"Ping Bo Prefecture Yang Ni Zhao" is a political explanation. I will not state it for the time being, but it says that after the edict, there were private discussions among courtiers who believed that the pacification of Bo Prefecture should be rewarded with a title. The cabinet also discussed it. Shi Shen Shi Xing and Wang Xi Jue were still there. , all disapproved of it, but Gao Pragmatic never expressed his stance.
The next day, the news reached the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the emperor heard about it. In the afternoon, the imperial edict on merits was issued, and the imperial edict was issued on the discussion in the court.
This day was Bingwu, and the great scholar Gao pragmatically issued an edict to all officials. He expressed the opinions of the cabinet on behalf of the edict and said: "I saw the emperor commending the military merits and encouraging him. Later, the ministers and ministers who wanted to praise Xiang for a long time If you can't get it, I dare not accept it. When I leave the cabinet today, I go to the court room and make an appointment with the military officials to discuss it humbly. They all say that they will open up the territory and expand the country with great achievements. Just like the holy edict, the appointment should be lenient. Increase reward.
However, we have checked all the old cases. For example, in the ninth year of Xuande, Song Pan Gong was promoted, and the official political policy of the general army was promoted to the left governor; in the third year of Chenghua, the governor was promoted to Man Gong, and the admiral Cheng Xinzhi was promoted to minister of Dali Temple; in the second year of Wanli, Jiu Si was promoted. In a barbaric move, the governor Zeng Xianzhi was promoted to assistant minister, and the commander-in-chief Liu Xianzhi was promoted to commander-in-chief and tongzhi. These are all the most outstanding military merits in Sichuan, and none of them has been awarded the title of Marquis or World Lord.
If Li Chengliang was granted the title of Ning Yuanbo in recent years, it would be because the Liaodong Lu Gong was different from the Miao Man Gong, and it was obtained after accumulating merit for decades. He could not be granted the title because of one great achievement, and Cheng Liang was the only general in the line. Ersan is also a colleague.
Although the merits of today's broadcasting are great, each official in charge has a governor, three governors, and five generals of soldiers, all of whom have done the same thing. If they all perform the same function, people will call it excessive. If they choose one to increase it, people will call it biased. It would be better to add more generous rewards to the original reward, so that both the giver and the recipient can feel at ease.
The ministers and others looked up to the holy will of the body and proposed three more times. They secretly said that among the civil servants, the governor Zhonglao would be the leader, and the military ministers would be the leader of the bloody battle.
The governor Song Liangzuo was originally planned to be the crown prince's Taibao, but now he is Shaobao; he was originally planned to be Shiyin to command the general affairs, but now he is to be the commander;
The commander-in-chief Liu Wei and Deng Zilong were originally planned to add the right commander-in-chief, but now they have been changed to the left commander-in-chief, and the original Yin deputy of Qianhu has been changed to the commander-in-chief;
Ma Kongying surrendered to the captives and stood up, Wu Guang and Li Yingxiang stood up as military students. They originally planned to be promoted, but now they are planning to be responsible for the promotion of thousands of households;
Guo Zizhang, Jiang Duo, etc. all increased the number of officials according to the original plan. The civil servants were at least given the honor of being a public servant, and the military officers were able to be called the governor of the left and right, and they could be called Hou Bozhi. Adjacent to the Lord.
This kind of grace is extremely outstanding. In recent years, except for the contribution to the destruction of the Yuan Dynasty, no other contribution has been like this in Liaodong, Ningxia, and Korea. It is enough to spread throughout the history, praise foreigners, and spread throughout the world. It will be a great cause for future generations and a grand event of the Zhao Dynasty. also.
The ministers and others received the decree: I have read the report to reveal the proposal to change the vote, and the regulations for adding titles have not yet been prepared. Although the achievements have been great and there are many governors and generals, it is difficult to grant all the titles. The civil and military officials of Song Dynasty and others are planning to be promoted. This is clear. Be respectful, loyal and prudent, and look up to the imperial court for its kindness and willingness to open up territories and engage in bloody battles.
