The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

The waterway between Suzhou and the capital connects several regions and water systems, with several gates in the middle.

On the one hand, you need to queue up to cross the lock, on the other hand, many places require the use of shore manpower to sail.

If you don't have a strong relationship and travel slowly, you can spend forty days on the road, while a normal official ship can take less than thirty days.

In a situation like Lin Tailai's, which has the highest priority, and where the government along the way provides unconditional full support for the fleet's journey day and night, the time required is even shorter.

Lin Tailai received the order in Suzhou in mid-June and arrived at Zhangjiawan, Tongzhou, the last stop of the Grand Canal waterway in early July.

Fortunately, Lin Tailai was in strong health and could withstand such a high-intensity run, but many of the three hundred servants who followed him fell ill from exhaustion.

This part of the servants can only be temporarily placed in the posthouses along the way to recuperate, and then return to the journey after recovery.

At the Zhangjiawan Pier in Tongzhou, Lin Tailai abandoned his boat and changed his horse, heading towards the capital which was not far away.

It wasn't until he passed Chongwen Gate that Lin Daguan relaxed physically and mentally, wandering towards the Lin Mansion in Li Ge Old Alley.

Previously, he hurried on his way just to "obey the order" and show it to the emperor.

After all, the emperor must be in a bad mood right now. If he continues to walk slowly and leisurely, wouldn't he be looking for a thunder strike?

Therefore, before entering the capital, you must make a desperate rush.

As for entering the capital, it means that the imperial edict has been fulfilled and there is no need to continue to worry.

Anyway, in Lin Daguan's heart, he is really not worried about North Korea.

The situation in North Korea has collapsed like this. It has reached the point where it cannot collapse. The situation will not get worse. What is the use of worrying anymore?

Besides, we don’t have an army at hand right now. Even if we want to take action, why would we do it?

Besides, it takes time to mobilize an army. It can't be done in two months, so there's no rush.

So after Lin Tailai came to Beijing, he first wrote a memorial and then rested at home for two days.

The memorial further made it clear that there were at least tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers who crossed the sea and entered Korea, and then repeated the old tune of "a hundred thousand troops and two hundred thousand silver taels."

When Emperor Wanli saw these two numbers, he suddenly felt that his dizziness was getting worse.

Especially the 200,000 silver taels were only allocated in advance, and I don’t know how much more will be needed later.

So Emperor Wanli sent Lin Tailai's memorial to the court for discussion. Anyway, Lin Tailai had returned to Beijing, so let Lin Tailai talk to other ministers.

Of course, in the eyes of outsiders, Lin Tailai was not completely idle during the two days of rest at home. Instead, he secretly held an expanded meeting of the Update Society.

At the meeting, Leader Lin listened to the work reports of the members in the past six months and made the latest instructions one by one.

Leader Lin highly praised Comrade Zhao Zhigao for his spirit of not waiting and relying on others and actively exerting his subjective initiative; he also praised Comrade Wang Yusheng for not being afraid of powerful enemies and daring to show his sword.

Leader Lin called on all members to learn from Zhao Zhigao and Wang Yusheng to make the future of the Update Society even more brilliant!

During the free speech period, Zhao Zhigao asked Lin Tailai: "What are your plans for North Korea's affairs?"

Lin Tailai replied: "The first issue in any job is personnel issues. If you want to do a good job, you must first do a good job in personnel work."

Zhao Zhigao understood that he should first recruit people and seize power, and then talk about specific things. As for who to do it, of course it is those who previously dominated the affairs of North Korea.

Speaking of this, Lin Tailai suddenly said to Yushi Wang Yusheng: "You did a good job in the last court meeting, especially in running against Lu Guangzu's written evidence. Did he finally make it?"

Wang Yusheng replied angrily: "Several people jumped out to dissuade me, saying that young people like me should respect the elderly and vouch for Lu Guangzu, so the matter was settled."

Lin Tailai added: "Then Lu Guangzu hasn't resigned yet?"

Wang Yusheng was helpless about this, "He claimed that he was ill and was hiding at home without seeing anyone."

Lin Tailai hated the iron and said: "Then why don't you come to remind him to fulfill his bet? It's okay for him to hide from others. If he hides from you, wouldn't he become a scoundrel?"

Even if Lu Guangzu wanted to pretend to be dead, he couldn't do it safely!

Wang Yu muttered: "I also want to come, but I don't have any elite soldiers around me. I'm afraid I'll be beaten if I go."

There was some truth to this worry, so Lin Tailai told Zhang Wen again: "Assign a hundred servants to follow our Wang Yushi!"

Lin Tailai asked Ye Mengxiong, Minister of War, "How is Shi Xing doing now?"

Ye Mengxiong replied easily: "You clown, you don't have to worry about nine yuan."

Lin Tailai asked again: "Why did you recommend me to the emperor?"

Ye Mengxiong replied: "Please appoint me to manage Liaodong and Korea to prepare for Japanese affairs."

