Guo Dan! ”

"Oops!"

Guo Dan had just come out of the Qianqing Palace, and suddenly a figure flashed in front of him, which frightened him, and when he saw that it was Zhang Cheng, he hurriedly said: "It turned out to be the prime minister." ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly pulled Guo Dan aside and asked in a low voice, "Guo Dan, did Your Majesty mention our family to you?" ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and said in amazement: "Prime minister, you ask me?" ”

He thought to himself, you are the eunuch, I am not!

If there were pockets in his pants, he had to touch them to see if they were still there.

Zhang Cheng sighed: "Say it quickly!" Did you mention our family? ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "That's not true." ”

"Really?"

"Hmm."

Guo Dan nodded, and looked at Zhang Cheng again, "Prime minister, you seem to be a lot haggard recently!" ”

"Can you not be emaciated?" Zhang Cheng sighed: "That whale is gone, and our family is scared to death." ”

That's right! That whale is down! Guo Dan reacted suddenly, and hurriedly comforted: "Zhang Whale is all to blame, you have always acted rightly, sit up straight, and don't be afraid." ”

Is this kid sarcastic about our family! Zhang Cheng said angrily: "Yes! Zhang Jing stepped down, you are the most happy to see. ”

What a yin and yang person. Guo Dan knew that Zhang Cheng had misunderstood, but he didn't explain, he just said: "Don't hide it from the Prime Minister, if I can choose, I would rather let Zhang Whale stay there in exchange for His Majesty's victory." ”

Zhang Cheng suddenly realized, but he was really a fan of the authorities, their eunuchs had their duty, that is, they were loyal to the emperor, not whether they acted correctly and sat up straight, Zhang Whale obviously did not do a good job at this point. sighed: "No wonder Your Majesty likes you, if you wanted to enter the palace in the first place, this Dongchang must belong to you!" ”

Guo Dan didn't laugh or cry when he heard it, and he didn't dare to say that the eunuch was not good in front of the eunuch, so he hurriedly changed the topic and said: "Don't worry, this matter will not implicate the prime minister." ”

Zhang Cheng just laughed twice.

In fact, this incident had the greatest impact on him, because all along, Zhang Whale's power has been above him, and he has been operating in the court for a long time, and there are many people in the inner palace and outer court, but after a while, Wanli wiped out Zhang Whale and his party.

What Guo Dan didn't know was that many eunuchs and palace maids had been secretly executed in the palace.

It's really neat!

It can be seen that Wanli can actually see it clearly, but he usually doesn't make a sound.

Once Wanli thinks that the situation is uncontrollable, then he will not hesitate to pick up the butcher's knife, Wanli will never allow a Zhang Juzheng to appear in the outer court, and at the same time, he will never allow a Feng Bao to appear in the inner palace.

The shadow left on him by these two men was too great.

Not only that, Wanli did not let Zhang Cheng control the East Factory, but transferred Tianyi from Nanjing to take over, which shows that Wanli has lacked some trust in the eunuchs in the capital.

In fact, the inner court is okay, after all, Wanli has a home advantage, Wanli's real trouble still comes from the outer court, if there is no Guo Dan, Wanli may adopt a turtle shrinkage strategy, that is, not to go to the court, not to go out, because he will not easily give in on the issue of imperial power.

Since your ministers are unwilling to compromise, let's split up in two.

I'm so young, I'm afraid you won't die.

But now this trick obviously doesn't work, he still has such a big plate outside, if he shrinks into the deep palace, then Guo Dan will be alone, and he may be eaten by those people to the point that there are no bones left.

Wanli must come forward to resolve this matter and calm the people's grievances.

That is, bow your head and admit your mistakes.

There is no way, this matter is his fault, he can't argue that he will come back, a dignified concubine Gong was fainted by hunger in the palace, and even the palace maids and eunuchs can bully him.

This is so contrary to etiquette!

After talking with Guo Dan, Wanli immediately convened a cabinet meeting.

But he had communicated with Shen Shixing privately before, what kind of compromise he was willing to make, so he pretended to persuade him what to do at the meeting.

Shen Shixing's suggestion, he accepted it together, but Wang Jiaping's suggestion, he ignored it.

Because of this credit, it was useless for Guo Dan to ask for it, and before that, Shen Shixing was still secretly supporting him, so he simply gave this credit to Shen Shixing.

At least you can keep the cabinet in your hands.

Within two days, Wanli took the initiative to issue an order, privately allocated 10,000 taels to help Concubine Wang Gong build a courtyard, and Concubine Wang Gong's food, clothing, housing and transportation, full authority to Guanglu Temple to be responsible, Wanli in Wang Gongfei here, is indeed very ruthless, would rather let the ministers be responsible, he is not willing to take care of more.

At the same time, he officially announced that he would be crowned crown prince next winter.

and let the Ministry of Rites choose a good day and an auspicious day.

However, he only said that he would be canonized as the crown prince in the winter of next year, but he did not say who would be canonized as the crown prince, if you look at it in context, it is likely that it is the emperor's eldest son Zhu Changluo, but Wanli has never made it clear.

This one is fun!

The ministers are really disgusted to death, if you write these three words more, your hand will be broken, and you will make everyone unable to get up.

But Shen Shixing began to come forward to appease everyone, it was almost enough, at least His Majesty admitted his mistake and fought for an accurate day, if he continued to make trouble and forced the emperor to be anxious, he might not get anything.

The ministers think about it, it will only be more than a year, and Wanli will no longer have any excuses.

They have apparently forgotten about the last stock market crash, and the people know that fat houses have no reputation.

