"Let the court fight with the Jurchen barbarians to the death. Then we will take action and pick peaches easily. That's great. Why join the chaos in Liaodong now?" Han Ping, director of the company and general manager of the Ministry of Commerce, looked full of his face. As he said sincerely, he was actually heartbroken by the sharp drop in the company's revenue this year.
"This year we will maintain the controlled areas of Jiangnan and Fujian, and fight in Nanyang again. We will immigrate to Nanyang, which will make too much money. We will also start war in Liaodong. It's really..."
Yin Feng felt as uncomfortable as if he had eaten a fly: "So, do you mean to allow the Jurchen barbarians to kill the people of Liaodong at will?"
Zheng Zhilong's uncle Huang Cheng, as the company's Ministry of Agriculture, opposes the dispatch of troops to Liaodong from another perspective: "... Although we brought cold-resistant rice from Lord Xu Guangqi and Xu, it is also on the land of Jinzhouwei, the Liaodong Peninsula The small piece of planting was successful, but if we conquer Liaodong at this time, appease the refugees and stabilize the situation, we have to fight against the Jurchens and the court. At least it will be impossible to carry out grain cultivation in Liaodong within two years, that is, Liaodong within two years The food supply of millions of people and our Chinese soldiers depends entirely on the supply of Taiwan and Luzon. If the Jurchens attack Liaodong, the local people of Liaodong would flee to western Liaoning, southern Liaoning and even the North Korean state. We are only responsible for fleeing to southern Liaoning. In this way, we can still ensure the supply of food. The ship owner plans to attack the Korean vassal state. Although we can collect grain locally in the North Korean country, we can't steal all the food and starve all the Korean people to death. This year we will Too much grain has been transported from Nanyang and Jiangnan. Taiwan’s grain warehouse is empty. If you want to accumulate enough food supply for millions of people in Liaodong for two years, you have to ensure that the people of Luzon in Taiwan will not go hungry, at least until next summer. Later, after the rice harvest in Taiwan and Luzon was harvested, the food transported to the north was completely transported by sea. Now it was already a north windy weather, and it was difficult for ships to travel north, and it would be even worse when encountering storms... Our Chinese army is benevolent and righteous. The army, whether we attack North Korea and then attack Liaodong, or we directly fight against the Eight Banners of Jurchens in Liaodong, we can't let the people of Liaodong not be killed by the Jurchen barbarians, but starve to death,"
Yin Feng was also a little annoyed. He was so anxious to enter the Northeast because he didn't want to see the people of Liaodong being displaced. He now regretted that he was not considerate and did not hoard food and grass in Jinzhouwei in advance.
The secretary Zeng Shan guessed Yin Feng's troubles and whispered to Li Lihua, who was sitting behind Yin Feng, "The ship owner probably wanted to save the millions of people in Liaodong," he said.
Although Li Lihua is a member of the board of directors, she rarely attends meetings and does not express her opinions when attending meetings. At this time, she just nodded and sighed: "Brother Feng always wants to save people, but now there are disasters and wars everywhere. , He can't save everyone,"
Yin Feng supported his elbows on the long table, looking at the directors sitting on both sides, some senior Chinese military generals showed dissatisfaction, but did not say anything: "I understand what the manager Huang said, if it is Before September next year, wars with the imperial court or the Jurchens will begin. Either regardless of the lives and death of the people in Liaodong, or starve our own Chinese army to death. If we send troops, and the Eight Banners soldiers of the Nuqin did not attack Liaodong and Liaoxi, then we We will fight the Eight Banners soldiers in North Korea, and the right time, place, people and others are not on our side."
Everyone looked at each other, no one nodded or shook their heads. Liaodong lacked food reserves, which is a real problem; fighting with the Eight Banners of Manchuria in North Korea is also a real problem.
Yin Feng sighed and turned to Li Lihua and said, "Tell us about our understanding of the Korean vassal state,"
After Lin Xiao and Mai Xiaoliu returned from Jiangnan, Lin Xiao automatically came to Yin Feng and asked to hand over all the authority of the Ministry of Commerce and Information. He believed that he had to be responsible for the personnel review and training of the Ministry of Military Supervision of the Chinese Military, and also served as the Prince Jinghai Mansion and The internal security work of various ruling regions also serves as the review of corruption and dereliction of duty within the company, and they really cannot control the affairs of the Ministry of Commerce and Information.
Yin Feng didn't say much, but asked him to hand over all the domestic intelligence work of the Ministry of Commerce and Information to Xu Xinsu. After that, the Ministry of Commerce and Information was officially reorganized into the Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of Internal Affairs directly under the Jinghai Palace.
