The war of words between the two newspapers soon opened, and the first topic was about the disclosure of officials' assets, and in the face of the direct attack of "Ming Pao" on Yangzhou's policy, "Yangzhou Weekly" could not bear it anymore and had no choice but to fight back.

Luo Jian was very suspicious of the timing and purpose of the Senate and Ming Pao's attack on Yangzhou's policy at this time, because after more than half a year of preparation, the disclosure of officials' assets was about to be implemented.

For this reason, the Anti-Corruption Office, which was specially set up in Yangzhou, has conducted an audit of the personal assets of officials for more than half a year, and it has basically entered the final stage, and it will be publicized after the approval of the Metropolitan Governor's Office.

Just when Luo Jian was in doubt, Lai Fu's security department sent a more detailed report, which surprised Luo Jian.

What Luo Jian didn't expect was that there were many officials behind this incident, who took advantage of Liu Zongzhou's opposition to the new policy, and tried their best to provoke a group of political participants in the Senate to attack the new policy, the purpose of which was to make it impossible for the officials' property publicity to be carried out in Yangzhou.

It is impossible to say that these officials are corrupt officials, most of them just feel that their property is personal privacy and cannot be made public in any case.

Luo Jian thought about it for a long time, and felt that the essence of this matter was still a matter of ideology, like Mr. Liu Zongzhou, he was not an official of the government himself, but he had always strongly opposed this government, mainly because it was inconsistent with his philosophy, and some officials strongly opposed it, most of which was also for this reason.

However, Luo Jian made up his mind about the implementation of this policy, and with the support of Ren Minyu, Yuan Jixian, Lu Zhenfei and other powerful factions, Luo Jian was determined to pave this way.

Regardless of the strong opposition of the "Ming Pao" and the Senate, the disclosure of officials' assets was carried out on schedule, and for this reason, the "Yangzhou Weekly" also issued a special issue.

Mr. Liu Zongzhou was very angry at the insistence of the Metropolitan Governor's Office, and wrote an extremely fiercely worded article in the "Ming Pao", pointing out that Luo Jian's practice would inevitably chill the hearts of the majority of officials, and that his actions had violated the bottom line of scholars, and that the future of Yangzhou was worrisome, and that the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty was worrisome.

Mr. Liu's article resonated with many people, and for a while, there were different opinions in the streets and alleys of Yangzhou, and everyone talked about this matter.

This time, Luo Jian didn't care at all, and he was in good spirits that night, and he took Shi Kefa's family to the mansion for dinner.

The weather was a little colder, and the place to chat was changed to the sofa in the hall.

"I said, girl, are all of you people there like you? Can you make the chair you sit on so comfortably? "The old lady sat on the soft sofa and was very comfortable.

"Mother, when everyone doesn't have to worry about food and clothing, they will think about how to live a more comfortable life, and we will do this here in the future." Liu Lan said with a smile.

"Don't worry about food and clothing? It's hard! Shi Kefa sighed and said.

"Why can't you do it? My mother has been staying at home less these days, and she often goes around, and my mother can see that the life of the common people is much better than before, isn't it? Xinghua: How long have they been here? My mother has lived for such a long time, and in the past year that Xinghua has been here, the life of the common people has only begun to get better, you can't drag Xinghua back. The old lady was a little dissatisfied with Shi Kefa's words and began to train him.

"Mother, Brother Shi won't drag Brother Luo back, they are now of the same mind." Liu Lan saw that Shi Kefa was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said to the old lady.

"What about a heart? How did I hear that when Xinghua was scolded by those old sour people, he didn't open his mouth? The old lady glanced at Shi Kefa with dissatisfaction.

Shi Kefa wanted to open his mouth to defend himself, but he was glared at by the old lady, and swallowed back the words that came to his mouth.

"But Fa'er, my mother can tell you, although my mother has never read, but my mother has lived so old, my mother can see very clearly, Xinghua's approach is for the people, you go to the street to inquire, and then go to the countryside to ask those old farmers, have they scolded Xinghua? Why did those old sour Confucians scold Xinghua? Isn't it just so that the officials can ride on the heads of the people? You should think about it, you can't be on the wrong side. ”

Luo Jian looked at the old lady with some surprise, he had known that the old lady was kind-hearted, but he didn't expect the old lady to have such insight.

"Mother, you are so amazing, such a profound thing can be explained by your old man in a few words, I admire your old man so much."

Liu Lanfang hurriedly stepped forward to compliment the old lady and coaxed the old lady to laugh, but Shi Kefa couldn't cry or laugh on the side.

In fact, Shi Kefa is very supportive of Luo Jian's decision, and he has discussed the truth with Luo Jian many times, and he also understands Luo Jian's good intentions.

This time, Shi Kefa did not participate in the big debate between the two newspapers, this was a decision made by the two after discussion, if Shi Kefa completely broke out with this gang again, there would not even be anyone to turn around in the future.

"Old lady, this time we discussed, Brother Shi didn't open his mouth so that there was room for turning around in the future, it's not that Brother Shi didn't support me." Luo Jian saw that Shi Kefa was really embarrassed, and he also stepped forward to explain to the old lady.

"Hmph, it's pretty much the same, I said Xinghua, Kefa, listen to the crickets, don't plant crops? I think these people are not enough to achieve and more than to fail. I don't have much knowledge as an old lady, but I understand a principle, that is, as long as you are really good for the people and sincerely do things for the people, then just do it. ”

The old lady was very interested in talking tonight, and Luo Jian and Shi Kefa could only listen carefully.

