In the city of Hanyang, the capital of North Korea.

Xu Jing presented a letter of commission to Tang Yin, and Tang Yin was also surprised by the letter in his hand.

"Brother Bohu, congratulations, Your Majesty has appointed you as the general system of Jiliao, this Jiliao ground is the highest in your official position, and you can be said to be in the prime minister in the future, and the future is limitless." Xu Jing had great respect on his face.

Tang Yin said: "Isn't there any secret decree?" ”

Xu Jing was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I haven't heard of any secret decrees." ”

Tang Yin slapped the table and said, "Then what is this for us to do here?" After being on mission for so long and not doing anything, do you want us to die here? ”

The scene was a little awkward for a while.

Xu Jing came to congratulate Tang Yin on his ascension, but Tang Yin seemed to be feeling sorry for himself, so that the two of them were a little bit not speculative.

"Actually...... It's pretty good, too. Xu Jing's face was a little ashamed.

As the son of a wealthy family in Jiangnan, his family was originally wealthy and did not lack money and material things, but when he arrived in North Korea, he knew what it meant to be a superior person...... Here, even if he is just a deputy envoy, the North Koreans treat him as an ancestor, not to mention the good food and drink every day, there is no shortage of wine and wealth, and more importantly, he has face wherever he goes, and everyone wants to slap him up, which is sincere.

Xu Jing even felt that it was not a bad thing to stay in North Korea for a few decades.

Tang Yin said: "Then follow me into their palace and see the lord of Korea." ”

"You ......," Xu Jing reminded, "Wouldn't it be a little reckless for us to do this?" ”

Tang Yin said coldly: "Right now, we are going to send troops to Liaodong, and we have to send troops to the grassland, if North Korea does not send troops, then they are not worthy of being a vassal state to the Ming Dynasty, and it will be meaningless for us to do so." ”

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Inside the palace of the Joseon royal family.

Li Yi, the lord of the country, received Tang Yin carefully, and he couldn't even sit on an equal footing with Tang Yin, completely treating Tang Yin as his husband.

This also made Tang Yin a little embarrassed, people respect him, especially when he is still a childish child in front of him, and he once single-handedly raised this person to the throne...... All kinds of causes and consequences, he couldn't bear to take the throne of the young man in front of him like this.

"Mr. Tang, I have been studying the etiquette culture of the Ming Dynasty recently, and my usual teaching tells me that I must abide by the etiquette of Confucianism, so that I can govern one side well."

Li Yi speaks Chinese very fluently.

This also surprised Tang Yin.

After all, when we met before, Li Yi's Chinese was still very lame, but I didn't expect that every time we met, this child would improve.

Tang Yin said: "Your Royal Highness, let me make it clear, the imperial court sent me, mainly to cooperate with the imperial court to send troops to Liaodong and the grasslands to resist the Jurchens and Mongols, these Tartars have always been troubled in the borderlands, not only causing damage to the imperial court, but even your Korean country will suffer from their aggression." ”

"Yes." Li Yi said seriously, "I have discussed with the courtiers below, and they also believe that they should cooperate with Shangbang to eradicate border troubles. They agreed to transfer 5,000 soldiers and horses to Mr. Tang for dispatch. ”

"Five thousand? Too little! ”

Tang Yin saw that Li Yi was also sensible, and knew that he should give soldiers and horses, but this was the number...... Isn't this fooling people?

Immediately, Tang Yin thought of the time when the so-called five thousand soldiers and horses sent by North Korea and cooperated with him to hold on to Duobi City, which was really ...... Pit daddy.

Tang Yin said righteously: "I hope Your Highness can understand that Your Majesty means to let the DPRK do its best to do this, which is not only for the stability of Liaodong, but also for the stability of the Korean state." I think you should send 50,000 troops. ”

"No ......," Li Yi said in a panic, "We don't have 30,000 soldiers and horses." Too much. ”

"Then 20,000, no less, as long as you give me 20,000 soldiers and horses, I will take them out immediately, and the grain and grass will also be rationed by you, if it is delayed, when the war in Liaodong and the grassland is over, if you have not sent troops, Your Majesty will definitely send someone to hold them accountable, and when the time comes...... I don't want to see that either. ”

Tang Yin's expression was very cold.

That's a bit of a threat.

Don't give soldiers? No food?

Then don't blame me for being rude.

Li Yi looked very embarrassed, but still nodded and said, "I will seriously discuss this matter with the courtiers, and ask Mr. to give me a little more time." Recently, I have learned some of the cultures of the Central Plains, and I would like to ask my husband for some advice. ”

"There's no time."

Tang Yin waved his hand and said, "Please Your Highness immediately convene people to discuss, it is best to let me lead the troops to the battle tomorrow." If it doesn't go well, maybe I'll have to report it truthfully. ”

"Yes, yes." Li Yi could only be busy.

