As soon as the wedding painting was launched, it was a huge success, and even overshadowed the traditional light, and this year's Lantern Festival, everyone's eyes were on the album, not the light market or fireworks.

But as far as the Xu family's proposal is concerned, the wedding painting only has the effect of adding fuel to the fire.

Although Xu Jirong has occupied the "first waste in the capital" for several years, in fact, there has been no shortage of relatives, nothing else, because the Xu family has a big business, from grain to silk, from tea to wine, as long as it is closely related to the lives of the people, almost all of the Xu family is involved, otherwise, Xu Jirong has no way to lose the family.

Throughout the ages, family marriages are inevitable, no matter who it is, if it gets such a big financial support from the Xu family, it will really be like a tiger with wings.

It doesn't matter that Xu Mengxuan is in charge of the Taifu Temple.

The key is that this guy is still nine generations of single transmission, and the money is all his.

As for what kind of talent and emotional single-mindedness, in the face of money, it seems insignificant.

It's just that in the past, parents wanted to marry the Xu family, but now that this marriage painting is out, the girls are also willing to marry into the Xu family, which has led to a sharp rise in the popularity of coming to the Xu family.

But Xu Mengxi and Xu Jirong's grandfather and grandson have always refused, and this time is no exception.

At the same time as Xu Mengxi was furious, the door of the five guns was about to burst, young people were eager to be in the album, and married people also came to inquire if they could help themselves paint a wedding picture.

But they all have to queue up.

Zhu Yihua and Guan Xiaojie are naturally the first to get the moon near the water, followed by the Qixi couples, as long as they want, the five guns will help them paint a wedding painting for free, which is really unexpected for those Qixi couples.

It can only be said that they earned it, and Guo Dan lost it.

However, the end of the Lantern Festival also indicates that the holiday is coming to an end, and the officials have to start working again.

As the emperor, of course, Wanli can't go to work with them, and live this hard life, you have to have the emperor's exclusive qualifications, so the first court meeting in the fifteenth year of Wanli was naturally canceled by Wanli.

As a minister, it is naturally very aggrieved, we are all at work, and you want to rest, which is really unreasonable.

The fold flew like snowflakes to the attic.

Almost all of them asked Wanli to canonize the crown prince, after all, the eldest son Zhu Changluo was five years old, and they also listed Ming Yingzong as two years old and Ming Xiaozong six years old as the crown prince.

Wanli was simply not looking, so he directly asked Zhang Cheng to burn it.

"Your Majesty, this is the piece that Wang Jiaping just handed over."

Zhang Cheng handed over a piece of music.

"Didn't you burn it?"

Wanli waved his hand.

Zhang Cheng said: "Your Majesty, this twist and turn has nothing to do with the establishment of the crown prince, but has something to do with Guo Dan. ”

"Guo Dan?"

Wanli was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said, "Quickly bring it over." ”

"Yes."

Zhang Cheng hurriedly handed over the fold.

After looking at it, Wanli will fold it and say to himself: "Financial statements? ”

Zhang Cheng said: "I haven't heard of this either. ”

Wanli muttered: "Even the scholar Wang treats the financial statements made by this merchant differently and asks to promote them in the imperial court, so it must have its own uniqueness!" ”

Although Fang Fengshi had suggested contracting to Guo Dan, Wang Jiaping did not mention it in the recital, he was still a more traditional scholar, and he felt that this suggestion was very outrageous, and he just asked the household department to adopt this form of financial statements.

After a while, Wanli suddenly said, "You go and call Guo Dan." ”

"Wechen obeys."

In fact, he is not too lazy to take care of anything, but he is tired of the battle between the court and the central government, and as soon as he meets with the ministers, he doesn't talk a few words about political affairs, and the ministers start to talk to him about etiquette and etiquette again, which is really boring, but he is still very interested in Guo Dan, because Guo Dan represents money.

Although Guo Dan didn't expect that Wang Jiaping wanted to promote this kind of financial statement in the imperial court, but whether he promoted it or not had nothing to do with him, so he brought Yaxing's financial statement into the palace very happily, and then explained it carefully to Wanli.

"You guys made so much money last year?"

After hearing this, Wanli immediately said.

This guy is really sensitive to money, and after listening to it, Scholar Wang is thinking about the country, while you are thinking about my money. Guo Dan sneered: "Your Majesty, this money looks like a lot, but the investment is also large, and it is divided equally among dozens of shareholders, so it is not much." ”

Wanli just smiled, watching the leeks thrive, always gratifying, and asked, "Then do you think the financial statements are worth promoting in the DPRK and China?" ”

Guo Dan pondered a little and said: "Back to Your Majesty, the financial statements are just a graphical presentation of the accounts, so that people can see them at a glance, and there must be help, but the premise is that the accounts are true, if they are not true, it will cover up more problems." ”

Wanli said with a smile: "Even you, a small businessman, know that the accounts of the household department are often falsified. ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, this is not what it means, lowly is just a ......." ”

Wanli raised his hand and said, "You don't need to explain, I know much better than you." As he spoke, he looked at the financial statements hanging on the wall thoughtfully.

Guo Dan secretly glanced at Zhang Cheng, as if asking, what is going on?

Zhang Cheng glanced back, and our family didn't know.

