Although the tariffs have come to an end, the impact on the court is very far-reaching, and it will further complicate the situation between the DPRK and China.

In the past, although the cabinet and the officials also fought very fiercely, there was still a consensus on some issues.

For example, in the country, and for example, in the face of Guo Dan, everyone still works together and is unanimous to the outside world.

The bureaucracy still has common interests.

And this time, Wang Xijue and Guo Dan reached a cooperation, which undoubtedly broke this consensus.

As a result, the prestige of the cabinet in the DPRK and China rapidly declined.

The elite class has to re-examine its relationship with the cabinet, although the tariffs were eventually lowered, not as high as before, but this is more beneficial to the merchants, for the elites, not only do they lose a channel to make money, but they also have to start paying taxes, you know, many of them are also in business, and in today's system, it is difficult for them to obtain privileges in this regard, who dared to collect taxes on their goods in the past.

It's not a lot of money, but for politicians, they're always looking at it from the point of view of power, and if you can ask me to pay more money today, then you can do the same tomorrow.

Many people often don't understand, you corrupt officials are so rich, can you jump up and down if you lose a little?

In fact, the reason why they jump up and down is not because of this money, but because of the fall of power, which can make them lose more money, so they are not giving up an inch of land in terms of interests.

But at the same time, some officials have become more supportive of the cabinet, arguing that it has eliminated corruption on the canal and given opportunities to younger officials.

And Caoyun is more ambiguous about this, they only oppose it on the surface, but in fact they do not really oppose it, which is equivalent to flattering both sides, and no one can be offended.

This is because Guo Dan showed enough sincerity to Cao Yun, and Wang Xijue did not say that Cao Yun was not allowed to take the deal privately, and even acquiesced, as long as he paid taxes, everyone's tacit understanding was still there, which made Cao Yun feel that the other party was not coming for him.

The interests and goals of each faction in the imperial court are different, which leads to the fact that instead of two factions fighting each other, one interest group after another began to huddle together to keep warm, facing this political turmoil.

East Pavilion.

"Yuan Yu, this is the recent impeachment of you."

Shen Shixing pointed to the three big boxes and said to Wang Xijue: "Among them are courtiers and local officials. ”

During this period, many officials were crazy to impeach Wang Xijue for colluding with businessmen and embezzling the interests of the imperial court, and so on.

Wanli didn't even look at it, and he even asked not to send it to the celebrant supervisor.

The ministers actually knew that Wanli was towards Guo Dan and could not take back his fate, but they still kept playing, and their purpose was to let all the bureaucrats know that the cabinet had betrayed the bureaucracy and cooperated with the businessmen.

This is very effective, the prestige of the cabinet is indeed decreasing, and even among the six ministries, there are many bureaucrats who are quite dissatisfied with Wang Xijue's move.

Wang Xijue said: "Brother Shen, now we have no way to retreat, we must make a counterattack." ”

Shen Shixing nodded and said: "You are right, we must explain that this reform is a great success, not only to eliminate corruption in the canal, but also to reduce the burden of the state capital along the way, for the benefit of the people, and at the same time, we also have to play Your Majesty, asking the imperial court to promote Tang Wenwen, Yang Daobin and others." ”

Wang Xijue was slightly stunned, this was actually what he wanted to say in his heart, but he didn't think that Shen Shixing would definitely agree to do this.

Because in this way, it is undoubtedly intensifying the contradictions, and Shen Shixing's personality is still relatively weak, and he has always been reluctant to tear his face with everyone, and he has adopted relatively gentle measures.

But this time, Shen Shixing changed his normal state and wanted to face them head-on.

And the reason is that Shen Shixing has completely surrendered to Wanli, and he also noticed that Wanli began to transfer interests from the treasury to Guo Dan, and Guo Dan is currently in a weak position, so strict with the law and a fair trial, Guo Dan actually benefited.

