The cabinet minister has always opposed the expansion of the army, and Zhao Han always agreed for the sake of finance. But as the territory continues to grow, the number of armies will inevitably continue to increase.

There are 18 infantry divisions with 12,000 men each. Among them, 10,000 soldiers, and the remaining 2,000 belong to civilian, engineer, and logistics personnel. The temporarily recruited civilians are only responsible for transporting grain and grass, while the regular engineers and logistics soldiers have corresponding professional qualities. For example, gunpowder, cannonballs, 10,000 enemies, etc., will not be handed over to the people to escort. Even if the moat is to be filled, it is the sappers who take the people to do things, and the efficiency is much higher than that of the pure people.

There are 5 cavalry divisions, each with 15,000 men. Among them, there are 12,000 soldiers, and the remaining 3,000 are all civilian and logistical, cooks, doctors, veterinarians, art troupes, horseshoes nailers, and saddle repairers. And the 12,000 soldiers, after several adjustments, are not all cavalry, there are also charioteers and artillery units, and charioteers can lead the soldiers and civilians to form a chariot formation.

There are cavalry in infantry divisions, infantry in cavalry divisions, and artillery is present in all of them, all of which belong to multi-arm coordinated forces. As for what it should be called, it depends on whether it is mainly infantry or cavalry, and several large cavalry divisions are all piled up on the northern border.

This is no longer a division, but a corps.

At this time in Europe, a mixed army of three or four thousand people could be named a certain legion.

The original coast guard was all integrated into the patrol system. This resemblance to the armed police force has a total of 270,000 people nationwide.

In addition, there are 5,000 imperial city guards.

Luzon garrisoned 3,000 troops in Datong, 1,000 troops in Baozhou, and 500 garrisons in Coconut City, Palembang, Malacca, Pattani, Yangon, Muhai (Bangkok), and Chittagong (the 500 garrison of Bintong Longna has been abolished).

Therefore, including the patrol and inspection units and the armed police force, the total strength of the army at home and abroad is more than 570,000.

If you count the city police force, it is even more terrifying, not to mention the peasant reserve in the countryside.

The envoy Dang Chongjun returned from Korea, and the imperial court immediately ordered preparations for war.

The troops stationed in Shanghai planned to dispatch 6,000 soldiers, all the artillery should be brought with them, and the cavalry would stay at home and set off after the summer storm had passed.

There were not many military rations prepared, and the people did not recruit them, leaving only the regular logistics troops and the navy responsible. Taking a boat from Shanghai to Hanyang, going back and forth by sea, and mainly intimidation, I really didn't plan to go deep into the mountains of Korea to fight.

Summer storms are frequent, and the Navy has been waiting for the day.

And the Korean monarchs and ministers, who were worried about the killing of the Datong army, also had a bit of luck, and at the same time continued to be busy with the cause of party struggle.

There was a young man named Park Se-chae in the Westerner Party, who openly declared: "Although the chaotic party is hateful, the new ideas of the Celestial Empire should also be used for reference." The Chinese Son of Heaven holds the "Datong Collection" and has the world, although it is not very in line with Zhu Zi's righteousness, but it also has its essence. I, the Korean Confucian scholar, should be the academic of the Celestial Empire. First of all, we should face up to Yang Ming's mind, and no longer dismiss it as an evil way. ”

Song Shilie, who is also proficient in Yangming psychology, immediately refuted: "The study of sex and reason is Zhu Zizhengshuo, and the study of mind is the left way." At present, there is a Chen Qu in China, talking about the unity of qi, reason, and mind, and it is the left way of the left! ”

Park Shicai said: "The stars are changing, the world is changing, Zhu Zi's learning is naturally correct, but my generation of Confucian scholars should also look at the current situation." You have never been to Nanjing, but you have been studying in Nanjing for four years, and Jinling Mansion and even the entire Celestial Empire can be described as changing with each passing day. ”

Song Shilie sneered: "At the time of the Ming Dynasty, China was orthodox and North Korea was Dongyi. Now the Datong Imperial Court has tampered with Zhuzi's sacred learning and promoted barbarian Western learning. Today's China has been razed from Xia, and our North Korea has been razed into Xia. This sect is reasonable, and it cannot be changed lightly. ”

Song Shilie wanted to defend Cheng Zhu Lixue, and also said that China had become a barbarian, and North Korea was the orthodoxy of Chinese Confucianism.

