Chapter 29 Chapter Eight This is a Misunderstanding

When Shen Weijing and Naito Ru'an came back happily with "Guan Baijiang Biao", it was already the spring of the 22nd year of Wanli.He felt that this mission was perfect, and hoped to go to Song Yingchang to show his merits, but when he arrived, it was a bolt from the blue. Song Yingchang resigned. Whether it is the main combat faction or the main peace faction, at this time they have lost patience with Song Yingchang.On December 5th, the 21st year of Wanli, Shi Xing wrote a letter. He first praised Song Yingchang for his contributions in the past two years, and then said that since he had returned to China, the matter of the Japanese pirates could not be left alone. He recommended a man named Gu Yangqian. people to take over.

For Song Yingchang, Shi Xing believed that he was benevolent and righteous.He did not deprive Song of his post, but let him return to Beijing to resign after winning the battle.What's more, at this time, the main battle party has been dissatisfied with Song Yingchang for a long time. If he still stays in this position, sooner or later there will be problems. Song Yingchang had no choice but to return to Daming.Before leaving, he also repeatedly told the North Koreans and the Ming army stationed in the DPRK not to withdraw their troops, otherwise the situation would get out of hand.He returned to Beijing, handed over his duties, and was praised by Emperor Wanli.But before his butt was warmed up in the capital, the overwhelming attacks rushed over.

Tang Yipeng, the censor of Guangdong Province, Huang Yilong, the censor of Henan Province, Han Qushan, the governor of Liaodong, Wu Wenzi in Bingkegeshizhong, Li Yaomin, the Zhili inspector, and others began to continuously participate in the impeachment of Song Yingchang. The content of the participation was varied: from " From "improper management" to "cowarding and avoiding war", from "corruption of military merit" to "improper appointment", some people even said that he collaborated with Yuan Huang, Liu Huangshang and others to make huge profits from the sale of war horses. Have.

One of the most serious crimes was brought up by Wu Wenzi. On the second day of December in the 21st year of Wanli, 10,000 Japanese soldiers divided into three groups and attacked Ankang in Gyeongju.There were thousands of Southern troops stationed in Gyeongju at that time. When the main generals Wu Weizhong, Luo Shangzhi, and Wang Bidi heard that the Japanese army was attacking, they immediately fought against the Korean guard Gao Yanbo. Wu Wenzi used this as an argument to argue that the Japanese army was ambitious, that the peace talks were false, and that Song Yingchang, who advocated the peace talks, was a traitor.

Song Yingchang couldn't tell because of his hardships, Shi Xing scolded him for sabotaging the peace talks, and the officials scolded him for only thinking about peace talks, why is it so difficult for the Ming Dynasty to do something! For a while, Song Yingchang's situation was precarious, and he was about to be labeled as a treasonous minister.Fortunately among the misfortunes, when these officials impeached Song Yingchang, they also impeached a person, Li Rusong. Who is Li Rusong?His father, Li Chengliang, is a veritable king of the Northeast. He himself is the head of the Li family in the Northeast and the supreme leader of Liaodong Jingqi. His promotion and relegation have a great impact on the political situation of the empire.Don't say that Li Rusong won the battle when he returned from North Korea this time, even if he retreated in defeat, the court would not dare to do anything to him.

After Li Rusong returned to Liaodong, there was a private school teacher named Zhu Longguang in his family. For some unknown purpose, he suddenly jumped out and accused the court of Li Rusong's secret collusion with Japanese pirates.The imperial court unceremoniously sentenced Zhu Longguang to a crime of framing, "sentenced in the shackles in the middle of the day", and almost died suddenly.The imperial court's attitude towards Li can be seen. Li Rusong and Song Yingchang had always been at odds on the Korean battlefield, but now they were tied to a rope by a group of officials.Since the imperial court did not dare to move Li Rusong, naturally it could not move Song Yingchang either.

