In all walks of life, there will be some young geniuses, but in politics, there are very few young geniuses, and this is because in politics, experience is very important.

Even if you are a genius, you have to go through more than a decade, or even decades, to hone yourself before you can make a difference in politics.

At this time, Wanli was only twenty-five years old, although he ascended the throne at the age of ten, and his qualifications were not shallow, but compared to Shen Shixing and their old foxes, Wanli still seemed a little immature.

Shen Shixing and they all knew that Wanli now likes to brag about Guo Dan very much, so as to brag about his wisdom and greatness, and at the same time sarcastically mock them, so they dug a hole here.

Wanli fell into the pit without paying attention.

This sentence immediately led the topic to the taxation of Weihui Mansion.

Song Jingsheng, who was waiting for the opportunity, immediately stood up, "Your Majesty, Weichen heard that the tax bill of Weihui Mansion has been delivered to the capital and is in the hands of Your Majesty. ”

Wanli looked at him very depressed, you are cheating, it's too shameless, but as soon as the words came out, he couldn't take it back, and nodded helplessly: "Yes." ”

Song Jingsheng said: "Your Majesty, according to the rules, this tax bill should be handed over to the household department for review. ”

Wanli waved his hand and said: "The Qing family has not forgotten that this Weihui Mansion is contracted by Guo Dan, and Guo Dan is not an official, this is just a transaction, it has nothing to do with the national system, and it cannot be mixed up." ”

Song Jingsheng said: "Weichen dares to ask, Weihui Mansion is my Ming state capital?" ”

"Of course yes, what do you mean by this, don't you want to frame Guo Dan for rebellion?" Wanli frowned and said unhappily.

Song Jingsheng said: "Weichen has no such intention, Weichen means that since Weihui Mansion is my Ming Prefecture Mansion, it is natural to follow my Ming system, and the imperial court only contracted Weihui Mansion to Guo Dan, not to him, which may have changed the people of Weihui Mansion, but for the imperial court, Weihui Mansion is still a state capital under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, in this case, the tax bill of Weihui Mansion should be submitted to the Ministry of Household for review. ”

"That's not true."

Wanli shook his head and said: "Why did you contract Weihui Mansion to Guo Dan in the first place, the reason is that the officials of Weihui Mansion are incompetent, and Weihui Mansion is a poor livelihood, so it is contracted to Guo Dan, if the imperial court interferes in the management of Weihui Mansion, I am afraid that it will repeat the mistakes of the past." ”

These words hinted that Shen Shixing and they were also very unhappy, and if they dared to love us in your heart, they were not as good as a businessman.

Song Jingsheng said: "The imperial court has not interfered in the management of Weihui Mansion, but the army, taxation, and legal system still have to be under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, otherwise, how can we say that Weihui Mansion is still my Daming Prefecture Mansion." ”

Wanli said: "You are misinterpreting my meaning, when did I say that these are not under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, what I mean is that since the imperial court has signed a contract with Guo Dan, then it should act in accordance with the contract, and the contract only stipulates when Guo Dan will pay taxes and how much taxes to pay, and does not say that the tax bill will be submitted to the household department for review." ”

Song Jingsheng immediately responded: "But the contract does not say that there is no need to submit the tax bill to the household department for review, since this is not stipulated, then of course the household department has the right to review their taxes, even if Wei Huifu is put aside first, the household department also has the right to review Guo Dan's personal taxes, as well as the taxes of Yinuo Yaxing." ”

Xu Guodao: "Your Majesty, Song Shilang is also thinking about the country and the king, why does Your Majesty blindly help Guo Dan speak, isn't it that Your Majesty has cooperation with Guo Dan?" ”

Wanli immediately said: "It's really unreasonable, I am the king of a country, how can I cooperate with a businessman, but Guo Dan didn't intend to deceive me, this tax bill just arrived in the capital, it was sent to me, and I will personally review it when I arrive." ”

Song Jingsheng said: "Your Majesty has a lot of opportunities, some time ago, the dragon body was not safe, such a trivial matter, it is better to leave it to our household department to do." ”

This guy was aggressive, Wanli couldn't help but be annoyed and smuggy, slapped the table, pointed at Song Jingsheng, and said angrily: "Song Jingsheng, you are so bold, you dare to force me." ”

"Wechen doesn't dare." Song Jingsheng bowed his hand and said, "Weichen is just talking about things. ”

This is really too scary. Wanli was so angry that his face turned red, and he said angrily: "Since you have said this, then I will also make it clear, you don't know when I don't know, do you treat Weihui Mansion like other state capitals?"

I have been thinking about the trouble of Weihui Mansion all day long, Weihui Mansion has done a good job, and you have never praised half of it, is it me selfish, or are you selfish, why did I ask Guo Dan to send the tax bill, it is to prevent you from doing anything, slandering Guo Dan, I personally review, isn't it the imperial court review, or do you think that I am not enough to represent the imperial court. ”

Wang Xijue hurriedly stood up and said: "Please also ask Your Majesty to calm your anger, although Song Shilang's words are inappropriate, he is also thinking about the country." This country has national laws, the family has family rules, the original court contracted Weihui Mansion to Guo Dan, which caused dissatisfaction among the state capitals around the country, if the household department can not even review the tax, then other state governments will follow suit, then the court is only afraid that it will be difficult to convince the public, this finance will be out of control, this matter can be big or small, and I hope Your Majesty will think twice. ”

This is really terrible, if Weihui Mansion does not let the household department review, and other state governments do not give review, then there is no play.

