After taking Taiyuan and Datong, this military reform can be said to be a general trend.

So about the small military towns of Guyuan and Yulin, there were not many troops stationed in the first place, so Guo Dan naturally would not go there in person, and he went back to Beijing directly.

Although Fang Fengshi had nothing to do, he didn't go back with Guo Dan, he actually preferred the life in the border town, he had long been tired of the struggle between the DPRK and China, and he finally met his old subordinate Wu Weizhong, so he naturally had to have a long talk.

Linqing.

"Scholar Wang, I heard that Your Majesty has just issued an edict?"

Chen Younian hurriedly entered the house and asked Wang Xijue.

Wang Xijue just nodded, and then handed the holy decree in his hand to Chen Younian.

Chen Younian saw Wang Xijue's depressed face, he couldn't help but wonder, took the holy decree, opened it and looked at it, and couldn't help exclaiming: "What? Nine Towns has completed the reform of the military system? ”

It turned out that this holy decree was to let Wang Xijue preside over the affairs of Shandong, and then cooperate with the Senate to go to Liaodong, Jizhou, and Xuanfu to implement the new policy, and let Chen Younian cooperate with the Senate to go to Shanxi to implement the new policy.

"What a shame for us!"

Wang Xijue sighed with emotion, and said: "We have been in Shandong for so long, and the new policy has not yet achieved the final success, but Guo Dan went around the nine towns, and the military reform of the nine towns has been completed, and we have really lived in vain in the past few decades." ”

Chen Younian heard it with mixed tastes, and said, "This... This is really incredible, this military reform is far greater than the implementation of the new policy in Shandong, why Guo Dan can complete the task so easily. ”

Wang Xijue narrowed his eyes and said, "I think it's because Guo Dan is more ruthless and shrewd than them." ”

Chen Younian looked at Wang Xijue in surprise.

Wang Xijue said: "When we implement the new policy, we always hope to be able to convince people with virtue and reason, and explain to them bitterly why the imperial court wants to implement the new policy, but then again, don't they understand these simple and superficial truths?"

He knows better than anyone else in his heart, but he just doesn't want to, but Guo Dan never tells them this, in his speech in Kaifeng Mansion, didn't he say it, the general trend of the world, Hao Hao Tang Tang, those who go along with it prosper, and those who go against it die. His strength is a source of fear for those people. ”

At this, a flash of hatred flashed in his eyes.

Before, Zhang Juzheng was arbitrary, and he was very dissatisfied with this, thinking that Zhang Juzheng was too arrogant and unreasonable, but now he understands that he has to do this to deal with those people, such as their current cabinet, they are always eager to convince people with virtue and reason, but the more this is the case, the louder the voice against them will be.

On the contrary, it is Guo Dan, who goes out with a big stick, never reasoning, only talking about interests, you stop me, it is nothing more than for interests, not for the country and the people, then everyone will open up and say, what should be yours will be given to you, but you must also support me, otherwise, then we will lose both, see who is more desperate.

The results are wonderful.

Chen Younian shook his head and said, "But this is not the right way. ”

Wang Xijue said: "What is the right way, people's hearts are the right way, and Guo Dan is deeply popular." ”

Chen Younian was speechless.

Wang Xijue said: "It's they who are afraid of the strong and bullying the weak, if you don't believe it, just wait and see it, when we go to implement the new policy, you will see that although the local area is prosperous, but we will always hear complaints, those local officials will definitely put pressure on us, to the Senate, they have no way to take Guo Dan, they can only sprinkle their anger on us." ”

Chen Younian frowned.

He knew that Wang Xijue was by no means alarmist, because this time Guo Dan went to the border town to implement the new policy, he did not deal with the government, and directly accepted the army.

The government was actually very angry and anxious, and his voice was hoarse, but no one paid attention to him.

In the past, the military was controlled by civilians, and the generals were afraid of them, but now the military salaries and armaments are directly through Yinuo Grain Bank and Yinuo Money Village, and the civilian officials are already very weak in containing the military generals.

Again, my lord, times have changed.

But when they go to implement the new policy, they will definitely have to deal with these governments, and the other side will definitely have endless complaints.

And Wang Xijue is actually hinting to Chen Younian, this time, you must be stronger, and you can't be as weak as you are now, because Guo Dan has hurt the core interests of those officials, you either oppose Guo Dan, and simply don't go.

Either you have to be strong to the end, or you will definitely fail.

Wang Xijue knew that the general trend of the Nine Towns had been decided, and whether the new deal could succeed or not depended on their attitude, if they were strong, the other party would have no way at all, because the hearts of the people were already towards them, but if they cared about their reputation and Shilin's opinion, it would become difficult.

......

Qianqing Palace.

"Humble Guo Dan, see Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live!"

When he returned to the capital, Guo Dan was very conscious and went directly to the palace first.

"Hurry up and excuse me!"

Wanli looked at Guo Dan in surprise, "Why did you come back?" ”

Guo Dan sneered: "Back to Your Majesty, I don't want to come back so early, but Your Majesty, your holy light shines on the world, making the people and soldiers feel unprecedented warmth. ”

"Really?"

