unhappy about now is that those generals are making his money, I fat house money, you dare to earn? You are really tired of being alive, and said: "Then I can rest assured, after the integration of the army, I will announce the complete abolition of the original household registration system, and all the people will have a unified household registration."

The reason why the border town generals were able to have so much power in the border towns was because they were hereditary, and the system of military households and artisan households made many soldiers their domestic slaves, helping them to cultivate the land and produce weapons, and I would never allow this to continue to happen. At that time, I will also reform the martial arts to replace the hereditary system of military generals. ”

The household registration system set by Taizu is also the root cause of today's disease, which has seriously affected the interests of the fat house.

Because he didn't enjoy much, he is now all hired people, of course he thinks this is unfair in his heart, I am all hired people, why do you generals use the household registration system to enslave soldiers and craftsmen.

The point is that you enslave them, and they don't have to pay taxes.

Lao Tzu has become a big wrongdoer.

This is the biggest difference between the fat house and other emperors, that is, he is more realistic, there is no problem for everyone to make money together, but I have to earn the most, not to mention that you are making my money first.

Guo Dan's eyes rolled and said, "Wuju will also be influenced by the ministers of the DPRK and China, why don't Your Majesty simply open a military academy." ”

Wanli was overjoyed and said, "Wonderful! Wonderful! That's a great idea! Hahaha! ”

In the end, Wuju will pass through the imperial court, and it will inevitably be restrained by the ministers, and it is obviously much more clever than Wuju to open a military academy by himself and directly under the emperor.