Why is that? ”

Guo Dan's face was shocked, he thought about it again, and said, "There were no accidents yesterday!" I also invited them to watch the game on the stage, and I didn't offend them! ”

Zhang Cheng sighed: "It was because there were no accidents that they asked for the closure of Marseille." ”

So hard to serve? Guo Dan was puzzled: "I don't really understand. ”

Zhang Cheng sighed again: "It's because everyone was crazy yesterday, so the cabinet ministers think that this Marseille will make people addicted to it, lose their minds, and is not conducive to the long-term peace and stability of the country." ”

Guo Dan frowned, if you want to be reasonable, of course gambling money is not a good thing, but the problem is that if everything is argued by pure morality, then the country will not be able to develop, everything has pros and cons, and asked: "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Of course Your Majesty supports you, if you know that they are going to discuss this matter today, Your Majesty will not hold a cabinet meeting, and you will not let our family come to you in person." ”

Speaking of this, he paused, and said: "But Guo Dan, don't think that Your Majesty supports you, this matter will be easy to solve, this matter is much more serious than you imagined, it seems that the cabinet has reached some kind of tacit agreement with those officials, this morning, there are many officials who have played and demanded the immediate closure of Marseille." ”

Guo Dan wanted to cry without tears and said: "Prime minister, I'm just a businessman, I can't do anything about this kind of thing!" ”

If he wants to understand the way of the court, then he will be an official in the court at the beginning, he just won't know this, and he is very afraid of the intrigues in the court, so he made an oath that he is resolutely not an official, and it is best for you to come to business.

Zhang Cheng said: "Then you should hurry up and find a way!" ”

Depend on! Lao Tzu is not a person in the system, he doesn't understand anything, how to figure out a way. Guo smiled lightly: "Prime minister, you can help me come up with ideas." ”

Zhang Cheng sighed: "If our family had a way, we would have told you a long time ago, alas... If it's just the cabinet, or just the anti-dialogue of the officials, then there is something to say, but now they are standing on both sides, and they are no longer targeting Xing'anbo, they are just talking about things, which is troublesome. ”

At that time, the reason why Guo Dan was able to successfully contract a ranch and let the imperial court authorize him to sell his power was because of the disagreement between the cabinet and the officials, but now, Shen Shixing and they have also woken up, how can we, the ministers, be played by a businessman.

In other words, they just want to unite first and solve Guo Dan's alternative first.

Therefore, they are no longer targeting Xing'anbo, which can also appease the forces involved in the Taifu Temple, and will not make things more complicated, so that no one in the court will support Guo Dan.

Although Wanli is the king of a country, he can't withstand the pressure of the Manchu Dynasty's civil and military, which is why after the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng, there is no new policy, and he goes back to the past, and he is going backwards.

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Then what should I do?" If you can't do anything, I can't do anything. ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Aren't you usually quite clever." ”

Guo Dan sneered: "My means are all means of doing business, and I am an authentic little white in this matter." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Then you can use your means of trading to solve it, and our family and Your Majesty will secretly support you." ”

Because on the surface, this deal is Guo Dan's, and it has nothing to do with them, they can only secretly support Guo Dan, otherwise, things will become very complicated, and even evolve into a confrontation between the emperor group and the minister group.

But any emperor who is not stupid will not easily go to the head with the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, Rao is Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Li Shimin, such a Ming monarch, but he has never done such a stupid thing. Even in the matter of establishing the prince, Wanli took a roundabout route and slowly tried to find out, and he has not yet opened his mouth to make anyone the prince.

It is even more impossible to tear his face with the minister for the sake of Marseille.

It can only be Guo Dan rushing in front, and the two of them are protecting Guo Dan behind.

Nima!

If you dare to love me, you have to take the blame, what about Xing'anbo?

Although Guo Dan is unhappy, there is no way, although this is Wanli's business, but it is also related to his vital interests, if Wanli does not cover him, then he will die immediately without a place to be buried.

He took a deep breath, calmed his mood, calmed himself down, and secretly thought to himself, can he use the means of buying and selling to solve the affairs of the DPRK and China? In a few hundred years, it would have been fine, but now ..... Wait, what would I do if it happened in the Hereafter?

Thinking of this, his eyes flickered a few times, and he said: "Prime minister, it's not that I have no choice, but I'm a businessman after all, and they are all cabinet ministers, which ......" ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "Don't be afraid of this, with Your Majesty and our family, as long as you are reasonable, they will not dare to bully you with official authority." ”

"If you have the phrase "Inner Minister", then I won't be afraid." Guo Dan said immediately.

Zhang Cheng was curious: "What do you think of?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Then it depends on what they say." ”

.....

Entering the imperial city, Zhang Cheng took Guo Dan to the Wenhua Palace, only to see Wanli sitting high on it, on the left stood Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Xu Guo, Wang Xijue, Yu Youding five cabinet ministers, and on the right stood Zhang Whale.

Zhang Cheng couldn't do anything in this matter, one of the reasons is that Zhang Whale has been silent, the emperor group is not united, Dongchang and Jinyiwei did not give Guo Dan the support he deserves, but Wanli is not to blame Zhang Whale, because Wanli has not been Zhang Whale involved in this matter.

After saluting, Wanli asked, "Guo Dan, I heard that Marseille was held very successfully yesterday, and everyone in the city went to watch the game." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Thanks to Your Majesty's blessing, it is relatively smooth." ”

He smiled, and Wanli suddenly felt a little more relaxed.