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Coming out of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Xu Jing sighed with a sigh: "Bohu, you are really brave and resourceful, see that you do not lose the face of the Ming Dynasty in front of the little king of North Korea, and you can make him obey." What a spirit? ”

Tang Yin was already a little annoyed, and when he heard this, he looked sideways at Xu Jing and said, "Have you ever thought about what we can do if he continues to drag it like this?" ”

"This ......" Xu Jing hesitated for a moment, and said with a reluctant smile, "We can use as many soldiers and horses as we give." ”

Tang Yin said: "Do you know why Your Majesty wants me to be the general system of Jiliao? ”

Xu Jing said: "This is Your Majesty's trust in you. ”

Tang Yin's tone still seemed very abrupt: "Your Majesty, this is for me to lead troops into North Korea and take the royal city of North Korea." There is no need to support the lord of the country or anything, and the most important thing is to make North Korea completely subjugated. ”

"That'...... Bohu, I think it's all good, but it's ...... North Koreans don't seem to be like us, what if they don't obey? The teacher is unknown. ”

Xu Jing also seems to understand the crux of the problem.

Tang Yin said: "Otherwise, why do you have to let us come?" If we want to be famous, we need to do something. ”

After speaking, Tang Yin looked at Xu Jing with slightly cruel eyes.

Xu Jing looked at this look and couldn't help but feel a little chill down his spine.

Tang Yin in front of him seems to be completely different from before, he used to be a mixed son, but now he ...... It's kind of that kind of decisive.

Xu Jing was even thinking, you won't slaughter me, and then say that the North Koreans did it, and then you will become famous in this way, right? It turns out that enjoying life in North Korea is not a good thing, and you still have to take this risk?

"I'm going to make a fuss about them sending troops." Tang Yin said, "Give them a deadline, we must send troops tomorrow, if we can't send troops, we will leave here overnight and return to Liaodong." ”

"Going back?"

Xu Jing was even a little reluctant.

Tang Yin said sharply: "When we are about to reach Liaodong, the soldiers and horses will be killed." ”

Xu Jing said: "What if they chase us?" ”

Tang Yin sneered: "The hundreds of guards under your command are all vegetarians?" At this time, we have even more reason to send troops. ”

"Hey ......"

Xu Jing wants to say, you are really a trick to eat all over the world.

At the beginning, it took a few hundred people to complete the subversion in North Korea, and this time you still want to draw a scoop according to the gourd?

I'm afraid that other North Koreans will also be guarded, how can it be so easy?

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Liaodong Town.

Yang Yiqing, the governor of Liaodong, was still deploying troops to complete the encirclement and suppression of the Jurchens.

On this day, others were in Fushun, and they had just met the people sent by Zhang Zhou to open the coal mine, and they were still thinking about whether to play with the imperial court on this, or even contact the traditional civil officials...... He also received a secret order from the emperor to send troops to the Korean border.

Peng Jian, the deputy commander-in-chief of Liaodong, received a message from Yang Yiqing and hurried to Yang Yiqing's tent to meet him.

"Your Excellency."

When Peng Jian saw Yang Yiqing, he also felt that he had seen a rare person, although Yang Yiqing was fighting in Fushun, but he rarely saw him in peacetime.

Yang Yiqing is not the same as Wang Shouren, a general who personally leads the troops into battle and does everything himself, Yang Yiqing pays more attention to remote planning...... Of course, letting him lead the troops in person does not seem to be procrastinating.

A character who advances and retreats to a certain extent.

Yang Yiqing said: "Mobilize 3,000 horsemen, equipped with guns and artillery, and move closer to the North Korean border." ”

"My lord, is this going to fight North Korea? Or is it ...... Want to go from the other way, diagonally behind the Jurchens? Peng Jian can also be regarded as a qualified general, and from Yang Yiqing's order, he analyzed that there are two possibilities.

Such a strange way of transferring troops is either to fight the Jurchens or to fight North Korea.

Yang Yiqing put down the secret decree in his hand and said: "Do you know that now that the Jiliao general system has been added, who is the first Jiliao general system?" ”

Peng Jian said: "It seems to be ...... Tang Shilang of the Ministry of Works. ”

"Do you know why His Majesty wants him to be the commander of Jiliao?" Yang Yiqing asked again.

Peng Jian said tentatively: "I heard that this person is Cai Guogong's fellow disciple, and he is a jinshi in the same year, or is he from the same list in Jiangnan......"

Yang Yiqing was stunned.

Even Yang Yiqing never thought that the relationship between Tang Yin and Zhang Zhou was so "close", it didn't matter if they were from the same family, they were still on the same list, but the treatment they received in the court was different, but they were also fellow villagers.

is not only a township party, but also a friendship and a classmate......

Yang Yiqing said with a heartfelt heart: "In fact, Your Majesty uses Tang Yin to control Jiliao, more because he is familiar with the situation in North Korea, and now the lord of North Korea was also appointed and supported by him on behalf of the imperial court. ”

Peng Jian said: "Your Majesty's intention is to use Jiliao to hold North Korea hostage, or even defeat North Korea?" ”

"That's what it means." Yang Yiqing didn't explain in detail, and he didn't bother to mention a person like these generals, and first think about the relationship between this person and the powerful.

Even a little disgusted with Peng Jian's mentality.

