"I hope that the layman can be a good person to the end, tell me, how to stop Zhang Whale from integrating Dongchang and Jinyiwei?"

Guo Dan hurriedly asked.

Aunt Xu shook her head with a wry smile and said, "You said earlier that you don't know Dongchang, so you don't know how to start, but I don't know you either, and your relationship with the surrounding area, you have a weapon in your hand, how do I know what you should do?" After all, you are not an official, but a businessman. ”

She also has a point, that this kind of thing usually happens between officials and officials, not between businessmen and officials, which is indeed very unusual, and I have to figure it out myself.

Guo Dan thought for a while, and suddenly sighed and said: "The layman is reasonable, in fact, this matter has always bothered me, I don't understand, no matter what I do, whether I do it well or not, the ministers of the DPRK and the Central Committee are all aimed at me, it seems that there is no right or wrong in me, and it is right to target me." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Your IOU is only one hundred taels. ”

"Five hundred taels."

Guo Dan has five fingers.

Aunt Xu smiled: "Don't you know the reason why they targeted you?" ”

"Is it just because I'm a businessman?" Guo Dan said depressedly: "In fact, many officials in the DPRK and China are in business, we can cooperate, and I can even help them make more money, isn't that bad?" ”

Aunt Xu didn't answer and asked, "Didn't you also have a business cooperation with my father at the beginning?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned.

Aunt Xu continued to ask, "But what about the result? ”

Guo Dan groaned a little and said: "Uncle does have a lot of reservations about the cooperation between us, if it weren't for the little uncle's words, I'm afraid that he would have already cut off contact with me." But this is also because the minister of the DPRK and China targeted me, and the uncle was afraid of provoking the fire, so he did this. ”

Aunt Xu said: "If you become the housekeeper of my father's family, then this situation will not occur." ”

Guo Dan's eyes widened, and he seemed to understand something.

Aunt Xu said: "The reason for this is not that you are a businessman, but because you are a person, there are so many businessmen in the world, why do these officials not target other businessmen, but want to target you." The reason is that you are not honestly in the business crowd, but you are trying to be on an equal footing with them.

It is true that you said earlier that many officials were also engaged in commercial activities, but for them merchants were not much different from domestic servants, and that the profits they made from business were not by virtue of their business skills, but by virtue of their position and power, and that was the most important thing in their hearts.

Once they choose to work with you and rely on business skills to make money, then they will lose their advantages, and even everything, so they will not be able to deign to work with you, no matter how much wealth you bring them.

If you think that they will tolerate you, it is a big mistake, as long as you continue to do this, it is impossible for them to tolerate you, and the situation will become more and more unfavorable to you, because through this matter, they have gradually understood the relationship between Your Majesty and you, but you must understand that the emperor's most trusted eunuchs are always the eunuchs around him, but so many eunuchs have also been defeated by them, let alone you? ”

Power and wealth are both very important, but they are primary and secondary.

If you have power, you are not afraid of not having wealth, and if you have wealth, you may not necessarily have power, especially for officials, wealth is only an accessory to power, it is an inevitable gain, so compared to it, power and status are their core interests.

For them, the premise of cooperation is to establish class and status relations first, in short, they must cooperate in an unequal situation.

In fact, the same is true of Wanli, his cooperation with Guo Dan is completely unequal, Guo Dan wants to claim to be humble in front of Wanli, it is impossible for the two to sign an equal contract, Guo Dan is just making money for Wanli, and he is a tool man.

For Guo Dan, it is to demand that this inequality be limited to him and Wanli.

Because Guo Dan's strategy of hugging Wanli's thighs is to ensure that he can fully exert his ability outside the emperor, his ability is business skills, which must be on an equal level, otherwise, he will not be able to make such a big business.

Such as Zhou Feng and others, although they are not the servants of a certain official, but they have to pay a lot of money every year to honor some old men, the old men stomp their feet, they are too scared to move, if one day, this old man is unhappy, they will be finished.

It's not much different from a domestic servant.

This is normal.

Guo Dan is abnormal, the officials have already stomped their feet and are lame, and they can't help Guo Dan.

This is where the fundamental contradiction lies.

The old man asked Guo Dan to kneel down first, and then we talked about cooperation.

Guo Dan's demand is that at the level of cooperation, we must be equal.

What the two seek is the opposite of each other, how to cooperate.

