Guo Dan knew it wasn't a joke.

Because Wanli rarely jokes about money, he asked him to enter the palace at the beginning, but he was also very serious.

Since the start of Marseille, Wanli has always been quite complaining about this donation, donating half directly, which he thinks is a little too much. In the past, he didn't care about donating homeless people, after all, the homeless people who came to the capital were responsible for the imperial court, but he felt that donating that kind of enlightenment education was a waste.

Because in ancient times, universal education was not very important.

"Your Majesty, in fact, donating education is also to help our business."

Guo Dan patiently explained: "At present, most of the education is based on the Four Books and the Five Classics, and rarely involves the aspect of accounting, which has led to a lack of talents in this area. When there is a war in the future, we will have a lot of trade with many places overseas, and we will need a lot of people in this field, so even if we don't donate money, we have to train people in this area, because no one will help us. ”

Wanli nodded slightly, and then asked, "When do you plan to start this overseas plan?" ”

Guo Dan said: "We can start this year, and we already have this foundation." ”

Wanli hurriedly asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Because we still have Kaifeng, Huaiqing, and Zhangde three prefectures, we have not implemented commercial development in these three prefectures for the time being, because we don't need to, the goods in Weihui Mansion are enough to meet our needs, but once overseas trade is launched, the demand for goods will surge, and we can start large-scale production in these three prefectures." ”

Wanli's eyes flashed when he heard this.

One Weihui Mansion can bring him so many benefits, and if those three mansions are fully producing, the profits will ..... That's unimaginable!

You must know that Kaifeng Mansion is several times larger than Weihui Mansion.

"Ahem... You have to take care of this, and nothing can go wrong. Wanli admonished.

Guo Dan hugged his fists and said: "I understand my humble duties." ”

Regarding this matter, the two of them have been discussing it, and the plan has been out a long time ago, but they have not taken action immediately, and they are very cautious, because there are too many things involved, including King Lu, and the entire vassal royal clan group, as well as the sea ban and agricultural merchants.

This is the core system of the Ming Dynasty.

They can't blatantly break these rules, and Wanli doesn't dare to do this, so they have to do it in secret.

At this moment, someone outside the door said: "Your Majesty, Niu Baihu asks to see." ”

Wanli was stunned and said, "Let him come in." ”

After a while, I saw a man about thirty years old with a resolute face walking in, "Humble Niu Qing see Your Majesty." ”

Wanli asked, "Is there any news from Nanjing Marseille?" ”

"All the people involved in Marseille have been identified and all those involved in Marseille have been contained."

Niu Qing said and handed over a secret guarantee.

Guo Dan was slightly surprised, the efficiency of this brocade guard is really terrifying.

Li Gui hurriedly presented the secret report to Wanli.

Wanli looked at it and handed it to Guo Dan.

Guo Dan took the secret report and looked at it.

It turned out that the matter was not so serious, that is, a wealthy man in Nanjing, on the pretext of liking horseback riding, held a horse race in the local area, and then quietly cooperated with some local gambling houses to open a market.

It can be seen that the rich man did not dare to gamble openly without the permission of the imperial court.

This made Guo Dan a little disappointed, this is really not even a cottage, he saw Wanli so nervous before, and thought that there was a large scale, he only needed to take over in the past, and couldn't help but smile bitterly to Wanli: "Your Majesty, it seems that we have to do a lot." ”

......

Wanli sat in the office in the prize pool hall for a while, and then set off with the minister and their families to return to the pill field.

The original itinerary was to go back to the Royal Horse Farm and stay there for a few days before returning to the palace, but Wanli and Zheng both liked the hammer pill, so they temporarily planned to stay there for a few more days.

This time, Zhang Yuangong and they all followed, because they couldn't wait to try the new style of hammering pills, compared to the exotic customs hall, the civil and military competition was obviously more tempting.

Besides, they are also old, and their bodies are still a little unbearable for continuous output.

