As he spoke, Guo Dan suddenly noticed that Wanli's expression was different, he was silent, and he chuckled in his heart, could it be that His Majesty also supports this?

If the emperor also supports it, then he can only agree.

He said tentatively: "If Your Majesty has other arrangements, then of course the humble post will try his best to cooperate." ”

Wanli was stunned, glanced at Guo Dan, knew that he must have misunderstood, and sighed: "Of course I don't want them to do this. ”

This Grand Canyon is his, the country's money, at least he thinks that it is also his, which means that the imperial court takes his money to buy his shares, and then controls his business, it is really a big loss, it is precisely because he is unwilling in his heart that he will be in a hurry to summon Guo Dan.

"Then why ......?" Guo Dan said curiously.

Wanli sighed and said: "Because Wang Xijue said very reasonably, nominally the Grand Canyon is not mine, but the merchant's, this firearm is in the hands of the merchant, it is always wrong, and he is suggesting that the imperial court pay a reasonable price to buy the shares, not to take it by force, if the Manchu Dynasty civil and military support this, I... I... Alas...! ”

After all, he is the emperor, he has to take care of the overall situation, and he can only take care of Guo Dan in the case of taking advantage of reason, if he is not reasonable, he will not be too biased towards Guo Dan, because he has opened this head, then others can also learn to do this.

However, for Guo Dan, for the time being, he can only think of letting the fat house stop it, he can't not allow the imperial court to buy it, since you take out the shares and sell them, as long as you have money, you can buy them.

The emperor did not discuss a result for a while.

At the same time, they all hoped that the ministers would tear each other apart, as before.

Guo Dan had just left the Qianqing Palace, and he heard a laugh, "I'm in trouble." ”

"Insider?"

Guo Dan turned his head and saw Zhang Cheng standing by the wall, hurriedly walked over, and said, "Prime minister, I was just going to find you." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Do you want to ask, what do the ministers think of Wang Xijue's suggestion?" ”

Guo Dan nodded.

Zhang Cheng said: "Let's tell you, most of the ministers are supportive. ”

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Do even those officials support it?" ”

Zhang Cheng nodded.

"Why?"

Guo Dan said incredulously: "Aren't they at odds with the cabinet?" ”

Zhang Cheng smiled: "You still don't understand this, now the court has completely lost control of you, no one can stop you, you have been moving frequently recently, but the court has not said a word, it's not that they don't want to say it, but they don't know how to say it." This Grand Canyon is in your hands, and no one can intervene except Your Majesty, but if the imperial court buys it back, then anyone can reach out. ”

Speaking of this, he said in a low voice: "In addition, although Your Majesty asked Wang Xijue to concurrently serve as the secretary of the household department, Li Sancai's power in the household department cannot be underestimated, and if the household department pays for the acquisition, it may not necessarily be in the hands of the cabinet." ”

Guo Dan frowned and asked, "Is there a way for the internal minister to make their various factions fight." ”

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said: "There is no way for our family, you are making a fortune now, even Dongchang is currently avoiding you, and the ministers are also afraid of it, and if you can contain you, the ministers are happy to see it." We advise you to find a way to buy and sell, and Your Majesty can only make sure that this is a fair deal. ”

Guo sighed: "But the problem is that after the acquisition, it will become unfair." ”

That's not good news.

......

East Plant.

"Oops! That Wang Xijue has opened up! ”

When Zhang Whale heard the news, he couldn't help but laugh.

Liu Shouyou said: "Duke, this suggestion was not thought up by Wang Xijue. ”

"Who's that?" Zhang Whale hurriedly asked.

Liu Shouyou said: "It is a method that Shen Shixing's son-in-law Cao Ke came up with." ”

"Cao Ke?"

Zhang Whale thought about it for a while, and then remembered such a person, and said: "This person has always been unknown in the court!" ”

Liu Shouyou said: "Maybe this was instructed by Shen Shixing, it seems that Shen Shixing deliberately wanted to promote Cao Ke." ”

Zhang Whale said: "Don't say that he promoted his son-in-law, that is, he promoted his son, but it is not as threatening as Guo Dan." ”

Liu Shouyou said: "The governor means that we also support the cabinet. ”

Zhang Whale smiled: "At least we shouldn't object. ”

......

A no-tooth line.

"In the past, the officials of the DPRK and China used their authority to attack you, which was really unfair to you, and you should also be angry. But this time ......! ”

Aunt Xu looked at Guo Dan with beautiful eyes, and said with a little curiosity: "This time, Wang Xijue wants to acquire the shares of the Grand Canyon in accordance with laws and regulations, and you won't be angry like this." ”

Guo Dan rolled his eyes and said, "The laymen are so smart, don't they know their true purpose." ”

He snorted: "Is it just to buy shares?" When I was a three-year-old child, once the imperial court took control of the Grand Canyon, then we had to convince them first.

I can convince Zhou Feng and them, because we trust each other, but I will never easily convince the imperial court, because we just lack trust between us, which will only make the Grand Canyon the same as the imperial court, a very simple question, can quarrel for a year, what firearms are produced, pig raising is forgotten, no, pig raising is estimated to be bad. ”

Aunt Xu nodded and said, "Of course I know, but can you replace the imperial court?" A country always needs a government, I think you can also try to cooperate with the imperial court, if the imperial court is a shareholder, everyone's interests will be the same, and you will have more room to play. ”

"Impossible."

