Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 1768 Aid Korea and Anti-Japanese ([-]) Imperial Meeting
Li Rusong wanted to regain his face, which was in line with his personality, but he said this in a strong sense of seeking high-level practical support.

The reason is obvious. The first battle of the Ming Dynasty to aid the Korean War was defeated. If Gao Yushi, who is in charge of the household department in name but actually controls the military department, suddenly asks for a change of generals and commanders, considering that he is After the victory of the Yuan Dynasty, he has completely secured his position as the number one literary commander in the world, so I am afraid that even the emperor will have to accommodate his opinions.

Although Li Rusong already knew about Li Chengliang's change of family, otherwise the Jinghua Feige Station who accompanied him in the army would not be able to explain it.However, after all, this matter came too suddenly, and the marriage of Gao's daughter is still only an agreement between the two parties. At present, the first step of the marriage process "adoption" has not been completed, so Li Rusong is not sure that Gao is pragmatic. Whether the attitude is firm enough.

All in all, he ended with such a sentence, which is actually tentative, hoping to see how sincere Gao Yushi is to the marriage of the two families.

However, his words made it easier for Gao Yushi to convene the meeting this time. After all, since Li Rusong had started the real fire, in terms of the strength of the Liaodong Army, the next step of the battle would not be a big problem.

What needs to be explained here is that the Japanese army’s naval strength has improved at this time, coupled with the acquisition of some Jinghua artillery, the land strength has also improved. For example, the Japanese First Army also launched several artillery pieces during the Battle of Pyongyang. That's the proof.

However, the Liaodong Army is stronger than the original historical strength, and the degree of strengthening must be greater than that of the Japanese Army-in the final analysis, the economic foundation determines the superstructure is applicable everywhere.

The Ming court has money, and the northern frontier army is the focus of changing clothes, so how can the Liaodong cavalry, the elite of the elite, not be promoted?Leaving aside artillery, firearms and other weapons, just talking about the Liaodong cavalry in full disguise, the Japanese army obviously suffered in this battle of Pyongyang.

Zu Chengxun and several generals took advantage of the equipment of disguised cavalry this time, and fought a street battle with the Japanese army in Pyongyang. As a result, judging from the current multi-party battle reports, the actual direct battle damage was only [-] yuan. It's just that he was injured more.

Thinking of this, Gao Wushi suddenly understood one thing. In the past, President Xiaonishi firmly supported the peace negotiation. It was not because he was a pacifist, but because he was afraid of being beaten!Why, the battle loss ratio is amazing!

Although there is no exact report on the casualties of the Japanese First Army Corps yet, you can imagine with your toes, what good fruit can the light infantry who have been attacked by the cavalry for several rounds at close range have?President Xiaonishi might be feeling terribly distressed by now.

Well, since the Liaodong Army is strong enough to complete the first phase of the mission, of course Gao Yushi will choose to support Li Rusong, and in this way strengthen the alliance that the two sides have just reached.

The next day, the imperial court received the official battle report, and Zhu Yijun responded quickly, calling the cabinet and Minister of War Zhou Yong to the Wenhua Palace to hold an imperial military meeting.

This meeting was very interesting. Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who had been quite supportive of the Li family in the past, lashed out at Zu Chengxun's failure, thinking that as the leader of the first battle of the Celestial Dynasty, he could not be prudent and prudent to show his country's prestige. The war was forced to retreat to the territory, and it was a shame to throw it to the vassal state.

For such incompetent people, they all suggested severe punishment. Even if Xiao Ruxun was not directly ordered to beheaded before the army in Jiulian City, to clean up military discipline, and to imitate others, at least he should be sent to prison.

Zhu Yijun still didn't know that the relationship between Gao Yushi and the Li family had completely changed, so he looked at the scene quite unexpectedly, and subconsciously asked Gao Yushi for his opinion.

Gao Wushi said that Zu Chengxun served several times under his command (under the command of Li Rusong and under the leadership of Gao Yushi), and never made any major mistakes. Instead, he has always been famous for his heroic combat, and he is not a reckless person. Therefore, there must be an inside story about Pyongyang's defeat, which should be carefully ascertained before making a decision.

These words were impeccable, but in fact, Zhou Yong was left to say what he should say—after all, Gao Wushi couldn't say "I have much more information than the imperial court", so he looked at Zhou Yong after saying this, Ask him if he has received relevant information.

Of course Zhou Yong received the information, his information was originally given by Gao Pragmatic!Therefore, Zhou Da Sima immediately came out and told the emperor all the relevant information. The only thing that was concealed was the news from Yoshihiro Shimadzu.In this regard, he only said that the news was secretly passed on by Ming Dynasty businessmen in the occupied areas of North Korea, but it has been verified by the Ministry of War and confirmed to be true.

Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Zhou Yong's work performance this time, and his expression eased, and he asked the soldier gently, saying that since the situation is understood, how does the Ministry of War think Zu Chengxun's defeat this time should be dealt with?
Of course, Zhou Yong answered according to Gao Pragmatic's instructions, saying that Zu Chengxun's failure was not his fault in the first place, at least not the main responsibility.

As for the loss, it's actually not serious.Even though the total number of people he took with him was only [-], he went to attack the Pyongyang Fortified City guarded by over [-] Japanese troops, but in fact, only about [-] people were killed in battle. The power to fight again.

In addition, Zu Chengxun's battle was not completely fruitless. The information he obtained was of great significance. For example, the judgment on the total strength of the Japanese army and the number of troops stationed in Pyongyang was far more accurate than before, and he had a clearer understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. .All of the above will be of great benefit to future operations.

This is the two words of official words. It is easy to say good things and bad things in one thought. It is not difficult to say good things into bad things, but it is easy to force bad things into good things.For example, Midi can still say that he is the number one in the world in anti-epidemic - as long as the name is changed, it is enough to say that it is anti-epidemic resilience!
When Zhou Yong said this, Zhu Yijun thought it was the same thing. He had just been baptized by the battle report of the Battle of the Yuan recently, and his cognition had already shown some small deviations. He had almost no concept of "300 people". Almost all of them use tens of thousands as the unit of measurement, no matter how bad it is, it must be at the level of a thousand, and the scale of a hundred is really not enough.

Since the loss is not large, it is the turn to judge the situation of the battle.This is a matter of war strategy. The opinions of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue are basically out of Zhu Yijun's actual considerations. In addition, the current imperial power is on the rise, so Zhu Yijun doesn't have much to say, and directly turns to ask Gao Yushi.

Gao Wushi first made an analysis of the war situation, introduced the current situation of the three parties, and then said: "In short, the North Korean side has basically lost hope, and the meaning of their existence is probably left to us as a teacher. In fact, the so-called war has actually left only our army and the Japanese army.

I have just introduced the situation of the Japanese army. I just want to add one point here: the Japanese army is not monolithic. There is a huge conflict between the generals and the pursuers in Japan. Although they are suppressed because of Toyotomi Hideyoshi’s personal prestige, there are still It exists and will definitely affect frontline military operations.

For example, the discord between Governor Konishi and Kato Kiyomasa is the most typical example. The North Korean side is worried that Kato Kiyomasa will move westward and join forces with Governor Konishi. I believe that unless Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally orders, otherwise Basically impossible. "

Zhu Yijun immediately interjected and asked, "Then will Toyotomi Hideyoshi intervene?"

"No." Gao Wushi shook his head and said: "He really wants to train the Ukita Hide family now, and unless there is an extremely serious change, he will not directly give orders to army commanders like Konishi Yukio and Kato Kiyomasa. If not , the authority of Ukita Hideka will not be established, but will be considered as his echo, then the meaning of his appointing Ukita Hideka as the general will no longer exist."

Zhu Yijun immediately understood that it was like after he appointed Gao Yushi as Meng Yuan Jinglue, he would not directly give orders to Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, Ma Gui and others, otherwise the meaning of Gao Yushi's existence as Jinglue would disappear.This is a simple truth, and a ruler basically understands it—of course, Duke Kaishen may object.

So Zhu Yijun asked Gao Wushi, whether this problem of the Japanese army is worth taking advantage of?Gao Yushi said that of course there is. For example, when Li Rusong enters the court next time, he can go directly to Pyongyang for a decisive battle with Konishi Yukio without worrying about Kato Kiyomasa's rescue.

As soon as Gao Wushi's voice came out, both Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who were unwilling to be lonely, realized that this was an opportunity, because in their opinion, Gao Wushi's statement was too absolute - there are no absolutes on the battlefield, you said it so definitely, in case something happened Are you responsible?

Such an obvious digging, not to mention Gao Yushi, can be seen by another Jinshi who observes politics, but Gao Yushi said very calmly: "Yes, Yuanfu, Yushi is completely responsible for this judgment."

Then he refused to give up, and continued to increase his strength and said to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, I fully believe that after Li Rusong goes south, our army will definitely win a big victory in the battle against Pyongyang! In addition, Zu Chengxun is a veteran general in Liaodong, and I also suggest that he should take the blame and make meritorious service. Let's go to Pyongyang with Li Rusong, and meet with the Japanese First Army Corps led by Governor Konishi for a while, so we can get back our face!"

