The word "Joseon" was originally the name of the ancient eastern country, and the Goryeo Dynasty began to associate the country with "Joseon" and became its nickname. For example, in the late Goryeo period, Li Chengxiu's "Imperial Rhyme" introduced the country as follows: "Liaodong has a different world, and the fight is divided with China and North Korea. The flood waves are surrounded on three sides, and there are mausoleums in the north to connect like a line. The Chinese side is thousands of miles away from North Korea, and the shape of the rivers and mountains is famous for the sky. Ploughing the fields and digging wells to the righteous family, the Chinese inscribed as Little China. ”

Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Later Ming Dynasty, wrote in the edict to Goryeo: "The king of Goryeo is the king of Goryeo, and the world guards the ...... of Korea."

In 1392, Yi Chenggui overthrew the Goryeo Dynasty and established himself as the king, and the proposed country name plan "Joseon" (the ancient name of the country built by Jizi) and "Hunyong" (the birthplace of Li Chenggui) played the Ming Taizu Zhu Yuanzhang ruled that Zhu Yuanzhang chose the new country name "Joseon" on the grounds that: "The name of Dongyi, but the name of North Korea is beautiful, and its origin is far away, so it can be ancestral in its name." Titian herdsman, heir of Yongchang. ”

On February 15, the 26th year of Hongwu, Li Chenggui enshrined the holy decree of the Ming Dynasty and named the country Joseon. Since then, as long as it is a solemn occasion, the small Korean court will bear the name of the country as the full name, such as "Ariake Joseon". Since Yi Sung-gye established the Korean Kingdom, he established the basic national policy of the Ming Dynasty.

The official positions and titles of the Joseon Dynasty were called two classes, and the grades ranged from the first rank to the ninth grade, with a total of nine grades and eighteen grades. Among them, the three products are divided into the upper part of the three products hall and the lower part of the three products. Zhengyipin to Zhengsanpin Hall is called Tang Shangguan. Zheng Sanpin Hall down to Zheng Qipin is called Tang Xia Guan or Shen Shangguan. The following seven products are the subordinate officials.

In the military general system, the general is the first rank, the deputy general and the staff general are from the second rank, the main leader, the deputy leader, the staff leader, and the captain are from the third rank, the deputy lieutenant and the staff officer are from the sixth rank, and the main school, deputy school, and staff are decided separately.

Under the king of Joseon, there was an auxiliary organ, the parliamentary government, and its head was the "Lingyizheng", commonly known as the "leader". Under the leadership of the government is the left and right politics, commonly known as the "left phase" and "right phase", and the leader of the government is the same product. Then the next is from the first product or so in favor, and the second product is about the counselor. Then there are four products of the house, five products of the inspection of details, is eight products of the record. There were six cao (officials, households, rites, soldiers, criminals, and workers) under the council, which was equivalent to the six departments of the Ming Dynasty in the same period.

The local administration of the DPRK is divided into eight provinces, and the territory under the jurisdiction of the eight provinces of the DPRK has been basically stable since the 15th year of Yongle, with only some partial changes. Under the road are the capital of the palace, the pastor, the capital of the government, the county, the county.

The Joseon Dynasty implemented a system of civilian rule of the army and the separation of soldiers and generals, with no fixed generals and no fixed soldiers, similar to the reserve army that served in turn, but a non-reserve army.

In the early days of the founding of the DPRK, the DPRK had sufficient armaments, and at its peak it had an army of nearly 150,000 troops, all of whom were professional soldiers, and their combat effectiveness was considerable.

The military system of North Korea is dominated by the five-guard system, and the army is divided into five guards: Yiheungwei (middle guard), Yongxiangwei (left guard), Hu Benwei (right guard), Chung Zuowei (avant-garde) and Chungmuwei (rearguard).

The establishment of the military Cao and the five guards in the central government to take charge of military affairs and military orders is basically to imitate the Ming Dynasty's five military governorship system. In normal times, the five guards take turns to undertake the task of palace guards; During the war, the five guards went to the front to fight. The five-guard system is a military system that integrates soldiers and peasants, and its subordinate personnel are peasants in peacetime and soldiers in wartime, and the soldiers are self-sufficient in food, clothing, weapons and other materials, and the state has no financial burden to raise soldiers.