Wanli immediately smiled with crooked eyes.

Although Guo Dan is patting a sycophant, but this sycophant also has three points of truth, this game of chess is actually played by Wanli himself, Guo Dan did not ask for military reform, Guo Dan is just one of the chess pieces, providing technical support.

Wanli happily enjoyed this sycophancy, and there was a reason for that.

"I don't dare to deceive Your Majesty."

Guo Dan said seriously: "The main purpose of this trip is to settle accounts. ”

"Hey... Don't be presumptuous, you have made a lot of contributions to this trip, and I know very well in my heart that without you, how could this military reform be so easy. Wanli hurriedly repaid the favor, praised Guo Dan, and then asked with anticipation: "Then how do you calculate this account?" ”

He is more clear about the situation in the border town than Guo Dan, because on the way back to Guo Dan, he has received three secret letters from Jinyiwei.

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, after this military reform, we can roughly make a small profit of five million taels." ”

"Five million taels?"

Wanli was shocked, is this still a small profit? But he wondered: "How much can you earn?" The nine towns of the border army get a military salary of 8 million taels a year, can we earn 5 million taels? Don't cut corners in order to make money, these nine towns are related to the safety of the Jingshi. ”

In case someone pierces through a wave, the Jingshi will be directly surrounded.

Guo smiled lightly: "Your Majesty, in terms of the military system, I really don't understand the lowly position, it was all arranged by Fang Shangshu, and he said that it can be obtained." ”

Wanli breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that Fang Fengshi was still arranging how to defend himself, and asked, "Then why can you earn so much?" ”

Guo said lightly: "Your Majesty, the previous way of settling accounts is outdated. In fact, we have not spent much money, although the military salary has been reduced a lot, but we have also exempted the border towns from agricultural taxes, and according to the budget of the lowly post, we can save a million taels at most. ”

Wanli thought to himself, this is tax exemption, it is also an increase in military salaries, and it can save one million taels, how much money are those people greedy for. Alas...... I'll copy it later. Then he asked, "Then how did you calculate this account?" ”

Guo Dan said: "As far as the remaining seven million taels are concerned, part of the money will be used to prepare firearms, so the Grand Canyon can make a profit from it, and Yinuo Grain Bank will help the imperial court to purchase military rations, and here it will be able to make another profit."

Although the two together are estimated to have a profit of hundreds of thousands of taels, especially at present, firearms will be replaced on a large scale, but in comparison, this is some small money, big money lies in the stock price, and it is predicted that once my Ming army will purchase all firearms from the Grand Canyon, plus the Grand Canyon will take a large number of coal and iron mines in Shanxi, the stock price of the Grand Canyon is estimated to be able to double, and it will earn two million taels here. ”

You're wrong, it's not just two million taels, I still have 150,000 shares in the two canyons, if this is doubled, I can earn 150,000 taels, haha...... Wanli couldn't help but laugh, "You keep talking, you go ahead." ”

Recently, he has become more and more obsessed with shares, and has paid a lot of money to buy them.

"Yes!"

Guo Dan continued: "And if Yinuo Grain Company controls the procurement of military rations in the entire border town, including oil and salt, once the shareholding system is established, at least two million taels must be obtained, although not all belong to us, but we can also get at least one million taels of shares."

Fengchi Group will undertake the logistics, and the stock price will inevitably rise, as well as the profits brought to us by border trade, and the profits will inevitably stimulate the stock price of the workshop to rise. Of course, there is also the commercial tax of the towns, and this money can be reserved for His Majesty to reward the three armies in the future. ”

"Good, good!"

Wanli couldn't suppress the joy in his heart, and his shoulders shrugged with a smile.

This is what he likes most about Guo Dan, what he asks others to do, it costs money, and it often gets worse and worse, but let Guo Dan do it, not only do it beautifully, but also make a lot of money.

It's a win-win-win-

But what he overlooked was that they had already laid a solid foundation for technology and shares to make it all profitable.

"Your Majesty, you can take a sip of tea first."

Li Gui saw that Wanli was uncomfortable, and he was about to lose his breath, so he hurriedly picked up the teacup and handed it to Wanli.

"Ahem, ahem!"

Wanli took a sip of it, and then slowly eased up, and coughed twice, "But if the household department knows.......!" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty rest assured, I have prepared two account books. ”

Clever! Wanli immediately gave him two approving glances, and said to Guo Dan: "Regarding the reform of the military system, I have never held a court meeting on this, and that is because I hope to wait for you to come back before opening." ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment and said: "Your Majesty, regarding the reform of the military system, I am lowly... I don't really understand it. ”

Wanli said with a smile: "You don't need to say this, you can talk to them about military salaries and tell them why the imperial court spends so much military salaries every year." ”

Guo Dan looked at Wanli in surprise.

Wanli said: "There is nothing that cannot be said. ”

Guo Dan saluted and said, "I understand my humble position." ”

Wanli said: "Actually, it's good for you to come back early, although the general trend in the north has been decided, but the south has become an undercurrent again, I believe that after this meeting, none of us will have any thoughts about each other." ”