Wanli was a firm supporter of Guo Dan at the beginning, and he also felt that the imperial court should not use the money from the treasury to invest in his business, but under the persuasion of Shen Shixing and Zhang Jing, he began to hesitate.

Shen Shixing is lobbying from the monetary aspect.

Once the imperial court takes a stake in the Grand Canyon, there will inevitably be more orders for the Grand Canyon.

And Zhang Whale lobbied from the power side, relying entirely on Guo Dan, which seems to be risky.

These two aspects are exactly what Wanli values the most.

However, Wanli did not make a decision, and he still favored Guo Dan, because he had just merged with Guo Dan, and his money was in it, no matter how he chose in the end, but he must ensure that their business empire will not be affected.

Qianqing Palace.

"Guo Dan, the situation in the DPRK and China is a little not good!"

Wanli sighed and said: "This tree is a big wind, and now the government and the opposition are hoping to use this to intervene in the Grand Canyon, I have already talked to many ministers, but the effect is very small!" ”

He knew that Guo Dan resolutely refused, and he still hoped that Guo Dan could understand that I was on your side, but I also had some difficulties.

Guo Dan arched his hand and said: "Your Majesty, all this is yours, and the duty of the humble position is to help Your Majesty manage your finances, all of this is decided by Your Majesty, no matter what choice Your Majesty makes, the humble position will go all out and will never disappoint Your Majesty." ”

Wanli was both moved and comfortable when he heard it.

This sentence is really worth a thousand words, and it is more beautiful than any sycophant.

It dawned on him that that was the key.

Whether it's the country or the Grand Canyon, it's all mine, and I can do whatever I want, and I don't need you to teach me how to do it.

Even if there is to be reform, it should be led by me, not you, Wang Xijue, or Li Sancai.

The Ming should be what I hope it is, not what you hope it is.

He didn't know that Guo Dan had been pondering these days, and after pondering, he pondered this sentence.

Because Guo Dan's main consideration is where is the contradiction between Wanli and the minister?

The fundamental contradiction between the two is that Wanli believes that the courtiers should be an extension of his will, while the ministers want to mold the emperor into the emperor he imagines.

This is the question of how the national capital is being debated.

Then Guo Dan is undoubtedly the best courtier in Wanli's mind, what I want to get, you just go and complete it, don't always talk nonsense.

At the beginning, Wanli's mentality changed a little, and he said with a smile: "Of course, I don't want them to take the money from the treasury to buy and sell in me, but have you ever thought that if the Grand Canyon is invested by the imperial court, then in the future, all armaments can be put into the Grand Canyon for production, which can help the development of the Grand Canyon." ”

Guo Dan replied: "Your Majesty, the profit of the Grand Canyon has nothing to do with whether the imperial court is a shareholder, it is directly linked to the war, as long as there is a war, the imperial court does not choose the Grand Canyon, who else can it choose?" Therefore, the Southwest, Japan, and Luzon, these are the interests of the Grand Canyon. ”

Wanli nodded frequently when he heard this, and was almost fooled by Shen Shixing's old fox.

In the peaceful and prosperous times, as far as their civilian officials are concerned, where will they be willing to allocate funds to order armaments, and they will recuperate every day, but once the war starts, with the current scale of the Grand Canyon, if you don't look for the Grand Canyon, who can you find? At that time, it was not the civil servants who had the final say.

"That being said......!"

Wanli sighed and said, "But the Manchu Dynasty and the military all support the acquisition of shares in the Grand Canyon, and they all make sense, and I don't know how to refute them." ”

Guo Dan said: "Actually, the humble officials understand Your Majesty's difficulties very well, because they don't know what Your Majesty wants, Your Majesty sees it thousands of miles away, and they see it is just an inch away, which is really difficult to communicate." ”

Wanli patted his thigh and said, "That's it, that's it!" ”

This sycophant is really on the heart.

But after finishing speaking, he also pondered, what is thousands of miles away?

Guo Dan secretly glanced at it, and immediately said: "What Your Majesty wants is the sun, moon and stars, the vast ocean, the boundless country, and the inexhaustible wealth, so that the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty will lose their literary brilliance slightly, so that the Tang Dynasty and Song Ancestors will be slightly inferior to the coquettish, as for the Genghis Khan, hehe, he only knows how to bend the bow and shoot the eagle." And they are always staring at the ownership of the few acres of land in front of their homes, and they feel that it is difficult to communicate just thinking about it, and the gap is too big. ”

"Throne! Throne! ”

Wanli shouted excitedly.

Brat! The writing is good!

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Guo Dan bowed and thought, you are really thick-skinned!

After Guo Dan sat down, Wanli sighed with emotion: "They have been by my side for so many years, and they have never been able to understand my thoughts, and they didn't expect to be known by you. ”

He was not embarrassed at all, and immediately took on the role that Guo Dan said, because he had really wanted to work hard, but the ministers were able to quarrel for more than half a year about his boudoir.

It made him fall as well

Guo Dan just amplified it a little bit.

But that's just the way it is.

