The First Gongsheng of Ming Dynasty

In Hanyang City, the capital of North Korea.

Xu Jing handed a commission letter to Tang Yin, and Tang Yin was also surprised by the commission letter in his hand.

"Brother Bohu, congratulations. His Majesty has appointed you as the general manager of Jiliao. Your official position is the highest in Jiliao. From now on, you can be said to be a general or a prime minister, and your future is limitless." Xu Jing had a huge expression on his face. Of Gongwei.

Tang Yin said: "Don't you have any secret orders?"

Xu Jing was startled, then shook his head and said, "I didn't hear there was any secret order."

Tang Yin slapped the table and said, "Then what are we being asked to do here? We have been on mission for such a long time and nothing has been done. Are we going to let us die here?"

The scene was a little awkward for a while.

Xu Jing came to congratulate Tang Yin on his promotion, but it turned out that Tang Yin seemed to feel sorry for himself, so that the two of them had some disagreements.

"Actually, it's... pretty good here." Xu Jing looked a little ashamed.

As the son of a wealthy family in the south of the Yangtze River, his family was originally well-off and had no shortage of money and material things. However, it was only when he arrived in North Korea that he learned what it meant to be a master...Here, even though he was just a deputy envoy, the North Koreans regarded him as a master. He is treated like his ancestors, and he has good food and drink every day. He is also rich in wine, sex, and wealth. More importantly, he has face wherever he goes. Everyone has to fawn on him, and he is sincere.

Xu Jing even felt that staying in North Korea for decades would not be a bad thing.

Tang Yin said: "Follow me into their palace and meet the leader of North Korea."

"You..." Xu Jing reminded, "Would it be a little rash for us to do this?"

Tang Yin said coldly: "Right now we are sending troops to Liaodong and to the grasslands. If North Korea does not send troops, then they are not worthy of becoming a vassal state to the Ming Dynasty, and it will be meaningless for us to be here."

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Inside the Joseon Palace.

The leader of the country, Li Yi, received Tang Yin cautiously and was not even on an equal footing with Tang Yin. He completely regarded Tang Yin as his husband.

This also made Tang Yin a little embarrassed. People respected him, especially when he was still a childish child. He had single-handedly raised this person to the throne... All the causes and consequences made him unable to bear to take away the child in front of him. The throne of youth.

"Mr. Tang, I have been studying the etiquette culture of the Ming Dynasty recently. My daily teachings tell me that I must abide by Confucian etiquette in order to govern a country well."

Li Yi speaks Chinese very fluently.

This also surprised Tang Yin.

After all, when they met before, Li Yi's Chinese was still very poor. I didn't expect that the child would improve every time they met.

Tang Yin said: "Your Highness, let me make it clear. The main reason why the imperial court sent me here is to coordinate with the imperial court to send troops to Liaodong and the grasslands to resist the Jurchens and Mongols. These Tatars have always been troublesome on the border and have not only caused damage to the imperial court. , even you, North Korea, will be invaded by them."

"Yes." Li Yi said seriously, "I have discussed with the officials below, and they also believe that we should cooperate with the superior state to eliminate border troubles. They agreed to allocate 5,000 troops and horses to Mr. Tang for deployment."

"Five thousand? Too little!"

Tang Yin saw that Li Yi was sensible and knew that he should give troops and horses, but just this number... isn't this deceiving people?

Tang Yin then thought of the time when North Korea sent the so-called five thousand troops to cooperate with him to defend Duobi City. It was really... cheating at that time.

Tang Yin said righteously: "I hope your highness can understand that your majesty means to let North Korea do its best to do this. This is not only for the stability of Liaodong, but also for the stability of North Korea. I think you should send 50,000 troops." "

"No..." Li Yi said obviously panicked, "We don't have 30,000 troops. It's too many."

"Then 20,000, no more. As long as you give me 20,000 soldiers and horses, I will take them out immediately. You will also ration the food and grass. If it is delayed, you will not send troops until the war in Liaodong and the grassland is over. If so, His Majesty will definitely send someone to hold him accountable, and when the time comes… I don’t want to see this result.”

Tang Yin's expression was very grim.

This is a bit threatening.

Not giving troops? No food?

Then don't blame me for being rude.

Li Yi looked very embarrassed, but he still nodded and said: "I will discuss this matter with the ministers seriously, and please give me some more time. I have recently learned some culture of the Central Plains, and I would like to ask you for some advice."

"Do not have time."

Tang Yin waved his hand and said, "Your Highness, please convene people immediately to discuss. It is best to let me lead the troops to go out tomorrow. If it doesn't go well, maybe I can only report it truthfully."

"Yes, yes." Li Yi could only respond hurriedly.

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Come out of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Xu Jing sighed with a look on his face: "Bohu, you are really brave and resourceful. In front of the little king of North Korea, you don't lose Ming Dynasty's face at all, and you can make him obey his orders. How brave are you?"

