The Ming Dynasty's Spokesperson

Three days later, Lin Tailai, who went to Xuan Mansion to appease the right wing of the northern captives, dragged his tired body and was carried back to the capital on a horse.

Thanks to North Korea, which seems to be in an urgent situation, otherwise I would not have an excuse to leave Xuanfu and return to Beijing.

Originally, I wanted to discuss the expedition in detail with my old acquaintance, Commander Wanquan Youwei and Zhangjiakou Mashi Branch Guard General Hei Xiao, but in the end I didn't have much time.

Hei Xiao was only told to prepare as many elite soldiers as possible, but according to Hei Xiao's wishes, he planned to give this opportunity to his adopted son Hei Fenghu.

Lin Tailai didn't care about this, as long as he used as many familiar generals as possible. Speaking of which, Heifenghu, who was a Jinshi in the 17th year of Wanli, was still his "disciple".

Official Lin was known as soon as he entered the city from Deshengmen; when he entered his house, he received a notice that a court meeting would be held tomorrow morning.

"It's such a hard life." Lin Tailai sighed.

Then he asked Zhang Wen, the Zuo protector who stayed behind in the Lin Mansion: "Has Lu Guangzu, the censor of Zuodu, resigned?"

Zhang Wen replied: "Still claiming to be ill, there is no other news."

Lin Tailai said dissatisfied: "It's been three days, and Wang Yushi hasn't forced him to fulfill the bet?"

Zhang Wen replied: "Wang Yushi did force Lu Guangzu again, but many Yushi jumped out to persuade him.

He said that he should respect his elders, that he should respect his predecessors, that he should be merciful and forgiving, and that it was all for his own good and that he should pay attention to his reputation.

Wang Yushi was thin-skinned and couldn't stand the repeated dissuasion, so he could only stand still for the time being. "

"You are so shameless, you have to let me do it." Lin Daguan was cursing while washing and resting.

Somehow, Lin Daguanren thought of the old man who forced him to give up his seat in his previous life.

The next day, Lin Tailai went to the east court room outside the Meridian Gate, and had to enter the imperial city through the right gate of Chang'an first.

When Lin Tailai was registering with the gate officer, a figure suddenly appeared and hugged his thigh before Lin Tailai could react.

This shocked Lin Tailai! It’s not that I’m afraid of any danger, it’s that I didn’t expect someone to get close to me so easily!

What does this mean? This shows that I am careless and have lost the vigilance I should have!

Throughout the ages, countless emperors and generals have suffered losses due to these small negligences.

So even if you are in the Imperial City, you must stay alert!

After secretly warning himself, Lin Tailai lowered his head and looked carefully.

But I saw this man wearing blue and black clothes that looked like official robes. He was kneeling on the ground and hugging his thigh tightly without letting go. He cried bitterly: "I beg Immortal Lin to save our country!"

The other ministers who were about to enter the right gate of Chang'an saw this scene and sighed: "Envoy Yin Zheng has been crying at the right gate of Chang'an for three days. There are also loyal people in the Eastern Kingdom who are worried about state affairs and even this!"

Lin Tailai suddenly realized that this person was Yin Zhuoran, the North Korean envoy. He had met him several times three years ago. No wonder he looked familiar.

Then in full view of everyone, Lin Tailai stretched out his hand. Yin Zhengshi thought he was going to help him up, so he let go of Lin Tailai's thigh.

Unexpectedly, Lin Tailai directly picked up Yin Zhengshi and walked towards the right gate of Chang'an.

This change was so sudden that Yin Zhengzhi forgot to continue crying for a while, and was stunned immediately, and was dragged away by Lin Tailai without any reaction.

This style of painting made other ministers around him stunned. Yin Zhuoran was also a foreign envoy after all, and he cried at the palace gate after his country was ruined and his family was destroyed. Are you, Lin Tailai, too rude and rude? Do you still have any compassion?

The official at the right gate of Chang'an stopped Lin Tailai in a very difficult way. Yin Zhuoran was a foreign official and was not eligible to enter the palace without imperial edict.

