Li Rusong wants to regain his face, which is in line with his character, but his words actually have a strong meaning of seeking high pragmatic support.
The truth is obvious. The Ming Dynasty suffered a defeat in the first battle to aid Korea. If Gao Pragmatic, the elder who nominally controls the Ministry of Household Affairs but also actually controls the Ministry of War, suddenly asks for a change of generals and commanders, considering that he is After the victory in the Battle of Yuan Dynasty, he has completely secured his position as the best literary commander in the world, so I am afraid that even the emperor will have to accommodate his opinions.
Although Li Rusong already knew about Li Chengliang's change of family at this time, otherwise the Jinghua Flying Pigeon Station who accompanied him in the army would not be able to explain it. However, after all, this matter came too suddenly, and the fact that the Gao family married a daughter was still an agreement between the two parties. At present, even the first step of the marriage process, "adoption", had not been completed, so Li Rusong was not sure about Gao Pragmatic's decision. Is the attitude firm enough?
All in all, he ended with such a sentence, which was actually tentative, hoping to see how sincere Gao Pragmatic was about the marriage between the two families.
However, his words made the problem of Gao Pragmatic's meeting this time become simpler. After all, since Li Rusong has started to take action, considering the strength of the Liaodong Army, the next combat problem will not be too big.
What needs to be explained here is that at this time, the Japanese army's maritime strength has improved, and coupled with the acquisition of some artillery from Jinghua, its land strength has also improved. For example, during the Battle of Pyongyang, the Japanese First Army also launched several artillery pieces. That's the evidence.
However, the Liaodong Army is stronger than it was in history, and the degree of strengthening is definitely greater than that of the Japanese Army. In the final analysis, the economic foundation determines the superstructure. This statement applies everywhere.
The Ming court is rich, and the northern frontier army is the focus of changing their uniforms. So as the elite of the elite, how can the Liaodong cavalry not be improved? Let’s not talk about artillery, firearms and other weapons. Just talk about the completely armored Liaodong cavalry. In this battle of Pyongyang, the Japanese army obviously suffered.
Zu Chengxun and several generals took advantage of the equipment advantage of the armored cavalry to fight a street battle with the Japanese army in Pyongyang City. Judging from the current battle reports, the actual direct battle losses were only 300 He came forward, but there were more injuries.
Thinking of this, Gao Pragmatic suddenly understood one thing. Historically, Governor Konishi later firmly supported the peace negotiation. That was not because he was a pacifist, but because he was afraid of being beaten! Why, the battle loss ratio is so amazing!
Although there is no definite report on the casualties of the Japanese First Army, you can think with your toes, what good fruits can be gained by the light infantry who suffered several rounds of attacks from the armored cavalry at close range? President Konishi might be feeling extremely distressed right now.
So, since the Liaodong Army is strong enough to complete the first phase of the mission, Gao Pragmatic will of course choose to support Li Rusong, thereby also strengthening the alliance that the two sides have just reached.
The next day, the imperial court received the official battle report. Zhu Yijun responded quickly and summoned the cabinet and the Minister of War Zhou Yong to the Wenhua Hall to hold an imperial military meeting. Gao pragmatic also participated in the Wenhua meeting for the first time as a cabinet minister.
This meeting was very interesting. Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who had always supported the Li family, strongly criticized Zu Chengxun's failure. They believed that as the leader of the first battle of the Chinese dynasty, he could not be steady and steady in exerting national prestige. Instead, he was criticized by others. The war forced him to retreat to the territory, which was simply a shame and was thrown into the feudal state.
For such incompetent people, they all recommended severe punishment. Even if Xiao Ruxun was not directly killed in front of the army in Jiulian City to clean up military discipline and set an example, then he should at least be imprisoned.
Zhu Yijun was still unaware of the complete change in the relationship between Gao Jingshi and the Li family. He looked at the scene with some surprise and subconsciously asked Gao Jingshi for his opinion.
Gao Jingshi said that Zu Chengxun had served under his command several times (under the command of Li Rusong and also under the leadership of Gao Jingshi), and had never made any major mistakes. Instead, he had always been known for his heroic fighting, and he was not a reckless person. Therefore, there must be an inside story to Pyongyang's defeat, and it should be carefully investigated before making a decision.
This was said in a flawless manner, but in fact, it was left to Zhou Yong to say what should be said - after all, Gao Pingshi couldn't say, "I have much more information than the imperial court," so after saying this, he looked towards Zhou Yong, Ask him if he has received relevant intelligence.
Of course Zhou Yong received the information. His information was originally given by Gao Pragmatic! Therefore, Zhou Dasima immediately went out and told the emperor all the relevant information. The only thing that was concealed was the news from Shimazu Yoshihiro. In this regard, he only said that the news was secretly passed on by Ming Dynasty businessmen in the occupied areas of Korea, but it had been verified by the Ministry of War and found to be true.
