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Five hundred and ninetieth chapters fragile alliance

This person is selfish. When things are beneficial to him, he immediately says it is bright and upright, and he wishes he was the Buddha who came to save all sentient beings.

However, when things are not good for you, conspiracy theories will surely become rampant.

This is what the butt determines the head.

In the final analysis, this butt is the truth.

I remember that at the beginning, it was the Jiangnan region and most supported the new tariff law. Because the Jiangnan region has abundant products and everything, then according to the new tariff law, their export tariffs must be very low, but import tariffs must be very high.

Therefore, at that time, the entire Nanzhili was eager to defeat Weihui Mansion and return to the position of the commercial center. They prepared large quantities of looms and built large workshops.

But they encountered a subsidy plan that had never been seen in history.

This made them unable to find Bei.

From top to bottom, everyone is worried about it.

The ruling class has no money to reap, because this part of the power has been taken over to the central government, and this power has been taken away, but the benefits have not been reaped at all.

The big landlords and the rich businessmen are even more severely affected.

On the one hand, they invest in large workshops, and at the same time they lend money to small merchants.

This time it's good!

There is no shore at both ends.

There is not much solution to the big workshop. They can only force the small businessmen to pay back the money and use interest to make up for their losses. The small businessmen are caught in the middle. It’s really a bad response, and the earth is not effective!

Gradually, the entire Jiangnan region opposed the new tariff law from top to bottom.

In fact, some merchants have close ties with Wei Hui Mansion, but they dare not say anything and can only make a fortune in silence.

Various conspiracy theories are emerging one after another.

Shilin seized the opportunity and shone brightly in public opinion. The Journal of Yinuo did not come to Nanjing, and this was still the world of scholars and officials.

They mainly said that Wanli supported Guo Dan from behind, so Guo Dan was able to spend so much money.

He criticized the Emperor Wanli for colluding with the merchants.

How decent this is!

Another theory is to criticize the cabinet headed by Shen Shi's behavior and use Guo Dan's name to collect their taxes.

All of this is a cabinet conspiracy!

The most outrageous thing is that it is actually the Mongols behind Guo Dan, and his purpose is to mess up the Ming Dynasty and give the Mongols an opportunity to take advantage of it.

The Minister of War Wang Yie, the eunuch of the garrison Tian Yi, and the general Zhao Fei were also under a lot of pressure.

All forces put pressure on them!

In addition, they themselves are not satisfied.

So they immediately wrote the situation here into a memorial and reported it to the court in an urgent manner, hoping that the court could consider it as appropriate.

Although the capital is in the north, a large number of officials in the court all came from Jiangnan.

Therefore, Jiangnan had a very great influence on the court.

And now the court is in a state of confusion. What is this situation?

This has been "collapsed" for a long time, why hasn't it been "collapsed" yet?

It would be fine if it was not defeated, but Guo Dan was still having a good time.

All officials are looking for reasons.

But I just can't find the reason, which is the consequences of not paying attention to mathematics.

However, at this time, the memorials from the Jiangnan region flew towards the capital like snowflakes.

All are against the new tariff law.

This immediately broke the unity within the court, because their alliance was originally very fragile.

And those officials linked to the canal transportation immediately stood up to support the Jiangnan government's proposals.

They can't stand it anymore.

In fact, they don’t want to target Wei Hui Mansion so much. After all, they also have business dealings with Wei Hui Mansion. Who would be so stupid to deal with their big customers and even lose money to target Guo Dan? They were forced to have no choice.

What's the end of the power?

It's simply bullshit.

After playing for a long time, Guo Dan became more and more casual, but they were almost killed.

The transportation team of Weihui Mansion has controlled 70% of the canals to be traded privately.

If this continues, Caoyun will join the Weihui Mansion Transportation Team.

This person took the lead, and the rest who had originally opposed the new tariff law naturally stood up.

Dong Pavilion.

"Please calm down. This is all due to Guo Dan's one million taels of subsidy. As long as we can find out where his money comes from, we can prescribe the right medicine."

