Lu Guangzu is currently the de facto leader of the Qingliu forces, and 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 favored 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, fakes the right minister of the Ministry of War to manage 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 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 both physically and mentally recently and 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, so 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 mobilize its 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 it goes more smoothly, maybe the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers can 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, so we 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 aid and silver medals, 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?
So the top priority was to make money. Since he talked about making money, Lin Jinglue thought 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's Yin Zheng over!"
Logically speaking, this kind of matter should be directed to the flag officer or midshipman officer now.
However, the current structure of the Lin Jinglue 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. Ambassador Yin Zheng 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 shouted: "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!
All said and done, all I want to do is coax the heavenly soldiers into dispatching them first!"
Ambassador Yin Zheng felt that it was too difficult for him as an envoy.
Not only did he encounter a national crisis that only happened once in two hundred years, but he also met Lin Jiuyuan, a moody and indifferent 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 won’t be able to dispel my Ming Dynasty’s doubts!
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 Yiju, I will send troops to restore your country without any doubt, and it won't cost much effort anyway!"
When the time comes, we will support a member of the royal family to be the king. If there is no suitable candidate from the royal family named Li, we can just change the 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! You are a devil!
Lin Tailai finally said: "No kidding, please convey my words to the king of your country immediately.
Either send the property to Liaodong for preservation first, or wait for it 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 failed to provide accurate information at all, and often used false information to mislead the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers. There were situations where two to three thousand of our troops faced tens of thousands of enemy troops. Thirdly, North Korea's monarchs and ministers were too eager, and often faced adverse weather conditions.
The situation forced the Ming Dynasty official troops to dispatch, resulting in the cavalry's advantage being completely unable to be used.
Fourth, the Korean soldiers accompanying them were too rubbish, and they fled as soon as the battle started, dragging down the Ming 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 point of complaint in Zu Chengxun’s summary is a problem that needs to be specifically solved.
While Lin Jinglue was conducting in-depth research, suddenly Zuo Zuo protector Zhang Wen came forward and reported: "There is a man named Shen Weijing, who claims to be proficient in Japanese affairs. He has the name of Song Shaosima and comes to see him."
Who was 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 come 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 Yamidie and Yikku."
Shen Weijing quickly raised his chest and said: "Although others 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. There is no need for any negotiation or communication 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.
No matter what, the enemy intelligence is always needed in battle, 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 generals and armies under their direct control for you? So, do I need you to collect any other information?"
To be continued...