Guo Dan set up this bureau, its purpose is to eliminate corruption on the canal, he did not want to be corrupt himself, he pursued mutual checks and balances, is a fair environment.

And Guo Dan's interests are precisely Wanli's interests, which is also very different from the previous situation, in the past, officials who were too upright would also hurt Wanli's interests, because Wanli also had to rely on power to make money, but now this has changed.

Wanli has found a different way.

Shen Shixing believes that this can be used to purge the rule of officials and promote more honest and honest officials.

Sure enough, after Shen Shixing's recital went up, Wanli immediately issued an order to commend Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping, saying that this reform was a very great success, and also let Wang Xijue work part-time as a servant of the ministry.

This laid the foundation for Wang Xijue's recommendation of Tang Wenwen and Yang Daobin.

Wang Xijue immediately played Wanli and asked for a reward for these new jinshi.

Wanli readily agreed, promoted Tang Wenwen and Yang Daobin to be the head of the household Langzhong, Zhengwupin, and at the same time specially authorized them to be in charge of the world's banknotes.

This can cause dissatisfaction among many ministers, we have so many concerts, you don't even look at it, what the cabinet says, how to have, you are too biased towards the cabinet.

The courtiers played one after another, criticizing Wang Xijue and expressing their dissatisfaction.

This time, Wanli didn't bear it, and directly issued an order to explain why he wanted to commend Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping.

First of all, I have already said that I will work hard to govern the country, and the cabinet reform is completely in line with my will, and if you have the ability, you can also come up with a reform policy, and if you can't get it, don't follow me.

Secondly, Wanli personally avenged Wang Xijue, saying that Wang Xijue was not cooperating with Guo Dan, you can't bewitch the public, this is just the court hired Xinxing and Qianzhuang to assist in the banknote customs, which can not only improve efficiency, but also save a lot of costs and calm down public grievances.

Finally, he made it clear that he wants to appoint more young officials with integrity and integrity.

The emperor himself died, and the courtiers didn't say much more.

The key is that this is supported by many young officials.

East Factory!

"Duke, do we continue to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight now?"

Xing Shangzhi asked Zhang Whale.

Liu Shouyou, who was on the side, said: "Governor, we have suffered a lot of losses in the matter of tariffs, and if we want to let the cabinet go on like this, our life will not be easy!" ”

That Tang Wenwen and Yang Daobin must be anti-Dongchang, there is no doubt about this, so they will not give Dongchang any privileges.

Originally, Dongchang was still able to seek personal interests under the banner of the emperor.

It's a pity that Tang literature was fined at the beginning, because it involved the emperor's goods, but now the emperor rewards Tang literature, in other words, the next Tang literature will definitely be checked, and he won't care if it's the emperor's goods.

And Wanli is very happy to pay this tax, because it will belong to him alone, he pays the tax himself, and it is also the left hand to the right hand, and he wants to set an example and let everyone pay the tax.

Zhang Whale sighed: "It's not that we want to sit on the mountain and watch the tiger fight, but that either of them has a conflict with us." ”

Many officials don't like them as big eunuchs, and often impeach them, but the cabinet has a relatively close relationship with them, and they still have to cooperate in major national affairs, but the cabinet has too much power, and for them, the threat is greater.

Liu Shouyou said: "Then according to the meaning of the Duke, we still don't do anything?" ”

"Of course not."

Zhang Whale said: "If any of them gains power, it is not good for us, so no matter which side gains power, then we will help the other side, if the official wants to deal with the cabinet, he will inevitably use Jingcha and the big plan to attack the other party, then we will help them." ”

Liu Shou nodded a little and said, "I know what to do." ”

Jingcha is to assess the officials of the capital, and the plan is to assess the local officials.

And the officer has absolute power in this regard.

Dongchang and Jinyiwei can collect a lot of evidence for the Kedao officials.

It's as dark as a crow in the world, if you really want to find it, who can escape!

