Shen Shixing is right, Guo Dan seems to have given everyone a choice, that is, either the treasury will allocate money, or the emperor will bear it.

But if you look closely, it's not really an option.

Because the hostility and suspicion of the Cabinet among conservatives makes it impossible for them to agree to allow the Treasury to allocate additional money to support the Cabinet's plans.

However, Wanli expounded this matter from the perspective of river governance, I want to make every effort to govern the river, and I want to control the river.

In the end, they will only choose to let the emperor bear the burden.

They don't lose anything by doing so.

But the elite group watched the boiled duck fly away.

They didn't know that in fact, the cooked duck was already in Guo Dan's stomach.

Because the tariff plan is Guo Dan's biggest game of chess so far, since the destruction of the four official teeth, it has been in the layout, if you can't control the river, then the overseas plan is really hanging overseas, and the bureaucracy can choke the lifeline of the canal at any time.

So no matter what, be sure to take them all.

Qianqing Palace.

Wanli, who returned to his own territory, couldn't hold back any longer, sat on the chair, and said happily: "Guo Dan, how do you say I have to behave?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and did not speak.

Wanli frowned and said, "What? Do you think I'm not going to be able to behave? ”

"It's not. Merely! ”

Guo Danwu shook his head and said: "It's just that the lowly position is only sparse and shallow, and for a while, I really can't find a four-word word to describe Your Majesty's performance, with the lowly style, you can only use two words to describe --- perfect!"

If Your Majesty is accustomed to hearing four words, it is --- perfect! ”

"Oh--- is it? Ha ha! ”

Wanli immediately burst out laughing happily.

It's a really cool feeling.

In the past, he sat in the referee's seat, but this time he performed in person, and this kind of relying on his own efforts to get the results calculated step by step by himself feels really wonderful!

"Absolutely."

Guo Dan said with a look of admiration: "Your Majesty doesn't know something, and the lowly officials are a little scared, so they have been keeping their heads down, for fear that they will see something, and the lowly officials noticed Shen Shoufu and Wang Daxue, and they were also panicked, but Your Majesty, you are not afraid of danger, and you are alone, holding up the scene." ”

Wanli suddenly came back to his senses, "It's really true!" I saw that you kept your head down, and I thought you were thinking something, but you were scared. ”

Guo Dan said with a face full of grievances: "Don't hide it from Your Majesty, I am really afraid of my humble position, and the last time I was armed with it, I made my humble position panic!" ”

Wanli nodded and said, "After all, you are still relatively young, and you still need to go through more training!" ”

"Humble duty and obedience to the holy commandment."

Guo Dan hurriedly hugged his fists and saluted, and said silently in his heart, licking the dog has everything, hehehe......!

Wanli forcibly held back his smug smile, the only thing that could make him do this was money, and he asked a little worriedly: "Guo Dan, now that this tariff is owned by me, I want to know now, when will this be profitable?" ”

"This ......!"

Guo Dan groaned a little and said: "In fact, it is a matter of time before you make a profit, it is impossible not to make a profit, it depends on whether Your Majesty you want to be faster or slower." ”

"The sooner the better, of course."

Wanli couldn't wait to say: "If you have any way, just hurry up and listen to it." ”

Guo Dan said: "There is really a shortcut to humble duties, which can quickly help tariffs turn losses into profits." ”

"What shortcut?" Wanli's eyes immediately widened.

Guo said lightly: "It is to tax your tribute to Your Majesty." ”

Wanli was immediately stupid when he heard it, "You... What did you say? Taxing my tribute? ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "As far as the humble officials know, the tributes paid to Your Majesty from all over the country do not need to be taxed. ”

"So what?"

Wanli frowned, his expression looked a little displeased, my brother is going to pit other people's money, but you are going to take me first, you think about it clearly, be careful that I let people drag you out and spank.

Guo Dan smiled.

Wanli was even more upset, "What are you laughing at?" ”

Guo smiled honestly: "Actually, I also know that in addition to Your Majesty, there are many other ships that do not need to be taxed. ”

Wanli's eyes widened and he took a breath of cold air.

He gradually understood what Guo Dan was talking about.

Guo Dan rubbed his hands and smiled stupidly: "Your Majesty, aren't the customs duties all yours now, and the taxes you pay are also handed over to yourself, not to others, but then again, if you even have to pay taxes on your tribute, then who dares not to pay taxes, this money is really a lot!" ”

Wow...... What a ruthless move!

But I like it!

Wanli's chubby face showed a shameless smile, and suddenly, his expression was stagnant, and he asked, "If I have to pay taxes, Caoyun also has to pay taxes!" ”

"Yes, Caoyun does have to pay taxes. But. ”

Guo Dan said: "However, according to the new tariff law, most of the goods transported by Caoyun are tax-free, and most of the goods involved in paying taxes have nothing to do with Caoyun, either to help Your Majesty transport them, or to help others transport them, and it has nothing to do with Caoyun itself." ”

Wanli thought about it, and it seemed that this was really the case.

