The reason why Wanli repeatedly urged Wei Liangchen to lead his division back to China to participate in the suppression of the rebellion was because of Yang Hao's advances.

After being appointed by the imperial court as the governor of Liaodong, Yang Hao immediately went to Beijing to take up his post. On the day he arrived in Beijing, he went to the palace to meet the emperor with the music that had been prepared more than a year ago.

When Yang Hao arrived, Huang Jiashan, the new secretary of the Ministry of War, was also there, and there was also Ma Tang, the eunuch of the Bingbi Eunuch.

Bingbi Matang is preparing the emperor's edict, just now, Wanli ordered the mediocre Liaodong governor Li Weihan to be reduced to the people, and Zhou Yongchun, the Shaoqing of Taichang Temple, was reassigned as the governor of Liaodong.

Zhou Yongchun has a good story, he has been smart since he was a child, loves to read, and often reads at night and stays up all night. His mother felt sorry for him and didn't let him do this. Zhou Yongchun used cloth to form a tent to block the light.

With such hard work, how can he not make great progress in his studies, so Zhou Yongchun ranked first in the children's examination and showed off his talent in the examination. At that time, Li Hualong, who was in charge of the affairs of Shandong Province's education, praised him and said: "This person is also a phoenix. ”

Zhou Yongchun was the first to enter the Shizhong, first served as the commander of Hongdong County, Shanxi, and then promoted to the Rite Department to the middle of the matter, Taichang Temple Shaoqing, and worked hard for the official.

Li Weihan, the former governor of Liaodong, was incompetent, and insisted on appeasing Jiannu without ignoring the actual threat, which led to today's catastrophe, Wanli issued an order to remove, and when the court discussed the successor, Fang Congzhe recommended Zhou Yongchun to Wanli, and immediately took office.

In addition to the personnel change of the governor of Liaodong, Wanli also personally made arrangements for the military generals in the border towns. The former Ningxia General Army, Li Rubai, who is now deposed at home, served as the Liaodong General Army and was responsible for the main suppression. The abolished general Du Song was appointed as the chief soldier of Shanhaiguan, Ma Lin was appointed as the chief soldier of Kaiyuan, Wang Ding was appointed as the chief soldier of Baoding, and the veteran general Liu Wei was ordered to serve in Liaodong from Sichuan.

After carefully looking at the transfer plan, Wanli supported his body and leaned on the side of the bed to write down the horse hall, and sent a message to the Ministry of Rites to North Korea, ordering it to send troops to recruit Jiannu.

"Emperor, is it an order?" Ma Tang was surprised by the emperor's words.

"Order."

Wanli glanced at Ma Tang unhappily, "I have the grace of rebuilding in North Korea, and its country is a vassal of my Ming Dynasty for more than 200 years, if there is no me, there will be no North Korea, can I still order him?" ”

"Yes, yes."

Ma Tang didn't dare to say anything more.

Huang Jiashan, who was on the side, listened to the emperor's attitude towards North Korea, but he didn't feel that there was anything wrong. Today's empty treasury, and even the recent rebellion in the eastern part of Liaodong, are actually affected by the Korean War.

If it weren't for the fact that the battle to aid Korea cost a million taels, and more than half of the elite of Liaodong were killed, how could there be today.

Although Huang Jiashan did not agree with his opinion on raising troops because the court and the central government, as the secretary of the military department, he still had to do his best, so he proposed whether the matter of paying silver could be levied by the household department once, and add 3 centimeters and 5 millimeters per mu to the field tax, so that he could get more than 2 million taels. It can be called "Liaojiao".

When Wanli was about to speak about Liao's salary, his stomach was fluttering, and he had to wave his hand to let Huang Jiashan and Ma Tang retreat temporarily.

Soon, the palace people came to serve with a gong bucket.

In the past few days, in addition to the previous dizziness, nausea and stuffiness, and weakness of legs and feet that made it difficult to get out of bed, Wanli had more diarrhea, and the emperor's body and bones looked thin.

The concubine was so anxious that the eunuch Cui Wensheng, who was in charge of the imperial pharmacy, and the people from the imperial hospital gave the emperor several medicines, but they couldn't stop diarrhea.

