I have to say that Guo Dan really gave Wanli a difficult problem. Wanli had two major hobbies in his life, namely home and making money. Before meeting Guo Dan, these two hobbies did not conflict. Staying in the palace and counting money was the most enjoyable moment in Wanli. However, now, these two hobbies collided together, which made Wanli very entangled.

For Guo Dan, if Wanli goes away, it will naturally be of great help, but if Wanli doesn't go away, it will not affect the entire plan. After all, he has already contracted the ten horse farms.

Kou family.

"Is this true...really?"

Although Kou Shouxin knew about it in advance, he still showed an incredible expression when he took the contract signed by Taipu Temple and Guo Dan.

He has been doing business for more than 20 years, but he never thought that merchants could do this, even the state's government affairs could be contracted.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "My father-in-law, this is actually nothing. It's just ten horse farms. It's not that the entire capital of Ma Zheng is contracted down, that's interesting."

Kou Weisha reminded: "Husband, this is different from ordinary transactions. If the ordinary transaction is not done well, at most it will only be a little money. If the transaction is not done well, it may cause death."

Kou Shouxin nodded and said, "Yes! Son-in-law, you must be cautious in this matter."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "My father-in-law, madam, don't worry. Since I dare to win this deal, I am sure. The most important thing is that the money belongs to His Majesty."

Kou Shouxin nodded slightly,

Kou Weisha said: "Now this deal is not considered a businessman, and Zhou Feng and the others don't want to be related to this deal. I wonder what your husband plans to do?"

The current fangs are not from their Kou family. Since this is not a business of the fangs, we naturally cannot use the resources of the fangs. Even if Guo Dan wants to cooperate with the fangs again, Zhou Feng and the others will not agree.

Guo Dan said: "I will ask someone else to help you with this, and I have already decided to choose this person."

"who?"

"Liu Xunmou, who will lose every bet."

"He will lose every bet, do you choose him?" Kou Shouxin said in surprise.

Guo Dan nodded and said, "My son-in-law looked at the celestial phenomena a few days ago and found that Liu Xunmou had lost all the money in his life, and he was about to fail."

Kou Shouxin said: "Can the son-in-law still observe the celestial phenomena?"

"Dad, don't listen to his nonsense." Kou Weisha glanced at Guo Dan, "Husband, you can't say this casually. We ordinary people cannot observe the celestial phenomena."

Guo Dan said in surprise: "You can't even observe the celestial phenomena?"

Kou Weisha said: "Of course not. Only Your Majesty can observe the celestial phenomena in the world today."

After hearing this, Guo Dan felt that it was a miracle that he had lived to this day.

But this is not the case. If he lived in the Taizu period, it would be called a miracle. Fortunately, he lived in the Wanli period, which was also the most relaxed period in the Ming Dynasty.

Just talk about gambling, because Taizu was born in a commoner, he saw many people who had lost their families because of gambling and hated gambling, so he issued a very strict gambling ban. Whenever gambling was caught, he had to cut off his hands.

Now, even the law is still there...

Inside a gambling house in the east of the city.

“Big…big….”

"Small...small..."

In this stinky, dark and humid room, the enthusiasm of the gamblers was not diminished at all, shouting at the top of their lungs, which was even more exaggerated than living in the presidential suite...

“Six o’clock.”

The moment the result came out, there was a sudden terror everywhere, and only a few people were cheering.

"Small money, small money."

Only one person shouted.

Another servant ran over and asked in a low voice: "Mr. Liu, what are you asking?"

"Go and get me another fifty taels."

The servant hesitated for a little and said with a flattering smile: "Young Master Liu, you have been betting for a whole day and night. Why don't you go back and take a rest first and come again tomorrow."

"What? Are you afraid I won't pay?"

"The villain doesn't mean that, the villain just..."

At this time, a middle-aged man came over and said, "Mr. Liu, go back and take a rest. Come back to take a good energy. I won't be the only day in this gambling house."

When the young master saw the middle-aged man, he immediately said, "Old, you are here just in time. Give me another fifty taels. Don't worry, we will come back and pay the bills at that time."

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard someone say, "Give him one hundred taels."

"Guo Dan?"

The visitor is Guo Dan.

The gambler who asked for money was Liu Xunmou. Now that the enthronement ceremony has all ended, Guo Dan fulfilled his promise and gave him a long vacation to let him enjoy his gambling addiction.

"Guo Dan, how did you come?" Liu Xunmou said in surprise.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "I'm afraid you will lose our five guns, so let's take a look."