Lin Tailai explained: "Today there is a meeting on Korean affairs, and Ambassador Yin Zheng needs to be present to provide reference opinions. I am willing to vouch for Ambassador Yin Zheng and be responsible for taking care of him."

After hearing this, Yin Zhuoran stopped struggling and obediently let Lin Tailai carry it.

If you can participate in the high-level decision-making of the Ming Dynasty, it will be more useful than crying outside the palace gate, right?

After some thought, the gate officer asked Lin Tailai to write down the situation in the book, sign it, and then let him go.

After entering the palace, Lin Tailai kept his eyes straight, held his head high and walked like a tiger, and the officials who passed him avoided his way.

Yin Zhuoran, who was standing next to him, was horrified by the aura of the Nine Yuan True Immortal, while he kept saying nonsense words such as "I can't forget my teeth" and "I can't remember anything".

After passing through the Duanmen, Lin Tailai saluted in the direction of the Meridian Gate, and then stepped into the East Chamber.

The people who had arrived earlier stopped talking in unison, and all the ministers looked over.

Lin Tailai raised his chin to Wang Shizhen, the Minister of Civil Affairs, and said calmly: "I have not been in the habit of waiting for others recently, so let's start now."

The nominal host Wang Tianguan shouted "Start" and then dozed off in the corner again.

Yin Zhengshi stood behind Lin Tailai, silently observing the situation in Dongchao's room. He felt that he might have finally hugged the right thigh today.

The Ming Dynasty's court was too complicated. None of the cabinet ministers was in charge, but a fourth-rank official was in charge of the overall situation.

Ye Mengxiong, Minister of the Ministry of War, took the initiative and said: "Jiu Yuanjun, what can you say? The imperial court is waiting for your opinion."

Lin Tailai asked Yin Zhuoran: "Your country has always been the strongest in the East, why did it suddenly fall to the Japanese pirates? I always feel very suspicious."

This question is a bit difficult and Yin Zhuoran can't answer it, but what's suspicious about it?

Lin Tailai asked Ye Mengxiong again: "Since North Korea has repeatedly asked for help, has it ever given a detailed explanation of the situation?"

Ye Mengxiong didn't understand for a moment and asked: "What kind of detailed situation?"

Lin Tailai gave an example: "For example, on what month and what day did a country fall? What battles occurred on what month and what day? How many soldiers and horses were lost in each time period, which generals died in battle, and which ministers died. Wait, wait.”

Ye Mengxiong replied: "We don't have any detailed explanation of the situation. We are just urgently asking for help."

Lin Tailai's face grew colder and he turned to look at Yin Zhuoran.

Yin Zhengshi quickly explained: "Our country is in chaos, everything has no clue, and statistics on the situation are impossible to talk about."

Lin Tailai seemed to be thinking to himself: "If there is no detailed explanation of the situation, how can we win people's trust?"

Yin Zhengshi doesn't know why, how can he win people's trust? What's the meaning?

Then I heard Lin Tailai continue to say: "Even if ordinary people ask someone to borrow money or food, they should explain in detail what difficulties they have suffered. Otherwise, how can others believe it and lend a helping hand?"

Not to mention Ambassador Yin, not even the other ministers understood what Lin Tailai wanted to express.

Lin Tailai sneered and said to everyone: "North Korea has been asking for help urgently, but it has been unclear, not even a detailed explanation!

I have reason to suspect that North Korea and Japan are colluding with each other! Under the guise of asking for help from my Ming Dynasty, I lured my Ming Dynasty’s elite soldiers into North Korea to annihilate them! "

Yin Zhengshi: "."

Heaven, earth, is this an auditory hallucination?

It was like a thunderbolt on a clear day, suddenly resounding in the East Chamber, and all the ministers were dumbfounded!

Your Lin Tailai's brain circuit is still so amazing! How could you think so?

Lin Tailai said loudly: "When I was in Suzhou, I met some maritime businessmen who had been to North Korea!

They told me that they heard that North Korea has had many correspondences with Japan in recent years, and they might be colluding! "

"This is absolutely not the case!" Yin Zhengshi became anxious and shouted when he came to his senses.

