In the late Ming Dynasty, rising from the grassland

Chapter 320 We still have to take the sea route
After Lin Rui decided to send troops to North Korea, he immediately transferred more than 4 North Korean servants who had been captured to the Northeast, preparing to serve as the vanguard after invading North Korea.

These [-] Korean soldiers have been digging coal in Datong for the past three years. Although it has been a bit hard and thousands of them have died, at least they have enough to eat, sleep well, and are not squeezed to death. In addition, they have learned how to Since they have learned Chinese, they will serve as cannon fodder and help manage North Korea in the future.

In addition to the [-] Korean servants and the [-] firearms and [-] cavalry escorting them, Lin Rui did not plan to recruit other troops to the Northeast.

Instead, they planned to focus on the Second Army Corps, with Huang Ben as the commander, and be responsible for the subsequent war against North Korea.

Of course, he also knew that if Jiannu and the Japanese really joined forces, this small amount of troops would probably not be enough. The main reason was that the Japanese had good combat effectiveness and had blunderbuss, which should not be underestimated.

However, the northern part of the peninsula is mostly mountainous, with complex terrain and difficult logistical supplies. In addition, the entire Northeast has been abandoned for a long time. In the past few years, only the Second Army has grown some rations, which is absolutely unable to support large-scale operations.

All supplies were transported from outside the customs, and the consumption was too great. One hundred thousand soldiers and horses was probably the limit, and any more would be uneconomical.

Lin Rui would never do anything like mobilizing troops and mobilizing troops, as Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty and Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty did in the past, when they mobilized the entire country and sent hundreds of thousands or millions of troops on an expedition.

In the past three years, Lin Rui has not thought about restoring production in the Northeast. However, the population loss in the north has been too serious due to the war for more than ten years. The population and land production in Guanzhong, Henan must be restored first, and finally the Northeast.

Therefore, if he wants to take over North Korea, he may have to take the sea route in the end. His plan is to first use the Second Army to attract the forces of both sides to the north, and then the army will directly land in Hanyang by sea and attack from the north and the south.

It is best to encircle rather than annihilate them, attract our country's troops to the peninsula continuously, and then use our strong national power to defeat them and reduce resistance to invade Japan in the future.

After all, a skinny camel is bigger than a horse. The three fleets have now been integrated. If they are concentrated, it should be possible to annihilate the North Korean navy first and then the Japanese navy.

And by gathering all the ships of the southern merchants and transporting supplies from the south of the Yangtze River, even supplying an army of one million people would probably not be a problem.

After all, the round trip by sea and land only takes a month at most. Compared with land transportation, sea and land consume almost nothing. Not to mention ancient times, it was also the most cost-effective method of transportation in previous lives.

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"Mr. Liu, please inform the ladies that I plan to go to Tianjin for inspection tomorrow. If they want to go and experience the rail carriage, they can come with us."

Lin Rui decided to go to Tianjin in person to see how the Navy Pier and Naval Academy were being built.

Although the construction supervisor has always been very efficient and reliable, it is related to the great cause of navigation, and he will have to deal with the navy of North Korea and Japan next, so he really can't rest assured if he doesn't go to see the three naval bases in the north in person.

As for the track carriage, it was built last year, and the roadbed from Tianjin to Beijing has been repaired. Currently, the wooden track has been laid for forty or fifty miles, and Lin Rui has long wanted to experience it.

"It's Your Majesty."

"I am going to inform you ladies and gentlemen, and at the same time I will send someone to prepare for the tour."

The person who answered was Liu, the first deputy general manager of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. After Mrs. Lu went to Jiangnan, Liu temporarily took over the position of general manager and coordinated all the yamen of the inner court.

In fact, even if Mrs. Lu comes back, Lin Rui plans to continue to let Liu be the general manager, and Mrs. Lu will just retire.

After all, the position of General Manager is too important. Ability is important, but the most important thing is to act fairly and without any selfish motives.