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, you can't blame them, after all, they are old and old-fashioned, and some people are already thinking about the size of the coffin, and Your Majesty, you are in high spirits, just like my father-in-law, who takes care of his baby grandson all day long, and he doesn't even go out of the door, and it is difficult to communicate, his thoughts are different from us young people." ”

"That's right, that's the reason."

Wanli began to slap the table excitedly, shook his head and sighed, "I really don't know how to communicate with them. ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, don't let them drag down Your Majesty's pace of expanding your territory and making great efforts, Your Majesty should still put your mind on your heroic strategy, for my Central Plains Dynasty, abolish the Tusi system that has been poisoned for a long time, take Luzon, drive the Golden Retriever, destroy Japan, and incorporate the boundless sea into my Ming territory." ”

Wanli listened to it with excitement, and he was already fantasizing in his mind.

After thinking for a while, he returned to reality and said, "But they always mess with me, and I really don't know how to deal with it. ”

Guo Dan groaned a little and said: "Your Majesty only needs to drag it, after all, no matter what they do, there are many rules and complicated procedures, I don't know when and what month they will be able to succeed, and now the plan on the Luzon side is already underway, as long as there is a war, who cares about this." ”

Wanli's eyes couldn't help but light up.

Their plan is to start a series of wars, and whoever can afford to do this, the Grand Canyon will inevitably make more money.

Guo Dan said again: "Your Majesty, you take into account the overall situation, and deal with them from your humble position, and the imperial court wants to buy shares, in what capacity, these details are to be discussed." ”

Wanli nodded, he now felt that compared to accumulating money, no, cough cough, compared to expanding the territory, this imperial court is really not a matter, it is not worth my brains, I only have the sun, moon and stars in my eyes, and said: "Just do it, you go and talk to them." ”

"Obedience."

After Guo Dan retired, Wanli immediately said to Li Gui: "Let Dong Ping send someone to tell Ye Mengxiong that I hope to solve the Banzhou problem as soon as possible." ”

"The slave obeys."

Li Gui bowed and thought to himself, fortunately Guo Dan refused to enter the palace at the beginning, otherwise, it would be him Guo Dan who is standing here, and that mouth is really so good!

He is a male without a little JJ, and he just heard as if he had grown a little JJ, and his hot blood was rolling in his bladder.

......

Over there, Guo Dan came out of the imperial city, and "coincidentally" met Wang Xijue.

"I've talked to Your Majesty."

Wang Xijue asked with a smile.

At this point, he didn't feel the need to hide.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Don't hide it from your lordship, I actually refuse, if I can, I won't let the imperial court easily take a stake in the Grand Canyon." ”

"Why?"

Wang Xijue asked: "Is it an unreasonable requirement for the state to control the production of weapons?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Because you always mess things up." ”

Wang Xijue snorted: "You are inevitably too arrogant, although you have some talents, but you are by no means the smartest person in the world, there are many talents in the court, but it is not what you imagined." ”

"That's not what I meant."

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Lord Wang is much smarter than me, last time there was a disaster relief crisis, I really believed in Lord Wang, but the fact is that black and white are reversed, and you don't keep promises, and Lord Wang, you know the truth, but you can't do anything, this court doesn't keep its word at all, and the contract is no different from toilet paper, how can I rest assured that I can cooperate with the court." ”

You kid has eaten gunpowder today! No, he must have failed to convince His Majesty, so he became angry. Wang Xijue snorted: "If governing the country is as simple as you do business, then do you still need to gather talents from all over the world?" You think about governing the country too simply. ”

Guo Dan sneered: "The production of firearms was also in the hands of the imperial court before, but I haven't seen how well the imperial court has done it. ”

Wang Xijue really couldn't say it, so he couldn't help but be annoyed and angry, and reprimanded angrily: "Don't think that if you become the financial advisor of the Ming Dynasty, you can be presumptuous in front of this official. ”

Guo Dan's momentum was restricted, and he said: "Don't blame me, I absolutely believe in Lord Wang, but Lord Wang, you may not be able to call the shots, this is the problem." ”

"Don't talk nonsense."

Wang Xijue said: "How did Your Majesty decide? ”

Guo Dan sighed: "Of course, Your Majesty does not object to the imperial court's shareholding in the Grand Canyon, but I also told Your Majesty my concerns, Your Majesty asked me to talk to you, if you can't solve the problem of integrity, I will never agree to let the imperial court become a shareholder, and I have to be responsible for my shareholders." ”

It seems that Ke'er guessed correctly, he will really take advantage of this to make trouble. Wang Xijue was overjoyed and said, "Okay, let's talk about it then." ”

Then he left in a hurry.

In fact, Guo Dan is very right, he really can't make full decisions, so he also hopes to use Guo Dan to rebuild the credibility of the imperial court.

But what he didn't know was that Cao Ke guessed that it was really a disguise.

The Ming Dynasty really needed reforms.

But the question is whose plan is the center of the reform.

Guo Dan made it very clear to Wanli, even if you want to change, it should be changed by the will of the emperor, you have to cooperate with us, if we want to fight, you have to prepare the grain and grass.

It's that simple.

It's not that our emperor and merchant combination cooperate with your reform.

You change it back and forth, and the gross domestic product is the same, which is nothing more than whoever has more money in their hands and who has less money in their hands.

This will only create more contradictions.

Birds with no.