But today, everyone doesn't care too much about Wanli's departure.

Because you have to be busy celebrating your winnings, you have to either go home if you lose money, or you have to lick the ones who win, rub a meal or a cannon, or something.

Merchants were also busy greeting guests.

Needless to say, tonight's racetrack turnover is sure to reach a small peak.

Tonight is destined to be a drunken night, so the next morning, there will be no one in the whole racecourse, and the situation in the hammer ball field is the opposite.

Unbelievably healthy.

Wanli and the others all got up early, and then went to the pill beating field to practice the new style of pounding pills.

With Zhang Yuangong and their joining, this exercise has become very interesting, and the civil and military forces are secretly competing.

A few words of sarcasm are inevitable.

Inadvertently, the sun is already setting.

"Why didn't you see Guo Dan?"

Just as he was about to go back, Fang Fengshi suddenly looked left and right.

Wanli also looked left and right, and said, "Obviously I came here in the morning, why didn't I see anyone." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "At noon, Guo Dan said that he was in a bit of a hurry to deal with, and His Majesty was having fun at that time, so he didn't disturb His Majesty. ”

Li Zhi immediately said: "What's the matter, being able to be bigger than Your Majesty, I really don't understand the etiquette at all." ”

"Don't be angry, it's okay, it's okay." Wanli waved his hand and said, "Then don't wait for him, let's go back first." ”

As soon as he returned to his residence, Li Gui suddenly looked ahead and said, "Isn't that Guo Dan?" ”

I saw Guo Dan standing alone on the grass, looking very lonely.

This kid. Wanli smiled secretly, but said, "It turns out that he has come back a long time ago." ”

"Your Majesty!"

When they approached, Guo Dan hurriedly greeted him, pounced, knelt on the ground, and said aggrievedly: "Your Majesty, you have to be the master of the grass people!" ”

Shen Shixing and the others were all shocked.

"What's going on?"

Wanli was stunned, and said, "Don't cry yet, get up and talk, get up and talk." ”

Guo Dan stood up and said, "Your Majesty, someone... There are people who rob the grass people's business. ”

“......！”

Shen Shixing and they were speechless for a while.

Your royal complaint is really fresh and refined!

"Bastard!"

Li Zhi, who is the imperial historian, immediately stood up and reprimanded angrily: "You businessman really don't know the general situation, how can you bring this matter of business to Your Majesty." ”

Many ministers nodded.

Someone robbed you of your business, and you sued the emperor, what is the matter?

Guo Dan said: "But in this transaction, the imperial court has given a promise to the grass people, and there is a contract as evidence, of course the court has to be the master of the grass people." ”

Wanli was curious: "What kind of business?" ”

"It's about Marseille." Guo Dan said: "According to the grass people's knowledge, there are people in Nanjing who hold Marseilles. ”

"What did you say?"

Wanli immediately became furious and said, "Are you serious? ”

The acting skills are really good!

"How dare the grass people deceive Your Majesty, this is a letter from Nanjing Yinuoya to the grass people, and I ask Your Majesty to take a look."

Guo Dan immediately handed over a secret letter.

Wanli didn't wait for Li Gui to step forward, he directly snatched it over, opened it and looked at it, and immediately said: "How can this be reasonable, dare to rob me ......?" ”

Well?

Shen Shixing and they immediately looked sideways at Wanli.

You go on!

Wanli closed his mouth, coughed twice, and said, "Factory minister." ”

"The minister is here."

Zhang Whale immediately stood up.

Wanli said expressionlessly: "You immediately send someone to Nanjing to investigate, if it is true, it will be severely punished." ”

As he spoke, he handed the secret letter to Zhang Whale.

"Your Majesty, please calm your anger."

Wang Jiaping saw that Wanli was going to use the East Factory directly, and immediately stood up and said, "I don't know what happened to make Your Majesty so angry?" ”

Wanli said: "Didn't Guo Dan say it, someone held a horse race in Nanjing to make money, but it really doesn't make sense." ”

After everyone listened, they suddenly felt that the emperor was making a big fuss, just such a thing, do you want to use the East Factory?

