Although at this time, Yinuoyaxing's daily affairs are more than ten or twenty times more than usual, especially the sudden events have increased a lot, but Guo Dan has always been very calm, unlike before, he panicked at every turn.

Because it's all expected.

It's got to the point where anything can happen.

Moreover, Guo Dan's whole plan is to have a multi-front battle plan, raw materials in the southwest, overseas markets, trade and currency, all of which Guo Dan wants to strive for, and he must fight for it at the same time.

This is capital, there is no market for money, there is a market without money, there will be big problems, so it is necessary to expand at the same time.

In fact, Aunt Xu was right, he should go to Weihui Mansion to preside over the overall situation, but Guo Dan can't go anywhere at the moment, because he is currently the only person Wanli can discuss.

Qianqing Palace.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"No courtesy. Bestow the seat. ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

This "free ceremony" is followed by a "seat", which shows that Guo Dan's status in Wanli's heart is not what it used to be!

The emperors of the Ming Dynasty rarely gave ministers seats, usually to those who were relatively old.

And now Guo Dan is Wanli's only ally, and he must be treated well!

After Guo Dan sat down, Wanli said: "Today, King Lu sent me a letter, saying that there are a lot of Japanese robbers in the sea area of Tianjin Wei. ”

"Back to Your Majesty, Mr. Xu also sent a letter to the humble post."

Guo Dan said: "According to Mr. Xu's estimate, those Japanese invaders may have been sent by the Japanese state, and their purpose is to target our port in Tianjinwei, in order to prevent the Japanese from attacking Korea, and our army can provide Korean support from the sea." ”

"Sooner or later, I'll have to clean up that projectile land." Wanli snorted angrily, in fact, the implication was that he didn't have this idle time now, and said to Guo Dan: "This Tianjin Wei must not be lost." ”

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, we have an absolute advantage in anything that happens in Tianjin Wei, because Tianjin Wei Port is impregnable, not to mention some Japanese invaders, even if the entire Japanese country comes to attack, we are not afraid, this initiative is always in our hands." Guo Dan said confidently.

This Tianjin Wei Port is not isolated overseas, but backed by the Ming Dynasty, this supply can be sent over in a steady stream, no matter how stupid Japan is, it will not be stupid to such a point.

Wanli nodded slightly.

Guo Dan continued: "Your Majesty, this matter is not necessarily a bad thing for us, it just so happens that we are going to support a maritime merchant there, and the appearance of the Japanese Kou makes all this rational, and will accelerate this plan, because the Japanese have to harass, which will naturally lead to the maritime merchant grouping, so our people can use this to integrate those maritime merchants, to say in my heart, I really want to say thank you to the Japanese people." ”

"Then I can rest assured."

Wanli just nodded slightly, not showing much joy, because as far as the current situation is concerned, it is only a small problem, and he sighed again: "Actually, I am not very worried about that side, I am most worried about the country!" I heard that Yinuo Insurance's granaries in various places have been monitored at various levels. ”

"Yes."

Guo Dan nodded and said: "Their purpose is very simple, since this time the treasury will not allocate any grain to support the Huguang Shenji Battalion, everything depends on the one million taels borrowed by His Majesty, so they expect that we may use the grain and grass of Yinuo Insurance, as well as spend money to buy grain and grass." The lowly position is ready to make a profit from them to subsidize the military expenses. ”

Wanli was stunned and hurriedly asked, "How to make this money?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "They didn't expect that the humble post had already secretly ordered people to buy enough grain and grass from Sichuan, Huguang, Guizhou and other places. They will definitely raise the price of food ......! ”

Wanli nodded and said, "I also thought of it." ”

Guo Dan said: "The humble position will help them, raise the price of grain in Jiangnan, and then sell them all the grain insured by Yinuo at a high price, anyway, the grain can't be transported." And this year's grain harvest in Jiangnan, at this time is the harvest season, they have a large amount of grain and grass in their hands, and then I took the initiative to break out that I have purchased enough grain and grass, the price of grain will definitely fall, and we will buy back the grain from them at a low price, counting the entire Jiangnan area, I expect to earn 100,000 taels, and at the same time still promote our shares to rise. ”

Wanli was overjoyed when he heard it, and said: "Wonderful! Wonderful! They still want to go against you in terms of buying and selling, but it's really too much to do. Earn, you have to earn their money fiercely, but don't be merciful. ”

Guo Dan clenched his fists and saluted: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, you will definitely not show mercy this time." ”

In the past, he still had a hand, after all, he was an old man, so he had to give some face, but now he doesn't need to give face, just get it to death.

"Good, good!"