Liu Xunmou looked a little embarrassed and said, "You don't know. I was very lucky in the first half of the night, but in the second half of the night, alas... but don't worry, I will win back later."

Guo Dan said: "I am not referring to win or lose."

"What is that?"

"I mean, you only need fifty taels at a time, which is too petty. After all, he is the owner of the five guns. If you take advantage of the situation, you have to at least need one hundred taels."

Liu Xunmou burst into tears and said, "Guo Dan, I... I really misunderstood you before..."

"It's not too late to understand now!"

Guo Dan smiled slightly and said to the owner of the gambling house: "Go and get him one hundred taels."

The boss naturally knew this son-in-law of the Kou family. He was walking on the street recently. Six or seven out of ten tea shops were talking about this son-in-law of the Kou family. If Guo Dan had not greeted him in advance, they would not dare to borrow so much money to Liu Xunmou. You must know that Liu Xunmou had lost nearly 300 taels, so he nodded and said, "No problem, Mr. Guo, please wait a moment, I will order someone to get it now."

Soon, the money was received.

Liu Xumou took the money and immediately lay down on the gambling table again, threw out three taels of silver, and said excitedly: "Continue to put a lot of pressure."

"Wait a minute."

Guo Dan suddenly spoke.

Liu Xun turned around and said, "Press up the small one? I have already made three moves in a row, so it is impossible to make the small one again."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "I don't know how to bet. I mean, these three liang are too small, and at least ten liang will be enough!"

"Ten taels?"

The gamblers around him suddenly breathed a breath of air. Those who came to gamble here were all the people in the market. They all paid a few cents, or at most a few cents of silver. Ten taels were the living expenses of ordinary people for half a year.

They stared at Guo Dan in a daze, as if asking, are you still recruiting people with five guns?

Even Liu Xunmou was a little scared. In fact, he looked at Guo Dan and felt confident that he dared to bet three taels. Usually, he only bet one tael of silver at most, usually just a few coins of silver.

However, since Guo Dan said so, what else he said, and said proudly: "Okay, let's just listen to you, ten taels."

After saying that, he threw out a few taels of silver.

Unfortunately, he has the courage, but he has no luck. For these ten taels, one hundred taels cannot withstand the loss.

After a while, one hundred taels were lost.

Before Liu Xunmou could speak, Guo Dan said, "Go and get another 200 taels."

"terrific."

Liu Xunmou looked at Guo Dan with a touching look on his face.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "I mean nothing."

Everyone around was stunned. There is no need to be so willful even if you have money.

Not to mention that the people next to him stopped, even the gamblers on the table next to him came to watch the fun. This was even more exciting than gambling himself!

When Liu Xunmou saw everyone coming to watch the battle, he was also in a rush and full of fighting spirit. He took the money and started gambled with all his attention. The entire casino cheered for it.

However, this is not a war, and morale is useless. In half an hour, it will be lost in two hundred taels.

Guo Dan said again: "Go and get another five hundred taels."

"Hiss..."

Everyone present gasped.

Liu Xunmou also looked at Guo Dan with a little confused.

"Go and get it!"

Guo Dan looked at the servant and said.

"East...Original Master."

The servant was trembling slightly. This was the first time someone had to pay as much as 500 taels at one time in their gambling house.

This son-in-law of the Kou family is really worthy of his reputation! Seeing that Guo Dan always smiled, a hint of praise flashed in his eyes and said, "Go and take it to him."

After a while, the servant brought five hundred taels.

Liu Xunmou's eyes were red with emotion, and he said, "Guo Dan, don't worry, I will definitely win back all the capital and interests this time."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "What are you doing? Just this little money. What do you think of? Just have a pastime."

Five hundred taels of pictures of entertainment?

Even Xu Jirong’s prodigal son is not as cruel as you!

When Liu Xunmou heard this, he felt that it was quite uncomfortable, but he couldn't explain what it was.

Guo Dan said: "You keep going!"

"oh."

Liu Xunmou nodded dullly, then threw out a few taels of silver at will. He seemed to be not concerned about the exact amount.

Compared to the previous two times, Liu Xunmou seemed a little absent-minded this time. He would carefully consider how much he bet every time he bet, but this time he seemed like a robot.

At that time, the group of gamblers next to him were more excited than before, but their mentality also changed. They no longer wanted Liu Xunto to win money, but wanted Liu Xunto to lose money. They wanted to know if Guo Dan would continue to give Liu Xunto money.

This is much more interesting than gambling.

Although it was Liu Xunmou who was gambling, Guo Dan obviously became the focus of the audience, and everyone was paying attention to him, and he always kept smiling, no matter whether he was winning or losing.