After some true and false investigations, it was finally proved that most of the allegations against Song Yingchang were false. It's a pity that Song Yingchang was already disheartened at this time, and he didn't want to go through the muddy water here again, so he finally submitted his resignation and went back to his hometown to retire. At this point, the two civil and military officials of the Ming army who first aided the DPRK were world-class heroes, all withdrew from the Korean battlefield, and never set foot on that land again in their entire lives. Since Song Yingchang took over the position of economic strategy, he has worked hard to drive the slow war machine of Ming Dynasty. He has worked out a detailed and careful battle plan with Yuan Huang, Liu Huangshang and other staff, dispatched troops from various places, coordinated logistics, coordinated and spurred North Korean officials, etc. Wait.These are mostly trivial matters, unobtrusive and rarely noticed.

But without Song Yingchang's strong and meticulous management, the dilapidated North Korea would not be able to support the Ming army's military activities in North Korea, and it would be even more impossible for Li Rusong to fight as he wanted.Looking at the situation of the first war to aid Korea, the Ming army's movement was quite methodical, advancing and retreating without any major mistakes, all thanks to Song Yingchang's strategic planning. As for the widely criticized supply problem, this is an objective difficulty.Song Yingchang never made any omissions in raising grain, grass, and equipment from the country. The grain, grass, and supplies on the border between China and North Korea were piled up like a mountain. However, North Korea had only three to five mules and seven or eight people.Under such an extremely limited environment, Song Yingchang tried his best to support it, so that the Ming army did not suffer from widespread starvation.

Song Yingchang's role in the Korean War is very similar to that of a cleaner.No matter how hard you try to sweep the floor, you won't see the results, but once you hit the ground running, you'll see it right away. Of course, Song Yingchang himself cannot say that there is nothing wrong with it.His partiality to the southern army is no less than Li Rusong's enthusiasm for protecting the calf. He has at least 49% of the responsibility for the North-South dispute;This is also one of Song Yingchang's stains. However, these mistakes do not conceal the merits, and cannot conceal the contribution made by Song Yingchang.The Korean War lasted six years, just like Li Rusong was the most outstanding commander, Ming Jinglue changed four terms successively, and Song Yingchang's performance was also the most outstanding one.His dedication in the Korean War deserves an objective and fair evaluation from history.

What's interesting is that not only people in Ming Dynasty were dissatisfied with Song Yingchang, but even North Koreans didn't think highly of him. What's interesting is that not only people in Ming Dynasty were dissatisfied with Song Yingchang, but even North Koreans didn't think highly of him. The superficial reason for this is that Song Yingchang's nonchalant remarks to North Korean officials on the issue of grain and grass transportation, he frequently scolded North Korean officials, and even exceeded his authority to interfere in the appointment and dismissal of North Korean officials, which aroused the dissatisfaction of the North Korean court; The academic disagreement that can't be beat.

