One reason, one reason.

The Beijing Imperial Court ordered Sun Chuanting and Zhu Yihai to come to the peace talks, which was clearly a fraud in the name of peace talks. The purpose was to ask Fang Yuan to relax his vigilance in the direction of the imperial court in the capital and lead the disaster of the war to Li Zicheng's side. Then when Fang Yuan and Li Zicheng started a war on all fronts, the imperial court would take advantage of the emptiness of Jiangnan's troops to move south and capture Jiangnan.

Emperor Chongzhen didn't know when he wrote the edict, whether he inadvertently fell into the trap of Empress Zhou and Hong Chengchou, or whether he was deliberately calculating Fang Yuan, Fang Yuan had no real evidence and could not draw conclusions. But for now, it is obvious that the edict from Chongzhen will no longer be misled.

Of course, all speculations are merely speculations, and they can never be used as the basis for deciding on major military and political affairs, and there must be corresponding corroboration to confirm the correctness of the conjectures.

Fang Yuan didn't say a word, and ordered Hu Qi to take the brocade guard and go straight to Liu Ruyi's Hedong Courtyard. He wants to screen and screen, whether the public opinion of the people is also one-sided in support of the Western Expedition.

Liu Ru saw that Fang Yuan led the Jinyi guard to the Hedong Courtyard in a hurry, and was stunned, and hurriedly welcomed him into the Hedong Courtyard.

Fang Yuan sat down slightly, and he didn't talk to her politely, and said straight to the point, "Sister Liu, have you saved the manuscript of the articles that those literati have voted for the "Jiangnan Daily" in the past month, expounding on the Western Expedition and the Northern Expedition?!" ”

Regardless of whether the Jiangnan Daily has published the manuscript handed over by the literati, the Hedong Institute will copy a copy for the record, and clearly mark the list and residence of the contributors so that they can be checked in the future. This is also a request that Fang Yuan specifically put forward at the beginning.

Liu Ru was busy ordering the maid to get all the manuscripts submitted in the past month, at least more than 300 copies, for Fang Yuan and Jin Yiwei to inquire on the spot.

Fang Yuan sat on the chair with a solemn face, and ordered Hu Qi and Jin Yiwei to select all the manuscripts that had contributed to the Western Expedition and the Northern Expedition.

Hu Qi and Jin Yiwei hurriedly began to review the manuscript, and they were in full swing.

Liu Ru sat beside Fang Yuan knowing the opportunity, and asked softly, "Brother Fang, you mobilized the people to come to Hedong Courtyard, this is?!" ”

Fang Yuan looked at Liu Rus, smiled ashamedly and said, "Sister Liu reminded me before that these literati who submitted articles were cheating, but I was too careless and didn't pay attention to it. These literati who contributed to the Western Expedition were spies sent by the imperial court in Beijing to set off smoke bombs in Jiangnan. ”

Liu Ru said suddenly, "Brother Fang is saying that the imperial court deliberately lured us to the west to conquer Li Zicheng, and they were Huang Que behind and took the opportunity to attack Jiangnan?" ”

Fang Yuan looked at the Jinyi Wei who was busy searching, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, they are the literati who have connected Jiangnan and misled Jiangnan's public opinion!" These literati who helped the imperial court to submit articles to muddy the water must all be found out, and none of them can be left! ”

Hu Qi and Jin Yiwei found 37 articles from the 300 submissions that were about discussing the Western Expedition or the Northern Expedition, and as expected, all of these articles supported the Western Expedition, and none of them proposed the Northern Expedition.

Fang Yuan clenched the thirty-seven manuscripts tightly, and he was furious. Of the thirty-seven literati who submitted their contributions, none of them proposed the Northern Expedition, and they surprisingly unanimously suggested the Western Expedition. If there is no tandem organization in it, Fang Yuan will never believe it!

In Jiangnan under Fang Yuan's rule, the atmosphere of public opinion is already extremely relaxed.

Whether it was a group of public intellectuals in the Ming Dynasty, whether it was dealing with the disadvantages of the times or talking about state affairs, the government never intervened. If you have an opinion about the other party's original regime, you can speak freely; If you have suggestions on major military affairs, you can publish them in the newspaper, and you can even come to the palace in person to discuss them.

But Fang Yuan's only bottom line is that if he is dissatisfied with Fang Yuan's rule, he can move his family to the northern court, and he will not stop it, but he cannot harbor evil intentions for the regime and collude with foreign forces to subvert it. Otherwise, it's not a public knowledge, it's a cent.

Cents, everyone gets it!

Fang Yuan flipped through the contributors in this stack of manuscripts one by one, and his heart was like a tide. Before, the public opinion environment for these Ming Dynasty was too relaxed, and there were no punitive measures for nonsense, so that they unscrupulously colluded with foreign enemies and tried to subvert.