Wanli naturally knew the seriousness of this matter, and he didn't dare to say no, and said: "I didn't say that I wouldn't give it to the household department for review, and after I read it, I will send it to the household department, and today's discussion will end here." ”

With that, he got up and departed.

I can't talk about you, I won't play with you anymore.

As soon as the emperor left, Song Jingsheng said: "If you want to say that there is no cat between Your Majesty and Guo Dan, I don't believe it if I die." ”

He also felt very aggrieved about this, Guo Dan paid more taxes, which were handed over to the treasury, not to him, Guo Dan opposed paying more, of course he could understand, but the emperor was bent on helping Guo Dan, which was incomprehensible.

Shen Shixing frowned and said, "Does Song Shilang have any evidence?" ”

Song Jingsheng glanced at Shen Shixing worriedly and was silent.

Wang Jiaping said suddenly: "Otherwise, the extra tax revenue from this Weihui Mansion will be counted as His Majesty's internal money." ”

Shen Shixing nodded, although he felt that Wanli might not agree, because for Wanli, there was not much money, but he thought to himself that if this matter was in the end, there was still no way to solve it, then this arrangement could give both sides a step.

And Wanli over there is even more angry, from today's conversation, it can be seen that they are determined to ask Weihui Mansion to pay more taxes.

If he just doesn't give it, it's not impossible, but the problem is that his position is very awkward, because the money does not belong to him nominally, but to a businessman, and on the surface it is also a game between the court and the businessman, so he should be on the side of the court, which not only involves the interests of the issue, but also involves the class issue, and thus the imperial power.

If the imperial court can't even control a businessman, then other officials won't obey the imperial court.

After thinking about it, Wanli felt that his two fists were invincible to his four hands, and the tiger couldn't stand the wolves, so he hurriedly summoned Guo Dan into the palace, our emperor and business combination is really indispensable!

When Guo Dan came to the palace, Wanli hinted to Guo Dan very euphemistically, I can't carry it alone.

Sure enough, as Aunt Xu said. Guo Dan muttered to himself, but said: "Your Majesty, there is no way to be humble, or... Or give them this tax bill. ”

"But no."

Wanli waved his hand again and again: "Their statistics are only 60,000 taels of profit, if they let them know, you will get 90,000 taels of profit in half a year, then they will not give up." ”

After a pause, he added, "Or... Are you making a fake account? ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, if you just conceal a small amount of taxes, then it's still okay, you dare to guarantee that they won't be able to find out, but a little less, it doesn't make much sense, if you hide too much, once the household department goes to Weihui Mansion to check the accounts, it is easy to find out, this Weihui Mansion's tax is too simple." ”

He will definitely not do this, although he has a talent for this, but the risk is too high, if this is to be investigated, it is illegal, but it is even more unacceptable, the ministers are not so simple as asking for money, but asking for his life.

Wanli also felt that this was too risky, and said: "In this way, I will drag it here first, I really can't hold it back, you will give it according to the contract, don't give more than one or two, I will protect you, and they can't do anything about you." ”

If you dare to love in the end, you still have to be topped by me. Guo Dan saluted and said: "I know about my humble duties." ”

If there was no strategy from Aunt Xu, Guo Dan would definitely not agree, which he couldn't resist, because the contract only wrote that the contract would be for one year, and later Wanli asked to continue the contract to Guo Dan, which was a political decision, not a commercial decision.

In business, the court is the other party, that is the contract can be changed, you can hide this year, but you can't hide next year.

This Wanli can't be dragged on all the time, this account, can't you finish it in a month?

But at this moment, a hot inside story spread in the capital.

It was the daimyo prefect Cheng who secretly colluded with Guo Dan when he returned.

This time it exploded.

The entire bureaucracy is extremely angry, it turns out that it has been done for a long time, it is not that Guo Dan is too strong, but that there is a mole on our side, no wonder we have no way to take Guo Dan.

At the beginning, Wei Hui's Mansion was blocked, but there was a loophole in the Daimyo Mansion, which led to the failure, but at the beginning, it was the landlords from all over the country who took the initiative to close the road, and the government had no power to do so, and Cheng Guishi also did some things, but the landlords of the Daimyo Mansion did not close the road, so everyone did not blame Cheng Guishi at that time.

But this time and that time.

The Daimyo's Mansion benefited greatly during this period, and now the entire Daimyo's Mansion is full of traffic and bustle, and all walks of life are booming.

The bureaucracy was immediately convinced.

And all kinds of secret letters came to the capital immediately.

In officialdom, everyone will have enemies, the reason is very simple, there is only one seat, why should you sit on it.

The officials began to charge again, but they did not impeach Cheng Dan for colluding with Guo Dan when he returned, because they did not have direct evidence to prove this, and they knew that if they could not produce evidence, Wanli would definitely protect Guo Dan.

When they returned from the impeachment, they took bribes and bent the law, colluded with local landlords and businessmen, bought people's hearts, and attempted to rebel.

This is all a fact, because some time ago, Cheng Guishi did have a secret transaction with those big landlords, as long as you pay taxes, I promise not to close the road, and those landlords' taxes are paid once a quarter, these will definitely not be counted to the imperial court account, must be counted to the government office, even if he is not greedy, he has to support his group of people, of course, he is not so great.