Daming: I asked you to hang yourself, but I didn’t ask you to rebuild the Ming Dynasty

Emperor Wanli was furious and ordered Shang Ning, King of Zhongshan of Ryukyu Kingdom:

"After he returns to his country and the country's political stability is stable, he will report in detail what happened in Ryukyu and Japan before imposing sanctions."

What is Wanli’s response?

Send an imperial edict directly to the King of Ryukyu to reassure him.

There is no need to explain what this means in Chinese diplomacy...

Wanli is telling Shang Ning:

Brother Ryukyu, don’t worry, no one can take your throne away!

That doesn't count!

Wanli’s methods are brilliant!

In the 41st year of Wanli (1613), Wanli personally selected the "captive Japanese" Cheng Wen for the fifth question.

Emperor Wanli personally mentioned:

"The Japanese policymaker said:

It was the one who ravaged Korea in the past and destroyed our borders.

Recently, Zhongshan was annexed, and it has been a vassal state that has been submissive for more than two hundred years, but I can't save it.

...Sigh, if you want to attack overseas with a small island and a vast ocean, you will not be able to follow the story of Korea in the past. "

Awesome?

Wanli, who "does not go to court and does not care about government affairs", directly used this matter from the imperial examination to test Juzi's reaction!

Why did Wanli suddenly ask such a question in the imperial examination?

Because - he was tricked!

Politics is never a single event…

Especially China.

Everyone understands the unpredicted subtext.

Why was Wanli being fooled?

Japan's annexation of Ryukyu also had a background - the Ming Dynasty's aid to Korea in the anti-Japanese war.

In August of the 25th year of Wanli, Hanshan Island in North Korea fell.

This incident triggered one of the three major campaigns of Wanli, the "Aid to Korea and Fight against Japanese Aggression".

Nowadays, almost everyone knows about this.

However, what people don’t know is that Wanli has a back-up plan!

Just after this incident broke out, the Ming army had a bad start.

Wanli's inner prisoner visited Fujian and the capital several times.

Xu Zhaokui, the censor of Fujian Province, proposed the "nest-breaking strategy" to conquer the Japanese mainland.

Wanli sent this memorial to the outer court.

Xu Zhaokui's proposal was approved after being reviewed by the Ministry of War.

On the first day of the first lunar month of the following year, the cabinet opinion received the nod of Emperor Wanli himself.

The Ming court decided to implement this strategy of conquering Japan.

According to the Records of Ming Shenzong, the main contents are as follows:

1. Unite the local daimyo in Japan who oppose Toyotomi Hideyoshi to disrupt the Japanese nation.

The central court first issued an appeal against thieves.

The main contents of the statement are:

"The chief of Guan (referring to Toyotomi Hideyoshi) rebelled against nature and abused his people. He has been hearing about the resentment of various islands for a long time. The alliance is surprising, so he sincerely took advantage of the situation."

This is righteousness.

That is to say, let the teacher become famous.

Once this imperial edict is issued, the Japanese country, as a vassal state, will surely be in chaos!

(In the end, it was the Tokugawa Shogunate who replaced Toyotomi Hideyoshi.)

2. Military strategy:

After being transferred from the Zhejiang General Army and changing the commander, the Zhejiang Army was the first to be dispatched.

The original saying goes, "Don't start with Zhejiang first, let Zhejiang take the lead."

This is the first step.

The Zhejiang army at that time was when the Qi family army was very powerful. It was a powerful army famous all over the world.

The most impressive thing is that the performance of Zhejiang soldiers in the "Coastal Suppression of Japanese Countries" made them famous far and wide in the Japanese country.

As for Zhejiang, it is indeed the most effective operation to log in to Japan first and establish a bridgehead.

3. Large-scale attack:

Fujian and Guangdong provinces went out together.

Using businessmen from two provinces living in Japan as internal responses - "It is especially convenient for Fujian and Guangzhou. People from two more provinces in Japan can respond."

Emperor Wanli also decentralized military operations and agreed to "act as he pleases" to various localities.

He gave local governments absolute autonomy without any restrictions.