I already know it and will act accordingly.
The ministers and ministers are my assistants, they praise me day and night, they make plans and arrangements, they have done their best, and they should be rewarded with kindness and encouragement. When the edict is proposed, Pi will demonstrate his military prowess in the Celestial Dynasty and will not be shunned or shunned. "
The words conveyed by Gao Pingshi were actually divided into three parts. The first part expressed the cabinet's own attitude in a cabinet tone. He analyzed that although the contribution to the pacification of Bozhou was great, because there were too many ministers and important generals involved, unlike Li Chengliang, At that time, he was the only general who made his own achievements, so it was difficult to compare and he could not be knighted.
What is interesting here is that there is no mention of the fact that after conquering the Yuan Dynasty, Wen and Wu were each granted a title. In fact, this is because the contribution of conquering the Yuan Dynasty was of self-evident importance to the Ming Dynasty, and no one would compare it with other achievements.
The second part is to announce the changes to the cabinet to the ministers in an attitude of submitting them to the emperor. This is equivalent to notifying the subordinates of the report originally submitted to the leaders. In simple terms, the content is that the reward after the change is one level higher than the original reward. .
The last third part is the emperor's reply, but since the imperial edict has not yet been officially issued, Gao Pragmatic can only convey the oral message with "I have received the edict" here.
To put it simply, this oral edict means that the emperor has approved it all. At the same time, he also requires the ministers in the cabinet to vote for their own rewards, and they are not allowed to refuse.
This last point may seem a bit confusing, but it is actually consistent in the Ming Dynasty. After all, the front line is victorious, and the cabinet always has a role in planning.
Of course, in reality, this battle to pacify Bozhou was actually highly pragmatic and arbitrary. This matter was known to the whole world, and it seems that all the other cabinet ministers were influenced by him. However, regardless of whether you are honored or not, the reward is still very different. It is best to have a bowl of water evenly, otherwise it may cause some unpleasantness.
Gao Pragmatic himself never claimed credit, and did not say a word when the cabinet was discussing. Therefore, all the cabinet ministers were modest, and the final vote was just that each person would have one son to protect thousands of households.
When the proposal reached the emperor, it was no surprise that it was rejected. He said that the reward was too light and asked the cabinet to re-draft it. So I made another addition, but it still didn't hurt. I promoted Enyin's son, Jinyiwei Zhengqianhu, to the commanding officer. However, it was rejected again, and finally he was added to the commanding officer.
After this matter was over, there was no major incident for the court for a while. After they were ready to launch a new round of offensive against the Japanese pirates in Korea, Gao Pragmatic asked Liu Wei to transfer his Sichuan army to Shandong to prepare for the expedition.
However, there was a slight surprise in this matter. Liu Wei quickly replied that his Sichuan army suffered a lot of casualties due to the Battle of Boshu. It was not currently recovering from injuries, and there were only about 12,000 suitable for immediate expedition. Therefore, the inquiry was to bring only about 12,000 soldiers. The transfer of these 12,000 people to Shandong will be arranged separately.
In terms of the combat effectiveness of Liu Wei's headquarters, 12,000 men is not too small, but Han Xin believes that the more troops the better when fighting a war. Especially when he went to North Korea this time, he was not thinking more about how to defeat the Japanese army, but how to deter them. North Korea has fulfilled its political intention of forcing North Korea to actively annex, so this troop strength is really not enough.
Soon Liu Wei received a reply from Gao Pragmatic, asking him to count the slightly wounded in his troops and bring 15,000 troops with him. They would take the Yangtze River waterway along the way so that the lightly wounded soldiers could recuperate along the way.
At the same time, he was allowed to select and deploy chieftain troops and horses in the four provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan and Guangxi. The total number was also fifteen thousand. As for the governors and general soldiers of each province, Gao Pragmatic would coordinate. Of course, the imperial court would also issue a formal document.