Lin Tailai said thoughtfully: "But although the emperor urgently called me back to Beijing, there was no formal appointment.

So the first task is to convince everyone and get the appointment! "

On the second day of the internal secret meeting of the Update Society, someone suddenly came to the Lin Mansion with a secret message. It turned out that Wang Xiangqian, the governor of Xuanfu, heard that Lin Tailai had returned to the capital and sent someone to deliver it urgently.

Lin Tailai was quite puzzled. It had been calm in Xuan Mansion. What urgent matter could Wang Xiangqian have?

I opened it and looked at it. It turned out that there was another person who wrote the letter, but there was no signature.

The content of the secret letter only contained a short sentence without beginning or end: "My husband is already twelve years old. I will test him with a girl, so I can save some seeds."

Lin Tailai sighed secretly, it seemed that this girl couldn't wait any longer.

During the "bloody mediation" that year, he persuaded the third lady to marry the nine-year-old Bu Shitu first for the sake of the overall situation.

He also made a promise that when the puppet Shunyi King Bu Shitu comes of age, he will use his own seed to give birth to a son from Sanniang, and falsely claim to be the son of Bu Shitu.

Then the fortune teller will die unfortunately, and he will support his and Sanniangzi's son as King Shunyi.

Now is the time to fulfill the promise, which was originally thought to be two years away.

Now is the time to prepare for the expedition to North Korea, and the third lady suddenly comes to add to the drama, which really adds to the chaos!

The other members of the club saw Leader Lin's expression changing and asked, "What's the trouble?"

Lin Tailai replied: "It's not difficult. It's just a hardship for me and I have to sacrifice my life for the country."

Two days after arriving in Beijing, Lin Tailai, the Imperial Academy's Attendant, Taichang Temple's Shaoqing, and the Third Division's Doctor, officially held public events.

When he went to work early in the morning, Lin Tailai stood outside the gate of the Hanlin Academy and looked at the three words "Deng Yingmen" on the plaque with deep affection.

After a while, he let out a long sigh and said to the colleagues around him: "In recent years, I have been so busy with secular affairs that I have not known the joy of concentrating on learning for a long time!

I am so ashamed in my heart that I feel unworthy to step into this place of Hanyuan and Tsinghua University today! "

After finishing speaking, Lin Tailai decisively turned around and left without actually entering the Hanlin Academy.

The Hanlins who had just been blocked outside the gate and could not enter looked at each other, a little confused. They were mentally prepared to be pointed out by Lin Tailai, but they didn't expect Lin Tailai to wander outside the gate and leave.

Han Xu, a new star in Hanyuan and a dual-element in Xinke, spoke with malice: "Should we celebrate that the Hanlin Academy can continue to maintain its purity?"

Editor Zhou Yingqiu glanced at Han Xu and said rudely: "Xiang Qing is a bastard! Jiu Yuanjun didn't come in, which means he doesn't want to waste time here!

It further shows that our Hanlin Academy is no longer that important, not even as important as the Examination Department, the Host-Guest Department, and the Communications Department!

Do you, Han Xu, still think this is something worth being happy about? The second generation ancestor is really ignorant of current affairs. If you don’t understand, just stop talking!

But there is still a wink. When Jiu Yuanjun was here just now, you were very wise not to jump out. "

The words were rough but the reasoning was rough, and the Hanlin Academy was silently speechless. The decline of the Hanlin Academy's status is an indisputable fact.

The biggest advantage of Hanlin is that it is relatively close to the emperor and interacts more with him. But now that they can't even reach the emperor, what right of voice and future do they have?

Could it be that Lin Jiuyuan had noticed this trend a long time ago, so he actively sought fame immediately?

In fact, it's not that Lin Tailai doesn't pay attention to the Hanlin Academy, but there are too many yamen that need to be paid attention to today, and it's really too much to pay attention to.

But the biggest news in the court today was not Lin Tailai's inspection of various yamen, but what happened at the residence of Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu.

In the morning, Yushi Wang Yusheng visited the Lu Mansion, claiming to urge Lu Zongxian to fulfill the bet, but was forcefully expelled by the Lu family's servants.

Immediately, a hundred big men jumped out from the street corner to fight against the injustice, and severely damaged the Lu family's servants guarding the courtyard on the spot.

Then this group of big men took Wang Yusheng as the censor and quickly broke through the gate, front yard, and atrium of the Lu Mansion.

Finally, under the strong persuasion of Wang Yushi, these big men dispersed before the officers and soldiers of the patrol battalion in the capital surrounded them.

The court ministers were extremely shocked by this, because similar incidents in recent years usually only smashed the door, and at most affected the front yard, maintaining a certain bottom line.

This time, he broke through the bottom line and went deep into the atrium! If you work harder, you can rush to the inner courtyard where the women are!

But who can blame it? During the last court meeting, Mr. Lu supported Shi Xing's plan and openly made harsh words to make a bet.

No one knows whether Mr. Lu is trying to break up the bet without paying attention to the bottom line this time when he claims that he is ill.

