Not to mention Guo Dan, even the entire cabinet didn't expect the other party's counterattack to come so quickly, did they think that they would have to wait at least for next year, and they wouldn't let it pass the New Year?

Next year?

Hehe!

Can't wait tomorrow.

Not only are they fast, but they are also very ruthless.

Because there are too many people involved in military salaries, it has a lot to do with the harem, and at the same time, including the army, the cabinet does not dare to act rashly, and the cabinet is basically dumb in this incident.

Because this is not the first time this kind of thing has happened in the Ming Dynasty, this is why some problems, even in the Southern Ming Dynasty, have not been solved, this interest group is too large, and at the same time they rule the country.

Of course, the so-called interest group is not a party, nor is it not a secret organization, but only a group that corrupts the country.

At present, it is not known who came up with this trick, but this interest group knows that this is someone who sounded the horn of counterattack, and they are rushing to it.

Shen Shixing also understands that they must make some concessions, and if they take a step further, the opponent's counterattack may be even more ruthless.

At that time, even your life may not be guaranteed.

As for Guo Dan, heh, it may be that the other party slapped him by the way.

And he can only bear it.

Having said that, a slap is not too much, after all, he took such a big advantage, but the problem is that this slap is just the beginning, and the next party may be carrying a knife.

Since Guo Dan has already stuffed a piece of cake into his mouth, the other party will not give up.

As a guest, Aunt Xu sat on the sofa and made tea like a host.

"What are you going to do?"

"Until they destroy me physically, I will defend every penny in my pocket to the death." Guo Dan is also true and false.

Aunt Xu glanced at Guo Dan, and said with a smile: "You are really the purest businessman in my Ming Dynasty." ”

"A great man once said that only pure people can succeed, and everything I have now actually comes from purity." Guo Dan put both hands on his hands.

Aunt Xu smiled: "This great man is yourself." ”

Guo Dan said: "If I can die well, then in a few hundred years, there may be a businessman sitting here and saying the same thing." ”

"But it's hard."

"In my opinion, 'difficult' is an opportunity."

"You can also interpret it as not having a chance."

"Why?"

"Because ......!"

Aunt Xu said: "Because Your Majesty is also one of them, are you willing to contradict Your Majesty for this?" ”

"Of course not."

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "That's why I asked the layman to ask about countermeasures." ”

Aunt Xu's eyes flashed with joy.

If Wanli is determined to eradicate this tumor, there is still a glimmer of hope, if it is not Wanli's meaning, then Aunt Xu will not advise Guo Dan to do this, this is really self-defeating.

"But there is still little hope."

"That's hope."

"I can't think of any way to solve this problem anyway." Aunt Xu shook her head lightly and said, "I won't tell you, our Xu family is also one of them." ”

Of course, the Xu family is noble, and the Taifu Temple in charge of Xu Menghui has a close relationship with the military, and also bears a large part of the military salary and armaments.

If he really doesn't have his own power, then why is he in charge of Taifu Temple.

It's just that he is relatively low-key, after all, the money is in his hands, and if he wants to be high-profile, this will really cause trouble.

Guo smiled lightly: "Fortunately, both the uncle and the little uncle don't care about this, and now the little uncle earns more than the uncle......!" ”

At this point, he suddenly frowned, and looked at Aunt Xu again, just as Aunt Xu also frowned. He laughed, "Maybe there's hope." ”

"Maybe." Aunt Xu said.

Guo smiled lightly: "It seems that the layman has no confidence in this. ”

Aunt Xu asked rhetorically, "I want to know, where does your confidence come from?" ”

Guo Dan said: "You are like asking a young man who was forced to the edge of a cliff by a wild beast, why do you have the courage to fight with a wild beast." ”

Aunt Xu smiled slightly, and said: "The reason why this matter is difficult to solve is because the military salary allocated by the Ministry of Light Household every year is two or three million taels, which does not include the benefits of salt, iron, tea and horses, and this huge benefit almost implicates everyone." ”

Guo Dan immediately said: "Since it is almost, it means that there are still people who are not among them." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Although Shen Shixing is not involved, Li Chengliang is his descendant, he has always defended Li Chengliang in the court, and Li Chengliang is not an honest and honest general, this time Shen Shixing did not speak, in fact, he was also protecting Li Chengliang."

Wang Xijue and Xu Guo are also defending Li Chengliang. Although Wang Jiaping and Yu Youding are not implicated, what can they do, if they want to completely solve this problem, they may pull the entire royal family in, but if it is just an official, after punishing the officials, what will be made up will become worse, which is a symptom but not a root cause, and it is meaningless. ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Then who is the biggest beneficiary among them." ”

"It's hard to tell."

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "Naturally, the emperor's relatives don't need to say much, but he is there in everything that is profitable." And our dynasty is to control the military with literature, and this military salary is first transferred in the hands of civilian officials, and finally falls into the hands of military generals.