It's just that when the Imjin Rebellion came later, North Korea had been peaceful for a long time, its armaments were relaxed, and "people didn't know soldiers". During the Bingzi Rebellion, the Korean monarchs and ministers sought peace, and the army had no fighting spirit, and the troops of King Qin were also defeated by the Qing army.

In order to improve the military strength, the Korean monarch and ministers purchased Qi Jiguang's "New Book of Ji Xiao" and established the training capital supervisor, which became the most important military structure in the last 300 years of the Joseon Dynasty, opening the road to the professionalization of the Korean army.

However, in Liu Yan's view, these efforts are just North Korea's sticks deceiving themselves, and basically have no effect on the improvement of North Korea's military strength.

At the beginning of October, Liu Yan led more than 400,000 elites from the Third Army to the Sixth Army of the National Defense Army and the Eleventh Army to the Sixteenth Army of the National Defense Army to the west bank of the Yalu River.

At this time, the banks of the Yalu River were already cold and windy, and with the severe cold weather of North Korea in winter and the cruel weather of the Xiaoice River now, it was not the best time to attack North Korea.

When Liu Yan led the army to the riverside, he did not rush directly into the territory of Korea, but deployed the officers and men of the national defense army along the line of the Yalu River, from Dadian Fort, Yongdian Fort, and Changdian Fort in the north, to the dangerous mountain fort, Tangzhan fort, Zhenjiang fort and other places in the south.

The Beiyang Fleet led by Chief Military Officer Shi Daxuan has also arrived at the shore, and Zhangzi Island near the mouth of the Yalu River is used as a place for the transfer of grain and grass for the Ming army.

At the same time, in accordance with Liu Yan's order, Shi Lang, the staff general of the first detachment of the Beiyang Fleet, made a direct attack, fired the "first shot" of entering Korea, led his troops to seize Phi Dao, and took this important stronghold off Tieshan in North Korea as a gathering place for the main force of the Beiyang Fleet, so as to put pressure on the Korean state.

Now Liu Yan's Chinese army is set up in Zhenjiang Fort, which is the Dandong City of later generations, and at this time it is the military town of Liaodong, the castle is relatively complete, and it is also very close to the Yalu River, which is convenient for Liu Yan to command the armies to fight.

At this time, in the fort city, Liu Yan was in the Chinese army in an original general office, and all the commanders of each army had arrived, ready to participate in the first military meeting after the transfer of the army.

Zhang Yi, chief officer of the Third Army of the National Defense Army, Wang Bo, chief officer of the Fourth Army, Shen Tuo, chief officer of the Fifth Army, Miao Shao, chief officer of the Sixth Army, Han Qin, chief officer of the 11th Army, Wei Han, chief officer of the 12th Army, Shang Zili, chief officer of the 13th Army, Tian Zhenbei, chief officer of the 14th Army, Zheng Chenggong, chief officer of the 15th Army, Chen Hui, chief officer of the 16th Army, and Shi Daxuan, chief officer of the Beiyang Fleet, all arrived and everyone gathered together to wait for Liu Yan to give orders.

Liu Yan exchanged a few words with everyone, and then went directly to the topic: "Today's military discussion is not about deploying to attack North Korea, but to let the officers and men of all departments rest on the spot with peace of mind, and our army will not enter North Korea to fight in a short period of time." ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was surprised, hundreds of thousands of elites had been assembled, and the three-month money and grain raised by the imperial court had also been transported, why didn't they fight again?

Liu Yan looked at everyone's puzzled and unwilling expressions, and said: "It's winter now, and the winter in North Korea is even colder than in Liaodong, and in such weather, it is impossible to end the battle in three months." Even in the cold weather, wind and snow, our army's strategy of forcing Korea to surrender by war did not necessarily succeed. ”

"Therefore, Bengong decided to postpone the attack on Korea, and preliminarily set it for after the beginning of spring next year. In these few months, my father has to do the rest of the things first. ”

When everyone heard this, their expressions were different, and Shen Tuo said worriedly: "Pavilion Elder, now the money and food provided by the imperial court to the army can only last for three months, how can you hold on until the beginning of spring next year." ”

Zhang Yi also said: "And after the spring next year, whether the imperial court can raise enough money and food for the army is unknown, if our army is short of money and food next year, won't the time for attacking Korea be postponed again?" ”

Zheng Chenggong frowned and said; "In this way, the North Korean side will have plenty of time to make pre-war preparations, which is very unfavorable to our army."

