The distance from the capital to the Yalu River is 1,500 miles, and there is no shortage of horses. The speed of urgent official document delivery can reach up to 600 miles a day.
A few days later, the capital was rewarded, and the Korean King Li Ho began to transport some of the property he carried across the river.
But at the same time, Li Huo complained directly to Emperor Wanli, saying that Lin Tailai, the minister of economics and strategy, was bullying the vassal.
Emperor Wanli sent eunuch Chen Ju, the chief ceremonial officer, Bingbi, to the Jinglue shogunate to inquire about Lin Tailai's matter.
Lin Tai replied: "North Korea cannot be allowed to sit idly by and do nothing.
But now that Korea is in need of soldiers and food, it can only ask its monarchs and ministers to give out gold and silver, which can be regarded as a contribution.
If not, what else can North Korea do?"
Emperor Wanli just asked a symbolic question. Eunuch Chen got a reply from Lin Tai here and turned around to leave.
At this time, I suddenly heard Lin Tai say: "There is one more thing. I hope Dajuan will play to the emperor.
When I was inquiring about military information, I heard that North Korea should have a huge copper mine, the scale of which should far exceed the mines of the Ming Dynasty."
Eunuch Chen: "."
Could you, Lin Jiuyuan, be any smarter? If you, Lin Jiuyuan, were willing to purify yourself and enter the palace, what would you do with these big guys like them?
"Where is the mine?" Eunuch Chen asked.
Lin Tailai replied very thoughtfully: "This copper mine is close to the border and is almost within reach of the Ming Dynasty. When I became an ancestor in the past, it was still under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty."
Eunuch Chen nodded, this news should give the emperor an extra bowl of rice today.
However, Lin Tailai added: "Although the copper mine is very close to Liaodong, it is separated by the territory of Jianzhou Women's Straits, which is a bit obstructive."
Eunuch Chen didn't take this seriously. If the emperor was really interested in a huge copper mine, he would just tell those savages to get out.
In this way, the early military expenditure can be temporarily solved, and then the most important and difficult issue is the food and grass issue.
A few tens of thousands of stones of military rations would be enough to support the army for two to three months. On paper, the number does not seem to be much, and the Ming Dynasty was not short of such military rations.
But the biggest problem is actually transportation, as everything has to be transported thousands of miles away bit by bit.
Thinking of this, Lin Jinglue wanted to scold the monarchs and ministers of North Korea again.
This bunch of rubbish can't be counted on at all. Once the troops are out, they can't even get food from the place. They have to rely on Ming Dynasty to transport it there themselves.
In the early stage, it was fine in the northern area near the Ming Dynasty border. In the middle and later stages, the farther south you went, the more difficult it became to supply military supplies.
Therefore, Lin Jinglue is now thinking more about the mid- to late-term supply issue, wondering whether he can transport grain from Dezhou Warehouse and Linqing Warehouse on the canal to Denglai, and then transport it by sea from Denglai to North Korea.
This is another complex systematic project. If feasible, a specialist should be sent to Shandong to take charge.
After getting a head start on the preliminary work, the shogunate issued a recruitment order to recruit members of the shogunate.
The principle is that regardless of one's origin, one should be selected on a merit basis (cross out), and only talent should be considered. At the same time, it is also required to be physically strong and able to adapt to long-term work in a remote location.
At the same time, based on his own impressions, Lin Jinglue successively petitioned the imperial court to recruit a group of generals with the rank of deputy general or above, including famous generals such as Ma Gui, Dong Yiyuan, and Dayun.
Not surprisingly, this list has aroused great attention among the military attache community. If the expedition goes well, it will be a big achievement, and everyone in this group of generals will definitely be rewarded for their merit.
In Uncle Ning Yuan's residence, a pair of middle-aged and elderly military attachés looked at the list of generals and frowned.
Because there is no one named Li in this list of generals!
"It shouldn't be." Li Rusong, a middle-aged military attache, couldn't help but mutter to himself, "How can it be possible that my Li family is not used as generals?"
The Li family has guarded Liaodong for more than 20 years. His father was only dismissed at the end of last year. Most of the generals in Liaodong today come from the Li family.
If we send troops to North Korea, even if we have to mobilize troops from other border towns, the main force will definitely be the Liaodong Army, and the rear base of the army will also be Liaodong.
So no matter which angle you look at it, how can you not ignore the Li family who are familiar with the Liaodong Army?
The elderly military attache Li Chengliang looked at the elder hesitantly, "Are you really like Lin Jinglue as brothers? Could it be that you are deceiving your father? Why doesn't he use the Li family?"
Or are you saying that you have slacked off in recent years and sent him fewer gold and silver figures?"
Li Rusong replied: "This is not a matter of money at all. Brother Lin must have some considerations."
Li Chengliang's eyes returned to the list of generals, pointed to a name and said: "In this list of generals to be recruited, Ma Gui's qualifications and prestige are the highest.
