Daming talker
Chapter 683 Repeat it to me
Chapter 683 Repeat it to me
Li Dexin sat down again reluctantly, without saying a word and without taking the initiative to speak.
This Lin Jinglüe said he wanted to "discuss" the issue of military rations, but in fact he just wanted to ask for them from his own side.
But he couldn't conjure up any food, and a skilled cook cannot cook without rice. What else could he say?
Lin Tailai first introduced the situation and said: "The Japanese troops are very powerful this time. The headquarters plans to use one year to drive them out. It is estimated that 100,000 troops will be needed, and it may even be more than 100,000.
According to this military strength standard, including regular soldiers, civilian laborers and losses, it is estimated that 800,000 shi of military rations will be needed in the next year.
At present, there are only 200,000 tons of military rations stockpiled in Liaodong, and there is still a gap of 600,000 tons that needs to be filled.
This is the situation, this is the problem, I wonder what help your country can provide us?"
Li Dexin thought for a moment and replied, "As far as I know, there are 40,000 shi of grain in Pyongyang. We can take that first."
The same excuse again! Lin Tailai slammed the table and shouted:
"Three months ago, your country said that there were only a thousand Japanese soldiers in Pyongyang! You lured thousands of our Ming army to attack Pyongyang, but ended up in a disastrous defeat!
What? Do you want to use the same trick again this time? To induce the Ming army to rush to attack Pyongyang again? "
Li Dexin could only defend himself by saying, "I didn't mean to mislead you! It's just that our country has three capitals: Wangjing, Kaesong, and Pyongyang, and Pyongyang is closest to Ming.
In any case, the priority should be to recover Pyongyang as a base. There is no second choice."
Lin Tailai said coldly: "Then please tell me clearly, is there 40,000 dan of grain in Pyongyang?"
Li Dexin lowered his head and whispered, "It's just a false accusation."
Lin Tailai was so angry that he laughed. It showed how unreliable the people in North Korea were from top to bottom. Then he covered his chest and felt tired.
Even if Konishi Yukinaga, the commander of the Japanese First Army Corps, occupied Pyongyang, it would be impossible for him to eat up the original 40,000 koku of grain in three months, let alone transport it away after having eaten enough.
As a result, even North Korea cannot tell whether there is any food left in Pyongyang!
All we can say is that the so-called "40,000 shi of grain reserves" were probably just bookkeeping figures. No one knows how much is left in the granary, so Li Dexin cannot answer this question now.
Lin Tailai held his temper and asked again, "If you can recapture Seoul and recover more than half of your territory before the beginning of next spring, how much tax grain can your government collect in a year?"
Since ancient times, the biggest problem with military rations has been long-distance transportation, and being able to solve the problem locally has always been the top priority.
Lin Tailai did not expect North Korea to be able to solve all the military food problems, but it would be good for the local area to share as much as possible.
Li Dexin calculated silently and replied quietly: "Even if more than half of the territory is recovered, the maximum amount that can be collected is 80,000 shi."
"How much?" Lin Tailai asked again in disbelief.
Li Dexin lowered his head again and spoke even more quietly: "Eighty thousand stones"
Lin Tailai said angrily: "Five years ago, when I was just a local scholar in a certain county in Suzhou, I could help the court collect 100,000 shi of money and grain every year!
How can a big Eastern country like yours only have 80,000 shi a year?
I have reason to doubt it, because I first said that I needed 800,000 shi, and then you said 80,000 shi, which is exactly one tenth."
Li Dexin defended himself, "Our country is in ruins, and people's livelihood is in decline. It is really too difficult. Even these 80,000 stones include the supply to the king."
Lin Tailai expected 200,000 shi, but he only got 80,000 shi, which he didn't even know if it would be the full amount. He felt quite disappointed psychologically.
Covering his chest again, Lin Jinglue waved his hand weakly and said, "Otherwise, disband all your country's official troops and those local rebel forces!"
Li Dexin was surprised and asked, "What does this mean? They can all assist the Heavenly Soldiers in fighting the Japanese invaders."
Lin Tailai said angrily: "Your country only has this little money and food, why don't you disband these government troops and rebels? Do you want us, the Ming Dynasty, to pay for the military rations?
Also, don’t mention assisting. I’m afraid that your country’s officers and soldiers are assisting me. It’s best to keep them away!
Since they are of no use in combat, what are they for? They can all be used as labor to transport food and fodder!"
Li Dexin said anxiously: "No, if there is no government army, then is the country still a country?"
Lin Tailai said without leaving any room for negotiation: "From now on, apart from the King's Guard and the Transport Team, your country will no longer need any official troops! That's it!"
Li Dexin argued: "Even if we are a transport team, we don't have mules or horses! We can't just carry the food on our shoulders or in our hands, right?"
Lin Tailai: "."
What the hell! Another task, to make you work as coolies, and to equip you with mules and horses first, right?