An hour later, everyone hoped that Liu Xunmou would lose all his money again.

Guo Dan said again: "Go and get a thousand taels."

This time, even the owner of the gambling house was stunned.

As for the other gamblers, they felt that their hearts were about to stop, and the urge to recognize their godfather arose.

"Guo Dan, are you crazy?"

Liu Xumou suddenly jumped up and roared at Guo Dan.

Guo Dan angrily exclaimed: "Your uncle, I'll bet on you with money, and you're still scolding me?"

Liu Xunmou said excitedly: "But it's not that you are taking it like this. Playing like this, you can lose even more money!"

Guo Dan said, "Just just have a good time, it's not that. Didn't I tell you that I must let you have a good time? I came here today because I'm afraid you can't let go."

As he said that, he said to the owner of the gambling house again: "Tell me an IOU, I know that a thousand taels are not small for you."

The owner of the gambling house felt uncomfortable when he heard this. When could the son-in-law of the Kou family say this to him? Not long ago, his wealth was much more than that of the Kou family.

"No, I won't bet."

Liu Xumou suddenly stood up and walked outside.

Those gamblers are so stupid that they have money to gamble for you, but don’t you still bet?

It's stranger than the other.

"I'll have someone send money here later."

Guo Dan threw down this sentence and followed him out.

"I'll give you money to bet, and I'll offend you?"

Guo Dan walked to Liu Xunmou and said with a smile.

Liu Xunmou shook his head and said, "It has nothing to do with you, but I just feel bored and don't want to bet."

"Why?"

Guo Dan said curiously.

Liu Xunmou said: "Gambling is for winning money, but you don't regard this money as money, so what's the point of betting?"

Guo smiled lightly.

Liu Xunmou suddenly looked at Guo Dan and said, "Did you do it on purpose?"

Guo Dan shook her head and said, "I just let you understand a reality."

Liu Xunmou asked: "What reality?"

"Tell me as I go."

Guo Dan walked forward, stretched his waist, and said to himself: "The weather is so good today. Staying there is such a waste of time!"

Liu Xunmou quickly followed.

"Reality is that this is how you should play, not just pinch your wallet and calculate like before."

Guo Tan walked as he walked.

Liu Xumou was stunned and said, "What does it mean?"

Guo Dan said: "The meaning is very simple. The money you can make with your talents cannot be squandered by gambling. In other words, gambling can only be a pastime for you, for happiness."

Liu Xunmou said angrily: "I don't have the ability to respect you."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Do you don't have the ability to do this, or do you think it doesn't matter at all."

Liu Xunmou glanced at him: "You seem to have something in your words."

Guo Dan said: "Everyone lives for himself, not for others' affirmation."

Liu Xunmou frowned and did not make any noise.

Guo Dan said again: "Look at me, I was just a son-in-law who even the servants looked down upon, but now? No one dares to underestimate me anymore. Compared to the son-in-law, the situation of the concubine's son should be much better."

Liu Xunmou said: "I don't know what you are talking about."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "I have inquired about it. You have been talented since childhood, with a talent that you can never forget, and your talent is far above them. It was later that you slowly hang out in the market and get involved in these bad habits. I think this should be because you found that no matter how hard you work, you will never get the recognition of your father, so you chose to take this path."

Liu Xunmou said: "This should be the fate of the concubine's son."

"That means you have accepted your fate."

"So what if you don't recognize me? The concubine's son is the concubine's son, which cannot be changed." Liu Xunmou's eyes were full of loneliness.

"You are right. The concubine's son is always a concubine's son and cannot become a legitimate son. But other than that, there is nothing that cannot be changed. Maybe you will not get the recognition of your father, but you can be above your father. What you consider at that time is whether you should identify with your father."

Liu Xunmou looked at Guo Dan in shock.

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Last time I promised to make you enjoy the gambling, but I didn't make any mistakes, and this time is no exception."

Liu Xumou frowned and said, "It has something to do with Marseille?"

Guo Dan was slightly stunned and said, "How do you know?"

Liu Xunmou said: "There was news last night. I also heard that many ministers were very dissatisfied with this. Perhaps they had submitted a report to His Majesty to oppose this matter."

Guo Tan said: "Then do you think they can get His Majesty back to life?"

Liu Xunmou said: "It depends on your methods."

Guo Tan smiled and said, "Then are you interested?"

Liu Xunmou hesitated for a little and said, "I heard that this Marseille can also bet."