After admitting his mistake, Wanli immediately issued an order, saying that the matter of reform, because the time is not yet ripe, will be shelved indefinitely, and any shareholding in the Grand Canyon should not be mentioned again.

The only thing that was retained was the establishment of litigation courts and courts in the prosperous state capital to deal with commercial disputes.

But this matter was not handed over to the Ministry of Households, nor to the Cabinet, but was directly classified into the banknote customs system, which was basically the responsibility of Guo Dan.

This is undoubtedly a huge blow to the reformers.

Basically, this declares, at least in the Wanli Dynasty, that the word "reform" is completely grounded.

During this period, Wanli was very disappointed and angry with Chen Younian.

I use you so much, trust you, support you, and hand over the power of reform to you, but you are in this matter, you have to go against me, you have to oppose me, you can't even be silent, why do I still use you, you think I am Li Shimin, magnanimous, regardless of previous suspicions, wrong, big mistakes, I am no one, I am a fat house, and I will be repaid.

At this point, Chen Younian finally knew that he must have been beaten into the cold palace and could not have a bright future, so he resigned, of course, Li Sancai and others.

But what they didn't expect was that Wanli didn't approve it, not a single one, and even Wang Xijue didn't approve it when he asked for leave to go home to see his mother.

Keep them all.

This is a bit confusing to them.

Is there any hope?

Unfortunately, this is just a delusion on their part.

In fact, Wanli is a little arrogant at this time, he just wants these people to see with their own eyes, Lao Tzu can work hard even if he doesn't need you, you can't do without me, not I can't do without you.

It can be seen that Wanli is completely on Guo Dan's side.

After this incident, he was completely disappointed with the court and the entire bureaucracy.

As the saying goes, there is great hope, and there is great disappointment.

Before, he was really full of expectations for this reform, he really wanted to do something, and he did not hesitate to offend those powerful people for this, but he ended up being not a person here.

I also had to admit my mistakes.

I was so angry that I didn't get a good night's sleep for several nights.

Wanli was elected the biggest loser without any suspense, and the reformers were completely dismembered.

Well, of course, the conservatives won a big victory in this incident.

In fact, they themselves did not expect that they would be able to achieve such great results in such adversity.

When I was fighting with Guo Dan in the past, it was a good situation, and they played it all down.

And this time not only hit the reformers hard, but also made a breakthrough in the matter of the national capital, and Zhang Jing was eliminated because of this incident.

Although they are merciless to the imperial concubine, they are actually grateful to the imperial concubine in their hearts.

I can't wait for that tablet for her old man.

If it weren't for your genius, how would we have turned defeat into victory!

The ups and downs of life are so exciting!

Of course, the biggest winner is the entire interest group under the Ming Dynasty, and nothing remains the same, which is the most beneficial to them.

Now in this situation, nothing can change.

.....

A no-tooth line!

"Scholar Wang, please drink tea."

Guo Dan handed this cup of tea to Wang Xijue.

Wang Xijue looked at the cup of tea, only to feel that this cup of tea must be very bitter, but he took it, tasted it a little, it was really bitter, put it on the table, and looked at Guo Dan and asked, "Did you expect that we would fail?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head, pointed to Aunt Xu who was eavesdropping in the corner, and said, "The layman also asked me about this matter." But the truth is that I think you have a very good chance of success this time, and I didn't expect such an outcome, and if I did, I would have stopped Your Majesty. ”

"Really?" Wang Xijue glanced at Aunt Xu, although the latter nodded, he obviously didn't believe it, and asked, "In that case, why did you hide in the suburbs in the first place?" ”

He didn't know where he was defeated, and he hoped that Guo Dan could give him an answer.

Guo smiled lightly: "This is because I think the Tao is different, not conspiring with each other, I and your philosophy, there is still a big difference, I very much disagree with some of your practices, and you also very much disagree with some of my practices, this kind of cooperation will only make everyone unhappy, why should I bother to find myself unhappy." ”

Wang Xijue asked, "How do you say this?" ”

Guo Dan glanced at Wang Xijue, hesitated for a while, and said, "I heard that Zhang Juzheng was filial piety and won affection, and Scholar Wang was against it?" ”

Wang Xijue was stunned for a moment, and then nodded.

"Why?"

"Because of filial piety."

"This is the concept is different, if it were me, I would not hesitate to ask Zhang Juzheng to return to the dynasty."

Guo Dan shrugged his shoulders and said: "Because in my opinion, Zhang Juzheng's every move at that time was related to the mouthful of food on the mouths of the people of the world, what is his father, and he is not the reincarnation of Sage Kong, for his father, let the people of the world go hungry, I really can't understand this logic." ”

Wang Xijue said: "If this person is not filial, do you still expect him to govern the world well?" ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Scholar Wang, you are filial, and Chen Shilang has no stain in life, all of you have a clear conscience, and Zhang Juzheng did not keep filial piety at that time, and he could not have a clear conscience in his life like you, but the fact is that you together, your contributions to the country and the people are not as good as Zhang Juzheng." After all, you only have your parents in your eyes, and Zhang Juzheng's eyes are the parents of the world, it doesn't matter whether it's right or wrong, it's just that everyone's choices are different, and there is nothing to complain about. ”

Wang Xijue looked directly at Guo Dan, and Guo Dan smiled.

After half a loud time, Wang Xijue sighed and said in his heart, is this really my choice? If it was my choice, why would I be so unwilling?

Aunt Xu looked at Wang Xijue with pity, knowing that this was not his choice, but the choice that this era helped him make.