If the imperial court is compared to a noisy vegetable market, when the news of Japanese soldiers landing in Korea came, it was as if the entire market was instantly muted.
Originally, in history, the Ming court did not receive the news so quickly. However, in this time and space, due to the previous controversy over Lin Tailai's "preparation for the Japanese", the court ordered Liaodong to strengthen the collection of news from North Korea.
But now there is only news of the successful landing of Japanese soldiers. It is not like the collapse of the entire North Korea as Lin Tailai predicted, and the Ming court has no sense of urgency.
Those who talked about the matter and just said "impossible" and complained about poverty were fine, but Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu who attacked Lin Tailai as having "different ambitions and evil intentions", was immediately slapped in the face.
Immediately, a censor jumped out and impeached Lu Guangzu for his selfish motives and framed the minister.
Lu Guangzu argued strongly that although Japanese soldiers landed in North Korea, Lin Tailai was not guilty of bluffing and exaggerating in an attempt to seize power?
The question of whether North Korea was invaded seemed to have become a tool of party struggle in the Ming Dynasty.
This is very consistent with the national conditions in the middle and late Wanli Dynasty, that is, everything can be subject to party struggle. Regardless of whether it is the demon book case or the Chu vassal case, it can eventually evolve into party struggle.
Faced with the new situation, Emperor Wanli issued an order to consult Lin Tailai.
It was late spring when the six hundred miles urgent edict was sent to Suzhou City.
Lin Daguan, the first deputy leader of the literary world and a great poet of the generation, considered that he had been busy with politics and military affairs in the past three years and had neglected the creation of spring themes.
So he decided to update his spring poetry collection this spring, so he launched an elegant collection in the Humble Administrator's Garden, the largest garden in Suzhou.
Under the watchful eyes of the public, Lin Daguan was slowly brewing his poetry. Others did not dare to be impatient and waited patiently for the release of Lin Shizong's new works.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Shizong was heard standing with his hands behind his back, chanting deeply: "Where is the most enchanting place in autumn? The lingering west wind, no, that's wrong, that's wrong, let's change it."
Then Lin Shizong skillfully switched to another song: "Today is not yesterday, so what will tomorrow be like? What do I really regret that I didn't study for ten years?"
To ask how old the east wind blows, how many times have the maple rivers or orchid paths turned flat and deserted for thousands of miles. Outside the lonely setting sun, I am filled with mist and sadness."
Lin Shizong had only published one-tenth of his poem today, when he was suddenly interrupted by the rapid sound of horse hooves.
Not long after, a yamen servant rushed over and said loudly: "The yamen conveyed that the emperor urgently issued an edict to inquire about the official Lin, please respond quickly!"
Everyone was surprised and envious at the same time. The treatment of Mr. Lin was worthy of being regarded as a national scholar!
But Lin Daguan snorted coldly and said to himself: "It's just an urgent consultation, not an urgent call for me to return to Beijing."
After hearing this, the people nearby did not dare to answer the question. It can only be said that Lin Daguan's brain circuit is really very human.
Suddenly, I heard Lin Daguan sigh again: "This shows that the court is too stable and needs to set off a new climax of struggle!"
The people next to me still couldn't understand, as if they were from two different worlds from Lin Daguan.
Afterwards, official Lin complained, and did not bother to publish the few hundred words of poems he had prepared. He hurriedly went home to write a memorial and answer the emperor's inquiry.
There are two main contents. One is to request the imperial court to urgently allocate 200,000 taels of silver to Liaodong to meet the needs of the situation in North Korea.
The second is to request the imperial court to mobilize about 100,000 troops to Liaodong to prepare for war.
Liaodong Town still had the task of defending the left flank of the Northern Barbarians and could not all mobilize troops. Therefore, it was recommended to mobilize troops from Xuanfu, Datong, Yansui, Guyuan, Ningxia and other towns.
As for Ji Town and Gansu Town, which have heavier defense tasks, they can be transferred as appropriate.
Lin Tailai's memorial was still sent to the capital at an accelerated speed of 600 miles, which immediately caused an uproar.
Mainly because the movement proposed by Lin Tailai was too big, even far exceeding the scale of Ningxia's deployment of troops last year.
In the perception of many people, North Korea only encountered "Japanese pirates", just like what happened on the southeast coast of Jiajing Dynasty. Was Lin Tailai a bit overreacted?
Two hundred thousand taels of silver were allocated in advance, and an army of one hundred thousand was to be recruited. What did Lin Tailai want to do?
Not to mention the Wanli Dynasty, even in the past hundred years, it seems that such a large-scale legion has not been used.
Emperor Wanli was also puzzled by Lin Tailai's memorial, and decided to use collective wisdom to send Lin Tailai's memorial to the court for discussion.
The courtiers were talking a lot, but even those who supported Lin Tailai did not dare to be too determined. After all, the request for a hundred thousand troops was indeed a bit "appalling."
The person who suffered the most at this time was Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu. When the Korean issue evolved into a party dispute in the court, he was already provoked.
He could only continue to question Lin Tailai's motives and expose Lin Tailai's ambitions. There was no turning back.
But seeing Lin Tailai's gambling getting bigger and bigger, Lu Guangzu was also confused and a little scared.