Guo Dan nodded and said, "If you agree, you will soon understand why you keep losing money."

Liu Xunmou said: "I'm a little interested after hearing what you said. I always think it has nothing to do with my gambling skills."

"Uh... I think there is still a relationship."

Guo Dan has a great ambition, so he also needs some helpers. Liu Xunmou was locked up by him early in the morning. In fact, he didn't care much whether it was the three musketeers in the past or the five guns now. Xu Jirong and Zhu Lizhi are not in charge of the affairs. Liu Xunmou has been busy with all the time. Although he has always complained, he handled it very well.

Then Guo Dan found out that Liu Xunmou was very smart when he was a child, and he taught Zhu Lizhi to paint, but later he gradually let him go. The reason was that he was just a concubine son. No matter how good he did, he could never get the recognition of his father, which made him lose the motivation to strive for progress.

But it is precisely because of this reason that Guo Dan chose Liu Xun, and it is still difficult for geniuses to die.

He talked about Marseille in detail to Liu Xunmou. Liu Xunmou was very excited when he heard this. This was much more interesting than simple gambling, and this time he was the dealer.

As the two chatted, they came to Liangyuan inadvertently.

"Find a place to sit."

After walking for so long, Guo Dan felt a little tired. It was obvious that Liu Xunmou had no answer. He turned his head and looked at him. He could not help but follow his gaze. He saw a group of Confucian scholars sitting on the ground by the lake. This was very common in the Ming Dynasty. Many scholars and scholars liked to sit together, comment on current affairs, or exchange knowledge, but Guo Dan had never seen any women among them.

I saw a beautiful and tall Taoist nun standing in front of them.

It was Xu Jirong's aunt.

"Huh? What are they doing?"

"It should be listening to Aunt Xu's lecture."

"What?"

Guo Dan exclaimed: "They listen to a woman's lecture?"

Liu Xu said: "Aunt Xu is not an ordinary woman?"

Not an ordinary woman, she may not have three breasts? Guo Dan muttered to herself and asked again: "How do you say this?"

Liu Xunmou said: "Aunt Xu is a real genius. If it weren't for a woman, she would have been the top scorer in high school. Haven't you seen this year's top scorer Tang Wenxian and Shen's son-in-law Cao Keke also sat there. Let's go and listen."

"Hey, we are businessmen!"

Guo Dan shouted hurriedly, not sure if he felt guilty. Anyway, he was not willing to be with Aunt Xu, but Liu Xunmou had already walked over.

This guy is really, the deal has not been discussed yet. Guo Dan followed him and was about to pull Liu Xunmou away when he suddenly heard a Confucian scholar ask: "I wonder what Mr. Xu thinks about Ma Zheng in our court?"

This is the most serious thing recently, and a court meeting was held to discuss it.

Guo Dan immediately looked at Aunt Xu and thought to himself, this is very interesting.

Aunt Xu smiled and said, "Our dynasty is naturally a very failure in the Ma Zheng, which is also well-known."

"I don't know why the failure?"

"It failed because of others." Aunt Xu replied.

"What the layman said is the father?"

Aunt Xu replied: "Yes, but not. Although my father holds an important position, he is just a minister of Taipu Temple. He is still unable to make the entire Ma Zheng fail. In fact, it is not only Ma Zheng, but many aspects of our dynasty system are becoming in name only. The reason is that I think it is because there are too many people who speak and too few people who do things."

Tang Wenxian asked: "What do you say about this by the layman?"

Aunt Xu said: "I heard that when the current chief minister is selecting officials, he ranks personal morality first. I wonder if Tang Zhuangsheng thought it was right or wrong?"

Tang Wenxian said: "This is of course. If a person's morality is not good, how can he hope that he can benefit the country."

He cherishes his reputation very much, similar to Hai Rui, and has a moral obsession with cleanliness, so he naturally supports Shen Shixing very much.

Aunt Xu asked, "Who doesn't know what the morality of Emperor Gaozu of the Tang Dynasty thought that Emperor Gaozu of Han, Liu Bang, was the morality of Emperor Taizong of Tang in Tiankang? What is the morality of Emperor Taizu of Song Dynasty Zhao Kuangyin?"

"this……."

"I wonder if the three of them have benefited the country?" Aunt Xu asked again.

Tang Wenxian wiped the sweat from his forehead, but didn't know how to respond.

If these three people are morally slap, the cliff will be sweared to death, and there is no need for keyboard warriors to play, but they all created a prosperous era.

