To Gu Yanwu's surprise, Fang Yuan's face was full of kindness and pleasantness, and he approached him, "Mr. Gu, when the Ming Dynasty ruled the court, could you allow you to run a bright newspaper and slander the court at will?" When the Ming Dynasty ruled, with the style of your face-to-face confrontation this time, you would have been dragged down to the court with a cane and killed! When the Ming Dynasty ruled the court, this kind of big and important case involving the emperor's cronies had long been turned into a big thing and a small matter! ”

"This governor asks himself to love the people like a son, and he asks himself to govern Jiangnan with the standards of sages and gentlemen. I treat you as a wise man, and I have always been tolerant of you, but you treat me with evil words, Mr. Gu is a sage who reads books, and Confucius and Mencius taught you, is this kind of repaying virtue with resentment? ”

Gu Yanwu was speechless when he heard this, he kept saying that the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty ruled Jiangnan for three hundred years, how could there have been a peaceful and prosperous era in Jiangnan where he was now ordered to be sentenced to prison and had no livelihood? When was this kind of benevolent policy of distributing food to the lonely and widowed elderly? If the Ming Dynasty really comes to rule again, it will never be better governed than Fang Yuan.

Gu Yanwu was embarrassed, his face showed guilt, and he arched his hand to Fang Yuan and said, "Governor Fang, I, tomorrow I will turn off the light and report back to the township to teach, and I will not talk about state affairs again." ”

Fang Yuan patted him on the shoulder and said, "No, there is no fault in talking about state affairs, and there is no guilt in speaking." Guangming Bao is even more important, but the Governor will take the time to read it in every issue. If Mr. Gu doesn't do it, then the governor won't be able to read it. ”

Gu Yanwu was slightly stunned, Fang Yuan's remarks were beyond his expectations, he didn't expect that Fang Yuan had also read the Guangming Newspaper he issued, and he couldn't figure out Fang Yuan's mind anymore, "This, Governor Fang, what do you want to do, just say it!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "I heard that your Guangming Newspaper can't be maintained by sales income, and you still need to raise money everywhere to barely maintain it, right?" ”

Which official or wealthy businessman dares to mess with the newspaper that opposes the government? Guangming Daily does not have a large amount of sponsorship at all, it can only rely on market sales and a few like-minded Jiangnan literati to fund, Gu Yanwu nodded helplessly, "Yes, the Gu family has also filled in thousands of taels of silver over the years." ”

Fang Yuan smiled and said, "This governor privately sponsors your Guangming Daily, 10,000 taels of silver per year, which should be enough to maintain the livelihood of Guangming Bao!" ”

Gu Yanwu looked at Fang Yuan in a daze, did he actually spend money to fund the Guangming Daily to attack him, or did he have another conspiracy to co-opt the Guangming Daily and turn to cheer for the government? "Guangming Bao would rather not do it than become the eagle dog of the Governor's Mansion and the official government."

Fang Yuan laughed and said, "Mr. Gu, there is only one requirement for this governor to provide sponsorship, Guangming Bao must maintain the previous style, as long as it is not made up nonsense, nothing happens, those who should be criticized must be criticized, and those who should be ridiculed must be ridiculed at will." This governor is completely different from the Ming court, he likes to listen to different voices, and he likes this kind of sharpness like a knife! ”

With his magnanimity, Gu Yanwu was dumbfounded, and asked, "Governor Fang, Guangming Bao will start tomorrow with "Jinyi Wei Dereliction of Duty?" Or is it a woman who is in politics? To report on the big case of this public trial, can Governor Fang tolerate it? ”

He pointed out that it was Xiao Yuan in Fang Yuan's backyard who was up and down, where did Gu Yanwu's news come from, it was naturally from the Governor's Mansion, and the princess was the most suspicious.

Fang Yuan was silent for a while, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Mr. Gu, some words are really being chased by public opinion, not the truth. As far as the Governor knows, even if there is a woman in the backyard involved in this case, at most she knows about it after the fact and does not report it, rather than being involved in the case. Mr. Gu can write if he wants to, what I want to remind Mr. Gu is not to become a tool for others to kill people with a knife. ”

Gu Yanwu bowed deeply to him and arched his hand, "Gu is convinced by the governor of the other party!" ”

Fang Yuan smiled secretly, the public opinion front must not have only one voice, otherwise it will forcibly block the channel for the people to vent their emotions, and once the people really use rebellion to vote, it will be too late to regret it.