Li Chao has always been a teacher of Ming Dynasty, and his ideology believes in Confucianism based on Zhu Zi's theory.Song Yingchang, Yuan Huang and others were followers of Wang Yangming. Among them, Yuan Huang had a deep relationship with Wang Xue. His father Yuan Po was one of Wang Yangming's disciples, and his teacher was Wang Yangming's direct student Wang Ji. Song Yingchang, Yuan Huang, like other disciples of "Wang Xue", were full of the great ideal of spreading Yangming's learning to the world.In the twelfth year of Wanli, the Wang Xuemen had achieved initial victory, allowing Wang Yangming to officially worship the Confucian Temple.After Song and Yuan came to North Korea, they were surprised to find that North Korea, which had always followed the pace of Ming Dynasty, was indifferent to Yangming's theory. This is really an incredible thing. Therefore, Song Yingchang and Yuan Huang hoped to sow the sprouts of Wang Xue in this wasteland after fighting.Wang Yangming was both civil and military, so they started from the most important point, first taught the North Korean soldiers Yangming's art of war, and when the time was right, they formally proposed to the King of North Korea to teach Wang Xue, teach the Confucian scholars Yangming's mind, and even suggested that in North Korea There is also a Yangming statue in the Confucian Temple. This can stab a hornet's nest all of a sudden, even when the North Korean ministers were occupied by the Japanese, they were not so angry.They were extremely dissatisfied with this approach of Song and Yuan, and they desperately resisted it openly and secretly, and they wanted to maintain the dignity of Zhu Zi's theory no matter what, and even called Song Yingchang and others "the decline of the world and the rise of monsters, so this is the end."Later, Yuan Huang was impeached by Li Rusong for ten crimes, one of which was that he was "confused by leftist ways", and even some Korean Confucian scholars who were interested in Wang Xue were questioned and punished. Driven by this emotion, North Korean officials could not understand everything about Song Yingchang, and there were a lot of sarcasm in various records.The irony is that this kind of fierce backlash and controversy made Wang Xue known to everyone in North Korea, which aroused more people's thinking, and eventually developed the Ganghwa School, a branch of North Korean Yangming School.Song Yingchang and Yuan Huangruo were relieved to know what happened next. After the episode is over, let's get back to the topic. Song Yingchang left and Gu Yangqian came. Gu Yangqian was a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Jiajing. He was the left servant of the Ministry of War and the governor of Jiliao at that time.Shi Xing recommended him, firstly because he was good at handling affairs; secondly, because he had not participated in the War of Resistance Against Japan, he had no political burden, and could carry out peace talks without hesitation. Compared to Song Yingchang, Gu Yangqian spared no effort to promote the peace talks, sincerely, because his mission is to facilitate peace talks, and only peace can show his value. But as soon as he took office, he was not in a hurry to show his attitude.At this time, the situation in the court is still very chaotic. If the main battle is fought, it will be attacked by the main peace faction; Gu Yangqian has been waiting, waiting for a suitable opportunity. The fundamental difference between the war faction and the peace faction in the Ming Dynasty lies in the attitude of Japan: the peace faction believes that Japan has shown obedience and can be appeased; If there is any evidence that Japan has indeed softened, it will be easy to handle. Speaking of evidence, the evidence really came. After Shen Weijing and Naito Ru'an forged the "Guan Baijiang Table", they came to Song Yingchang excitedly.As a result, Song Yingchang couldn't find it, and they ran into Gu Yangqian. When Gu Yangqian saw it, he was overjoyed, this is really a pillow when he was dozing off.With this Guan Baijiang table, things are easy to say. Then he did three things. The first thing to do is to discuss with Emperor Wanli, saying that the Japanese have already prepared the surrender table, and see if they can make the conditions for Japan more generous, from "only granting no tribute" to "paying tribute in parallel" .” This is understandable, the more benefits offered, the higher the probability of peace talks. The war faction in the imperial court saw that Gu Yangqian was doing this again, and attacked him again and again with continuous impeachment.But this time Gu Yangqian held it because he was supported by Shi Xing. Shi Xing didn't make a move to protect Song Yingchang before because the latter didn't fit his strategic thinking. Now that Gu Yangqian is a true advocate and faction, and he has "Guan Bai Jiang Biao" in his hand, he naturally has to do his best to protect it. Regarding Gu Yangqian's proposal of "paying tribute", Wanli was very hesitant, not particularly willing, he just wanted to give Hideyoshi an empty title.But Gu Yangqian is patient, he repeatedly stated that Japan is very obedient and peace will be reached, and even said that if the imperial court does not agree to pay tribute, then I will resign and forget