In fact, the whole thing has seriously deviated from Guo Dan's prediction, he just wants to help Wanli win the tariff and control the banknotes, it's just that simple.

But Wanli obviously didn't want it to be that simple, and he slowly turned the whole thing into a political gamble.

At the gambling table, he bet almost half of the political cost.

Because he did not hesitate to offend the emperor's relatives and relatives, the vassal kings and magnates.

And what he is betting on is whether his will can be carried out.

This seems to be a bit redundant for Guo Dan, but for Wanli, this is another landmark event after the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng.

After liquidating Zhang Juzheng, he took control of power and preached the emperor's prestige, and even his own teacher dared to liquidate, don't jump with me.

But then, he found that although he held supreme power, the group of people below him always opposed his ideas, and even those who agreed with him had to secretly show their loyalty.

This made him quite depressed.

Throughout Wanli's life, not counting the previous ten years of Zhang Juzheng's reign, the only thing he could do was the three major campaigns of Wanli.

Many descendants sing the praises of these three major marches, but in fact, this is actually quite sad.

In ancient times, the evaluation of emperors was generally civil and martial arts.

But after Wanli was in power, there was only martial arts, no civil rule, because during this period, he could not control the internal struggle and unite the court, not only that, but the court under his leadership was becoming more and more divided, no matter what he said, the court and China immediately fought inextricably, and in the end they had to stop it, because there was no work, and everyone cared about squeezing out political opponents.

Therefore, it is not unreasonable for the Ming Dynasty to die in Wanli, and Wanli left this scar that lasted until the fall of the Ming Dynasty.

This is also the reason why he is determined to fight these three battles, externally, he can still have the final say, after all, the army is all in his hands, if he doesn't even fight these three battles, then he really doesn't have any sense of existence.

Now the government and the opposition all support the national decisions he made.

This is the first time!

It has never happened before.

Tariffs are just a trivial matter, but then again, they don't dare to make such a fuss about big things, and if they make trouble in big things, that is, the fish die and the net is broken, so often the struggle between the DPRK and China is a small matter, but behind it is intertwined with the struggle for power, and the impact is far-reaching.

This time was no exception.

After they confessed, Wanli immediately convened a court meeting, first passed the tariff bill, from now on, there will be no privilege on the river, every boat must pay taxes, subject to inspection, including the ships transported, all chanting "Your Majesty Shengming" in the main hall, the atmosphere is completely different from before.

There is even a manifestation of high morale.

If it had been before, I would have had to knock over the roof.

But this time, everyone was really scared, Wanli seemed to stick a knife in his stomach first, and then sit on the table to gamble with them, which was so terrifying.

and the development of a comprehensive plan for the management of the river.

And this plan also hides the meaning of winning people's hearts.

He first specially appointed Shi Xing, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, as the Minister of River Affairs, and was directly responsible to him without going through the cabinet and the celebrant supervisor, and at the same time, he personally assigned a large group of officials to assist Shi Xing in managing river affairs.

This group of officials were all recommended by Shi Xing, Fang Fengshi, Wang Jiaping and others, and they were all honest and honest officials at the middle and low levels.

He also said that the banknote would pay them another share of the money, and those who had merit would be rewarded.

This is tantamount to changing direction and giving them a boost.

When Guo Dan proposed at first, he was still a little hesitant, after all, he came from the iron rooster, but now, he is too willing to spend this money, this is the first battle he has personally fought, and he must strive for success, and there is no room for loss.

None of these officials were relatives, powerful people, or even cabinet members.

If the emperor had arranged it like this before, this thing would definitely not have been done, and they would have tried their best to stop it.

But this time they can only sigh with admiration, because this does not require appropriations from the imperial court, nor does it need to go through the hands of any officials, nor does it require them to do anything.

From this point, it can be seen how important money is, without this foundation, Wanli would not dare to be so horizontal.

Therefore, Wanli will be more and more eager to cut off the treasury, if he wants to do anything, he needs the support of the treasury, and he will inevitably be constrained by the bureaucracy.

Then this group of officials headed by Shi Xing must only have the emperor in their hearts, because it was Wanli who gave them the opportunity to show their ambitions, and at the same time, they also gave them economic support, so that they did not need to be slippery, did not need to be corrupt and bribery, and could rely on their talents to make money.

How could the ministers not understand Wanli's intentions in their hearts, but they could only chant Shengming.

Because Wanli held their weakness, no one dared to move.

After this matter was decided, Wanli asked lightly, about his whip law, how did the cabinet discuss?

Everyone's eyes were on Shen Shixing.

This is actually Wanli's return to the cabinet, for you, just do it, if you don't do it, you can't do it.

Shen Shixing, the old fox, how could he not understand the meaning of Wanli, and said euphemistically, although Your Majesty's plan is wonderful, there are still some difficulties at present, that is, because the silver deposit is not enough, Zhang Juzheng's whip method is to collect money, you are issuing silver, and the conditions are still lacking.

It's wonderful, it's not impossible, your idea is very good, but you don't have any money.

still left a tail for Wanli.