Is it possible that Lin Jinglue wanted to use Ma Gui as the general to lead the entire army, so he did not use my Li family to avoid affecting Ma Gui's prestige?"
Li Rusong, who knew Lin Tailai better, thought for a moment and said, "It is more likely that Lin Jiuyuan does not want to set up a general to lead the entire army."
Li Chengliang seemed to have heard a fantasy, and said in surprise: "If we don't set up a general, then who will lead the troops to the front? Who will directly command the troops?"
In Li Chengliang's understanding, civil servants, whether they are called governors, governors, or managers, all play a role in the rear area.
The person who leads and directs the army on the front line, and even goes into battle to kill the enemy, is still the chief general such as the commander-in-chief.
For example, in this troop dispatch, the general manager should be based in Liaodong, while the generals should be responsible for leading the troops to fight in Korea.
So if the army is dispatched and there is no general such as "Admiral Military Affairs Commander", isn't it a joke?
Even in novels and novels, I know how to write a character of a military marshal.
Li Rusong smiled bitterly and said: "What father said is common sense, but has father ever seen the civil servants and supervisors who first attacked the city? Lin Jiuyuan was the one who didn't follow common sense.
So I estimate that Lin Jinglue will not be stationed in the rear in Liaodong this time, but will personally lead the army into North Korea.
If this is the case, what is the need for a general to oversee military affairs?
Lin Jinglue can shoulder these related responsibilities, so having another general in charge of the entire army is completely redundant."
Li Chengliang: "."
Are you already old and completely unable to keep up with the times?
After thinking for a while, Li Chengliang asked again: "If our Li family wants to be the governor-general, can we win against him?"
Li Rusong answered truthfully: "It's difficult! Unless the emperor has full support, but now the emperor definitely believes in Chonglin Jiuyuan."
Li Chengliang sighed: "If we send troops from Liaodong, if my Li family is absent, won't we become a laughing stock?
But it’s really hard to guess Lin Jinglue’s thoughts. You can go visit Lin Jinglue, don’t beat around the bush and ask him directly what he thinks.”
On this dark and windy night, Li Rusong sneaked into the Lin Mansion and saw that an internal meeting of the Update Society was being held, so he sat in the hall and waited.
A quarter of an hour later, Lin Tailai appeared, and Li Rusong said straight to the point: "Today, I saw that the shogunate was recruiting generals. Why are my Li family members missing?"
Lin Tailai seemed helpless and said: "I don't know who should be appointed as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong between my father and you.
So I might as well not use it at all, so as not to hurt the harmony between your father and you."
Li Rusong said without thinking: "Old man, he is already this old, of course. Please don't change the topic first, why?" Lin Tailai thought about it for a long time, and then said: "Because you and the female straight chieftain of Jianzhou
The relationship between Nuerhachi and Nuerhachi is so good."
Li Rusong never expected that Lin Tailai would not use the Li family for such a reason. Listening to this, Lin Tailai also wanted to take care of the Jianzhou female straight women?
He had long known that Lin Tailai seemed to have always disliked the Jianzhou straight women. Last time, he inexplicably beat up the Jianzhou straight women's envoy.
But unexpectedly, Lin Tailai still regarded the Jianzhou women's straight as a thorn in his flesh, and even when he was about to send troops to fight against the Japanese pirates, he did not forget to deal with the Jianzhou women's straight.
"Why is this?" Li Rusong asked.
He really couldn't understand this kind of hatred. He was sure that the straight women in Jianzhou had never offended Lin Tailai at all.
Lin Tailai replied: "In the past two years, Nuerhachi has unified the women in Jianzhou. Now he has 17 Niulu and 5,000 elite soldiers.
In the Hu area outside the Great Wall, this is considered a very considerable force. Can you turn a blind eye to the threat from the Ming border area?"
Li Rusong argued: "Nu'er Hachi has always been respectful, and the court also awarded him many rewards."
Lin Tailai said disdainfully: "What do you mean by being deferential to the court? Is it that you are deferential to your Li family?"
Even if you appear to be submissive on the surface, it is just to gain the connivance of your Li family, so that you can continue to annex the female straight tribes, strengthen your own strength, and then stand on your own!
I know that your Li family regards him as a thug who controls Hu Di, but he is also using your Li family. It will be too late to regret it when the end is too big!"
"How can it be so serious?" Li Rusong insisted, "I am exaggerating too much."
Let alone the Li family and his son, if you were to ask anyone today, you wouldn't think the problem was that serious.
If it were not for the special relationship between the Li family and Nuerhachi, and the fact that the Li family still had great united front value, Lin Tailai would not have said these words in vain.
Then Lin Tailai added: "When the Japanese soldiers invaded Korea, the slave Hachi, who was adjacent to the Korean state, once petitioned to 'kill the Japanese slaves and serve the dynasty'."