Zhu Yijun was very satisfied with Zhou Yong's work performance this time, his expression softened greatly, and he asked the soldier in a gentle voice: Now that the situation is understood, how should the Ministry of War deal with Zu Chengxun's defeat this time?
Zhou Yong, of course, answered in accordance with Gao Pragmatic's instruction, saying that Zu Chengxun's defeat was not his fault in the first place, at least the main responsibility was not his.
As for the losses, they are actually not serious. Even if he brought only 3,000 people in total, he went to attack Pyongyang Fort, which was guarded by more than 10,000 Japanese troops, but only about 300 people were actually killed in the battle, which was far from being broken. The strength to fight again.
In addition, Zu Chengxun's battle was not without gains. The intelligence he obtained was of great significance. For example, the judgment of the total strength of the Japanese army and the strength of the troops stationed in Pyongyang was far more accurate than before, and he also had a clearer understanding of the combat effectiveness of the Japanese army. . All of the above will be of great benefit to future operations.
This is the official word. You can say good or bad in a single thought. It is not difficult to turn a good thing into a bad thing, but it is also easy to force a bad thing into a good thing. For example, the United States can still say that it is the best in the world in fighting the epidemic - as long as the name is changed and it is called resilience in the fight against the epidemic, that will be enough!
When Zhou Yong said this, Zhu Yijun seemed to think the same thing. He had just experienced the battle report of the Battle of Yuan Dynasty recently, and there had been some slight deviations in his cognition. He had almost no concept of "Three Hundred People". In my mind, I almost always use ten thousand as the unit of measurement. No matter how bad it is, it has to be the level of thousands. The scale of one hundred is really not enough.
Since the loss is not big, it is now the turn to judge the situation of the battle. This was a matter of war strategy. The opinions of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were basically outside Zhu Yijun's actual consideration. In addition, with the current rise in imperial power, Zhu Yijun didn't have much to say and directly turned to ask Gao Pragmatic.
Gao Pragmatic first made an analysis of the war situation and introduced the current situation of the three parties to everyone, and then said: "In short, North Korea has basically lost hope, and the meaning of their existence is probably to give us a name to fight." , the so-called war is actually only between our army and the Japanese army.
I have just introduced the situation of the Japanese army. I will only add one point here: the Japanese army is not monolithic. There is a huge conflict between the military commander faction and the loyalist faction in Japan. Although it is currently suppressed due to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's personal prestige, there are still exists and will definitely affect frontline military operations.
For example, the discord between Konishi Governor and Kato Kiyomasa is the most typical example. Kato Kiyomasa, who is worried about North Korea, will move west and join forces with Konishi Governor. Omi believes that unless Toyotomi Hideyoshi personally orders it, otherwise It is basically impossible to appear. "
Zhu Yijun immediately intervened and asked: "Then will Toyotomi Hideyoshi intervene?"
"No." Gao Pingshi shook his head and said: "He really wants to train Ukita Hideie now. Unless there is an extremely serious change, he will not give direct orders or leapfrog commands to regiment commanders like Konishi Yukōchō and Kato Kiyomasa. Otherwise. , not only will Ukita Hideie’s authority not be established, but he will be considered to be just his yes man, then the significance of his appointment of Ukita Hideie as general will no longer exist.”
Zhu Yijun immediately understood that this was just like after he appointed Gao Jingshi as the Meng Yuan manager, he would not directly give orders to Qi Jiguang, Li Rusong, Ma Gui and others, otherwise the meaning of Gao Jingshi's existence as a manager would disappear. This is a simple truth that everyone as a ruler basically understands - of course, Duke Kaishen may object.
So Zhu Yijun asked Gao Pragmatic, whether this problem of the Japanese army was worth exploiting? Gao Pragmatic said of course there is. For example, if Li Rusong enters the DPRK, he will not have to worry about Kato Kiyomasa's rescue for the time being and go directly to Pyongyang for a decisive battle with Governor Konishi.
As soon as Gao Wushi's voice fell, Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue, who were unwilling to be left alone, both realized that this was an opportunity, because in their view, Gao Wushi's statement was too absolute - there are no absolutes on the battlefield, you said it so surely, if something happens Are you responsible?
Such an obvious digging hole, not to mention Gao Jingshi, could be seen by any other Guanzheng Jinshi. However, Gao Jingshi said calmly: "Yes, Yuan Fu, Jingshi is fully responsible for this judgment."
Then he refused to give up and continued to talk to Zhu Yijun: "Your Majesty, I fully believe that after Li Rusong goes south, our army will definitely win a great victory in Pyongyang! In addition, Zu Chengxun is a veteran general in Liaodong, and I also suggest that he should be punished for his crimes. Just accompany Li Rusong to Pyongyang, meet with Commander Konishi’s Japanese First Army Corps, and regain their face!”