It's to deter those people.

Wanli also borrowed the slope to get off the donkey, indicating that he would not implement his original whip method for the time being.

The ministers breathed a sigh of relief.

It's really a life!

After retiring from the dynasty, Wanli came out of the hall, which was really proud.

"Minister, minister."

"The minister is here."

Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng hurriedly replied.

There is a subtle change in attitude.

Wanli said: "I heard that the courtyard over there at the Royal Horse Farm has been built, you go and arrange it, I want to go there to rest for a while." ”

If you win this battle, you have to show your face and pretend to be forced or something.

"Wechen obeys."

The two replied in unison.

"Retire."

"The minister retired."

Before the words fell, Wanli had already walked to the front.

Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng looked at Wanli's back blankly, when did the emperor's pace become so fast.

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Cining Palace.

"The sons are not filial, these days because of the sons, disturbing the queen mother's retreat."

Wanli carefully supported Empress Dowager Li.

He is very grateful to Empress Dowager Li, one of the reasons why he was able to win this battle was that Empress Dowager Li silently supported him in the back, otherwise, he might not be able to control it!

The relatives are very powerful, but the Empress Dowager Li is silent, and the relatives are a little jealous.

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Wanli and said with a smile: "The emperor is serious, what to disturb is not bothered, it is no different from before, not only that, but the old body also feels very relieved." ”

Speaking of this, she patted the back of Wanli's hand, "Emperor, you are more mature than before. ”

Wanli was about to cry when he heard it, because Empress Dowager Li rarely praised him, and she usually praised King Lu.

Empress Dowager Li glanced at Wanli again and said with a smile: "Has the emperor always blamed the old man for being too harsh on you?" ”

"Erchen doesn't dare."

Wanli said with trepidation.

Empress Dowager Li shook her head with a smile and said, "No matter what you think in your heart, but the reason why the old body is harsh on you is also for the emperor's good, and for my Ming dynasty." Although you have been gifted and intelligent since you were a child, this childishness is difficult to retreat.

You are always disgruntled and do not have a tolerant mind, but you look at the Ming monarchs who have been praised by later generations throughout the ages, although they all have supreme power, but they can easily achieve their goals by doing anything.

Although you were born to be the heir of the emperor, it does not mean that if you sit on it, everyone will be convinced of you, if you can't make merits, you will always find it difficult for people to bow down to you. ”

Wanli's eyes widened, and then he lowered his eyebrows and thought about it.

The meaning of Empress Dowager Li's words is nothing more than to warn him that the reason why you can win this time is that you have really won the support of many people for doing this, not just how powerful your means are.

It can also be understood that she is the same, agreeing with your approach, will support you.

On the other hand, why everyone opposed you in the first place was because you were really unpopular when you did something, and either the ministers wanted to oppose you.

If you want to exert the power in your hands, you have to do something to win the hearts of the people, not to say that everyone has to support you, but you must at least win the sincere support of some people, so that you can succeed, whether you are a liar or a reasoner, you must have this foundation.

The problem is that you Wanli knows that it is not happy, you don't even want to cheat, it is what I want, this is not a child.

If you think that you can do whatever you want, then the situation will not change in any way, but will become more intense.

In fact, there is a hint of "national capital", you are now infinitely beautiful, but if you mention the abolition of the long and young, then you will work hard now, and you will also give up all your previous achievements, because you can't come up with a convincing reason.

Power will not solve this problem.

This is very ingenious, Empress Dowager Li is not saying that your emperor is not allowed to abolish the elder and the youngest, but just tells you that you have to come up with convincing reasons.

But how can Wanli get it!

Wanli couldn't guess whether Empress Dowager Li supported or didn't support it?

But Wanli really listened to it this time, and this time it was successful, the support of Empress Dowager Li was a reason, and the support of the cabinet and some ministers was also a very important reason.

If it weren't for the river control, but for the palace, then Wang Jiaping and his ministers would never be able to support Wanli, even if they didn't dare to oppose it on the surface, they would do everything they could to stop it behind their backs.

And this time the cabinet does not say on the surface, but in fact it is fully supportive of Wanli, they believe that the governance of the river, for the country and the people are very beneficial, the key is the previous set of practices, resulting in the canal everywhere blocked, Wang Xijue is deeply understood, why the tariff can not be afforded, is because there were too many tofu scum projects in the past.

Why is there a tofu slag project, but it is not Wanli's job.

At the same time, there are also many upright ministers who also support Wanli.

Without the support of these people, Wanli would have stabbed himself ten times, and it would be difficult to succeed.

It can be seen that although Empress Dowager Li does not ask about the world, she can see it very clearly.

After a while, Wanli came to his senses, looked up, and saw that the Empress Dowager Li was looking at him with a smile, he suddenly knelt down, bowed his head and said: "The queen mother has to teach earnestly, and the sons must remember it in their hearts." ”

"The Emperor, get up quickly."

Empress Dowager Li hurriedly helped Wan Lilai up, and smiled very gratefully: "It's a pity that my mother can't teach you anything in the future." ”