about it. Wanli asked Wang Xijue, the chief assistant, the old man's answer was vague, saying, "If you are sincere, there is no reason. I am not a filial son. If you ask extra, there is no reason." It means that he didn't say anything .Wanli asked Shi Xing again, and Shi Xing naturally turned to Gu Yangqian.After several twists and turns, Emperor Wanli reluctantly opened his mouth, saying that as long as the Japanese provide some practical guarantees and withdraw their troops, the matter of paying tribute can be discussed. With Wanli's approval, Gu Yangqian joyfully began to prepare for the second thing, to withdraw his troops. At that time, there were still more than 16,000 Ming troops stationed in North Korea, divided into two divisions, the Sichuan Army and the Zhejiang Army.In order to make the Japanese feel more comfortable and the peace talks more harmonious, Gu Yangqian resolutely decided to withdraw the Zhejiang soldiers back to the country first, leaving only Liu Ting's Sichuan army to assist in the defense. Wu Weizhong, Wang Bidi, Luo Shangzhi and other generals of the Zhejiang Army did not resist this order. In the past few years of entering the DPRK, the southern soldiers have sacrificed too much on the Korean battlefield. Now it is time to go back and take a rest. Therefore, the descendants of these Qi's army ordered their soldiers and horses, and the North Korean monarchs and ministers reluctantly persuaded them to stay and withdraw from North Korea.These great and down-to-earth fighters have won the sincere respect of almost everyone by virtue of their own efforts. The Koreans regard them as real warriors, and the Japanese turn around and run away when they see them. ...killing. There are actually two types of Zhejiang soldiers who entered the dynasty: one was temporarily transferred from Zhejiang, Fujian, Guangdong and other places to the north before the start of the war;After the latter type of troops returned home, they received orders to return directly to the Jizhen garrison.However, Wang Bao, the commander-in-chief of Ji Town, refused to pay them. This suddenly angered the Zhejiang soldiers. They fought bloody battles in North Korea and lacked food and clothing. Their only motivation was that they could have a lot of rewards after returning to China. But now that the imperial court broke their promise and became fat, how can we not make them angry? More importantly, Wang Bao, the chief soldier of Ji Town, was from Liaodong.The soldiers from the South and the North already disliked each other on the Korean battlefield, and now that they are returning to China, there are people from Liaodong riding on their heads and shitting on their heads, which is even more intolerable. Among them, the Zhejiang soldiers of the Sanxie reacted the most violently, almost leading to a mutiny.After Wang Bao heard about it, he quickly announced that he would call the southern soldiers to the teaching ground to collect their salary.These southern soldiers thought that they really had money, put down their weapons, and went happily.As soon as he entered the teaching ground, Wang Bao immediately turned his face. Countless knives and axes appeared around him.Fearing that there might be survivors, Wang Bao fetched the troop roster and called them one by one. After Wang Bao killed the Southern soldiers, he still didn't think it was enough, so he allowed his subordinates to plunder the nearby merchants again, and counted these on the dead Southern soldiers.Wang Bao then reported to the imperial court, saying that the southern soldiers had rebelled and robbed traders, and Jizhen had sent troops to suppress them, and they had wiped out all the rebels. This tragedy has aroused widespread concern. Some officials with a sense of justice—such as Dai Shiheng, Yushi Wang Yi and others in the incident—signed a letter of protest, criticizing that Wang Bao’s actions were comparable to those who killed Zhao Jun with 400,000 yuan. Bai Qi was still vicious and asked to re-investigate the case. Ma Wenqing, the patrol censor in charge of the investigation, tried his best to shield Wang Bao, and Shi Xing, Minister of the Ministry of War, also showed an attitude of inclination to support Wang Bao.It's not that he has a good impression of this person, the main reason is that the withdrawal of troops was a decision made by Gu Yangqian. If the case is to be investigated in detail, Gu will not be able to get rid of it, and it will affect the strategic layout of the Sino-Japanese peace talks. Therefore, under the obstruction of Shi Xing, Ma Wenqing and others, this incident was classified as "counter-insurgency".Not only was Wang Bao not punished, but he made great contributions in suppressing the rebellion and was promoted.These southern soldiers did not fall into the hands of the Japanese pirates, but died under the butcher's knives of their own people, which is really embarrassing. Gu Yangqian has no feelings for Nan Bing, and has no interest in these domestic events. He is busy arranging the third matter. This matter is closely related to the North Koreans. Prior to this, the Koreans heard about the controversy in the Ming court, and hastily dispatched an envoy named Xu Xiang to explain that the ministers could not withdraw their troops.When the envoy arrived