Chapter 675 Daily Life of the Shogunate

Lu Guangzu is currently the de facto leader of the Qingliu forces. Being forced to resign is another heavy blow to the Qingliu party members.

The extent of the loss was no less than the loss of control over the staff the year before.

Unless Lin Tailai was defeated in Korea, Lu Guangzu would definitely not be able to come back.

After receiving the appointment, Lin Tailai, who was welcomed by everyone, went to the Ministry of War to take charge of the military affairs.

In the concept of officialdom in the Ming Dynasty, regardless of the actual rank, the governor's powers were generally greater than those of the governor, and his managerial powers were greater than those of the governor. They all used rectangular gates and defenses as seals.

When Song Yingchang, the right minister of the Ministry of War, handed over to Lin Tailai the newly minted "The right minister of the Ministry of War, the censor of Youqiandu, the fake minister of the Ministry of War, managed the affairs of Liaodong, Denglai, Korea and other places to prepare for Japanese affairs and guard against expediency" to Lin Tailai, his heart suddenly hurt.

Somehow, he felt as if he had lost something, and something seemed to be pulled away from his body.

After getting the customs defense, Lin Jinglue wrote the memorial first regardless of the situation.

A list was made in the memorial, and in the name of "big talk but incompetence", it was requested that these people be prohibited from participating in and discussing North Korean affairs. They were all people who had criticized Lin Tailai's various memorials in the past two months.

I don’t mean anything else, I just want to clear my ears. Lin Jinglue has been a little tired recently both physically and mentally, and he doesn’t want to face off against Yan Guan.

Sending troops on a large scale is a complex systematic project. The main task in the early stage is to mobilize troops, horses, and food from all over the country to Liaodong.

Therefore, it is obviously more appropriate for the Minister of Economics and Strategy to work in the capital at present, and there is no need to rush to Liaodong and North Korea.

Anyway, without at least 40,000 to 50,000 troops, Lin Jinglue would definitely not be able to cross the river, and it would be useless if he went early.

As for the existing affairs in Liaodong and North Korea, the governor of Liaodong is enough to handle them. The Japanese soldiers currently do not have the ability to cross the river on a large scale to attack Liaodong.

In the original history, when Korea was undergoing changes, the Battle of Ningxia was still in full swing.

Under such circumstances, the Ming court was inevitably a little stretched and unable to fight two large-scale wars at the same time.

Therefore, it was historically delayed until January next year before General Li Rusong, who had withdrawn from Ningxia, led his army into North Korea.

In this time and space, because the Ningxia rebellion was "detonated" in advance by Lin Tailai intentionally or unintentionally, Ningxia was quickly pacified last year, and the losses were far less than in the original history.

When encountering the Korean Incident again this year, the Ming Dynasty will definitely deploy troops more calmly and quickly than in history.

Lin Tailai predicts that if everything goes well, the main force will be able to cross the river in September, three months earlier than originally planned.

If things go more smoothly, they might be able to let the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers go home to celebrate the New Year. This slogan is unlucky, and Lin Jinglue doesn't plan to mention it anymore.

Due to the immature conditions in all aspects, the administrative office, or shogunate, could not be located in the cabinet, and had to borrow the newly built Communications Department Office of the Ministry of War.

The word shogunate is pure Chinese and does not belong exclusively to the Japanese country.

Because of last year's "Seven General Troops Fighting in Ningxia", Lin Jinglue still had a certain understanding of the officers and soldiers in each town, at least he knew some soldiers who could fight.

Lin Jinglue then issued eight troop deployment orders to each town through the Ministry of War.

Then, as expected, Lin Jinglue received eighteen replies asking for financial support and silver rewards, which were very good and very Ming-dynasty-style.

Lin Jingluo sighed, even in ancient times, wars still cost money. As the saying goes, food and grass must go before the soldiers and horses are used.

According to the current market situation, one person has to pay two taels of silver first, right?

Therefore, the top priority is to make money. Since he talks about making money, Lin Jinglue thinks of his dear old friend Yin Zhengshi.

Sitting in the lobby of the Communications Department, Lin Jinglue ordered Zhang Wen, the Zuo protector, "Go to the Hui Tong Pavilion! Call the envoy of North Korea, Yin Zheng, over!"

Logically speaking, this kind of matter should be directed to the flag officer or midshipman officer now.

However, the current system of Lin Jinglue's shogunate is not yet complete, so it can only be temporarily replaced by servants.

Zhang Wen did not move, and only reported: "There is no need to go to the Huitong Hall. Yin Zhengshi has been guarding the gate here every day recently."

Lin Tailai: "."

Inviting Yin Zhuoran in, Lin Tailai asked: "As for what I said last time, your country's proposal to send property across the river first, and then allow your monarchs and ministers to cross the river to seek asylum, have you ever responded to your country's proposal? King?"

Ambassador Yin Zheng replied with a grimace: "My king replied that you must first see the heavenly troops dispatched before you can send your belongings across the river."

