After this big wave, the fat house's backhand is a super double, and it sets off another huge wave, and it makes the ministers look confused.

No matter how shrewd the minister was, he never thought that Wanli would suddenly reinstate the examination law in order to strengthen the power of the cabinet.

There was no warning at all.

And it's not scientific!

But this was actually planned by Wanli a long time ago.

Wanli himself has also reflected on why in the first few years of pro-government, except for the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng, there was no achievement, in the final analysis, it was because the interests of the DPRK and China were intertwined, and the whole body was affected.

What's more critical is that his imperial interests are also mixed in.

As a result, everyone was unable to move.

After Guo Dan contracted Weihui Mansion, he saw the dawn of hope, so he chose to cut off with the imperial court and transfer all his interests to Guo Dan.

Since the completion of the military reform, his interests have basically been transferred.

The rest is already harmless, and even if it is lost, it is not distressing.

At this point in time, he has two choices, first, continue to develop like this and hollow out the entire imperial court, which is not impossible.

Second, we should clean up the rule of officials and rectify the trend.

Of course, he would not choose the former, and if the court was abolished, then he would also be a businessman, not an emperor.

The key is this time and that time.

No matter how much he tosses within the court now, he doesn't care, because all his interests have been transferred, and the most critical point is that no matter how powerful the cabinet is, it is impossible to endanger the imperial power at least for now.

This actually solves the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty, which is a very big drawback.

The power of the cabinet is a very big problem in the Ming Dynasty, according to Zhu Yuanzhang's assumption, the cabinet is a group of secretaries, there is no decision-making power, and all matters must be approved by the emperor.

If the emperor is very diligent, the system will still work well.

Once the emperor is lazy, there will be many problems, eunuchs, cabinets, officials, courtiers, stupid and unclear, there is no power center, and the fight is inextricable.

But in the Ming Dynasty, it was still the eunuchs who were in power, because the eunuchs were the extension of the imperial power, and the emperor was both prosperous and lost.

Giving power to the eunuchs, the emperor was more at ease.

But Wanli's situation is very special, he has been elevated by Zhang Juzheng, Feng Bao, and Empress Dowager Li since he was a child, and he has no temper at all in the first ten years, and he is convinced, which leads him to not trust those eunuchs, Zhang Whale, Zhang Cheng's power is completely incomparable with Feng Bao and Liu Jin, these big eunuchs.

In fact, in history, about Wanli's neglect of government, the eunuch is still not in power, a very important reason is that during that period, Wanli is also constantly weakening the power of the cabinet, the cabinet is extremely weak, and the party struggle will break out in the DPRK and China, if there is an absolute authority, the party dispute cannot break out so fiercely, then of course he does not need to give the eunuch too much power, he can control the cabinet.

And now, he can rely on the business empire that Guo Dan has built for him to balance the entire bureaucracy.

The current problem is that the imperial court is now extremely weak by their imperial and merchant combinations, and it is difficult to reach a state of equilibrium with Guo Dan, so he has to help the imperial court, strengthen the power of the cabinet, eliminate the rule of officials, rectify corruption, and create a strong imperial court.

This is the art of the emperor.

Shen Fu.

"It's unbelievable!" Xu Guo racked his brains and couldn't figure it out.

This is like accompanying the king, and the way of thinking of the emperor is actually different from that of anyone else.

Wang Xijue said: "I think this is reasonable, if Your Majesty does not do this, the court will lose its power step by step, and then it may be that Guo Dan's family is dominant, which is not what Your Majesty wants to see." ”

Xu Guo frowned and said, "Even if Your Majesty wants to borrow us to balance Guo Dan, but... But it should not be reinstated for this reason, and the examination method should be restored, whether it is necessary to rehabilitate Zhang Gelao, which is obviously impossible. ”

"Of course, Your Majesty can't rehabilitate Zhang Gelao, in fact, these two things are not related." Shen Shixing said: "This abolition and restoration are just a thought of His Majesty. ”

This statement speaks to the crux of the matter.

This is the will of the emperor.

Abolition and restoration do not depend on other factors, but entirely on the whims of the emperor.

However, this thought really frightened the ministers, courtiers, and officials.

What is this for?

At that time, this test method tortured the officials to the point that life was worse than death.

The shadow of terror has not yet completely dissipated.

Now it's coming back.

"My lord, the law is Zhang Juzheng's tyranny, how can it be restored."

Zou Yongde said excitedly to Wang Jiaping.

Yushi hated and feared the test method.

Wang Jiaping said: "Don't get excited, according to the holy will, how to restore the examination method has not yet been determined, and the cabinet will definitely revise the previous examination method, take its essence, and remove its dross." ”

When Zou Yongde heard this, he thought to himself, the emotion is that your cabinet has the final say, wouldn't that be even worse. However, they didn't want to embarrass Wang Jiaping, a good old man, and asked: "Why did Your Majesty suddenly resume the examination method, this is not at all foreshadowed in advance." ”

They suspected that this was Shen Shixing's ghost.