Ministry of Commerce and Information - the internal intelligence bureau did not hand over the jurisdiction of the military system. This was done by Yin Feng. He then reorganized the Military Information Department. The Overseas Bureau of the Military Information Department is now completely under the jurisdiction of Li Lihua, and the domestic bureau is still in charge of Zeng Rui. In this way, Yin Feng's subordinates maintained two intelligence organizations that competed with each other, had different subordinates and had different goals, and were both directly responsible for Yin Feng. Lin Xiao also received some comfort, and Mai Xiaoliu was not replaced. His location.
Li Lihua was ready, so she moved from behind Yin Feng to the table, and everyone nodded to greet her. Although she was already the princess, she did not change the habit brought by the West and did not mind showing up in public. Everyone had already Get used to it.
Li Lihua coughed softly and said in a gentle tone: "The intelligence of North Korea is not easy to collect. They learn from the Ming Dynasty in everything and also impose a maritime ban. Our businessmen cannot openly enter North Korea to do business and trade, and no one is allowed to do other people. Entering its country without authorization, Western missionaries also tried to enter North Korea, but they were always unsuccessful. Therefore, Westerners called North Korea the "Heror Country" in East Asia. Our current understanding of North Korea has three sources. Place: The original Ministry of Commerce and Information copied some relevant manuscripts of the imperial envoys who were sent to North Korea. I also obtained some information through Western Catholic missionaries. Some of the Ministry of Military Information obtained a lot of information through some Jeju Island prisoners. Oh, they They are all former North Korean officials who were exiled here, and they are very familiar with the situation in their court."
In terms of the soft tone of women like Li Lihua, military and national affairs always seem to be a bit strange, but no one dares to express his slightest slightestness in public. Everyone knows Yin Feng’s attitude towards Li Lihua.
"The current King of Korea, Li Hui, was actually not the crown prince when he ascended the throne. The Ming Dynasty court has never approved the canonization of him as the crown prince. Li Hui was born in April in the third year of Wanli (Note: the eighth year of Xuanzu, Korea, 1575) and was a former dynasty. The second son of King Xuanzu of Korea, whose biological mother was Gongpin Jin, was first named Guanghai Jun. He was very resourceful since childhood. His elder brother, Linhai Jun, was his brother-in-law. Although he was the prince, he was not the one who was the king of Xuanzu. Love, as the second son of Shu, Li Hui was regarded as a reasonable candidate for inheriting the throne since childhood. He should be a very scheming and ambitious person,"
In the 20th year of Wanli, the Japanese riots in Renchen, Linhai Jun Li Yu was captured, and King Xuanzu rushed to Pyongyang in a hurry to ask for help from our Celestial Empire. At the same time, he ordered the seventeen-year-old Guanghai Jun Li Hui to take charge of the state affairs, and Li Hui collected the scattered army and righteousness. The soldiers called on Tongguo to serve the king in an attempt to restore the situation. Li Hui's move inspired the people's and his military spirit and his prestige in Korea increased greatly. In the 21st year, the Japanese withdrew from Seoul and retreated to Busan, and captured Linhai Jun Heshun Hejun. The prince returned, and the Japanese turmoil came to an end for the time being. At this time, Xuanzu had already agreed to Guanghaijun. In the 23rd year, Xuanzu enthroned Guanghaijun as the prince and submitted a request for approval from our Celestial Empire. At this time, Ming Dynasty The court was also making a mess about the appointment of His Majesty Wanli, so our Celestial Emperor was not allowed to use Guanghai as the crown prince. North Korean officials captured on Jeju Island revealed that Guanghai had already had secret resentment towards the Ming and Ming Dynasties at this time. In the 24th and 33th years, North Korea once again submitted a request for Yi Chu, and the court refused to allow it. In this way, Guanghai Jun was implicated by Concubine Zheng and King Fu, haha,"
Li Lihua read the documents in her hand and smiled happily. Everyone quickly lowered their heads and turned their heads. Everyone's faces were dull. Li Lihua, who grew up abroad since childhood, did not regard the Ming Dynasty emperor as his father at all. There is no slight awe.
"In the late Xuanzu, there was also fierce party struggle in the North Korean state on the issue of becoming a crown prince, which was very similar to the party struggle in our Celestial Court, because at that time, the queen of King Xuanzu (Queen Mu) had already given birth to a son (Note: Yongchang Grand Lord , born in 1606), abandoning the legitimate and establishing a illegitimate family, which is inconsistent with the etiquette and law of the Celestial Dynasty... This is the original words of the Celestial envoy copied by the Ministry of Commerce and Information. Therefore, the Northern People's Party in the Korean court split into the head of Li Erzhan, and advocated supporting Guanghai The leader of the Lord's Dabei Sect and Liu Yongqing, the Xiaobei Sect, who advocated supporting the legitimate son, was hit after Guanghai Jun ascended the throne, and Liu Yongqing was sentenced to death. The Xiaobei Sect was divided into Qing Xiaobei and Zhuo Xiaobei, and the Da The Northern Sect was divided into the North, the North and the North Central and North…”
Yin Feng quickly interrupted Li Lihua's reading: "Ali, the North Korean National Party dispute is not to mention such detailed..."
