"Shares.. Joint-stock system? ”

Wanli's eyes immediately bulged and looked at Guo Dan dumbfounded.

What is this?

Are we talking about the same thing?

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, the humble position is just a businessman, and many big truths will not be explained ......!" ”

Wanli, who was extremely curious, didn't want to listen to this nonsense, and before he finished speaking, he waved his hand: "I don't see you as a gentleman, what do you have to say." ”

Belch... Is this a personality attack? Guo Dan glanced at Wanli aggrievedly.

Wanli was angry and funny: "What? Do you want me to see you as a gentleman? ”

"No... No, if Your Majesty regards humble duties as a gentleman, then Your Majesty will definitely be disappointed. Guo Dan hurriedly said.

"You're self-aware!"

Wanli smiled and said, "Then you don't say it quickly." ”

"Obedience."

Guo Dan continued to explain: "Those military generals and civil officials are tied to interests, and most of them are personal interests, not because of the interests of the country or the interests of the people, they are all for themselves, but they think that this is human nature and is inevitable.

No matter how many groups of people you change, this situation will not change, we can't expect to change human nature, then there is only one way, which is to cut off the interests between them and transfer the interests of the generals to His Majesty's workshop.

Let them be your courtiers on the one hand, the generals of the country, but on the other hand, your Majesty's partners. ”

"General? Workshop? Partners? ”

Wanli became more and more confused the more he listened.

Where did I come from?

Guo Dan said: "It is an armaments production workshop. ”

Wanli immediately frowned, as if he understood something.

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, the profits from the production of armaments are huge, but if you want to satisfy too many people, you will inevitably have to cut corners, but if you only meet the needs of Your Majesty and some countries to rely on the general army, then you can not only help Your Majesty obtain huge profits, meet the needs of those generals, but also ensure that our Ming soldiers can obtain the best armaments."

The lowly suggestion was that your Majesty personally pay for the establishment of a large workshop for the production of armaments, and at the same time introduce a joint-stock system, giving some shares to those generals who are loyal to Your Majesty and capable of winning battles, so that they may profit from it, and at the same time bind them to Your Majesty's interests. In this way, the officers and men of the three armed forces can be stabilized. ”

Wanli pondered for a while and asked, "But even if this armament production is in my hands, the military salary is still in the hands of the household department. ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, this is just a means for us to encircle the generals, first stabilize them, pave the way for the reform of the military and politics, only when their interests will not be harmed by the reform, and even if the reform will bring them more benefits, they will support the reform."

After stabilizing them, His Majesty can rely on the upright, incorruptible, and reform-hungry ministers of the court to reform the military and government, and improve some of the shortcomings under the system of ensuring that the military is controlled by civility. ”

Hearing this, Wanli probably understood what Guo Dan meant.

First of all, we should focus on the problem of military and political corruption, cut off the entire interest group, and pull those big generals who can lead the troops to fight to their side, so as long as there is the support of the army, then the remaining interest groups will not be afraid.

But if it is cut directly, it may make it difficult to restrain the military, and Wanli will not be able to keep an eye on those generals every day, he has to find someone to keep an eye on.

This must or must ensure the system of using literature to control force.

This can't be changed.

Therefore, it is all just an illusion, first the entire interest group is completely separated, some of them are satisfied with interests, and then another civilian group is introduced to replace the original interest group, and finally the reform is deepened.

In essence, nothing has changed, except that power is given to those who are honest and incorruptible.

This group, Wanli also knows, is the current group of ministers, as well as ministers like Fang Fengshi and Shi Xing.

Then the problem arises again.

Wanli doesn't want the cabinet to have too much power!

A big problem in the Ming Dynasty was that efficiency was too slow, and the reason was that the mutual checks and balances were too fierce, resulting in nothing being done, and the reason for this was because the monarch wanted to do so.

"You are just changing the soup but not the medicine, and it is possible that an upright and honest minister may become incorruptible and unhonest." Wanli shook his head and said.

In fact, it is implied that the cabinet has power, and it may also become bad.

"Your Majesty."

Guo Dan clasped his fists and saluted, and said: "The key lies in this reform, and one of the big reasons for this is that the decision-makers of the state finance also control the military salary, and if you want to completely solve the problem of corruption, you must separate power from military salary."

To put it simply, His Majesty, the Cabinet, and the Ministry of Household Affairs can decide how much military salaries to be allocated, and to whom they should be allocated and for what purposes, but military salaries are not passed through the hands of the government at all levels, but are directly distributed to the front-line soldiers through the money bank.