Lin Tailai slapped the case and yelled: "You didn't explain clearly? I am not bargaining with your country!"

Yin Zhengshi argued: "It is indeed a bit embarrassing to send property across the river for no reason."

Lin Tailai sneered and said: "How can I still not understand the little thoughts of your monarchs and ministers? As long as the heavenly soldiers are dispatched, you can rest easy!"

At that time, it doesn’t matter if your monarchs and ministers don’t go to Liaodong, let alone send property to Liaodong for preservation!

After all, the idea is nothing more than to coax the heavenly soldiers into dispatching first! "

Yin Zheng felt that it was too difficult for him as an envoy.

Not only did they encounter a national crisis that only happened once in two hundred years, but they also met Lin Jiuyuan, a moody and unsociable person.

Just as he was feeling sorry for himself, he heard Lin Tailai yelling: "I didn't expect that the monarchs and ministers of your country would not even have the sincerity to prove their innocence!

Let me put it here, if you don’t send your property across the river to Liaodong first, you can’t dispel my doubts about the Ming Dynasty!

Then I will never send troops. Even if the Japanese pirates capture Yizhou and your country's monarchs and ministers are all destroyed, I will sit idly by and ignore it! "

Yin Zhengshi said in a trembling voice: "Why is this so? Our country is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, and our king is also equal to the prince of the Ming Dynasty!"

Lin Tailai said fiercely: "At worst, after the fall of Yizhou, I will send troops to restore your country without any doubt, and it won't cost much effort anyway!

When the time comes, the only thing is to support a royal child as the king. If the royal family named Li does not have a suitable candidate, he can change his surname. "

When he said this, Lin Tailai suddenly remembered something and said to Yin Zhuoran with a bit of bad taste:

"Are your Yin family interested in being supported? Are you interested in being supported?"

Yin Zhengshi: "."

You Nine Yuan True Immortal is simply not a human being! It's the devil!

Lin Tailai finally said: "No kidding, please convey my words to the king of your country immediately.

Either send his belongings to Liaodong for preservation first, or wait for them to be destroyed together. He doesn't have much time! "

Yin Zhengshi felt that his body and mind had been completely destroyed again, and left the shogunate in a daze.

After sending away envoy Yin Zheng, Lin Jinglue received a military report from Liaodong, which was a summary of the failure written by Zu Chengxun, the deputy commander-in-chief who had failed miserably in entering the DPRK.

Lin Tailai still attached great importance to this kind of first-hand information, and immediately began to study it carefully.

“First, North Korea was simply unable to provide enough food and grass for the Ming Dynasty’s army.

Secondly, North Korea was completely unable to provide accurate intelligence, and frequently used false information to mislead the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers, resulting in a situation where two to three thousand of our troops faced an enemy force of 10,000 people. Third, the Korean monarchs and ministers were too eager and repeatedly forced the Ming army to dispatch under unfavorable weather conditions, resulting in the cavalry's superiority being completely unable to be used.

Fourth, the Korean soldiers who were accompanying them were too rubbish, and they fled as soon as the battle started, dragging down the Ming Dynasty’s army.”

It was not so much a summary of the defeat as it was a collection of Lieutenant General Zu's complaints. The more Lin Jinglue read, the more he shook his head.

He knew that the situation in North Korea was very bad, but he didn't expect it to be so bad.

Every complaint in Zu Chengxun’s summary is a problem that needs to be specifically addressed.

While Lin Jinglue was conducting in-depth research, suddenly Zhang Wen, the protector of Zuo, came forward and reported: "There is a man named Shen Weijing, who claims to be proficient in Japanese affairs. He came to see Song Shao Sima with his name card."

The most active liar in history? Lin Jing was slightly surprised. He didn't openly recruit talents, so why did he take the initiative to find him?

"Let him in." Considering the recommendation from Song Yingchang, the right minister of the Ministry of War, Lin Tailai decided to take a moment to meet him.

After watching Shen Weijing salute, Lin Tailai asked casually: "Do you want to serve in the shogunate? What are your specialties?"

Shen Weijing said cautiously: "I am proficient in Japanese language."

Lin Tailai said nonchalantly: "You are not the only one who can speak Japanese. Many maritime merchants can speak Japanese.

Even the Headquarters Academy knows a few words about Yami Die and Yikku. "

Shen Weijing quickly puffed up his chest and said: "Although others also understand the Japanese language, only I have the courage to lead the way for Ming Gong and the courage to go deep into the enemy camp to negotiate and communicate."

Lin Tailai yawned, "Just wait for the heavenly soldiers to turn the thieves into powder. No negotiation or communication is needed at all."

Shen Weijing was a little anxious, but he didn't dare to say something like "Don't be too blindly confident." Wouldn't that mean the curse failed?

Therefore, we can only say: "Going deep into the enemy camp is not only for negotiation and communication, but also for collecting enemy intelligence, such as the number of Japanese soldiers.