Song Jingsheng naturally tried his best to uphold the new tariff law.

Because this was proposed by him, if the score was settled, he would be to blame.

"But it is said that His Majesty is behind him to support Guo Dan." An official said coldly.

"It's nonsense! It's simply nonsense!"

Wang Jiaping angrily scolded: "Your Majesty is the magistrate of the Nine Five, how could he collude with a businessman? Besides, if Your Majesty really took out a million taels to support Guo Dan, would the Ministry of Revenue not know? This is purely nonsense."

Song Qian also nodded and said, "This is impossible."

Wanli was poor, and last year's New Year end was quite shabby. He couldn't even take it out even if he wanted to!

Li Zhi suddenly said: "The two lords said it, but this person's words are terrifying. Now everyone is speculating how Guo Dan can spend so much money to subsidize Weihui Mansion. Therefore, there are so many rumors. Although we cannot believe the rumors, we must also appease the people. I do not recommend abolishing the new tariff law, which will damage the reputation of the court. I suggest that the customs clearance rights be handed over to the local prefectures, but the tax collection rights are still in the court."

Slap sex!

Suddenly I heard a burst of applause.

Everyone looked at them and saw Zhang Cheng sneeringly looking at them, "Judge Li said so well! In this way, all the prefectures and prefectures can refuse the customs clearance of Weihui Mansion. You just want to target Guo Dan, why do you have to cover up the excuse here?"

Li Zhi said: "The inner minister and the lower officials are just talking about the matter. Now that there is a problem, we naturally need to make adjustments."

Zhang Cheng said: "What's the problem? Guo Dan doesn't steal or rob, and he takes out his own money to help the people of Weihui Mansion. If Nanjing doesn't accept it, he can also pay it out. If he can't bear to leave the money, he comes to threaten the court and slander His Majesty. I really don't know who gave them the courage. I can tell you that this matter is not over."

Zhang Jing said with a gangster: "Don't forget that Your Majesty has asked you about secretly targeting Guo Dan last time. Now you are still getting more aggressive. Do you want to target Wei Hui Mansion blatantly?"

Zhang Cheng smiled and said, "God is also you, and ghost is also you, but Guo Dan is wrong. Alas... I read this book a lot, but it's good. No matter how you say it makes sense, our family is convinced."

The two eunuchs sang together and the ministers blushed.

The front is too fierce.

How can this end?

Wang Xijue said: "Prince, the governor, I still say the same thing. Our reform is for the court and the people. We will never target anyone. I don't plan to make adjustments, because I don't think there is anything wrong with the new tariff law."

As he said that, he looked around at the officials sitting, "You might as well think about it, does the problem really come from the new tariff law? If there were no new tariff law, the situation would only get worse."

Without tariffs, the prices of goods in Weihui Mansion can be sold at lower prices, which makes them even more unbearable.

But, who doesn't know?

Everyone knows that, but they supported the new tariff law at the beginning, the purpose of which was to destroy Guo Dan, and they were willing to pay a certain price for this. However, judging from the current situation, the new tariff law could not destroy Guo Dan at all, but instead caused them to suffer heavy losses.

Some hope to go further, but others hope to repeal the new tariff laws.

Wang Xijue also understood in his heart, but he would never give up easily. He was not trying to target Guo Dan, but to strengthen the power of the cabinet.

At this time, he needs Shen Shixing's support.

However, at the meeting, Shen Shixing was taciturn and drowsy.

After the meeting, Wang Xijue and Shen Shixing slowly walked outside the imperial city.

"What are you going to do next?"

Shen Shixing took the initiative to ask.

Wang Xijue frowned and said, "The reason is still Guo Dan. If Guo Dan can be secretly forced to make concessions, it may be able to alleviate the opposition in the court."

Shen Shixing shook his head and said, "What the governor just said is actually just reminding us not to target Guo Dan in particular, otherwise, Your Majesty will definitely take action. In that case, the situation will only be worse for you."

Wang Xijue said: "But now that things have come to this point, we cannot retreat, otherwise the cabinet will not be able to accommodate us."

