I drank this cup of tea for a whole morning.

Why did Guo Dan ask Aunt Xu to discuss any matter involving the political level?

This is because Guo Dan is a businessman from the bottom of his heart. Businessmen have their own thinking patterns, which are completely different from politicians.

If this problem is solved by Guo Dan himself.

Then he must be in a military-industrial complex. There is no suspense. He tied the workshop, the military, and the ministers to the chariot of interest and formed a powerful interest group to compete with the old interest group.

The reason is that you can make a lot of money by doing this.

His goal is to make money. In the eyes of businessmen, power is just a means of making money. The so-called politicians are just employees standing at the front desk.

For example, once a bird gun is formed, the cost is 40,000 taels, and it will be sold directly to the court for 20 taels, or even higher. If the court purchases 10,000 taels, the profit will be 150,000 taels, and then everyone will share the money together.

Wouldn't it be beautiful!

But the problem is that Wanli loves money, but he loves power more. Before doing anything, Wanli must first ensure that his power will not be lost. Why must he give military pay? That is, the army is the greatest guarantee for maintaining his power.

For example, he can treat the disaster victims or even those poor vassal kings as if he had not seen them. He will still be struggling with money for a long time in terms of money.

The military-industrial complex will definitely help Wanli make a lot of money, and can even emptiate the entire country. However, this power will also be taken away by the military-industrial complex. Guo Dan will not help Wanli design a system to check and balance the military-industrial complex.

He doesn't know much about this.

So, if Guo Dan and Wanli make this suggestion, then Guo Dan may be not far from death. Maybe he is just thinking about Wanli, but who knows?

This is like a tiger.

The emperor is not a judge, and you cannot expect the emperor to use evidence to judge whether you are loyal to him. He will only judge based on his own subjective view. Once he feels that you may threaten him, he will definitely eradicate you. Even if you are the fusion of Yue Fei and Zhang Juzheng, if you are there, the country will definitely revive and he will kill you.

There is no suspense about this.

Anyone who is lucky enough to win this will die.

Cao Mengde said it very well, rather teach me to let the people of the world down than to let the people of the world down.

Any emperor has this mindset.

He doesn't care whether he kills it wrong or not.

Emperor Gaozong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Gou, ended his life, and he would never regret killing Yue Fei. He would regret it, perhaps he would regret giving Qin Hui a little more power.

Although the gains and losses of the two are really a world of difference.

But for the emperor, the chair under his butt is the most important thing.

Guo Dan asked Aunt Xu to come to his side, not to ask Aunt Xu to teach him how to do things, but to remind him that he could not do anything.

Otherwise, with his virtue, he would not be able to control himself.

This country is easy to change, but its nature is difficult to change.

But the problem is that this society is no longer the society he grew up with.

The same was true for the original tariff plan. One of the purposes of this plan was that Guo Dan wanted to use the debt crisis to control the raw material market in Jiangnan. He originally wanted to have a lot of fun.

But before that, he asked Aunt Xu how to finish it.

After the two finally discussed, they tried to minimize their presence in Jiangnan. Everyone still did normal business and used profits to influence the raw material market in Jiangnan.

At this moment, Li Rumei was in this confusion.

Shenfu.

"Sir, I really don't understand. Our Liaodong Army just hopes that the soldiers can eat and wear well. Is this not possible?"

Li Rumei really complained to Shen Shixing with a grievance.

He really doesn't know where he is wrong.

As an army, is this wrong with pursuing better arms and better weapons?

Moreover, the Liaodong Army did not spend too much military pay when purchasing arms from Weihui Mansion, which was almost the same as before, because Li Chengliang promised to give Weihui Mansion a certain preferential treatment in exchange for Guo Dan to reduce the arms price.

But now the court's discussion seems to have taken a great advantage.

Li Rumei was really angry and aggrieved.

"I know."

Shen Shixing nodded, sighed again, and said, "But the matter is not that simple. Don't think about continuing to purchase arms from Weihui Mansion. Although this matter has not been decided yet, it is almost certain. Anyway, your Liaodong Army does not need to purchase arms on a large scale for the time being."

When Li Rumei heard this, she immediately looked at Shen Shixing in surprise.

This is the potential meaning of this statement. The cooperation between the Liaodong Army and Weihui Mansion has ended here.

This came a little suddenly, because Li Chengliang was very optimistic about his cooperation with Guo Dan some time ago, and he really put in the effort to manage this relationship.

Shen Shixing glanced at Li Rumei and said, "After you go back, remember to tell your father, let him be as low-key as possible recently, and you can tolerate everything if you can tolerate it and never make any mistakes."

