In fact, the capitalists negotiate back and forth, and there are roughly two tricks.

For one, it ostensibly gives you multiple choices, but in fact it only gives you one choice.

Second, first throw out a very ideal price, and then talk slowly.

These two tricks seem simple, but they are full of tricks.

Guo Dan adopted the obvious second routine this time, but this time he used it backwards, he gave a price that was lower than the bottom price, and then slowly talked up.

The aim was to lure the ministers into taking the bait, making them feel that this was an opportunity to push the matter forward desperately.

The main thing is to cover up their overseas plan, before this overseas plan is formed, it must not be known to others, otherwise it will be all over, even if the sea ban is lifted, why let Guo Dan monopolize, if Tianjin Wei is appointed from the beginning, then the ministers will definitely suspect that it is difficult to succeed in this matter.

Wanli just smiled and nodded.

Such a thing, as an emperor, it is naturally inconvenient for him to say it clearly, this gentleman has no jokes!

But he was actually very happy in his heart, he was always fooled by the ministers before, but now the situation has completely reversed, and the ministers have all fallen into the pit and become his accomplices.

"Your Majesty, there is another thing to tell you about your humble position."

Guo Dan suddenly arched his hand.

Wanli asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, we want to go to sea, the purpose of which is to deal with the Francois people, this knows oneself and knows the other, in order to win a hundred battles, and recently the lowly office knows that a Franco missionary named Matteo Ricci is in Zhaoqing Mansion, and the lowly official begs His Majesty to allow Matteo Ricci to come to Weihui Mansion, and then the lowly will send someone to learn the language of Francisco from him, as well as learn from their sailing experience." ”

Wanli pondered for a while, and then said: "I have heard about these missionaries before, and I don't know very well what they teach, so I ordered them to be restricted from moving, I can allow him to go to Weihui Mansion, but he must be strictly restricted from preaching, and if he wants to preach, it must be based on the Confucian classics." ”

Since the Ming Dynasty, it is not allowed to have their own thoughts, and the basis of the Baguwen is that everything must be said on behalf of the saints, and I can't think it, only the saints think that the meaning of Wanli is very simple, and it can't say what God, Jesus, and the Virgin Mary think it should be, it must be what the saints think God, Jesus, and the Virgin Mary think it is.

Interpreting Catholicism in terms of Confucian classics? This... I'm afraid this can only be done by Wanli. Guo Dan, who is very familiar with Catholicism, almost didn't laugh out loud.

Wanli asked, "What?" Isn't it possible? ”

"Huh? Yes. Your Majesty is right. Guo Dan said: "I know what to do." ”

Wanli also planned to write an edict to Zhaoqing Mansion that if there was a missionary of Matteo Ricci in the local area, he would be summoned to Weihui Mansion immediately.

You don't have to think about it to know that Matteo Ricci is definitely willing to go to Weihui Mansion, he just wants to come to the Central Plains to preach, but the Ming Dynasty has the rules of the Ming Dynasty, and this outsider must be strictly controlled, but he can't move around easily, Catherine and they can come to the capital, it is also because of King Lu, otherwise, it is more difficult to capture and come to the capital.

As for the change of the feudal domain, they didn't talk too much, because they had been talking about it for a year, and the plan was already very mature, just waiting for the other party to drill.

And they're going to get in.

Because the pattern of the two sides is no longer on the same level, it is not the same thing to consider.

Although Wanli is not as eloquent as Taizu, he is very humble and very greedy for money, which many emperors do not have, so he doesn't feel that the Central Plains is rich and rich, and the Heavenly Empire has everything.

He has only one concept of his country--- poverty.

This led to his predatory mentality, but before he met Guo Dan, his pattern of plundering was very small, and he couldn't get on the stage, generally blackmail, blackmail, and even being a hand-outing party, asking this and that.

After meeting Guo Dan, he suddenly found that his supreme power combined with Guo Dan's ability was simply a match made in heaven, a sunflower treasure book in the art of accumulating wealth.

And it's all a high-level means.

He had shifted his gaze to the white silver and the golden gold overseas.

On the other hand, when Shen Shi did them, the pattern is still the same, and one word --- provincial.

