This person was really forced, in fact, a long time ago, Guo Dan wanted to learn to ride a horse, after all, riding a horse is still much faster than a carriage, but thinking about it, it will be over, mainly because he has become accustomed to sitting in the carriage to check some information.

But this time, Guo Dan was deadlifted by Zhu Yihua and Xu Jirong, but he quickly learned it.

Although Yang Feixu did not stop it, but only expressed her concern, in fact, she has always been by her side to protect Guo Dan.

This did speed up their return to Beijing.

And Guo Dan also wanted to go back as soon as possible, although this matter had little to do, but he was afraid that because of his miscalculation, Wanli would have some doubts about his entire plan, and he had to rush to explain it immediately.

The truth is just as Guo Dan predicted.

At the same time that Guo Dan received the news, the news about the tariffs not being able to make ends meet also spread throughout the imperial court.

It immediately caused an uproar within the imperial court.

In fact, the first to know was the cabinet and the household department, but because not all of the people in the household department were Shen Shixing's people, many of them were conservatives and stood on the side of the powerful, and the news came out quickly.

It's really like stepping on the tail of the ministers.

Immediately to the cabinet.

Don't you think what you're saying is ridiculous? Now in order to reduce the burden of the local state capital, the household department will allocate funds to continue to control the river, isn't this a matter of course? ”

Wang Xijue really gave them joy.

It made him seem to be heinous, in the final analysis, this money is also used to benefit the people and the country, and the canal is too important for the Ming Dynasty.

"Lord Wang's words are wrong!"

Li Zhi immediately retorted: "Yes, it is indeed the responsibility of the imperial court to control the river, and the original tariffs are also affordable, it is Lord Wang, you take the initiative to reduce the tariffs, and make it clear that the tariffs will be borne to govern the river, and at that time, there were many people of insight in the court who opposed this, it was Lord Wang, you insisted on going your own way, and now it has been proved that the tariffs are not affordable at all, and Lord Wang asked the household department to allocate funds, isn't this a deception?" ”

"Not bad."

Ding Jilu also said: "If this is okay, then whoever is sent there can solve the problem, as long as taxes are reduced and exempted, then of course the people will not continue to make trouble, but in this case, the state finance will definitely not be able to afford it." ”

Wang Xijue couldn't help frowning, and scolded Guo Dan half to death in his heart, Guo Dan predicted that it was the middle of the year, and they also believed in Guo Dan's judgment, resulting in them being unprepared at all.

These officials are not vegetarians, and they are reasonable.

At the beginning, your Wang Xijue decided to reduce taxes, and at the same time used customs duties to reduce the burden on the local government, so as to gain everyone's support.

If you don't do this, you won't be able to solve the problem at that time, and now that the situation is wrong, and you ask the household department to allocate additional funds, do you still need Wang Xijue to go? I can go, anyway, it's a tax cut, and everyone is happy about the tax cut.

Shen Shixing saw that Wang Xijue couldn't stand it, so he asked, "Then according to your wishes, what should I do?" ”

Li Zhi immediately said: "Abolish the new tariff, everything is business as usual." ”

Wang Xijue immediately said: "This is not good, how long has the new tariff been implemented, and if it is abolished in this way, it will affect the credibility of the imperial court." ”

Li Zhi smiled and said, "According to the opinion of the lower officials, it is only your personal reputation that is affected, Lord Wang." If Lord Wang was willing to pay for it personally, then the lower officials would not have an opinion, but the lower officials were resolutely opposed, and the household department would allocate additional funds to control the river. ”

Yang Mingshen nodded and said, "Yes!" This household has just spent an additional military salary, and now it has to allocate additional funds for the river, but I am afraid that the household department will not be able to afford it! ”

Shen Shixing said suddenly: "Your Majesty's suggestion, I will make it clear to Your Majesty, whether it will be abolished or retained, and it will be decided by Your Majesty." ”

......

In fact, the impact of the new tariffs is not very great at present, but the political significance is very great, because the tariffs have been linked to the authority of the cabinet, why Li Zhi and his request for the abolition of the new tariff law is not aimed at the tariff law itself, but to attack the cabinet.

Because this is a change led by the cabinet.

As long as the new tariff law is repealed, the authority of the cabinet will inevitably be greatly attacked.

It may even force Wang Xijue to resign.

The Cabinet will never back down on this.

Conservatives, on the other hand, are even more unlikely to let go of this opportunity easily, and they are really ecstatic to learn this news, because this matter involves ordinary people, local governments, and household departments, and there are too many loopholes to attack.

For example, the local government will definitely not be willing to spend a penny on river management, who asked Wang Xijue to collect customs duties from the local government and return them to the central government.

And if you want to raise taxes, businessmen will definitely not want to.

It doesn't seem to be the right thing to do.

This is a great opportunity to bite Wang Xijue to death.

Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue also hurried to Wanli to discuss.

"How so?"

When Wanli heard this, he couldn't help but ask with a deep brow.

Wang Xijue immediately stood up and said: "Returning to Your Majesty, this is all the offense of the minister, it is the minister who mistakenly believed in the letter and thought that the tariff could afford the management of the canal, but I never thought that the letter and the line was miscalculated, and I beg Your Majesty to punish it." ”

Zhang Whale and Zhang Cheng glanced at Wang Xijue at the same time, and thought to themselves, this is really an old fox.

