Analyzing financial statements?

As soon as Wanli said this, the ministers in the palace had different faces, such as Wang Jiaping, Fang Fengshi, Song Qi and others seemed to have some expectations, and at the same time, some scholars scoffed, thinking that a businessman knew how to analyze the country's finances.

The expressions of the officials standing behind them were even richer, some of them had a hint of weakness in their eyes, but Jiang Yinglan and them were smiling, and they were eager for Guo Dan to burst out of the news.

Originally, they were not afraid, because they were not playing with the inferior methods of corruption, they were taking advantage of all kinds of loopholes in the system to make profits from them, such as encroaching on land, such as not paying taxes, or using public weapons for private purposes, and so on. Moreover, it is difficult to see the problem with the income and expenditure of the capital this month, but the new accounting method that Guo Danfang has just shown makes them a little panicked.

Guo Dan saw it all in his eyes, and laughed secretly in his heart, Lao Tzu is not so stupid, you officials don't go to catch corruption, let me help you catch it, am I crazy, this is my. He hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, the grass people are just a small businessman, this is the state finance, and the grass people don't know how to analyze it. ”

Wanli said very casually: "I know, but no one knows how to analyze this financial statement at present, you analyze it first, I just listen to it, and I will not adopt it." ”

Song Qi smiled slightly: "Fortunately, this is not the treasure of your Yaxing's town store!" ”

Obviously, he supports Guo Dan.

Guo Dan smiled embarrassedly, and arched his hand: "Your Majesty, my lords, the grass people really don't know much about the state finance, and the grass people will only analyze the financial statements from the perspective of businessmen. ”

Many ministers don't look at him, and they don't think that you can say it right at all, you hurry up and leave, we still have to discuss government affairs.

Wanli smiled: "Even if you say it, I will forgive you first." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Guo Dan saluted, and then said: "Although this is only a month's income and expenditure in the capital, as Lord Song said, if there are no special circumstances, the income and expenditure of each month are similar, and it is still worth analyzing." ”

After a pause, he pointed to the financial statements and said, "Ladies and gentlemen, according to the financial statements, the income of the capital mainly comes from agricultural taxes, and the main expenditure is on military spending. ”

"You still need to say this, the old man knows it even if he doesn't look at it."

An old man in his sixties scoffed.

In the early days of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, the system of guards was adopted, which was essentially an evolution of the tuntian system, which was a kind of army building system that combined soldiers with agriculture and guards, but with the continuous occupation of the fields by bureaucrats and imperial relatives and the flight of soldiers, the guard system was already difficult to maintain, and today, it has become a conscription system.

For example, Qi Jiguang, Li Chengliang and other generals were recruits.

This has led directly to higher and higher military spending.

Guo Dan glanced at him and said indifferently: "And in the eyes of our businessmen, this situation is very, very dangerous. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him.

Shen Shixing put his hands in his sleeves and asked, "Oh? What do you mean by that? ”

"Your Excellency, please wait a moment." Guo Dan said, and then said to Wanli: "Your Majesty, can you give the grass people a pen, the grass people are used to drawing and analyzing at the same time." ”

"Give me a pen."

Wanli didn't say a word, just raised his hand.

The eunuchs who were waiting on the left and right hurriedly moved a screen to the main hall, and then hung a white cloth, and the movements were very quick.

Guo Dan took a pen and said: "The agricultural tax is taken from the land, and the output of the land has an upper limit. ”

As he spoke, he drew a circle on the white cloth, "Suppose this is the upper limit of the agricultural tax of the Ming Dynasty." Then he drew a circle on the lower left side of the circle, about half the size of the top circle, "and that's military spending." ”

He turned around and said, "As far as we businessmen are concerned, the business that invests the most must be the most profitable business, and the army is obviously not profitable. ”

"What a joke."

Cabinet Minister Yu Youding couldn't help but speak: "If you don't have the protection of the army, you can't talk here." ”

Guo Dan nodded again and again: "What the adults said is true, but the grass people are analyzed from the perspective of businessmen, and the grass people don't understand the major military and political affairs. ”

Yu Youding couldn't help but glance at Wanli, as if to say, at this level, you still let him continue?

Wanli Quan didn't see it, but listened very devotedly.

Yu Youding stopped making a sound, his eyes closed, and the old man didn't listen.

Guo Dan continued: "This is only secondary, it is only about profit and loss, and it will not cause risks, and there is another reason, which the grass people believe is very dangerous, and it is a matter of life and death. ”

As he spoke, he put his hand on the canvas and said, "The two circles I see now represent ordinary times, when the wind and rain are smooth, and the times are peaceful and prosperous, however, as long as there are natural disasters and wars, then ......." He raised his hand and drew a straight line at the lower end of the circle: "Agricultural taxes will inevitably be reduced, and military spending will inevitably rise, because the internal army needs to maintain stability, and the foreign army needs to fight." He drew a diagonal line at the upper end of the circle, "The lower the tax on agriculture, the higher the military expenditure is bound to increase, and when the two lines intersect, this is the crossing of death that the merchant fears most." ”

Yu Youding couldn't help but open his eyes and look at the screen, when he saw the intersection of the two lines, he felt a creep inexplicably.