Guo Danzhi shook his head and said: "As long as those of them are not successful enough and more than they have failed, it is impossible for me to cooperate with them." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Maybe it's just your prejudice. ”

"I don't deny that I am full of prejudice against the imperial court."

Guo Dan spread his hands and said very aggrievedly: "But this can't be blamed on me, they have never succeeded, and they often make things a mess, why should I believe them." Moreover, the state used my taxes to buy my shares, does the layman think that is reasonable? If the imperial court takes out the money and cooperates with me to build roads and help the people, I will definitely not object. ”

Aunt Xu said calmly: "At least this is much more reasonable than before." ”

Guo Dan looked at Aunt Xu and said, "Layman, we never argue between right and wrong. ”

Aunt Xu said: "But the way I can think of is to cooperate with the imperial court, for example, let the Taifu Temple take on the heavy responsibility of acquisition." ”

"Taifu Temple?"

Guo Dan was stunned and said, "Your father? ”

Aunt Xu said: "Taifu Temple became the financial department, but it is also a coincidence, but now what is the responsibility of Taifu Temple in finance, has not been clear, and the status of Taifu Temple is very special, why not take this opportunity to transform Taifu Temple, so that Taifu Temple is completely independent from the Ministry of War." ”

Taifu Temple has always been under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of War, but because of the wealth and goods Wanli after the pro-government, he does not like the Taifu Temple too much by the Ministry of War, he hopes to turn the Taifu Temple into his own small treasury, resulting in the power of the Taifu Temple is getting bigger and bigger, but it is still subject to the control of the Ministry of War.

The interest groups around Xu Mengxi are actually related to the Ministry of War.

Guo Dan pondered for a while and said, "In this way, the uncle may be above the household department." ”

Aunt Xu did not deny that this was also an opportunity for their Xu family to rise, and said with a smile: "But you also benefit from it, Rong'er is the major shareholder of your Yaxing, and Your Majesty also trusts my father very much." ”

Guo Dan thought for a while and said: "If your Xu family wants to control my tooth shop, I am in favor of it with both hands, but if you want to control the Taifu Temple, after all, it is a state department, who knows how long the uncle will be able to control the Taifu Temple." ”

If he wants to say this, Aunt Xu really can't object, after all, Xu Mengxi is very old, and said: "Then you can only use the means of buying and selling, isn't this what you are best at?" ”

Guo Dan sighed: "This time it's really a bit tricky, if the imperial court has to buy it in a dignified manner, I really don't know how to deal with it." ”

If he follows the commercial principle and regards the state as a customer, and the state spends money to buy it properly, of course he cannot oppose it, and if he opposes it, he violates the joint-stock contract, and it is to smash his own pot.

Although he really doesn't care how many shares he has now, it is because everyone has an equal relationship, but when the court ends, it must be an unequal existence, no matter how many shares the court holds.

At that time, will those shareholders dare to choose to oppose the imperial court and support him at the meeting?

That might be the case.

......

And Wanli was not idle over there, the thief captured the king first, and he hurriedly called Shen Shixing to inquire.

I trust you very much, but you play with me.

Is your cabinet trying to rebel?

"Back to Your Majesty, this suggestion was indeed made by Cao Ke, but the minister didn't know about it in advance, but Wang Xijue told the minister." Shen Shixing said truthfully.

Wanli said: "But Shen Shoufu also supports it, right?" ”

Shen Shixing hesitated a little and said, "The minister is indeed supportive. ”

Wanli said quietly: "I want to hear Qingde's thoughts." ”

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, in the end, this firearm can only be used for the army, not for the people. However, there is no doubt that the armaments produced by the Grand Canyon are the best of my Ming Dynasty, but none of the nine towns of the border army can purchase firearms from the Grand Canyon.

And the reason, Your Majesty should also be clear, as Your Majesty said at the beginning, I Ming can't put better weapons without using them, once the imperial court acquires the Grand Canyon, then it is natural for my Ming army to use the firearms produced by the Grand Canyon.

Of course, the minister also knows that the Grand Canyon can have today, it is all the credit of Guo Dan, it is his good management, if you change the person to manage, I am afraid that it will backfire, the minister suggested that the imperial court only buy a small number of shares, so that the Grand Canyon has the background of the imperial court, so that everything is justified, and you can also combine the two to give me a good day. ”

Wanli's eyes lit up when he heard it.

Not bad!

At present, the Grand Canyon only produces firearms from the Huguang Shenji Battalion, but that is only a partial division, and the elites are all in the north, if the Grand Canyon has a background in the imperial court, then it will be able to get more armament orders from the imperial court.

Then he will earn more, and the court will have to pay for the shares!

Shen Shixing secretly glanced at Wanli and smiled secretly.

He also knows the weakness of Wanli.

......

Households.

"Does Li Shilang also support this?"

Zhang Heming asked.

Li Sancai nodded and said, "I do support the acquisition of the Grand Canyon. I checked the expenditure of the Ministry of Household Transfer and the Ministry of War on armaments, and the money was spent, but nine times out of ten it fell into the pockets of those nobles and generals, and we had nothing to do about it, what Guo Dan is doing at present, we can't control it, once the imperial court acquires the Grand Canyon, the imperial court can not only control the Grand Canyon, but also use the Grand Canyon to eliminate corruption. ”