Zhu Yijun soon received a memorial from Ye Shixin asking the court to exempt Ding Yinjue from areas where large-scale Japanese invasion would occur in the future. peep
"This guy actually thinks about the people. He should send it to the cabinet and put his name on the screen."
Zhu Yijun also said with a smile.
The cabinet's draft memorial to Ye Shixin was discussed by the Ministry of Household Affairs, and it was asked to consider how to use this matter to avoid Japanese invasion.
After the meeting, the Ministry of Household Affairs reviewed the original text and suggested that only half of the fees should be waived first, and the half collected should be used as silver rewards for officials and people who have contributed to the Japanese invasion, so as to encourage the people to actively guard against Japanese invasion for not paying the small amount of silver. thing.
After Zhu Yijun read it, he didn't say anything. He just asked the Supervisor of Rites to send the proposal from the Ministry of Revenue to the cabinet.
The cabinet voted again to make it feasible.
Only then did Zhu Yijun ask the Supervisor of Ceremonies to approve it, and then formed an imperial edict. peep
Throughout the entire process, the emperor Zhu Yijun did not have to personally provide specific approval opinions. He was only responsible for whether the approval opinions that were finally drafted by the cabinet would eventually become an imperial edict.
This greatly reduced Zhu Yijun's workload and made the handling of government affairs more reasonable and practical.
This is not just the case with Ye Shixin's memorials.
The entire war to conquer Japan did not end with Zhu Yijun personally doing any specific things. After he had already approved the Privy Council's request to conquer Japan, the bureaucratic group represented by the Privy Council began to carry out the campaign to conquer Japan in an orderly manner. thing.
As early as the eighth year of Wanli, the Privy Council requested an order to give Wu Weizhong the power to contact North Korean officials at an advantageous rate and recruit North Korean people and material resources.
After the final meeting at the political affairs hall, Zhu Yijun issued an order in March of that year to let Wu Weizhong serve as the governor of Qianshi and the censor of Youqiandu, as the envoy to the military and civilians of North Korea and the general military officer guarding North Korea, which was referred to as North Korea. Xuanfu envoy and chief military officer of North Korea.
Among Wu Weizhong's official titles, there is a civil servant named Youshidu Yushi, which is to facilitate Wu Weizhong to manage the civil affairs of the garrison in North Korea, and has the power to directly impeach the Korean vassals, so as to encourage the Korean vassals to cooperate more with the Japanese conquest. thing. peep
This can be regarded as the situation where Ming Dynasty once again had military generals holding civilian posts.
Originally, this situation only occurred in the early Ming Dynasty. Now that it has appeared again, it can be regarded as the civil and military system in the Ming Dynasty has really tended to control the civil and military forces again, instead of using civil society to control the military since Tumubao.
Of course, Zhu Yijun's ministers in power were willing to increase the power of military ministers in this way only because Wu Weizhong was working in a foreign domain and had special circumstances, so they were willing to do so. At the same time, the current ministers in power were all regarded as reformist civil servants such as Zhang Juzheng and Fang Fengshi. Lord, their grudge against the military minister is not that important at all.
Because they pay more attention to cultivating military ministers and strengthening national military ethics, rather than sacrificing national military ethics to restrict military ministers.
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In addition, Qi Jiguang also ended his official position as Prime Minister Ji Liao in the ninth year of Wanli, and was promoted to the left governor and deputy privy envoy of the Fifth Army Governor's Office, the right minister of the Ministry of War, and the right deputy governor of the capital. The commander-in-chief of the war went to Busan that year and set up his own administrative office in Busan.
In order to win the war against the Japanese as much as possible, Zhu Yijun and his ruling ministers indeed made the most enlightened decision. They made Qi Jiguang directly the commander-in-chief and concurrently held a civilian position. They did not send a senior civilian official to be the commander-in-chief. Constraints on Japanese conquests.
After all, among the civil servants of the Ming Dynasty today, there are not many governor-level civil servants who are familiar with fighting Japanese wars. Hu Zongxian, Wang Yan, Tan Lun and others have passed away. peep
Therefore, Zhu Yijun and his ministers Zhang Juzheng, Fang Fengshi, etc. directly asked Qi Jiguang to take charge personally.
Just like in history, Zhang Juzheng and Tan Lun directly made Prime Minister Qi Jiguang the commander-in-chief of Jiliao towns.
However, it was not that the Ming Dynasty did not send civilian officials to participate in the war against the Japanese. During the military affairs incident, Song Yingchang came to Busan at this time because he was ordered to patrol the army and praise the paintings. He not only received experience but also supervised the army for the court.
Busan.
Outside the expanded port, there are thousands of sails, barns, and flags flying.
"Turn it! Don't stop!"
"Those who are holding their breath underwater should hold it for a while longer."
"Now the strong wind is coming just in time, let me get on the boat and run around!"
At the same time, there are also a large number of Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers receiving all the training here to adapt to water operations and landing operations.
In addition, a large number of local Korean civilians were recruited here, and under the supervision of the Ming army, new branch cities and branch roads were built.
Song Yingchang, who was going to see Qi Jiguang with Wu Weizhong, was watching this scene calmly. When he saw Korean civilians loading bags of grain on their shoulders and backs, he could not help but whisper to Wu Weizhong: "Privy Council." Prime Minister Fang asked me to convey something to you."
