Above the lobby, everyone held their breath, for fear that Liu Yan's gaze would fall on them.

Liu Yan looked at everyone's appearance, and sneered in his heart: I knew why I had to do it today, I wanted to block the implementation of the new policy and military reform, and I didn't want to be punished, how could there be such a beautiful thing in the world!

At this time, Liu Yan looked at Jiang Yueguang, the Zhan Shi of the Hanlin Academy, although there were also many bachelors of the Hanlin Academy sitting in the lobby, such as Wang Duo, a university scholar, but Jiang Yueguang's reputation was the highest, so Liu Yan was the first to notice Jiang Yueguang.

In history, Jiang Yueguang was a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli, and he was selected as a Jishi and awarded the editor. In the sixth year of the Apocalypse, he sent an envoy to North Korea as a "positive envoy" in a first-class crown service, and he did not take anything from China when he went, and he did not take any money from North Korea when he returned. For this reason, the North Koreans erected a special Huaijie monument to commemorate him.

Then Jiang Yueguang was ordered to read the island handsome Mao Wenlong, and Shangshu praised him as a hero. In the summer of the seventh year of the Apocalypse, Wei Zhongxian took Jiang Yueguang as a member of the Donglin Party and abolished it. Chongzhen was the right Zhongyun at the beginning, and then the official was the right servant of the ministry. He was convicted because of the incident and demoted to Nanjing Taichangqing, so he resigned under the pretext of illness.

In the fifteenth year of Chongzhen, Jiang Yueguang was appointed to serve as Zhan Shi and take charge of Nanjing Hanlin Academy. Emperor Chongzhen often said: "It is said that Guang is talking about the feast, the words are intense, I know the person, and every good guest is good." ”

After Chongzhen hanged himself, Jiang Yueguang and Lu Daqi and others discussed the establishment of King Lu, which was opposed by Ma Shiying. Hongguang Shishu of the Ministry of Worship and Dongge University Scholar, and Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu and the three sages of Nanzhong. Later, Ma Shiying was jealous, and fabricated his five major crimes, Jiang Yueguang begged to return.

In the second year of Yongli, Jin Shenghuan invited Jiang Yueguang to revolt in Jiangxi, and planned to work with volunteers in Fujian, Guizhou, Ji, Jiangxi and other places. Later, because of being outnumbered,

On the eighteenth day of the first month of the third year of Yongli, Nanchang City was captured by the Qing army, Jiang Yueguang left a chapter of "six songs" and desperate words, and led the whole family of 32 to commit suicide in the pond.

Liu Yan sighed in his heart, Jiang Yueguang's ability is stronger than Shi Kefa, and he is also known for his martyrdom in history, and he has always insisted on resisting the Qing Dynasty.

So Liu Yan said: "Jiang Yueguang, the Zhan of the Hanlin Academy, resisted the new policy and removed Jiang Yueguang from his position, but because of his previous achievements, Jiang Yueguang was temporarily transferred to be the head of the Ministry of Officials to see the after-effects!" ”

Jiang Yueguang was stunned for a moment, and understood in his heart that although Liu Yan demoted himself, he gave himself a chance to recover.

Jiang Yueguang sighed and said secretly in his heart: "Whether it is the head of the ministry, I will take a look in the court to see how far this new policy and military reform can go!" ”

So Jiang said that Guanggong bowed his hand and turned to leave.

At this time, Ruan Dacheng, the deputy imperial envoy of the capital, saw the results of Jiang Yueguang, Ma Shiying, Shi Kefa, Gao Hongtu and others, all of whom were lifted high and gently put down by Liu Yan, although they were all reduced to and driven out of the "power core" of the imperial court, but they still had a place in the court.

Therefore, Ruan Dacheng was also eager to try, and secretly said in his heart: "Maybe I can also save the day from this disaster, as for the loss after the implementation of the new policy, I can only talk about it later, the most important thing is to keep the official position first!" ”

But Liu Yan didn't pay attention to Ruan Dacheng, but looked

Zhang Guowei, the former squire of the military department, and Wang Duo, a university scholar

Zhang Guowei was a jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and was awarded the county of Panyu. During his tenure of office, he built schools, taught agriculture and mulberry, and turned the people into virtues, and was very capable of governing the government.

