Lee House.

"Qin Deyi?"

Li Chengliang got up suddenly, and said with a nervous expression: "Does that involve Rumei?" ”

"Not really."

The old servant said: "Because Guo Dan has already given you 20% of the shares before, so they didn't go to the young boy again this time, maybe the young man is also helping to pull the strings." ”

Li Chengliang breathed a sigh of relief, sat back, and said: "But it is my old department, and it is too early to say that it will not involve Rumei and them!" ”

The old servant said: "But sir, giving those generals shares, this is obviously what Your Majesty meant, how can Your Majesty blame them." ”

Li Chengliang sighed: "If it's only about shares, the old man won't care, but it also involves the matter of family soldiers, those civil officials in the court are all masters who eat people and don't spit out bones, their trick is very insidious, and now they have to rely on them to become a weapon against Guo Dan, do you know how many people in the court want to deal with Guo Dan?" This is in the back, whether Your Majesty will abandon the car to protect the handsome, no one can say! ”

Of course, this handsome refers to Guo Dan, not him Li Chengliang.

At this time, a domestic servant walked into the hall, "Master Qiqi, Consultant Guo has already left for Beijing half a day ago. ”

When Li Chengliang heard this, he couldn't help but be even more worried.

His worries are by no means mediocre people, after all, he has lived for so many years, and he has seen it very thoroughly, and now the general situation of the country has become confusing, and everyone seems to be in a fog.

There is no routine to follow at all.

The reason is because the best interests of the old order are now trying to abolish it.

And the change was made in the way it was changed.

In the past, the emperor's reform was carried out step by step from top to bottom, with rules and laws, but this time Wanli is a sword that goes sideways, not from top to bottom, but from bottom to top.

Before Wanli promoted the New Deal, there were actually many things that were changing, mainly because of Weihui Mansion, Weihui Mansion changed many things, and a new force also rose in China.

Wanli relied on this force and this change to implement reforms.

As a result, the entire system is being impacted.

Don't look at it on the surface, it is still very calm, it is only because Wanli left the court alone, and the court is very quiet now, but in fact, the whole country is actually in turmoil.

The slightest thing can ferment and become a big event that changes the direction of the country.

Things seem to be going according to this script.

The share bribery case suddenly began to ferment violently.

Not only the officials in the capital, but also the officials of Jizhou, Taiyuan, Datong, Tianjin, Daming, and Hejian also played to impeach those generals who accepted the shares of the Grand Canyon.

It feels like a broken drum and ten thousand people are beating.

Although some of them were aimed at those generals, the vast majority of officials wanted to take the opportunity to attack Guo Dan.

Wanli also seemed to be a little unbearable, so he held a cabinet meeting in Wuyingdian to inquire about the matter, and he didn't seem to dare to hold a court meeting.

"Regarding the matter of the Grand Canyon shares, I personally approved it, and my purpose is to hope that those generals who can fight well can provide experience to the Grand Canyon and develop better firearms, if this is also a rebellion, then the officials of the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry are not rebelling every day?"

Wanli was angry.

In the past, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry were responsible for the production of weapons, and the generals would give back their experience to the Ministry of War or the Ministry of Industry, but now it has been changed to the Grand Canyon, but it is just a way to change.

Wang Jiaping immediately said: "Your Majesty, the courtiers didn't know about this matter in advance, so you can't blame them." ”

Wanli said: "I don't plan to blame them, you go and explain it to them." ”

Shen Shixing said: "Your Majesty, it may be too late to explain now!" ”

Wanli frowned and said, "Aiqing is referring to the matter of raising private soldiers?" ”

Shen Shixing nodded and said: "The matter of shares can be explained clearly, but the matter of privately raising family soldiers is not easy to solve, and they have already come up with conclusive evidence." ”

Wanli snorted: "Regarding the matter of the general's private support of the soldiers, it didn't happen just yesterday, everyone knows it in their hearts, but they have something to do with Guo Dan, and they start to talk about it, do they really think I am a fool, what is the idea in their hearts, I know it very well in my heart!" ”

Xu Guodao: "Your Majesty knows it in your heart, but... But those generals didn't know in their hearts that this matter was getting bigger and bigger, and if the court didn't take action, they were afraid that those generals would encourage the soldiers to make trouble. ”

Wanli frowned and said, "According to Qing's words, what should I do?" ”

Xu Guodao: "Weichen suggested that someone should be sent to investigate first, and if it is true, they should be removed from their official positions for the time being, so as not to cause a catastrophe." ”

"How can this work?"

Wanli said: "I allowed Guo Dan to do this, if they are removed from office because of this matter, who will believe it in the future...... I believe me, this gentleman has no jokes. ”

Those generals also know that this share was given to them by Wanli, and after taking your shares, they even lost their official positions, what a brilliant thing you have done!

Xu Guodao: "But Your Majesty, this country has national laws, and the family has family rules, so it can't be said that they are allowed to raise family soldiers." ”

"Then don't talk about it."

Wanli snorted angrily and said, "You go and tell those courtiers that I agreed to the matter of shares, and there is no need to say much about the rest." That's all for today's meeting. ”

With that, he got up and left.

"Shousuke-sama, how do you look at it?"

Xu Guo asked Shen Shixing.