Li Lihua blinked at him and continued: "In the 36th year of Wanli, King Xuanzu died of illness, and King Guanghai succeeded to the throne, and he also stated that he claimed to be the power of the state affairs and requested the enthronement. The Emperor Wanli of our Celestial Dynasty abolished his pride and refused to give it to him. However, after delaying for several months, the court still enthroned Lee Hui as the King of Korea in October of that year. According to the judgment of the Ministry of Military Information, it should be related to the rise of the Jurchen tribe in Jianzhou. The court was eager to win over the Korean vassal states, in order to Ensure that the borders of Liaodong are safe,"
"After Gwanghae-jun Lee Hung ascended the throne, according to the statement that the North Korean officials were exiled on Jeju Island, it was a mess. You deposed her mother and killed her brother. After he ascended the throne, he immediately declared Queen Inmu as the deposed concubine and imprisoned in the Western Palace. In (Qingyun Palace), I moved to the newly restored Changde Palace (Dongque) to live, and the two people who threatened the greatest throne, their mother and brother, Xuanzu's eldest son Linhaijun, are only two years old. The younger brother, Xuanzu's legitimate son, was killed ten years ago and five years ago, respectively.
"King Haijun also condoned the two squads of landlord officials to appoint private officials, and the system of selecting officials to be appointed based on merit was destroyed. The examination for selecting civil and military officials has become a tool in the hands of powerful officials. North Korean officials all came from the so-called two squads. Two squads are hereditary gentry in the Korean Kingdom. In the court, civil servants stood in the east and military generals stood in the west. Therefore, the two squads have the title of East and West. The literary squad and military squad, and their identities are from generation to generation. According to legend, they did not register the land and did not pay taxes. The king's relatives and officials in power accumulated the abandoned land during the war and converted it into tax-free property. Like the Ming Dynasty court, the Korean gentry was also very fierce in competition for official positions, because It is easy to make money by holding an official position. In this kind of civil and military officials who only care about their own interests and ignore the country, no one cares about state affairs and no one benefits the people. North Korea's national power is declining and its military preparations are in slump," said the government of North Korea.
Maide, the representative of the shareholders of the officers, suddenly spoke at the same time: "Empress Li,..." The two looked at each other, Maide smiled and signaled Zhao Tie to say first. Zhao Tie nodded and said bluntly: "Empress Li , the officials of the North Korean country are similar to those of our Ming Dynasty. We know this. Since we want to attack North Korea, let’s talk about the military situation of the North Korean country.”
Yin Feng raised his hand to signal to Jing Jing and said slowly: "Don't worry, everyone, let's finish Ali's talk first. The more chaotic the country's government is, the more beneficial it will be to our strategy," he said.
Li Lihua spoke on behalf of the Overseas Bureau of the Military Intelligence Department at the board of directors for the first time. She looked at Yin Feng and saw him smiling and signaling her to continue, and continued with a long sigh: "During the Japanese turmoil in Renchen, due to war, etc. The reason is that the number of good people that the North Korean government can recruit is reduced, and the government army is unable to resist the enemy and has to rely on the rebel army to fight. Therefore, after the war, the North Korean country rewarded the rebel army with merits, with a large number of untouchables, slaves and servants becoming good, and a large number of public and private slaves and servants. The good people of two squads received commendations from the government by joining the rebel army, either escaped from the low-cost loan or entered the two squads,"
On the other corner of the table, Maide whispered to Zhao Tie: "Mrs. Li is in charge of the overseas bureau. For the first time, you can't give her some face,"
Zhao Tie smiled slightly, bowed his head and said in a low voice: "No matter what, I always feel that it is inappropriate for a woman to be in charge of the business," he said.
Li Lihua calmed down and continued her speech: "In addition, in order to encourage farmers to pay grain, the government has taken measures to sell officials. A group of rich peasants who are willing to pay grain have joined the ranks of two classes. By paying grain production, they have been promoted to the two classes. Not limited to rich peasants and businessmen, even public and private slaves, handicraftsmen are happy with this. In other words, many of the two nobles in North Korea are emerging now, and they have deep conflicts with the two nobles in the old ones."
Zeng Shan interrupted, "In other words, as long as this contradiction is used well, our Chinese army will not worry about not finding any alliances in North Korea," he said.
Li Lihua nodded to him and said, "That's right, North Korea is centrifugal, the original anti-Japanese rebels have been disbanded, and most of the newly formed North Korean official army's musket soldiers are not well trained, and most of them have followed the Ming army in Sarhu. All of his failures were captured by Nanurhaci,"