53. The DPRK envoy came
Xiao Ruxun was taken by a stroke like this, like a stone thrown into the ancient well, and after a few rounds of ripples, it was silent, and now the civil officials are in full swing preparing how to suppress Ye Mengxiong, who may threaten the balance of the government this time, this is the existence that can most threaten their vital interests, and they must be dealt with carefully and properly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
But soon, they didn't have much energy to try to deal with Ye Mengxiong.
Two days before Ye Mengxiong and Xiao Ruxun arrived in the capital, on the fifth day of the sixth month, the letter of state of the king of Joseon finally arrived in Beijing, and was conveyed to the military department through the General Administration Department, and later to the cabinet elders.
Zhao Zhigao, the acting first assistant, was the first to see this letter of state, as well as the envoy of the king of Korea who came with this letter of state with a panicked and anxious face, and the envoy of the Korean defense who had been in the capital for a long time earlier, and the two of them launched a tearful offensive together.
"What? The Japanese army is attacking your country? Your country can't resist, it's losing its capital in a month? How is this possible? ”
Zhao Zhigao was very stunned.
"It's not a lie! Zhao Ge Lao! This is not a lie! The Japanese soldiers and horses were strong, and on April 12 they suddenly landed in our country to launch a surprise attack. Even the capital of the country, Han Kyoto, has been lost, Wang Shizi was captured, the king took refuge in Pyongyang, and asked the Ming Dynasty to pay tribute every year in our country, and send troops into the court to help our country repel the Japanese invaders! Reclaim my territory! ”
Zheng Yi, the envoy of the king of Korea, knelt on the ground, trembling and asked Zhao Zhigao for help.
Zhao Zhigao didn't react for a while, but after reacting, he looked at the surprised bachelor Zhang Wei, stood up with a wry smile and stepped forward to help Zheng Yi, and asked, "Your country is the strongest in the east, why did you suddenly fall into the Japanese invaders?" Besides, your country has a large population, and there are more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, why did it collapse at the first blow and fall into such a fate? Even the capital has fallen? ”
Zheng Yi lay on the ground again and cried: "The Japanese invaders sent troops before they declared war, most of our country's cities were attacked by the Japanese invaders without defense, and the army was in the north to guard against the Jurchens, and the southern border could not draw too many troops to deal with the Japanese invaders, which made the Japanese take advantage of it, and even captured our national capital, our country lost face, and did not ask for anything else, but only for the Ming Dynasty to see that our country has always been obedient to the vassals, and send troops to help!! ”
Zhao Zhigao was flustered by Zheng Yi's crying for a while, and looked at Zhang Wei, the only colleague on the side, Zhang Wei shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "Envoy Zheng, you get up first, don't cry first, sending troops to fight is not something you can cry about, it involves a lot, even if we send troops immediately, it will take two months at the earliest to enter your border to fight, isn't it?" You are crying like this now, you can't even speak clearly, but how is it good to call the old man? ”
Zheng Yi felt that it was the same, so he stopped crying, got up from the ground and stood on the ground, bowed his head and respectfully asked Daming to send troops to help, and asked him what he couldn't say clearly.
This made Zhao Zhigao and Zhang Wei very confused, so they invited Shi Xing, the secretary of the Ministry of War, and also found the staff of the cabinet to listen to Zheng Yi's description together.
Shi Xing had already called Shen Dian and Zheng Yi to the Ministry of War to ask about it, and felt that there were a lot of suspicions, but now they have made trouble in the cabinet again, which made Shi Xing very unhappy and did not give them any good looks.
A cabinet clerk pointed out his problem after listening to Mr. Jung's cry.
"If your country is asking for help, why don't you mention the fall of the province in the month and day? What battles took place? How many soldiers and horses were lost? Who of the generals died in battle? Who is the courtier? You don't say anything, just ask for help, and you don't even know the geometry of the Japanese army, how about calling me Ming? Even if you want to send troops, you must at least know the geometry of the Japanese state to send troops in order to decide the number of troops, right? ”
Told by this, Zhao Zhigao frowned, and his face became ugly.
"Envoy Zheng, your country has always been a powerful country in the east, guarding the eastern frontier for my Ming Dynasty, and the Japanese country is a small foreign country, with a population of only one million and no more than 100,000 soldiers and horses, even if you send troops, how many can you send?
It is understandable that your country was not prepared at the beginning, but on April 12, the Japanese sent troops, and you lost the capital on the third day of May? From the town of Busan in your country to the national capital, even if you have a few troops harassing along the way, you can't ask the Japanese to take the national capital so smoothly, right? ”
Zheng Yi saw that the first assistant of the Ming Dynasty actually doubted his words, and he was frightened for a while, and he didn't know what to say, and such an attitude could only make the cabinet ministers more suspicious of this matter, and some people even asked whether it was a conspiracy between the Japanese State and North Korea to plot against my Ming soldiers? Offered to torture this person, ask to understand, and see if he is a spy of the Japanese Kingdom!
Zheng Yihe Shendian was so frightened that he knelt on the ground and cried, crying that he had never lied, and that North Korea had no intention of betraying the Ming Dynasty, and asked the Ming Shoufu and His Majesty the Emperor to investigate and send troops to help!
Zhao Zhigao saw that he was crying really, not like he was fake, Mr. Confused was confused again, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he had to submit this letter of state and the opinions of the cabinet to His Majesty Wanli, asking the emperor to make a decision.
Zhu Yijun was thinking about how to arrange Xiao Ruxun after he arrived in the capital, when he suddenly heard that the North Korean envoy had brought a letter of state to ask for help, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.
According to the information sent by Jinyiwei and the information sent by overseas Chinese maritime merchants in the coastal areas last year, Zhu Yijun basically determined that it was true that the Japanese people had entered Korea, so he made such and such preparations, but someone in the cabinet pointed out that what this envoy said before and after was really contradictory.
He did not mention where Korea was defeated and where it fell, which generals died in battle, which courtiers died, how many soldiers, horses, grain and grass were lost, and so on.
There were also people in the cabinet who thought that this might be a conspiracy of the joint efforts of the Joseon and the Wa Kingdom, and a conspiracy to bring the soldiers of the Great Tomorrow into Korea and then attack the Ming Dynasty itself.
Regarding this kind of fantastical thinking, Zhu Yijun shook his head.
He is very helpless and dissatisfied with these civilian officials who are infighting and fighting in foreign wars, the intelligence has reached this point, the intelligence of the Liaodong Metropolitan Division Jinyiwei is completely corresponding, and the information brought back by the local people from Japan, isn't this enough to explain the problem?
One mind is buried in the matter of establishing the prince, you are really enough!
The Central Plains Dynasty didn't really care much about the war between Japan and Korea, according to the national strategic guidelines pursued by the entire Central Plains Dynasty, the protection of the Central Plains was the most important, no matter how Korea and Japan fought, as long as it didn't involve China, it didn't matter, but once it involved China, it threatened the interior of the Ming Dynasty, and the painful memory of the Japanese rebellion decades ago stimulated the heart of the Ming Dynasty.
As soon as the intelligence came, Zhu Yijun instantly analyzed the ambitions and goals of the Japanese, so as to continue to collect intelligence to prepare, while constantly arguing with the courtiers for the prince, he also paid enough attention to the issue of national security, such as ordering the local soldiers and horses in Liaodong to "act with cameras".
Of course, Zhu Yijun does not know the specific information about the geometry of the Japanese army, the distribution of the various troops, and the extent to which the battle was fought.
Wa country! Wa country!
A few cold glints burst out of Zhu Yijun's eyes.
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