in Liaodong, he was directly stopped by Gu Yangqian. Old Gu took a look, no, I can't let the North Koreans harm my big business.He put Xu Xiang under house arrest, and sent a man named Hu Ze to take his handwriting to Seoul, North Korea, and hand it over to King Li Yan. After Li Yan opened the constitution post, he was stunned.In this letter, Gu Yangqian made a small request, which was so wonderful that I couldn't help but extract important passages from it: Today, the salary can no longer be transported, the soldiers can no longer be used, and the Japanese slaves are also afraid of power and ask to surrender, the heaven is right to allow it... Er Guojun and his ministers are like the Japanese gradually retreating to Pusan ​​to wait for the Ming Dynasty, and dare not invade again , read into the chapter, and heard that the imperial court begged for a tribute for the Japanese, so that they can go quickly, and the Japanese will go against Del, and will never return. Come on. It means: First, we don’t plan to send salaries, and second, we don’t plan to transport troops. Peace talks are the only way out. If you don’t want the Japanese to fight again, why don’t you go to the court for them and ask for tribute.The Japanese are cheap, so naturally they won't harass you. Gu Yangqian is worthy of being a "wizard". In order to promote the peace talks, he even thought of such a trick.His wishful thinking was very simple. Even the victim asked for forgiveness of the murderer. How could the court not grant it? As for whether the North Koreans would like it or not, it was not considered at all.North Korea's safety is in Daming's hands. North Korea has to do what Daming says, and there is no room for negotiation. The North Korean ministers became anxious when they heard this suggestion.Is this too much?We were bullied so badly by the Japanese, and they asked us to ask for official titles for them?Repaying grievances with virtue is not the way to repay them.So Li Yan sent wave after wave of envoys to visit Gu Yangqian, hoping that he would withdraw his order. It's a pity that Gu Yangqian is not Song Yingchang. He is determined to negotiate peace, and he doesn't listen to North Korea's pleas at all. Instead, he threatens to withdraw his troops. The two sides started arguing about this matter, and it took until July.Before the results could be drawn, a crisis of confidence from Beijing quietly landed on Gu Yangqian. It turned out that as early as the beginning of the 22nd year of Wanli, Song Yingchang had left his post at that time, Gu Yangqian was still on his way to take office, and the entire Korean War Zone was in a state of neglect.Taking advantage of this opportunity, Li Yan sent a thank-you mission to Beijing to file a complaint, reporting the Jinzhou tragedy and a series of harassment acts by the Japanese pirates during the peace talks to the Ming court, and begging for no tribute. The mission probably didn't use its joints in Beijing. It never had a chance to meet Emperor Wanli, and it stayed there for several months.Even if the memorial they brought was handed over, it would probably have fallen into the sea and no one would care about it.But everything can't stand a caring person.This memorial was inadvertently seen by Chen Shi'en, who was in charge of the household department. Chen Shien's position is the main battle, and he was worrying about how to defeat Gu Yangqian under Shi Xing's protection. When he saw this memorial, he couldn't help being overjoyed. He checked the correspondence overnight and wrote an eloquent impeachment post with thousands of words.This impeachment post is extremely well written, and it cites a large number of letters, documents and combat records from the Ming Dynasty, Japan, and South Korea. Wanli was very upset after reading this post.Gu Yangqian, the Japanese bandit is obviously so arrogant, but he still says that the Japanese are obedient, isn't this making fun of the emperor?He commented: "If things are successful, the credit will be returned. If it is not successful, it will be hard to blame. In the future, if there are disputes and memorabilia, it is better to keep the two and not distinguish them, so as to see how the effect will be in the future." When Shi Xing saw this instruction, he couldn't sit still.Wanli originally supported the peace talks, but now his position has wavered.He hurriedly asked Gu Yangqian to come up with some results, otherwise the emperor might change his mind at some point. When Gu Yangqian heard this, he quickly said a harsh word to the Koreans: "If you don't ask for tribute for the Japanese, I will withdraw all the Ming troops to the Yalu River, and then things will be over!" He did what he said, After the Zhejiang Army, the Sichuan Army under Liu Ting was also transferred back to the country, and the strength of Ming's garrison in North Korea was further weakened. The North Koreans couldn't bear the threat of Gu Yangqian, even if ten thousand of them were unwilling, they had no choice but to grit their teeth and admit defeat, and against their will, drafted a letter of application for the Japanese. At the same time, he summoned Nei Teng Ru'an who had been trapped in Liaoyang for a long time.Gu Yangqian had kept Nei Teng Ru'an under house arrest in Liaoyang before, because he knew