Having said that, Zhang Whale's eyes were still full of sadness, he hadn't forgotten Guo Dan, but he also had to admit that now Guo Dan has become very safe, and the cabinet has attracted all the hatred away, and no one cares about dealing with Guo Dan anymore.

And Guo Dan is very, very low-key at this time, not only low-key, but also very well-behaved.

Recently, he paid all the taxes of Kaifeng, Zhangde, Huaiqing, and Weihui last year, totaling 2.3 million taels.

This attracted many onlookers.

It's so exciting.

But this time Song Jingsheng didn't come, he really didn't have the face, he was the fuse of the whole tariff incident, and he played for a long time, but he made a wedding dress for Guo Dan.

"My lord, the count has been completed, and the total is 2.3 million taels, and the fineness of its silver ingots also meets the standard."

A head of the household department reported to Song Qi.

Song Qi nodded, but his eyes glanced at Guo Dan, this kid is really powerful!

It was really breezy to hand over millions of taels, and those officials in the past, whenever they paid taxes, this person had to be a few years old, and he was scolded every day.

Fang Fengshi was more direct and asked Guo Dan: "Boy, how much did you earn?" ”

Guo Dan sighed: "Originally, I made some money, but thanks to the blessing of the imperial court, I worked for a year in vain!" ”

"Really?"

Fang Fengshi snorted: "The old man doesn't believe that you didn't make money. ”

Guo Dan said: "Isn't it possible for the imperial court to check the accounts?" Where can this grass people deceive adults! ”

Song Qi said: "The imperial court can only check the public accounts, but this private account can't be checked, you are operating a lot of business in Kaifeng Mansion, and you have cooperation with the King of Zhou, these accounts can't be checked." But even so, the taxes you collect every year will be hundreds of thousands of taels more. ”

Guo Dan said aggrievedly: "Lord Shangshu, don't count the income on my account, this is to control the river, build city defenses, and help the people, but you need money!" There is still money left for hundreds of thousands of taels, as for my trading, it is really to stabilize the people's livelihood and find a livelihood for the people, and this money can be earned by them. The little money I earned was all used to subsidize the Weihui Mansion. ”

Song Qi said: "No matter what, when you negotiate next time, you don't want to contract at this price again." ”

Although they don't know Guo Dan's specific profits, they all know that Guo Dan must have made a lot of money, and the Taoist officials are already asking for a certain increase in the contract price, which is really cheap Guo Dan.

"Yes, of course! When the contract expires, of course we can talk about it again! Guo smiled lightly and agreed.

He really didn't care, because he knew that Wanli would definitely not be willing, in fact, paying so much money every year, Wanli was already a little unhappy, because the household department collected money, and even cut the expenditure of the harem.

Fang Fengshi and Song Qi glanced at each other, and scolded in their hearts, this little fox.

After they left with the silver tael, Kou Zhuansha came to Guo Dan's side, breathed a sigh of relief, and said, "It's okay to count this matter, this silver is really a little disturbing to put it here!" ”

Guo Dan held Kou Zhuan yarn in one hand and said with a smile: "Madam, it's not right for you to think so, didn't I tell you before, when you owe the court dozens of taels, the court may kill you, but when you owe millions of taels, the court has to provide for you." Now the court is not short of money, and when the court is short of money, hehe, then this money is in our hands, and we will be enough to make them kneel down and call their father. ”

"You don't want to mess around, it's not too much."

Kou Zhuan gave him a blank look, and said, "That's right! Some shareholders are asking how to pay dividends this year, I think we have been issuing additional shares to distribute dividends to everyone over the years, and we have some money in our hands this year, so it is better to send some money to everyone. ”

Guo Dan said: "Of course not, they don't spend money, and they always hold on to their shares and don't sell them, so that the prize pool hall is not lively at all, how can this work, we didn't only issue 90 million shares last year, and this year we will distribute the remaining 10 million shares to them with dividends, I don't see if they sell or not." ”