"Uncle, little uncle has been waiting for you."

As soon as Guo Dan returned to Yaxing, Xiao An greeted him.

Guo Dan asked, "What is he looking for me?" ”

Xiao An shook his head and said, "I don't know." ”

When I came to the office, I saw Xu Jirong sitting on his office chair, learning him to put his bipods on the desk, and chatting with Zhu Yaoyuan with a dead face.

"Faint, you can be regarded as coming back, let this little uncle wait."

Xu Jirong saw Guo Dan and immediately complained.

Guo Dan stepped forward, sat in front of Xu Jirong, and said, "What are you looking for me?" ”

Xu Jirong's eyes rolled, and he suddenly said to Zhu Yao: "Miss Fangchen, you go out for a while first, I have something to talk to you about." ”

"Oh."

Zhu Yaoyuan got up and went out.

Guo Dan looked at Xu Jirong curiously.

Xu Jirong said in a low voice: "Faint, you must help me with this." ”

Guo Dan asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Xu Jirong said: "Do you know, I wanted to go to my aunt early this morning, but I didn't know that I saw a sneaky figure coming out of my aunt's house, but it really doesn't make sense, this bastard dares... Dare... If I had known who it was, I would have to dismantle it in eight pieces. ”

"Early this morning?"

Guo Dan frowned and asked, "When?" ”

Xu Jirong said: "It was not long after the curfew was lifted. ”

"Shortly after the curfew was lifted?" Guo Dan groaned a little, suddenly glanced at Xu Jirong, and immediately said angrily: "I said little uncle, when did you become so treacherous, not bright at all, and you turned around to scold me." ”

Xu Jirong's eyes shook a few times, and he said, "What... What to scold you, I don't understand. ”

"Come on."

Guo Dan snorted: "The person you see is me, don't say you don't know me." ”

"At the time I was... I didn't see it clearly. ”

Xu Jirong asked again: "But faintly, you... Why did you come out of my aunt's house early in the morning? ”

"I knew you were going to ask this."

Guo Dan rolled his eyes, and said: "I didn't sleep all night because of one thing last night, so before dawn today, I went to your aunt to ask for advice, it's hard to tell you what the specific thing is, but I can tell you that I just went to the palace for this matter." ”

Xu Jirong is very shrewd in Aunt Xu's matter, and he is not stupid at all, because since he was a child, he has focused on beating mandarin ducks with sticks, he has seen Aunt Xu before, after this temptation, he knew that Guo Dan was not lying, and said busily: "Light, of course I believe you." ”

"Get out."

Guo Dan waved his hand.

Xu Jirong smiled: "You won't be angry with me, right?" ”

"It's not enough to be angry, but it's ......!"

Guo Dan asked, "But little uncle, do you really have to be good for your aunt." ”

Xu Jirong said: "I'm not good for my aunt, but for whom." ”

Guo Dan said: "So you yourself have a group of concubines, and at the same time you hope that your aunt will die alone." ”

Xu Jirong blinked and said, "Of course... Of course not, but I haven't found anyone worthy of my aunt in this world. ”

Guo Dan smiled and said, "You mean, God destined your aunt to die alone?" ”

"I... That's not what I meant. ”

As he spoke, Xu Jirong had already scratched his cheeks and turned red.

Guo Dan sighed and said: "Of course I know that you are here to protect your aunt, just like your uncle protects you, but you can compare your heart to your heart, do you sometimes feel that your uncle's protection is a little redundant, even if you know that he is for your good." ”

"I'm ......!" Xu Jirong turned his eyes upward, pouted, and stopped talking.

Guo Dan said: "You go back and think about it yourself, what is for your aunt's good." ”

Knock knock!

There was a sudden knock at the back door.

"Please come in."

With a squeak, the door was pushed open, and I saw Aunt Xu walk in.