So the group of big men who broke into the Lu Mansion's atrium today were actually sending a warning about what would happen if they didn't follow the bottom line.

Another day later, according to the emperor's decree, the court held another court meeting on the issue of Korea. Dozens of ministers of science and education gathered in the East Court Room.

Wang Tianguan, who was nominally presiding over the court meeting, briefly announced the start, then went to a corner to find a seat and dozed off.

Although the court meeting began, no one spoke for a while because everyone felt strange.

"Lin Jiuyuan didn't come?" Someone finally couldn't bear it anymore and asked a question that hit his soul.

Everyone can understand that Lu Guangzu didn't come, but if Lin Jiuyuan didn't come, would it be too much?

Although it is said that participation in court meetings is generally "voluntary", why did the emperor urgently recall you, Lin Jiuyuan, to the capital?

Ye Mengxiong, Secretary of the Ministry of War, said: "Lin Jiuyuan reported to me that he went to Xuan Mansion to handle matters."

Shao Bi, the left minister of the Ministry of Punishment, stood up and reprimanded severely: "I didn't attend the court meeting but went to the Xuan Mansion. This is simply dereliction of duty!"

Shao Shaosikou, who was not very public in the past, suddenly showed such an active performance today, which surprised many people.

After thinking about it for a while, he understood that it was probably the shaky Lu Guangzu who gave him hope of "replacement". After all, the Ministry of Punishment and the Metropolitan Procuratorate were both judicial departments, and it was normal for them to transfer to each other.

Ye Mengxiong forced a smile and said: "It's excusable for Lin Jiuyuan to go to Xuanfu."

Someone asked curiously: "What is the reason? You might as well say it clearly."

Ye Mengxiong seemed to find it difficult to speak, but still replied: "The previous disastrous defeat of the five thousand elite soldiers in Liaodong shows that the scale of North Korea's troop deployment will not be small this time.

A large number of troops will definitely be mobilized from other border towns to North Korea, so it is best for our Ming Dynasty to ensure stability in other directions and avoid being under pressure from multiple fronts.

Lin Jiuyuan went to Xuanfu in person to appease the right wing of the Northern Tartars and ensure the stability of the long border from Xuanfu to Datong and Ningxia and Gansu for a period of time in the future. "

Everyone: "."

What do you mean by appease the right wing of the Northern Tartars? It sounds so grand. Isn't it just sacrificing one's life and becoming a contemporary Han Derang again?

In order to increase his persuasiveness, Ye Da Sima tried his best to say seriously:

"Lin Jiuyuan's idea is not only to appease the right wing of the Northern Tartars, but also to persuade the right wing of the Northern Tartars to harass the left wing of the Northern Tartars.

If the right wing of the Northern Tartars can contain the left wing of the Northern Tartars in the next one or two years, it can reduce the pressure on Liaodong Town and Ji Town, especially relieve Liaodong's worries, and help North Korea use troops from the side.

Just as Lin Jiuyuan said, we can't look at war only in one place, we must have a global perspective"

In theory, this statement is very logical, and everyone can't find fault with it.

It just feels weird. Is it persuasion or sleep?

The Minister of Works Chen Yubi asked: "How long will Lin Jiuyuan be back? "

Ye Da Sima replied: "This time the situation is more urgent, Lin Jiuyuan will probably go to appease them for about three days.

Before leaving, Lin Jiuyuan also said that we don't need to worry about him and let the court officials discuss it first. "

Chen Yubi said: "Without Lin Jiuyuan, what's the point of us talking here? The emperor probably won't appoint someone else to govern Korea, right? ”

Although many people are reluctant to admit it, they have to face the fact that as long as Lin Tailai returns to the capital, he will be the first candidate to manage Korea.

Perhaps many people feel that they are also capable of managing Korean affairs. But no one dares to say that they are more suitable than Lin Tailai.

This is the prestige and trust that Lin Tailai has established by winning seven battles in the northwest and pacifying Ningxia.

No matter who is the emperor to choose people, they will tend to choose people who have always won battles.

What the emperor is considering now is probably just how much authority to give?

In addition, in the battle to pacify Ningxia last year, seven generals and tens of thousands of strong soldiers were mobilized successively.

So Lin Tailai, who was the military supervisor at the time, was a recent One of the few people who had experience in commanding "large-scale troop operations".

In the Ming Dynasty, which was accustomed to security battles involving thousands of people, there were very few people with such experience, not even Li Chengliang, who was known for his experience in many battles.

Judging from the current trend, North Korea's use of troops is obviously going to be on a large scale, and people with experience in "large-scale troop operations" will definitely be given priority.

As for the other two who have recent experience in "large-scale troop operations", they are Li Rusong and Ye Mengxiong, but they obviously cannot compete with Lin Tailai for the position of Minister of Economic Affairs.

In the end, the second court meeting on Korean affairs ended hastily in the absence of Lin Tailai, and waited for another meeting three days later.

Yin Zhuoran, the Korean envoy guarding the palace gate, was anxious when he heard the result.