In fact, there was no shortage of honest and talented ministers in the Ming Dynasty, such as Fang Fengshi and Wang Jiaping, who were not only honest and honest, but also very talented and capable ladies, but they were born at the wrong time, and it was difficult to make a difference under the huge bureaucratic system of the Ming Dynasty.

Not to mention that they can't kill a Zheng Chengxian, even if they die, there will be a group of "Zheng Chengxian" queuing up behind.

This is an unsolvable puzzle.

Because except for these royal relatives and princes, no one can win these big projects of the imperial court, and an ordinary businessman who has no backing at all will be blackmailed to the point that he will be blackmailed.

But Guo Dan's birth made them see another choice, although Guo Dan's backer is Wanli and the emperor, but not many people know it, the most important thing is that Guo Dan is not in the system, he does not have an overly complicated relationship network, if he is contracted to Guo Dan, it is a pure business.

They don't know if this path is right, but it's definitely wrong.

Further down, it's a dead end.

As for Jiang Yinglan and them, they are more worried about the current imperial concubine than Guo Dan, because Guo Dan is just a businessman in the end, not enough to threaten them, and once the Zheng family's power rises, any opposition to the imperial concubine at the moment may be liquidated, and they are desperate to prevent the rise of the Zheng family, which is related to their beliefs and lives.

Since Zheng Chengxian was able to win this deal, there must be a relationship in it, and if you want to get rid of this network, you can only find a businessman outside the system who has the ability to do it, so that they can all supervise, and Guo Dan is the only candidate.

The lesser of these two evils.

After thinking about it again, Jiang Yinglan finally agreed to Wang Jiaping's suggestion.

And that party is not only the secretary of the military department, but also the right deputy of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, that is, the second-in-command of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, otherwise he would not have the power to inspect and report.

The few important departments that are now in a stalemate with the emperor are the cabinet, the six ministries, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Under the lobbying of Wang Jiaping and Fang Fengshi, they gradually reached an agreement, that is, everyone took a step back, because of the current situation, they were very helpless, the emperor didn't see them, you love to kneel or not, and the recital was not approved, the cabinet meeting, the court meeting was not held, so it was not a way, now the emperor is an otaku, you follow the consumption, he consumes your life, but the soldiers of Liaodong are still frozen there.

Qianqing Palace.

"Undertake... Contracted to Guo Dan? ”

Wanli's eyes widened and he looked at Zhang Cheng in shock.

The sun didn't come out of the west!

Zhang Cheng nodded and said: "Yes, today, Wang Jiaping and Fang Feng played at the same time, asking the imperial court to allocate funds as soon as possible to remake cotton armor and appease the Liaodong soldiers, and at the same time, they all mentioned in the chapter that Guo Dan contracted the pasture of the imperial court at the beginning, and did a very good job, and praised Guo Dan, so they suggested that this cotton armor should also be contracted to Guo Dan to do." ”

"What are they going to do? Bring me their recitals. ”

Wanli never believed that there must be a conspiracy here, and the money in Guo Dan's hands, but his, he had to deal with this matter carefully.

Zhang Cheng immediately took Wang Jiaping and Fang Fengshi's recitals to Wanli.

After Wanli saw it, he suddenly asked, "What about the rest?" Are they all in favor of doing so? ”

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "According to Weichen's understanding, Shen Shoufu, Jiang Yinglan and others seem to support this. ”

Wanli pondered for a while, and asked, "What do you say they mean by this?" ”

Zhang Cheng groaned for a moment, and said: "According to Weichen's opinion, they did this to prevent this transaction from falling into the hands of Dr. Zheng again. ”

Wanli nodded and said, "I think so too. ”

As he spoke, he thought for a long time before he said, "Immediately summon Guo Dan into the palace." ”

"Yes."

An hour later, Guo Dan came to the Qianqing Palace.

After Guo Dan finished saluting, Wanli asked: "Guo Dan, do you know about the case of Liaodong cotton armor?" ”

What's going on? It won't involve me, damn, the people I sent to inquire should not have arrived in Huai'an yet. Guo Danxin brought it up, and said cautiously: "If you go back to Your Majesty, you only know a little bit about your humble position." ”

Wanli asked again: "Then what do you think?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned, and then said: "At that time, I thought to myself that I must raise this horse well, but I can't make any mistakes, so I plan to increase the budget again." ”

"Ahem, ahem! There's no need, you've invested enough. ”

Wanli knew that Guo Dan must have misunderstood, so he hurriedly stopped him and increased the budget, which was taken out of his money bag, and said: "Don't be afraid, I just want to know, haven't you thought about contracting this deal?" ”

Guo Dan blinked and said, "I really never thought of this humble position. ”

Wanli asked, "Why?" Isn't there any profit in this? ”

Guo Dan groaned for a while, and said: "It's not that it's unprofitable, it's just that this profit is not much, and at the same time there is a lot of trouble, rather than investing energy and money here, it is better to invest it somewhere else." ”

Wanli smiled: "Don't be modest about this, this horse breeding is also unprofitable, but in your hands, it has become very profitable." ”

Guo Dan said: "That's because there is a horse race, but it is difficult to make a profit from this transaction." ”

"Really?" I don't know if I'm used to Guo Dan's surprise, Wanli was a little disappointed, and asked, "Then what if I let you contract this deal?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, the matter about Marseille has caused the ministers of the DPRK and China to be very dissatisfied with the humble position, and they have been scolded for several days, and now this cotton armor has had an accident, and Your Majesty has contracted this transaction to the lowly position, and the lowly position will really be scolded to death by them." ”

Wanli laughed and said: "It's really not that I want to do this, it's the minister of the DPRK and China who asked you to do it." ”

Guo Dan suddenly looked confused.

