Aunt Xu looked at Guo Dan suspiciously.

She really didn't understand this at all, this businessman shouldn't like war, and Guo Dan had shown any desire for war before, but he had always avoided strife.

As for the caravan being slaughtered, with her understanding of Guo Dan, more than a hundred people would never make Guo Dan lose his cool.

It's an anomaly.

"But you also have to tell me why you want the imperial court to send troops to Yang Yinglong." Aunt Xu said.

"Of course."

Guo Dan nodded.

Aunt Xu pondered a little and said, "I can't predict whether you or anyone can persuade Your Majesty to send troops to Yang Yinglong, this is not a trivial matter, and the current situation is not to require war to solve the problem, but I think this battle is unavoidable." ”

Depend on! You should really go to fortune telling. Guo Dan asked anxiously, "Why?" ”

"Because ......!"

Aunt Xu paused slightly, and then asked, "Do you know about the bondage system?" ”

Guo Dan nodded and said, "I know some." ”

Aunt Xu said: "My Central Plains Dynasty has always adopted the fetters system for remote areas, and for a long period of time, this Tusi is the largest fetters system, and it is still hereditary from generation to generation, but since the founding of the Ming Dynasty, this situation has changed.

My Ming Dynasty set up a political envoy in the prefecture of Jianyu, and sent additional governors to supervise the local area, trying to gradually weaken the power of the Tusi in the local area and increase the imperial court's control over remote areas. However, there will inevitably be a very sharp contradiction in this move, there is a way that there are no two days and no two people, so whether the local officials have the final say, or the toast has the final say.

And at this point, in fact, it is very unfavorable to Tusi, because the imperial court will not worry that those officials will rebel, and the imperial court will only worry about the Tusi who holds military power and finances, so as long as there are local officials impeaching the local Tusi, the imperial court will be very cautious and send people to investigate, which will also aggravate the doubts in Tusi's heart.

It can be seen from this that the relationship between the imperial court and the Tusi is actually very fragile, and it cannot withstand a little impact, and if you are not careful, there may be a war, so I predict that the possibility of war is very high. ”

"I see."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "Therefore, it doesn't matter whether Yang Yinglong has the heart to rebel or not. ”

Aunt Xu shook her head lightly and said: "I can't say that, it's just that I don't know that Yang Yinglong, and what I know is also passed from there, whether it's true or not, I don't know very well, I just think that in the case of the coexistence of the government and the Tusi, the mutual suspicion between the two sides will only get heavier and heavier, and it will inevitably lead to war in the end." ”

She just thinks that it is difficult for the government to be in power and the local Tusi to coexist, there are no two days, and there are no two lords of the people, who has the final say, if the government has the final say, what is the difference between the Tusi and the ordinary squire?

But in fact, there is a fundamental difference, because Tusi holds the military power, he is not a squire, and of course the Tusi thinks that I am in charge here, otherwise, the military power has a fart use.

But in the center, there is no room for others to sleep soundly on the edge of this couch!

This is actually a very sharp contradiction.

In terms of facts, in fact, toast is also more difficult.

After Aunt Xu finished explaining, she couldn't wait to ask, "Why do you expect to start a war against Yang Yinglong?" ”

Guo said lightly: "As soon as the cannon goes off, there are ten thousand taels of gold." ”

Aunt Xu looked at Guo Dan suspiciously.

Guo Dan said: "War is attrition, and consumption can promote production, if Yang Yinglong mobilizes troops, then my Weihui Mansion will be able to get many arms orders." ”

Aunt Xu looked at Guo Dan in disbelief: "This is really the most despicable and shameless thing I have ever heard, you actually disregard the interests of the country for your own selfish interests, and the national strength consumed is satisfied with your personal interests." ”

"First of all, I'm a businessman, of course I'm on the premise of profit, and if it's not profitable, at least I won't bring it up first. Secondly, I am not ignoring the interests of the country, and fighting a war is not a bad thing for the country.

It is said that without war, it is difficult to succeed in weapons research and development, and only through continuous practice can we improve weapons, and we can also make the scale of weapons production larger, which is conducive to national defense construction.

In the end, Tusi seized one side and occupied all the resources, which was not conducive to economic development, especially since Banzhou was located in the middle of Yunnan-Guizhou, Sichuan-Guizhou, and Huguang, in other words, the finances of the three places would be affected by Banzhou. ”

In fact, the last point, he did not say the whole thing, mainly because it is not conducive to the development of merchants, Tusi controls all the local resources, and merchants can only drink soup, and cannot control local resources and manpower with money.

The resources of Sichuan and Huguang are more and more important to Guo Dan.

Of course, this is a secondary reason, the main reason is that Guo Dan tried to expand the scale of production through war, especially the production of firearms, war is only an extension of the economy, there is no strong ship and artillery advantage, what kind of overseas trade can be talked about.

Coupled with the fact that he knew the three major expeditions of Wanli, then the production of firearms was crucial.

Therefore, fighting this battle can satisfy many of his urgent needs.

If it weren't for that, he wouldn't have stayed up all night and sat here waiting for Aunt Xu to get up.

But Aunt Xu couldn't understand this kind of thinking, and said: "You should know that the country's finances are very weak now, and the consumption of any war may be fatal. ”

Zhang Juzheng is in the middle of the prosperity, and his family background is actually a little thicker, in general, the imperial court is still very poor, and the loss of this thing is huge.

