Regarding the previous tariff issue, Guo Dan took the initiative to mention that its purpose was to serve overseas plans.

But this time about the issue of military salary, it was Wanli who took the initiative to mention it to Guo Dan, and this was also the first time he discussed national affairs with Guo Dan.

This has never happened before, after all, Guo Dan doesn't understand this, and Wanli doesn't need to look for Guo Dan.

However, apart from Guo Dan, he really couldn't find anyone to discuss this matter.

Whether it is the queen mother and concubine of the harem, or the twelve eunuchs, Dongchang, and Jinyiwei around him, they are all involved.

They are all vested interests, so how could they possibly agree.

As for the cabinet, although this cabinet is very good and not involved, their attitude is also very clear, don't ask us about this matter, you emperor don't ask us about this, you ask yourself first, your Zhu family's ass is not clean, if you want us to solve this problem, then we must first solve the problem of your Zhu family.

Then you can't cut us down!

But at this time, Wanli is now quite unhappy with this, one of the very important reasons is that he must pay the military salary, as long as the household department can't allocate the money, then he has to take the money out, any reward for the army, most of the time he is also responsible, the household department at most to give some subsidies, because the emperor must use this way, to envelop the army, which is why Wanli must pay for it.

This is the army, and in case of mutiny, it will directly endanger the chair under his ass.

So this bad debt, for Wanli, is not difficult to calculate, the more greedy, the more he will pay, and the money he pays has to be scraped away, which makes the budget-conscious fat house difficult to accept.

Especially now that he has Guo Dan to help him collect money, those four state capitals can help him make a profit of one million taels a year, if the overseas plan is successful, then he will get more, he doesn't need to be tied to these interest groups anymore, he has another way to make money.

Coupled with the fact that the other party is so greedy, it also prompted Wanli to make up his mind to solve this cancer.

But whether it can be solved is another matter, and many emperors have made up their minds, but they are all busy with their work.

Guo Dan is not a god, this kind of problem, how can it be solved if it can be solved, but Guo Dan still agreed, willing to think of a way for Wanli.

Guo Dan is also calculating this account in his heart, the main reason is that Wanli has to pay this money, and this is a bottomless pit, if something really happens, Wanli can only take money from him to fill it, but this is not enough.

He was afraid that he would be involved in it.

As for the armament of the Liaodong Army, Guo Dan has no way for the time being, this is a deal, the key is whether the imperial court is willing to buy it, not him, but this is the textile workshop of the Qin family, even if the imperial court cancels this order, the impact is not very great.

In other words, Guo Dan is ready for this.

.....．

Shen Fu.

"Master Yue, this is a drunkard's intention not to drink!"

Cao Ke said with a solemn face.

Shen Shixing nodded and sighed: "They are cooperating with Guo Dan in the cabinet to control tariffs. ”

Cao Ke said: "This move can kill three birds with one stone. They could use this to blackmail the imperial court into canceling cooperation with Weihui Mansion, thereby harming Guo Dan's interests, and they could also use it to attack Li Chengliang and regain the interests of Liaodong's armaments. ”

Speaking of this, Cao Ke looked at Shen Shixing again and said, "I don't know how Lord Yuezhang plans to deal with it?" ”

"When it comes to armaments, it's all just a trifle."

Shen Shixing said: "After all, the Liaodong Army has obtained a large number of armaments produced from Weihui Mansion in the past two years, and they will not replace the armaments for the time being, the old man is afraid that they will not stop there, they may have set their sights on Li Chengliang, alas... At that time, the old man will have to have a good talk with Li Rumei! ”

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Imperial.

Wang Jiaping and Fang walked slowly outside the palace at the right time.

"It's ridiculous to think about!"

Wang Jiaping laughed and said: "This corruption can be brought to the table in a grand manner to force the court to make concessions." ”

Fang Fengshi sighed: "What's even more ridiculous is that you and I both know the reason, but we are helpless about it, maybe the court really has to make concessions." There are too many interests involved, but it is far from being as simple as tariffs. ”

Speaking of this, he frowned and said, "It's just that these people are too greedy, this is the army that protects my Ming Dynasty, if this army collapses, they won't have any good fruit to eat." ”

Wang Jiaping just sighed on his back.

In fact, everyone in the cabinet knows that this is the interest group retaliating against them, and the reason is, of course, because of the tariffs.

Although the interests involved in the tariffs are not very large, they make the entire interest group feel a great sense of crisis, and they absolutely cannot tolerate the continuation of this situation, and they must fight back, stop the development of this situation, and at the same time recoup the lost benefits.

The struggle in the court is actually like this, if you respect me, I must pay you a foot in return, otherwise, you will definitely gain an inch.

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East Plant.

"I really didn't expect them to be so ruthless, so I targeted Li Chengliang."

Zhang Whale said with a smile.

Liu Shouyou said: "Yes! It seems that the tariffs have completely angered them, but I have to say that their trick is really powerful, but it kills three birds with one stone. ”

Zhang Whale nodded and said: "It's a pity that this is not enough, if you can really defeat Li Chengliang in one fell swoop, it will be to cut off Shen Shixing's arm, and at the same time, it will also hinder the trade between Weihui Mansion and Liaodong." ”

Liu Shouyou said: "What does the governor think? ”

Zhang Jing said with a smile: "Li Chengliang has been operating in Liaodong for so many years, and his prestige is unparalleled, not only that, but I heard that he basically controls the profits of agriculture and commerce in the entire Liaodong region, which is about to catch up with those festival envoys of the Tang Dynasty." ”

"I know what to do." Liu Shouyou smiled and nodded.