On the surface, Wang Xijue seems to be pleading with Wanli, but in fact, he is forcing Wanli to stand on their side, because if Wanli wants to punish Wang Xijue, then Xinxing must also be punished.

However, everyone knows that Xinxing is Guo Dan's, and if you want to keep Xinxing, then it is impossible for Wanli to punish Wang Xijue for this.

However, in Zhang Whale's view, this is not a bad thing, it is a harbinger of their infighting.

Wanli was also scolding his mother in his heart, everyone discussed it at the beginning, this accident, you began to shake the pot, you are too ruthless.

But this really can't be blamed on Wang Xijue, he originally wanted to be a commander, but he didn't want to be a tool man, it's okay, I listened to you, but you made a mistake in prediction, resulting in us being completely unprepared, and now your emperor will definitely have to shoulder the responsibility.

It can be seen that no one who can be in a high position is a vegetarian!

If you want to dump the pot, I'll throw the pot to you first.

I am a dignified minister, and I am willing to be a tool, and you still want me to take the blame, which is really too deceitful!

"How unreasonable is that there is such a thing!"

Wanli slapped the table, and then said: "Immediately Xuan Guo Dan entered the palace, I want to ask clearly, what is going on, if it is really a miscalculation of Xinxing, I will be severely punished." ”

He is also very empty now, because Guo Dan made a mistake in prediction, which caused him to have no bottom in his heart, and he decided to throw the pot to Guo Dan first.

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, Guo Dan accompanied King Lu to Tianjin Weilu Mansion to inspect a few days ago, but now he is not in the capital. ”

Wanli snorted: "Then call him back quickly." ”

Zhang Whale said again: "According to the news that Weichen has gotten, they are already on their way back, and they will probably be able to arrive in Beijing tomorrow." ”

Wanli nodded and said, "When Guo Dan returns to Beijing, let him enter the palace to see me immediately." ”

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On the second day, when Guo Dan and his party had not yet arrived at the city gate, they were called to the palace by someone sent by Wanli.

"Guo Dan, what's going on with you?"

Wanli was very depressed and said: "Didn't you say that at least until the middle of the year, there will be a loss in tariffs?" Why did it appear at the beginning of the year? ”

"Your Majesty is really blessed with great powers, and your powers are immeasurable, all of this is possible, and the worship of Your Majesty is really like a surging river, endless...... He now even thinks that even if His Majesty finds a pig to do something, he will definitely succeed. ”

Guo Dan answered the question, licked it very bluntly, and had no discipline, and put himself in the same position as a pig.

Wanli listened to it, he didn't need to lick it now, he wanted to know what was going on, three black lines appeared on his forehead, "What are you talking about?" ”

Guo Dan immediately told Wanli about Shen Weijing's invitation to some maritime merchants.

"Only 70,000 taels?"

Wanli muttered in a low voice, quite dissatisfied with this transaction amount, after all, the money they invested in overseas plans was very, very large, but at this time he had no time to care about this, and asked, "I don't know what the relationship between these two things is?" ”

Guo Dan immediately replied: "Back to Your Majesty, I didn't expect that Shen Weijing would be able to invite some maritime merchants, so now according to the calculation of the lowly position, our plan to go to sea is about half a year ahead of schedule." ”

"That's a good thing, but I still don't understand, what is the connection between these two things?" Wan Li Wu looked confused.

I told you about tariffs, but you always told me about overseas plans, which is really bull's head!

Guo Dan replied: "Your Majesty, the humble position admitted that the previous humble position was indeed a mistake in prediction, and the humble position really did not expect that many of the local officials in the past were just perfunctory in governing the river, which led to the governance of this serious eight classics, and the more this problem was governed, the more it was governed.

So that at the beginning of the year, there was a phenomenon of making ends meet, but fortunately, Your Majesty, the holy light was shining, which was wrong, because according to the prediction before the humble post, the overseas plan was just launched in the middle of the year, and it did not start at the beginning of this year.

This time coincides, Your Majesty has now taken over the tariff, and you will be able to turn losses into profits immediately after three months, but you don't know how to explain all this, you can only say that Your Majesty, you are really blessed. ”

This is really not all fake, he really didn't know that Shen Weijing would find some maritime businessmen, it was Xu Wei who wanted to find Shen Weijing to help, which did make his plan to go to sea a few months earlier.

Wanli thought about it as if it was the same, Guo Dan was judging that once the sea was successful, then the trade on the canal would be doubled, and then asked: "What you said is true?" ”

Guo Danzhi nodded and said, "How dare you deceive Your Majesty." ”

Wanli thought about it with his eyes, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that Guo Dan said it was very reasonable, so it would be okay, so finding a pig to do things might really be successful, but it was a pity that the pig couldn't speak, and asked: "Then how to get this tariff?" Oh, and you may not know that the Cabinet has negligently toppled Nobuyuki. ”

"Really?" Guo smiled lightly: "This makes the whole thing simpler, let them push it to Xinxing, we just need to clearly tell the ministers that tariffs can turn losses into profits." ”