Tang Yin was already a little angry. Hearing this, he looked sideways at Xu Jing and said, "Have you ever thought about what we can do if he continues to delay us like this?"

"This..." Xu Jing hesitated for a moment, then forced a smile and said, "We can use whatever troops and horses you give us."

Tang Yin said: "Do you know why your Majesty wants me to be the commander-in-chief of Jiliao?"

Xu Jingdao: "This is your Majesty's trust in you."

Tang Yin's tone was still very harsh and he said: "Your Majesty is asking me to lead troops into North Korea and capture the royal city of North Korea. There is no need to support the king of the country. The most important thing is to make North Korea completely surrender."

"Then...Bohu, I think this is all good, but...the Koreans seem to be different from us. What if they don't obey? The disciples are unknown."

Xu Jing seemed to understand the crux of the problem.

Tang Yin said: "Otherwise, why do you have to let us come? If you want to be famous as a teacher, we need to do something."

After saying that, Tang Yin looked at Xu Jing with a slightly fierce look.

When Xu Jing saw this look, he couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine.

The Tang Yin in front of him seemed to be completely different from before. He used to be a rough-and-tumble young man, but now... he was a bit more decisive in killing.

Xu Jing was even thinking, you won't kill me and then say it was Koreans who did it, and then you will become famous like this, right? It turns out that enjoying life in North Korea is not a good thing, and you still have to take such risks?

"We must make a fuss about their sending troops," Tang Yin said. "Give them a deadline. They must send troops tomorrow. If they cannot send troops, we will leave here overnight and return to Liaodong."

"gone back?"

Xu Jing was even a little reluctant to give up.

Tang Yin said sternly: "When we approach Liaodong, soldiers and horses will come to kill us."

Xu Jing said: "What if they chase us?"

Tang Yin sneered and said: "Are the hundreds of guards under your command who are accompanying you vegetarian? At this time, we have even more reason to send troops."

"Hey……"

Xu Jing wanted to say, you are really famous all over the world with one move. It took only a few hundred troops to subvert North Korea. Do you still want to follow suit this time?

I'm afraid the Koreans will also be on guard. How can it be so easy?

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Liaodong Town.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of Liaodong, was still dispatching troops and generals to complete the encirclement and suppression of the Jurchens.

He was in Fushun that day and had just met the people sent by Zhang Zhou to open the coal mines. He was still thinking about whether to report this to the court or even contact the traditional civil servants... and he received a secret order from the emperor, asking him to send troops. Approaching the North Korean border.

Peng Jian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, received a message from Yang Yiqing and hurried to meet Yang Yiqing in his commander's tent.

"grown ups."

When Peng Jian saw Yang Yiqing, he also felt that he had met a rare person. Although Yang Yiqing was supervising the battle in Fushun, he was rarely seen in ordinary times.

Yang Yiqing is different from generals like Wang Shouren who personally lead the troops into battle and do everything by themselves. Yang Yiqing pays more attention to long-range planning... Of course, having him lead the troops in person will not seem procrastinating.

A person with a measure of progress and retreat.

Yang Yiqing said: "Assemble three thousand knights, equipped with muskets and artillery, and move closer to the North Korean border."

"Sir, are we going to attack North Korea? Or...are we going to attack the Jurchens from the other side?" Peng Jian is also a qualified general. Based on Yang Yiqing's order, he analyzed these two possibilities.

Such a weird way of deploying troops is either to fight the Jurchens or to fight North Korea.

Yang Yiqing put down the secret decree in his hand and said: "Do you know that the Ji Liao General Controller has been added now, and who is the first Ji Liao General Controller?"

Peng Jian said: "It seems to be... Mr. Tang from the Ministry of Industry."

"Do you know why His Majesty made him the commander-in-chief of Ji Liao?" Yang Yiqing asked again.

Peng Jian said tentatively: "I heard that this person is a fellow disciple of Cai Guogong, and he was a Jinshi in the same year, and he came from the same class in Jiangnan..."

Yang Yiqing was startled.

Even Yang Yiqing never thought that Tang Yin and Zhang Zhou had such a "close" relationship. It didn't matter that they were from the same sect, or they were the same candidates and Jinshi. They just received different treatment in the court, but they were still from the same hometown.

We are both township party members, nian friends, and classmates...

Yang Yiqing collected his thoughts and said: "In fact, His Majesty used Tang Yin to control Ji Liao mostly because he was familiar with the situation in North Korea. The current leader of North Korea was also appointed and supported by him on behalf of the imperial court."

Peng Jian said: "Your Majesty, do you want to use Ji Liao to threaten North Korea, or even conquer North Korea?"

"That's what it means." Yang Yiqing did not explain in detail, and he did not bother to be like these generals. When mentioning a person, he first thought about his relationship with the powerful.