Now he is in control of Liu Ruye's Jiangnan Daily, which is used to publish official documents of the government and guide public opinion; single-handedly controls Gu Yanwu's Guangming Daily, which is used to observe the people's feelings, and uses the power of the people to monitor the officialdom and Jinyiwei.

It's actually a lot of fun to have these two newspapers going back and forth, and if you shut down either of them, you'll lose a lot of fun on the front of public opinion.

Qin Zhan, who had been beaten with a hundred rods, was taken back to Jinyiwei Prison to be detained, and several of Qin Zhan's hand-picked Jinyiwei Zhenfu Division, Jinyiwei Qianhu, was secretly taken care of.

Qin Zhan was snorting in pain in the edict prison, but he received Fang Yuan's order to carry him to the inner courtyard of the governor's mansion.

Fang Yuan saw that Qin Zhan was being carried, so the princess, Hu Qi and other brocade guards all retreated, leaving only Xiao Yuan and Qin Zhan.

Fang Yuan glanced at Xiao Yuan, sat on the edge of Qin Zhan's bed, and asked with a sigh, "Fourth, we used to be the best brothers, I know your temperament well, and tens of thousands of taels of silver can't buy you." At this point, I just want to ask you, is Mrs. Yuan involved in this case? ”

Qin Zhan said with tears in his eyes, "When Jinyi Wei investigated this case, Mrs. Yuan was not involved. Afterwards, Mrs. Yuan knew about it, but she hid it for me, Boss Xu. ”

Fang Yuan nodded, this was the same as his previous guess, his gaze fell on Xiao Yuan, "Mrs. Yuan, since the princess married Jiangnan, how many troubles have you caused?" How many more troubles do you have to cause before you stop?! ”

Xiao Yuan bowed respectfully to Fang Yuan, and said softly, "Childe, did you really not see clearly, or did you pretend not to see clearly, is it me or the princess who is making waves now?" ”

Qin Zhan also shed tears and kept kowtowing, "Boss, Mrs. Yuan, I, Boss Xu are guilty." But the princess is clearly driving us to extermination, the world is bustling, all for the sake of profit, her purpose is really for the boss's regime, or is she purging dissidents and promoting her people?! ”

"There is a lesson from Liang Min's past, and now Xu Huaning did not betray the boss when he died, he is really loyal to the boss, and he is willing to go to the soup for the boss, and he will not hesitate to die, it is still our old brothers! The boss allowed the princess to wantonly purge the brothers who had followed the boss from birth to death for many years, which was self-destructing the Great Wall, and a catastrophe was coming! ”

Fang Yuan said coldly, "All the materials in the world are used by me, what is the order?!" ”

Xiao Yuan sneered and said, "Childe, all the materials in the world are used, in other words, they are not used by you." Without cronies, the regime will not be able to withstand the wind and waves, and it will fall as soon as it is pushed! At that time, Gongzi will be like Emperor Chongzhen, and purge Wei Zhongxian for some crimes, only to find that there is no one available around him. ”

"Xu Hua was executed, and the fourth uncle was also dismissed, so it's my turn next! Can Childe calm down and think about it, and purge us all, who does Childe expect to do things for Childe? Is it the princess who is inextricably linked to the imperial court, Wang Chengen, who is loyal to Emperor Chongzhen, or the three people in the cabinet who are neutral and may turn against the water at any time? Or the prefects of the state capitals, the county orders? ”

Xiao Yuan took out a piece of paper from his arms and gave it to Fang Yuan respectfully, "Childe, this is a joint document that I got after my fourth uncle and I strictly interrogated the officials of Nanjing City, and they all persuaded Gongzi to set up another imperial court. ”

Fang Yuan took over the joint document and reviewed the signed officials one by one.

Xiao Yuan continued, "I didn't hand over this to exonerate me and the fourth uncle, I just wanted my son to see clearly. Although we have done evil things, we have also done our best to worry about the prince's imperial hegemony, and the princess is just cutting off the roots of the prince under the banner of fairness and justice. The so-called fairness and justice is a trick of the peaceful and prosperous world; In this world of great controversy, it is as low as mud. Regardless of the imperial court in the capital, Li Zicheng will never tie his hands and feet, for what justice and justice, he will cut off his arm! ”

"In Gaoyouwei, three thousand sergeants all died on the battlefield, only the princess and Mama Liang are alive, whether there are any cats or not, I don't want to be a villain in vain, guessing wildly. But what the princess is doing now, no matter what her purpose is, is to purge the prince's ministers for the Beijing court. Childe, don't be blinded and destroy the Great Wall! ”

She was conclusive, and she did not refute at all, Fang Yuan was silent, and her eyes fell on the joint document again.