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

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

Since you can make the state capital that could not pay taxes, not only pay enough taxes, but also make a profit of one million taels. What is this? You should know that the silver income of the Ministry of Revenue is only four million taels a year.

However, Kaifeng, Huaiqing and Zhangde are far inferior to Suzhou, Xi and Changzhou areas.

Then why not let Guo Dan contract several more state prefectures?

Wanli couldn't find a reason at all.

More importantly, he was tired of working with the bureaucratic group.

There is a way, but the way is different, and we do not plan for each other.

The bureaucratic group always wanted to shape him into the monarch they imagined.

In the past, there was no choice in Wanli, but now...

North Nose!

Let's keep doing it.

Wanli sent a touching and sincere confession to Guo Dan.

However, as a capitalist, Guo Dan was a little panicked by the wealth of Wanli. In fact, the prosperity of Weihui Mansion, Kaifeng Mansion and other places was just a superficial phenomenon. Guo Dan used Weihui Mansion to attract all the money from merchants there.

Then use private colleges to suck the money from the scholars and officials in the world.

These are the richest class in the world today!

Guo Danwei said: "Keibei no longer has a 'private college' in his hands!"

Wanli handed over two puzzled gazes.

Guo Dan explained: "Your Majesty, the reason why Kaifeng, Zhangde and Huaiqing can earn so much is mainly because of private colleges, but I can't think of another 'private college' for the time being. In addition, the ministers in the court are already very dissatisfied with this, so they will definitely interfere with it in every way."

"Don't mention them."

Wanli turned around and sat down in front of the dragon throne, and said angrily: "I get angry when I mention them. I know that I have been boasting about etiquette, righteousness, integrity and shame in front of me all day long. If they ask them to do something, they will accomplish nothing. They have the blame to slander you."

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

Whenever there is a problem, they only care about their own interests.

National interests?

Sometimes Wanli really doubts whether they know what national interests are?

Guo Dan hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, what Bei Zhi means is that if you contract at this time, the interests and risks will no longer be equal. Maybe if you ask Bei Zhi to continue to contract the state capital, you may get some meager profits, but the price you have to pay is too high, which is very unprofitable."

"That's how it works!"

Wanli frowned and thought.

After calming down, he gradually came out of the shock of one million taels. Of course, he knew what Guo Dan said was the cost, not just the opposition of the ministers in the court, but the entire bureaucratic group and landlord group.

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

One of the very important reasons is that these prefectures were in a turmoil at that time, which led to the serious weakening of the local bureaucratic group and landlord group, which gave Guo Dan an opportunity to take advantage of it. If he had to contract a prefecture for no reason, it would be quite difficult.

But Wanli was still a little unwilling to accept it. He only had one million taels of taels at any time. For the goods, it was like poison. He couldn't stop easily and asked, "Can you really not be able to contract again?"

In fact, he really had no choice but to contract a few prefectures to Guo Dan, because contracting them to Guo Dan, in a sense, was to transfer local power from the hands of bureaucrats and landlords to his own hands. Now he has absolute control over Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion. Whatever he really wanted to do, Guo Dan could only obey his will.

Guo Dan showed hesitation on her face.

If he proposed the Lingnan plan, Wanli would definitely agree, but Guo Dan himself had many doubts about this plan because he had not conducted an investigation himself and had heard from Aunt Xu.

Wanli looked at him without saying a word and said expectantly: "Have you thought of a solution?"

Guo Dan glanced at Wanli and thought, anyway, this matter could not be facilitated in one day. I will raise it first, see his reaction, and make him prepared. If there is really a chance, then we will go on. "Your Majesty, if you want to continue contracting, you must first solve the two problems raised by Huyi before, reduce risks and increase profits."

Wanli hurriedly asked, "How to solve it?"

Guo Dan said: "If it is a contracting state prefecture in the Central Plains region, it will inevitably cause great obstacles, but if it is a contracting some out-of-the-art place, there may not be such a big obstacle."

"A place outside?"

Wanli said curiously: "Are those places profitable?"

“There is gain.”

Guo Dan said: "White Zhi has another thing to report to His Majesty when he comes back this time, that is, Bei Zhi proposes a plan called 'medical insurance' in Weihui Mansion."

"Oh, I have heard of this. It caused a stir in the court a few days ago. Many ministers said that you are cheating money and it is impossible to do it. I also want to ask you, what's going on?"

Wanli knew Guo Dan's movements very well. The ones who really built the formation in Wei Hui, Kaifeng and other places were all his people. Anyway, they were either Jinyiwei or eunuchs.

Guo Dan hurriedly said, "How dare I cheat money in Beizhi? At most, I can only say that I am borrowing money."

"Borrow money?"

Wanli said in surprise.

Do you still need to borrow money if you are a dignified Guo Dan?