This money is saved.

If you can weaken the treatment of the vassal king, then you can save a lot of money.

Now there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the plan proposed by Guo Dan is deeply popular, and they feel that it is completely operable.

They are all waiting and watching to see how Wanli talks to Guo Dan?

They also knew that most of the money in Weihui Mansion was Wanli's, and Wanli should make some compromises.

However, the result made them very disappointed, after Guo Dan went back, he was closed, King Lu also hid in Cining Palace, and Wanli did not give a follow-up.

As if nothing had happened.

How familiar this scene is.

What is your surname Zhu, and your surname is Turtle.

The ministers are gone.

You guys are too much, King Lu has violated the law and discipline, and we haven't asked him to be punished, just let him go to the domain, and you don't let him go to the domain, and you don't give everyone an explanation, how can this work.

We will not agree to this.

The ministers began to play, demanding that King Lu be punished, and Guo Dan was mentioned in every movement, suggesting that Wanli take Guo Dan's proposal and let King Lu change his domain and go to Lingnan.

Not only did the imperial history charge into battle, but even the ministers also took the lead, and they all wanted to take advantage of this matter to ask the court to change the vassal system from the side.

In fact, it can be seen that the literati are a very contradictory group.

In their beliefs, there is an element of antiquity, because Confucius was very ancient, and he always wanted to restore the ritual music of the Zhou Dynasty, and this nostalgia is sometimes very terrible.

On the one hand, they keep saying that this ancestral system cannot be easily violated.

But their intellect told them that the ancestral system had to be changed.

Isn't this a slap in the face?

But they can't be blamed, because what they learn is made by the rulers, and that's what it says.

Fortunately, there is Guo Dan this time.

In the past, they were afraid of the vassal system, because the vassal king involved the royal family and the ancestral system, which was very sensitive.

But now that Guo Dan is in front, of course they are not afraid, anyway, the culprit is Guo Dan.

A no-tooth line.

"Once upon a time, you and Shilin were still fighting inseparably, but now Shilin will support you like this, it's really impermanent."

Aunt Xu said with a smile.

Now Guo Dan is well-known in Shilin, and everyone respects his advice.

This was unthinkable before.

"Don't say that." Guo Dan said angrily: "I don't know them, and they are not supporting me, but using me." Alas... It's really unpleasant. ”

Aunt Xu glanced at him suspiciously, and was silent.

Guo Dan secretly glanced at Aunt Xu and said, "Layman, you have to help me this time." ”

Aunt Xu shook her head lightly and said: "This thing is not easy to do, the imperial court spent so much money to build the Lu Wangfu, there is only one purpose, that is, to let King Lu go to the domain, it can't be said that because of the merchant's business, King Lu will not be allowed to go to the domain." Didn't you think about this problem when you contracted Weihui Mansion? ”

Guo Dan sighed: "At the beginning, I was also forced to contract Weihui Mansion, and at that time, Weihui Mansion was a mess, how could I still have time to think about it, I did think about it afterwards, but this kind of thing is not something I can decide, I thought about it for a day, but I never thought that King Lu was... Alas... I get angry when I think about it. ”

Aunt Xu just nodded slightly, did not make a sound, and said in her heart, with my understanding of him, he does everything step by step, takes precautions, and sees it more long-term than the other party, and it is impossible to let it go all the way on such a fatal issue. If this is the case, he would not dare to invest so much money in Weihui Mansion. It's such a coincidence that this matter involves the vassal king system again. It seems that my previous speculation was not wrong, he had long wanted to think about how to change the vassal system, and now it may have just begun, in that case, I don't need to worry about it, just watch from the sidelines.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but look forward to it, because she couldn't see through the answer either.

But she knew that this matter had reached this level, and that it had to be brought to a conclusion.

It is impossible to always prevent King Lu from going to the vassal.

Moreover, in the face of King Lu, the ministers of the court and the central government are really united, even more united than when dealing with Guo Dan.

Last time, that incident not only allowed King Lu to escape, but also was beaten by him, and the officials were accused of being incompetent, which made the officials always resentful, but it had been sprinkled on Guo Dan's head before, and this time it can be regarded as catching King Lu, and he must not let it go easily.