This hidden fox.

"This...!"

Wang Jiaping stroked his beard, shook his head and said, "Don't hide it from you, this... We don't know very well, it was His Majesty who suddenly convened a cabinet meeting, as for the reason, His Majesty just mentioned that the ministers of the court were far inferior to Guo Dan, and they were repeatedly humiliated by Guo Dan in every way, so they proposed to restore the examination method. ”

Zou Yongde: They couldn't help but look at each other.

Is this the rhythm to deal with Guo Dan?

That .......!

This is the most tangled is the Yanguan group, Shen Shixing is the former enemy, Guo Dan is the current enemy, and the current situation, Shen Shixing is no longer a concern, but if the power of the cabinet is not strengthened, it is difficult to compete with Guo Dan.

can strengthen the power of the cabinet, Zhang Juzheng caused them pain, or vividly.

What can I do?

For a time, many officials suddenly fell into confusion.

A no-tooth line!

Aunt Xu and Guo Dan sat on either side of the tea table, and the firelight from the fireplace on the side flickered on their faces.

"I really didn't know beforehand."

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "I have always only talked to Your Majesty about business matters, and as for the government and politics, Your Majesty has rarely talked to me, and I don't understand it very well." As he spoke, he looked at Aunt Xu again, "Madame thinks this is a good thing or a bad thing for me?" ”

Aunt Xu pondered a little and said: "At present, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages, as the emperor, naturally I don't want a situation where the family is dominant, if you really control everything, how can Your Majesty rest assured, then you are not far from death."

It is actually a good thing for you that Your Majesty will reinstate the examination law and strengthen the power of the cabinet to check and balance you. But this also proves that you now have great power and can compete with the entire imperial court, you haven't thought about it before, how do you go forward? ”

She vaguely felt that Guo Dan must have left a trick.

"It seems that Madame does not know the merchants."

Guo Dan said: "The nature of a businessman is to pursue profits, and politics is another science, these are two completely different professions, which must be handed over to professionals to do, so the highest level of businessmen is actually Lü Buwei's strange goods to live in, and the interests are conveyed to the power holders, so as to obtain the protection of power, and then to pursue more interests, anyway, as far as I know, this businessman will die a very ugly death when he plays politics in person." ”

Aunt Xu asked, "That means you have the confidence to maintain this relationship with Your Majesty?" ”

Guo Dan nodded confidently and said with a smile: "Actually, I'm not afraid of this situation, because this will definitely happen, even if there is no emperor in this world, because power and profit are eternal and the most attractive."

However, the plan can never catch up with the changes, and I still need a professional like my wife to analyze the changes in the situation between the DPRK and China for me, and then I can make adjustments, so that I can maintain the current relationship with His Majesty. ”

Aunt Xu pondered a little and said, "But with your current status, what I can help you is actually very limited, but I know that there is someone who can help you." ”

"Who?"

"Mr. Xu."

"Xu Wei?"

"Hmm."

Aunt Xu nodded and said, "Because Mr. Xu failed once in this regard and almost died because of it, I think his suggestion is more profound than mine." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Madame, don't be arrogant, recommending talents is actually the biggest help." ”

He wasn't like those officials, who were scared to death.

Don't look at him completely dependent on the emperor, but the emperor must also rely on him, because they are a combination of emperor and business, which is essentially a cooperative relationship, not a master-servant relationship, and he is doing things now, not according to the emperor's will, because the fat house is nothing more than extortion in terms of accumulating wealth, and he is mainly based on the needs of the emperor.

If he collapses now, then the entire platform built by Wanli will collapse.

Power and interest are mutually reinforcing, power is transformed into interest, and interest is transformed into power, and the two are not hostile.

There is a natural contradiction between the emperor and the prime minister.

The hatred between peers is naked.

In fact, Lü Buwei's strange goods are already the ceiling of the capitalists, but at the same time, they also provide a profound lesson for the capitalists, that is, once the businessmen themselves are killed, they will inevitably have conflicts with the emperor.

And on this battlefield, often the capitalists cannot fight the politicians.

This kind of work is extremely professional, if you can fight other people's professions as an amateur, it will be a bit nonsense, unless you are a thousand-year-level genius, Guo Dan obviously did not reach this level.

In the end, the form of capitalists is to spend money to recruit a group of politicians to play this game, and the purpose of playing this game is to make money.

Guo Dan's situation is a little more special, he came up and directly matched with the emperor, he is the emperor's weapon to collect money, and the emperor is also his spokesperson in the court.

Although he gave all the money to Wanli, Wanli actually couldn't take it, at most he could only take a little to spend, because there was not much money in the vault, it was all in the shares, and what he wanted to ensure was that as long as he had three longs and two shorts, then Wanli would have nothing.