Cui Wensheng said to the concubine Niangniang privately that the emperor's diarrhea has nothing to do with what he eats, and it has nothing to do with the imbalance between cold and warm in the place where he lives, but emotions, not medicine.

After hearing this, the concubine was both panicked and scared, the emperor had diarrhea and could not be cured, this day goes down every day, who knows if it will be like this... That's it.

And the kid hasn't come back yet.

In a hurry, the concubine Niangniang asked Cui Wensheng and the imperial doctors to try their best to treat the emperor, and on the other hand, she started what she had always wanted to do but didn't dare to do.

The original eunuch palace people on the side of the Qianqing Palace were replaced by the noble concubines one after another, because they failed to serve the emperor well.

When Yang Hao came over, Wanli had already finished his convenience, and his face was painful. He should have rested, but Yang Hao had just taken over as the king of Liaodong Jingluo, and he, the emperor, would have to meet him no matter what.

"The matter of Liao's salary, as Huang Qing played, is handled by the household department."

Wanli first returned to Huang Jiashan on the matter of Liao's salary and asked him to do things by himself. After Huang Jiashan retreated, Wanli thought about it and instructed Ma Tang: "Spread the word to me, the household department must do its best to handle the affairs of Liao, and there should be no negligence." ”

"Yes, Emperor."

Ma Tang took the order and left, and only Yang Hao was left in the house.

Wanli actually didn't have anything to say to Yang Hao, he was sick again, so he symbolically said a few words of encouragement, asking Yang Hao to let go of himself after going to Liaodong and pacify the court as soon as possible.

"Gu Yun will be outside, and the king's order will not be affected. You Yang Hao is a strategy, not a general but a handsome, I have entrusted you with all the affairs of Liaodong, and you must not disappoint me as before. ”

After saying this, Wanli seemed to run out of strength, his eyelids naturally drooped, and his spirit was a little sleepy.

Seeing this, Yang Hao knew that the emperor was seriously ill and not a rumor that was circulating in the outside world, and he did not dare to delay the emperor's rest, but there was something that had not been done, so he still said: "Your Majesty, the ministers are appointed to Liaodong Jingluo, but the soldiers and horses to Liao are composed of various towns, whether it is soldiers or generals, the ministers are not very familiar, so the ministers want to ask Your Majesty to send a decree to recall the admiral and maritime eunuch Wei Liangchen, and tell the emperor led by him to return to the country and be controlled by the ministers." ”

Wanli waved his hand and said, "I heard that you are Wei Liangchen's teacher." ”

Yang Hao hurriedly said: "Before Wei Liangchen approached the monarch to raise his relatives, the minister liked his talent and accepted him as a disciple. ”

After a pause, "The minister asked to transfer Wei Liangchen's imperial army to return to the country, what selfishness does the minister have, but this imperial army is really elite, and has experience in fighting with Jiannu, and is also more familiar with Liaodong affairs, no more than other towns, so if the imperial army can participate in the war, the minister's chances of victory are greater." ”

Wanli on the hospital bed closed his eyes and pondered for a while, and allowed Yang Hao to play, and then urged Wei Liangchen to return to China with the imperial horse supervisor.

After all, gold and silver are heavier than state affairs.

Gold and silver can be obtained at any time, but if the state is broken, it cannot be cleaned up. Once it erodes, the gold and silver invested are even more bottomless.

It is also the best policy to prevent trouble before it happens, and let the imperial army under Wei Liangchen that defeated Jiannu twice come back.

But a few secret orders went to Japan one after another, but there was no reply from Japan, which made Wanli angry, and scolded your bastard son-in-law in front of the concubine Niangniang, who was ungrateful and full of white-eyed wolves.

"He's not all me today!"

The more Wanli thought about it, the more angry he became, his body and bones were not very good, and he was bedridden again.

The concubine Niangniang saw it in her eyes and panicked in her heart, and after her husband fell asleep, she called the purple girl and handed her handwritten letter to the purple girl.

More than a month later, Wei Liangchen, who had just learned that Edo Castle was broken, received a letter from the concubine, opened it, looked at the ruling palace not far away, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and muttered to himself: "Boy, our family won't play with you anymore, the old man is going to go into the wilderness." ”