Hung Yen Bo House.

"Xing Anbo, you have to think carefully this time, if you don't stand up today, then no one will be willing to help you in the future."

The British public Zhang Yuangong threw down this sentence, and left Xing'an Bo Mansion with Xiangcheng Bo Li Chenggong and others.

"Alas... What can I do? ”

Xu Mengxi couldn't help but clench his fists and slammed the table.

This matter has been related to the vital interests of their magnates, and almost all the relatives of the emperor and the country, after the meritorious service, have mobilized to put pressure on Wanli in order to get Wanli back his life.

But Xu Menghui has long been unwilling to do this, he now hopes that Xu Jirong can have more sons, and he still wants to hide, but he is in the position of Taifu Temple, and it is very difficult to hide.

Xu Mao on the side suddenly said: "Master, so far, you can only support the British princess, otherwise, we will inevitably be excluded by them." ”

Xu Mengxi sighed: "I don't know, but I don't want to stand opposite His Majesty!" And I don't think it's easy, if it's a trap, it won't be worth the loss. ”

Xu Mao said: "But master, there is a way, the law does not blame the public, now everyone is together, Your Majesty will not be able to blame all the relatives of the emperor and the country, this can also involve the family of the Empress Dowager Li, but if you don't speak out, you will definitely be excluded in the future." ”

Xu Mengxi pondered for a while, then suddenly looked back at Xu Mao, his cloudy eyes shot out two rays of light, as if he could see through people, and asked, "Have you met Feng'er?" ”

Xu Mao blinked weakly and stammered, "Last time... Last time, I happened to meet the eldest lady......! ”

"Enough!"

......

East Plant.

"Duke, it seems that Wu Qinghou and they think that they can still make His Majesty take back his order, and they are all walking around now, hoping to unite more people to put pressure on His Majesty!"

Liu Shouyou reported to Zhang Whale.

Zhang Whale glanced at him, "What, do you want to mix it too?" ”

"Not really."

Liu Shouyou shook his head and said in a low voice: "It's just that they hope that the Governor can persuade His Majesty to take back his order." I think this is feasible, they will come to put pressure on Your Majesty, and the Duke of the Governor you will reconcile in the middle, and if you succeed, the Governor's prestige will be unmatched! ”

These magnates and ministers are very shrewd, they are facing Wanli, the emperor in his twenties, and they are worried that their side is too strong, which will make Wanli unable to step down, and they don't know how to do it, so they hope to be able to apply both soft and hard to Wanli, they sing white face, Zhang Whale sings red face, and they are all happy.

"They're thinking too simply."

Zhang Whale sneered and said: "I've been thinking about this these days, from Wang Xijue's tariff reform to now, Your Majesty has actually been benefiting, this is not a coincidence, this is very likely to be a conspiracy, maybe Your Majesty has already wanted tricks waiting for them, and I think this matter is very likely to be related to Guo Dan, after all, these days, Your Majesty only summoned Guo Dan, tsk, this stinky boy, he should have killed him in the first place." ”

If he had slaughtered Guo Dan at the beginning, Wanli probably wouldn't blame him too much, and if Guo Dan was to be moved now, then Wanli would not agree no matter what.

Liu Shouyou said worriedly: "Duke, how should we do it?" ”

Zhang Whale thought for a while and said, "Just tell them, I will try my best to persuade Your Majesty." ”

"But Duke, didn't you mean ......!"

"How do they know if I am persuading Your Majesty?"

......

In fact, Zhang Whale is right, many ministers in the court seem to be still alive in the past, and they think that the emperor is just the biggest landlord in the world, and they belong to the same interest group.

To hurt privilege is to hurt the emperor's own interests.

They are not wrong to think so, because since ancient times, the emperor has been the largest landlord, and the so-called privilege is actually the core interest of the emperor.

They saw that Wanli had been silent, thinking that Wanli was going to play again, and they had fished out the money over there, so they were like turtles with shrunken heads, hiding in the palace and not going out.

This is also the usual routine used by Wanli before.

But this time it hurts their fundamental interests, and they will never compromise on it.

If you don't give us a piece of the pie, then this emperor won't want to rely on it.

They made a lot of noise.

But they didn't say that the emperor's decision was wrong, because the emperor set an example, and the money was also used to control the river, no matter which angle you say, the river control cannot be said to be wrong.

Therefore, they unanimously demanded that Wanli remove the tax privilege.

In fact, the bureaucracy is the most privileged person, and the problem now is that you are not kind, you deprive us of our privileges and satisfy our own selfish interests, if you want to do this, then we will burn everything, and everyone will not have privileges.

See who is more ruthless.

It's already a storm all over the city.

And Guo Dan, the initiator of all this, stole half a day of leisure.

In the past, he rushed to the front to meet all the storms, but in this matter, he couldn't rush to the front, he was just a small businessman, but he couldn't support this scene, so he could only play in person Wanli.

Everyone's firepower is also focused on Wanli, and no one can take care of him.

At this time, he had just come out of Chen Fangyuan's residence, and he was here today mainly to inquire about the situation of Xinxing, after all, Xinxing was doing so much now, and there were a lot of things to deal with.

When he went out, seeing that the weather was not bad, Guo Dan did not choose to take a carriage, but chose to walk and go shopping by the way.

"Guo Gongzi, Guo Gongzi!"

When he came to the street near Yahang, he suddenly heard a shout, Guo Dan turned his head and saw a middle-aged uncle rushing out of a shop, he subconsciously looked up at the shop, it seemed to be a shop selling folding fans.

"You are?"

Guo Dan asked.