Li Rumei opened her eyes and a drop of sweat dripped from her temples. He finally realized that things were not just military preparations. He swallowed and said, "Prime Minister...Prime Minister, what happened?"

The voice was trembling.

"You don't need to worry too much."

Shen Shixing waved his hand and said, "Just be careful."

At present, he didn't know how far the other party would counterattack, and they might not have attacked Li Chengliang.

But he knew this clearly, and it was definitely not an arms problem.

If it was just an armament issue, Shen Shixing would definitely stand up and talk to Li Chengliang. At the beginning, he fought for the Liaodong Army, but later he gradually realized that something was wrong...

As Li Rumei said, this is just a small problem of arms procurement, and it is based on basic needs. There was no mistake in operation and there was no corruption or bribery in the middle, but it caused a great response in the court.

Almost everyone opposed purchasing arms from Weihui Mansion again.

Then this is not just an arms issue, but a political issue.

There was almost no debate in the whole process, as if this was a conscience that any normal person could judge.

The memorial in Wanli finally had two requirements. First, it required that the State Manufacturing Bureau should try its best to produce the military, revitalize the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry, and terminate the cooperation with Weihui Prefecture.

Secondly, the weather is indeed cold, and the country should allocate money to other border troops to prepare wintering supplies.

All these ministers are not stupid. They speak so well that they can't make mistakes.

Moreover, the border troops who came to the capital also gained something.

Of course, this interest group is the most beneficial. Isn’t the National Manufacturing Bureau the control of them?

But why do the Liaodong Army and Qi Family Army like to purchase from the private sector? It is because the private sector cannot do well and they can still come to the door for trouble, but if the country does not do well, they can only make do with it.

And what the country does almost does not meet the standards set by the country.

It can be seen that standards are always to restrain others.

The state needs to allocate funds here, and they will definitely make some money.

But everyone is really happy.

Except for Wanli, because he did not benefit from it, he might have to pay for it.

But he had no choice but to say that it was indeed colder in the past few years, and the Liaodong Army could not explain to the soldiers of the border army if they had not allocated additional funds to other border troops to prepare wintering arms.

However, before Wanli made the final decision, he still called Guo Dan first.

"If you can't think of a way, then I can only eliminate the cooperation between Weihui Mansion and the Liaodong Army." Wanli said slightly frustrated.

Guo Dan said: "Report to Your Majesty, this freezing three feet long will not last a day. Even if Beishi has a solution, it will not be able to solve this urgent problem. Beishi had already discussed with Qinzhuang, the textile workshop a few days ago, and he had agreed to terminate the cooperation with the Liaodong Army."

When Wanli heard this, he felt that there was something in the words, so he asked, "Then are you able to do it? I don't care about the gains and losses at this moment."

Guo Dan pondered for a little, saying, "Your Majesty, if we trace the root of the root cause, it is still the source of military and political corruption. If corruption cannot be eliminated, it will be difficult to eradicate no matter what we do. This is very similar to the previous tariff problem. Before the tariff reform, it was also very corrupt. Since we have succeeded in tariffs, why not re-use the same trick."

Wanli sighed: "Although there are similarities, we must not confuse them. The impact of tariffs is very limited and not many people are involved. Military pay is crucial. If there is any mistake, the consequences will be unimaginable!"

Don’t he know about military and political corruption?

The problem cannot be solved!

There must be a solution, and the other party will not use this to counterattack. Even if the other party knows that you, the emperor, dare not act rashly.

"But it's essentially the same."

Guo Tan said: "Your Majesty must rely on a group of upright and honest ministers to eradicate these corruptions."

Wanli said: "Didn't you notice that in this incident, all the ministers of the I-become became a group of mutes? This matter is not as simple as you think."

Guo Dan said: "The cabinet ministers are silent, which is also for the sake of the country, because they know that this involves the border army after all, and once the border army is in chaos, the consequences will be unimaginable."

"Not only them, I am also trapped here!" Wanli sighed.

Guo Dan said: "The key to this problem lies in the army. As long as the army can be ensured to be in chaos, the next thing will be easy."

"How to ensure this?" Wanli asked.

Speaking of this, there is a little bit of meaning.

Guo Dan said: "I am humble in my duties and private people and think that the problem of the army lies in the system of the court's use of civil servants to control military affairs and hereditary system, which leads to the fact that the powerful, ministers and generals must be tied together. However, if we can temporarily cut off the ties between military generals and civil officials, we can stabilize the army, and then Your Majesty can rely on the upright ministers in the court to carry out a thorough reform of military affairs."

Wanli asked: "How to remove the connection with them?"
Chapter completed!