The Kou family.

"Husband, are you in a hurry to come back because of the tariff?"

Kou Zhuisa asked.

Guo Dan was a little surprised and said, "Madame also knows?" ”

Kou Zhuansha nodded lightly, "In the past two days, it has been rumored, and it has been said that the imperial court is going to abolish the new tariff law, which has made everyone panic!" ”

Since the tariff incident, Guo Dan has been taken seriously, it is really unprecedentedly improved, and the eyes of the ministers are all staring at him, and the slightest wind blows, they just hear the wind.

But it stands to reason that no matter how tariffs are, they are not as important as Guo Dan's contracting of Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion in the past, and the tariffs are still nominally just Xinxing and Qianzhuang hired by the imperial court.

The reason for this change is that the ministers all believe that there are traitors in the DPRK and China, and the bureaucracy is no longer monolithic in the face of Guo Dan's problem.

This is an unprecedented crisis.

Of course, there are still some people who want to fish in troubled waters and take a fancy to the money that Guo Dan earned.

In other words, it is not so easy for Guo Dan to use some crooked brains now.

"Yes and no."

Guo smiled lightly: "Actually, the affairs of Tianjin Wei have been busy, but I wanted to stay for two more days, look around, and hear about it, so I chose to go back to Beijing early." ”

Seeing Guo Dan's relaxed face, Kou Zhuisa asked, "Husband has already thought of a solution?" ”

"It's all planned."

Guo Dan put one hand on Kou Liansha's shoulder, "If this kind of thing is really not worth our husband and wife's time to think about, we should consider implementing overseas plans, our first batch of cargo ships have gone to sea, I believe that more ships will come to Yuyang Port soon." ”

Kou Zhuansha was surprised: "So fast? ”

Guo smiled lightly: "This is indeed an unexpected joy!" ”

He didn't talk much about it with him, and the couple was carefully studying how to move forward with their overseas plans, which is a very big trade project in modern times.

The Yuegang side is almost free, and the number of goods imported and exported is determined by the market, but here, the supplier is only him, there are no other sellers, all these affairs have to be run by him, and it is not a pure transaction, there are strategic intentions in it, and many details have to be thought out repeatedly.

However, many people are staring at him, especially Guangtong Qianzhuang, who is already trying to persuade those ministers not to completely abolish the new tariff law, but to change Yinuo Qianzhuang to Guangtong Qianzhuang.

In other words, they are no longer optimistic about the sustainability of the new tariff law.

They find it incomprehensible.

The ministers would definitely not agree to the additional appropriation of the Ministry of Households, but Wang Xijue promised that the tariff would burden the river management, but the tariff could not allocate money, and the local government would definitely not agree to allocate any more funds.

In key places, the imperial court was urged to allocate funds again, and it was better not to do it halfway through the project.

Guangtong Qianzhuang wanted to take it, give us the money, and we will be responsible for managing the river.

They are good at this kind of thing, no matter how little money they have, they can do it, it's so magical.

......

After Guo Dan came back, Wanli also immediately convened a court meeting to discuss this matter, after all, these ministers are idle all day long, and they are all in a hurry about this matter, in fact, there is no need for the household department to allocate too much money.

This is just the beginning of the imbalance, and no matter how much it is, it will be like that.

But it just doesn't work.

An extra penny won't do it.

It was as if it was a Mongol invasion.

The Ming Dynasty was really able to toss from top to bottom, the emperor liked to toss, and the ministers also liked to toss.

As soon as the court meeting began, the spokesman immediately sounded the horn of attack and constantly attacked the cabinet.

It's not just that the policy is wrong, and even some officials directly criticize Wang Xijue for corruption and bribery, which led to the tariffs being beyond their means, and the money went into the pockets of Wang Xijue and Guo Dan.

Wang Xijue did not confront them head-on this time, and blindly dumped Guo Dan, which was a miscalculation of faith and action.

When they said this, many people immediately stood up to protect the new tariffs, believing that the new tariff system was still okay, and that the fault lay with Xinxing and Qianzhuang, and that the cooperation between the banknotes customs and Xinxing and Qianzhuang should be lifted.

However, they never imagined that the person sitting on it was the one behind the whole thing.

Therefore, in this matter, Wanli's heart is like a mirror, bright and bright, and he knows what these ministers are thinking.

This only prompted him to make a certain cut with this finance.

You guys know your own interests, if Lao Tzu is tied to finance, isn't Lao Tzu's accumulation of wealth all for you?

After doing it for a long time, you guys gave me a trick and the yellow finch was behind.

It really doesn't make sense.

After arguing for a long time, this contradiction focused on Guo Dan again.

The controversy ranges from whether or not the new tariff law will be repealed to whether or not to terminate the employment of Shin Xing and Qian Bank.

Wanli took advantage of the situation to announce Guo Dan into the palace.

It is not the first time that Guo Dan has participated in the court meeting, but this time the atmosphere is obviously different, he walked up before, and many ministers did not look at him, as if they felt that it was very embarrassing to be in the same hall with him.

But this time, as soon as he came up, he immediately became the intersection point.

It can be seen that the other party finally regarded him as an important opponent.

After saluting, Wanli asked, "Guo Dan, I heard what Scholar Wang said, he changed the new tariff law based on the amount of tariffs calculated by your Xinxing and the cost of river control. ”

Wang Xijue looked at Guo Dan a little nervously.

This is true, but they have not said it, and there is no evidence to prove it.

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, there is indeed such a thing. ”

Wang Xijue immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

It's okay for you kid to be angry.

Wanli asked again: "Do you also promise Scholar Wang that the tariff revenue will definitely be able to afford the management of the river?" ”

"Your Majesty, yes."