The uncle asked rhetorically, "Guo Gongzi doesn't know me?" ”

Guo Dan shook his head and said, "Have we seen each other before?" ”

"I've seen it, I've seen it."

The uncle nodded hurriedly, and suddenly pointed to the folding fan in Guo Dan's hand.

Guo Dan looked down at the folding fan in his hand--- it hurt to be idle.

Suddenly, he pointed to the uncle and said, "Oh... I remembered that you were the stall owner who sold me folding fans in the first place. ”

As he spoke, he looked at the shop again and said with a smile: "Uncle, it's good!" It's only been a long time since you've gone from being a stall owner to a shopkeeper. Congratulations! Congratulations! ”

"Compared to Guo Gongzi, I'm really nothing."

The uncle smiled shyly, and said: "Speaking of which, this is really a blessing for Guo Gongzi, many people know that the fan in Guo Gongzi's hand is from my hand, so they all come to me to buy a fan, and this business is getting better and better." ”

As soon as Guo Dan heard it, he understood that it was definitely not someone else who took the initiative to find it, but he took the initiative to publicize it.

Seeing that Guo Dan was suddenly silent, the uncle couldn't help but look a little embarrassed, and suddenly said, "Guo Gongzi, wait a minute." ”

After that, he hurriedly returned to the store, and after a while, he walked out again, only to see an extra folding fan in his hand, and handed it to Guo Dan with both hands, and said, "Guo Gongzi, a small meaning, not a respect." ”

"Uncle, there's no need for this, ...... me?"

"Guo Gongzi, I have been preparing this gift for a long time, and it is for Guo Gongzi, I have never had a chance, please Guo Gongzi must accept it."

"How long have you been preparing?"

Guo Dan was curious, so he took the folding fan, opened it, and his eyes widened, "Secretly observing?" ”

The uncle smiled: "I always remember that Guo Gongzi was going to write these four words at the beginning, and I blamed me for having one more sentence at the time, so Guo Gongzi changed it to 'idle eggs', although I have never known what it means, but there must be a deep meaning in it." ”

This person is famous, and that's really a fart and it's fragrant.

Guo Dan laughed, thinking in his heart, he was determined to eat soft rice, so he wrote that, and now this "idle egg hurts" is no longer worthy of the name, and it is not bad to change to "secretly observe". So he nodded and said, "Thank you very much." ”

"No, no, no, it should, it should."

The uncle seemed to be flattered, and his eyes flashed with joy.

After talking for a while, Guo Dan took his leave.

"Observing in the shadows, interesting, interesting."

While walking, Guo Dan played with the new fan in his hand.

Yang Feixu on the side couldn't help but say: "He just wants to use you again." ”

"I know."

Guo smiled and nodded.

Now his fame is really unmatched in the business world, and what he likes will inevitably be sought after, and if his two fans are from the same shop, there must be something mysterious in them.

Yang Feixu frowned and said, "Then why are you still ......." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "We often have to live to be valuable, in fact, this value is the value of being used, when you don't have the value of being used, that is to say, you are worthless in life, so this is not a bad thing, the key is that the uncle is quite business-minded, I appreciate him very much." ”

As he spoke, he continued to play with the folding fan in his hand and said with a smile: "Observe secretly, haha, it's wonderful!" Great! ”

Indeed, all he had to do now was to observe from the sidelines, because it had turned into a war between Wanli and the bureaucracy.

Moreover, the situation in the DPRK and China has entered a white-hot situation, and seeing that this matter is getting bigger and bigger, it is about to reach a point out of control.

Wanli finally convened a cabinet meeting.

And the cabinet must be on the side of Wanli in this incident, after all, on the surface, Wanli only came forward to protect them, and if they want to betray Wanli, it will really be an enemy.

Generally speaking, as long as it is not very excessive, violating their principles, they will agree to Wanli.

And Wanli's request at this meeting was not only not excessive, but also won the hearts of the ministers.

Wanli mainly requires that from this year, the river will be comprehensively controlled, and the Ministry of Industry Shangshu Shixing will be specially appointed as the minister of river affairs to preside over river affairs.

In the past, you had to ask the Ministry of Households, after all, it takes money to control the river, but now that the money is from Wanli, there is no need to consider financial issues.

Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping were ecstatic.

We misunderstood the Emperor!

The emperor does not want to collect money, but really wants to make great efforts, because it takes money to govern the river, and according to their understanding of Wanli, under normal circumstances, Wanli will only collect tariffs, but will not spend money to really govern the river.

Did the emperor change sex?

Regardless of whether you turn around or not, chant "Your Majesty Shengming" first!

The cabinet, headed by Shin Shixing, expressed its full support for the emperor's decision.

However, the suggestion put forward by Wanli next really scared the ministers out of the cold.

Wanli believed that the treatment of officials was too much and too complicated, which was not conducive to distribution, and at the same time it was easy to cause corruption, and on this ground, he asked the ministers to immediately review the treatment of the emperor's relatives and relatives, and down to the treatment of people and talents.

See if there is a way to convert all these benefits into silver taels, and then distribute them to officials.

Isn't this just a whip?

Zhang Juzheng's whipping method is aimed at those who evade taxes, but it is not thorough enough, because a whipping law does not target those privileged people, whether they should be exempted or exempted.

But a whip method proposed by Wanli really drew into their bone marrow.

What is the treatment of officials, and isn't that a privilege?

If all the benefits are converted into silver taels, then there is no privilege, that is, more money and less money.

It's a bit of a big game.

Shen Shixing was also scared.

If you continue to play like this, will the world be in chaos!

But they have no way out, and if they don't agree to Wanli's suggestion, the consequences will be very serious.

They could only promise to come down.