It seems that this time we must find one, two famous literati to kill chickens and monkeys!

Fang Yuan flipped through twenty pages, his gaze falling on a conspicuous name. This name, Fang Yuan seems to have heard of it, and Mao Bijiang also recommended this person to him, it is one of the leaders of the new generation of the Restoration Society, and Hou Fangyu, who is the fourth prince of Jiangnan alongside Mao Pijiang.

Hou Fangyu, his father Hou Sui, was originally a servant of the six departments of the imperial court, and was imprisoned for the fall of Kaifeng. Hou Fangyu's father, Hou Sui, and grandfather, Hou Zhipu, have been members of the Donglin Party for generations. Of course, the reason why Hou Fangyu is famous is also because he is the male protagonist of the opera artist Kong Shangren's work "Peach Blossom Fan", "Peach Blossom Fan" describes the love story of Hou Fangyu and one of Qin Huai Bayan, Li Xiangjun.

Fang Yuan specially selected the manuscript handed over by Hou Fangyu and reviewed it word by word. The article is full of random quotations and classics, and even boasts of knowing the data of the strength of the two sides, and fabricates a lot of comparisons of the strength of the two sides to prove that Li Zicheng is easy to go west.

Hou Fangyu even brazenly threatened in the article that if Fang Yuan did not dare to go west, it would be better to send him to the west, guaranteeing that he would set foot in Huguang and Henan within a month, and he would be able to cut off Li Zicheng's head within two months.

The more Fang Yuan looked at it, the more annoyed he became, if Hou Fangyu was just making some bold remarks, he didn't bother to meet these literati who didn't know the height of the sky. However, Hou Fangyu is deliberately fabricating the data on the strength of the two sides, and his intention is not simply to talk about the army on paper, but to fabricate the data to incite the people's emotions for war.

Its ill-intentioned intentions have been revealed!

What's more, his Hou family is still a family of the Donglin Party, and he bleached the descendants of the Donglin Party by joining the Restoration Society, and he drilled a big loophole, and its essence is still the Donglin Party. If the Donglin Party keeps to itself, talks about poetry, and bubbles famous prostitutes, Fang Yuan will not be wiped out again. If they are still making waves, they must not be spared!

Fang Yuan pointed to the name Hou Fangyu and asked Liu Rus, "Sister Liu, this Hou Fangyu often comes to deliver manuscripts on weekdays?" ”

Liu Ru and Hou Fangyu are also general friends, so they answered truthfully, "Hou Gongzi used to point out the country in "Guangming Daily", and this is the first time to submit articles to "Jiangnan Daily". ”

"Smack!"

Fang Yuan slammed Hou Fangyu's manuscript on the table and shouted, "Then he is deliberately plotting this time, Commander Hu, immediately send Jinyi Guards to arrest Hou Fangyu's entire mansion and ask for guilt, and he must be killed to make an example." ”

Hu Qi hurriedly gave up his orders, "Regent, only arrest Hou Fangyu's family, or do you want to arrest his comrades?!" ”

Fang Yuan was angry, and shouted loudly, "Commander Hu, dig deeper, I want to wipe out all the literati who deliberately guide public opinion this time!" ”

Hu Qi responded repeatedly, but Liu Ru knew that the Hou family, as well as Hou Fangyu's identity as the fourth prince of Jiangnan, and his friendship with the other third sons. If you really want to dig deeper, you will inevitably set off a bloody storm in the Jiangnan literary circle, and hurriedly stood up and said, "Brother Fang, Hou Fangyu just published an article explaining the benefits of the Western Expedition, and if he wants to exterminate the clan, I am afraid that if it spreads, the reputation of the other brother will not be good!" ”

Fang Yuan is by no means a person who loves to kill, just because the move of the Western Expedition can only be temporarily stopped, he summoned the generals of the Xuanjia Army with great fanfare this time, and gathered 130,000 Xuanjia Army, all kinds of armaments, materials are countless, and the manpower and material resources consumed are even more amazing. In the end, in exchange for an ending that could not go west, in front of the world, this face is a big loss. The chief general of the Xuanjia Army and public opinion cannot be explained.

Fang Yuan was extremely angry, and his monstrous anger must find a place to vent, and he must find a culprit to quell the military plan of this western expedition, and the failure of empty manpower and material resources, otherwise he, as the regent, how can he step down in front of everyone's eyes? !

Hou Fangyu is a penny who collects money to do things, although it doesn't matter to the formulation of policies, but since his butt is not clean, he hits the muzzle of the gun at this time, so he can only use his Hou family to sacrifice the flag!