When a person is not confident, he will always think of relying on external forces, so Lu Guangzu summoned all the smart people he considered to discuss strategies together.
But even among our own people, opinions are not unified.
Qian Yiben, a senior imperial censor, gave impassioned advice: "There is no turning back when you shoot. The most fearful thing about doing things is hesitation. To back down at this time will only become the laughing stock of the world!"
Things have reached this point. We must grit our teeth and persevere to the end. We must not give up halfway!
Even if you pay the price for it, it is better than being ridiculed and despised by others.
If General Xian Gong needs to take care of himself, then let me and Lin Tailai fight to the end!"
Qian Yiben's words were very enthusiastic and boosted morale. They were completely in line with Qingliu's political correctness, and no one else could find anything wrong with him.
If no one shows the courage and courage to be willing to die, then the cohesion of the Qingliu forces will be gone.
Only the other censor, He Zhuo, was silently calculating in his mind. It seems that the one-year privilege they exchanged for famous paintings has not expired yet?
However, Zhao Nanxing, the head of the Host and Guest Department of the Ministry of Etiquette, was much more cautious and said: "Although Lin Tailai has always been bold, he never takes aim without aim.
If he makes such a heavy bet, he only has some support and trump cards. If we blindly follow the bet without knowing the enemy's situation, we may encounter unexpected risks."
Everyone can understand Zhao Nanxing's conservatism.
After all, Zhao Nanxing has been demoted three times in a row. If he is demoted again, he will have to go to another county to become a county magistrate, so he has to be extra cautious.
As a result, the two different opinions seem to have their own reasons, and a conclusion cannot be reached.
Looking at Zhao Nanxing, Lu Guangzu suddenly asked: "The North Korean mission is still in the same hall? Can you introduce it to me?"
As the saying goes, without investigation, there is no right to speak. Lu Guangzu decided to personally contact the top leaders of North Korea to obtain first-hand information before making plans.
In the past, Lu Guangzu would not have cared about what this small vassal country looked like. But now that it involves party strife, he has to pay attention to it.
The day before the court meeting, Lu Guangzu, the imperial censor of Zuodu, went to Nanhui Tongguan in person, visited and hosted a banquet for Yin Zhuoran, the envoy of the North Korean mission, and consulted on North Korean affairs.
After drinking for three rounds, Lu Guangzu asked: "Can your country's soldiers and horses resist the Japanese pirates?"
Yin Zhengzhi was very fluent in Chinese and did not need to know anything, so he replied proudly:
"Although our country cannot compare with the Ming Dynasty, it is still three thousand miles deep and has many dangerous mountains and rivers for the army and the people.
Although the Japanese pirates took advantage of my unpreparedness and successfully landed, our country can still resist the danger and defend it, and then mobilize the troops and horses from the country to encircle and suppress them, which will be enough to destroy them!"
Although North Korea is a vassal state of the Ming Dynasty, as an envoy, Yin Zhuoran cannot lose the dignity of a small country!
National self-improvement starts with words!
Lu Guangzu was silent for a long time, and then thinking about the Jiajing Dynasty's experience in fighting the Japanese, he felt that what Yin Zhengshi said was true.
Japanese pirates can probably invade hundreds of miles along the coast.
After all, North Korea is also known as the powerful country in the East. How could it need the Ming Dynasty to mobilize a hundred thousand troops to rescue it?
The next day, a hundred and eighty people gathered in the Dongchaofang. The scale of this kind of court discussion was much larger than that of Ting Tui.
Anyone who wants to come, including Liubu Langguan and Kedao Yanguan, can come to participate. The main purpose is to brainstorm and solicit opinions widely.
Wang Yusheng, a third-year censor and member of the Update Society, stood in the crowd, feeling uneasy.
He is now at a critical stage and needs some performance to boost him. So the organization has decided that he will be the main attacker today, and his main target is Lu Guangzu.
For Wang Yusheng, who was born into a wealthy family, he was really not good at quarreling with people, but he did have some experience of being quarreled by Lin Tailai.
The family knowledge passed down by his grandfather, the late scholar Wang Hao, is not very impressive.
Wang Tianguan, as the first person in the foreign dynasty to be the official minister, needed him to preside over the court meeting, but he simply announced the start and got out of the way.
Wang Tianguan had no interest in this kind of meeting that seemed to involve no personnel struggle.
When Wang Yusheng, who was extremely nervous, heard the court meeting begin, he rushed out and stuttered to Lu Guangzu:
"Lu, Mr. Lu! You are old, incompetent, ill-informed, and you are harming the country! You are abusing public affairs for personal reasons in Korean affairs!"
Lu Guangzu looked at Wang Yusheng in bewilderment, who do you think is the one who is riding the horse?
Before the matter has even been discussed, you start directly criticizing me personally. Are you polite?
After being confused, it’s time to get angry! Your father may have just been born when I entered the court, even if your hair is not even long!
"Who gave you the courage?" the infuriated Lu Guangzu asked Wang Yusheng, who was 26 or 27 years old.
Wang Yusheng shrank back, "Isn't it true that Zuodu Yushi doesn't want anyone to speak?"
To be continued...