And then again, people hold Marseille to collect money, what do you hold Marseille for?

Yang Mingshen can't see Wanli and Guo Dan eating like this, if people drink some soup, you will be killed, but it is really too bullying, and they are very jealous of Marseille making so much money, so he said: "Your Majesty, can you let the ministers take a look." ”

Wanli glanced at Yang Mingshen, and then waved his hand.

Zhang Jing handed the secret letter to Yang Mingshen again.

Yang Ming looked at it deeply and said, "Your Majesty, don't you think there is anything wrong with this?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "At the beginning, the imperial court promised the grass people that only the grass people were allowed to hold Marseilles, and no one else was allowed to hold them, which was obviously a blatant disobedience to the orders of the imperial court. On this point, Xing Anbo can testify...... Hingamber, where are you going? ”

Wanli turned his head and saw that Xu Mengxi had almost walked to the door of the house.

Xu Mengyan is a shrewd person, as soon as he heard this, he hurriedly slipped away, otherwise, Guo Dan would have to throw the pot over again, but he still didn't escape, he couldn't help but stop, and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister is in a hurry and wants to go to the toilet." ”

Wanli said expressionlessly: "Let's talk about this before we go?" ”

"Huh? Be. ”

Xu Mengxi walked back honestly.

Wanli asked Xu Mengxi: "It was the contract signed between Taifu Temple and Guo Dan at the beginning, and Xing'an Bo should know very well about this matter. ”

"This...!"

Xu Mengxuan hesitated and said, "This old minister still has to think about ......." ”

Shen Shixing suddenly stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the old minister still vaguely remembers this matter, not as Guo Dan said, the imperial court did not promise this to Guo Dan at that time, but ordered that no more Marseille should be held, this is the decision of the imperial court, and it has nothing to do with Guo Dan." ”

The reason why there was this decree at that time was actually to restrict Guo Dan from holding Marseille in other places, not to restrict others in order to protect Guo Dan's interests.

Guo Dan is really reversing black and white.

Wanli said: "Since the imperial court has issued this order, then these people are disobeying the imperial court order and should be punished." ”

"Your Majesty."

Yang Mingshen, who had just finished reading the secret letter, suddenly said: "The minister thinks that this matter should not be decided. ”

Wanli frowned and said: "I didn't make a decision, I just asked Dongchang to investigate this matter, if Guo Dan lied, I naturally wouldn't bypass him." ”

Yang Mingshen said: "Even if what is said in this letter is true, you should not make a decision. Because the letter said that the rich man surnamed Zhang only took out the money to hold Marseille out of preference, and it was some gambling houses that used his Marseille to place bet......s. ”

Guo Dan immediately said: "This matter has been ascertained by the grass people, and the rich man surnamed Zhang has secretly cooperated with those gambling houses. ”

Yang Mingshen didn't bother to deal with Guo Dan, and said to Wanli: "Your Majesty, the old minister thought that the imperial court had given that order, which was a little too arbitrary, and did not consider it carefully, if this is used to judge, no one will dare to hold any competition in the future, not just Marseille, because as long as someone bets on this, the person who holds the competition will inevitably be affected, if who bets on the imperial examination in the future, then how can it be good?" ”

Wang Xijue said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Scholar Yang is reasonable, and this matter must be discussed in the long run. ”

"Think long-term?"

Guo Dan jumped up quickly: "My lord, this is too unfair to the grass people, the grass people hold Marseille, and they contract horse farms, and they take out tens of thousands of taels to do good deeds, basically making some money for cars and horses, and those people are lying down to make money, even if they think about it in the long run, they have to immediately seize their Marseille and gambling houses, confiscate the profits they get from using Marseille, at least pay the same amount of money as the grass people, and you can refund more and make up for less." ”