Lin Tailai asked sternly: "Then how did the five thousand elite Ming soldiers who entered your country last month be defeated?

Your country still can't even explain the situation of its enemies. Isn't it intentional? "

Plop! Yin Zheng was so anxious that he knelt on the ground and wanted to hug his thigh, but Lin Tailai, who was already on guard, dodged him. Ambassador Yin Zheng could only lie on the ground and beg bitterly: "God's will is a lesson! Although our country is in tatters, we have no intention of rebelling against the Ming Dynasty!"

It’s not that our country deliberately conceals it, but it’s so bad that everything is so confusing that I can’t even explain it!

As for why the country is so rotten, how can he, an envoy abroad, know?

No one else spoke at this time, because all the ministers were overwhelmed by Lin Tailai and didn't know what to say.

As soon as Lin Tailai participated in the court meeting, the rhythm and style of the game completely changed, as if it was a new version and a new gameplay.

Lin Tailai ignored Yin Zhuoran and asked Ye Mengxiong, Minister of War, "Where is the King of North Korea? What is the situation now?"

Ye Dashima replied: "Hao Jie, the governor of Liaodong, reported that the Korean army was defeated like a mountain, and the Korean monarchs and ministers fled all the way to the other side of the Yalu River.

The king requested to enter the Liao Dynasty, but the refusal was unkind and the acceptance was difficult. How to deal with it, please ask the court for instructions. "

Lin Tailai snorted coldly, "Could it be that the King of Joseon wanted to invade the Ming Dynasty first, and then lead the wolf into the house, so as to pave the way for the Japanese soldiers?"

All the ministers: "."

You Lin Jiuyuan is almost there. If the king of North Korea really had such intelligence and courage, would the country be almost destroyed in less than two months?

Lin Tailai looked around at the crowd and said: "Soldiers are crafty! As long as doubts cannot be eliminated, you must be on guard!"

Yin Zhengshi didn't know how to defend himself, so he lay on the ground and cried bitterly: "What on earth can our monarch and his ministers do to win the trust of the superior state?"

After Lin Tailai pondered for a moment, he said: "The kings and ministers of your country fled from Wangjing all the way to Yizhou, and they must have brought a lot of property with them to help restore the country.

These properties, especially the royal property, can be sent across the Yalu River first to prove that your country has no selfish intentions towards the Ming Dynasty.

Only then can the king of your country be allowed to cross the river and temporarily reside in a safe place in Liaodong, waiting for the help of heavenly troops to restore the country. "

Yin Zhuoran was in a daze. Does this mean that if the monarchs and ministers trapped in Yizhou do not pay protection fees, they will not be able to cross the river to survive?

Even if Japanese soldiers come to attack Uiju, the Ming Dynasty officers and soldiers on the other side of the river will not rescue them because of "doubts"?

The ministers were a little speechless. When it comes to diplomatic work, it is you, Lin Tai, who has to take the lead.

Lin Tailai approached Yin Zhengshi and warned him sternly: "Whether your country's rapid defeat, your country's unclear request for help, or your country's flirting with the Japanese country in the past few years without telling the Ming Dynasty, it is very suspicious!

But don’t say that Ming Dynasty will not give your country the opportunity to prove itself. For a while, I can’t think of any other way to quickly eliminate doubts. "

Yin Zhengshi couldn't help but cover his face and cry. He really didn't know how to report such conditions to the king.

Lin Tailai added: "We have nothing to do with you here for the time being. Let's go down first!"

Several Jinyi guards who were on duty here came in and dragged Ambassador Yin Zheng out.

At this moment, Yin Zheng was so devastated that he was like a zombie. He had previously thought that he had met a kind person and would have the opportunity to participate in the high-level decision-making of the Ming Dynasty.

After watching Yin Zhengshi leave, Lin Tailai looked at Sun Quan and Yang Junmin, the two ministers of the household department, and sneered:

"The advance military expenditure should be settled. There is no need to discuss this issue today! The Ministry of Revenue should also shut up and stop crying about poverty!"

Sun Quan and Yang Junmin: "."