Wanli is happy to laugh, to be able to make money, he is always very happy, after a while, he looked down, and said: "But the difficulties we have to face, but it is far more than that, according to the news I learned, they have sent people to Weihui Mansion to lobby Jiang Yinglan, Zhao Shizhen and others, and went to Kaifeng Mansion Su Xun to contact, not only that, but they also sent tens of millions of people to Banzhou, to report to Yang Yinglong, it can be seen that they have no means to make me fail." ”

Guo Dan was slightly stunned, this Jinyi Wei really deserves to be my number one spy organization in the Ming Dynasty.

Wanli seemed to see what Guo Dan was thinking, and said with a smile: "It's not that Jinyiwei is clever, but they don't hide it at all." ”

So arrogant? Guo Dan asked, "I wonder how Your Majesty plans to deal with it?" ”

Wanli was silent for a while, and said: "I can use the Jinyi Guard to stop them once, twice, three times, and I can also kill one, two, ten ministers, but I know that even if I stop them ten thousand times, they will still try their best to force me to the court, I have been prepared for this, and I don't plan to stop them." ”

"Huh?"

Guo Dan was slightly stunned, this is all going to ventilate and report the news, you still don't stop it?

Wanli said with a serious face: "If I use the brocade guards to stop them, then it will be in their arms, and I will have to fight them in the court, then everything will return to the court." I want to win, I want to win their hearts, I want them to understand thoroughly that I can succeed without their support. ”

This is the key to this battle, Yang Yinglong is just a prize for the two sides, the real enemy of Wanli is the entire bureaucracy, they will definitely do everything to prevent Wanli from succeeding.

Killing a few people can't solve any problems, Wanli has not killed less over the years, Zhang Juzheng has taken out the whip corpse, but it has not deterred them.

Wanli has long seen through all this, his purpose is to assert the imperial power, not to kill, because the killing will not solve the problem, and his will is to take Banzhou, and bury the Tusi system in one fell swoop, to benefit the country and himself, in other words, he also made this dispatch his own merits, so the will of the other party will not let him take Banzhou, to prove that this dispatch is a stupid move, and now it is better than who has the will to achieve the final victory.

Of course, Wanli also has a bottom line, that is, the army cannot be chaotic, and in addition, everyone will show their own powers.

Banshu.

"Big brother, what does the court say?"

Yang Zhaolong asked Yang Yinglong, who was reading the letter, with a worried face.

Just a few pages, Yang Yinglong read back and forth several times.

Is this a letter, or the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, do you think so?

Yang Yinglong glanced up at his younger brother, his face was full of confusion, and said: "This letter says that Your Majesty sent troops this time, ostensibly to help Guizhou and eliminate the bandits, but the real purpose is to deal with us, so let us prepare as soon as possible, and don't fall for Your Majesty's plan." ”

"What?"

Yang Zhaolong and strategist Tan Dongji were both shocked.

Tan Dongji shook his head and said, "This... This is impossible, if the imperial court has already decided to deal with the general, then those ministers of the court and the central government should have a clear relationship with the general, how can they still report to the general. ”

He was very aware of the power of Banzhou, and if the imperial court came to exterminate them, they did not have much hope of victory.

Yang Yinglong said: "This is not a decision of the imperial court, all the ministers of the court are against it, and it is His Majesty who insists on doing this." Therefore, the imperial court told me that I could use all means to resist the officers and soldiers, and even directly send the Banzhou army to participate in the war, but I just couldn't raise troops to rebel. As long as we can do that, then they will give us assistance in terms of food, grass and weapons. ”

Yang Zhaolong heard it in a fog, and said with a stunned face: "This... What's going on? ”

After living for so many years, I haven't encountered such a situation.

It's really not like the imperial court is dealing with us, but like the emperor is fighting with his ministers.

Yang Yinglong said: "I think there must be a problem between the ministers and the emperor. ”

Tan Dongji said: "General, I feel unbelievable when I hear this, will there be any conspiracy here." ”

Yang Yinglong directly handed the letter to Tan Dongji, "Take a look for yourself." ”

Tan Dongji hurriedly took the letter, and Yang Zhaolong also walked over with curiosity.

After a while, Tan Dongji said: "This... It's just incredible. ”

Yang Yinglong said: "In this letter, the details of the Huguang Shenji Battalion were told to us, which is similar to the news we inquired about, but it is much more detailed, this Shenji Battalion is equipped with new firearms, at least 10,000 birds, 300 artillery, and the letter also told us its weaknesses, if we fight in rainy days, the combat effectiveness of this Shenji Battalion will be reduced by half." It doesn't look like a conspiracy. ”

Tan Dongji really didn't know what to say, and after a while, he smiled sarcastically: "It's okay to be disloyal if you're such a monarch." ”

Yang Yinglong nodded and said: "The military advisor is the same as I thought, after winning this battle, we will take advantage of the situation to expand our territory, especially the Sichuan region, if we have the support of the grain and grass of the Sichuan region, we no longer have to fear the imperial court." ”