Zhu Yijun suddenly couldn't help laughing, and said: "Your words remind me of this. When I was a child, you have a saying that is still fresh in my memory. You said that failure is the mother of success. Wherever you fall, you should get up—— More than 20 years have passed, but you are still the same."

Gao Wushi bowed his hands and said calmly, "This is what I always do."

"That's good." Zhu Yijun looked around at the ministers and said, "Since there is Marquis of Nanning as a guarantor for Li Rusong and pleading for Zu Chengxun, the defeat of the Liaodong Army in the first battle will be ignored for now. The Ministry of War can release it." Instruct Li Rusong, Zu Chengxun, etc., and tell them that I will suppress the thunder for the time being, and wait for the news of the Pyongyang victory.

In fact, Gao Wushi didn't mind a trip to North Korea, but at this time, the Ming government and the people's views on the vassal states were not very good, and they basically regarded people outside the Ming Dynasty as barbarians.Although North Korea claims to be a small China, in Daming's eyes, it is only a little bit better than the wilderness. In short, it is not a good place to go, so Zhu Yijun said so.

Of course, Zhu Yijun's main intention was not this, he meant something else.The subtext is this: Your Liaodong Army suffered a defeat in Pyongyang, and you could say that you Li Rusong did not fight the last time, so I will give you another chance this time. If you fail again, then I will have to spare you the imperial Japanese The post of commander-in-chief was assigned to Hou Nanning himself.

The threat of this subtext is not light, the key point is not the dismissal of Li Rusong's chief officer of the Imperial Japanese Army, but that if this matter develops to that point, the imperial court will need to send a person who is recognized as the world's number one literary commander, the imperial court's chief Mr. Ge, Lord Hou of Daming, can you, the "leader of the generals" of the Li family, hold on to your face?

People need face, trees need bark, especially Li Rusong is an extremely face-saving fighter, how he will react after hearing this is really a pig can imagine, he must be dying.

I have to say that Zhu Yijun understands the trick of "sending generals is worse than aggressive generals".

The meeting finally proceeded according to the high-practical wishes, which made Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue very disappointed on the one hand, and more worried on the other hand.

The rebellion of the Li family in Tieling was already a huge blow to them, causing their strongest support force in the army to change their banners, and their strength was greatly damaged, and it was almost impossible to add more.

But now, politically, in the court, the School of Mind has actually been reduced to being completely hanged up by the School of Reality, especially on military issues. The emperor doesn't even bother to consider the opinions of the School of Mind, and only seeks high-level practical opinions. What can I do?
And at this time, there is still a major worry lingering in the minds of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, that is, with Qi Jiguang's southward march—although he marched very slowly this time strangely—the Cao army has become internally unstable.

Even though some generals who took the lead in making trouble received a lot of money from some hidden channels, they were still greatly shaken.The entire rioting Cao army felt terrified when the most outstanding representative of the Southern Army went south in person, as if the sky was about to fall, and they couldn't bear any resistance at all.

According to recent news, although Qi Jiguang has just entered the Shandong border, the rioting Cao army in Jiangbei (the Huaihe area north of the Yangtze River) has become a mess. A commotion is a commotion, but they are by no means traitors.

In short, it has the same meaning in the end. Since the imperial court has dispatched the imperial guards, we will only die if we continue to make trouble. We must quickly "reform the evil and return to the right". leniency.Considering that the imperial court is now fighting on both sides of the east and west, it is estimated that the punishment will not be too severe.

What Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were worried about was naturally not whether people like Cao Jun were dead or alive, but that too many people were involved behind this matter - their own people.

Both Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue knew how much the Jiangnan chaebol had done in this matter, but they also suspected that what they knew might not be the whole picture, and maybe there were more problems than they knew.Then, once the turmoil subsides, and the court wants to conduct a thorough investigation, it will really be the end of the calf.

The two of them planned to hold on to Zu Chengxun today. On the one hand, it was to show that the power of Xin School still exists. In the east, don't think about the problems in the south.

It's a pity that now it seems that the matter in the east is not an issue at all after being endorsed by Gao Pragmatism, so it is difficult for the matter in the south not to be exposed to the attention of the government and the opposition.

After leaving the Wenhua Hall, Shen and Wang returned to the cabinet together, and Wang Xijue suddenly said: "Yuan Fu, Gao Rixin's original scripture is "Yi", so there is no reason for him not to know the reason why Kanglong has regrets? "

Shen Shixing knew the elegant meaning after hearing the string song, frowned, and said, "You mean...to make peace with him?"
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