But they were resolutely rejected by the Korean monarchs and ministers. They would rather wait for the soldiers of tomorrow than to be rescued by the Hu soldiers who were close at hand."
Li Rusong didn't understand why Lin Tailai mentioned this, "Isn't this a clear indication of Nuerhachi's intention to contribute to the country?"
Lin Tailai chuckled and said: "Nu'erhachi is just talking and showing off on purpose. He will not confront the Japanese soldiers head-on for the sake of Korea.
Now he has an opportunity to truly contribute to the country, do you think he is still willing to sacrifice his life?"
Then Lin Tailai pulled out another military report and told Li Rusong: "I received military information a few days ago. After the second Japanese regiment captured Hamgyong Province, the commander-in-chief Kato Kiyomasa led 8,000 Japanese soldiers to cross Doman from North Korea. River (Tumen River) to attack the tribes of Haixi Nuzhi.
I have already given an order to Hachi, the slave of Nüzhi in neighboring Jianzhou, to send troops.
Either look for Kato Kiyomasa and outflank and siege from behind; or cut off Mamanjiang's retreat and trap Kato Kiyomasa to death in Nuzhihu."
Li Rusong conceived a map of the situation in Northeast China in his mind and nodded frequently: "That's exactly how it should be."
At this time, the territory of Jianzhou Nüzhi was a bit like a triangle, with the sharp corners pointing downward, sandwiched between Haixi Nüzhi in the north, Korea in the east, and Liaodong Dusi in the west.
Lin Tailai added: "Regarding these two plans, Nuerhaci can make an ad hoc decision based on the actual military situation, and does not insist on a certain one.
What's more, Nuerhachi has five thousand elite cavalry and is fully capable of executing the orders I gave.
So, I didn’t make things difficult for him, right? My instructions were completely reasonable, right?”
Li Rusong nodded again and said: "There is no need to embarrass anyone. They are indeed very reasonable military orders."
"Then the Li family, don't be anxious. Just wait and see what surprise Nuerhachi will bring us." Lin Tailai said finally.
Half a month later, Lin Jinglue called Li Rusong to the shogunate again and asked Li Rusong to read the latest military report.
Kato Kiyomasa's tribe defeated Bu Zhantai, the chief of the Haixi Nüzhiwula tribe, and killed nine hundred people.
However, within a few days, Kato Kiyomasa's tribe was frantically besieged and pursued by the Allied Forces of the Herishi Women's Straight Tribe, who shared the same hatred. After being defeated, they broke out in embarrassment and fled back to North Korea across the Doman River.
But Li Rusong read the military reports several times, but he didn't see Nuerhachi or Jianzhou Nuzhi.
Lin Tailai sneered: "Nuerhachi neither outflanked Kato Masakiyoshi nor blocked Doumanjiang's retreat.
Probably to preserve their strength, they stood aside and watched.
If he had been more proactive and followed instructions, he would not have made it so easy for Masaki Kato to escape back to North Korea.
Do you still think that Jianzhou straight women are obedient dogs?
Now, is Nuerhachi’s original intention to strengthen himself, or to defend the border for the Ming Dynasty?”
Li Rusong remained silent, holding the military newspaper tightly in his hand until it was about to be shredded into pieces.
Lin Tailai said confidently: "I dare to make a bet with you. Nuerhachi will definitely send troops to the Hercynian women in the next step, and first cannibalize the tribes that have been greatly damaged by Kato Masaki's attack."
Why is Lin Tailai so confident in his bet? Because this is what Nuerhachi did in history.
The Liaodong Army was fighting to death in Korea, while Hachi, the slave of Jianzhou Nuzhi, made a fortune in the rear and annexed various tribes of Haixi Nuzhi step by step.
The Ming Dynasty, the Japanese Kingdom, and the Korean Kingdom fought fiercely, and the big winner in the end was the Jianzhou Women's Straight.
In this time and space, Lin Tailai became the minister of economics and strategy. If he didn't keep an eye on the straight women in Jianzhou, it would be a shame for those who traveled through time.
Li Rusong raised his head and said, "I won't bet you that Nuerhachi will definitely do that."
Lin Tailai asked again: "Then what do you think now?"
Li Rusong could tell that Lin Tailai was not child's play by going to such trouble. He was obviously forcing the Li family to choose one of the two.
Either protect a dog that starts to do its own thing, or lose Lin Tailai, a friend who is about to become a friend.
So Li Rusong thought twice and said: "The person who raised slave Hachi is my father, not me."
The subtext is probably that I am not familiar with him.
Lin Tailai immediately promised: "Since you are so enlightened, I will request you to be recruited as the commander-in-chief of Liaodong."
Li Rusong's mind began to race wildly. How should he explain to his father when he returned home why the commander-in-chief of Liaodong, whom you had been looking forward to reinstating, was captured by my son?
Then I heard Lin Tailai whisper: "Maybe after some time, the emperor will also want to drive out Jianzhou, don't say it was unpredicted."