Zhu Yijun suddenly couldn't help but laugh and said: "What you said reminded me of something you said when I was a child, which I still remember freshly. You said that failure is the mother of success. Where you fall, you should get up - More than twenty years have passed, but you are still the same."
Gao Pragmatic bowed his hands and said calmly: "I always do this."
"That's good." Zhu Yijun looked around at the ministers and said, "Since the Marquis of Nanning has guaranteed Li Rusong and interceded for Zu Chengxun, the Liaodong Army's defeat in the first battle can be suppressed for now. The Ministry of War can handle it. I sent a message to Li Rusong, Zu Chengxun, etc., and told them that I am temporarily suppressing the thunder and waiting for the news of Pyongyang's victory. If there is another accident... Nanning, you don't want to go to North Korea again, do you?"
In fact, Gao Pragmatic didn't mind a trip to North Korea, but at this time, the Ming Dynasty and the public had a bad view of the vassal states. They basically regarded people outside the Ming Dynasty as barbarians. Although North Korea calls itself Little China, in the eyes of Ming Dynasty, it is only slightly better than the wilderness. In short, it is not a good place to go, so Zhu Yijun said this.
Of course, Zhu Yijun's main intention was not this, he had something else in mind. The subtext is this: Your Liaodong Army suffered a defeat in Pyongyang. The last time you could say that it was not you, Li Rusong, who defeated you, then I will give you another chance this time. If you fail again, then I will have to spare you from Japan. The post of chief military officer was assigned to Marquis Nanning himself.
The threat of this subtext is not light. The key is not to remove Li Rusong's chief military officer against Japan, but that if this matter develops to that point, the imperial court will actually need to send a man recognized as the best literary commander in the world and the imperial court's commander-in-chief. Mr. Ge, the Marquis of the Ming Dynasty, can you, the "head of the generals" of the Li family, keep your face?
People want face, trees want skin, especially Li Rusong, who is a tough guy who wants face very much. No matter how he would react after hearing these words, even a pig could imagine that he would risk his life.
It has to be said that Zhu Yijun finally understood the trick of "it is better to dispatch a general than to stimulate him".
This meeting was finally advanced according to Gao Pragmatic's wishes, which made Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue feel disappointed on the one hand, and more worried on the other.
The rebellion of the Tieling Li family was already a huge blow to them, causing one of their strongest supporting forces in the army to change its banner, and their strength was greatly damaged, almost beyond repair.
And now, in politics, that is, in the court, the Xin School has actually been reduced to being completely beaten up by the Practical School, especially on military issues. The emperor did not even bother to consider the opinions of the Xin School, and only consulted Gao Pragmatic's opinions. What should I do?
Moreover, there was a major hidden worry lingering in the minds of Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue at this time, that is, with Qi Jiguang's march south - although he was strangely marching very slowly this time - the Cao Army was already internally unstable.
Even though some of the generals who took the lead in making trouble received a lot of money from some hidden channels, they were still greatly shaken. The entire rioting Cajun Army felt extremely horrified that the most outstanding representative of the Confederate Army went south in person, as if the sky was about to fall, and they could not think of any resistance at all.
According to recent news, although Qi Jiguang has just entered Shandong territory, the rioting Cao army in Jiangbei (the Huaihe area north of the Yangtze River) has become a mess. Not only are they communicating in private to find a way out, but many people are openly expressing their opinions. A commotion is a commotion, but they are by no means traitors.
In short, the bottom line is the same thing. Since the imperial court has dispatched the Imperial Guards, we will only end up in trouble if we continue to make trouble. We must quickly "change our evil ways and return to the right path". Before the uncle is in front of us, we can announce the end of the commotion and strive for Leniency. Considering that the imperial court is currently engaged in wars on both the east and west sides, it is estimated that the punishment will not be too severe.
What Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue were naturally worried about was not whether people like Cao Jun were dead or alive, but that too many people were involved behind this matter - their own people.
Shen Shixing and Wang Xijue both knew a little about how much the Jiangnan Chaebol had done in this matter, but they also suspected that what they knew might not be the full picture, and there might be more problems than they knew. So, once the turmoil subsides and the court wants to conduct a thorough investigation, it will really be the end of the world.
The two of them planned to hold on to Zu Chengxun today. On the one hand, they wanted to show that the power of the Xin School still existed and that they could not rebel just because they wanted to. There would be no consequences at all. On the other hand, they also hoped to draw the attention of the court to In the east, think less about the problems in the south.
Unfortunately, it seems now that matters in the east are nothing at all after receiving high pragmatic endorsements, so it will be difficult for matters in the south not to be exposed to the attention of the government and the opposition.
After leaving the Wenhua Palace, Shen and Wang returned to the cabinet. Wang Xijue suddenly said: "Yuanfu, Gao Rixin's classic is "Yi", so there is no reason why he doesn't know about the principle of repentance in a powerful dragon, right? "
Shen Shixing heard the song and knew its elegant meaning. He frowned and said, "You mean... make peace with him?"
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