The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

After entering the twelfth lunar month, the atmosphere of the New Year gradually emerged in the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and it became stronger day by day.

This year's court year-end drama is "Wang Tianguan feigns illness to earn the general constitution", and the main performance has ended.

Now there is only an extra suspense, that is, will the reputation-destroying Zuodu Yushi Sun Piyang take the initiative to leave, or will he insist on not resigning and wait for the spring to be beaten?

Although the various government offices have not officially closed the office for holidays, they have also begun to enter the state of letting sheep and fishing.

At this time, another batch of battle reports were sent back to the capital from the Kingdom of Korea, but they did not cause much waves in the officialdom.

Lin Jinglue went from victory to victory, recovered another road in the Kingdom of Korea, and annihilated 10,000 Japanese troops with an extremely good casualty ratio. These can no longer touch the monarch and his ministers.

Even the number of 199 deaths made the court feel nothing.

The biggest highlight of this batch of battle reports may be that Lin Jinglue did not ascend first this time, but he killed a general.

Others may have read this batch of war reports, but the senior quasi-great perfect censor Qian Yiben was in deep thought. How should he impeach the governor Lin Tailai?

For some reason, the insider did not pass on private goods to him this time, as if the governor Lin had not done anything bad recently.

This is impossible, right? How could Lin Jiuyuan not do bad things?

But with Lin Jiuyuan's status, no matter what bad things he did in the Kingdom of Korea, even if it was crimes such as burning, killing and looting, he generally did not need to keep it secret from the court.

Anyway, this situation without insider intelligence put censor Qian in a dilemma. After all, as a newly rising anti-Lin flag bearer, he had to say something.

Censor Qian, who was thinking secretly, wandered alone in the Censorate, but met the same year censor Wan Guoqin.

Wan Guoqin asked, "Brother Qian, have you written anything for Lin Tailai?"

Qian Yiben replied, "Not yet."

Wan Guoqin said, "Brother Qian, please write something. The court officials love to read your memorials."

Qian Yiben smiled bitterly and said, "It's not easy to write this time. Lin Tailai didn't burn the city, nor did he let his soldiers plunder and harm the people."

Wan Guoqin snorted coldly, "Lin Tailai openly insulted the corpse of the enemy general, which is contrary to the way of benevolence and righteousness. He also took in and reused Korean traitors. Isn't it tantamount to encouraging disloyalty and injustice?"

Qian Yiben was stunned. Isn't it crazy to oppose Lin in the same year?

This is a war between two countries. Do we have to pay attention to the principles of benevolence and righteousness to the enemy generals?

Besides, the traitors of Korea are not the traitors of the Ming Dynasty. What does it have to do with the Ming Dynasty whether they are loyal to the Joseon Dynasty?

As a symbolic standard-bearer, Censor Qian will eventually write a memorial, but this time he can only play on his own.

After studying the military reports for nearly one or two months, Censor Qian finally submitted a memorial to impeach Lin Tailai before closing the office!

"I, the Supervisory Censor Qian Yiben, impeach the Minister of Korea Lin Tailai for being afraid of the enemy and cowardly, and delaying the opportunity to fight!"

Everyone who saw the beginning of this memorial was confused. How dare you, Censor Qian, impeach Lin Tailai for "fearing the enemy and cowardly"?

Since Lin Tailai entered the court, he has won three great victories, twice personally led the way, and once personally killed a general, and annihilated more than 37,000 Japanese soldiers in total. No matter how you look at it, it has nothing to do with "fearing the enemy and cowardly".

Even if it is made up and fabricated, it should pay attention to basic logic.

Looking down, I saw Qian Yiben wrote: "Lin Tailai has always deceived the court with his bravery, but he is actually a coward who only dares to use his numbers to bully the few.

Counting the battles that Lin Tailai fought in Korea, in the Battle of Pyongyang City, he fought against 16,000 to 17,000 Japanese soldiers; in the Battle of Hamheung Prefecture, he fought against 12,000 Japanese soldiers; in the Battle of Jizhou, he fought against 10,000 Japanese soldiers with 27,000 official soldiers.

Now, the main force of the official army of 40,000 to 50,000 has gathered around Kaesong. Facing tens of thousands of Japanese soldiers in Seoul, they hesitated and dared not fight again!

From this, it can be seen that Lin Tailai only dared to attack bravely when he had an absolute advantage, and he was timid when he was equal to the enemy's strength. He was actually a person who feared the enemy and was afraid of fighting!

The previous deeds were just a false appearance to deceive the court and steal the credit!"

After reading the impeachment of Censor Qian, everyone was shocked! The anti-Lin black Lin still had to look to Censor Qian!

The angle of this impeachment is so tricky and the thinking is so unique that it is really admirable.

Even the Lin Party, who don't care about how others impeach Lin Tailai, were broken down by Qian Yiben this time.

At the year-end party of the Renewal Society, some people clamored that the community should mobilize its power to deal with Qian Yiben.