Now that Lu Waner has a prince, no matter whether Mrs. Lu has any selfish motives or not, Lin Rui cannot let her continue to lead the yamen of the inner court, so he plans to wait for her to come back and keep her as a vase in the harem like Zhang Yan. This is good for everyone. , so as not to cause unrest in the harem in the future and hurt everyone's feelings.

In order to prevent fights in the harem, the best way is not to give them any rights, so that they can't fight even if they want to.

After all, without helpers, no matter how smart and capable the concubine is, how much trouble can she make?

So Lin Rui set two rules for the harem from the beginning.

The first article is that the ladies in the harem, including the queen, have no right to directly punish and kill the maids, female officials and female guards serving around them. They can only be handed over to law enforcement prisons and punished according to regulations. If it involves the death penalty, it must be approved by the emperor himself. .In this way, the life and death of all the servants in the entire harem were directly in the hands of the emperor.

Without the threat to their lives, it would be difficult for those maids and female officials to risk their lives to confiscate their families and exterminate their families for the sake of their mother-in-law.

The second rule is that all the maids and female officials serving the empress will be rotated every three years, including personal maids. This will further restrict the empresses from cultivating their own confidants.

From now on, the concubines will just eat, drink, have fun, and be flower vases. Not to mention doing politics, they will not have a hand in matters in the harem.

Although the rights of the concubines in the harem were severely restricted, Lin Rui gave great compensation in other aspects.

That is, the concubines can travel out of the palace once a month and go home to visit relatives once every three years. At that time, they will be accompanied by special female guards and officials.

Of course, Lin Rui and Zhang Xiuying have no restrictions on the number of times they can go out of the palace for fun. Basically, they can leave the palace whenever they want, and they can do so at any time.

However, except for Ha Beier and Hai Lanzhu who frequently went out of the palace to ride horses and hunt, the others chose to stay in the harem.

After Ha Beier and Hai Lanzhu each had children, they began to restrain themselves and no longer dared to go out to play. At most, they could only ride horses on the pastures in the imperial city.

Obviously they were worried about being criticized in the future and affecting their children, so when they learned that they could follow Lin Rui out of the palace for inspections, almost everyone was overjoyed and chose to travel with him.

Even Zhang Yan couldn't hold back and wanted to leave the palace for a walk, let alone Zhang Xiuying and others.

After all, when we were on the grassland before, the sky was high and the sea was vast.

Early the next morning, Lin Rui led a group of concubines out of the city directly from the north gate of the palace and arrived at the rail station that had just been completed in the eastern suburbs.

"See Your Majesty, Long Live Your Majesty Long Live Long Live Long Live Your Majesty!"

"The empress is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old..."

The station has long been under martial law, and apart from the hundreds of researchers led by Wang Wu, only the guards of the Royal Forest Army are left.

After Lin Rui and the girls got off the carriage, Wang Wu quickly stepped forward to salute, while the others could only kowtow from a distance.

However, for these craftsmen, being able to see His Majesty and the Empress is truly a blessing that has been cultivated for hundreds of years, so they are all extremely excited.

Zhang Xiuying and others were all considered to have a rough background, so they were okay with such a public appearance. Habeier, Hailanzhu, Xiaocui, and Lu Waner were still looking around, curiously looking for the track carriage.

But Zhang Yan and the little princess used to be real queens and princesses, so they were still a little uncomfortable with this kind of scene, especially Zhang Yan, who was also covered with a veil.

"Well, let's all be flat!"

"Old Wang, how are the preparations?" Lin Rui waved his hand and asked Wang Wu after everyone stood up.

"Don't worry, your majesty. I have tested it repeatedly. The carriage and track are running very smoothly. I also checked it again and again this morning. There is no problem at all." Wang Wu quickly patted his chest and assured.

"That's good!"

Lin Rui nodded with satisfaction, and then eagerly led the girls towards the station.

(I’m not a eunuch, but I’ve contracted the flu these past few days. I have a cold, fever and cough. I really can’t write. I’m a little better today, so I’ll update one chapter first. I’m sorry.)
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