"As Lin Qingye becomes marshal, I'm afraid the Korean rebels won't be able to hold on." Jin Junyan, the commander of the Datong Army, said worriedly.
Dang Chongjun smiled and said: "Others can win, but Lin Qingye certainly can't win... Mr. Yin, please come in."
Yin Shandao, a great scholar of North Korea and the teacher of the former leader of the country, strode to the center of the room and bowed to Dang Chongjun and Kim Junyan. He was not only a member of the Southern People's Party, but also the first North Korean official to go to China as an envoy to China after the establishment of the new Datong Dynasty.
In advocating the study of Chinese New Confucianism.
Now, he has been pushed out of the court and demoted to a local official position.
Jin Junyan asked: "I have heard of Lin Qingye's name in China. Isn't he still unable to defeat the peasant army?"
Yin Shandao shook his head and sighed: "Lin Qingye was also born in the second class of nobles, and he also belonged to the Western People's Party. But twice, he was involved in party disputes within the Western People's Party, and later he became very close to our Southern People's Party. Now the Western People's Party
How can it be possible for the party to achieve great achievements if he is in power?"
"You scholars are quite good at scheming military commanders." Jin Junyan said sarcastically.
The Southerners who had been expelled from the court were already plotting a counterattack, and Lin Qingye was even tricked into leaving the country by them.
Once Lin Qingye commanded the troops, the Westerners' Party would inevitably hold back, leading to a major defeat for the North Korean official army. The Southerners' Party could take the opportunity to impeach, saying that the Westerners' Party had colluded with the peasant army. Even if there was no collusion, they had harmed the North Korean army.
Dang Chongjun smiled and said: "Let's wait and see what happens."
Let us say that Lin Qingye won the great victory in Cheorwon and was appointed as marshal by the king. He only took five thousand elites and tens of thousands of civilians to chase the peasant army all the way. The remaining troops stayed in Cheorwon to protect the king.
The peasant army was intimidated by Lin Qingye's reputation and did not dare to fight with him. They abandoned the city and retreated to Ping'an Road. Along the way, they coerced the people and plundered food and property, without giving the officers and soldiers a chance to supply supplies on the spot.
Lin Qingye successfully won Huangzhou, but then he felt something was wrong.
"How come the food and grass haven't arrived yet?" Lin Qingye asked.
"We are urging them already," Li Yuanren, who is in charge of grain and grass, replied. "The officials of Bingcao said that Chunchuan was blocked by heavenly soldiers, and the grain from the south could not be transported north. The grain requisitioned in Gyeonggi Province must ensure the supply of Cheorwon. They are trying their best to raise grain
Ship it to Huangzhou."
Lin Qingye was furious: "Nonsense, the food and grass in Tiewuan can last for at least three months. In these three months, I would have wiped out the rebel army here! If we continue to push, don't wait until winter, otherwise
How can we fight in the snow and ice?"
Song Junji, the Bingcao Banshu, also known as the Minister of the Ministry of War, was determined to cut off the food and grass on the front line. He colluded with the Hucao Banshu and kept emphasizing that there was not enough food, and transported food to the front line like squeezing toothpaste.
As a result, Lin Qingye could only reduce his meals, and the frontline soldiers could not even guarantee two meals a day.
Finally, Lin Qingye could not bear it anymore and personally led hundreds of cavalrymen and rushed back to Tieyuan to confront Song Junji. Song Junji looked innocent and cried in front of King Li Di. Li Di ordered the civil and military ministers to live frugally and ensure that Huangzhou's
supply of military rations to the border.
Song Junji promised on the surface, but secretly he made a stumbling block, and the Western Party's authorities united to deduct the grain and grass shipped out at all levels, and even deducted the rations of the people.
Anyway, we can't let Lin Qingye make meritorious deeds, otherwise they, the civil servants in power, will be doomed.
Song Shiyeol still had a bottom line and led some civil servants to break away from the Mountain Party and continuously impeached Song Junji for his behavior of harming frontline soldiers. The Mountain Party in the Western Party split into two factions and quarreled in front of Li Di all day long.
