Shen Fu.

"Let Uncle Wang go down to Jiangnan to solve the problem?"

Cao Ke frowned slightly, and said suspiciously: "This is really strange, since everything has been negotiated, then as long as Your Majesty reinstates the official position of Tang Wenwen and severely punishes those Caoyun officers and soldiers, then the ministers of the DPRK and China will naturally understand what Your Majesty means, plus the cabinet and the six ministries, this matter can be calmed down, why does Your Majesty have to do more?" I'm afraid that there will be extraneous branches! ”

Generally speaking, whenever there is a conflict between the two factions in the court, in fact, there is also a hidden danger that the emperor may be left and right, and he doesn't know how to choose, but in the end, it is the emperor who makes the decision.

Now that your emperor has already decided, you should stand up and make the final decision.

But Wanli didn't do this, he still chose to let the cabinet solve it by himself, just hinting to them that as long as you go, the problem can be solved.

Cao Ke couldn't help but wonder if there was some conspiracy hidden in this.

Shen Shixing glanced at Cao Ke and said with emotion: "Alas... Your Majesty is really hidden! ”

Cao Ke was curious: "Why did Lord Yuezhang say this? ”

Shen Shixing sighed softly: "Your Majesty has already seen your Uncle Wang's purpose, but Your Majesty does not want the cabinet to have too much power, if Your Majesty stands up to support the cabinet at this time and suppresses those powerful people and officials, then the power of the cabinet will inevitably increase a lot, which is not what Your Majesty wants!"

But if it is still handled by the cabinet, at least on the surface, His Majesty does not firmly support the cabinet, and those who should oppose it will continue to oppose it, which mainly depends on how Guo Dan will deal with it. ”

"I see." Cao Ke nodded thoughtfully.

Don't look at the fat house is only in his twenties, but after all, he was trained by Zhang Juzheng, and this unique experience also gave him his own understanding of power, which must be firmly held in his hands, and he can't let it out at all.

Since Zhang Juzheng's death, no one or any force has had too much power.

Whether it is a eunuch or a minister.

In this regard, he is different from Zhengde, Jiajing, and Tianqi.

Although Zhengde killed Liu Jin, he still handed over a lot of affairs to Liu Jin before, Liu Jin's power in his hands was very large at that time, Jiajing also relied on Yan Song very much, not to mention the apocalypse, the eunuch can work until he is nine thousand years old.

But in the end, in the Wanli Dynasty, except for Zhang Juzheng, there is no human right to lean towards the government and the opposition, and now Zhang Whale, Zhang Cheng and Liu Jin, Wei Zhongxian are incomparable, Shen Shixing, Wang Jiaping, Wang Xijue have the ability, ambition, and enthusiasm, but they have nothing to do.

It's because they don't have power.

Therefore, Wang Xijue has always wanted to strengthen the power of the cabinet.

Therefore, once Wanli begins to be lazy, the entire imperial court will almost fall into a state of paralysis, and can only maintain the status quo and can do nothing, but if Wanli wants to do something, it can basically be implemented to the end, such as the three major expeditions, which Wanli will fight.

But without Wanli's nod, even an official above the fourth grade could not be appointed.

This is the reason why Wanli is reluctant to come forward.

He still hopes that all forces will maintain a state of checks and balances on the cabinet.

To put it simply, they are unwilling to upset the balance between the DPRK and China.

.....．

However, there is no impermeable wall in this world, and the intelligence system of the Ming Dynasty is so developed that the matter of Shen Shixing's secret meeting with Wanli was quickly known by the ministers.

Although they did not know exactly what was being discussed, it immediately alarmed the ministers.

They began to mobilize and put pressure on Wanli together.

With the voice of opposition from the people, Wanli was asked to immediately repeal the new tariff law.

And Wanli finally responded this time, ordering the cabinet to immediately quell the people's grievances.

That's all.

This response is very interesting.

Because Wanli still did not express his position on the Tang Wenwen matter, nor did he make any judgment, he just asked the cabinet to quickly calm down the people's grievances.

As for how to calm down?

There are only two paths, first, repeal the new tariff law; Second, use means to suppress them.

It can be seen that Wanli is not biased towards the cabinet.

Those ministers thought that this might be the last chance that Shen Shixing had won for the cabinet, and if it couldn't be done, then Wanli would definitely repeal the new law.

And the actions of the cabinet have also fulfilled their ideas.

After Wanli issued the order, Wang Xijue rushed to Nanjing to deal with the matter.

In fact, other places have mixed opinions about the new tariff law, and many places are better than disparagement, the key is that the Jiangnan region is very opposed, because Guo Dan is Jiangnan.

When everyone knew that Wang Xijue was going south, they immediately wrote to the officials or scholars in Nanjing.

Brothers, as long as we withstand this wave, we will win, and the cabinet is already exhausted and making a final counterattack.

And they are quite confident in this, because Wanli just asked Wang Xijue to deal with this matter, and did not give him any power, he is not like Zhang Juzheng, who has the power of life and death, if they are against it, Wang Xijue has no way to take them.

So as long as they are firmly against it, then they win.

They even told the officials there that in fact, the emperor also supported the repeal of the new law, because the new law hurt the interests of the Weihui Mansion.

In addition, there is another point that is the source of their confidence, that is, Guo Dan is now in Nanjing.

Guo Dan must be against the new tariff law, and the new tariff law is used against him.

You must know that Guo Dan was still their enemy before, and in the blink of an eye, Guo Dan has become their closest ally.

Politics is so interesting.

But there are two people who know that this matter is by no means so simple, these two people are the grandsons of the Liu family who went south with Wang Xijue.

After all, this tariff was set by Liu Zongcheng, and he had to follow.

