This Empress Dowager Li has reservations about this, and Wanli is not.

It sounds incredible.

It's just that for Wanli, he can't hide from this, because two days ago he has linked the canonization of the crown prince with the rectification of the rule of officials, and the ministers will definitely link the two things, Wanli knows that even if it is a punishment for King Lu, they will not give up, they will definitely take the opportunity to set the prince, and the issue of the country is directly related to the issue of his power.

He thinks that he has the power to canonize who is the crown prince, and the minister thinks that he does not have it, and the etiquette law is above him, but he also thinks that what is the etiquette law, the civil official group is the etiquette law.

If he gives in to the etiquette, his power will be greatly limited.

This is where the fundamental contradiction lies.

If he plans to completely enter the deep palace, not to meet them, and hide behind and use eunuchs and party struggles to control power, then it is okay, but Guo Dan's plundering plan has ignited the fighting spirit in his heart, and he must come forward to cooperate with Guo Dan.

And Guo Dan's plan is the most in line with Wanli's needs at this time, because if Guo Dan's contracting plan is successful, then Wanli will be able to completely reverse the situation and suppress the entire civil official group in one fell swoop, and no plan can achieve this effect.

Under the influence of various factors, Wanli decided to give it a go.

After coming out of Cining Palace, Wanli instructed Li Gui: "Immediately summon Guo Dan into the palace." ”

.....

At this time, Guo Dan had just returned home and settled Chen Ping and Zhou Feng.

The government suddenly stopped the new racecourse, but it really scared Chen Ping and them to death, and now they have invested a lot of money there, judging from the past examples, once the government makes a move, it may be lost.

Therefore, they came to Yaxing early, waiting for Guo Dan to come back and give them an explanation.

Guo Dan had long expected that they would come, which was why Guo Dan didn't go home just now, and returned to the palace directly, because he had to ask Wanli for an answer, otherwise, he would not have a way to explain to the shareholders.

Guo Dan immediately assured them that it was just a misunderstanding, that the construction period would not be delayed, and that the construction would start as scheduled tomorrow.

That's how they were discouraged.

After those shareholders left, Kou Zhuansha walked out and asked anxiously, "Husband, is this really a misunderstanding?" ”

Guo Dan took her hand, sat down, and said with a smile: "It doesn't matter if it's a misunderstanding, we are in the same boat with Your Majesty now, and if Your Majesty is in trouble, we will inevitably be implicated." There are pros and cons to everything, and I think it's okay for us to take some risks because we have gained so many benefits. ”

Kou Zhuansha nodded and asked, "Is it related to the Lu Wangfu?" ”

Guo Dan was surprised: "You know everything." ”

Kou Zhuansha nodded and said, "Before you came in the future, they were all secretly discussing this matter, and I think even if the husband gave a guarantee, they didn't let go. ”

"It does have something to do with that side." Guo Dan nodded, and said: "But Your Majesty has already said that he will let Jinyiwei intervene in this matter, and I believe there should be no problem." ”

Kou Zhuan said: "But if the matter of the Luwang Mansion cannot be resolved, this hidden danger will always exist, those shareholders are very shrewd businessmen, they may not dare to invest money in it, will this affect our plans?" ”

"Alas... I have done everything I can, but the outcome depends on how His Majesty intends to solve the matter. Guo Dan frowned slightly, he felt that this was completely dependent on Wanli, and it was not very stable, and suddenly asked, "Madam, are you familiar with Weihui Mansion?" ”

Kou Zhuansha was slightly stunned and said, "Any tooth merchant is very familiar with Weihui Mansion. ”

Guo Dan sighed, "How do you say this?" ”

Of course, he knows that Wei Hui is a place in the north of Henan Province, less than a hundred kilometers away from Zhengzhou, located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the center of the highway in later generations, and the land transportation is very developed, but his understanding is that as for the future world, he does not know very well what Wei Hui's situation was in the Ming Dynasty.

Kou Zhuansha said: "Because Weihui Mansion is a transportation fortress in the east, west, north and south, it is based on Taihang in the west, the Yellow River in the south, Qilu in the east, and the Gongjing Division in the north, and there is a lot of trade, so there are many tooth shops there." ”

Guo Dan nodded slightly, and muttered to himself: "If I knew this was the case, I should have said a few more words." ”

The look was a little regretful.

Kou Zhuan Sha didn't seem to hear clearly, and asked, "What did you say?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned, shook his head and said, "Oh, it's nothing." ”

At this moment, Chen Chen suddenly came to the door, "Uncle, someone has come to the palace, saying that His Majesty has summoned you to the palace." ”

Kou Zhuansha was surprised: "Husband, didn't you just come out of the palace?" ”

Guo Dan nodded with a wooden expression, and he also looked extremely confused.

"Then why .....?"

"I don't know."

Guo Dan's eyes suddenly lit up, could it be because of ....... Hurriedly said: "Madam, I'll go to the palace first." ”

Kou Zhuansha nodded, and then advised: "It's getting dark this day, husband has to be careful." ”

"Hmm."

....．

Qianqing Palace.

This time, Wanli met Guo Dan alone, and even Li Gui was not around.

Without waiting for Guo Dan to salute, Wanli waved his hand, "There is no one else here, so there is no need to be polite." ”

"Yes."