However, this voice was persuaded by Zhou Yingqiu, secretary-general of the Renewal Society. Secretary-general Zhou said: "Under the premise of control, different voices should be allowed to exist, which is good for all parties."

Some people said unconvinced: "Are we going to let Qian Yiben talk nonsense and slander the reputation of Jiuyuan Jun?"

Zhou Yingqiu had to make up a temporary speech and patiently explained: "If the Minister of War is not one of us, Qian Yiben's reckless discussion of military affairs may cause the Ministry of War to make a mess of orders and disrupt Jiuyuan Gong's deployment, and he deserves death!

But now Ye Da Sima is here, no matter how Qian Yiben barks, it will not cause any substantial impact, so there is no need to worry too much."

After explaining, Zhou Yingqiu secretly thought that he still had to find an opportunity to warn Qian Yiben privately.

Even if you are a krypton gold player, you have to know your limits when you act recklessly!

At this time, Ye Mengxiong, the Minister of War, said: "In fact, the Ministry of War is under great pressure. Kaesong is only 120 miles away from Seoul, and nearly 50,000 troops have gathered nearby.

But Lin Jiuyuan planned to rest for the New Year, and said that he would continue to march south after February 2nd. It was indeed a bit unreasonable in terms of face.

Under normal circumstances, how could a short rest on the front line of the war take two months? In a normal war, the opportunity is ripe and the war is fought. Who cares whether the New Year is celebrated or not?

The court of the Korean Kingdom has a lot of criticism about this. Recently, the king also made a petition to beg the army to march south immediately.

The emperor has sent the petition of the Korean king to the Ministry of War, and I don’t know how to reply. "

Sima Ye said this in public to gather ideas and let others help him write a reply.

After all, Lin Tailai's behavior did violate normal military logic, and it took a lot of thought to figure out how to fool him.

You can't just say "haste makes waste" and send the emperor away. The emperor also has to save face in front of the king of the vassal state.

No one could think of a suitable excuse for a while. It was really hard to explain why they did not move when they were only 120 miles away from the enemy when they had an absolute advantage in combat power.

Shen Yan, who worked in the Ministry of Rites, also said at this time: "I think the King of Korea has been very restless recently! He also submitted a petition to return to Korea, and said that he was blocked by Lin Jiuyuan."

Someone said dissatisfiedly: "Why does this king always want to return to his country? Can't he just act as an exiled small court?"

The others nodded and said: "Jiuyuan Jun is still kind-hearted and did not change the person on the throne. ”

Only Zhou Yingqiu took out a sealed letter and introduced it:

“This is a secret letter sent back at the beginning of the ninth month of the lunar calendar. It is said that it will be opened when something involving the King of Korea is encountered.”

Everyone was thinking. It seemed that Lin Tailai had already foreseen that the King of Korea would be restless?

It was almost the New Year, and the affairs of the court had calmed down a lot. Emperor Wanli was in a more relaxed mood recently.

On this day, Emperor Wanli was drinking in the West Garden with the snowy scenery. Suddenly, he saw Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the seal of the Silijian, hurrying here.

Damn, there must be trouble again, Emperor Wanli thought in a disappointed tone.

Zhang Cheng walked up to the emperor and reported: “A court official submitted a memorial, accusing the King of Korea of ​​abolishing the eldest son and establishing the second son, violating the etiquette and law. Please punish him, Your Majesty.

According to the news from the East Factory, it was said outside that the reason why the King of Korea established the second son as the crown prince was because he was influenced by Your Majesty, and the upper beam was not straight and the lower beam was crooked. "

Emperor Wanli's eyes went dark. What was going on? What was wrong with the King of Korea making his second son the Crown Prince? Why did he have to be implicated?

On the surface, it was a rebuke to the King of Korea, but in fact it was directed at him. Fundamentally, it was to cause trouble for the country! It was not quiet during the New Year, so annoying!

Zhang Cheng added: "Chief Minister Zhao Zhigao has submitted a secret memorial, which should be related to this matter."

Emperor Wanli personally opened the secret memorial and read it. It read:

"Your Majesty should not make a fuss for the King of Korea. No matter what the final result is, it will not be of any benefit to Your Majesty.

You can also keep all the memorials from the Kingdom of Korea and the memorials rebuking the King of Korea in the palace, and ignore the King of Korea and deal with it coldly."

After that, Emperor Wanli showed the secret memorial of Chief Minister Zhao to Zhang Cheng, the eunuch in charge of the seal, and ordered: "Do it this way! It's really unlucky!"

Zhang Cheng also agreed: "It is best to deal with the King of Korea coldly. Keep the relevant memorials in the palace, don't discuss them, don't issue an order, so as not to bring trouble to the emperor.

Anyway, with Lin Tailai guarding the East Country, nothing serious will happen there. If there is something, Lin Tailai will handle it himself. "

"I am tired, you go!" Emperor Wanli felt that his good mood was ruined, and he went back to the palace to sleep.