Xu Jirong hurriedly put his feet down and shouted with a thief's face: "Auntie! ”

Aunt Xu glanced at him and said, "Rong'er, don't you still have something to do?" ”

"Huh? Oh yes, yes, that... Then I'll get busy first, faintly, I'll come back to you next time. ”

Xu Jirong walked out in a panic.

After he left, Aunt Xu was phoenix eyes wide and glared at Guo Dan.

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "Layman, why are you looking at me like this?" ”

Aunt Xu asked, "Do you like to be nosy so much?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Layman, it was the little uncle who came to talk to me, not me who took the initiative to meddle in things, and as a friend of the little uncle, why should I say this." ”

Aunt Xu asked rhetorically: "If I tell Kou Zhuan Sha about your desire to start a war for your own interests, I can also say that it is for the sake of Zhuan Sha, but do you think so?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Layman, you really guessed wrong, every word I say to the layman, I don't mind the layman to tell Zhuansha, the reason is very simple, our husband and wife have always been honest with each other, I will not deliberately hide anything from Zhuansha, what kind of person I am, my wife should be clearer than the layman."

It's just that you have a very good self-cultivation, and you never talk about right and wrong behind your back, but you can't ask everyone to be the same as you, I am a little child, and there is no difference between me and the Shengdou people on the street, and I love to inquire about other people's privacy. ”

Aunt Xu's face suddenly had a touch of embarrassment.

Guo Danhu looked at her suspiciously, and said, "Layman, you won't also say bad things about me behind my back." ”

Aunt Xu hesitated a little and said, "As the saying goes, don't do to others what you don't want to be done to yourself." ”

When she said this, there was a hint of redness on her cheeks, she was really a bright ** person, she calculated, this word should be more suitable for her, because she designed Guo Dan behind her back first.

"Wow, you ...... layman!"

Guo Dan suddenly changed his words and said: "But I don't mind, because I believe that the layman is right, and he is definitely not as bad as me." ”

Aunt Xu pursed her lower lip and said, "It seems that you are very self-aware." ”

"That's my greatest strength." Guo Dan laughed.

This is what you don't want, don't do it to others, but she persuaded Aunt Xu herself, she thought that this might be retribution, and she didn't want to be angry with Guo Dan about this, and seeing Guo Dan so relaxed, she asked: "It seems that you have gained a lot from this trip." ”

Guo said lightly: "It can only be said that it is expected, after all, I am not here to ask for money, but to provide Your Majesty with a very attractive plan, but in the end, whether or not to send troops is of course Your Majesty's decision." ”

Aunt Xu said: "I always feel that you are a little too impulsive, and this matter is not as simple as you think. ”

"I already know how complicated it is."

Guo Dan nodded, and suddenly asked, "Can the layman see the boiling water?" ”

Aunt Xu nodded subconsciously.

Guo Dan said: "At that point, the water vapor will jump at the lid, not because the water wants to break through the lid, or the lid wants to press the water, it is because this point has arrived, the water vapor will break through the lid, and the lid is to desperately suppress the water vapor, it's that simple." ”

Maybe it's that simple in his opinion, but others don't think so.

Toast has existed for thousands of years, and it is not easy to eradicate it.

But Guo Dan's plan, really made Wanli very moved, if he can solve this problem, it can be regarded as a great achievement, he has always been eager to get out of the shadow of Zhang Juzheng, to leave his political legacy to future generations, of course, in history he left to future generations is the sentence "Ming Shi died in Wanli".

He had no intention of doing anything else that day, and suddenly convened a cabinet meeting.

Wanli asked, "You should have all seen the recital of Li Hualong, the governor of Sichuan." ”

Wang Jiaping immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister very much agrees with Li Hualong's suggestion, maybe Ye Mengxiong is not wrong, but this matter should be considered from the overall situation, the stability of the southwest region still needs their Yang family, and the imperial court should still take pacification measures to avoid further deterioration of the situation." ”

Wang Xijue said: "But blindly appeased, will only make Yang Yinglong worse, the court on the one hand to appease, but on the other hand, Yang Yinglong must be held accountable, the minister believes that Yang Yinglong should understand His Majesty's painstaking efforts." ”

The routine is still the same, that is, on the surface, with a stick, the court earns enough face, and then stuffs a red date behind your back, and you will earn enough money.

