"So, Wei Liangchen went to North Korea?"

After listening to Zhang Cheng's report, Wanli on the hospital bed rarely showed a little smile, "This kid still has a little conscience." ”

In this regard, Zhang Cheng neither praised nor refuted.

Regarding Wei Liangchen's affairs, his father-in-law Zhang was grinning in his heart. Some things are not clear to others, can he be unclear about his father-in-law?

But the clearer this is, the more panicked I become. Especially the emperor's condition doesn't seem to be getting better at all, what if the emperor is not there one day and the East Palace ascends the throne, how will Wei Liangchen's matter end?

Make trouble, it's good to have his father-in-law!

The concubine is also there, and she will be watching the fire by the side alone.

To say that the concubine Niangniang also tried her best for her husband's illness, she did everything herself, and even watched the matter of boiling the decoction, which really moved Wanli, and she felt more and more guilty about her suspicion that the concubine was harmful to the prince.

Because it was not the emperor who saw the courtiers of the foreign court, the concubine did not avoid it.

In the scent of medicine, Wanli suddenly sighed lightly and said, "Li Hui has always complained about me, but I can't be blamed for what happened back then,"

"You can't blame the emperor." Zhang Cheng said.

At that time, North Korea asked Li Hui to set up a prince, and Wanli originally agreed, because this Li Hui showed his talent in the battle against the Japanese, but because he was the second son, and the DPRK and China were also in trouble because of the country, it was impossible for the Ministry of Rites to agree to the bad head of North Korea to open the second son as the prince, so the fact that Li Hui succeeded to the throne was affected by the dispute between the Ming Dynasty and the country, not that Wanli disagreed.

However, the Ming Dynasty finally recognized the legitimacy of Li Hui's succession to the throne and canonized him as the king of Joseon, so Li Hui should no longer hold a grudge against the Ming Dynasty.

However, all indications show that Li Hui, the king of Joseon, is still hostile to the Ming Dynasty. After he succeeded to the throne, he did not obey the Ming Dynasty in many affairs, went his own way, and put Yan'an Jin under house arrest without authorization, which made Wanli really not have a good impression of Li Hui.

This also indirectly led Wei Liangchen to privately lead his army into Korea to ask for the so-called war reparations, Wanli rarely put aside the face of the suzerainty of the Celestial Empire and acquiesced.

It can be regarded as a little beating for Li Hui.

If Li Hui's father was replaced, Wanli would not be so "faceless" anyway.

Zhang Cheng continued: "Emperor, Wei Liangchen's secret recital says that the Korean side has unconditionally agreed to join the slave-fighting coalition and voluntarily bear all the expenses required by the coalition army. ”

"What voluntarily?"

Wanli laughed, "He just relied on my pro-army to support him, and he was also a fake tiger, otherwise North Korea would listen to him like this?" ... Hey? What coalition forces? ”

Zhang Cheng hurriedly read Wei Liangchen's secret recital to the emperor, which said that Wei Liangchen had contacted a total of eight countries, including Korea, Japan, Ryukyu, and Annam, to form a coalition to crusade against the rebels in Jianzhou.

"I am in the civil strife, why do you need any coalition forces, what is Wei Liangchen doing?" Wanli was a little unhappy, but the Ming Dynasty pacified the civil strife but created an Eight-Nation Alliance, which is not a joke for the feudal states to see the Ming Dynasty.

Zhang Cheng glanced at the secret music and said, "Wei Liangchen said that these countries are all vassals of my Ming Dynasty. If the vassal is in trouble, the suzerain will save him. If the suzerain has something, the vassal should also go all out. What is this called having contacts and contacts, saying that only by giving together to each other can we form friendship forever and consolidate the foundation forever. If there is only one effort, the relationship between the two countries will never be truly maintained. ”

"There is some truth to that,"

Wanli thought of Wei Liangchen and his North Korea's compensation for the Ming Dynasty's military expenses, and thought carefully that if something happened to this vassal, it would all depend on the free assistance of the Ming Dynasty, but the Ming Dynasty had something to do but ignored it, and in the long run, how many belongings would the Ming Dynasty have worth consuming.