By this time they had reached the border of Nanjing, and since it was getting late, they rested in the local post station.

"Grandpa, you... Are you really going to do that? ”

Liu Chengbian looked at Liu Zongcheng in extreme horror.

Liu Zongcheng nodded and said, "Nanjing is ahead, if you don't decide, it's too late!" ”

"But this is too dangerous, if you anger the adult, then our Liu family will ......" When Liu Chengbian spoke, his body trembled slightly.

Liu Zongcheng said: "If we don't do this, then we may become weeds on the edge of the latrine, and for anyone, it will become worthless, and then we will only be slaughtered. ”

After that, he went out of the door with the support of the old servant Fusi and came to the door of Wang Xijue's house.

After the transmission, Liu Zongcheng entered the house, only to see Wang Xijue sitting on a chair, looking tired, and a maid was helping him pinch his shoulder.

"The grass people have seen Lord Wang."

Liu Zongcheng bowed.

Wang Xijue glanced at Liu Zongcheng and asked in a very cold tone, "What's the matter?" ”

You old man is so useless, I owe you so much trust in you before.

Liu Zongcheng looked left and right.

Wang Xijue frowned secretly, his eyes were full of confusion, but he still called the maid away.

"My lord, the grass people are asking you for their sin."

Liu Zongcheng suddenly knelt down.

Wang Xijue looked at his age, and he was really pitiful, and sighed: "This matter is like this, it's no wonder you, who would have thought that Guo Dan could take out a million taels, you get up." ”

"The grass people are not asking the adults for this." Liu Zongcheng said with a look of shame.

Wang Xijue frowned and said, "What's the matter?" ”

Liu Zongcheng said: "Adults don't know, in fact... In fact, Guo Dan secretly instructed the grass people to give advice to the imperial court. ”

"What do you say?"

When Wang Xijue heard this, he suddenly got up, his eyes widened, and he looked at Liu Zongcheng staringly.

What a surprise!

Liu Zongcheng is no matter how big or small, and 1510 informed Wang Xijue of this matter.

Of course, he was not greedy, but said that Guo Dan coerced and lured him after eradicating the four official teeth, and he agreed.

Wang Xijue was covered in a cold sweat.

"It turned out that it was all a conspiracy."

Wang Xijue's anger surged, and he wanted to slap this old guy to death, a murderous aura flashed in his eyes, and he asked, "Why do you want to inform this official of this matter now?" ”

Liu Zongcheng said: "If you go back to your lordship, the grass people were also deceived by Guo Dan, at that time he just said that he was afraid that the imperial court would borrow money to target Weihui Mansion, because Weihui Mansion was too dependent on trade with other state capitals, so the soldiers made a risky move and pushed the grass people up first."

But the grass people thought to themselves that as long as the grass people won the trust of the court at that time and handled the matter well, then there was no need to be afraid of him, but the grass people were finally ... After all, he was fooled, it turned out that he wanted to use the grass people to deal with the adults, in fact, the grass people wanted to inform the adults about this a long time ago, but the grass people... The grass people are afraid... The grass people are really ashamed of adults! ”

Speaking of the back, he broke down and cried bitterly.

Wang Xijue glanced at Liu Zongcheng with slanted eyes, groaned for a while, and said, "You get up first." ”

"Your Excellency."

Liu Zongcheng looked up at Wang Xijue in surprise.

Wang Xijue smiled bitterly: "I can't blame you for this, so many extremely smart people in the court, aren't they all played by him, if you want to blame him, blame him for being too smart, get up, get up." ”

The tone also became softer.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, for sparing your life."

Liu Zongcheng stood up tremblingly with the support of Fu Si.

Wang Xijue said with a smile: "Since Guo Dan wants you to be the head of this official tooth, then you can continue to be the one." ”

......

During this period, Guo Dan has been busy helping those small businessmen resume production, personally teaching them how to streamline production, but he really contributed money and effort, and he had nothing to say.

The businessmen of Nanzhili only felt that they had misunderstood Guo Dan before, this is really a good person.

Their trust in Guo Dan is also increasing day by day!

In the evening, Guo Dan returned to Yinuoya with a little tiredness, and when he entered the hall, he habitually sat opposite Aunt Xu, habitually took the teacup handed over by Aunt Xu, drank it all in one gulp, and suddenly hummed, looked down at the cup, "How is it water, not tea." ”

Aunt Xu said with a disgusted face: "Tea should be tasted carefully, you drink it like this, what is the difference between drinking water and drinking tea?" ”

As she spoke, she handed over a cup of tea.

Guo Dan smiled awkwardly, took the teacup, and took a sip.

Aunt Xu looked at him pretending to be, and couldn't help but shake her head helplessly.

"Oh, Wang Xijue will be in Nanjing tomorrow." Guo Dan said suddenly.

Aunt Xu concentrated on making tea, and replied seemingly absentmindedly, "Aren't you already ready?" ”

Guo Dan sighed: "Having said that, but Nanjing officialdom has always been out of my control, and the layman's original prediction should not be wrong." ”

Aunt Xu wrote lightly: "This is actually the most difficult to guess, the official level crushes people to death, not to mention that Wang Xijue is the current minister, Wang Yiju and others will never dare to confront Wang Xijue in person, they will definitely put the responsibility on those businessmen and people." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "It's not that I don't believe in laymen, it's just that officialdom is too complicated, and I'm always a little worried." ”

Aunt Xu said: "I thought that instead of worrying about this, you should worry about Wang Xijue, he is by no means an ordinary person." ”

"There's no need!"

Guo smiled lightly: "After all, Wang Xijue's face is not me, but Your Majesty, as for me, hehe, I'm just a tool man." ”