"Records of Ming Shenzong" on Wuxu Day, the first month of the 26th year of Wanli, there is this record:

"Tong Yuanzhen, the commander-in-chief of Guangxi, was transferred to Zhejiang, and Li Yingzhao, the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang, was transferred to Guangxi."

Why is this?

Why haven't we started a fight yet and mobilized the local generals within the Ming Dynasty first?

This matter will be discussed later.

Let’s talk about the results first:

Just when the mighty Ming army was ready, it was about to rush thousands of miles to attack the Japanese mainland.

It happened by accident!

First, Liu Yuanlin, the governor of Zhejiang, wrote to the court:

What is the reason for retaining Li Yingzhao, who was formerly the commander-in-chief of Zhejiang Province?

Haha~~! !

There is no record in the history books!

My speculations will be discussed later.

As usual, let’s talk about what can be found in official history first.

The Ministry of War immediately made a compromise and replied:

"In Tongyuan Town, Guangxi Province, Li Yingzhao still exercised the power of the General Army before arriving in Zhejiang."

Interesting!

Things get weird!

This permission from the Ministry of War changed the Ming Dynasty's previous handling methods.

It actually allowed the "sexy operation" in Zhejiang!

Instead of resigning immediately after the order is given as in the past!

Tell me - who is behind this?

Who has so much energy?

It can even influence the direction of government...

I won’t talk about my inference first, let’s think about it...

……

Is this over?

Hehe~~!

Are you looking down on us?

not yet!

If the Guangxi General Soldier goes, Zhejiang will have no chance to delay.

So, another cool operation came!

Just as Guangxi Commander-in-Chief Tong Yuanzhen was fully prepared and even handed in the departure report...

Just when he left Guangxi and went to Zhejiang to take office!

At this juncture——

Yao riots broke out in Lipu, Pingle, Gongcheng and other places in Guangxi.

(Brothers, are you familiar with this routine?

If you had just checked the history of Yingzong before, you would understand——

Isn't this what the Fujian locals did when Ming Yingzong was preparing to "restart the great voyage"? )

According to the Ming Dynasty system, local civil unrest broke out...

Uh!

wrong!

This is so passed down through the ages!

The gentleman just now proposed a thorough inspection of the granary...

Turning around, there were fires one after another...

Can you slip away?

Don't discuss this, brothers.

Explain the dynasty!

Someone in Guangxi is rebelling, and the opportunity has come!

Dai Yao, the governor of Guangxi, tried his best to retain Tong Yuanzhen and asked him to help Guangxi suppress the riots.

No matter who Tong Yuanzhen belonged to, he would not dare to go there again.

Now that things have reached this point, he dares to take a step and give it a try!

try and die...

……

Tong Yuanzhen had no choice but to report to the Ministry of War.

Bizarre things happen again!

According to past practice, the Yunnan Mu family will inevitably be mobilized to send troops to quell the rebellion, so that Tong Yuan Town can be vacated.

Was this the best approach at the time?

The Yunnan Mu family’s subordinates are never weak in combat power!

Even now, I still do it like this!

……

Do not!

That wouldn't be fun...

Approval from the Ministry of War - "Permission~"

As a result, Tong Yuan Town began to fight the rebellion in Guangxi for nearly a year...

Due to Tong Yuanzhen's counterinsurgency in Guangxi, it could not be ended for a long time.

Liu Yuanlin, the governor of Zhejiang, took the opportunity to report to the court, requesting that Li Yingzhao, the governor of Zhejiang, directly lead the army to go out to avoid missing the opportunity.

Watch carefully:

Wanli wanted to mobilize the general troops of Guangxi and lead the Zhejiang troops to attack Japan.

When he arrived here, he became the Zhejiang General Soldier and led the Zhejiang Army to attack Japan.

What will happen if the generals change?

After consulting with the cabinet, Emperor Wanli issued an edict in the name of the Ministry of War:

"Brigadier General Li Yingzhao remains in office"...

At the same time, he was ordered to lead the army on an expedition!

Therefore, in August of the 26th year of Wanli (1598), the Ming army set sail from Zhejiang and prepared to launch an attack on the Japanese mainland...