Seeing that Lin Jinglue looked unhappy, Li Dexin said boldly: "Even if you kill ten more envoys, our country can't provide 200,000 shi of military rations and the mules and horses needed for operation."
Lin Jinglie couldn't help but close his eyes and sigh. He found that dealing with the Kingdom of North Korea was particularly helpful in cultivating his patience.
"No matter what, you have to get me 80,000 shi next year!" Lin Tailai could only make a harsh statement.
At this time, Liaodong Governor Hao Jie also came to Jiuliancheng to discuss logistical matters with Lin Tailai.
After investigation, Lin Tailai felt that Governor Hao was a capable and courageous man, so he entrusted many of the more trivial matters to him.
In the original history, during the confrontation period in the middle of the Korean War, the Minister of War Shi Xing and the big liar Shen Weijing strongly advocated peace talks and conferred the title on Toyotomi Hideyoshi.
But Hao Jie firmly opposed the peace talks, saying, "Toyotomi Hideyoshi deserved to die. If the imperial court still conferred an imperial title on him, foreign countries would only think that there was no one in our dynasty."
Later, Hao Jie was transferred to Nanjing because of his disagreement with the mainstream opinion of the court.
Seeing Governor Hao walking into the hall of the shogunate, Lin Tailai greeted him and said, "You've come just in time. Please sit down and discuss the issue of military food transportation with the Korean envoys."
Then he said to Governor Hao: "Because Korea is a long and narrow country with many mountainous plateaus, sea transportation is extremely important for the supply of military food.
Especially the further south we fight, the farther we are from the Liaodong mainland, and the more important sea transportation becomes.”
Then he asked again: "Have you finished the statistics? How many seagoing ships can Liaodong mobilize now?"
Hao Jie replied: “There are currently fifty seagoing vessels, each of which can carry 300 shi.
Grain can be transported from Liaodong and Northern Zhili to Korea about a dozen times a year. If we calculate this way, minus the losses and the risk of storms, we can transport more than 100,000 shi of grain a year.”
Lin Jinglue frowned and said, "Not enough, far from enough."
Then he said: "The detailed message sent from Shandong said that Dengzhou has mobilized 30 ships, each with a load of 500 dan.
The military rations can first be transported from the Dezhou and Linqing warehouses to Dengzhou by land, then loaded onto ships from Dengzhou, shipped across the sea to Lushun, and then along the islands to reach Korea.
They expect to make six or seven deliveries a year, totaling about 100,000 shi.
Calculated in this way, the annual shipping capacity of Liaodong and Shandong is about 200,000 shi. Even if land transportation is added, how can it be enough? "
Hao Jie then said: "There are many big trees in Liaodong, so we can start emergency shipbuilding. By next year, we should have a batch of new ships available.
In addition, we can requisition ships from Nanzhi, Fujian, and Zhejiang to Shandong to increase cross-sea transport capacity. We can survive the first three or four months, and by next year, it will not be a problem to double the sea transport capacity.
The remaining shortfall can be supplemented by land transportation, which should be barely enough for the army's consumption."
Li Dexin, who was standing next to him, was listening to the discussion between Lin Jinglie and Governor Hao, and his heart was almost twisted with envy.
What is the gap in national strength? This is the gap in national strength. There is really no comparison.
Just as Lin Jinglie said when he was cursing just now, the money and grain collected by a county in Suzhou may be more than the national tax revenue of North Korea.
Lin Tailai glanced at Li Dexin, and then said to Governor Hao: "When the military rations are transported to the Korean territory, Korean civilians are still needed to transport them.
But now North Korea has nothing and can rely on nothing. Even livestock such as mules and horses are in short supply.
Therefore, I would like to ask the Governor to purchase a thousand mules and horses in Liaodong and other northern areas and lend them to the Koreans for use."
"Yes." Governor Hao agreed. His mentality was similar to that of Lin Jinglie just now - another damn task was added!
Having said almost the same thing as Governor Hao, Lin Tailai turned to Li Dexin and said:
“If it’s a large-scale sea transport, we need to select a location on the west coast of your country as a place to unload the ships and store military rations, and then transport them to various places again.
Your country has no soldiers, no food, and no livestock now, but it should have land, right? "
Li Dexin asked, "I'd like to hear the details."
Lin Tailai asked his staff to bring a map and spread it out on the desk, pointing to the edge first. "The first location is Yizhou at the mouth of the Yalu River. It is close to the coast and Liaodong, and can be used as the earliest military grain distribution center.
The second location is Guangliang Town at the mouth of the Taedong River. When Pyongyang is recaptured and the army moves south, it can be used to unload the military rations shipped by sea. First, it can provide nearby support for the army, and second, it can also make use of the Taedong River system.