And don't you look like a fool who can let people cheat money at any time?

"But when did Spain, the Netherlands, and Portugal become our Ming vassals?"

Wanli was a little surprised, the foreign ministers came, and the Ministry of Rites had already mobilized the people, so there was no movement at all. Immediately felt funny, it was estimated that Wei Liangchen had made up a face-saving matter by himself, so he didn't ask deeply.

As long as he can take the emperor's army to help Yang Hao level Jiannu, he will be considered a great achievement.

"How's the matter with the transfer of troops from the military department?"

Wei Liangchen, who was far away in Japan, led his army to Korea, and Wanli had to figure out the situation in this part of the country.

But Zhang Cheng said: "Emperor, only Xuanda, Shanxi and other towns have already set off to aid Liao soldiers and horses, and other roads are still being prepared. ”

Wanli was angry when he heard this, and said angrily: "My will has been issued for more than a month, but the towns have been delayed for a long time, what are the thoughts of An!" Zhang Cheng, pass on my will to Yang Hao, if there is any disobedience below the chief military officer, he can be engaged in accordance with military law and immediately beheaded! ”

After Zhang Cheng went to deliver the decree, the concubine Niangniang came over with the decoction medicine to serve her husband to take the medicine, and mentioned that Wei Liangchen had asked the Korean state to fully support the Ming Dynasty to quell the rebellion, so as to give him an official identity in order to better coordinate the coalition forces.

"What kind of identity?"

Wanli pondered the question raised by the concubine, Wei Liangchen'er's official identity is now the admiral maritime eunuch and the Jiangnan town guard eunuch, and the positions of these two inner courts cannot interfere in the military affairs of Liaodong and the state affairs of Korea, so it is a bit unjustifiable to say that Wei made trouble in Korea. And after returning to China, it is not easy to coordinate with the generals of Liaodong.

Yang Hao asked Wei Liangchen to return to the country, originally in order to have a command of soldiers and horses, if the imperial army and the soldiers and horses of Liaodong could not be coordinated, then the original intention of returning to the country would be a fork.

Wanli pondered whether he could give Wei Liangchen the position of a eunuch supervising the army, but this eunuch could only supervise all the soldiers and horses, and it was impossible to supervise the whole army, which was the ancestral system. Even Wang Zhi of the Chenghua Dynasty back then could not be able to supervise the army, but where to supervise.

was making a difficulty, but the concubine said: "According to the concubine, why don't you add a Liaodong town guard eunuch, so that he also has the right to watch the affairs of Liaodong, and all the generals will also give him face as the town guard eunuch, and Yang Hao can also explain it." ”

Wanli nodded, thinking that the concubine's idea was good, there was no eunuch in Liaodong, but now everything is urgent, as long as it can solve the problem, it doesn't hurt to give one more.

At that moment, he ordered the chamberlain to prepare the decree and ask the celebrant to hand it out with a seal.

According to the eunuch system of the town guard, Liaodong is a big town, and the grade bento is the highest four grades in the inner court, and the red robe can be awarded.

On the other hand, the emperor's strict order was to go down, and the soldiers and generals of the towns also obediently rushed to Shanhaiguan, but new problems appeared.

After Yang Hao's inspection, only the Ma Lin Department of the soldiers who were successively assembled in Shanhaiguan in various towns was selected, and the quality of the officers and soldiers brought by the soldiers in the rest of the towns was uneven, and some of them were old and weak soldiers, so where could they participate in the war.

The matter was quickly reported to Wanli here, and Wanli had to issue a strict decree again, ordering the governors and officials of all places to strictly order the officials of all towns to select elite soldiers and horses to arrive at Liaobian. If there are still old and weak people, false registration quotas, and those who do not stay will be dealt with severely.

Finally, after a delay of several months, the generals drawn up by the Ministry of War arrived in Liaodong.

Yang Hao, Wang Keshou, the governor of Jiliao, Zhou Yongchun, the governor of Liaodong, Chen Yuting and others jointly agreed on the date of departure.