Zhang Cheng added: "Guo Dan, this is all true, the cabinet and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, as well as the six ministries, are all in favor of contracting to you to do it." ”

"Conspiracy."

Guo Dan looked extremely excited and said: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, this is clearly a conspiracy, they are trying to harm the lowly position." ”

They will be so kind-hearted, such a good thing, contract it to him, and they don't believe it if they kill Guo Dan!

Wanli glanced at Zhang Cheng.

Zhang Cheng understood and immediately said: "Guo Dan, don't worry, there is no conspiracy here, even if there is, it has nothing to do with you, and they don't want to harm you, but they all feel that they are left to you now, and everyone can supervise it, so that the same situation can be avoided." ”

So that's how it was... I won't be so cheap, I just wanted to sleep, and someone brought a pillow. Guo Dan looked at Zhang Cheng, and vaguely guessed in his heart, and thought again, this money belongs to the emperor, he is willing, then I am afraid of a fart, and said in a low voice: "Your Majesty, Prime Minister, if this is the case, then this transaction really has to be done." Hehe. ”

Speaking of the back, he couldn't help but laugh.

Wanli's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "What do you say?" ”

In fact, he wanted to contract to Guo Dan to do it, and he must have felt a little guilty in his heart, but he had no choice about this matter, it involved his core interests, he thought that the power of the crown prince was decided by him alone, but the ministers obviously didn't think so, and at the same time, it involved his love, and he couldn't give in.

But at the same time, he also knows that he is sorry for the border soldiers, and he can't make the same mistake again, the soldiers will definitely make trouble, Guo Dan will do it, that is, he will do it himself, which is well known, but he has a habit of accumulating money, and if he can still make a lot of money, it will be better.

Guo Dan said with a smile: "Some time ago, Your Majesty will not ask the lowly position, what is the next investment plan, this money can not let it be idle, now that there is this opportunity, the lowly position feels that it is better to use it to produce cotton cloth and silk." ”

Wanli said: "But didn't you say that there is no profit in this? ”

Guo Dan said: "This transaction itself, there is indeed not much profit, but if many ministers in the DPRK and China support it, plus Your Majesty to do it, there will be no unnecessary trouble, and at the same time can access the entire Liaodong market, where cotton is not produced, if you can take this opportunity to monopolize the entire Liaodong cotton and silk, and at the same time be able to monopolize the goods from Liaodong, the profit is not less than Marseille." ”

Wanli was overjoyed, and asked again: "Are you serious?" ”

Guo Dan nodded and said: "How dare you deceive Your Majesty, in fact, you have always thought that the humble position has always thought that it is not as good as Your Majesty to earn the money from raising horses and producing cotton armor, because when there is a problem, they will scold and scold Your Majesty, which is really unfair to Your Majesty." ”

Confidant!

This Nima is not a confidant, what is it?

When Wanli heard Guo Dan's words, he was moved and almost cried, he was already very thick-skinned, so he always thought that this was all for you people to occupy, just say that the land in the pasture was originally for you to encroach on the imperial court, I took the money to rent it back, but something happened, you just played, insinuating, I am really not easy.

Zhang Cheng glanced at Guo Dan, this kid's fart really didn't leave a trace, and at the same time, he regretted it in his heart, why didn't our family think of this, and let this kid take the lead.

Guo Dan's eyes rolled, and he said: "But Your Majesty, since the situation is like this, then the lowly suggestion, this matter, the lowly post will not agree first." ”

Wanli was stunned and said, "Why is this?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "First of all, since they have a request for us, then of course we have to mention some conditions; Secondly, if they agree to the lowly position, then they will feel that there is a lot of profit in it, and it will be cheaper for the lowly position, which may backfire, and the more the lowly position refuses, the more they will ask for the contract to the lowly one, because they also do not want the lowly position to be good. ”

Wanli suddenly realized, and said: "Yes, yes, this matter really can't be easily agreed, hehe, when it comes to this business, you are more clever than anyone else!" ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for the compliment."

Guo Dan hurriedly bowed his hand.

"You can do it yourself, I believe you." Wanli regarded Guo Dan as himself, and he understood the bitterness in the baby's heart, and asked: "Is that the money paid by Marseille to produce cotton nails?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, Marseille can only invest money to produce, but if you want to sell, you have to rely on the dental industry, so I think that Marseille invests seventy percent, and the dental industry invests thirty percent, and cooperates in production." ”

Wanli nodded slightly and said, "Just according to what you say." ”