Park Se-chae went to Nanjing to study for four years, and was greatly shocked physically and mentally, so he wanted to promote the cultural and ideological emancipation of North Korea.

In the beginning, the two were still an academic dispute, but as officials continued to join, it quickly evolved into a factional struggle. The officials around Song Shilie advocated the steady implementation of the Datong Law, which was called the old school; The officials around Park Shicai advocated the popularization of the Datong Law nationwide, which was called the Shipai.

The Korean Taedong Law is the reform of the tax system in North Korea, which took 100 years in history to complete the promotion.

Today's North Korea, although it is engaged in the practice of apportioning the land into the acre, it is the local small landlords who are being executed. And the real two classes of nobles, even a policy similar to a whip law, were secretly obstructed and resisted by them.

The Joseon king was a supporter of the Taedong Law, and the old school could not overturn the results of the reforms, so they thought of slowness and destruction. The Shi faction, on the other hand, was more complicated, some in order to cater to the king, and some in order to revitalize Korea, and united to spread the reform throughout the country as soon as possible.

The old school soon gained the upper hand, and most of the aristocracy were reluctant to expand the scope of the reform. It is okay to let small and medium-sized landlords spread their land into acres, and it is okay to let other people's land be whipped, but the law can never be changed to themselves.

In the midst of the party struggle, not only were the kings and the faction suppressed, but the confinement of new ideas became more and more severe.

But all booksellers who dare to print heretical theories will be imprisoned!

When the small ships of the Taedong Navy sailed outside the city of Hanyang, the Korean monarchs and ministers were still engaged in party struggle, and they had no intention of preparing their troops at all.

"Are the Heavenly Soldiers really here?" Li Di was terrified in the palace.

Zheng Taihe, the leader of the Korean Dynasty (Shoufu), took a hundred officials to lie down outside the palace, and after the king appeared, the ministers shouted: "King, please punish the original party, so that you can apologize to the Heavenly Empire!" ”

"Didn't you say that you could be expelled from the court?" Li Di said angrily.

Zheng Taihe said: "This time, that time." If the soldiers have arrived outside the city today, whether they are guilty or not, the kingdom must apologize. The Celestial Empire is like a father, and Korea is like a son. The father blames the son, and it is also justified to be unreasonable. The son serves the father, both justifiably and unjustly. Today, the original party apologizes, which is not only loyalty, but also filial piety! ”

Li Di has always wanted to keep the original party, he has only been on the throne for more than half a year, but he has had enough of these guys in power.

The new monarch of North Korea, under extreme anger, actually broke the jar and broke it, and broke it on the spot: "Since the princes want to be loyal and filial, then simply be loyal and filial to the end, and North Korea will be attached to China in the future!" ”

"Don't do it, think twice!"

The ministers were shocked and kowtowed one after another.

When Japan invaded Korea, the king at that time was also in a mess.

The king threw his second son to the battlefield to resist, and he ran all the way to the Sino-Korean border, asking for the annexation of Korea to Chinese counties. This strange move confused Emperor Wanli, and even quietly asked people to paint a portrait of the king, thinking that this Korean king was a fake.

There are many Korean scholars who admire China, and there are also those who hope to be attached, but the powerful ministers are absolutely unwilling to be attached.

"Boom, boom, boom!"

The battleships were already shelling the city walls, and the army artillery began to set up positions.

Li Di, who was still clamoring to be attached just now, was frightened by the sound of artillery, and his face was panicked and hideous: "Then punish the original party, kill all the people who live in the city, and send the heads out of the city to apologize!" ”

It's a pity that after the original party was expelled from the court, many of them returned to their hometowns or lived in mansions outside the city.

Li Di searched and arrested in the city, and only cut off the heads of two former party members.

The messenger hung a basket out of the city, presented two heads, and was thrown directly into the Han River by the soldiers.

