Take a step back and the sky is wide open!

How many people know what this step back means? How many people know what this vast ocean and sky mean?

Holding the chess piece in his hand and staring at the chessboard in front of him, Shi Yiwen had no choice for a long time.

"Why don't you leave?"

In the private room on the second floor of Yishenzhuang, Wu Cai asked, looking at Shi Yiwen who was undecided.

"I'm thinking about the next move."

"Your chess skills are too bad, and you must not think of this chess now."

Wu Cai looked at the boss.

Shi Yiwen smiled and apologized, and then said.

"I just thought that after having the Western Company platform, it will take only two or three years to send the honorary ministers to the opposite side of the civil servants. How should I deal with it at that time?"

"Indeed, this move is a disaster. The purpose is to make the honorary ministers fight with civil servants. The reason why civil servants in the past could suppress the honorary ministers and generals was because the honorary ministers were easily defeated by them. After all, there were many honorary ministers in the court and few positions. If someone was defeated by civil servants, they would naturally be replaced by others. Over time, many honorary ministers were naturally willing to use the civil servants' hands to defeat their opponents, and even were willing to drive them to replace them. In this way, the honorary ministers were just a mess, so they were naturally not worth mentioning."

Looking up at Shi Yiwen, Wu Cai praised again.

"But this time, you use a Western company as bait to put the entire Xuchen Group, at least the Xuchen Group of the Capital, into the cup. On the surface, it seems like a forced one, but in fact, you put the pile of loose sand on the plate, which seems loose, but as long as the heat is right, you can burn it into a ball. This fire... is silver!"

"right!"

Nodding, Shi Yiwen said softly.

"The interests are very important. Many honorary officials are willing to be driven by civil servants because after Tumu Fort, the military power is all over the Ministry of War, which also means that the military positions in the army are also controlled by the Ministry of War. In order to obtain prominent military positions, the honorary officials will inevitably surrender to civil servants, just like the Duke of Chengguo who surrenders to the chief minister. This is profit! And the Western company... is also profit! And it is also a pure silver!"

"That's right!"

After burping a tea, a strange look burst out from Wu Cai's eyes.

"Whether it is Cheng Guo Duke or ordinary ministers, once they get millions of taels of benefits from the East-West trade, they will inevitably want to gain more benefits, and then they will inevitably have a conflict of interest with Jiangnan. After all, the market is so big. For every one million taels they earn from the East-West, Jiangnan will inevitably earn one million taels less. There is no such contradiction at the beginning, but three or five years later, when the market is almost occupied, Jiangnan will inevitably counterattack!"

"It's not just a counterattack, it's a comprehensive confrontation!"

Nodding to himself, Shi Yiwen continued to say.

"Severing off people's wealth is like killing parents. If Jiangnan wants to regain the overseas market, it will inevitably regain the market by attacking Western companies and abolishing the concessions. How could those honorary ministers let their wealth be cut off so?"

Shi Yiwen smiled coldly and landed the chess piece in his hand on the chessboard.

"At that time, it will definitely be a bloody storm!"

"Do you think the honorary ministers can defeat civil servants?"

Wu Cai's tone was somewhat worried.

"After all, this court is in the hands of civil servants."

"But the court is still the emperor's court!"

Shi Yiwen's eyes regained his irresistible confidence. He looked at Wu Cai and said seriously:

"Do you think the emperor would not be out of the matter? Why did Shizong appoint a meritorious minister back then? To put it bluntly, he still wanted to use the meritorious ministers to balance the power in the court, but the meritorious ministers were scattered and easily broken by interests and then defeated by them, so they were unbearable. But if a civil servant wanted to grab meat from their bowls..."

While sneering, Shi Yiwen did not continue to say that the honorary ministers were never white lotus. They could exist for hundreds of years, so they naturally had their abilities. In the past, they relied on civil servants for military positions, but when civil servants wanted to seize their financial path...

"Indeed, then, the emperor will definitely take the opportunity..."

He paused for a moment, and then asked tentatively.

"Zhiyuan, the emperor should take power at that time!"

The emperor ruled...

Shi Yiwen naturally thought of Zhang Juzheng who died of sudden illness in three years in history, and then...what would be waiting for the Ming Dynasty?

I am afraid that by then, the core of the Ming court will no longer be the struggle between the reformists and the conservatives, but between the heroes and the civil servants in Jiangnan.

Staring at the chess pieces on the chessboard, the chessboard in front of him seemed to have become the political arena of the Ming Dynasty. Although Shi Yiwen is not a chess player, he knows that he can completely control the chessboard. Just like now, the chessboard is pushing by himself, moving towards the direction he expects.

Now, I have set up my chess pieces, but...

"Zhiyuan, actually, I think you should step back in a Western company. Since you have decided to take a step back, let them fight and fight, why bother to wade through this pool again?"

Once again, Wu Cai looked at Shi Yiwen and said.

"after all……"

"I have to go there in the past two years. First of all, those people don't know how to conduct overseas trade. If they can't see real benefits, then all plans will probably be dead. So, I want to help them bring the company on track, and then, only in this way can I let the company act under my control. After all, if you want to use Western companies to cut off another financial path in the south, you must deploy some things yourself."

Shi Yiwen spoke like a bamboo tube pouring beans, then stared at the chessboard and said.

"If these pieces don't go down in person, the effect will probably disappoint you and me."

"But in this way, won't you be wrapped in it? Wouldn't this be unfavorable to the future!"

Wu Cai still argued with reason.

"Since you know that the Western company will definitely be enemies with Jiangnan in the future, then, Jiangnan will definitely use some unknown tricks to deal with you. At that time, you will definitely suffer."

Hearing the concern in Wu Cai's words, Shi Yiwen smiled.

"They won't attack me for a while. I'll have at least a year and a half to prepare for all this."

Wu Cai couldn't figure out Shi Yiwen's thoughts for a while, so he guessed.

"A year and a half? I am frankly speaking, what you need to face in this year and a half is not just the people in the south. In fact, there will be many problems that you need to solve within the company. For example, Duke Cheng Guo, his position as chairman is bound to be won!"

Seeing Shi Yiwen laughing but not speaking, Wu Cai asked tentatively.
Chapter completed!