Liu Wei then began to recruit chieftain soldiers and horses from the four southwestern provinces, including 3,000 stone and white pole soldiers under Ma Qiancheng and Qin Liangyu, who had performed well in the Battle of Pingbo.
Gao Pangshi went on the expedition unhurriedly. When he arrived in Shandong, Liu Wei had already arrived. He had 30,000 Han and native soldiers, and nearly 20,000 Chen Lin's navy troops were in their respective positions, waiting to take the oath and set sail.
The next day, the sun was shining brightly in Laizhou and there were no clouds in the sky. The Ming Dynasty's land and sea armies plus the Maritime Trade Alliance fleet servants, totaling about 70,000 troops, held a military parade and swearing-in ceremony. Gao Pragmatic read out the emperor's edict to aid Korea again, indicating that this time the army would be used Nearly 200,000 people (including the Ma Gui side who traveled overland) were intended to completely wipe out the Japanese invaders in one fell swoop, requiring all armies to strictly enforce military discipline, boost morale, and demonstrate the might of the Ming Dynasty with the highest fighting spirit and the fastest and fastest tactics.
After all, he is the victorious commander in the eyes of the Ming army. Although his highly pragmatic mobilization cannot be said to be impassioned, the 70,000-strong army is indeed full of fighting spirit. The cry of "The Ming Dynasty will be victorious" rises like a tsunami. The accompanying North Korean liaison officer was surprised and delighted to see this - in fact, he was probably both delighted and surprised.
There is no need to explain that there is no need to explain that such heavenly troops have arrived in Korea, and they are personally led by the invincible and invincible military commander Gao Pingshi. There should be no suspense in wiping out the Japanese pirates in one fell swoop. What is surprising is that the Ming Dynasty sent such a huge force to Korea. , if you have any thoughts about North Korea after defeating the Japanese pirates, wouldn't North Korea... have no resistance at all?
In fact, it was too early for the liaison officer to be shocked. When the swearing-in on land was completed and the entire army boarded the ship and went to sea, his shock became even more extreme.
The Ming Dynasty's sailing fleet was divided into two teams, the front and rear. The front team was the official navy of the Ming army to aid Korea. It was commanded by Chen Lin, the admiral of the aid fleet to Korea. The fleet was extremely large, with a total of about 500 warships. Among them, there are about 30 large blessing ships, about 60 medium-sized blessing ships, and the rest are small and medium-sized warships such as centipede ships. The total army has about 18,900 people.
Although this fleet actually only has more ships than the rear fleet, and is quite inferior in terms of power, it is still surprisingly powerful in the eyes of the North Korean liaison officers - the North Korean navy has never fought such a wealthy battle. As for the Chinese army and the actual rear team of the fleet aiding Korea, it is even more daunting.
This highly pragmatic maritime force is entirely composed of Beiyang Sea Trade Alliance ships, including one second-class battleship, two third-class battleships, four first-class cruisers, six second-class cruisers, and forty-six armed transport ships. Sixty ships, including 14 professional warships that are "as majestic as Mount Tai" in the eyes of North Korean liaison officers.
You know, in the mouths of the navies of Japan and North Korea, the Jinghua-style armed transport ships are called "giant ships." So do these Jinghua professional warships still need to be called "giant ships"?
Let’s make the simplest tonnage comparison: each armed transport ship costs 1,600 materials, a second-level cruiser costs 2,000 materials, a first-level cruiser costs 2,400 materials, a third-level battleship costs 3,200 materials, and a second-level battleship as a highly pragmatic ship and fleet flagship The battleship "Dongchang" has an unexpectedly high 4,000 materials!
Moreover, the "super giant ships" in this rear group have an even more astonishing artillery load. In comparison, the armed transport ships have open-air deck guns and have 28 artillery pieces of various types, while the first-class cruisers and third-class battleships have double-decker guns. There are 52 and 72 deck guns respectively. The flagship "Dongchang" has three deck guns, and the entire ship has a whopping 88 cannons!