He even felt a little disgusted with Peng Jian's mentality.

"Immediately mobilize people to approach the North Korean border. If you encounter Jurchens on the road, you will have a head-on confrontation. When the soldiers and horses are about to arrive, there will be new instructions for you. Remember not to advance rashly along the way, and at the same time, don't be too showy, especially not Alerting North Koreans."

"Yes."

"By the way, allocate a batch of grain and grass to be transported to the northern troops in Haixi. I may have to return to Shenyang Zhongwei recently, and I will leave this matter to the generals below. The climate in the north is cold in winter, and the war will not advance too much. Things here... …I’ll leave it to you for now.”

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Three Tun Camps.

Zhang Zhou came out of the bedroom in the other courtyard. It was already midnight. Only a lantern was hung in the corridor in the backyard. Amidst the howling north wind, Zhang Zhou looked at the snowflakes that had fallen outside. He probably knew that the war in the north was also going on. It's time to end.

"grown ups."

Sun Shangqi brought Caihuang to see Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou just waved his hand, meaning to let Sun Shangqi take Caihuang to a suitable place to talk. He had no time to deal with this woman for the time being.

Then Zhang Zhou went to the front hall and saw Zhang Yong who was coming from afar.

"I've met Mr. Zhang." Zhang Yong looked extremely respectful when he saw Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou smiled and said: "Eunuch Zhang, you are a busy man. When I see you, I can feel relieved about the war situation in the north and other matters."

Zhang Yong said hurriedly: "Sir, you are making fun of our family. Even if our family follows you and does something according to your instructions, the soldiers you sent can manage the soldiers and put the battlefield in order. And your foresight, and Planning strategies..."

No matter what, Zhang Yong came up and blew a rainbow fart at Zhang Zhou.

The two sat down, and then Zhang Yongcai sighed: "Coming from the northwest, the journey... was very hard."

Zhang Zhou asked: "I wonder what the situation in the northwest is like?"

Zhang Yong seemed to be speechless, sighed and said: "Just like that, there is no place where there is no shortage of soldiers and food. Even Datong is like this... It seems that everything has improved, but in fact it is still the same. Now in the army The higher-ups are saying that your new crops will be enough to feed the soldiers next year."

Zhang Zhou said: "The biggest trouble in using troops in the north is always the lack of food, pay, clothing, etc. The soldiers still cannot devote themselves to fighting the war and completely ignore farming and production. The soldiers also need to eat and clothe themselves."

As for the situation in the northern frontier, Zhang Zhou, as the Minister of War, was very clear about it, and Zhang Yong, as a person who had experienced it, was also clear.

It is said that after Zhang Zhou appeared, the living environment of the northern soldiers improved, but only on a strategic level. There was basically no need to worry about the Tatars attacking every three days, or even being unable to defeat them.

However, because there was no significant increase in farmland, and the silver folding method was still maintained, there were very few areas where grain development was implemented, and the northwest merchant villages did not develop again. In addition, the traditional civil servants in the DPRK and China wanted to "accumulate grain to prevent hunger." , to put it bluntly, he deliberately starved the soldiers in the northwest so that they could not eat enough and starve to death...

The result is that the soldiers may appear to be prosperous, but in fact they are living a hard life.

Zhang Zhou said: "It's good if Eunuch Zhang is here. Ji Liao really needs the help of capable people like Eunuch Zhang."

Zhang Yong tentatively said: "Our family doesn't understand very well. His Majesty asked our family to come and said that we can just listen to you. But various people have already entered the grassland. Originally, our family could either follow Uncle Xinjian or follow the British father. Come on, come to your side...do you mean to cooperate with Jingshanbo and Anbianhou?"

Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head, meaning it was neither.

Zhang Yongdao: "Just come here to cooperate with that Tang Junmen?"

"He is in North Korea." Zhang Zhou reminded with a smile.

Zhang Yong looked embarrassed.

Bale worked hard to get me to Jizhou Town, but he didn't say what he wanted me to do. I wanted to make contributions and fight in the war. I even wanted to win a title for my tribe and status for myself... But isn't this a torment?

Zhang Zhou said: "The next focus of running the army in Liaodong is to completely eradicate the hidden dangers of the Jurchens, and then to make North Korea completely surrender. Between the two, Eunuch Zhang is needed to complete this matter... Previously, Eunuch Yang of Yang Peng was in Liaodong, and I'm not qualified, so I still need you, Eunuch Zhang."

"he……"

Zhang Yong felt jealous when he mentioned Yang Peng.

Yang Peng went to Liaodong just for gold plating.

And he... was walking around in a hurry, looking prosperous, but Yang Peng was more prosperous than him now.

But he didn't dare to complain, mainly because Yang Peng's starting point was much higher than him. He was originally a eunuch, and when he was appointed to oversee the Liaodong army, he was just a steward. (End of chapter)