She still thinks she needs to recuperate.

Guo Dan asked rhetorically: "Where do you say the money from the treasury should be used?" Even if the country does not go to war, the money in the treasury will not be used for development, so it is better to use it to fight wars, which can make the country progress. ”

He very much disagrees with the strategy of recuperation, because the ancient recuperation was mainly about not exploiting the people, and this war must be accompanied by tax increases, but non-exploitation only means standing still.

In the eyes of businessmen, it is to develop and progress.

It is difficult to develop without consumption.

Aunt Xu saw that he was right, and she was also puzzled in her heart, and asked: "If the finances collapse, the country will die, and what kind of development will we talk about." ”

"It's so easy to collapse, if it's going to collapse, then there's nothing to talk about." Guo Dan said: "If the treasury really can't afford it, then I can lend money to the imperial court." ”

"You lend money to the court to fight?"

Aunt Xu was surprised.

Guo Dan nodded.

Aunt Xu only felt that her outlook on life was about to be reversed, she didn't have to fight the war, but she also had to do what she could, at present, the country's finances have just been hit hard by the crisis, you are about to go to war, what is the difference between this and suicide.

But what she couldn't understand was that Guo Dan was willing to lend money to the imperial court to fight.

This......!

Can the court pay you back?

Aunt Xu couldn't help but believe it, you are willing to lend money to the imperial court, how much courage you have, and asked, "Is there really so much benefit to fighting this battle?" ”

"There are so many benefits that I can't count."

Guo Dan said: "The question now is whether this battle can be fought, and whether Your Majesty has the idea to fight this battle." ”

Aunt Xu looked very suspicious, this was completely beyond her understanding, and she couldn't judge whether Guo Dan was for herself or the country.

Guo Dan said again: "Layman, I hope that Your Majesty will dominate the rivers and lakes more than anyone else, no, unify the rivers and mountains, Your Majesty is good, I will be good, I will never let Daming be in danger." ”

Aunt Xu glanced at Guo Dan, hesitated a little, and then said: "In fact, there have always been two attitudes towards Tusi in the imperial court, one faction thinks that the Tusi system should be completely eliminated and the other side should be included in the Central Plains system. However, there is also a faction that believes that the situation on the ground should be stabilized by means of appeasement, and that there should be no reckless rebellion. As for whether His Majesty has any ideas, I think His Majesty must have them, but the price is too great, and His Majesty does not dare to act rashly. ”

"That's enough!"

Guo Dan got up and walked outside.

"Where are you going?"

Aunt Xu got up and asked.

"Go to your majesty."

"Guo Dan."

Aunt Xu shouted.

Guo Dan turned around and looked at Aunt Xu suspiciously.

Aunt Xu said: "This matter is very important, should you think about it carefully?" ”

She felt that Guo Dan was too child's play, and the key was that Guo Dan had never fought or experienced war, so she didn't know the danger.

Guo smiled lightly: "I've been thinking about it for a whole night, and there will be no mistake." ”

He has never experienced war, and he doesn't know the cruelty of war, he just thinks purely from the perspective of economic development, but he thinks that this is enough, war is originally a continuation of the economy, since the economy has this demand, then fight.

How complex it can be.

Is the Ming Dynasty lacking morality and benevolence?

Of course not, what Daming lacks is the economy, as long as it is beneficial to the economy, then it can be done.

He wanted to know more about whether he could convince the imperial court and whether it would hurt Wanli's political interests.

But Aunt Xu said that Wanli didn't want to fight, but also because the price was too great.

And he thinks it's not a contradiction at all.

"Huh? Chunchun, look, isn't that Guo Dan? Xu Jirong, who had just come to this neighborhood, suddenly saw Guo Dan hurriedly coming out inside, and he couldn't believe his eyes.

Xu Chun said: "It's really Guo Dan!" ”

Xu Jirong wrapped his cheeks and said, "It's early in the morning, how did Guo Dan come out of my aunt's house." ”

Qianqing Palace.

"Ahh

Wanli sat on the chair and yawned, he looked at Guo Dan a little unpleasantly, he came to the door early in the morning, and let people not sleep lazy!

"Your Majesty, you have to be the master of your humble duties!"

Guo Dan cried with tears and snot.

Wanli suddenly cheered up and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

Guo Dan immediately informed Wanli of the massacre of the caravan in Sichuan.

"There is such a thing."

Wanli frowned when he heard this.

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, this matter is true, my people are sure that Yang Yinglong hired Miao people to do it." ”

Wanli was silent for a while, and said, "I will send someone to investigate this matter, but before that, you must not make a noise." ”

It seems that His Majesty is still very jealous. Guo Dan looked up at Wanli and said, "Your Majesty, in broad daylight, then Yang Yinglong slaughtered my Ming people like this, this is .....!" ”

Wanli waved his hand and said, "You don't understand this." ”

Guo Dan's eyes rolled and said, "Your Majesty, your humble position may be able to share your Majesty's worries." ”

Wanli was slightly stunned and sighed: "This is a military matter, not what you are good at." ”

Guo Dan said: "But if you can eliminate those Tusi, you can make the finances of Yungui, Sichuandi, and Lingnan firmly controlled by Your Majesty." ”

When Wanli heard this, he couldn't help but open his eyes and asked, "It seems that you came prepared." ”

Guo Dan said: "Before I came, I did do some understanding. ”

Wanli was curious: "Then what do you want to do." ”

"Beat him up."