Shen Shixing sighed: "I can only try my best to explain to them, everyone knows this in their hearts, but they don't talk about the rules first." ”

Wang Jiaping said: "But on the matter, the border army will adopt family soldiers, a big taboo, if the court knows and does not act, will it encourage this arrogance, in the long run, the Tang Dynasty will be divided into feudal towns for fear that it will come back." ”

Shen Shixing frowned, and after thinking about it, he spread his hands and said, "I can't help it!" ”

If you don't say this kind of thing, you can't ignore it, Li Chengliang was like this at the beginning, because about this kind of thing, the emperor is very sensitive, according to previous examples, if the trouble is very fierce, the emperor will generally make a choice to exempt those generals from official positions.

In fact, in most cases, the emperor does not need to speak, and those generals resign on their own.

Now the situation is a little different, this fuse was made by the emperor himself, and if the emperor also dismisses them, it is impossible to say.

......

"Your Majesty."

As soon as Wanli came out of the Wuying Palace, Dong Ping came to him.

Wanli asked, "What is the situation in the border town now?" ”

Dong Ping said: "Qin Deyi and they have all learned about this, and they are all very worried at present, and many generals in the Nine Towns have chosen to stand opposite them, and even some generals are still collecting their evidence and handing it over to our people in Caoyun." ”

"Then I can rest assured."

Wanli nodded, and said: "You have to let Qin Deyi know that I believe in them, support them, and those officials will not let them go, but I will definitely protect them." ”

Dong Ping hugged his fists and said: "Weichen understands. ”

"You go down first."

"Wechen retired."

After Dong Ping left, Wanli asked the oncoming eunuch, "What's the matter?" ”

The eunuch saluted and said, "Back to Your Majesty, Advisor Guo asks to see you." ”

"This kid's alertness is not low!"

Wanli smiled.

......

Den.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live long live."

"Excuse me!"

After Guo Dan straightened up, Wanli asked, "How is the matter of Qian Zhuang going?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Back to Your Majesty, everything is going very smoothly." ”

"That's good!"

Wanli nodded, and asked again: "Then you have already dealt with the matter and should have come back, or did you come back for the Grand Canyon shares?" ”

Guo Dan sneered: "Back to Your Majesty, I was about to come back from my humble position, but I wanted to come back after witnessing the issuance of the first batch of Yinuo coins, but I heard that many people in the DPRK and China were impeaching my humble post, so I came back a few days early." ”

Wanli said with interest: "Are you afraid of this?" ”

Guo Dan said with a humble face: "Your Majesty Shengming, I was really not afraid at the beginning of the humble position, but the humble lady reminded the humble post that this matter implicated many border town generals and might bring some trouble to Your Majesty, so the humble post rushed back." ”

Wanli said: "Then I want to congratulate you on having one more virtuous helper." ”

Guo Dan said: "What a virtuous helper, I invited an aunt and grandmother to come back." ”

Wanli laughed when he heard this, and teased: "As the first son-in-law in the world, isn't it just to invite my aunt and grandmother home." ”

"Your Majesty seems to be right."

"Haha...!"

Wanli likes to chat with Guo Dan, but he doesn't like anything that is too regular, and doing those old men with Shen Shi is the most painful thing for him, he prefers to be casual, and Guo Dan happens to be about the same age as them, and he doesn't know the rules very well.

Guo Dan saw that the fat house looked relaxed, and his heart was already relieved.

All this should still be under control.

"It's a bit of a problem." Wanli suddenly smiled and said, "But this trouble is caused by me. ”

Guo Dan was stunned for a moment, and said, "Your Majesty, you are humble... I don't understand very well. ”

Wanli said: "The evidence about you giving the shares to the border generals is actually passed on by me. ”

Guo Dan blinked, confused and said, "Your Majesty, this... Why is that? ”

Wanli said with a solemn face: "Because your original plan, in my opinion, was too slow, and the symptoms did not cure the root cause, especially after the new policy came out, the border towns also became a little uneasy, but I will never allow accidents in the army, so I choose to strike first." ”

Guo Danwu didn't understand very well, and his eyes were full of confusion.

Wanli said: "Now that the border town guard system has collapsed, a large number of soldiers have fled the border town, so most of them are recruited soldiers, and many local generals are hereditary, they collude with the local gentry, privately occupy the land that originally belonged to the soldiers, so they have the money to support some soldiers, although the current family soldiers are not enough to worry, but I can't let this situation develop."

Eighty percent of the annual tax revenue of the state treasury is spent on the border towns, but there are still a lot of arrears every year, and the system you have implemented in Ningxia can not only save money, but also improve the combat effectiveness of the soldiers, so I intend to popularize this military system in an all-round way. ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, one of the very important reasons why the lowly post can be done in Ningxia is that in the first battle of Ningxia, the most powerful generals in the local area were wiped out, so there are so many fields for the lowly post to use." ”

Wanli nodded and said: "That's why I say that your method is a palliative but not a cure, you just use the shares of the Grand Canyon to envelop those generals, but it can't solve the land problem, those hereditary generals and local gentry control a large amount of land in the border towns, usually they sell grain to the imperial court at a high price, but once there is a war, they will borrow this grain to raise troops and horses, I had no way before, so as long as they don't do too much, I will let them, but now I have implemented a new policy in the country, and they are all tax-free households, I've given them some shares, but can you count on them to be on my side? ”