After Zhang Guowei in Chongzhen seven years, he was promoted to the imperial history of the right capital, governor Yingtian, Anqing and other ten prefectures, presided over the construction of Fanchang and Taihu two cities, and also dredged the rivers of Songjiang, Jiading, Shanghai, Wuxi and other places, and built Wujiang, Jiangyin, Suzhou and other county bridges, Tangyan and Cao Canal.

In the eighth year of Chongzhen, Zhang Guowei, who was then the governor of the imperial history, repaired the Wujiang stone pond with the governor of the imperial history Wang Yiyu, surveyed and verified that the whole collapse should be repaired 1,55 zhang, half collapsed 2,086 zhang, and looked at the lack of water in the west, 760 zhang of the inner and outer ponds should be built, and the long bridge, Sanjiang Bridge, Weng Jing Bridge should be repaired. In response to the poor drainage of the Taihu Lake flood, he wrote in the ninth year of Chongzhen to request that the drainage channels on both sides of the Changqiao in Wujiang County be dredged.

Therefore, the "History of the Ming Dynasty" said: Zhang Guowei "built Suzhou Jiuli Stone Pond and Pingwang Inner and Outer Ponds, Changzhou Zhihe and other ponds, repaired the Songjiang Seawall, Junzhen River and Jiangyin Cao Canal, and made achievements."

Zhang Guowei can be said to have accumulated decades of experience in water control, wrote and engraved a 700,000-word "Wuzhong Water Conservancy Book", this work was written in Chongzhen 12 years, the book first listed the southeast seven provinces of water conservancy general map 12, sub-standard water source, water vein, water name and other items, and recorded the relevant edicts, chapters, including the Song, Yuan to Ming Chongzhen about the water control of the discussion, preface, songs, etc., Liu Yan also heard of it, for Zhang Guowei is very respectful.

In the first year of Hongguang in history, Zhang Guowei supported Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, to supervise the country, and the general army Fang Guoan rebelled, and Zhang Guowei wore a crown at midnight

, said goodbye to his mother, calmly endowed the three chapters of the "Book of Despair", and wrote "Loyalty and filial piety cannot be both, as a minister, friendship must die." Thou shalt be loyal, or filial, each do his own will, don't let my mother die, so that I hate the spring! ”

Then Zhang Guowei threw his pen on the ground, paid a suicide note to his second son, and died in the garden pond at the age of fifty.

Unlike Zhang Guowei's diligence and fortitude, Wang Duo, a scholar, is very "flexible".

Wang Duo was admitted to the Jinshi in the second year of the Apocalypse, and successively served as the prince's left Yude, the prince's right concubine, the prince's Zhan Shi, and the secretary of the Nanjing Ministry of Rites. After the establishment of the Hongguang regime, he served as a scholar of Togaku University. After the Jiashen national disaster, the Qing army captured the city of Nanjing, Wang Duo learned from Qian Qianyi to shave his hair, and then surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty with Qian Qianyi.

Wang Duo is good at calligraphy, and is as famous as Dong Qichang, and is known as the "King of South Dong and North North". As Li Zhimin commented: "Wang Duo's cursive writing is indulgent, unleashed but not flowing, vertical and horizontal, and has a deep backbone."

But in Liu Yan's view, Wang Duo's character is far inferior to his calligraphy, and he is a typical courtier.

So Liu Yan said to Zhang Guowei: "I heard that Mr. Zhang is good at water conservancy, which is very good, my father once invented cement, and now it has been widely used in the people, and it is also quite convenient to use it in water conservancy." ”

"Although Lord Zhang also resisted the New Deal, he did not have an official position, so in the eyes of this father, it was just talking, and it did not cause any trouble to the New Deal, and today my father will not hold Lord Zhang responsible."

Zhang Guowei didn't expect Liu Yan to let him go directly, although he still pushed Liu Yan in his heart

There are very opinions on the implementation of the new policy and the policy of military reform, but I have to admit that Liu Yan is very open-minded, and immediately clenched his fists and said: "Liu Ge is old and magnificent, and the grass people admire!" ”

Liu Yan said with a smile: "In addition, my father wants to recruit Lord Zhang as the right attendant of the Ministry of Industry to preside over water conservancy, I don't know what Lord Zhang wants?" ”

Zhang Guowei was stunned for a moment, and then said with a smile: "Sincerely!" ”

"Hehe, good!"