Lin Tailai looked at Shi Xing, the left minister of the Ministry of War, and went straight to high-end political rhetoric: "Did you have a serious brain disease or did you become a Japanese traitor?

How dare you do that? You only sent 5,000 troops to Korea to attack Pyongyang? "

Shi Xing: "."

Lin Tailai said without question: "Korea has eight provinces, and the two provinces bordering the Ming Dynasty are Pyeongan Province and Hamgyong Province.

Among them, there are 18,700 Japanese soldiers in Pyeongan Province, and Pyongyang is in Pyeongan Province. There are about 10,000 Japanese soldiers stationed in Pyongyang! How can we not be defeated if we only have 2,000 or 3,000 people in the Ming Dynasty to attack Pyongyang?

And there are 22,800 Japanese soldiers in Hamgyong Province, which means that there are 40,000 Japanese soldiers in the two provinces adjacent to the Ming Dynasty alone!

Together with the Japanese soldiers distributed in the other six provinces, the number of Japanese soldiers entering Korea is at least more than 100,000! ”

This is the first time that the Ming court has heard a relatively accurate number of Japanese soldiers since the incident in Korea.

I didn’t expect that the first person to report the number of Japanese soldiers was not the Liaodong governor, nor the Kingdom of Korea, but Lin Tailai who had been far away in Jiangnan.

The work performance of the Ministry of War’s Communications Department was so terrifying!

No one questioned Lin Tailai. In such a court meeting, Lin Tailai could not lie in public, let alone be accurate to the hundredth place.

Even if they wanted to question it, they could not produce any evidence to question it.

Lin Tailai looked around at everyone again, as if questioning everyone: "So is there a problem with my request to mobilize 100,000 troops? Even if 100,000 troops cannot be fully prepared at the moment, the first approval should be 50,000 or 60,000, right?

The Japanese pirates’ plan for Korea is actually for China, and my Ming Dynasty rescues Korea to protect China, so we must send troops! "

The ministers were silent. At this point, anyone with a little political intelligence also knew that they should abandon the mentality of fluke and prepare for a big fight.

As the Grand Marshal, Ye Mengxiong summed it up and said: "If there is no objection to the military expenditure and the issue of troops, then the next step is to elect a capable minister to be responsible for the management of Korea."

Wang Tianguan, who was dozing off in the corner, seemed to be activated by the word "election" and flashed back to the center of the stage in an instant.

"Does anyone recommend a candidate for the management of Korea?" Wang Tianguan forcefully took back the power of the host and asked skillfully.

"I want to recommend a candidate!" Lin Tailai suddenly raised his hand and said.

The ministers were collectively surprised. You, Lin Jiuyuan, just wait to be nominated. What are you talking about now?

Wang Tianguan was also a little confused, but still asked: "Who do you recommend?"

Lin Tailai answered loudly: "I choose Lu Guangzu! He can lead my Ming Dynasty soldiers to fight against Japan! ”

Everyone: “.”

Please spare old man Lu, don’t kill him. He’s already 70 years old, can he come back alive?

Wang Tianguan, who is familiar with election work, thought twice and decided to respect public opinion. He said:

“Lu Guangzu claims to be familiar with the situation in Korea and has always been concerned about Korean affairs. Those who oppose him, please raise your hands.”

The people belonging to the Lin Party looked at Lin Tailai and did not raise their hands; neutral people would not be the first to stand out, and they were unwilling to raise their hands. After all, raising hands is more conspicuous.

The Qingliu Party looked at each other and became confused in an instant. Some people hesitated and raised their hands to express their opposition.

Some people chose to stay put in the dilemma and did not raise their hands.

In the end, among the dozens of ministers present, only a dozen people raised their hands to oppose, which was obviously a minority.

Wang Tianguan smiled and said: “It seems that there are not many people who oppose Lu Guangzu’s strategy in Korea. Lu Guangzu can be reported. "

Lin Tailai smiled and led the applause.

Everyone: "."

No way? Are you serious? Will the emperor agree?

Even if the emperor was blinded by greed and dared to agree, would Lu Guangzu have the face to accept it?

The court discussion, which was going smoothly and fruitfully, ended in a weird atmosphere.