Aunt Xu sighed: "This is the root of my Ming Dynasty. As the chief minister of the cabinet, Shen Shoujiao is the chief minister of the cabinet. His primary task should be to govern the country. Commenting officials should focus on ability and talents, not morality. There are many ministers like Shen Shoujiaojiao. They control power, but they are all focused on this etiquette and morality, which is really a move to put the cart before the horse."

Tang Wenxian said: "According to the lay Buddhists, is morality not important?"

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "I have never said that morality is important, but education is the responsibility of parents and teachers. Moreover, whether a person can become a morally noble person after receiving education lies in his own cultivation, not the supervision of others. If he is a virtuous person for the sake of others' opinions, he is a hypocrite.

Those ministers in the court discuss etiquette every day are actually meaningless. If they have good self-cultivation, they will naturally abide by etiquette. People who have no cultivation will only obey lip service. They just need to set an example and it is the best way. As officials, they should not put morality first, but skills first. Governing the country requires skills rather than virtue. Just say that this is the problem of horse politics, it is difficult to raise horses, and pastures are not as profitable as cultivated land. How can we improve this with virtue?"

Cao Ke smiled and said, "I guess this is Mr. Yangming's 'unity of knowledge and action'."

Aunt Xu shook her head and said, "The unity of knowledge and action is profound and profound. Everyone has a different understanding. However, the reason why Mr. Yangming is respected is not because he proposed the unity of knowledge and action, but because he made great achievements in his life. If there were no achievements, I am afraid that his unity of knowledge and action would be difficult to convince. Now in the court, there is only words, ignorance, and no action, so many systems are abolished."

Guo Dan was a little confused when he heard this. What kind of society do I live in? Yesterday my wife told me that I could not observe the celestial phenomena. Today, this woman publicly discussed the cabinet ministers and criticized them all.

Cao Ke nodded, suddenly looked back and said, "I guess Captain Guo must have different opinions."

The lieutenant is actually the officer in the Jinyiwei, and he has no official position.

Aunt Xu had already discovered Guo Dan and couldn't help but look at him.

Guo Dan blinked and said embarrassedly: "I'm just passing by."

Cao Ke smiled and said, "I heard that Captain Guo has put forward a very unique insight on Ma Zheng. A Masai can solve the problem of Ma Zheng and can benefit the country and the people. Unfortunately, I was not present at the time and I didn't know very much. Since it was about Ma Zheng, Captain Guo might as well talk to us."

A Confucian scholar muttered: "It's ridiculous that the little tooth merchant actually talked about major national affairs."

Aunt Xu smiled and said, "That's better than doing nothing."

She looked up at Guo Dan and said, "I want to hear your opinion, too."

Guo Dan was stunned and felt flattered.

Liu Xunmou's eyes turned and said, "Guo Dan, this kindness is hard to refuse, and if you don't say it, others will think there is something wrong with it."

You bastard, you actually insult me. Guo Dan glared at Liu Xumou angrily, and it was obvious that everyone was looking at him. If they didn’t say anything, they would really think there was something tricky about it. After a moment of pondering, his eyes suddenly lit up and he said, “What did you say about unity just now?”

Cao Ke said: "Unify knowledge and action."

"You don't know Mr. Yangming's unity of knowledge and action?"

“I don’t know much.”

Guo Dan smiled embarrassedly and said, "But my philosophy is somewhat similar to his."

"It's nonsense, how can you compare with Mr. Yangming?"

Cao Ke asked, "I would like to hear the details."

Could this kid be revenge for his father-in-law and want me to make a fool of himself? Guo Dan glanced at Cao Ke and smiled and said, "My philosophy is to integrate the brain and farts."

"Brain farts are integrated?"

"Not bad. To put it bluntly, it is the head and butt integration."

Aunt Xu frowned slightly. She had already experienced it once.

"What a vulgar word. You vendor, go away quickly, don't disturb us in the discussion." A Confucian scholar said angrily.

In fact, the Confucian scholars were glaring at each other and asked Guo Dan to leave immediately, for fear of being contaminated by Guo Dan. Even Tang Wenxian shook his head.

Listen to the saints, the unity of knowledge and action, even if you don’t understand, you can feel knowledgeable. Then listen to the unity of brain farts, how disgusting it is.

"Okay, okay, you guys, I'll leave first." Guo Dan nodded hurriedly.

Cao Ke said, "What is the saying of this brain... unity?"

The rest of the people looked at Cao Ke in confusion. It was really not embarrassing that your son-in-law of the Prime Minister's family would actually talk about these vulgar words with such people.

Guo Dan said, "It's very simple, it's just that the butt determines the head."
Chapter completed!