Prior to this, Wanli had also longed to make a certain cut with the national treasury, and he focused his greedy eyes on the rising commercial tax.

But he was shocked by Guo Dan's remarks.

Because his plan is only to pursue financial freedom and avoid being constrained by those ministers, this is just the emperor's personal strategy, and it has nothing to do with the country, after all, the emperor's salary is also collected, but in the past, the officials collected it and then distributed it to the emperor, and now the emperor himself sends people to collect it.

Guo Dan's suggestion is a subversive strategy involving the emperor and the state.

From ancient times to the present, almost all politicians have pursued how to solve these problems, especially land annexation, which has plagued every dynasty.

These issues are also very keen to be discussed by all politicians.

In fact, the reform of Zhang Juzheng also involved the issue of land annexation.

The traditional thinking is "governance".

If there is a disease and it is not cured, isn't it waiting for death?

This is an instinctive consciousness of man.

And Guo Dan's suggestion is to "abandon".

Leave it alone.

Don't treat any sickness.

It's absolutely disruptive.

No one has ever thought like this, in the past, everyone was thinking of various ways to ease and curb land annexation, the Tang Dynasty was the uniform land system, the Song Dynasty was the square field uniform tax law, and the Ming Dynasty was a whip law.

Guo Dan is, will be over.

This......!

This really aroused Wanli's great interest.

Because Wanli had thought about it before, if I didn't deal with these problems, how good it would be, then how relaxed I would be, and discuss these problems with them every day, so that my fat house is a little old and decrepit.

But the problem is that "scholars" and "farmers" are the foundation of the country, and you don't care?

Are you being funny?

Wanli said: "Even if I encourage the development of industry and commerce, I can't let Shinong go unchecked, this will be a big problem." ”

Guo Dan asked rhetorically: "I don't know what Your Majesty plans to do?" ”

Wanli was stunned for a moment, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "If I knew, I wouldn't need to come to you to relieve my boredom." ”

Guo Dan groaned a little and said: "Your Majesty, about this way of governing the country, the lowly position is really ignorant, and the lowly position only knows how to settle accounts and analyze the benefits and losses. Judging by the previous Liaodong armament issues and tariff issues.

If Your Majesty wants to solve the two major problems of scholars and peasants, then the internal friction caused may not be affordable by the whole country, but if Your Majesty leaves these problems unchecked and allows these problems to slowly erode, then the resources of the imperial court may be less than one-ten-thousandth of what is to be governed.

In this case, it is obviously not a wise move to reluctantly govern! ”

He is a data analyst, so he looks at any problem from the perspective of gain and loss.

There are so many things, so that he also understands that there are some things that you just can't move, and if you want to move, you have to pay a heavy price, which may be difficult for the Ming Dynasty to bear.

Today's tariffs are really not much, but the result is full of turmoil, and the resistance on the other side is also very fierce, fortunately, this is Guo Dan's advantage in the project competition, and it has been planned for a long time, and there is the support of the cabinet and the queen mother, but the scholars and farmers are not his advantages, and it is impossible to get the support of the cabinet and the queen mother, so how much price does this have to pay.

The thinking of the capitalist is to file for bankruptcy of the company, and to build another company, because to save this one company, it may be possible to build ten companies.

Wanli also agreed with Guo Dan's idea very much, because he knew better than Guo Dan how much it would cost to solve these two problems, but the problem was that you couldn't ignore it, so he said: "But what's the difference between letting it go and sitting still?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, the reason why these problems are very serious at present is because the big ship of Shinong carries my Daming rivers and mountains, so it will affect the whole body, but if the industrial and commercial ship gradually becomes bigger, it is enough to carry my Daming rivers and mountains, and then those problems will be just skin injuries, just wipe off the medicine." ”

As soon as he said this, Wanli suddenly realized.

The whole country is pressed on this big ship, even if the board of the ship is rotten, you don't dare to dismantle it easily, if it is not dismantled, it will sink to the bottom of the sea, if you put the Daming country on another ship first.

Then these problems will become small problems, no matter how to dismantle them, they will not be afraid, and they will sink if they sink.

Wanli asked with interest, "Then what should you do in your opinion?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Wanli frowned and said, "You don't know? You don't know what you're talking about? ”

Are you molesting me?

Guo Dan said: "I only know that instead of spending a lot of effort to deal with those problems, it is better to concentrate on the development of industry and commerce. ”

The reason why he put forward this suggestion is actually for one purpose, that is, he does not want Wanli to deal with the problems of land annexation and imperial examinations, and he said that those problems are just to protect the temple education, and he does not want Wanli to reform the land again, because this will definitely cause very serious internal friction, and he Judging from the financial situation of the Ming Dynasty, the losses caused by the internal friction of the Ming Dynasty are actually higher than the use of foreign troops.

From an economic point of view, if there is no internal friction, that is the best governance.

Critical internal friction will not solve any problems.

It's only going to get worse and worse!

Wanli nodded slightly.