Guo sighed: "I can target someone and do some counterattacks, but I can't go against the Manchu Dynasty every day, because this is very unfair to me, as long as I take a wrong step, I will die without a place to bury, and they can use all their stupid tricks to deal with me, no matter how many mistakes I make, it doesn't matter, a group of people die, and another group comes up, and if this continues, I will always be caught by them." ”

"You can enter the palace cleanly."

Aunt Xu said: "If you become a eunuch, then everything is justified, and they will not dare to deal with you so unscrupulously." ”

"I'd rather die."

Guo Dan said simply and clearly.

Aunt Xu smiled: "Then you can also choose to become an official, once you also become an official, then it will become a struggle for power and interests, and there will naturally be many officials to cooperate with you." ”

Guo Dan frowned slightly, and sighed: "I won't tell you, I have also thought about it carefully, and His Majesty also wanted me to enter the household department, but I will not be an official, and I don't understand those conspiracies and conspiracies in officialdom, in addition, I have offended so many people, they will not give me a chance to experience, if I enter the officialdom, I think I will die for a lifetime!" ”

He is definitely a novice in ancient politics, and based on what he has done before, as long as he is in this circle, he will face the novice village, but directly challenge the king.

Aunt Xu shook her head.

Guo Dan hurriedly asked, "Do you think I have talent in this area?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "I just think it's not nine deaths and one life, but ten deaths and no life." ”

“......！”

Guo Dan said depressedly: "Then you still let me enter the officialdom." ”

Aunt Xu said: "I'm not letting you enter the officialdom, I'm just saying that if you enter the officialdom, you can avoid being targeted by all officials, but at the same time, you will encounter more difficulties." ”

It seems that she also disapproves of me as an official, which coincides with my thoughts. Guo Dan said: "I also hope that the layman can give advice." ”

That's what he's here for, he doesn't want to fight with those officials all day long, he has his pursuits, he hopes to resolve the contradictions with them.

Aunt Xu said: "If you don't change your identity and want to get more at the same time, then this situation will not be resolved, and you can only continue to fight with them." ”

Guo said lightly: "But this is an unfair confrontation, I can't lose." ”

Aunt Xu said, "Aren't you winning all the time now?" ”

Guo said lightly: "That's because I am reasonable, Your Majesty can protect me, even so, it is dangerous several times." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Then you will always be reasonable, don't you." ”

“......！”

Guo Dan smiled bitterly: "Do you think this is possible?" ”

Aunt Xu shook her head lightly: "But I don't know how to teach you to do bad things." ”

"I didn't say I was going to do bad things."

"That's possible."

"Uh......"

Aunt Xu said: "Actually, you have always done a very perfect job, you not only solved problems for the saint and benefited the people, but also changed some flaws in the court system, just like what you did in Weihui Mansion, as long as you get the support of the saint and the people at the same time, then you will be invincible." ”

Guo Dan sighed: "But people are selfish, once there are some contradictions, of course I still put my own interests first." ”

Aunt Xu smiled: "Then is the interest in your heart wealth, or is there another pursuit?" If you are only pursuing wealth, then you can get more wealth whether you are purifying yourself or whispering, but if you have other pursuits, then you have to fight for it. ”

Guo Dan said without thinking: "I am a businessman, of course, what I pursue is wealth, but I first have to make sure that the wealth I earn really belongs to me." ”

Aunt Xu asked, "What is the conclusion?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned, and sighed helplessly: "The conclusion is that I have to fight them to the end." ”

Saying, he said: "But this problem is the same as the relationship between me and Dongchang, I have always been passively beaten, I am not a god, not every time I have difficulties, I can resolve them, I must find a support point for counterattack, and seize the initiative into my own hands, but I am just a businessman, how can I fight back?" ”

Aunt Xu pondered for a while and said, "If the matter of Weihui Mansion is repeated, you are not forced to contract, but take the initiative to contract, isn't this a counterattack?" ”

Guo Dan pondered for a while, and said, "What do you mean to do something about corruption in the DPRK and China?" ”

"That's just scratching the surface."

Aunt Xu shook her head and continued: "Actually, everyone knows that there are many, many problems in this country, but they can't be solved, there are two main reasons, one is not to make changes, that is, to defend the existing interests, and the current minister is the one who has obtained the existing interests, so no one is willing to make changes."

Second, because ministers compete for power and profit and hinder each other, in fact, many problems can be easily solved, but they just can't be solved, and even those who are watching from the sidelines feel anxious about it. ”

Guo Dan said: "So making changes is the most effective counterattack against them." ”

Aunt Xu smiled and nodded.

Guo Dan sighed: "But this is easy to say, but it is very difficult to do, how can I change all this by myself?" ”