This is the tacit understanding between the central government and the toast.

Wanli originally planned to do the same, but now his mind has changed, and he said: "The two Aiqing have a point, but this is a symptom rather than a cure, the imperial court must have a clear goal, whether to send officials to govern, or to maintain the Tusi system unchanged, this swaying from side to side will only make us tie our hands." ”

The cabinet ministers present were slightly surprised.

Wanli actually picked this matter apart and said, what is this for.

Regarding the matter of toast, the upper echelons also have a tacit understanding, and they have never made it clear, because once it is clear, they are afraid of causing a backlash from the toast.

The following governors can call for the abolition of the Tusi system every day, because the governor and the Tusi are natural opponents, but the emperor and his ministers never express their attitude towards this.

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, according to the minister's opinion, the goal of the imperial court has never changed, and it is imperative to abolish the Tusi system, but the time has not yet come. ”

Wanli asked: "When is the time come, does the imperial court have to wait until Tusi himself is tired of it and take the initiative to return power to the imperial court?" For hundreds of years, our dynasty has been trying to find ways to weaken the power of the toast.

However, Yang Yinglong's power is becoming more and more powerful, not only can he call the wind and rain in Banzhou, but even affect Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hu, as long as the imperial court's attitude towards Yang Yinglong changes slightly, the three places will immediately be unpeaceful.

It's not that I'm impatient to wait, but I can't see any hope for just waiting for me. ”

The ministers felt a pang in their hearts, what did the emperor want to do?

Shen Shixing cautiously asked, "What is Your Majesty going to do?" ”

Wanli pondered a little and said: "The main reason why the imperial court is tied to Yang Yinglong is because the most elite troops in the southwest region are all in the hands of Yang Yinglong, and there are no strong generals in the surrounding areas to compete with them.

I hope to train an elite army in the south to deter the southwest, and if I don't do this, Yang Yinglong will only get worse, and when the time comes, it will make the imperial court appear more passive and spend more money to solve these problems. ”

Several ministers looked at each other.

I have to say that Wanli is also reasonable, why Yang Yinglong is so arrogant is because there is no opponent around, he let his subordinates make chaos everywhere, and the officers and soldiers in Guizhou, Sichuan, and Hu can't beat him.

If there is an elite army over there to balance Yang Yinglong, Yang Yinglong will definitely be restrained.

Xu Guodao: "Your Majesty, if you want to train an elite army, it will cost a lot of money, and in addition, if Yang Yinglong knows, I am afraid that it will be suspicious and self-defeating." ”

Wanli said: "Therefore, this army requires more refinement, and I plan to establish a Shenji battalion north of Huguang to purchase the best firearms from Weihui Mansion." ”

"Weihui Mansion?"

Wang Jiaping and Wang Xijue said in unison.

This routine is so familiar!

Wanli glanced at them and said with a smile: "I know what you are thinking, but I don't mind this time, you just think so, at least this can also be used to confuse Yang Yinglong." ”

Shen Shixing hurriedly said: "Your Majesty's strategy is really clever. ”

It was so embarrassing to be seen by the emperor.

Wang Xijue and other ministers hesitated, but they also expressed their support.

This emperor is becoming more and more shrewd, and he is not too easy to fool.

In fact, it is difficult for them to judge now, whether this Wanli wants to fight or buy in his heart.

The armament of Weihui Mansion last time was made yellow by the nine towns of the border army, and the reason is that interest groups control the armament interests in the north, and now Wanli is to establish a force in the south, and this part of the profits was not available before, so of course it can be handed over to Weihui Mansion.

This looks like the emperor and the merchant combination are embarrassed, but the problem is that the southwest toast is a very sensitive issue, and it is ..... to use this problem to be embarrassed!