Wanli looked directly at Guo Dan for a moment, and said with a serious face: "The suggestion you made in the afternoon is very surprising, but it is not without merit, so do you know why I rejected your suggestion without asking you carefully at that time?" ”

"I don't know what I do." Guo Dan shook his head, secretly happy in his heart, it was really for this.

Wanli said: "It's because I'm worried that you're just acting rashly, you must know that if you really contract the entire Weihui Mansion to you, once you fail, the consequences will be unimaginable, and I won't be able to protect you at that time, I hope you can calm down." ”

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the humble post is by no means a matter of will, it is precisely because the humble post knows the seriousness of this matter, so he stood up, hoping to share the worries for His Majesty, as long as Your Majesty supports the humble post, don't let the factors in the DPRK and China affect the humble post, the humble post is impossible to fail." ”

"Really?"

Wanli asked in surprise: "But this has never happened since ancient times, and I don't quite understand it, you said earlier that you don't need the government, and you don't enter the court as an official, and at the same time, you also contracted the taxes of the entire Weihui Mansion, which... How is this governed? ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the lowly position does not know how to govern, the lowly position only knows how to make money, and only knows how to make the local people rich and make the local area prosperous. ”

"The purpose of this governance is not to make the people rich and the places prosperous." Wanli glared at him, and waved his hand again: "Forget it, forget it, if I am afraid of you, you will say how you can make the local area rich and the place prosperous." ”

Guo Dan groaned a little and said: "Your Majesty, half a year ago, the new horse racing area can be said to be a barren land, but now it has become very prosperous there, and the reason is very simple, because many rich businessmen have invested their money there, including Your Majesty and lowly positions, which even led to the fact that there is not a single homeless person in the entire capital." We can do the same and apply this method to Weihui Mansion. ”

"You mean to build another racecourse in Weihui Mansion?" Wanli asked.

Guo Dan shook his head and said: "Weihui Mansion is so big, a racecourse can't play any role at all, and Marseille is just a kind of gambling, it doesn't produce any goods, and there is no way to help the finances of Weihui Mansion. ”

Wanli was puzzled: "Then what do you mean?" ”

Guo Dan said: "A few days ago, didn't you talk to Your Majesty about maritime trade? ”

Wanli was curious: "What is the relationship between these two things?" ”

Guo Dan said: "If you want to carry out maritime trade, you must first have commodities, and such a scale of trade, you must have a large number of commodities, commodities are produced, as far as you know, no workshop can meet this requirement at present, so we can only do it ourselves."

The Weihui Mansion is located in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the traffic is extended in all directions, can cover all the surrounding resources, the idea is to build the Weihui Mansion into a large workshop, dedicated to the production of goods. ”

"Big Workshop?"

Wanli was stunned, and after a while, he spoke: "Do you know how big Weihui Mansion is?" How many are there? ”

In his impression, the workshop is a little bigger, such as the Suzhou weaving, which is hundreds of textile machines, and this has been said to be the sprout of capital in the Ming Dynasty, turning Weihui Mansion into a workshop.

I can't think of this anymore.

Guo smiled lightly: "The humble position is not very clear, but the approximate amount, Weichen can also estimate, it is impossible for our family to do it, even the new horse racing area, our family can't do it, it is to find a lot of businessmen to invest, the same reason, we must also find businessmen to invest in the past."

Then this involves the problem that His Majesty just mentioned, how to govern Weihui Mansion, it is very simple, how to attract businessmen to invest in the past, how to govern, how to make money, how to govern, in short, everything is to make money.

If successful, it will kill three birds with one stone, firstly, it will help His Majesty earn a lot of money, and at the same time provide a basis for overseas plunder. Second, when the merchant runs over and they bring money with them, the people will benefit from it. In the end, if the people made money, they were able to pay enough taxes to benefit the court. ”

Wanli's eyes lit up when he heard this, this can really be there.

Guo Dan said again: "But this has to be based on a premise. ”

Wanli hurriedly asked, "What premise?" ”

Guo Dan said: "There can be no official government, because the existence of the official government will make all the events complicated and cumbersome, and at the same time, it will also be affected by the higher state government, of course, the most important thing is that the government will spend a lot of money, once the Weihui Mansion has improved its finances, or made a lot of money, then many officials will want to profit from it."

As far as the lowly knows, if you add up the money exploited by all the officials, it is far more than what Your Majesty earns every year, and the lowly office only serves Your Majesty, and the lowly office has no obligation to meet their needs, in other words, if they are satisfied, it will certainly not meet Your Majesty's needs. This must be directly led by Your Majesty, and the profits that should be given to the court, to the court, to the people, to the people, to the merchants, to the merchants, and the rest belong to Your Majesty. ”

"It makes sense."

Wanli was excited, this was definitely the most beautiful sentence he had ever heard in his life, he should do it, and he understood a truth from it, that is, the fundamental difference between Guo Dan and officials, Guo Dan was able to earn money for him, and officials consumed his money.

There is no contrast, and there is no harm.

At this moment, Li Gui was suddenly heard outside the door: "Your Majesty, it's almost three watches, it's time for you to rest." ”

Rest?

Rest a hair!

Wanli said excitedly: "Tell me to go down, set up a banquet immediately, and I want to talk with Guo Dan at night." Ha ha. ”