that this surrender alone could not explain the problem, and it must be handed in together with the memorial of the North Koreans to be convincing.Poor Naito Ruan waited for several months in vain just for these thin pages. This time Gu Yangqian met Naito Ruan and told him to pack up and bring the "Guan Baijiang Form" to Beijing, as soon as the memorial from the Koreans arrived, you would set off.Naito went back happily to pack his luggage and waited patiently. Poor Naito, it's been another two months... Whether the memorial to the Koreans’ request for tribute was written or not, the ministers debated for a long time whether to send it or not. It's month. At this time, news of a personnel change reached Seoul.Gu Yangqian was called back to be in charge of the Ministry of War, and he was replaced by Sun Kuang, another servant of the Ministry of War. Li Yan became anxious when he heard that, was he dismissed?We acted on your conscience to speak up for the Japanese in accordance with your request, Lao Gu, and you were dismissed in just a few days? Isn't this cheating? No wonder Li Yan was so excited, Gu Yangqian made such an unreliable play, which completely messed up the position of the North Koreans. How could Gu Yangqian be dismissed?It was Shi Xingxia's hand again! The speech officials headed by Chen Shien have been working hard to impeach in the past few months, but Gu Yangqian has been unable to produce results for a long time, and he is already at a loss.In May, Fujian inspector censor Liu Fangyu wrote a letter requesting that the seal be extinct. In the memorial, he said that he had sent someone to contact Xu Yi in Japan—I don’t know if you still remember this person—to get back more detailed information.Intelligence shows that Japan has been actively preparing for war and has been actively preparing for war. It has even inquired about the origin of the raw materials of the Japanese army's firearms. Liu Fangyu was the last straw on Gu Yangqian's body.As soon as Shi Xing saw this memorandum, he knew that Lao Gu was no longer in the family, so he couldn't stay any longer.he He had no choice but to use the method of throwing his car to protect his handsome man, and transferred the old Gu who was riddled with bullets back to the ministry, and sent Sun Kuang to take over. Sun Kuang also advocated paying tribute, but the wind direction of the court has changed, and it is not easy for him to show too obvious inclinations.Under the instigation of Chen Shi'en and others, the imperial court soon set off a new wave of main battle, advocating to respond to North Korea's request and increase troops to the peninsula in case Japanese pirates attacked again. Chen Shien hadn't finished shouting the slogan "Defend North Korea and kill the Japanese slaves", and the Koreans' tribute memorial was sent to Beijing on September 12th... All of a sudden, everyone in the Ming court was confused. What the hell is going on in North Korea?First of all, it was said that peace cannot be negotiated with the Japanese pirates, and now there is such a memorial to pay tribute on behalf of the Japanese, which is contradictory and chaotic. Li Yan, who was far away in Seoul, was so wronged that he was about to cry. When he wanted to fight, he ran into Da Ming who wanted to make peace, and when he wanted to make peace, he ran into Da Ming who wanted to fight again. I really don’t blame me for the time difference. It’s really because Beijing is too far away from Seoul. Information updates are too late. This series of black and humorous misunderstandings has muddied the waters in the capital.The main combat faction worked hard to create public opinion for North Korea, but now the bitter master has turned his back on the water first, and his morale has been frustrated. At this time, the old and cunning Shi Xing realized that the opportunity had finally come. The old politician suggested to the emperor that everyone's thinking is so confused now, why don't we find someone who understands and ask.Emperor Wanli said who to ask?Shi Xing smiled calmly, and told the emperor that a Japanese envoy, Xiao Xifei, was in Liaoyang and had been waiting respectfully for permission to come to Beijing for a pilgrimage. Emperor Wanli was not very interested in the Japanese envoy, but Shi Xing told him again, don't forget, this Japanese envoy has on him the surrender form that Toyotomi Hideyoshi gave us to Daming.This one scratched Emperor Wanli's itchy spot. He had heard Gu Yangqian talk about this before, but he didn't ask in detail.Now that Shi Xing mentioned it, he immediately remembered it, and ordered: "Call me over here!" Once the emperor's golden mouth is opened, everything is easy to handle.Shi Xing immediately sent Yao Hong, a special envoy of the Ministry of War, to Liaoyang to inform Naito Ru'an, who had been waiting madly, to go to Beijing for an audience, accompanied by Shen Weijing. Naito Ru'an was overjoyed, packed his luggage overnight, and came to Liaodong, and arrived in the imperial capital in early December. When he saw the majestic city walls of Beijing, he couldn't help but burst into tears.In July of the 21st year of Wanli, he set foot on Busan with the expectation of his lord, and finally arrived in Beijing today. He has walked this distance for a year and a half...