This cup of tea has been drunk all morning.

Why did Guo Dan have to bring Aunt Xu to discuss anything involving the political level.

This is because Guo Dan is a businessman at heart, and businessmen have their own set of thinking patterns, which are completely different from politicians.

If this problem is solved by Guo Dan himself.

Then he must be engaged in a military-industrial complex, which is not in any suspense, tying the workshop, the military, and ministers to the chariot of interests, forming a powerful interest group, in order to counter the old interest groups.

The reason is that you can make a lot of money.

His goal is to make money, and in the eyes of businessmen, power is just a means to make money, and the so-called politicians are just employees who stand in the foreground.

For example, once a military-industrial complex is formed, the cost is four taels or five, and it will be directly sold to the imperial court for twenty taels, or even higher, then the imperial court will purchase 10,000 pieces, and the profit will be 150,000 taels, and then everyone will share one piece.

Isn't it beautiful!

But the problem is that Wanli loves money, but he loves power even more, before Wanli does anything, the first thing is to ensure that his power will not be left behind, why he must give military salary, that is, the army is the greatest guarantee to maintain his power.

For example, giving relief to the victims, or even helping those poor vassal kings, he can treat it as if he didn't see it, and he will still struggle with money for a long time in terms of similar things.

The military-industrial complex will definitely be able to help Wanli make a lot of money, and even hollow out the entire country, but this power will also be taken away by the military-industrial complex, and Guo Dan will not help Wanli design a system to balance the military-industrial complex.

He doesn't know much about that.

Therefore, if Guo Dan makes this suggestion to Wanli, then Guo Dan may not be far from death, maybe he is just thinking about Wanli, but who knows?

This companion is like a tiger.

The emperor is not a judge, you can't expect the emperor to judge with evidence, whether you are loyal to him or not, he will only judge according to his own subjectivity, once he feels that you may threaten him, then he will definitely eradicate you, even if you are a combination of Yue Fei and Zhang Juzheng, if you are there, the country will definitely be prosperous, and he will kill you.

There is no suspense in this one.

Anyone who is lucky enough to win this is dead.

Cao Mengde said very well, he would rather teach me to bear the people of the world, and stop teaching the people of the world to bear me.

This is the thinking of any emperor.

It doesn't matter if it's wrong or not.

At the end of Song Gaozong's life, he would never regret killing Yue Fei, he would regret it, maybe he would regret giving Qin Hui a little more power.

Although the two gain and lose, it is really a world of difference.

But for the emperor, the chair under the ass is the most important thing.

Guo Dan invited Aunt Xu to come to his side, not to let Aunt Xu teach him to do things, but to remind him that he couldn't do anything.

Otherwise, with his virtue, he would not be able to control himself.

This country is easy to change, and its nature is difficult to change.

But the problem is that this society is no longer the society he grew up in.

The same is true of the original tariff plan, one of the purposes of this plan is that Guo Dan wants to use the debt crisis to control the raw material market in Jiangnan, and he originally wanted to play big.

But before that, he had asked Aunt Xu how to finish it.

In the end, after the two discussed, they still tried to minimize his presence in Jiangnan, and everyone still did business normally, using profits to affect the raw material market in Jiangnan.

And at this moment, Li Rumei is in this confusion.

Shen Fu.

"Lord Shoufu, I really don't understand the humble position, our Liaodong Army just wants the soldiers to be fed and clothed, isn't this okay?"

Li Rumei really complained to Shen Shixing with an aggrieved face.

He really didn't know what he was doing wrong.

As an army, is it also wrong to pursue better armaments and better weapons?

Moreover, the Liaodong Army did not spend too much money on military salaries when purchasing armaments from Weihui Mansion, which was almost the same as the previous price, because Li Chengliang promised to give Weihui Mansion certain preferential treatment for goods in exchange for Guo Dan's reduction in armament prices.

But now the discussion of the imperial court seems to have taken a great advantage of the Liaodong army.

Li Rumei was really angry and aggrieved.

"This old man knows."

Shen Shixing nodded, sighed again, and said: "But things are not so simple, about continuing to purchase armaments from Weihui Mansion, don't think about it anymore, although this matter has not yet been decided, it is not far from ten, anyway, your Liaodong Army does not need to purchase armaments on a large scale for the time being." ”

When Li Rumei heard this, she immediately looked at Shen Shixing in surprise.

The potential meaning of this is that the cooperation between the Liaodong Army and the Weihui Mansion ends here.

This came a little suddenly, because some time ago, Li Chengliang was very optimistic about the cooperation with Guo Dan, and he really worked hard to manage this relationship.