Liu Yan nodded, now that all of his subordinates have grown up, they can be on their own, and they all have a sense of the overall situation, and they can think about problems from all angles.

"What you said is very correct, but with North Korea's current national strength, it will take a few months to prepare for the war, in fact, it will not have much impact on the war situation. These effects are more harmful to our army than the weather in North Korea in winter. ”

"As for the issue of money and food, my father has been thinking about it for the past few days, and finally came up with a solution."

Everyone suddenly came to their senses, it turned out that Liu Yan had made some preparations for postponing the attack on North Korea, and he had already made preparations in terms of money and food.

"This duke is going to send an envoy to Seoul to negotiate with the Korean state, and ask the Korean state to compensate the Ming Dynasty for supporting the Manchu Qing Dynasty!"

When everyone heard this, they immediately burst out laughing, judging from the current situation of the Ming army's troops, most of the Korean king Li Liang would spend money to eliminate the disaster. It's just that Li Liang definitely couldn't imagine that Liu Yan just wanted to use North Korea's money and grain to fight North Korea.

Wang Bo asked, "Pavilion Elder, who is better to let this envoy be?" ”

Liu Yan said: "My father has sent a letter to the cabinet to recruit Gao Hongtu, a squire of the Ministry of Finance, to serve in the army and serve as an envoy to North Korea. ”

Everyone was stunned again, Gao Hongtu's official position is enough, but this person's ability is also a middle-class talent, can he be competent?

Wang Bo said: "Pavilion Elder, why don't you transfer someone from the army as an envoy, will Gao Shilang be too soft?" ”

Everyone looked at each other and smiled, wondering if Wang Bo was insinuating something.

Liu Yan said: "Gao Hongtu is in charge of the operation of the money village in the Ministry of Finance, and recently he has also begun to take charge of the military expenditure calculation of the Ministry of Finance, so he has a good understanding of the money and food needs of our army. In addition, this person was originally a six-department official of the Nanjing Imperial Court, which was more than enough to deal with those courtiers of the Korean State. ”

Since Liu Yan said so, everyone naturally has no opinion.

Then Liu Yan said to everyone: "In addition, my father has also drawn up a reward strategy, and he has sent someone to the capital." In the few months before the attack on Korea, the Duke had to win all the rewards from you, and at the same time, he also had to make arrangements for the reconstruction and defense of the Andong Prefecture, the Hanhai Prefecture, and Liaodong, so as to solve the worries of the war in Korea. ”

Everyone was overjoyed when they heard this, Zhang Yi, Wang Bo and others were already marquises, even if the official position could not be promoted this time, at least the title could be further advanced, a duke canonized, it was the glory of several generations, enough to create a martial arts family!

Thinking of this, everyone seemed to be drunk, and even Shen Tuo, who didn't talk much on weekdays, was whispering to Miao Shao and Wang Bo around him at this time.

Liu Yan laughed when he saw this, the reward strategy he drew up took a lot of thought, which of these subordinates has made great achievements for the Ming Dynasty, and now everyone is already a chief military officer, and if he is promoted in an official position, he will be the governor.

Although in Liu Yan's plan, there are far less than a dozen governors divided into various parts of the Ming Dynasty, but Liu Yan has established two capital protection mansions, and there will be more capital protection mansions and capital governors in the Ming Dynasty in the future, so Liu Yan is not worried about not being able to arrange these old subordinates.

It's like building aircraft carriers in later generations, and some people are always worried about what to do after China's 34 provincial names are used up?

These people don't want to think about it, when China has 34 aircraft carrier squadrons, the 35 provinces will naturally "return" smoothly.

At this time, it is the same, when all the governors and protectorates of the Ming Dynasty have been established, and the eyes of the Ming Empire begin to look outward, the next new province will naturally be merged into the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Governor's Mansion can also continue to be built.

At the military meeting that day, Liu Yan also issued an order to all units to conduct training, and the next national defense forces will be stationed by the Yalu River for a few months, and the officers and men of all departments should use this time to strengthen drills, familiarize themselves with the weather, water and soil near North Korea, and prepare for the large army to enter the Korean War.

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