Wanli's sincere eyes told Guo Dan very clearly that his brother was not joking.

As a capitalist, no, as a commodity, it is not at all difficult to make this decision.

Since you can make the state capital, which was originally unable to pay taxes, not only pay the full taxes, but also be able to make a profit of one million taels, what is this concept, you must know that the silver income of the household department is only four million taels a year.

However, the three prefectures of Kaifeng, Huaiqing and Zhangde are far inferior to the Suzhou-Xichang area.

Then why not let Guo Dan contract a few more state capitals?

Wanli couldn't find a reason at all.

More critically, he was tired of working with the bureaucracy.

There is a way, the way is different, and they do not conspire with each other.

The bureaucracy always wanted to cast him into the monarch of their imagination.

In the past, Wanli had no choice, but now it .......

North Nose!

Let's move on.

Wanli sent a touching and sincere confession to Guo Dan.

But as a capitalist, Guo Dan was a little panicked by the wealth of Wanli, in fact, Weihui Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and other places are prosperous, that is only a superficial phenomenon, Guo Dan is using Weihui Mansion to attract all the money of businessmen there.

and then use the private academy to suck the money of the world's corporal doctors.

These are the richest people in the world today!

Guo Dan was embarrassed: "There is no 'private college' in the hands of the humble position!" ”

Wanli handed over two puzzled looks.

Guo Dan explained: "Your Majesty, the reason why Kaifeng, Zhangde, and Huaiqing can earn so much is mainly because of the private academy, but they can't think of another 'private academy' for the time being, and the ministers of the DPRK and China are already very dissatisfied with this, they will definitely do everything possible to obstruct it." ”

"Don't mention them."

Wanli turned around and sat down in front of the dragon chair, and said angrily: "I will be angry when I mention them, I know that I will brag about etiquette and honesty in front of me, but if you let them do something, they will achieve nothing, and they will still have the face to slander you." ”

Although this failure was secretly planned by the two of them, it was very successful for them, but it did make Wanli further see the virtues of these ministers, but it was really not enough to succeed, and more than to fail.

When something goes wrong, they only look out for their own interests.

Interests?

Wanli sometimes really doubts, do they know what the national interest is?

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what the humble post means is that at this time, the benefits and risks are no longer equal, maybe let the humble post continue to contract the state capital, you may get some meager profits, but the price to pay is too great, this is very uneconomical." ”

"That's it!"

Wanli frowned and thought about it.

After calming down, he gradually came out of the shock of one million taels, of course he knew what the cost of Guo Dan's words was, not only the opposition of the ministers of the DPRK and China, but the entire bureaucracy and landlord group.

Why Guo Dan was able to succeed in Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion.

One of the very important reasons is that these state capitals were in turmoil at that time, which led to the serious weakening of the power of the local bureaucracy and landlord group, which gave Guo Dan an opportunity, if he contracted a state capital for no reason, it would be quite difficult.

But Wanli is still a little unwilling, this is a million taels at every turn, for goods, it is like poison, but he can't stop easily, and asked: "Is it really impossible to contract anymore?" ”

In fact, he really has nothing to contract a few more state capitals to Guo Dan, because contracting to Guo Dan, in a sense, is to transfer local power from the hands of bureaucrats and landlords to his own hands, and now he has absolute control over Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion.

Guo Dan looked hesitant.

If he proposed the Lingnan plan in this matter, Wanli would definitely agree, but Guo Dan himself had a lot of doubts about this plan, because he had not done an investigation himself, and he had heard what Aunt Xu said.

Wanli looked at him silently, and said expectantly: "Have you thought of a way?" ”

Guo Dan glanced at Wanli and thought, anyway, this matter can't be promoted in one day, I'll bring it up first, see his reaction, and let him be prepared, when there is a real chance, then let's go. "Your Majesty, if you want to continue contracting, you must first solve the two problems raised by the humble post before, reduce risks and increase profits. ”

Wanli hurriedly asked, "How to solve it?" ”

Guo Dan said: "If it is a contract for the state capital of the Central Plains, it will inevitably attract great obstruction, but if it is a contract for some foreign places, then there may not be such a big obstruction." ”

"The Outer Lands?"

Wanli was curious: "Are those places profitable?" ”

"Yes."

Guo Dan said: "When I come back this time, there is one more thing to report to Your Majesty, that is, I propose a plan called 'medical insurance' in Weihui Mansion. ”

"Oh, I've heard about this, and it caused an uproar in the court a few days ago, and many ministers said that you were cheating money, and it was impossible to do it, and I also want to ask you, what's going on?"

Wanli really knows Guo Dan's movements well, and those who really pressed the battle in Weihui, Kaifeng and other places were all his people, anyway, they were either Jinyi Wei or eunuchs.

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "How dare you cheat money, at most, it can only be said to be borrowing money." ”

"Borrow money?"

Wanli was stunned.

Do you still need to borrow money?

"Yes."

