"I wonder what Shousuke-sama thinks about this?"

Out of the East Pavilion, Wang Jiaping asked Shen Shixing.

He is towards Guo Dan, but he is not the first assistant, he has to ask Shen Shixing's opinion.

Shen Shixing sighed: "I'll tell you nothing, I don't know how to deal with this matter for the time being, and in my opinion, as long as Guo Dan is still contracting Weihui Mansion, this matter can't be stopped." ”

Wang Jiaping sighed slightly: "Otherwise, we will ask Your Majesty to let Guo Dan enter the court as an official, and it is reasonable to give Guo Dan an official and a half position with Guo Dan's merits, so that there will not be so many officials to target him." ”

Yu Youding nodded and said, "That's an idea." ”

Regardless of his identity, Guo Dan does have some skills.

Shen Shixing shook his head and said: "If Your Majesty wants to give Guo Dan an official position, there is no need for us to play, if Your Majesty is unwilling to do this, we are afraid that it will be useless." ”

Xu Guo said twice: "In my opinion, even if we ask Your Majesty to make Guo Dan the prefect of Weihui Mansion, Your Majesty will not agree." ”

Wang Jiaping asked, "Why?" ”

Xu Guo smiled bitterly: "How can there be a reason for the prefect to contract the state capital." ”

Wang Jiaping was stunned for a moment, and then sighed.

This management and contracting are two different things, if the prefect manages it, the profits will be owned by the state treasury, and the profits from contracting will belong to private income, they have already seen that Wanli and Guo Dan are tired, how could Wanli be willing.

Their cabinet is really helpless about this, they all know that what Guo Dan is doing is actually beneficial to the people of the country, but they also understand that the better Guo Dan does, the greater the contradiction, the more trouble, the key is that they dare not help Guo Dan, if they support Guo Dan, it is the enemy of hundreds of officials, without the support of officials, it is difficult for them to make a difference.

And Wanli is not as complicated as they think, Wanli just wants to make a little more money, in fact, this problem has plagued almost every emperor of the Ming Dynasty, but those emperors still have a face, don't dare to go too far, Wanli just don't want this face, brother just wants money, nothing else.

After the meeting, he quietly called Guo Dan to the Qianqing Palace, after this official matter, it was time to talk about private matters, in fact, in Wanli, this is a private matter, after all, Weihui Mansion has been contracted to Guo Dan.

"Guo Dan, do you know why I am in a hurry to summon you to the palace?"

Wanli asked with a smile.

Guo Dan was stunned and said, "Isn't it because of those rumors? ”

"It's because of the rumors." Wanli nodded, and said: "But I don't doubt you, on the contrary, I hope you don't have any worries about this, I believe in you very much, and I will never be moved by those gossips." ”

"Your Majesty trusts the lowly position, the lowly duty is grateful, and the lowly position will not disappoint Your Majesty." Guo Dan immediately hugged his fists.

"That's fine."

Wanli nodded with a smile and asked again, "What is the situation in Weihui Mansion?" ”

He has a number in his heart, if there is no problem, the other party will use this trick, it can be seen that there is still a contradiction in the middle.

Guo Dan said: "Actually, what Fang Cai said is true, mainly because the people in Kaifeng Mansion and Zhangde Mansion and other places have come to Weihui Mansion, and the humble post really wants to stop it, but there are really not enough people, and when the humble post comes back this time, I hope that His Majesty will send more people over, otherwise, the humble post is afraid that this matter will become more and more serious." ”

Wanli asked, "Why is that?" ”

Guo Dan sighed: "This is all because of the tax system of Weihui Mansion, and now there are more than 50,000 people, which will increase tens of thousands of taxes every year, but this will only cause jealousy of others." ”

"Tens of thousands of taels of taxes?" Wanli said with wide eyes.

Guo Dan nodded depressedly and said, "On average, one tael per person a year, this is fifty thousand taels, and this is not counting anything else." ”

Wanli blinked, suddenly coughed lightly, and said seriously: "Send more people, don't want it for the time being, now rumors are flying all over the sky, if you send more troops over, I'm afraid it will cause more suspicion, I see, I have to reduce some people, in addition, that Tong Li should also be transferred back to appoint, as for recruiting people to be jealous, this is not jealousy is mediocre, the more they are jealous of you, the more it proves that I am not wrong." Hehe! ”

The intention of reducing the number of people and transferring back the Tong Li, who is most familiar with the place, is very obvious.

Guo Dan said with a well-behaved face: "Your Majesty, you can call the shots in this matter, and you don't understand these things." ”

When he said this, he didn't intend to stop it, but he also planned to make it worse, he wanted to disgust those people to death, and the matter had come to this, so he rolled up his sleeves and did it.

Speaking of this tax, Wanli, a wealth fan, asked with an expectant face: "Then I don't know how much Weihui Mansion can earn this year?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Back to Your Majesty, the details are still unclear, but according to the estimation of the humble position, after deducting the money given to the imperial court and the cost of our investment, we will probably be able to earn about 30,000 taels this year." He was embarrassed, "After all, it's been less than a year, so I don't make a lot of money." ”

This earns 30,000 taels in less than a year, including construction, which will be paid next year.