"Boom, boom!"

The shelling continued.

North Korea's poor navy has long since shrunk into the Han River and fled all the way upstream to escape. The Korean army trembled and defended the city, and was so frightened by artillery that they did not dare to take the lead, and the timid ones fled directly.

The DPRK also had artillery, but did not dare to return fire, because the king and the ministers did not give the order.

Once they fought back on the city wall, accidentally shelled and killed a few Datong soldiers, what should they do if they were beheaded as scapegoats in the future?

"The king, the head of the former rebel minister of the party was thrown into the river by the heavenly soldiers!"

When the news came, the faces of the Korean monarchs and ministers were like ashes, and they were stunned with big eyes and small eyes.

"Zheng Qing, tell me what to do?" Li Li was not scared away, and looked at his civilian leader.

Zheng Taihe stubbornly said: "Since the Son of Heaven wants Baozhou, then offer Baozhou." If the father wants to ask for the son's things, the son should offer them, but he can also be filial. ”

This is a land cut, and after the crisis is over, Zheng Taihe's position as the first assistant will definitely not be guaranteed.

Li Di asked: "Baozhou is already in the hands of the Celestial Empire, how can it be exchanged for the withdrawal of the Heavenly Soldiers?" ”

Zheng Taihe also said: "The army expanded by the previous king should also be disbanded, so as to prove that our Korea has no intention of rebellion." Compensation again...... and 10,000 taels of silver will be compensated as military expenses for the heavenly soldiers to cross the sea. ”

Li Di seemed to grasp a life-saving straw, and immediately asked Zheng Taihe to write a letter of apology.

It's all like this, and it's still a party fight, and it's the king himself.

Zheng Taihe, as the head of the hundred officials, is also the leader of the Westerners' Party. Li Di asked him to stand up and take the blame, Zheng Taihe had to take the opportunity to carry it, and he could take the opportunity to remove him afterwards - let other factions impeach Zheng Taihe and cut the land for glory.

The letter of sin was sent outside the city and torn up again.

"Boom, boom!"

The sound of artillery became louder and louder, and not only the naval guns were bombarding, but also the army artillery joined the battle.

The Korean monarchs and ministers were really frightened this time, they didn't know how many troops China sent, and thought that Zhao Han wanted to destroy North Korea directly. So surrounded by ministers, King Li Li ran away with the royal family, taking only the palace guards away, but letting the other troops continue to defend the city.

The Datong army did not want to destroy Korea, so it was too lazy to surround Hanyang, and the Korean monarchs and ministers easily ran away.

And the defending army, seeing that the king and the ministers had fled, began to surrender one after another.

"Is this going to be done?"

The commander of the army is called Jin Yanjun, who joined the Datong Army in Hunan and has now been promoted to deputy division commander.

His task was to intimidate the Korean monarchs as much as possible. But it didn't work out, a few artillery salvos, the Korean monarchs and ministers abandoned the city, and the defenders in the city also laid down their arms.

What the hell is this?

Jin Yanjun ordered: "Divide half of the soldiers into the city, and do not harass the people." ”

When the 3,000 Daedong troops entered the city of Hanyang, the Korean people were terrified, some fled from the north gate with their wives and children, and most of them hid at home and shivered.

Not long after, I saw that the notice of Anmin was posted that the Korean monarchs and ministers conspired to rebel, and this crime had nothing to do with the Korean people. The Holy Son of Heaven was merciful and ordered not to hurt the people in the slightest, and everything in Hanyang City was as before.

Gradually, some businessmen had the courage to open a shop, but there were really no Datong soldiers to harass them.

On the contrary, it was a Korean rebel, and some people took advantage of the chaos to rob and were caught and beheaded by the Datong army.

All this made the people in the city happy, and even some Korean scholars took the initiative to promote the benevolence and righteousness of the Celestial Empire.

(There is only one change.) ）

(I pulled out two wisdom teeth today, and the anesthetic was over, and it hurt so much that I didn't want to code.) Moreover, Lao Wang had pharyngitis, and he gagged when there was a foreign body in his mouth, leaving the dentist speechless, and the whole process was miserable and heroic. ）

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