Although Guo Dan did not put forward a specific plan for Wanli, Guo Dan's suggestion was very much in line with his current inner needs, he really didn't want to care about those problems, and he felt a headache when he thought about it, but he was a little perked up before, so since he wanted to work hard, these problems must be managed.

But now I find that it seems that this can be done no matter what.

Then leave it alone.

Wanli suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, the sadness on his face disappeared, and he smiled, and suddenly remembered something, and said, "That's right!" I have asked you to come here today, mainly because I hope that I will be here to settle the affairs of the river, and how to manage the river affairs will be handed over to the Ministry of Industry, but you will be in charge of the money, and you must remember that you have promised me that the tariffs will not only be affordable for the river management, but will also be able to make money for me. ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, your humble duty will definitely live up to your mission."

Guo Dan first clasped his fists and saluted, and then said: "Your Majesty, regarding the management of river affairs, there must be many workers, and it is recommended to recruit disaster victims from all over the country to manage river affairs as much as possible, so that it can not only prevent the disaster victims from making trouble, but also save costs, after all, the disaster victims will not be too demanding." ”

"That's a good idea."

Wanli nodded and said, "Then you can talk to the Ministry of Industry in detail." ”

Although he trusts Guo Dan, he still maintains the way he cooperates with Guo Dan, Guo Dan only makes money and does not let him involve any power.

"Obedience!"

Guo Dan bowed his hand, and suddenly said: "Your Majesty, it just so happens that you have something to ask Your Majesty for instructions." ”

"What's the matter?" Wanli asked.

Guo Dan said: "Among the goods exported by my Ming Dynasty, porcelain accounts for a very large proportion, and as far as I know, Jingdezhen controls this large amount of porcelain production, but it is difficult for His Majesty to earn more silver taels by producing porcelain in Jingdezhen alone, so we must expand the production area of porcelain, so that there will be enough porcelain exports." ”

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Then what are you going to do?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I hope that His Majesty can issue an order to strictly control the porcelain of the official kiln, and then monopolize the production of porcelain in the Jingdezhen kiln at a high price, so that in a short period of time, there will be a shortage of porcelain in the market, so that more merchants from all over the country can produce porcelain." ”

Wanli said: "Since porcelain can be exchanged for silver taels, then why should others produce porcelain, you can also produce porcelain on my behalf, and we can do it ourselves, which can also prevent the technology from being exposed." ”

“......！”

Guo Dan's eyes widened, and he thought, wow... Fat House can even think of this, you don't lead industry and commerce, it's a waste of talent!

Wanli thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Can porcelain really be exchanged for a lot of silver?" ”

Guo Danmu nodded.

Wanli blinked and said: "Then why don't you exchange the porcelain from the official kiln for silver, now I am mainly short of silver, not porcelain." In this case, I will leave all the official kilns to you to manage. ”

Guo Dan was stunned, and said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty... Your Majesty, is this possible? ”

Wanli said: "Why not, the porcelain fired by the official kiln is a tribute to the palace, how I deal with it, no one can care, and now there are a lot of porcelain in the palace, you can sell it for silver." ”

“......！”

Guo Dan felt that it was so cool to cooperate with the emperor to do business.

Because as far as he knows, the largest 58 porcelain kilns in Jingdezhen are all official kilns, and Wanli does this, which means that he can monopolize domestic porcelain without spending too much money.

It's so cool.

When it comes to silver, Wanli's interest also came up, and he began to talk in detail with Guo Dan about overseas plans.

In the carriage behind them, Wang Xijue and Shen Shixing were still talking about the questions that Guo Danfang had just raised.

"Shen Shoufu, although Guo Dan is suspected of being clever, but he is right to the point!"

Wang Xijue said with a solemn face.

Shen Shixing nodded slightly, and sighed: "But these problems are not easy to solve, although there are many talents and people, but if the imperial court blindly appoints them as officials, it will only cause redundant officials, which will not benefit the country!"

However, if the number of students is reduced, it will definitely cause dissatisfaction among the world's scholars, which is indeed a rare problem. ”

Wang Xijue said: "I think Guo Dan's idea is good, to introduce scholars to other places, so that they have something to do, which can reduce the burden on the imperial court." ”

Shen Shixing smiled bitterly: "It's easy to say, but it's harder to do than to go to the sky!" If you really do this, then the first person to oppose it is the reader! ”

"That's just as well."

Wang Xijue nodded helplessly.

It is impossible for a scholar to be willing to do anything else, because a scholar is very proud, and looks down on people of other classes, and at the same time they are admired, and only in this way can the status of a scholar be ensured, and it is impossible for Shilin to be willing to be in the same league as the industrial and commercial class.

But even this matter cannot be solved, and land annexation cannot be discussed.

It's all a dead knot.

The atmosphere of the two carriages also fully explains why Wanli can't talk to them together, and in the end they would rather stay in the palace than meet them, just because Wanli is young, energetic, and dares to do anything, he can hand over the official kiln to Guo Dan with a word, and Shen Shixing They always think about it, look left and right, and talk about everything very dull.