Wanli's eyes flashed rapidly, and his fat hands were trembling slightly.

Guo Dan's eyes rolled and sighed: "Actually, I could have made more, but it's a pity..." ”

"What a pity?"

Wanli stood up suddenly.

Li Gui on the side was startled, and looked sideways at Wanli.

Wanli also realized that he was a little out of shape, sat back again, and said, "If you have any difficulties, you don't have to say it." ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty doesn't know, in fact, many businessmen want to bring money to our Weihui Mansion to pay taxes, oh no, do business, but this silver is more troublesome to transport, and the danger is higher, if Your Majesty can open a money bank, it will be much more convenient, then they can deposit the money in the local bank, come to Weihui Mansion empty-handed, and then take out the silver, and this money bank can earn a lot of money for Your Majesty." ”

"How much is a lot?" Wanli's question was also very direct.

Guo Dan said: "How many state capitals are covered by the money bank, the more it is covered, the more money you earn, the key is that the money is stored in the money bank, and Your Majesty will not lack silver." ”

"Wonderful!"

Wanli couldn't help but say that it was wonderful.

He's a scoundrel too, and the money is in my pocket, and of course it's mine, and rightfully so.

Guo Dan knew that he must have misunderstood, but he didn't plan to explain too much, because the explanation was useless, with Wanli's character, he really needed money, he wouldn't care so much, it depended on the game in the future, but first he had to open this money bank.

Guo Dan also hit the railway while it was hot: "Not only that, but this money village can also help Your Majesty to govern the country more conveniently, Your Majesty can probably see the economic situation of each place through the flow of silver, and at the same time can deal with some currency issues. However, once the money is spread out and the money flows through our bank, then we can set the standard.

In addition, it is to reduce the loss and expenditure of the country, for example, the tax revenue of all places can reach the capital through the money bank, and at the same time, if the imperial court allocates funds to which state capital, it can also be operated through the money bank. Of course, there is a handling fee for this. ”

Li Gui heard that his palms were sweating, and he now fully believed that Guo Dan really didn't care about those rumors, because as far as Guo Dan said about those problems, there were huge profits hidden in them, and the fire consumption alone could support many officials.

This fire consumption is a big tumor left by Zhang Juzheng, one of his whip methods is to require the broken silver to be melted into silver ingots, which will definitely have losses, naturally the people will bear, so the "fire consumption" levied at the time of taxation is greater than the actual "fire consumption", and the difference will belong to the officials.

"Wonderful! Wonderful! ”

Wanli listened to it again and again, in terms of money, his comprehension ability is very high, and what he sees is not the small profits, but the state finance, if the tax is going to his bank, then it means that he controls the state finance.

Thinking of this, he suddenly frowned, "But the Manchu Dynasty civil and military will never agree to put the country's taxes into private money to operate." ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty, this matter has to come step by step, we don't have enough money now, and we will open money banks in various places at once, but as long as the cost of money is lower, faster and better, then the Manchu Dynasty will have nothing to say. ”

The family was also shot while lying down.

However, even Wanli can't refute this point, when the accounts were calculated, the household department was abused by Guo Dan, and said a little: "It doesn't matter if they don't agree then, I can at least put my money in the money bank first." ”

Guo Dan was stunned, with a trace of confusion in his eyes.

He only knew that Wanli often blackmailed the household department, but he didn't know that the household officials were also trying to get Wanli's money.

The money of Wanli also comes from the tax, this tax has to pass through the household department, many people of insight in the court, are trying their best to turn the emperor's money into the country's money, and the main means is to exchange, because the collection is not all money, there is silk, there is yellow wax, etc., the middle to be converted into silver to convert, this exchange, can be less than a few percent.

Wanli actually knows, but he has no choice, how to convert, it is all up to the household department, he can only find a way to get the money back, if the money can be successful, he has one more choice, and he does not need to rely on the household department completely.

The more I thought about it, the more I felt that this matter was feasible, and Wanli waved his hand, "This matter is approved." ”

"Your Majesty."

Guo Dan bowed his hand and said, "However, I suggest that Your Majesty personally send someone to take care of the accounts, just like that silver vault." ”

If he didn't say it, Wanli would do the same, but when he said this, Wanli was very embarrassed, "I said it, you don't want to be affected by those gossips, I believe you." ”

Guo Dan said: "Your Majesty misunderstood, the humble position is just a small businessman, and it is easy to say it in Weihui Mansion, but in other places, the small body of the humble position cannot hold up, and it is up to Your Majesty to call the shots." ”

"So you're referring to that." Wanli nodded and said, "Okay, I will personally send someone to go then, I want to see who dares to come and find trouble." ”

Guo Dan waited for this sentence, if there was no Wanli, this money village would become a grave, because he engaged in this money bank, which is different from the current money bank, his strength cannot be covered, and Wanli must be pulled into the water.

After talking about this matter, he said: "Your Majesty, there is one more thing, we have to take precautions. ”

Wanli asked, "What's the matter?" ”

Guo Dan said: "Now the output of Weihui Mansion is increasing day by day, we already have a foundation to carry out overseas trade, but to the Fuguang area and then to the sea, the freight is too high, if the Tianjin Port can be opened, it will be twice the result with half the effort." ”