The faces of Shen Shixing and other cabinet ministers, as well as the six Shangshu, gradually became solemn.

This death cross, they have not encountered before, and it is frequent, before Zhang Juzheng's reform, the finances were perennial deficits, and they could not make ends meet.

Guo Dan said: "When many businessmen experience the intersection of death, they can only take risks and tear down the east wall to make up the west wall, and in this demolition and repair, there will be additional wear and tear, which must be a loss-making business, resulting in less and less demolition, and thus bankruptcy and nothing." ”

Are you talking about buying and selling, or are you talking about politics?

The ministers were confused, and it didn't sound like they were talking about business, but about finances.

"It makes sense, this is terrible for businessmen, and it is not very terrible for the country." Wanli couldn't help but sit up straight, cheered up, and asked, "Guo Dan, since you already know what the problem is, is there a way to avoid this death... Cross. ”

Guo Dan said modestly: "Your Majesty, the grass people don't understand this way of governing the country, the grass people just analyze it from the perspective of a businessman, if it is a businessman, he will not do this, and it is impossible for a businessman to invest most of his money in an unprofitable business." ”

Song said: "But the army is indispensable for a country. ”

Guo Danzhi nodded and said: "My lord is right, that's why the grass people can only be admitted to the children's examination, and they can't even pass the Xiucai examination, because governing the country is too complicated for the grass people." ”

The ministers suddenly felt extremely embarrassed, a group of champions and jinshi actually stood on this hall and listened to a child's analysis, this is really ridiculous!

But this child just pointed out the crux of the problem.

Wanli said anxiously: "You just think this is a deal, but this military expenditure is a necessary expenditure, so what will you do?" ”

Shen Shixing looked at this young Wanli depressedly, only to feel that the education of etiquette and law was not profound enough, how could the king of a country say such nonsense.

"If it's a deal......."

Guo Dan pondered for a while, and said: "The grass people will still adhere to the principle of businessmen, and they must make the biggest investment the most profitable." ”

"What's the change?" Wanli asked anxiously.

Guo Dan thought for a moment before saying: "We still have to think of a way from the agricultural tax and military spending, since the main income comes from the agricultural tax, then if you want to avoid the death cross, you must increase the agricultural tax, only when the agricultural tax is enough, you can try to avoid the death cross, but this is the current upper limit of the agricultural tax, if you can't double the yield per mu, and at the same time there is no way to make natural disasters and wars not happen, then the only solution is to expand the land."

And if you want to expand the land, you need the army, then the investment in military spending will become profitable, not pure expenditure. ”

Song Qi smiled: "Do you know how much it costs to fight a war?" ”

"The grass people don't know."

Guo Danzhi shook his head.

Song Qi was waiting, and he asked.

However, Guo Dan didn't plan to ask at all, he wanted to know what he was doing with this, and he didn't want to get involved in politics, and said: "The grass people are just a businessman, if the grass people raise a group of people with knives, and they must be raised, then I will let them rob others, pick the weak to rob, the rich to rob, and the strong, just don't see it." ”

"This statement is really unconscionable and shameless."

Wang Xijue really couldn't listen to it anymore, what kind of bullshit was all about, and said to Wanli: "Your Majesty, how can you let such a traitorous villain talk nonsense in this hall, if this spreads, not only will everyone in the world laugh at the court, but also introduce those unhealthy tendencies into the court." ”

Wanli frowned and said: "Guo Dan, for the sake of you being just a child, I won't care about you, but you have to pay attention to your words, is this the only way?" ”

Guo Dan said: "There is another way." ”

Wanli asked, "What way?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Let's assume that these people with knives can't put down knives and do something else, and at the same time I have to support them, so we can only let their wives and daughters go to Qinglou to sell themselves, and their children and grandchildren will move bricks, first of all, this is morally reasonable, we didn't steal or rob, but we can't make money with knives, but we can only use money with knives, so our wives and daughters and grandchildren make money to support us, that's a very normal thing, anyway, this meat is rotten in the pot, and outsiders can't talk nonsense." ”

“......！”

Wanli was silent.

Wang Xijue was silent.

The ministers were silent.

"How can it be?"

The quick-witted Huang Daxiao suddenly stood up and said angrily: "You are clearly implicitly implicating the imperial court. ”

"Implicit Implication?"

Guo Dan said in a panic: "The grass people... Where is the grass people hidden, the grass people are just analyzing this solution based on this financial statement! ”

Huang Daxiao snorted: "You kid is when we can't hear your off-string sound?" You are clearly alluding to the ...... of the imperial court exploiting the people. ”

As soon as the words came out, he suddenly closed his mouth, he couldn't help but be pale, how could he tell the truth, and turned his head in embarrassment, looked at Wanli, looked at Shen Shixing and them, only to see that they were all embarrassed, glaring at him with their spare eyes.

There is only one atmosphere in the whole hall--- embarrassing!

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