The third location is Ganghwa Prefecture in your country’s capital. After you recover the royal capital Seoul, you can transport military supplies to Ganghwa Prefecture to support the army that continues to march south.”
Li Dexin was just listening quietly, but when he heard Jiang Huafu, he could no longer sit still and cried out, "No!"
Lin Tailai snorted coldly: "Why not?"
Li Dexin explained: "Ganghwa Prefecture is the gateway to the capital. If the ships of the Celestial Empire reach Ganghwa, our king will not be at peace."
In the eyes of the Joseon monarchs and ministers, Ganghwa Prefecture was only a hundred miles away from the royal capital and was the maritime gateway to the royal capital, Seoul. How could they allow foreign ships and navies to enter at will?
Lin Tailai said impatiently: "In extraordinary times, we need to do extraordinary things. Why should we worry too much?"
Li Dexin came up with another plan: "We also have a navy. We can transport the military rations to Yizhou or Pyongyang for unloading, and then our navy will transport them southward."
Lin Tailai's tone gradually turned cold, and he asked back, "Am I discussing this with you?"
"Ah, this..." Li Dexin didn't know how to respond.
Then Lin Tailai patted the map and said without a doubt: "These three places I marked, I Daming has borrowed them all!
I am informing you, not discussing with you! This also includes all the matters I mentioned today!"
Li Dexin had nothing to say and was speechless. The key was that he didn't dare to say anything.
Lin Tailai asked again: "Is this the end of today's discussion?"
It was obvious that he had said everything that needed to be said and it was time to send the guest away.
Li Dexin stood up and asked, "What about the imperial edict?"
Lin Tailai responded: "Just do as I said and use the Dragon Pavilion to carry the imperial edict across the river, and I won't go.
By the way, I heard that according to your country's etiquette, female musicians are always used to serve the Ming angels. Why didn't they appear this time? Do you look down on me, Lin?"
This is not something Lin Tailai made up; it is the truth. Having female musicians serve envoys is a traditional practice of the Joseon Dynasty.
Some Ming envoys were so chaste that they were unwilling to accept the service of female musicians. The Kingdom of Korea was unhappy about this and felt that this was an act of disrespect for their country.
Whether or not to accept the service of female musicians is another etiquette dispute in the relationship between the two parties, in addition to the "bowing etiquette and the five kowtows and three bows etiquette."
Hearing Lin Tailai openly asking for female musicians to serve him, Li Dexin replied with a bit of embarrassment: "Our country was invaded by the Japanese, and all the female musicians were killed and scattered. How can we have female musicians to serve you?"
Lin Tailai said disappointedly: "Forget it. I will report to your king when I return, and ask him to cross the river to Liao as soon as possible, and vacate Yizhou as the advance base for the heavenly soldiers."
Afterwards, Lin Jinglue politely escorted the envoy Li Dexin to the lobby door, and suddenly remembered another thing.
"I would like to ask, who in your country proposed that when the Ming army arrives in Korea, it should be commanded by your generals?"
Li Dexin covered up and said, "It's just some nonsense, why bother about it."
Lin Tailai said lightly: "Whoever proposed this must have evil intentions and should be killed! Behead him and send his head to the Jinglüe Shogunate."
Li Dexin: “.”
What on earth did he discuss during his trip across the Yangtze River? Was he going to become the most humiliating envoy in his country's history?
Lin Tailai said a little worriedly: "Have you remembered all my requirements? Repeat them to me."
Li Dexin bowed weakly and said, "Don't worry, General, I've kept it in mind."
Whose memory are you looking down upon? Isn't it just sending the king across the river into the tiger's mouth, collecting 80,000 shi of military rations, leasing three coastal ports to the Ming Dynasty, disbanding most of the country's official troops, and killing those who dared to command the Ming Dynasty's soldiers, etc.?
After watching Li Dexin leave, Liaodong Governor Hao Jie asked Lin Tailai: "Why do you have to make the King of Korea cross the river to Liaodong? Do you want to put the King of Korea under house arrest?"
Lin Tailai replied: "Be careful with your words! How dare I put the vassal king under house arrest? I just want to separate the Korean king from the Korean officials and people, so that the army will not be too restricted after entering Korea, and at the same time let the Korean officials and people adapt to the days without the Korean king giving orders."
Governor Hao asked again in confusion: "You are a little too hasty to force North Korea so hard right from the start."
Lin Tailai thought to himself, where have we gotten to? The mines and the like have not been mentioned yet, mainly because they are afraid that the big steps will scare the king and his ministers of Korea.
He replied, "They fear power but not virtue, so we should take advantage of their desperate situation to make more demands, and they will have no choice but to agree.
Otherwise, when the Ming army strikes back at the Japanese soldiers and lets them recover, I want to do something else, but they will be reluctant and create all kinds of complications. "
Governor Hao nodded, took his leave, and went to various places in Liaodong to prepare logistical affairs.
(End of this chapter)
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