Wanli suddenly asked Zhang Cheng: "Prime minister, you should also understand this financial statement now." ”

Zhang Cheng nodded and said, "Guo Dan explained very clearly, and Weichen can understand it now." ”

Wanli said: "But if Guo Dan doesn't analyze, can you get the same analysis as Guo Dan from this financial statement?" ”

Zhang Cheng shook his head and said, "Weichen doesn't have this ability. ”

Wanli said with a smile: "I don't have this ability, but without this kind of analysis, the role of this financial statement will be greatly reduced, and there is not much difference between there and none." ”

Guo smiled lightly: "Your Majesty has won the award, and I dare not take the lowly position." ”

"I'm just talking about things."

Wanli thought for a while, and suddenly looked at Guo Dan and said: "The financial statements plus you Guo Dan can really help the national finances, if it is just blindly promoted, it will not have much effect." ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, those who have sworn by their humble positions cannot enter the court as officials." ”

"Don't worry, I don't plan to let you become an official, I'm just a ......"

Wanli glanced at the financial statements again, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "I just want to contract you to make the financial statements of the imperial court." ”

"Undertake... Contracted to a lowly position? ”

Guo Dan was immediately dumbfounded.

Zhang Cheng was also a little flustered, and said: "Your Majesty, how can this work, how can the accounts of the household department be contracted to a businessman." ”

"Why not."

Wanli said: "Guo Dan is much better than those officials in the household department in terms of financial management, and if Guo Dan does it, I am more at ease, don't think that I don't know, many officials use fake accounts to fool me." ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly said: "Your Majesty is right, and Weichen also agrees very much, but the ministers will definitely not agree." ”

"Not really."

A weird smile appeared on the corner of Wanli's mouth, and he said to Guo Dan: "Guo Dan, are you willing?" ”

Guo Dan's head was a little dizzy, although he had always talked about "contracting", but this time, it really made him a little uneasy, the country's accounts involved too many interests, and he was involved in it as a businessman, which was undoubtedly self-defeating!

Wanli saw that Guo Dan was silent, so he said: "If you have any difficulties, you can say it." ”

"Your Majesty, the lowly position is just a businessman, and his ability is limited, and it is difficult to count the country's finances, because it requires a lot of energy and financial resources, and this is definitely a loss-making business."

Speaking of this, Guo Dan suddenly changed his words, "But the humble function has today, and it is all under the care of His Majesty, and it is the honor of the humble position to be able to share the worries of His Majesty, how dare the humble position say 'no'." ”

His policy is very clear, for the sake of Wanli, he does not hesitate to offend anyone, and Wanli is his core interest.

He is also a firm believer in dog licking everything.

"Good! I didn't see the wrong person. ”

Wanli laughed, and said with a straight face: "Back to the point, when the time comes, I will order someone to summon you into the palace, in front of the Manchu civil and military, to ask about the financial statements, you only need to truthfully tell the benefits of the financial statements for the national finances, as for the contracting, you don't have to worry about it, I have my own way, you think about me so much, I won't make you embarrassed." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty."

Guo Dan hurriedly saluted.

After leaving the Qianqing Palace, Guo Dan wondered: "Prime Minister, how can Your Majesty contract the financial affairs to me, this ......." ”

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "Don't you kid like contracting very much?" How? I don't want to contract this time. ”

Guo Dan said: "Prime minister, I am just a small businessman, and I can make money by contracting before, but I can't make much money by contracting this financial statement, and at the same time, it will cause a lot of trouble." ”

Zhang Cheng hesitated for a moment and said: "You kid is clever, but you still don't know anything about the affairs of the court, if you enter the officialdom, I'm afraid you won't live for three days." ”

Guo Dan said seriously: "It's really not that I'm modest, let alone three days, I can't even live a day." ”

Zhang Cheng laughed a few times, and said with a straight face: "Your Majesty's intention is completely for the sake of the household, and he really wants to borrow your talent to make the finances better." ”

So great.

Guo Danhu glanced at Zhang Cheng suspiciously.

Zhang Cheng snorted: "Don't you believe it?" ”

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Believe, of course I believe it." ”

Zhang Cheng said: "You believe it, don't believe it, that's the case, think about it, if the household has money, Your Majesty's life is better, if the household has no money, you may have to ask Your Majesty for money, in the past two years, the finances of the household department are not as good as a year, and there is a lot of money that is given by the Taifu Temple." ”

What he said was only a very minor reason, and there was another major reason, that is, when Zhang Juzheng was alive, the finance was going up, and a year was better than a year, but after Zhang Juzheng died, the finance looked down and didn't even turn a corner.

This made Wanli very embarrassed, he always wanted to prove that I was better than the teacher, but it turned out that this was not the case, and this household department was involved in money, if he wanted to make a move, the interests of all parties would come to reason with him, and he was helpless about this, and he had not controlled the household department, and often asked for money.

Originally, he was already disheartened, because after he became pro-government, all indicators were not as good as Zhang Juzheng, and the whole person was decadent, but Guo Dan's appearance gave him a glimmer of hope.

Contracting to Guo Dan can avoid the bureaucracy and operate directly, and Guo Dan's ability in this regard is also very good, he is indeed eager to borrow Guo Dan's talent to surpass his teacher Zhang Juzheng, which is also his only chance.