Prime Minister Bizen

Emperor Wanli deserved to be the lord of Zhongxing in the Ming Dynasty. He realized the crisis earlier than those scholars who had read sage books for decades but looked down on foreign domains.

He looked at the letter written by the Xiu family, and finally ordered Jin Yiwei to find Yang Jitang who sent the information. He wanted to ask the source of the information and who [Feng Jianming] was.

Although Yang Jitang kept the information secret at the request of the Xiu family when reporting the information, he did not get the attention of the officials of the Ming Dynasty because of this.

It wasn't that Xiu's family was both established and established, it was that Daming's scholars were too insignificant, and it was inevitable that during the peace talks, my sister sold her secret information about Daming to Xiuji, and that's why she asked Yang Jitang to keep it a secret.

Unexpectedly, Yang Jitang was really a good man, he didn't reveal a single word, he just said that the information was revealed by the nobleman of the Wa Kingdom.

Later, he was sent to Guangxi by the higher authorities who accused him of falsely reporting information. Now that Emperor Wanli summoned him, he turned this almost forgotten character into a supporting role again.

Emperor Wanli, who had thoroughly read the information provided by Xiujia, felt the danger of the situation, so on the third day after Shi Xing made the arrangement, he ordered 1.6 elite soldiers from Minister Xuan to be stationed in Tianjin to wait for the Japanese police.

At that time, a batch of about 7 to 8 shi grains from the south of the Yangtze River arrived in the capital, and Emperor Wanli directly decreed that this batch of grains should be used as military rations and sent to Liaodong.

Because Xiujia said in the information that the Japanese army was equipped with a very high proportion of matchlock guns, Emperor Wanli ordered to transfer 500 people from the Shenji battalion in Fujian to guard the Netherlands, and even transferred Chen Lin, a general who was known to be good at using firearms. The machine battalion is the general.

Emperor Wanli asked Chen Lin to check the equipment of the Shenji Battalion as soon as possible. If there was any, it should be reported to the Ministry of Industry to make up for the damage.

Because Wa is an island country, ships are very important means of transportation whether it is landing in North Korea or Ming Dynasty. In order to find out the cleanup of the Wa navy, Wanli ordered the governor of Shandong to send ships to North Korea to confirm the situation of the Wa navy.

All indications indicate that the Ming Dynasty, at least the Emperor Ming, had decided to use force to assess the Japanese invasion of Korea before receiving a clear request from North Korea for help.

It has been said more than once before that before the discovery of rich uranium ore and rare minerals, North Korea seemed a bit tasteless to the Central Plains Dynasty.

And his geographical location is very critical. Whenever a powerful enemy appears in the East, North Korea's geographical location is very critical.

North Korea against the Qing Dynasty in the late Ming Dynasty, North Korea against Japan in the late Qing Dynasty, and North Korea against the United States after the founding of New China have all been verified.

And now, it is precisely the time when the strategic value of the Korean peninsula is reflected.

Emperor Wanli was very keenly aware that in the face of a "strong" threat like Japan, he must "defend the enemy from outside the country."

Because he is very aware of the daimyo's rule in Liaodong, whether it was the original Nuergan Dusi or the current Liaodong Dusi, the real control is only the Liaodong Plain.

He looks like a rooster's head protruding far outside, and the Liaoxi Corridor is so thin, facing the Mongolian tribes in the north.

In the eastern part of the Liaodong Plain, there are a large number of local tribes headed by Jurchen.The reason why they gathered under Da Ming's command was not because Da Ming gave them the official position of XX commander, but because of their strong character, they wanted to be under the protection of Da Ming.

But if Liaodong becomes the main battlefield, will this group of Jimi tribes remain loyal?Or, like the Semu people in the Mongolian army, they became the vanguard of Japanese pirates invading Ming Dynasty?
In addition, as a king with lofty ideals, he always has a heart to protect the environment and the people.

In the first 20 years of his succession, he ordered the coastal provinces many times to intercept and destroy overseas.

Therefore, from the timing of these arrangements, it can be seen that for this young emperor, he doesn't care what happened in North Korea, he doesn't care whether North Korea is a leading party or a victim, for him, one enemy or two The enemy has only one option of "Zhan Zhi".

However, the ambition of Emperor Wanli did not get the support of the ministers. At that time, Wang Jiaping, the former richest man, had just returned home, and only Zhao Zhigao, who was already 70 years old, was left in the entire cabinet.

He has lived for such a long time, and he is already a veteran in the officialdom. There is only one assistant minister in the cabinet. Sinopec does not seek merit but seeks no fault, so it cannot restrain the ministers at all.

In addition, the imperial court is currently facing the battle of Ningxia, and it really does not have the energy to start the battlefield in the east, so there are voices in the court that oppose aid to the DPRK.

Anyway, North Korea has not formally asked for help now, and sending troops rashly is not justified, but at that time, other vassal states will think that our Celestial Dynasty has ulterior motives and will follow the truth.