Before closing the office, Yin Zhuoran, the chief envoy of the Kingdom of Korea, came to the Ministry of Rites and visited Shen Yan, the acting head of the Ministry of Rites.

"I wonder if the court has responded to the request of the king of our country?" Yin Zhuoran asked.

Since they were so familiar with each other, Shen Yan did not speak in an official tone, and answered enthusiastically: "Someone has submitted a memorial to reprimand the king of your country for making the second son the crown prince. Please punish the king of your country.

Then, in order to maintain the dignity of the king of your country, His Majesty took back all the relevant memorials and kept them in the palace without sending them out. It seems that he intends to deal with it coldly. "

Yin Zhuoran looked very unhappy, and he really felt that he had suffered an unprovoked disaster.

It seemed like a matter of life and death for his own king, but in the heart of the emperor of the Celestial Empire, he could ignore it and put it aside just to "not worry about it".

After thinking for a moment, Envoy Yin Zheng said, "I am ready to leave the capital and return home."

Shen Yu asked in surprise, "Why? Isn't it good to be in the capital?"

Envoy Yin Zheng replied with a resounding voice, "The motherland is calling me, and I want to go to the place where the motherland needs me most!"

Shen Yu: ""

Everyone is so familiar with each other, so don't act.

If Envoy Yin Zheng really has this passion to serve the country, why didn't you go back when the whole country fell?

Envoy Yin Zheng sighed again, "When the king appointed me as an envoy, the main task was to ask for help.

Now that the heavenly soldiers are so powerful, why do I need to stay?

It's just a waste of time here, and life still needs to do something more meaningful. "

"Okay! "Shen Yan responded: "Then I won't force you to stay. I will help you get the relevant permits so that you can pass smoothly to Kuandian Fort in Liaodong!"

"No, no!" Envoy Yin said hurriedly: "Don't misunderstand, Lord Shen, we are not going to Kuandian Fort!"

Shen Yan asked: "The king of your country and the ministers in the palace are mostly in Kuandian Fort. Where else do you want to go if you don't report to Kuandian Fort?"

Yin Zhuoran said a little embarrassedly: "I want to apply for a permit to go to Jiuliancheng, and then cross the river to Yizhou."

Shen Yan said with a smile: "Our Lin Jinglüe has an order that under normal circumstances, it is strictly forbidden for Korean ministers to cross the river to return to Korea."

Yin Zhuoran gritted his teeth and said: "I don't want to be an official of Korea anymore, I will give up my position! Go to join Lin Jinglüe!"

Shen Yan: ""

Why are you playing such a big game? Is it necessary?

Yin Zhuoran said helplessly: "Lord Shen, you don't know that I belong to the Northern Party in the country. I was quite powerful before, so I was able to serve as an angel twice.

After the Japanese invasion, the leader of our Northern Party was exiled, and the party's power weakened sharply.

Now I have accomplished nothing in the capital and cannot help the king return to the country. The Western Party and the Southern Party in the palace will definitely take the opportunity to punish me!

If I am accused of deceiving the emperor and humiliating the country, I am afraid that even my life will be in danger!

As the saying goes, if I am not allowed to stay here, I will go to the governor!"

Shen Yan sighed repeatedly, life in the world is really like drifting duckweed.

Who would have thought that the envoy in front of him, who was either crying at the palace gate or making jokes in the Ministry of Rites, would be in danger of his life inadvertently.

Only then did he understand why Yin Zhuoran's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard that the emperor was going to ignore the King of Korea.

For Envoy Yin Zheng, this meant that the mission had failed and he would become a victim of fierce party struggles.

After thinking about it, Shen Yan agreed and said, "I can help you cross the Yalu River, but whether Lin Jiuyuan can help you depends on your own luck."

Yin Zhuoran replied, "When I first served as an angel, it was Lord Jiuyuan who met me.

At that time, Lord Jiuyuan casually gave our king a posthumous title and asked for a map of our country. I could see that Lord Jiuyuan's mind was extraordinary.

Now Lord Jiuyuan deliberately delayed the opportunity to fight and refused to quickly recover Wangjing. It was obviously intentional!

I don't know what my country will become in the future, but Lord Jiuyuan must be in need of people now!

I am fluent in Chinese, I have known Lord Jiuyuan for many years. If I take the initiative to give up my official position and go to him, why wouldn't Lord Jiuyuan use me? "

Shen Yan sighed: "Today I know how decisive you are!"

Then he suggested: "If possible, you can bring everyone in the delegation. Koreans who know Chinese must be the most scarce talents now.

Don't worry about your safety on the road. I will apply to the Grand Marshal to use the official army to escort you along the way to ensure that you can meet Lin Jiuyuan safely."

Yin Zhuoran felt that he had truly gained a sense of security. He kowtowed and thanked him:

"Thank you Lord Shen for your help. I will never forget it! I hope I can eat watermelon with you in Guanglu Temple in the future!"