There was a lively conversation in Luo Jian's mansion, and there was also a large group of guests in Mr. Liu Zongzhou's mansion a few streets away.

"The Metropolitan Governor's Mansion can't listen to our opinions at all, and force this policy, Yangzhou is afraid that the people's hearts will be lost in the future, how can this recover the lost territory and restore my Ming Dynasty!" Liu Zongzhou took the lead in firing the first shot.

"Yes, I watch the governance of Yangzhou, and I treat officials very harshly, and Yangzhou officials are full of complaints." Someone heard Liu Zongzhou say this, and then echoed.

"Complaining? I don't think so, I've also been to Yangzhou everywhere, how can I see something different from what you say? ”

Zhu Yujian was busy enough during this time, and finally put up the customs shelf, and came to Mr. Liu's house to sit in the house today, this kind of everyone sits together to talk about political affairs, he also likes it, but what the person said just now is really different from what he saw, so he retorted.

Zhu Yujian's words caused an uproar, with voices of opposition and approval.

"I think Tang Wang is reasonable, recently we have also been to Yangzhou everywhere, Fengyang Mansion, Anqing Mansion also walked, see the local officials is very hard, but complaining but did not see, to these two mansions, we also visited Yuan Futai and Lufutai, they also strongly agree with this policy."

The person who said this is a small character in a group of people, and he is also a young man, and he is the Mao Xiang in the "Four Sons of the Restoration Society", and the person next to him is a little older, it is Chen Zhenhui.

Both of them were arrested and imprisoned by Ruan Dacheng because of the matter of "staying in the capital to prevent chaos and public exposure", and in history, because the city of Nanjing was broken by the Tartars, the two took advantage of the chaos to escape, and now Nanjing is still safe, and the time in prison has been much longer.

The two of them were able to get out of prison, which is a long story.

Ruan Dacheng's growing ambition aroused Ma Shiying's jealousy and dissatisfaction, in line with the principle of not letting Ruan Dacheng get better, Ma Shiying asked all the people who were arrested for opposing Ruan Dacheng to let go, and the two were released from prison and came to Yangzhou.

Although both of them are not too old, the fame of the "Four Sons of the Restoration Society" is indeed not small, and as soon as they arrived in Yangzhou, they were targeted by the Senate and soon became one of the political participants.

After Mao Bijiang and Chen Zhenhui participated in politics, they did not stay in Yangzhou for too long, so they traveled to various places, and only returned to Yangzhou yesterday, but they did not know much about the public opinion war in Yangzhou.

"I think this thing is a bit wrong, have we been used as guns by some people? I think Bijiang is reasonable, the Fenglu of Yangzhou officials is much higher than those officials in the imperial court, although their family is not rich, they can still live a good life, right? I'm afraid that there are too many people in charge, so I'm not comfortable, right? Lu Daqi listened to what Mao Xiang said, thought for a moment and said.

Lu Daqi served as a servant of the Hongguang Imperial Court, and he knew a lot about the officialdom in Nanjing, and he also investigated the situation of Yangzhou officials, and his feelings were a little different from everyone else, according to his words, that is, "people are almost the same people, but they wear a tight spell on their heads, so they have to do things well." ”

Lu Daqi's words resonated with many people even more, and several people lowered their heads and thought for a while, and felt more and more that the Senate was being used.

Liu Zongzhou saw that everyone began to have different opinions, and stood up and wanted to speak, but Gao Hongtu next to him stood up first.

Although Gao Hongtu is not as famous as Liu Zongzhou, his status in the Hongguang court was once the highest, after Shi Kefa left Nanjing, he served as the first assistant for a long time, and was finally squeezed out by Ma Shiying.

Seeing Gao Hongtu standing up to speak, the audience suddenly fell silent.

"Mr. Qishan, everyone, during this time, everyone has a lot of discussions about Yangzhou's new policy, but the old man has not participated in it, in fact, the old man has been listening, watching, in the past, all dynasties have said 'not to be guilty of words', but which dynasty and which generation really did it?"

Gao Hongtu said slowly, this made everyone a little strange, it didn't seem to have much to do with what was being talked about.

"Has the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion in Yangzhou banned your speech? Has the Yangzhou government ever felt sorry for you? Didn't you? Gao Hongtu glanced at the people in the hall, and his voice became a little louder.

"What do you think Yangzhou is now compared to a year or two ago? You don't need the old man to say that everyone knows it, right? If it weren't for Yangzhou Ding here, those people in Nanjing would still be able to sing dogs and horses and sing every night? Gao Hongtu's series of rhetorical questions made everyone nod frequently.

"If Yangzhou is all harsh and rotten, why is the Manchu court so jealous of Yangzhou? How can we not hear the voice of the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion from the people? We can't just blind ourselves to the forest. ”

Hearing Gao Hongtu's words, Liu Zongzhou's face became a little ugly, and he stood up and wanted to speak.

"Mr. Qishan, don't worry, wait until I'm done. Our Senate now has a lot of people, but if I keep getting entangled in these things, I don't think it will be possible to really play a role. These new policies, not to mention whether they are good or bad, most of the Metropolitan Governor's Office is obviously well thought out, and its determination to implement them is extremely strong, how can we influence it? On the contrary, the old man thinks that if we blindly oppose the new policy, after a long time, we will not tolerate the Metropolitan Governor's Mansion or the people of Yangzhou. That's all the old man said, let's think about it. ”

After Gao Hongtu finished speaking, he sat down and never said a word.

Gao Hongtu's words really aroused everyone's thinking, and even Mr. Liu Zongzhou was silent and thought quietly.