"You're too humble, it's not just as simple as smooth."

Shen Shixing stroked his beard and smiled: "Yesterday, the old man and Xu Daxue also went to watch the game, I saw it with my own eyes, those thousands of people are crazy about your Marseille, and even lose their nature, your means, so that we are all amazed, as a businessman, if you call the second, I am afraid that no one dares to call the first." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Lord Shoufu has won the award, and the grass people don't dare to be it, don't dare to be it." ”

Although he is already a brocade guard, he is here today, as a businessman, he doesn't want to put pressure on his superiors and subordinates, so he calls himself a grass citizen.

"Do you dare to do it, your means are unmatched!"

Shen Shixing smiled, suddenly changed his words, and said: "But the old man, as the first minister, can't watch me as the people of the Ming Dynasty, not doing business, not studying, all immersed in it." But you are not to blame for this, you are a businessman, you do this, it is as it should be, and you have the permission of the court in advance, if you want to blame, blame the old man, I didn't think it through at that time. However, this Marseille cannot be carried out under any circumstances, because it will undermine the stability and development of the country. ”

"Shousuke-sama is serious."

Guo smiled lightly and nodded: "Yes, there were many people who were crazy yesterday, and I saw this, but I thought it should be, it was taken for granted, whether it was reading or playing, if you can't devote yourself to it, then how to have a good time, if you don't have a good time, everyone won't pay attention to it." ”

Speaking of this, he looked at Zhang Cheng and said: "Yesterday, the prime minister also made a bet, and he was also very involved at the time, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he was crazy, but he is not standing here today, and he has not lost his nature and is not doing his job as Lord Shoufu said." ”

Wanli immediately looked at Zhang Cheng and asked, "The ministers also played yesterday?" ”

This kid is really, he will pull our family into the water as soon as he comes. Zhang Cheng complained secretly, and said: "Back to Your Majesty, Weichen did buy some yesterday, and he was also infected by everyone at that time, and he was more involved in playing, but after Marseille ended, it passed, in fact, it was just a fun." ”

Wanli nodded and asked with interest, "I wonder if the ministers won or lost?" ”

Zhang Cheng smiled: "Won a little bit." ”

"That's good."

Wanli said with a smile.

Obviously, he is biased towards Guo Dan, so what about gambling money, just win.

Shen Shixing also knew it, otherwise, if they wanted to rectify Guo Dan as a businessman, they would have to go to this Wenhua Hall to argue.

Xu Guo stood up and said: "With the cultivation of the inner minister, of course we believe that the inner minister will not be deceived by this, but many young people who are not fully minded, I am afraid that it will be difficult to resist the temptation, and those young people are the future of my Ming Dynasty, we can't let them indulge in it, ignore it, this Marseille must be closed immediately." ”

Wanli glanced at Xu Guo unhappily, looked at Guo Dan gently, and said, "Guo Dan, you heard everything, what do you say about this?" ”

"Back to Your Majesty's words, all the grass people heard it." Guo Dan bowed his hand and said: "If you want to close Marseille, then the grass people's previous commitment to contract the pasture will naturally not be counted. ”

Shen Shixing said: "We can understand this, the old man has already said before, this matter is not to blame you, it is our fault, and we will ask Your Majesty for the guilt at that time." ”

Wanli thought to himself, what's the use of you asking for sin, I will have to be comforted by good words then, are you asking for sin, or are you here to torture me.

"With the words of Lord Shoufu, the grass people are relieved." Guo Dan smiled and said, "The grass people are afraid that Lord Shoufu will not admit it." ”

Shen Shixing was stunned and said: "Admit it? ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "That's right!" The grass people have been doing business for some years, not that every transaction is very smooth, and there have been unilateral breaks, which is not unusual, in fact, this matter is very simple, we can terminate the cooperation between the two parties in accordance with the contract, according to the contract, if the court unilaterally wants to terminate the contract, it should be compensated three times the money, and now the grass people have invested 100,000 taels into it, that is to say, the court will compensate 300,000 taels to the grass people. ”

"Three hundred thousand taels?"

Zhang Whale exclaimed.

Guo Dan nodded and said: "Yes, this is not too much, if the grass people do not complete the task, not to mention that Xing Anbo loses his official position, the grass people will have to lose their wealth and property, and even their lives will not be guaranteed." ”

This is actually a gambling contract, and it is biased towards the imperial court, the imperial court only needs compensation for breaking the contract, if Guo Dan does not complete the task, the life of the whole family may have to be compensated.

This... Do you have to lose money?

Shen Shixing and Wang Jiaping immediately looked at each other, looking confused.

They thought before that if they didn't care about Guo Dan's responsibility, it was already a kind of charity, and it could be regarded as giving the emperor enough face, and they never thought about compensation.

Although they are all gentlemen, this is not a private morality, and it is not a contract signed by him privately, this is a government affair, they represent the imperial court, and the imperial court unilaterally broke the contract, isn't that normal, even if you don't trouble you, you still come to ask for compensation, it's really unreasonable.

But Wanli doesn't think so, he has been influenced by Confucianism since he was a child, as a righteous gentleman, he must be trustworthy, and he must regard money as dung, isn't it just 300,000 taels, Feng Qingyun said lightly: "If the contract is written like this, then compensate in full." ”

Guo Dan's tears of emotion were about to come out, this is a gentleman, and he arched his hand and said, "Your Majesty Shengming." ”