In the eyes of North Korean liaison officers, this super-giant ship is really like "Tarzan", and it is also covered with dark gun muzzles, as many as a hedgehog with a body like a giant beast.
This liaison officer was fortunate enough to be aboard the Dongchang. After boarding the ship, he learned through an introduction that the cost of the ship was as high as nearly 500,000 taels of silver. He was so frightened that he lost his voice - in fact, "nearly 500,000 taels" was actually an exaggeration. In other words, unless Jinghua wants to sell it outside, it can't be so expensive.
Within Jinghua, the cost of building a second-level battleship is 350,000 taels of silver, including artillery, basic gunpowder and even personnel training.
Telling him that this battleship costs 500,000 taels, of course it is to intimidate: My Ming Dynasty is so powerful, this battleship is probably not going to defeat your entire North Korean Navy! So you have to be obedient from now on, you know?
When Gao Pragmatic led the navy to set off, North Korea's Ming Dynasty Army Division had already received Gao Pragmatic's military order, and Ma Gui personally led the army and began to move south from Pyongyang. However, Magui still left 20,000 people in Pyongyang, nominally to protect the North Korean royal family to prevent the royal family from being frightened again.
That said, as for the real reason, the spirit that Ma Gui understood from Gao Pragmatic Letter is roughly this: to prevent North Koreans from being gibbering.
Because of Li Rusong's experience last time, Ma Gui was very cautious from the beginning of sending troops this time. He did not move at first, but ordered Nurhachi who was waiting in the middle and upper reaches of the Yalu River in advance to launch an offensive in northeastern North Korea. After waiting for three days, Ma Gui Only then did the main force of the West Route Army led by him officially begin to move southward.
Nurhachi was actually very cautious in using his troops. Originally, judging from the location of the Jurchen coalition he led, it was closer to Xianxing, but when he sent troops, he attacked Chongjin first.
From a tactical level, attacking Hamhung first can actually cut off the connection between Chongjin and the Korean interior. In other words, if Hamhung is captured, Chongjin will become an isolated city - if shipping is not included. But Nurhaci did not choose this. Instead, he first attacked Chongjin, which was located in the northeasternmost region. This meant that he had to evacuate the city one by one.
To a certain extent, this can avoid being flanked by the Chongjin Japanese army when attacking Hamhung, but at the same time it also means that he has to fight continuous siege battles. As we all know, the Jurchens basically do not have firearms, and siege warfare is actually their weakness - in the original history, Nurhachi basically did not win the cities in Liaodong by force siege. It was probably either the internal agents who opened the city gates, or the defenders who were fighting in the field. The troops failed and abandoned the city and fled.
Nurhachi should certainly be aware of this weakness. Why he chose this way is still unknown. In short, after receiving Ma Gui's military order, the Jurchen coalition forces immediately rushed out of Huishan, crossed the Gaima Plateau, and rushed to Chongjin.
Ma Gui's troops were divided into two groups, one going directly south to capture Huangzhou and Haizhou; the other going slightly eastward, first capturing Gushan, and then continuing eastward towards Yuanshan.
According to his troop dispatch situation, he should cut off northern Korea. Once he succeeds, and considering that Nurhaci may capture Chongjin, the Japanese army in Hamhung will be trapped in the isolated city and become a force separated from the main force. The Japanese army is heavily armed.
In other words, Ma Gui's intention seemed to be that after setting up a line of defense in the south, he would first concentrate his forces to eat up the Japanese troops on the Hamhung side and clear out the entire northern part of Korea.
Maybe he was thinking from a strategic level, or maybe he just wanted to give the Marquis a great victory as a meeting gift when Gao Pragmatic arrived in North Korea.
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PS: The perspective shifts back to North Korea, and my brain hasn’t connected for a while, so the coding is a little slow today... cough.
. Lewen