Even if it is directly distributed to each soldier, this can also solve the problem of empty salary, and it is difficult for the dead to come to the money bank to receive military salary. ”

"It's doable." Wanli's eyes couldn't help but light up and nodded.

The military salary has always been controlled in the hands of the household department, and it is still up to the emperor, the cabinet, and the household department to decide how much to send and to whom, so as to ensure the status of civil officials, and no one dares to touch the money in the treasury.

Qian Zhuang is responsible for the flow of military salaries, which can ensure that officials have no way to start.

And the money village is only according to the requirements of the household department, it has no power, it is just a tool, but the money village is controlled by Wanli, and the officials cannot oppress the money bank.

This creates a very solid triangle.

This is very similar to the tariff reform, in fact, it is to strengthen the centralization of power and weaken the power of local officials, which is actually very critical for the Ming Dynasty, the central government has no power, and nothing can be done.

And this provided the basis for cooperation between the emperor and the cabinet, because the cabinet benefited from it.

Wang Jiaping and Wang Xijue are not licking dogs, they also have their own political ambitions, if the emperor has the final say, then they will not agree.

In that case, there is still a national dispute.

In this way, the power of the cabinet and the six ministries will be strengthened, and they will be able to carry out in-depth reforms and realize their political ideals.

But this strengthened power is only ostensibly controlled by the six cabinet departments, Wanli has grasped the core part, as long as Wanli is unhappy, this military salary can be locked in the money village or the treasury.

It is equivalent to the cabinet or a group of secretaries of the emperor, but under the emperor, they have greater power, but this power is also limited by the money bank.

In this way, Wanli is undoubtedly the biggest beneficiary.

At least he can use this to eradicate this interest group, in fact, he was also one of them, and he was more greedy than anyone else, and he used to think that since you are all greedy, then I can't treat myself badly.

It's just that now that the situation has changed a little, and he has planned to set up his own door, then this interest group is a bit of an eyesore.

I don't need to be greedy, you still have to be greedy, that's your fault.

But this kind of thing must be done with caution, and it cannot be easily messed with.

Wan Li thought about it and said, "It's easy to say this, but it's very difficult to do!" For example, now that the imperial court is going to dissolve its cooperation with the Weihui Mansion, how can I open a workshop specializing in the production of armaments? ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, have you forgotten that even if the imperial court cancels its cooperation with the Weihui Mansion, we must also produce weapons to meet the needs of overseas plans." ”

"Yes!"

Wanli suddenly came back to his senses and said busily: "This can't be lifted!" ”

"It can be lifted."

Guo Dan said: "If we don't give in an inch, then they will keep tense our nerves, but we can't find a chance to infiltrate, so we must cancel the cooperation between the imperial court and the Weihui Mansion, but Your Majesty can order the Weihui Mansion to continue to develop armaments, including weapons."

After all, everyone admits that Weihui Mansion produces the best and the best to use, and when Weihui Mansion is successfully developed, the technology will be given to the imperial court, and the cost of this research and development is not very much, Your Majesty, you personally decreed, they should not say anything. With this as a foundation, we will be able to convince the generals. ”

Speaking of this, he frowned, "But this is also the rarest, because once it is known by the other party, it may fail, so this matter cannot be rushed, and without absolute certainty, it cannot be done easily." ”

This is what Guo Dan said cannibalizes whale swallowing!

First use the interests to win over the generals, this needs to be slowly encroached on, and must not be rushed, but once this is successful, it must be swallowed, and the big cake must be swallowed directly, and the interest group cannot be given any time to react.

But this is very demanding, and it must be done without leakage, so that the other party is difficult to detect.

Wanli was thinking in his heart, if he failed, then he would not be involved.

This is calculated, it doesn't seem to be, this must be Guo Dan coming forward to lobby, after all, it is from the commercial side to win over the other party, so Guo Dan has a good relationship with the general for his own interests, what does this have to do with me.

But if it succeeds, it is really a huge profit, no matter what level it is.

The emperor, the state, the army, the people.

Because Guo Dan's plan is tantamount to uniting the cabinet, military generals, and some ministers to encircle and suppress this interest group.

Since it is an interest group, once this interest group collapses, then everyone will naturally have points!

After thinking about it, Wanli decided to give it a try, and he couldn't lose anything anyway, and said: "I will order that the Weihui Mansion continue to develop armaments for the imperial court, and as for other things, you can do it yourself." ”

"Obedience."

Guo Dan hugged his fists.