Lin Qingye, who was far away in Huangzhou, finally obtained a batch of military rations and was preparing to continue his march north when he suddenly received urgent military information from the rear.
The grain transporters rebelled!
Lin Qingye had no choice but to lead his army back to quell the rebellion and suppress the rebellious civilians. When the peasant army learned the news, they immediately came back and besieged Huangzhou.
After quelling the chaos of the civilians, Lin Qingye led his troops back, hoping to eliminate the peasant army outside Huangzhou City. At this time, an urgent military situation came from Cheelwon. The peasant army led by Han Qiyuan moved south along the east coast, approaching Cheelwon.
To the east, King Li Di asked him to go back quickly to escort him.
Lin Qingye, a veteran general, was so angry that he almost vomited blood. There were soldiers in Cheorwon, and he stayed here specifically to protect the king. As long as there was enough food, he could hold on for a year, so there was no need for him to go back to rescue?
Lin Qingye continued to lead troops to Huangzhou, and received three imperial edicts in succession on the way. The mountain party was already impeaching him for meritorious service, regardless of the life and death of the king and ministers.
King Li Di originally supported Lin Qingye, but the peasant army appeared in the east, and Li Di became afraid, so he followed the advice of the Shan Party and tried to transfer Lin Qingye back to protect him.
In desperation, Lin Qingye led his troops back.
There were 500 elite officers and soldiers stationed in Huangzhou, surrounded by tens of thousands of peasant troops, and they were still able to hold on to the city. However, within a few days, spies set fire to the city. In the chaos, Huangzhou City fell again, and the 500 elite officers and soldiers were also wiped out.
Immediately afterwards, the peasant army occupied Haizhou, and then coerced the people to move eastward, joining forces with the Datong army stationed in Kaicheng.
Lin Qingye led his troops back to Cheorwon. When Han Qiyuan heard that the veteran was coming, he was so frightened that he immediately retreated to the mountains of Gangwon Province. Later, Han Qiyuan retreated all the way to the seaside and captured Gangneung, the largest city on the east coast of central Korea.
It was winter now, and the mountains were blocked by heavy snow, making it impossible to fight.
North Korea's monarchs, ministers, and elite officers and soldiers were huddled in Cheorwon, unable to move, and there was really not enough food to eat. After spring, if Lin Qingye wanted to quell the chaos, he would have to solve the food problem himself.
Song Junji began to impeach again: "Your Majesty, Lin Qingye was a marshal in vain. He failed to quell the chaos for a long time, and betrayed the trust of your Majesty. Now, the food in the south is blocked by the heavenly soldiers. If the grain channel cannot be opened in the spring, your Majesty and all the officials will
They will all starve to death!"
Before Lin Qingye could refute, Song Shilie angrily shouted: "If you hadn't interfered, General Lin would have wiped out the West Road rebels long ago!"
"How did I get in the way? Don't spit on others with blood!" Song Junji also roared angrily.
Party members from both sides joined in one after another, making King Li Di so noisy that his head hurt.
Li Di now completely distrusted civilian officials and asked Lin Qingye: "Old general, how should we fight in the future?"
Lin Qingye replied: "Your Majesty, the troops and horses have not moved, and the food and grass go first. We must persuade the heavenly soldiers to let Chunchuan out, so that the food from the south can be transported north. As long as the food and grass are sufficient, I promise to eliminate the rebels within half a year!"
Li Di looked at the civil servant: "Who is going to convince the heavenly soldiers to give up the passage?"
Zheng Taihe replied: "Your Majesty, I have sent several groups of envoys, but the conditions of the angels are a bit harsh. First, the "Datong Collection" is not allowed to be banned. Some of the contents of this book were written by the emperor of the Celestial Dynasty himself, and the rest were also from the Celestial Dynasty.
The hand of an important minister. Our country’s banning of "Datong Collection" is a great disrespect to the emperor..."
As soon as this statement came out, several factions that were fighting among themselves came out to oppose it.