In any case, this kind of enemy intelligence is always needed in combat, right? "

Lin Jinglue picked up the tea cup and said casually: "There are 18,700 Japanese soldiers on Ping'an Road, led by General Konishi Yukinaga; there are 22,800 Japanese soldiers on Hamgyong Road, led by Kato Kiyomasa."

Do you want me to list the various generals and directly affiliated armies for you? So, do I need you to collect any other information? "

Shen Weijing: "."

Why was the situation of the meeting with Lin Jinglue completely different from what he imagined?

Could it be that in Lin Jinglue's eyes, he, who is proficient in Japanese affairs, is really a useless little piece of trash?

I originally thought that when the Ming Dynasty went to war with Japan, the time would come for me to show off my talents. Could it be that all the hard work was in vain before it even started?

In order to get Song Shao Sima's name and get the opportunity to meet Lin Jinglue, he had already spent all the rest of his fortune!

Lin Tailai put down his tea cup and said without raising his eyelids: "Why don't you use your real specialty of deception to deceive Yukinagako Konishi, the commander of the Japanese pirates' first corps?

I'm quite optimistic that there should be a chemical reaction between the two of you. "

Shen Weijing left the shogunate in a daze, feeling that his body and mind had been completely destroyed.

When Lin Jinglue was addicted to the pleasure of dispatching troops and generals and talking about war on paper, three days passed.

The North Korean envoy Yin Zhuoran asked for an audience again, and he probably communicated with the king who was trapped in Yiju.

"My King promises that most of the property can be sent to Liaodong for preservation, but there is one condition."

Lin Tailai asked curiously: "Although I said that this is not a bargain, I still want to hear what conditions your king proposed?"

Yin Zheng's face kept twitching, and he whispered: "The soldiers of tomorrow who enter North Korea will be commanded by our generals to fight."

In the Ming Dynasty, Lin Tailai, the Minister of Japanese Affairs and the Minister of Japanese Affairs in Denglai, North Korea and other places in the Ming Dynasty, was dumbfounded and speechless.

This condition was really unexpected.

Can you imagine? Four hundred years later, does the Bang Country dare to propose that the troops stationed in the Lighthouse Country must fully obey the command of the Bang Country?

Four hundred years later, the Bang Kingdom would not dare to make such a request. Why would the Li Dynasty, which is about to be destroyed now, dare?

Lin Jinglue originally thought that the great national customs in his previous life were the result of mutations after major changes.

Now it seems that it may be the awakening of the stick clan's bloodline since ancient times.

Four hundred years ago, the Wanli Dynasty was about to be destroyed, but it could still be so brave!

Faced with this arrogant and speechless request, Lin Jinglue was not angry at all and said to Yin Zhengshi:

"How about changing to another royal family? Can your old Yin family give it a try?

Three years ago, I helped the king of your country draft a temple name and a posthumous title in my spare time. It’s time to put it to use. "

Commander Yin Zheng was about to cry. Master Jinglue, are you kidding me?

Mr. Jinglue, your tone is so frivolous, he doesn’t dare to respond!

In the end, loyalty prevailed, and Yin Zhengshi advised: "Don't say goodbye! My king is just trying to ask, if you don't agree, then that's it!"

Lin Tailai sneered and pulled out the report of Liaodong Deputy Commander-in-Chief Zu Chengxun, pointed to the relevant content, and scolded Yin Zhengshi:

"See with your own eyes, this is the record of the last time my Ming Dynasty entered your country with five thousand soldiers and horses!

At the same time, there were 500 soldiers from your country who went to attack Pyongyang. As a result, 400 soldiers fled during the battle!

As for the remaining one hundred soldiers of your country, there were actually conversations with the enemy!

Also, our soldiers are often injured or killed by bows and arrows!

It is reported that Japanese soldiers are not good at archery, and they mainly use long-range iron cannons, so the soldiers who shoot arrows in the enemy camp may be from your country!

How should your country explain these doubts? "

Damn it! Ambassador Yin Zheng was shocked. Why were there so many bad things happening in the country? He, as an envoy, couldn't clean it up!

The panicked Yin Zhengzhi could only shout subconsciously: "Misunderstanding, it must be a misunderstanding!"

Lin Tailai shouted: "Shut up! No need to explain! Let me tell you clearly, I, Lin Tailai, cannot trust your country at all!"

If your country is not sincere enough to prove its innocence, I, the Ming Dynasty, will fight the Japanese soldiers together with your country!

When the heavenly soldiers arrive, they plow the court and sweep the caves. They don't care whether the monarchs and ministers of your country cooperate! "

Yin Zhengshi trembled all over and could only repeat: "Our country has been submissive for two hundred years, and there is no second intention! There is no second intention!"

Lin Tailai said with a cold face: "Within five days, I want to hear the news that your king and ministers have sent their property across the river!

Remember, this is an ultimatum! No haggling allowed! Otherwise, it will be regarded as a rebellious vassal state colluding with Japanese pirates! "

Yin Zheng was carried out of the shogunate in despair. He felt that he had been ravaged to death.

In this extraordinary period when hard power is respected, it is really difficult to be the envoy of a small and weak country.