The Battle of Ningxia, the Battle of Wanli Korea, and the Battle of Bozhou are also known as the Three Great Wars of Wanli, but the scale of the Battle of Ningxia is not the same as the latter two.

The battle of Ningxia itself was because a Mongolian Ming general guarding the border was dissatisfied with the court and colluded with the local defenders to occupy Ningxia City and rebel against the court.

The scale of Ningxia's rebels will exceed [-], and Ming Dynasty has dispatched tens of thousands of Liaodong, Xuanda, Shanxi, Zhejiang, and Miao soldiers to besiege Ningxia. Although the dawn of victory has not yet been seen, the battle of Ningxia started from Wanli. From that moment on, it was a sure bet.

The Wanli Korean War was different. Although the war had not started yet, Emperor Wanli had already clearly felt that the Japanese pirates were coming. He needed to calm down Ningxia as soon as possible before he could spare his troops to deal with the Japanese pirates.

Before that, he needs to complete the information collection of the Japanese pirates as much as possible. If the situation permits, he will send some troops to the court to hold the Japanese pirates. .

The ministers were discussing a lot, Zhao Zhigao naturally did not dare to criticize the popularity, this edict was sent to Liaodong in the form of Zhongzhi, fortunately, the emperor of the Ming Dynasty has not been ostracized by these scholars at this moment, and the Zhongzhi is still valid The force was soon sent to Jian Da, Governor of Liaodong.

Jian Da looked at the edict for a long time and couldn't understand what Emperor Wanli meant. The main reason was that the 2 taels of silver and the number of troops he sent were too embarrassing. It was not enough to send troops to fight against the Japanese. It is too rich.

Fortunately, Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong, is a talent. The most important thing is that he was one of the few officials who were interested in Japan during the Ming Dynasty at that time, and he collected a lot of information about Japan.

Later, he integrated these materials and wrote the first treatise on Japanese culture and historical textual research in Chinese history, "Japan Kao".

Sometimes I really feel that Daming at this time is very lucky, there are always key people in key places, unlike the Ming court 50 years later, the officials are all incompetent and flattering people.

Hao Jie read the decree and quickly understood the meaning of Emperor Wanli, and explained the deep meaning to Jian Da. Soon Jian Da ordered to send 1000 horse infantry troops, divided into two parts, into the court.

However, before the order was issued, news came from North Korea that the Japanese army had entered Pyongyang, the accompanying capital of North Korea, and all the Eight Paths of North Korea had been defeated by the enemy!

It is difficult for people in later generations to understand the trust of King Lee Chan of Joseon in Kim Ming-won and others. Although Hancheng and Imjinjiang were defeated, he still appointed him as the general who defended Pyongyang. Just abandon the city and go.

The Japanese army was not at ease at the beginning, thinking that the North Korean army must have an ambush in Pyongyang, and after a long time to confirm that there were only civilians in the city, they did not enter the city with confidence. At that time, Jin Mingyuan had already slipped away.

After hearing that Pyongyang had fallen, Lee Chan, the king of Joseon, finally realized that these countries were about to disappear, and sent a high-level mission headed by Li Dexin, a courteous Cao counselor and Da Ti student, to Beiping to seek help from Daming.

Two days later, in the Liaodong Metropolitan Commander's Yamen in Liaoyang, Governor Jian Da was restless. The speed of the Japanese army's advance exceeded their imagination.

Hao Jie said to him, "Now the situation is in dire straits, North Korea's envoys for help have passed Liaoyang twice, and the meaning of asking for help is very obvious, what else can you hesitate?
If the flames of war reach Daming, you and I will both go to prison for questioning. If your lord handles it properly and prevents the enemy from passing through the door, it will be a great achievement for the country and the people. "

Jian Da thought so deeply and made up his mind to send troops. He asked the generals under his command who was willing to lead troops into the court, but all the generals were afraid to speak out because there was no imperial edict, so a deputy commander named Zu Chengxun expressed his willingness to send troops Therefore, Jian Da will order him to lead his headquarters into the court.

At the same time, in order to clear up the responsibility, he told the Ministry of War that the situation in North Korea had become corrupt, and I had no choice but to choose people to send troops. How will your higher-ups deal with it, and quickly give a regulation.

After a few days, the text was returned, written by Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, saying that the emperor had confirmed the policy of lowering military force, and let them decide the specific details.

This document undoubtedly gave Jian Da a shot in the arm for mobilizing troops into North Korea, and sent another 1000 sergeants to North Korea. Up to now, a total of 3354 troops and 3522 horses have been sent to North Korea in three waves.

This is the team that Hao Jie prepared for Jian Da before, and they are all elite cavalry from Liaodong.

On June 6, when the first Ming army arrived outside Uiju City, according to etiquette, the King of Korea needed to meet the Heavenly Soldiers outside the city.

