In fact, capitalists go back and forth with negotiations, but there are roughly two tricks.

First, it is to give you multiple choices on the surface, but in fact it is to give you one choice.

Second, first offer a very ideal price, and then talk slowly.

These two tricks look simple, but they are all kinds of tricks.

Guo Dan took the obvious second trick this time, but this time he used it backwards. He gave a price that was more low than the lowest price, and then slowly talked about it.

The purpose is to seduce ministers to take the bait, so that they feel that this is an opportunity and strive to advance the matter desperately.

The main thing is to hide their overseas plans. Before this overseas plan is formed, it must not be known to others, otherwise it will be completely over. Even if the maritime ban is lifted, why should Guo Tiantan get rid of the monopoly? If Tianjin Wei was appointed from the beginning, then the ministers would definitely doubt that it would be difficult to succeed.

Wanli just nodded with a smile.

As the emperor, he naturally cannot explain it clearly. This is not a joke!

But he actually felt very happy. He was always fooled by his ministers before, but now the situation has completely changed, and all the ministers have fallen into the trap and become his accomplices.

"Your Majesty, there is another thing to report to me."

Guo Dan suddenly bowed.

Wanli asked, "What's the matter?"

Guo Tan said: "Your Majesty, we want to go out to sea. The purpose is to deal with Franji people. Only by knowing yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Recently, I learned that a Franji missionary named Matteo Ricci was in Zhaoqing Mansion. I begged your Majesty to allow Matteo Ricci to come to Weihui Mansion. At that time, I will send someone to learn Franji's language from him and learn from their experience in sailing."

Wanli pondered for a little, and then said, "I have heard about these missionaries before. I am not very clear about what they teach. Therefore, I ordered that they be restricted from their actions. I can allow him to go to Weihui Mansion, but he must strictly restrict his mission. If he wants to preach, he must also be based on Confucian classics."

Since the understanding, we have not allowed to have our own ideas. The basis of the eight-legged essay is that everything must be spoken by the saints. I cannot think, but only the saints think that the meaning of Wanli is very simple. We cannot say what God, Jesus, and Virgin Mary think, but we must be the saint thinks God, Jesus, and Virgin Mary.

Using Confucian classics to explain Catholicism? This... I'm afraid only Wanli can do it. Guo Dan, who is very familiar with Catholicism, almost laughed out loud.

Wanli asked, "What? Isn't it okay?"

"Ah? OK. Of course your Majesty said it." Guo Dan said: "I know what to do."

Wanli also wrote a handwritten order to Zhaoqing Prefecture that if there was a Matteo Ricci missionary in the area, he would immediately call him to Weihui Prefecture.

Needless to think about it, Matteo Ricci is definitely willing to go to Wei Hui Mansion. He just wants to come to the Central Plains to preach, but the Ming Dynasty has the rules of the Ming Dynasty, so outsiders must be strictly controlled and not move around easily. Catherine and the others can come to the capital because of King Lu. Otherwise, it would be more difficult to capture the capital.

They didn't have to talk too much about the change of the vassal state, because they had been talking about it for a year, and the plan was already very mature, so they were just waiting for each other to learn from it.

And they will definitely get in.

Because the pattern of both sides is no longer on the same level, what is considered is not the same.

Although Wanli was not as talented as Taizu, he was very humble and very greedy for money. Many emperors did not have this. He did not think that there were many great things in the Central Plains and all the great countries in the Celestial Empire.

He only has one concept of his own country--poor.

This led to his plundering mentality, but before he met Guo Dan, his plundering situation was very small and he could not be put on the table. It was usually blackmailing, blackmailing, or even a lever, asking this or that.

After meeting Guo Dan, he suddenly realized that his supreme power and his ability were combined with Guo Dan's ability, it was simply a sunflower book in the art of making money.

And they are all high-end means.

He had turned his attention to the white silver and golden gold overseas.

On the other hand, Shen Shixing and others still have the same pattern, one word - Save.

This money is saved.

If the treatment of the vassal kings can be weakened, then a lot of money can be saved.

Now there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, and the plan proposed by Guo Dan is very popular, and they think it is completely operational.

They were all watching to see how Wanli talked with Guo Dan?

They also knew that most of the money in Wei Hui Mansion was from Wanli, and Wanli should make some compromises.

However, the result disappointed them very much. After Guo Dan returned, he stayed in the door and King Lu hid in Cining Palace, and Wanli did not give a message.

It seems that nothing has happened.

This scene is so familiar.

What's your surname Zhu? Forget it?

These ministers quit.

You are too much. Lu Wang violated the law and discipline. We have not asked him to punish him. We just asked him to go to the vassal state. You don’t let him go to the vassal state, and you don’t give everyone an explanation. How can this work?

We will never agree to this.

The ministers began to submit memorials, demanding that the Lu King be punished, and each memorial mentioned Guo Dan, suggesting that Wanli adopt Guo Dan's proposal to let the Lu King be changed to the vassal state and go to Lingnan.

Not only the censors charged in battle, but even the cabinet ministers took the lead in submitting the report. They all wanted to use this matter to ask the court to change the system of the vassal kings from the side.