Before Guo Dan's words fell, an official stood up, "Your Majesty, now Guo Dan has admitted that this evidence is conclusive, which shows that Xinxing and Qianzhuang are just selling their reputation and deceiving the court, and the minister implores Your Majesty to punish Guo Dan." ”

Li Zhi and other officials looked at this official and opened their mouths several times, but finally endured it.

They wanted to clean up Wang Xijue first, and then clean up Guo Dan.

However, the relatives and powerful people hope to concentrate their firepower on attacking Guo Dan and defending the new tariff law, after all, they seek wealth, and they do not have any big grievances with the cabinet, in fact, their grievances with the officials are even greater.

In the end, Li Zhi and the others still felt that if you could hit Guo Dan, then it would be fine, after all, this kid is also a thorn in the eye and a thorn in the flesh, and he will not be unhappy.

"This lord, you really came with your mouth open!" Guo Dan was angry, "When did the grass people deceive the court?" ”

Now he will not blindly compliment these officials, what should be sarcastic is still sarcasm, after all, he is not sarcastic, and there will be no difference in the attitude of these officials towards him.

Li Zhi immediately stood up, "Until now, you still dare to quibble, now there has been a letter from the banknote customs, and the tariffs collected have bottomed out, but it still needs a lot of money to control the river." ”

"The grass people have heard about it."

Guo Dan nodded and said: "But this doesn't prove that the grass people are deceiving the imperial court, this is like doing business, you have to invest first, then you can be profitable, and you can make a profit." If you want to increase tariffs, you must first control the rivers, first you have to build roads, and when the roads are repaired and the rivers are well managed, trade will naturally become more frequent, and the more tariffs will naturally be.

The road is so wide, and it is a steep slope, but you ask for ten cars at a time, which is obviously unreasonable, and if the road is widened and leveled, you can pass ten cars at a time, and the tariff will increase tenfold.

Therefore, the tariff burden river management is actually very reasonable, because if you want to increase the tariff, you must manage the river well, and there will be no cutting corners. ”

Shi Xing, Fang Fengshi and other ministers nodded silently.

They believe that so many problems in the canal are not made up by Guo Dan, and shouldn't they find those officials in front of them to punish the crime?

Li Zhi snorted: "It's really nonsense, didn't all the money from the tax last year be invested in the Taoist river control?" How can you say that there is no input. ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Lord Li, plant melons and get melons, plant beans and get beans, how much you invest, how much you will be able to harvest in the future, if the imperial court has always wanted to maintain the balance of tariffs, it is very simple, just move a little less project."

Now the imperial court is to govern all the problems of the canal, which is naturally a lot of investment in the early stage, but the problem is that the canal has not been improved now, and it is still under governance, of course, there will be an imbalance in this revenue and expenditure, but after the governance is completed, it will naturally be able to return to its original cost and make a long-term profit. ”

The official asked, "Do you dare to guarantee that you will be able to make a profit in the future?" If you can't make a profit, will you bear the loss? ”

Guo smiled lightly: "My lord, you have to be reasonable, the management of the river has always been the business of the imperial court, and this tax is not for the grass people, what reason is there for the grass people to bear this loss." ”

"But you said you would make a profit."

"That's what the grass people say."

Guo Dan nodded and said: "But everything has to be fair, if the imperial court contracts the tariffs to the grass people, then the profits and losses can be borne by the grass people, it can't be said that the profits will go to the court, and the losses will go to the grass people, do you think this is fair?" Besides, this matter is not under the control of the grass people, the grass people are considered to be no human error, if there is human error, let the grass people bear it, it is unreasonable. ”

Worst!

When Li Zhi heard about the contract now, he felt panicked, and immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, Guo Dan is clearly just a man of his tongue and shirks his responsibility, if the household department allocates money now, he will not be able to get a surplus in the future, and then he can find all kinds of reasons, saying that this is artificial, saying that it is not well managed." The minister thought that the reason was that the new tariff law would not work at all, and he suggested that the new tariff law be abolished. ”

Wang Xijue immediately stood up and said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that what Guo Dan said is very reasonable, there is no return on investment, as long as the canal is well managed, more and more merchant ships will pass, and the tariffs will naturally increase, which is all predictable, and besides, the household department allocates money to control the river, isn't it a matter of course." ”

The Cabinet must defend the new tariff law, while the other side is determined to repeal it.

The two sides insisted on their own words and argued fiercely.

Fortunately, this is just the norm between the DPRK and China, after all, the two factions have been fighting for a long time, and everyone is used to it.

"Alright, alright, you're arguing so much that I have a headache."

Wanli waved his hand.

Only then did the two sides withdraw their troops.

Wanli groaned for a while, and suddenly said to Guo Dan: "Guo Dan, I ask you, are you really not wrong?" ”

Guo Dan replied: "Back to Your Majesty, the grass people are absolutely not wrong, the tariff can afford the management of the river, but the premise is that there can be no artificial destruction." ”

Wanli nodded.

"Your Majesty......!"

As soon as Yang Mingshen stood up, Wanli raised his hand: "Aiqing, don't say it first, listen to me." ”

Yang Ming retreated in deep disgust.

The ministers also looked at Wanli.

Wanli said: "Ladies and gentlemen, I trust Guo Dan's arithmetic ability very much, because he has never made a mistake before, and I also believe that Guo Dan will not be wrong this time, but what you have said is also very reasonable, if you all Aiqing think that the household department cannot allocate additional funds to govern the river, then in this way, all the customs duties will be offset to my internal government account, and the profits and losses will be borne by me." ”

Yang Mingshen and the others were dumbfounded when they heard it.

No... Isn't it Guo Dan contracting?

You guys... You've changed your routine again.