When he saw Guo Mengzheng, he couldn't help crying, he kept holding Guo Mengzheng's hand and saying "Huang En Wang Ji".It means daimyo is really nice to me.

At this time, Guo Mengzheng was just a tester, and he didn't know what to do with the attitude of the North Korean king, so he could only hurriedly waved his hands and said, "The order from the imperial court has not come down yet, we are the first group of people who came to help."

A moment later, under the reminder of his subordinates, Guo Mengzheng said to Li Yan, "Please take it with you in Yizhou at ease, the king of the county. If the Japanese pirates fight, we will fight. You only need to prepare food and grass for us."

Unexpectedly, Li Yan replied, "I came to Yizhou to wait for the arrival of the volunteer soldiers. Now that the soldiers have arrived, please help me gather the Liaodong ships so that I can cross the Yalu River and go to Daming."

What this said directly stunned our Guo Mengzheng to test Qianhu. The order he received was to assist North Korea to protect King Li Yan, but he didn't say anything about it.

After careful questioning, I found out that after Li Yan withdrew from Pyongyang, he had the idea of ​​fleeing to Daming to avoid disaster, but the minister strongly opposed it and kept saying [what the king can’t leave the country, the king who left the country is no longer King] and the like.

He still had some courage before, but after the Datong River defense line was breached with ease, he seemed like a bastard at the moment—he was determined to escape to Daming.

Even in the letter that Li Dexin brought with him, there was a formal message that he wrote to Liaodong Dusi and the Emperor of Ming Dynasty, which mentioned the enclosed matter.

As for the topic that the King of Joseon cannot leave North Korea, which is discussed by the officials, he intends to let Lord Gwanghae lead a group of ministers to stay in North Korea, and even go to Hamgyong Province to establish a branch dynasty. There are 4 towns in Jiangnan and [-] towns in Guanbei With nearly ten thousand elites, it shouldn't be difficult to resist the Ming Dynasty's troops, right?

But what he didn't know was that the elite of the six towns in Guanbei had died in Crane City a few days ago, and the four towns in Jiangnan were about to face the conquest of the elite Fengchun Army of the Japanese army. When the King of Joseon sent someone to contact Hamgyongdo , Hamgyong-do has become the "Niku" state in his mouth.

Guo Mengzheng was just a small official, and he didn't dare to make a decision on the request of the Joseon King Li Yan. He did send someone to inform Liaodong Dusi quickly, and Liaodong Dusi sent someone to appease Joseon King Li Zan.

The main reason is that North Korea collapsed too quickly. People in the Liaodong capital began to doubt whether it was true that there was a statement last year that North Korea contacted Japan. How can there be a country that lost 3 miles of land in 3000 months?
But Li Yan was very resolute. At that time, Emperor Wanli's approval did not come, so Jian Da had no choice but to allow the King of Korea to cross the Yalu River and stay in Kuandianbao to rest.

But this Li Yan was determined to attach himself. He not only wrote letters to Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty every three days, but also wrote a poem at this time.

The poem said: Who can Li Guozhong in the pale yellow day of national affairs.Go to Bin (bīn) to save the big plan and restore the battle with the princes.Weeping bitterly for Guan Shanyue, sad duck water wind.After today, the courtiers would rather change things.

After waiting for a month, Emperor Wanli was finally annoyed and sent the cabinet to reply:

[-]. You have to restrain North Korea and stand up for me. I will come to Ningxia soon after I solve it.

[-]. If you really can't stand it anymore, you can attach it inside, but you are not allowed to come to Beijing, and you can only take it with you in Kuandianbao.And the number cannot be many, only a few hundred people.

[-]. When the battle is over, go back where you came from.

It seemed that they were afraid that Li Yan would not understand what he meant, so the cabinet specially asked Yang Shaoxun to explain to Li Yan in person, reminding him that he is the king of Joseon, and everyone in North Korea is watching you. If you run away, North Korea will be in chaos. My army is coming.

As the author of Mingfen, at this time, from the perspective of future generations, it has always been difficult to understand why Daming missed such a good opportunity to annex North Korea.

But later, he made a guess in connection with the movement before and after the Wanli Dynasty. At that time, it was really not an opportunity for Wanli to accept North Korea's attachment, because he needed the symbol of the King of North Korea to give confidence to the North Korean army and people, so that he could delay until the end of the Ningxia Battle.

The king of North Korea, Li Zan, was also very cunning. After receiving the reply letter from the Ming court, he never submitted a letter requesting it to be attached, as if this was just a process.

Perhaps even if Ming Dynasty did not attack Ningxia at that time, the national power was full, rich and powerful; or Li Yan was really determined to be attached, even after the Ming court replied, he still submitted it, maybe it was delayed until after Ningxia was over, when the Ming army entered the court, Emperor Wanli Will really accept North Korea's enclosing request.

If this is really the case, North Korea may be an inalienable part of our country. However, history has no if.

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