Zhang Whale suddenly stood up and said, "I also have to go to Zheng Chengxian's side and pull this greedy villain, but it will be foolproof." ”

.....．

This cold winter is destined to be extraordinary!

In the past, the ministers were already thinking about how to celebrate the New Year, but this year is different, and everyone's nerves are still tense this year.

And Wanli rested in advance, and he ordered the household department and the military department to negotiate with the people sent by the border army, after all, the people who came were not qualified to talk to him.

But his will is also understated, as if to tell everyone that this is just a matter of armaments, and you can do it yourself.

It can be seen that he actually has no way, so he simply makes the big thing small, and tries to reduce the impact of this matter as much as possible on the surface.

And Li Rumei's trip was full of expectations, because Li Rusong secretly told Li Chengliang how good the firearms produced by Weihui Mansion were, and almost all of Li Chengliang's elite troops were replaced by armaments produced by Weihui Mansion, and they were very eager to purchase bird guns from Weihui Mansion again.

But when he came to the capital, he found that this Nima was a huge pit!

Li Rumei didn't even dare to mention the bird, as if she was coming back to visit relatives, although he didn't have any relatives in the capital.

This is because the people sent by other border armies, when they came to the capital, they all asked to change the armaments produced by Weihui Mansion, and the reason was nothing else, that is, the Liaodong Army, and the imperial court could not be partial!

Aren't we the army of the Ming Dynasty?

This reason is actually very strong.

Because of this, even if those generals don't care, what will the soldiers below think?

At the same time, the border army, people dressed like nobles, we dressed like beggars.

Let the Liaodong Army fight that battle, we don't care.

Since there is a disturbance, then this bowl of water must be leveled, otherwise, it will be very troublesome.

However, the ministers of the DPRK and China were firmly opposed to allowing all border troops to use the production armaments of Wei Hui Province.

In addition, the Xungui clique, the foreign relatives clique, including the 12 eunuchs, and the local officials in the north, all oppose it, and it can be said that no one supports it.

Although Song Qi, the head of the household department, was a person from Shen Shixing, he did not dare to cause public anger, and the reason he gave was because of the last cotton armor case, which led to the imperial court being forced to purchase armaments from Weihui Mansion, but the imperial court did not decide to purchase armaments from Weihui Mansion for a long time, and also gave the reason, that is, it was too expensive and could not afford it.

In other words, this can actually be canceled.

In fact, there are also many people in the household department and the military department who oppose it, because the cooperation with the Weihui Mansion is too TM and fair, and no oil or water can be fished, and the work is the heaviest, because every batch of armaments delivered to the imperial court has to go through many tests.

It's really thankless.

If it's for someone else and you want to pass the inspection, you have to pay for it!

Whoever is in this position will not want to cooperate with Wei Hui Mansion.

This formed a consensus in the imperial court, for the sake of fairness, that is, to cancel the cooperation with the Weihui Mansion.

Shen Shixing saw that something was wrong with this situation, and he didn't dare to speak out.

Because looking at him, armament is just a trivial matter, but he can't make a big deal about it and let Li Chengliang become the target of public criticism.

And this matter is still being debated, so Qin Zhuang is already trembling with fear.

A no-tooth line.

"Virtuous nephew, let's stop doing this arms deal."

Qin Zhuang was about to cry, "I have to continue to do this, but I can't even do it." ”

Guo Dan said: "If it is canceled, will it have any impact on the textile workshop?" ”

"No, no, even if there is, that's good."

Qin Zhuang shook his head like a rattle, when is this, you are still worried about this money, you are too businessman, "Virtuous nephew, this transaction for me... I really don't want to do it. ”

He didn't want to agree to produce armaments for the imperial court before, but Guo Dan persuaded him, so when he encountered this incident, he made up his mind without hesitation, whether he would be killed or not accept the court's deal.

At this moment, Xiao An's voice sounded outside the door, "Uncle, the layman is here." ”

"Please come in."

Guo Dan said to Qin Zhuang again: "Since the staff outside does not want to take this deal again, then I will tell the court that the staff can rest assured." ”

"Okay, okay! Then there is Lao Xian's nephew. ”

Qin Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief, got up again and said, "The old man will leave first." ”

"I'm out of the house."

"No, no, you're busy."

As soon as Qin Zhuang arrived at the door, he saw Aunt Xu walking in, he hurriedly bowed, and then left.

Guo Dan instructed Xiao An: "If someone looks for me, say I'm not there." ”

Xiao An nodded, "Yes." ”

Guo Dan closed the door.

Aunt Xu glanced at Guo Dan and said with a smile: "Are you afraid?" ”

"I'm scared! I'm scared! ”

Guo Danzhi nodded and said with a wry smile: "This time it can be regarded as the feeling of being a car with a mantis arm, and I really have no power to fight back at all, but the good news is that this deal does not have a great impact on me, but the bad news is that it is useless to be afraid of this." ”

As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and said, "Please take a seat." ”