"You immediately transfer people close to the Korean border, if you meet the Jurchens on the way, you will face each other, and when the soldiers and horses are about to arrive, there will be new instructions for you, remember not to rush along the way, and at the same time not to be too public, especially not to arouse the alarm of the North Koreans."

"Yes."

"By the way, a batch of grain and grass will be allocated and transported to the northern part of Haixi, and I may have to return to Shenyang Zhongwei in the near future, and this side will be handed over to the generals below. In winter, the climate in the north is cold, and the war will not advance too much, and the matter here is ...... I'll leave it to you for now. ”

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Santun camp.

Zhang Zhou came out of the bedroom in the other courtyard, it was already midnight at this time, only a corridor in the backyard was still hanging lanterns, and in the north wind howling, Zhang Zhou looked at the snowflakes that had fallen outside, and probably knew that the war in the north had to end.

"Your Excellency."

Sun Shangqi brought the Caihuang clan to see Zhang Zhou.

Zhang Zhou just waved his hand, meaning that he would first let Sun Shangqi bring the Caihuang clan to a suitable place to speak, and he didn't have time to deal with this woman for the time being.

Then Zhang Zhou went to the front hall and saw Zhang Yong, who came from the dust.

"I've seen Mr. Zhang." When Zhang Yong saw Zhang Zhou, he looked extremely respectful.

Zhang Zhou said with a smile: "Father-in-law Zhang, you are a busy man, I see you, and I can rest easy about the war situation in the north and other things." ”

Zhang Yong hurriedly said: "Sir, you made fun of our family, our family just followed you and did something according to your orders, or the soldiers you sent can manage the soldiers and clean up the battlefield." And your foresight, and your strategic planning......"

Anyway, Zhang Yong came up to blow a rainbow fart at Zhang Zhou.

The two sat down, and then Zhang Yongcai sighed: "It is said that I came from the northwest, and this way ...... But it's hard. ”

Zhang Zhou asked, "I don't know what the situation is in the northwest?" ”

Zhang Yong seemed to be speechless, sighed, and said: "Just like that, there is no place where there is no shortage of soldiers and food. This is true even of Datong...... It looks like everything has improved, but it's still the same. Now the middle and high levels of the army are saying that you will be waiting for your new crop next year, so that the soldiers will have enough to eat. ”

Zhang Zhoudao: "The biggest trouble with the use of troops in the north has always been the lack of food, clothing, etc., and the soldiers still can't fight wholeheartedly, completely ignoring the tuntian and production, and the soldiers also need to eat and wear." ”

Regarding the situation in the northern frontier, Zhang Zhou, as the secretary of the military department, is very clear, and Zhang Yong, as a witness, is also a Qing.

It is said that after Zhang Zhou appeared, the living environment of the northern soldiers improved, but it was only at the strategic level, and there was basically no need to worry about the Tatars attacking from two heads in three days, or even being unable to defeat them.

However, because the tuntian field has not increased significantly, and the silver folding color method is still maintained, there are very few areas in the implementation of grain development, and the northwest Shangtun has not been redeveloped, and the traditional Wenchen of the DPRK and China intends to "accumulate grain to prevent hunger", to put it bluntly, it is deliberately starving the soldiers in the northwest, so that they will not have enough to eat and will not starve to death......

As a result, the soldiers seem to be beautiful, but in fact, they are all living a hard life.

Zhang Zhou said: "It's good that Grandpa Zhang is here, Jiliao really needs a capable person like Grandpa Zhang to assist." ”

Zhang Yong said tentatively: "Our family doesn't understand very well, Your Majesty asked our family to come, saying that it is enough to listen to you." But people from all walks of life have entered the grassland, and our family can either follow Xinjian Bo or follow the British Duke and come to your side...... Do you mean to cooperate with Jingshan Bo and Anbianhou? ”

Zhang Zhou smiled and shook his head, meaning neither.

Zhang Yongdao: "Just here to cooperate with that Tang Junmen?" ”

"He's in North Korea." Zhang Zhou reminded with a smile.

Zhang Yong's face was embarrassed.

He worked hard to get me to Jizhou Town, but he didn't say what I was asked to do, I wanted to make meritorious contributions to fight, and even wanted to win titles for my clansmen and my own status...... But isn't that a toss-up?

Zhang Zhoudao: "The focus of Liaodong's next step in governing the army is to completely eradicate the hidden dangers of the Jurchens, and then to completely subjugate Korea. Under the two, it is necessary for Gonggong Zhang to complete this matter...... Yang Peng and Yang Gonggong were in Liaodong before, and he was not competent, so he still needs Zhang Gonggong. ”

"He ......"

When Zhang Yong mentioned Yang Peng, he felt jealous in his heart.

Yang Peng went to Liaodong, just to gild.

And he ...... It's walking everywhere, it looks beautiful, but now Yang Peng is more beautiful than him.

But he didn't dare to complain, mainly because Yang Peng's starting point was much higher than him, he was originally a eunuch, and when he was appointed to supervise the army in Liaodong, he was just a steward. (End of chapter)