Liu Yan said: "Then please ask Master Zhang to go back and prepare." ”

After sending Zhang Guowei away, Liu Yan looked at Wang Duo and said: "The scholar Wang Duo resisted the new policy, and removed him from all official positions, and the court will never hire him!" ”

Wang Duo was taken aback, and didn't understand why Liu Yan changed his face when he came here, could it be that he had offended Liu Yan somewhere?

"Liu, Liu Ge Lao, what does this mean!"

Liu Yan no longer paid attention to Wang Duo, just waved his hand, and Bao Qiang, the deputy commander-in-chief, led people to drive Wang Duo out.

Ruan Dacheng on the side was also taken aback when he saw this, it seems that Liu Yan is not only recruiting everyone today, but also really sending some people, so I don't know if he will send himself.

Ruan Dacheng was thinking about it, when he felt his hairs explode, and when he looked up, he saw Liu Yan staring at him, and his heart suddenly panicked.

Ruan Dacheng in the forty-fourth year of Wanli Jinshi, at the beginning of his official career, Ruan Dacheng was listed in Donglin, in the "struggle" to defeat Fang Congzhe and other "struggles" to make the first contribution, so ranked among the backbone of Donglin, in the "Donglin Point Generals" nicknamed "unblocked".

But the good times did not last long, and later Ruan Dacheng broke with the Donglin Party because of the struggle for power and profit, and turned to Wei Zhongxian and became the vanguard of the eunuch party to fight against the Donglin Party.

Chongzhen XVII

In March of that year, Li Zicheng broke through Beijing, and the tomb of Yizong Mountain collapsed. In May of the same year, King Fu was on the throne in Nanjing, Ma Shiying was in power, Ruan Dacheng was recommended by him, and was appointed as the right attendant of the Ministry of War, and soon became the secretary of the Ministry of War.

In June of the third year of Shunzhi, the Qing army crossed Qiantang, and Ruan Dacheng took the initiative to shave his hair and reduce the Qing Dynasty when he saw this. The Qing court granted him the title of inner court, and then followed the Qing soldiers into Fujian, and suddenly his head and face were swollen on the Wutong Ridge, Baylor persuaded him to stay and recuperate, but Ruan Dacheng was worried that his new master would despise him and would be detrimental to his future career, so he said: "What is my illness? Although I am sixty years old, I can ride a raw horse, hold a strong bow, and be an iron-clad man! I have many enemies, and the traitors of Donglin and Fushe are potential here, and I hope that the public will not listen! ”

Then Ruan Dacheng said: "The governor of Fujian is already in my hands, and the princes have no objection to this?" ”

So Ruan Dacheng with illness with the Qing army to the south, can be said to be the vanguard of the Manchu Qing Tartars' southern expedition, with the army over the Xianxia Ridge, the generals on the horse and slowly climb the mountain, and only Ruan Dacheng in order to show that his body is unharmed, took the initiative to dismount and walk forward, left to lead the horse, right to point to the cavalry passing by, and said loudly: "I am a hundred times more energetic than the next generation!" ”

But soon Ruan Dacheng fell ill, "the horse threw at the intersection, sat on the stone", and died on the stone. At that time, the weather was hot, Ruan Dacheng's body festered, and the Qing army only hastily collected it when they saw this, and even later did not know where to bury it.

"Hehe, Elder Liu Ge, what are your instructions?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone in the hall cast disdainful glances.

Liu Yan also frowned slightly, he couldn't think of this Ruan Da

Cheng is indeed a typical officialdom villain as recorded in history.

So Liu Yan said: "Ruan Dacheng resisted the new policy, and removed him from all official positions, and the court will never hire him!" ”

Ruan Dacheng was dumbfounded when he heard this, and hurriedly defended himself, but was driven out by Bao Qiang.

Then Liu Yan looked at the remaining officials of the six ministries of Nanjing in the lobby, and his tone suddenly became cold, and said: "This duke has sent down a lot of officials of the six ministries, and now there is a serious shortage of officials in all ministries, and the officials of all ministries are basically resisting the new policy and military reform policies, so in the eyes of this duke, there is no need to retain the six ministries in Nanjing!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was in an uproar.