If the reform fails, someone must be responsible. If you take a step back, even if the cabinet is not responsible, Wang Xijue and Wang Jiaping will not be ashamed to continue, because no one in the court will convince them.

Shen Shixing nodded and said, "You are right, so we must stick to our beliefs. Our reforms are to improve tariffs and solve some of the shortcomings of the government, not to target anyone. If we lose this, we will be defeated."

Wang Xijue nodded.

They all knew that the fragile alliance was difficult to maintain, and then they would go back to the old path and the court would be divided again.

Because the key to the competition now is no longer Guo Dan, but the rights of all parties.

In other words, the war will be transferred from the outside to the inside.

East Factory.

"Oh... Guo Dan is really amazing!"

Zhang Jing, who had just returned to the East Factory, sighed and said to Liu Shouyou: "As far as the current situation is concerned, the cabinet may have a new struggle with the court officials, which means that Guo Dan is already restless."

Liu Shouyou said: "What should we do? Should we stay out of the matter?"

"The situation is still unclear, so we should not intervene easily."

Zhang Jing seemed very cautious because he had not yet figured out Guo Dan's subsidy plan and asked again: "What's going on in Weihui Mansion and Nanjing now?"

Liu Shouyou said: "Now Weihui Mansion is really going to a higher level, everything is thriving, and Nanjing is the opposite. Most people have a hard time. Although the Nanjing government’s memorial was a bit exaggerated, Nanjing’s complaints about the new tariffs are indeed increasing day by day."

Speaking of this, he paused and said, "At this time, Guo Dan was in Nanjing. I think he might be planning to disrupt Nanjing first, and then use the power of Nanjing to prompt the court to abolish the new tariff law."

"Well. There is this possibility." Zhang Jing pondered.

And Guo Dan was hiding in Yangzigou, and the primary school had not been built yet, so he began to build a warehouse.

The people of Yangzigou are so happy.

Guo Dan is really the God of Wealth!

Construction requires manpower, and this alone creates a lot of jobs.

"Son-in-law!"

Guo Dan turned around and smiled and said, "The housekeeper is here."

Kou Yi nodded.

Guo Dan turned around and shouted, "Uncle Second, please watch here first, I have something to do here."

"You go, you go, I can still watch out for this little thing." A middle-aged man said hurriedly.

"It's a labor!"

Guo Dan bowed and then went to a pavilion next to Kou Yi.

"What's going on outside now?" Guo Dan asked casually, then took a sip of tea.

Kou Yidao: "At present, everyone's discussion is gradually shifting from your son-in-law to the new tariff law. Many people suggest abolishing the new tariff law."

"What was expected." Guo Dan smiled and said, "In the face of interests, everyone is Guo Dan."

"They can't be compared with you, son-in-law."

Kou Yi said a casual flattery and immediately took out another document and handed it to Guo Dan, "Son-in-law, this is about some loans in Nanzhili, and I also got this news through those Shanxi merchants."

"It's time to come!"

Guo Dan took it over and looked carefully, and smiled and said, "Most of the debts will expire next month!"

Kou Yidao: "But many people can't pay back the money."

Guo Dan shook her head and smiled, "I said they will definitely be able to get it."

Kou Yi hurriedly said: "Even if they are willing to use workshops to pay off their debts, they may not accept it. Now their goods cannot compete with our Weihui Mansion. If those workshops cannot produce goods, they will be worse than farmland."

"I said I can still get it, but I must get it."

"Why is my son-in-law so sure?"

"Because I will pay it back for them." Guo Dan laughed twice, "Are the money I asked you to prepare before?"

Kou Yi said in shock: "That money is...that is prepared to help them pay off their debts?"

"certainly."

"But the one who lent them money at the beginning was also your son-in-law!"

Kou Yi was confused.

He thought that Guo Dan borrowed money from Shanxi merchants to them was to create this loan crisis. If you still helped them pay back the money, wouldn’t you take off your pants and fart?

"That's right!"

Guo Tan smiled and said, "They are not grateful to me!"
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