Shen Shixing glanced at Li Rumei and said, "After you go back, remember to tell your father and ask him to keep a low profile as much as possible recently, and endure everything if he can, and never make any mistakes." ”

Li Rumei opened his eyes, a drop of sweat dripped down his temples, he finally realized that the matter was by no means as simple as armament, swallowed, and said, "Shoufu... Shousuke-sama, what's going on? ”

My voice trembled a little.

"You don't need to worry too much."

Shen Shixing waved his hand and said, "Just be careful." ”

At present, he doesn't know to what extent the other party will fight back, and it is not necessarily that they will make a move against Li Chengliang. 、

But he knew it very well, and it was certainly not a matter of armaments.

If it was just an armament issue, then Shen Shixing would definitely stand up and help Li Chengliang speak, he had fought for the Liaodong Army at the beginning, but then he gradually realized that something was wrong......

Just as Li Rumei said, this is only a minor issue of arms procurement, and it is based on basic needs, and there is no mistake in the operation, and there is no corruption and bribery in the middle, but it has aroused great repercussions in the DPRK and China.

Almost all of them were opposed to the purchase of armaments from the Weihui Mansion.

Then this is not just a question of armaments, but a political issue.

And the whole process, there is almost no controversy, as if this is a matter of conscience, but any normal person can judge it.

In the end, there were two requirements for the chapter in the hands of Wanli, one of which was to ask the State Manufacturing Bureau to produce the armaments as much as possible, revitalize the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, and terminate the cooperation with the Weihui Mansion.

Second, the weather is indeed cold, and the state should allocate money to other border armies to prepare winter supplies.

None of these ministers are stupid, they really speak in a high-sounding manner, and they really can't fault them.

And the border troops who came to the capital also had gains.

Of course, the most beneficial group is this interest group, and the National Manufacturing Bureau is not controlled by them.

But why the Liaodong Army and the Qi Family Army like to purchase from the private sector is because the private sector is not doing well, they can still come to the door to find trouble, but if the country is not doing well, they can only make do with it.

And almost everything that the state does does not meet the standards set by the state.

It can be seen that standards are always binding on others.

The state has to allocate money again, and they will definitely have to make a fortune from this money.

It's a joy for all.

The exception is Wanli, who has not benefited from it, but may have to pay for it.

But he can't say for sure, it is true that the winter has been relatively cold in recent years, and the Liaodong Army has benefited from the armaments produced by Weihui Mansion, or if it does not allocate additional funds to other border armies to prepare winter armaments, it will not be able to explain to those border army officers and soldiers.

However, before Wanli made the final decision, he still found Guo Dan first.

"If you can't think of a way, then I can only cancel the cooperation between Weihui Mansion and the Liaodong Army." Wanli said with a little frustration.

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, this freezing three feet, not a day's cold, even if there is a way to do it, it can't solve this urgent need, a few days ago, the humble post has been discussed with Qin Zhuang of the textile workshop, and he has promised to dissolve the cooperation with the Liaodong Army." ”

Hearing this, Wanli felt that there was something in the words, so he asked, "Then do you have any way?" I don't care about the gains and losses. ”

Guo Dan pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, if you trace the root cause, it is still the cause of military and political corruption, and if you can't eliminate corruption, then no matter what you do, it will be difficult to eradicate it." It's very similar to the tariff problem before, and it was also very corrupt before the tariff reform, so why not repeat it if we were successful with the tariffs. ”

Wanli sighed: "Although there is a similar place, but it must not be confused, the impact of tariffs is very limited, and there are not many people involved, and military salary is very important, if there is any mistake, the consequences are unimaginable!" ”

Doesn't he know about the corruption of the military and the government?

The problem is that there is no way to solve it!

There must be a solution, and the other party will not use this to fight back, even if the other party knows that your emperor will not dare to act rashly.

"But it's essentially the same."

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty must rely on a group of upright and honest ministers to eradicate these corruptions. ”

Wanli said: "Didn't you notice that in this incident, the ministers of the Emperor have become a group of mutes? It's not as simple as you think. ”

Guo Dan said: "The ministers are silent, and that is also for the sake of the country, because they know that after all, this involves the border army, and once the border army is in chaos, the consequences will be unimaginable." ”

"It's not just them, I'm trapped here!" Wanli sighed.

Guo Dan said: "Therefore, the key to this problem lies in the army, as long as the army can be ensured that it is not chaotic, then the next thing will be easy to do." ”

"How can this be ensured?" Wanli asked.

When it comes to this, there is a little bit of meaning.

Guo Dan said: "I think that the problem of the army lies in the imperial court's use of civil control and hereditary systems, resulting in the tycoons, ministers, and generals must be tied together, but if we can temporarily cut off the connection between the military generals and civilian officials, then we can stabilize the army, and then Your Majesty can rely on the upright ministers in the court to carry out a thorough reform of the military and government." ”

Wanli asked, "How do you cut off the connection with them?" ”

Guo Dan replied: "Joint-stock system." ”