After hearing this, Wu Weizhong asked: "What did the Prime Minister say?"
"What the Prime Minister means is that although the court is not short of money and food now, it cannot waste national money. The military pay, money and food given to you should be as frugal as possible, especially the Korean civilians you use, and you should not treat them the same as our own citizens."
"After all, at the moment, the imperial court still needs to evacuate a large number of its own people. Once the Japanese pirates really invade the southeast, they will have to evacuate them on a large scale. In addition, the imperial court has suspended the reduction of troops, but it also wants to reduce the number of people. For taxes, it can be said that expenditures have continued to increase. In order to prevent the national funds donated by the New Deal from being significantly reduced because of this, the balance can be sustained for several more years. Publicly speaking, we must allocate as little as possible to the Korean people. , after all, the emperor now allows us to treat Han people and Yi people differently." Peeping.
"Because it is not easy to see these things on the table, you can only ask me to pass on the news, and it is not appropriate to tell the public through private messages."
Song Yingchang said at this time.
Wu Weizhong nodded after hearing this: "Please rest assured, Prime Minister! For the Korean civilian men recruited, I have issued an order to only give them the same treatment as long-term workers among my people in the Celestial Dynasty."
"So cruel?!"
Song Yingchang was greatly surprised after hearing this, and asked: "Then why do these Korean civilians seem to be quite active in work?!"
"I don't know what I'm telling you. These Korean civilians are not as good as our long-term workers in China before they work for our officers and soldiers."
Wu Weizhong said. peep
"Kowtow to Xuanfu!"
At this time, the North Korean prison officer Liu Xilin, who was ordered to come to Busan to express condolences to the Chinese army, had just returned from seeing Qi Jiguang and happened to meet Wu Weizhong and Song Yingchang, so he knelt down and saluted.
After Wu Weizhong asked Liu Xilin to stand up, he asked, "Why did you come to see Qi Shuai?"
Liu Xilin said: "Returning to Xuanfu, I am here to see the manager about the recruitment of Korean civilian husbands. At the same time, I am here to express my condolences to the heavenly army in accordance with His Highness's order."
Wu Weizhong asked: "What about recruiting Korean civilian husbands?"
"Yes, because the Celestial Empire is so kind to us, the common people of the vassal state!"
"Once those common people were recruited as civilian husbands, the Xuanfu Division actually asked them to eat one liter and five grams of rations every day. They also had to eat meat every other day in summer and autumn, and they also had meat every two days in winter and spring. This is really arrogant. I am a commoner of Korea!" Peep
"As small citizens of the vassal state, they don't deserve it. After all, how can they compare with the people of the heaven."
Liu Xilin replied.
Song Yingchang couldn't help but ask: "Is this good?"
Liu Xilin asked: "Shangguan, isn't this bad?"
"Did you know that because the Heavenly Army gave civilian husbands good treatment, many slaves from wealthy families fled here and became civilian husbands. Even many officials and craftsmen came here. Instead of building ships for their own vassal, they came to work for the Heavenly Army. shipbuilding."
After saying that, Liu Xilin cupped his hands to Wu Weizhong and said: "Now, the people in North Korea all call Xuanfu the Bodhisattva! But please, please don't bless them too much! Their lives are low! They are not as good as the people of the heaven who bear the heavy burden." Luck will shorten their lives!"
"Give them a solid meal and that's enough."
"After the minister told Qi Shuai, Qi Shuai only told Yu Xuanfu and let Xuanfu decide."
"Therefore, I would like to ask Xuanfu not to give them such good treatment again, and it is best not to let them receive any more wages."
"As long as Xuanfu agrees to do this, our Highness is willing to let all the government agencies in the country take the initiative to recruit more civilians for Xuanfu, so that the Heavenly Army can build more military stations between Yiju and Busan."
Because there is a big gap between the national economies of the Ming Dynasty and North Korea, and the ruling class of North Korea is now in a stage of fierce party struggle, serious political corruption, and no one is actively reforming, it is roughly equivalent to the late Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty in history, so the Korean people during this period Time is severely exploited.
In comparison, the Ming Dynasty at this time was in the early Wanli period. Because of the reforms, the prosperity of the Zhongxing era appeared, and the merger and exploitation of powerful powers was suppressed. Therefore, it was an era when the national economy was developing rapidly, the people were out of poverty, and the quality of life was greatly improved.
Therefore, it seems that even if the Ming army stationed in Busan treated North Korean people as the worst treatment they understood, it was still too much in the eyes of North Korean officials.
After Liu Xilin said that, Song Yingchang smiled at Liu Xilin and said, "Although you are only a minister of the vassal state, you are a capable minister!"
"Then this court will halve the salary and wages of these Korean civilian husbands! But you must take the initiative to recruit more civilian husbands for this court."
Wu Weizhong said.
Liu Xilin was a little disappointed after hearing this: "Why do we still have to pay wages to the untouchables in our country?"
"There is nothing we can do about it. I also want to not pay a penny and let your civilians donate money to help the army! But, without paying a penny, you let me, the Chinese merchants, sell the cotton after they bring the cotton here. to whom?"