As soon as the wind blew in the DPRK, the people immediately became resentful.

King Lu trampled on the crops and beat the law enforcement officers, and was immediately infinitely magnified.

This Wanli couldn't help but come forward, so he appointed Zhang Cheng to negotiate with Shen Shixing.

"Ladies and gentlemen, let's tell you clearly, let King Lu go to Lingnan to become a vassal lord, this is impossible, don't say that Your Majesty doesn't agree, and the Queen Mother won't agree!" Zhang Cheng said very bluntly.

Wang Jiaping immediately said: "Let King Lu go to Lingnan to become a vassal, that is for us to consider the people of Weihui Mansion, if Your Majesty does not agree, then you can only let King Lu go to Weihui Mansion to become a vassal, this is already a good deal, and Luwang Mansion has already spent hundreds of thousands of taels." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "Could it be that your lordships can bear to let the people of Weihui Mansion lose their vitality and live in dire straits. ”

Wang Xijue immediately said: "Weihui Mansion has been contracted to Guo Dan, it is Guo Dan's plan, which makes Lu Wangfu very important, if officials are appointed to govern it at that time, this kind of problem will not occur, this is a problem that Guo Dan needs to solve." ”

"It's ......."

Zhang Cheng was speechless for a moment.

They just want to force Wanli to make a decision, and this fish and bear's paw can't have both.

This first negotiation ended in Zhang Cheng's complete defeat.

The ministers were even more jubilant, their morale was high, and they united as one to continue to push the matter.

It is true that no one likes this vassal system, because the vassal king occupies not only the interests of the state, but also the interests of the officials.

However, in the eyes of Wanli and Guo Dan, they are just too deep into the play.

In order for them to join the play more, in order to make the whole play more realistic, Wanli often summoned Guo Dan into the palace to discuss countermeasures, which made Zhang Cheng use all means to deal with them first.

But the attitude of the ministers is also very clear, if you don't give a result of this matter, you don't want us to stop.

After several negotiations, seeing that the heat was almost over, Wanli finally sent the strongest team to negotiate with them.

In fact, it is Zhang Cheng and Guo Dan.

East Pavilion.

"We don't understand, there are so many things in the country, why do you just stare at King Lu, King Lu has already promised to pay money and admit his mistake, and the Queen Mother also said that she would confine King Lu, but you still hold on, are you deceiving people too much."

At the beginning, Zhang Cheng kept complaining.

Wang Xijue said: "Prime minister, how can this become our entanglement, let King Lu go to the domain, this is a matter of course, I don't know why Your Majesty has not let King Lu go to the domain." ”

Zhang Cheng snorted: "Our family has already said it tens of thousands of times, and this is related to thousands of people in Weihui Mansion, but we can't act rashly." ”

Song Jingsheng immediately said: "This is a problem that Guo Dan should solve. ”

Guo Dan said depressedly: "My lord, how can I solve this problem, for a while, I can't build a Luwang Mansion to house so many people, if it weren't for me, the people of Weihui Mansion are now afraid that few of them will survive, and now Weihui Mansion has finally settled down, and your lords have created difficulties for me again." ”

Song Jingsheng sneered: "Don't you like to talk about contracts? The contract didn't say that King Lu would not be allowed to go to the domain, and the reason why you let Weihui Mansion recover as soon as possible was because of King Lu's Mansion, if it was an official to govern, they couldn't use King Lu's Mansion to collect money to supplement the government. ”

Guo Dan was silent.

If you look at it with hindsight, there is nothing wrong with saying this, but in fact, if the Luwang Mansion is handed over to the officials, the officials can't make money.

Wang Jiaping said: "We are not trying to create difficulties for you, the suggestions you made last time are very good, but we are also very supportive." ”

Guo Dan wanted to cry without tears and said: "My nonsense is pure nonsense, and it can't be true." ”

"Alright, alright, you all don't fight."

Zhang Cheng waved his hand and said: "In this matter, let's take a step back, and choose another place to let King Lu take the domain, and the silver taels used to change the domain will all be borne by Guo Dan, but don't choose a place so far away from Lingnan, just choose that Tianjin Wei." What do you think? ”