Even Song Shilie, who fully supported Lin Qingye's war, said strongly: "Your Majesty, you must not allow the "Datong Collection" to be spread. This book contains a lot of evil theories and weird stories.
It is a reversal of ethics, and the Theory of Land Distribution is even more likely to bring disaster to the world!"
Li Di was a little curious and asked: "What is written in "Datong Collection"? Why do the ministers regard it as a flood beast?"
Song Shilie said: "The Theory of Three Principles misinterprets the destiny of heaven and the interaction between heaven and man. It believes that the world comes first with the people, and a country should be based on the people. The king and his ministers are only the protectors of the people, not their rulers." Ge
"The Theory of Position" confuses ethics and confuses superiority and inferiority. It believes that men and women are equal in personality, but their status is different. People who are not worthy of their position can be overthrown, and the same is true for the king of a country. "The Theory of Land Division" is even more confusing.
Zhi Daji believed that the big landowners exploited the small people and hollowed out the imperial court, so the land of the big landowners should be distributed to the people."
"The Emperor of China really allowed these remarks to be spread? Did he say some of them himself?" Li Di was greatly shocked.
"Your Majesty, this book must be banned and must not be spread!" All the ministers said in unison.
Li Di also felt that it could not be spread, and frowned and said: "The Heavenly Soldiers came to kill me this time. I'm afraid the rest are just excuses. The real reason is that our country has banned the "Datong Collection", which made the Emperor of the Celestial Dynasty unhappy. But if he doesn't agree to lift the ban on this book,
Book, how can we make the Celestial Empire withdraw its troops?"
Song Junji said: "I'm afraid I have to give more benefits."
Li Di asked: "Pay tribute?"
Song Junji shook his head: "There is no shortage of wealth in the heaven."
"Do we need to cut off the land and sacrifice it?" Li Di asked.
No one speaks, and no one dares to speak first, otherwise they will be easily impeached by political opponents later.
Zheng Taihe, as the leader of the political affairs, that is, the chief assistant, was once again named by Li Di: "Zheng Qing, please tell me."
"It is better to cede the North Road," Zheng Taihe said bravely. "The North Road was occupied by our government in the early years of our reign. It is a mountainous, remote and barren area. It can be dedicated to the Celestial Empire."
At this time, Hamgyong Province has not been divided into North Hamgyong Province and South Hamgyong Province, but the northeastern corner of Hamgyong Province, which is conventionally called North Road, is actually part of North Hamgyong Province. It is the poorest place in North Korea.
, is also North Korea’s favorite place to recruit soldiers.
Even if he was ceded, Li Di would not feel bad. He just felt that it was a loss to his majesty, so he wanted to throw the blame for losing his land to the ministers: "What do you think?"
Still no one answered, no one wanted to take the blame.
Li Di asked in a different way: "Who objects?"
The ministers remained silent, and apparently no one objected.
The power of the two groups of nobles is all in the central and southern parts. They will not feel bad if a piece of the north is taken away.
Lin Qingye suddenly said: "Your Majesty, not even an inch of the country can be ceded!"
Li Di originally thought highly of Lin Qingye, but now he felt a little disgusted. What did this sentence mean? It completely made him unable to step down!
Due to Lin Qingye's objection, this discussion can no longer proceed.
The food from the south has actually been transported north, through the mountainous areas of Gangwon Province. But it can only be carried by the people on their backs. The losses along the way are huge, and the people have to eat most of it themselves.
After the winter, heavy snow closed the mountains, and the government also asked the people to transport food. There were countless people who froze to death and became disabled.
More and more civilians are fleeing, but the monarchs, ministers and the army have to eat. The winter has not yet passed, and Cheorwon's food is already seriously insufficient.
The king and ministers cannot starve. Not only cannot they starve, but they must also eat well. Then they can only suffer the soldiers. The soldiers suffer from hunger, and the elites starve and become resentful soldiers. Finally, before the New Year,
A food disturbance occurred.
If this continues, the elite North Korean officers and soldiers will rebel without the peasant army coming to kill them.