Guo Dan said: "The humble position believes that life is more valuable than everything, no life, no matter how much money is in vain, then it is absolutely profitable to cure diseases and obtain medicinal materials, and the humble position is to hope that the medical insurance money will be collected from them for the development of medical skills and the cultivation of herbs." Turning medicinal materials into a commodity, in the future, the people of any state capital can directly sell medicine from our pharmacy, if Daming only has one pharmacy, then the profit is difficult to estimate. ”

"Oh... I see. ”

Wanli nodded, and there was a hint of adoration in his eyes.

This is simply an empty glove white wolf, but it is also his most admired method.

"But what does this have to do with your contracting of the state capital?" Wanli asked again.

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, if you want to do this, you must plant medicinal herbs on a large scale, when I was in Weihui Mansion, I inquired everywhere, and many people suggested that the southwest region is a natural place for cultivating medicinal herbs." ”

"Southwest?"

Wanli immediately frowned and said, "You may not know that there has always been a conflict over there. ”

He reacted so quickly, and it was clear that there had indeed been a war over there.

Guo Dan said: "In fact, those people also informed the lowly position about this, so the lowly position did not choose to go to the southwest to plant medicinal materials, but planned to build a large medicinal material market in Kaifeng Mansion." It was Your Majesty that brought it up to you that you thought of this proposal. ”

Wanli was curious: "Why is this?" ”

Guo Dan replied: "Your Majesty, do you still remember why the humble post was able to contract Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion in the first place? ”

"That's because ......."

At this point, Wanli suddenly reacted and said, "What you mean is that it is precisely because of the perennial war over there that you have the opportunity to contract." ”

"Exactly."

Guo Dan nodded.

Wanli asked anxiously: "In other words, you have a way to quell the war?" ”

At the beginning, Guo Dan contracted Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, and he also successfully quelled the turmoil there.

"Your Majesty, you can't fight!"

Guo Dan was puzzled: "But if the imperial court can win this battle, then the humble post will have the opportunity to contract over there, and the humble post is confident that it can make that side stable." ”

Wanli said: "If the imperial court can win this battle, then it will not contract ......!" ”

As he spoke, he suddenly understood what Guo Dan meant, this time, you can't rest any longer, you have to come forward and find a way to win this war.

However, as the emperor, Wanli naturally knew the seriousness of this matter, and said: "This matter is not trivial, but it has to be discussed in the long run!" ”

"Humble duty understands."

Guo Dan clenched his fists and saluted, and said: "Actually, at present, the lowly position does not have too much energy to carry out other plans, because the overseas plan is already in place, and now the river is under the control of His Majesty, and the lowly position is also based in Jiangnan, and through debts to control those merchants in Jiangnan, as well as the porcelain, silk and tea in their hands, then next, we have to try to go to sea and build a pirate army." ”

"Good, good! I'm looking forward to it! ”

As soon as Wanli heard about the overseas plan, his eyes suddenly disappeared from his smile, he was an iron rooster, and he was willing to take out hundreds of thousands of taels to prepare for the overseas plan, which shows how big a pie Guo Dan drew in front of him. Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, "That's right! Are you really sure you're making money on tariffs? ”

Guo Dan immediately said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, about this matter, the humble position is very carefully calculated, there will be no mistakes, after the cancellation of the subsidy, the merchants of Weihui Mansion will naturally slow down, the shipment volume will inevitably decrease, and the tariff fee will naturally be reduced a lot."

According to the current maintenance of the canal, it is estimated that in the first half of next year, the tariff will be difficult to afford the maintenance of the river, and this is because many places are in disrepair, this time a piece of maintenance, will inevitably cause the financial burden of the state treasury, according to the budget of the lowly post, then the household department will need to spend about 50,000 taels to maintain the river.

Although this money is not much, the ministers will definitely not agree, and then His Majesty will naturally take the tariffs for himself, and when the tariffs are owned by His Majesty, the lowly officials will immediately start overseas plans, and then a large number of materials will run through the entire canal and be transported to Tianjin, which will inevitably stimulate the trade of the state capitals along the canal.

Tariffs will immediately turn losses into profits, and when overseas programs continue to develop, tariffs will inevitably become the second largest tax in our country.

Your Majesty, the humble position is still that sentence, about the agricultural tax is really thankless, because the farmers are too poor, and the big landlords evade taxes, and the first tax in the future, it must be the commercial tax, at present, because of Weihui Mansion, has caused many crops to become commodities, since it is a commodity, you have to pay taxes, in other words, after the commercial tax will also include part of the agricultural tax, Your Majesty will take advantage of the current commercial tax is not high, the commercial tax will be taken for himself, and all the agricultural tax will be left to the national treasury. ”

Wanli nodded with a smile and said, "I believe in you." ”

With a profit of one million taels in Kaifeng Mansion alone, he is really convinced of Guo Dan!

In fact, this is also one of the key reasons why he is willing to carry out the plan of the tariff, and it can also be said that it is a plan hidden in it, after all, he also has to take a lot of risks in the matter of tariffs, and he will not be tempted if he does not have enough benefits.

Wanli wanted to be able to make a very complete cut with the treasury.