I Build an Aircraft Carrier in the Ming Dynasty

After some guidance from Liu Hansan, Wang Dayong also let go of his concerns.

On the one hand, he wrote a secret report to Wu Changqing, and on the other hand, he made the next plan with Liu Hansan.

In the next plan, Wang Dayong will go to Tongling to be stationed in order to prevent the sudden eastward advance of Le Kedehun's troops. And Liu Hansan led the army eastward to capture Guangde and Huzhou.

As for Xuancheng, it is enough to leave a small number of miscellaneous troops to garrison.

Now the west and north of Xuancheng are under the control of the Wu army, and the south is the mountain, which is very safe.

The next day, Liu Hansan led an army to Guangde.

The secret report was also sent to Nanjing.

Today's Nanjing is very lively, not only the market is very lively, but also the political situation is very lively.

In the governor's office, Gu Yanwu rushed into a room and yelled at Ruan Dacheng. "Ruan Dacheng, what do you mean, why did you arrest Xiao Ruoxun?"

Xiao Ruoxun was the prefect of Jiangning. He was a second-class jinshi during the Chongzhen years.

After the Qing army went south, he joined the Qing army. After Wu Changqing conquered Nanjing, he surrendered to the Ming army. At the same time, he is also a member of the Donglin Party faction, which is the key.

After Ruan Dacheng was instructed by Wu Changqing, he set out to catch a few typical examples to rectify the officialdom.

Gu Yanwu had already dealt with a few small fish before, so Gu Yanwu did not interfere.

However, this time Ruan Dacheng arrested a fourth-rank prefect, a very powerful official, Gu Yanwu couldn't bear it anymore, and found Ruan Dacheng's theory.

"Xiao Ruixun perverted the law, accepted bribes as high as 10,000 taels, and let the smuggling salt merchants go. This is his confession."

Ruan Dacheng lightly took out a confession and placed it in front of Gu Yanwu.

"Hmph, such a subservient confession can't be counted."

Gu Yanwu didn't even look at that confession, and he was able to get the confession in such a short period of time. There was no doubt that torture was used. And that kind of torture that pierces the bone marrow is simply unbearable for ordinary people, and it is not difficult to ask for any confession.

"If you don't believe the confession, you should believe the physical evidence. After raiding the house, the inspectorate found a total of 120,000 taels of silver and countless real estate and fields from Xiao Ruixun's home. How much is his salary per year as the prefect of the government?" , how can we accumulate this wealth without corruption?”

Ruan Dacheng asked back.

His remarks made Gu Yanwu's spirits not light, and retorted: "The money was obtained by him before. The general said that after the surrender, the past will be forgotten."

"Since he used to be corrupt, why doesn't Master Gu believe that he is also corrupt now?"

"Don't tell me these are useless, we are all in the officialdom, no one in office will be a bit corrupt. Even if he has gone too far this time, he will confiscate the corrupt silver taels and be warned again. Oh, how can there be someone like you who directly arrests people, punishes them, and raids their homes without saying a word.

If you do it like this, there is still that official who can sleep and dare to continue to serve the general? You are clearly taking the opportunity to exclude dissidents and suppress Donglin party members. You have done this before, and because of this, Zuo Liangyu's mutiny and misunderstanding of state affairs, do you want to repeat the same mistakes? "

Gu Yanwu questioned.

"Master Gu, don't get excited yet, in troubled times, you should use a heavy code. General Wu has worked hard to rule, and naturally it is impossible to treat those corrupt officials as lenient as the previous monarchs.

I'm trying to solve problems for the general, how can I become a misunderstanding in the eyes of Gu Da. To say that they have wronged the country, those corrupt officials are the real ones who have wronged the country. If it weren't for the fact that they had embezzled both silver and silver, would the imperial court not be able to even pay for the military? And Zuo Liangyu's betrayal seems to be instigated by the Donglin party members. "

The two were at each other's throats, and neither could convince the other.

"I'm going to report to the general that you are abusing your private power."

Gu Yanwu threatened.

"Master Gu, General Wu has a lot of time to worry about military expenses every day. It's better for those of us who are subordinate officials to not bother the general."

Ruan Dacheng disdainfully said, if he didn't get Wu Changqing's authorization, how could he dare to do this?

Even if the Donglin Party was suppressed by the Hongguang court in the past, it was actually with the emperor's tacit approval. Otherwise, if he was a courtier, how could he have the power to wantonly suppress and persecute hundreds of officials.

During the Wanli period, Emperor Hongguang's father, King Lao Fu, was deeply loved by Emperor Wanli and wanted to be the crown prince, but it was the Donglin Party who opposed it in every possible way, forcing Emperor Wanli to give up this idea.

Even Lao Fu Wang's mother, Zheng Guifei, was bullied by the Donglin Party.

When Emperor Hongguang was enthroned, the Donglin Party opposed it in every possible way, but Ma Shiying, who held military power, fully supported it, so King Xiaofu was enthroned and proclaimed emperor.

It can be said that the enmity between Emperor Hongguang and the Donglin party is much greater than that between Ruan Dacheng and the Donglin party.

Therefore, when Ruan Dacheng was furiously retaliating against the Donglin Party, although Emperor Hongguang knew that this was not good for the country and would affect the stability of the political situation, he was definitely happy.

Gu Yanwu also knew that it was not good for Wu Changqing to make trouble, but he couldn't ignore it. After all, the Donglin party members who are currently working under Wu Changqing are vaguely headed by Gu Yanwu.

If he can't solve this matter, he will lose his prestige in front of other Donglin party members.

"Master Ruan, the national disaster is at the forefront. We should work together to fight against the Qing Dynasty and recover our homeland. Daming can't stand the toss anymore. It's time for Master Ruan to let go of personal grievances and focus on the overall situation. If you and I fight, it will be bad for the court. Very bad."

If it is not hard, Gu Yanwu will come to be soft and persuade him with good words.

When persuading, he said

There is some threat in the language. After all, he is also a member of the cabinet now, and the power in his hands is no less than that of Ruan Dacheng.

If he wants to trouble Ruan Dacheng wholeheartedly, there must be a way.

"Master Gu is serious. When the city of Nanjing was broken, I put all my grievances and grievances aside. Now I'm working for the general, how dare I mess around for my own selfish interests. If Xiao Yuxun is not corrupt and bribery, I will not treat him badly. Hands-on. As for other people who work hard, I will never persecute them."

Ruan Dacheng sold Gu Yanwu a face and gave a promise.

Gu Yanwu couldn't tell the truth of what he said, he could only sigh silently in his heart.

He doesn't like this kind of infighting.

"Sir Ruan, I hope you can pay attention to your sense of proportion, otherwise, even if you get into trouble with the general, I will take a copy of your book."

Gu Yanwu gave a warning and then left.

Ruan Dacheng smiled and did not answer. Speaking of which, he somewhat looked down on Gu Yanwu in his heart.

After all, he used to be an official to the Ministry of War and the censor of Zuodu, and he held great power.

As for Gu Yanwu, before he met Wu Changqing, he was just a small head of the military department, a junior officer from the ninth rank.

If Wu Changqing hadn't valued him, how many people would know what Gu Yanwu was?

Now, relying on Wu Changqing to vote earlier, he has vaguely become the head of the civil servants under Wu Changqing. I don't know how many people are not convinced by this leap in promotion.

Anyway, Ruan Dacheng didn't take Gu Yanwu too seriously, thinking that he was just lucky.