Back then, the governor of Jizhou handed over the production of Liaodong cotton armor to Zheng Chengxian, could he be innocent? As for the generals, the situation may be a bit complicated. ”

Guo Dan asked, "What's complicated?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "But as long as the army can be recruited and fought well, the general soldiers will not be mean to their subordinates, because they need to win the battle and make military exploits before they can be promoted and be rewarded."

Therefore, Li Chengliang is very happy to cooperate with you, he does not seek to get much benefit in this, because he controls all the business interests of the Liao people, he does not need to be greedy for this money, not only that, but he will also use the money to make friends with the magnates in the capital, the purpose of which is precisely to ensure the salary of his troops.

One of the very important reasons why the Liaodong Army was able to fight well was that Shen Shixing supported him, so no official dared to deduct the military salary of the Liaodong Army.

Even Qi Jiguang, without Zhang Juzheng's support, he would not have achieved such great success.

If there is no backer, then the combat effectiveness of the army will definitely not work, because the military salary will definitely be deducted, which shows that the real decision is the civilian officials, not the military generals.

However, military generals can also eat empty salaries, and an army of 100 people can report to the court for 1,000 people, so the military salaries of these 900 people can be shared by everyone. However, I'm only talking about the tip of the iceberg. ”

Guo Dan pondered for a while, and suddenly asked, "Why do you want to use literature to control martial arts?" ”

Aunt Xu said: "Since the Tang Dynasty made a rebellion, the Central Plains Dynasty has adopted the system of controlling military force with literature, so as to ensure that the generals cannot rebel. What is this, you ask? ”

That's not the point of today's discussion!

Guo Dan said: "I'm thinking, since everyone is involved, then we can only divide them first, otherwise, it is impossible for us to solve this problem." ”

Aunt Xu asked, "What do you mean, to provoke a civil and military dispute?" ”

Guo Dan nodded.

Aunt Xu shook her head and said: "I don't recommend this, once you provoke a civil and military dispute, the military generals will be defeated, because Your Majesty will never allow the military generals to hold power, which cannot be changed by money." ”

Guo Dan said again: "But what if you can replace the use of literature and martial arts with another system? ”

Aunt Xu asked, "What system?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Using military salaries and armaments to control military generals, military salaries and armaments do not need civilian officials, and businessmen can do better than them." ”

Aunt Xu smiled: "If you really do this, then you might as well jump off the cliff, once you involve the army, Your Majesty will not be able to trust you as much as you do now." ”

"That's just as well."

Guo Dan nodded.

Aunt Xu said: "There is nothing wrong with the system of using literature to control martial arts, and it cannot be changed, if there are generals who have the final say, they will definitely be reckless, because only by fighting can they make meritorious contributions and be promoted, but as a result of this reckless military force, the country will perish!" ”

"It's going to be very difficult."

Guo Dan stood up, walked to the wine cabinet, poured himself a glass of wine, drank it all, poured another glass, and said: "No matter what we do, we must first ensure that the country cannot be chaotic, and the premise is that the army cannot be chaotic."

Therefore, I must first control the army, and for me, it is simply impossible to win over civilian officials, I can only win over military generals.

But if we don't break the system of using literature to control the military, then the military generals will definitely depend on the civilian officials, and I can't get involved at all. ”

Aunt Xu glanced at him and said with a smile: "I'm just playing the same old tune just now, in fact, you can't destroy it." ”

"Not necessarily." Guo smiled lightly.

Aunt Xu asked, "What can you do?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I don't just make a move back and forth, how much money the civil officials give them, I will double it, and the civil officials don't let them fight, I let them fight." ”

Aunt Xu said: "Even if you can succeed, then how can you control the generals?" ”

Guo Dan said: "I can control their salaries and armaments. ”

Aunt Xu smiled: "But the weapons are in their hands, do you dare not pay the military salary?" It's not so simple to control martial arts with literature, there is a lot of knowledge in it, and it's not as simple as you think. ”

"It seems that it is difficult to taste the fragrant tea made by the layman himself today."

Guo Dan poured another glass of wine into his stomach.

Aunt Xu asked: "Why are you so concerned about this matter, in the past, when you encountered this kind of thing, you could hide and hide." ”

Guo sighed lightly: "That's because Your Majesty told me that he has to bear this military salary, and the treasury is so poor that the household officials seem to have never seen money, which is very likely to lead to the fact that all the money I worked hard to earn for Your Majesty was used on it, and it was useless."

And when I can't meet His Majesty's needs, then I will be in great trouble. ”

Aunt Xu nodded lightly, this situation is really possible, because the country has no money, once there is a war, then the emperor will inevitably have to pay for it, this is really a bottomless pit, she suddenly said: "The customs duties are not in your hands." ”

Guo Dan's eyes widened when he heard this.

Aunt Xu said: "Most of the officials who now control the six cabinets are left over from the Zhang Juzheng period, and they still have political ambitions. ”

Guo Dan's eyes flashed, and after a while, he suddenly returned to sit down opposite Aunt Xu, and said with a smile: "The tea made by the layman is sweeter." ”

Aunt Xu pursed her lips and smiled, and a bright tooth appeared between her red lips, "What are you going to do?" ”

Guo said lightly: "Whales swallow and eat. ”