Most of the transportation of grain and silk to the capital and other places is tax-free, and Caoyun helps the state dispatch, which is basically these, as for those expensive items, most of them are tribute, if the tax of the tribute is borne by the emperor himself, then Caoyun itself has not lost anything.

It is precisely the interest group, the privileged people, the relatives of the emperor, the vassal king, the great eunuch, and so on that are really lost.

And Guo Dan has long been thinking about these people, no matter which state capital he contracted, his first step was to eliminate the privileges, because the privileges of the Ming Dynasty are really a bit perverted, not to say how big the privileges are, and too many and too complicated, even Xiucai has a lot of privileges.

These privileges will seriously hinder economic development, once their goods do not have to pay taxes, your goods need to pay taxes, then what do you use to compete with others, the former Weihui Mansion still has the advantage of the production model, but this is not high-tech, everyone can learn.

The privileges of interest groups on the canal must be abolished to ensure relatively fair trade.

One of the biggest difficulties in this is Cao Yun, Cao Yun is really moving, because Guo Dan can't find a replacement, any businessman, including himself, will be contracted to Cao Yun, there are only two possibilities, either Beijing will fall because of lack of food, or he will lose his family and lose his fortune.

Only the state can afford it.

When he designed the tariff, he had already exempted many bulk commodities from duty, especially those shipped to the capital.

This was all planned by Guo Dan a long time ago, but he didn't dare to say it before, because he felt that the time was not ripe enough, after all, it involved the emperor's relatives and relatives, but after Wanli promised him the cannibalization whale swallowing plan, he knew that Wanli was tired of standing with this interest group.

The time is ripe.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Sure enough, Wanli smiled so much that his eyes were gone, he was already imagining, and when the customs duties fell into the inner government, he suddenly taxed himself, and those bureaucrats couldn't help but faint in anger, "Just do it, just do it, haha......!" ”

This play is really getting more and more energetic.

Now, he knows that the gold coin has fallen into the pocket, because the cabinet group will definitely support him to do this, which is exactly what Wang Xijue wants to do, but can't do, since the emperor takes the initiative to do this, then of course they are willing to be a favor.

By the way, they can also disgust them to avenge the revenge of the Liaodong Army.

......

Cining Palace.

"The son visits the queen mother."

"My son is back."

Empress Dowager Li, who was kneeling on the ground and chanting, made a gesture to get up, and Zhu Yihua hurriedly stepped forward to carefully support her mother.

Empress Dowager Li patted the back of Zhu Yihua's hand very lovingly, and asked with a smile: "I wonder if Wu'er is still satisfied with this Xinlu Palace?" ”

She is definitely a virtuous queen, but she is also very doting on this little son, but if King Lu does anything bad, she will protect him, but she used to be stricter with Wanli, which is of course right, doting on the emperor and conniving at the emperor, it will be a big problem, but unfortunately it is useless.

But after returning to power, she no longer interfered in any decision-making of Wanli, chanting and chanting Buddha in Cining Palace with peace of mind, and did not listen to things outside the window.

"Hey, hey!"

Zhu Yihua secretly laughed, "Satisfied, Erchen is quite satisfied." ”

Empress Dowager Li smiled: "Are you satisfied with the Luwang Mansion, or are you satisfied with the vast ocean?" ”

Zhu Yihua scratched his head and smirked silently.

Empress Dowager Li shook her head with a smile, and suddenly said, "Actually, my mother doesn't want you to take this risk....... ”

Zhu Yihua couldn't help but tighten his face, "Queen Mother.....!" ”

"Listen to the queen first."

Empress Dowager Li patted the back of his hand, and Zhu Yihua quickly shut his mouth.

I heard Empress Dowager Li say again: "But your emperor's brother is now very eager to get silver from overseas, alas... Although Wei Niang has always been skeptical about this plan, since Wei Niang has returned to power with your emperor's brother, it is naturally inconvenient to intervene.

But then again, if it weren't for Guo Dan's suggestion to set up a port in your Luwang Mansion, Wei Niang really wouldn't have agreed to this plan. I am telling you this for my mother, I hope you can understand that when you go there in the future, you will not be an idle king, but to control everything in Luwangfu, and you must not let Guo Dan control everything. ”

Zhu Yihua asked cautiously: "Does the queen mother think that Guo Dan is not trustworthy?" ”

Empress Dowager Li shook her head and said: "Wei Niang and Guo Dan have only seen each other two or three times, I don't know who he is, at present, it seems that he is indeed very loyal to your emperor's brother, but one thing is very clear in Wei Niang's heart, this person is extremely smart, and quite ambitious, although so far, his ambition is only in the pursuit of money, but who knows what he thinks in his heart." You must remember one thing, Guo Dan can be used, but you can't trust it, because of his means and wisdom, even Wei Niang has never seen it. ”

Zhu Yihua nodded and said, "The sons and daughters must remember the teachings of the queen mother. ”