"Yes."

Guo Dan said: "Beizhi believes that life is more expensive than everything. If there is no life, no matter how much money it is, it will be useless. Then it is absolutely profitable to get medicinal materials for treating diseases. Beizhi hopes to collect medical insurance money from them to develop medical skills and grow herbs. Turn medicinal materials into a commodity. In the future, any people in the prefecture can directly sell medicine from our pharmacies. If there is only one pharmacy in the Ming Dynasty, the profit will be difficult to estimate."

"Oh...so that's it."

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

This is simply making a fortune, but it is also his most admired method.

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

Guo Dan said: "Report to Your Majesty, if you want to do this, you must plant medicinal materials on a large scale. When I was in Weihui Mansion, I inquired everywhere. Many people suggested that the southwest region is a natural medicinal material planting site."

“Southwest region?”

Wanli immediately frowned and said, "You may not know that there are conflicts there all the time."

He realized so quickly that it was obvious that there was always war there.

Guo Dan said embarrassedly: "Actually, those people also informed Beizhi about this, so Beizhi did not choose to go to the southwest to plant medicinal materials, but planned to build a large medicinal materials market in Kaifeng Prefecture. It was because you mentioned it, Beizhi thought of this proposal."

Wanli said curiously: "Why is this?"

Guo Dan replied: "Your Majesty, do you still remember why Bei Zhi was able to contract Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion?"

“That’s because….”

Having said that, Wanli suddenly reacted and said, "What you mean is that it is because wars have been happening there all year round that you have the opportunity to contract it."

“That’s exactly that.”

Guo Dan nodded.

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

When Guo Dan contracted Weihui Mansion and Kaifeng Mansion, he also successfully calmed the turmoil there.

"Your Majesty, you can't fight in a humble position!"

Guo Danwei said: "But if the court can win this battle, then the humble position will have the opportunity to contract the other side. The humble position will have confidence and can make the other side stable."

Wanli said: "If the court can win this battle, it will not be contracted..."

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

However, as the emperor, Wanli naturally knew the importance of this matter and said, "This matter is quite a matter of fact, we have to make a long-term plan!"

"I understand the humble position."

Guo Dan held his fist and said, "Actually, Bei Zhi has no energy to carry out other plans at present, because overseas plans are ready, and now the river is under the control of His Majesty, and Bei Zhi has also gained a foothold in Jiangnan. Through debts, the merchants in Jiangnan, as well as the porcelain, silk and tea in their hands, so next, we will try to go out to sea and build a pirate army."

"Okay, okay! I'm very looking forward to this!"

When Wanli heard of the overseas plan, he suddenly lost his eyes. He was an iron rooster and was willing to take out hundreds of thousands of taels to prepare for the overseas plan. It can be seen how big a cake Guo Dan drew in front of him. Speaking of this, he suddenly remembered something, "By the way! Are you really sure to make money about tariffs?"

Guo Dan immediately said: "Your Majesty, please rest assured. Regarding this matter, the humble position has been calculated very carefully and there will be no mistakes. After the subsidy is cancelled, the merchants of Weihui Mansion will naturally slow down, the shipment volume will inevitably decrease, and the tariffs and fees will naturally be reduced a lot.

According to the current canal maintenance situation, it is estimated that tariffs will be difficult to maintain the river channel in early next year, and this is because many places are in disrepair. This time, maintenance will inevitably cause financial burden on the national treasury. According to the budget for low-level jobs, the Ministry of Revenue will need to spend about 50,000 taels to maintain the river channel by then.

Although the money is not much, the ministers will definitely not agree. At that time, Your Majesty can naturally take the tariffs for yourself. When the tariffs belong to Your Majesty, I will immediately launch an overseas plan, and a large amount of materials will run through the entire canal and transport them to Tianjin, which will inevitably stimulate trade in the prefectures along the canal.

Tariffs will immediately turn losses into profits. When overseas plans continue to develop, tariffs will inevitably become the second largest tax for our country.

Your Majesty, the same thing about the job is that it is really thankless about the agricultural tax. Because the farmers are too poor, the landlords evade taxes. The first tax in the future must be commercial taxes. At present, many crops have become commodities because of the Weihui Mansion. Since it is a commodity, taxes must be paid. In other words, the commercial tax will include some agricultural taxes in the future. Your Majesty must take the commercial tax for himself while the commercial tax is not high and leave all the agricultural taxes to the treasury."

Wanli smiled and nodded, saying, "I believe in you."

He really believed Guo Dan with a profit of one million taels alone!

In fact, this is one of the key reasons why he is willing to carry out this tariff plan. It can also be said that one of the plans is hidden. After all, he also has to take a lot of risks in the tariff. Without sufficient benefits, he will not be moved.
Chapter completed!