This actually shows that literati are a very contradictory group.

There is a reason for their beliefs to respect the ancients, because Confucius was very ancient and always wanted to restore the rituals and music of the Zhou Dynasty. This nostalgia is sometimes very terrifying.

On the one hand, they kept saying that this ancestral system cannot be easily violated.

But their reason told them that this ancestral system must be changed.

Isn't this slap yourself in the face?

But this cannot be blamed on them, because what they learned was formulated by the rulers, and that's what it said.

Fortunately, Guo Dan is here this time.

In the past, they were very sensitive to the system of vassal kings because they involved the royal family and the ancestral system.

But now that Guo Dan is standing in front, they are of course not afraid. Anyway, the culprit is Guo Dan.

Yinuoyaxing.

"Once upon a time, you were still fighting with Shilin, but now Shilin supports you so much. It's really impermanent."

Aunt Xu said with a smile.

Now Guo Dan is famous in the Shilin, and everyone admires his suggestions.

This was really unimaginable before.

"Don't say that." Guo Dan said angrily: "I don't know them. They are not supporting me, but using me. Oh... this matter is really not pleasing to both sides."

Aunt Xu glanced at him with a little suspicion and pondered without saying a word.

Guo Tan secretly glanced at Aunt Xu and said, "Located Master, you have to help me this time."

Aunt Xu shook her head gently and said, "This matter is not easy to deal with. The court spent so much money to build the Lu Wang Mansion. There is only one purpose, which is to let the Lu Wang go to the vassal state. It cannot be said that because of the businessman's business, Lu Wang is not allowed to go to the vassal state. Didn't you think about this problem when you contracted the Wei Hui Mansion?"

Guo Dan sighed: "I was also forced to contract Weihui Mansion at the beginning. At that time, Weihui Mansion was a mess. I didn't have time to consider this matter. I had considered this matter afterwards, but I could not decide this kind of thing. I thought about it and calculated it one day, but I never thought that Lu Wang...ah... I got angry when I thought about it."

Aunt Xu just nodded slightly and did not say anything. She thought to herself that with my understanding of him, he would do everything step by step, plan ahead, and look at it longer than the other party. It is impossible for him to leave it alone on such a fatal issue. If this were the case, he would not dare to invest so much money in Weihui Mansion. It was also coincidental that this matter involved the system of the vassal kings. It seems that my previous speculation was not wrong. He had long wanted to consider how to change the system of the vassal kings, and now it may just be the beginning. Since that is the case, I don’t need to worry too much about it, just watch it.

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but feel full of expectations because she couldn't see through the answer.

But she knew that this matter had reached this level, so she had to give a result.

It is impossible that King Lu always refuses to go to the vassal state.

Moreover, when the ministers in the court faced King Lu, they were really united, even more united than when they dealt with Guo Dan.

The last incident not only allowed King Lu to escape, but also made him turn the tables. The officials were accused of being incompetent, which made the officials always feel resentful, but they had been scattered on Guo Tan's head before. This time, it was a catch of King Lu and must not be let go easily.

As soon as the court blew up, public grievances immediately arose.

King Lu trampled on crops and beat law enforcement officers, and was immediately infinitely magnified.

Wanli had to come forward, so he appointed Zhang Cheng to negotiate with Shen Shixing and the others.

"Sir, let's tell you clearly. It is impossible to let King Lu go to Lingnan to be a vassal. Not to mention that Your Majesty does not agree, the Empress Dowager will not agree!" Zhang Cheng said very bluntly.

Wang Jiaping immediately said: "Let Lu Wang go to Lingnan to be a vassal. That is why we consider the people of Weihui Mansion. If Your Majesty does not agree, then we can only let Lu Wang go to Weihui Mansion to be a vassal. This was decided early in the morning, and the Lu Wang Mansion has already spent hundreds of thousands of taels."

Zhang Cheng said: "Do you all have the heart to make the people of Weihui Mansion lose their vitality and live in dire straits?"

Wang Xijue immediately said: "Weihui Mansion has contracted Guo Dan. It is Guo Dan's plan, which makes Lu Wang Mansion so important. If officials were appointed to govern at that time, such a problem would not have occurred. This is a problem that Guo Dan needs to solve."

"this......."

Zhang Cheng was speechless.

They just wanted to force Wanli to make a decision, but they could not have both fish and bear's paw.

This first negotiation ended with Zhang Cheng's complete defeat.

The ministers were even more excited, with high morale, united and continued to promote this matter.

No one likes this system of vassal kings, because vassal kings not only occupy the national interests, but also the officials.

However, in Wanli and Guo Dan's opinion, they were just too deeply involved in the play.

In order for them to join the drama and to make the whole drama more realistic, Wanli often summoned Guo Dan to the palace to discuss countermeasures, which made Zhang Cheng use all his methods to deal with them first.

But the ministers' attitude is also very clear. If you don't give a result, don't think we will give up.

After several negotiations, seeing that the temperature was almost done, Wanli finally sent the strongest lineup to negotiate with them.

In fact, it is Zhang Cheng and Guo Dan.
To be continued...