Chapter 1090 Before the War, it's more like the New Year's Eve

In the time and space where there was no Wang Tong, the so-called Wanli three levies exhausted the Ming Dynasty's treasury. The Ming Dynasty's finances, which Gao Gong and Zhang Juzheng tried their best to reverse, became a vicious cycle of swaying in the two states of bankruptcy and impending bankruptcy. But this time, neither Bozhou nor Ningxia, there was any big mess. Even the assessment of these two chaos added new tax sources to the Ming Dynasty.

The military expenditure of the Nine-Border border, which had caused a huge burden to the Ming Dynasty's finances, was also reduced by the military households, and several regiments of the imperial guards were stationed.

Not to mention, the commercial tax revenue brought about by the opening of Tianjin Wei, the opening of Songjiang Prefecture, and the prosperity of various businesses. Although the land tax has been decreasing year by year, the Ming Dynasty's finances were in an extremely prosperous situation at this time.

One has increased and the other has decreased. After a few calculations, you will find that the current financial situation of the Ming Dynasty is very relaxed and can completely support the mobilization and combat of this army.

In fact, the real difficulty is not military spending and military mobilization, but from the center to the local area, basically no one is good at how to arrange the mobilization and support of such a large-scale military force. Wang Tong also needs to offer suggestions to allow merchants to participate widely and allow more advanced private business groups to join in. This can be solved.

Of course, nearly 200,000 people were almost all mobilized throughout the northern part of the Ming Dynasty. The amount of food, grass, people, and equipment was huge, and military pay and various expenses, and the money was really flowing in and out. According to the usual rules of the Ming Dynasty, from the Ministry of Revenue, the Ministry of War, to the various people in charge of the following, they didn't know what kind of money they would make.

Wang Tong also understood it very well, so he also explained in his memorial that since he had the title of Commander of the Jinyiwei, he had to use the Jinyiwei system to monitor the operation of the logistics and military supplies system in the North Korea. The palace also supported this, and the East Factory was also preparing to follow up.

It is impossible not to make money, but there should be no negligence in such major operations. Wang Tong was also worried that some people were too cruel and too dark, which resulted in delaying major events.

The palace agreed with this opinion. Even if Tian Yi, the eunuch in charge of the inner court, had some opinions on this, he could send someone to monitor the income and expenditure of civil servants in military logistics, which would be beneficial to all parts of the palace.

There is a separate channel for Wang Tong and Emperor Wanli to replies and correspondence between memorials and letters, and many people in the outer court and even the inner court cannot understand it.

I don’t know if the two of them had corresponding communication. This time, the civil service system of the army entering the country was actually allowed to serve as the governor of Liaoning Xu Guangguo.

Xu Guangguo was far from qualified in terms of his current position and qualifications. In fact, when he was determined that Wang Tong was about to serve as the commander of the army to enter the court, all civil officials in the court who were qualified to serve as the commander of the army were exerted in public and secretly. In the officialdom, whether it was obvious or not, one thing was unified, that is, he was very confident in Wang Tong. Wang Tong led the army to fight and would surely win a great victory and make achievements.

In other words, as long as you enter the court, you will definitely have merits and great benefits for your own status and power. Wang Xijue went with you, and the position of this assistant seemed natural, because if you have achieved this, if you go to your own family, you can at least last for more than ten years of wealth.

However, the arrangement of the court surprised the superiors and subordinates. There are rumors that Wang Xijue once advised Emperor Wanli that since the court was at ease to let Wang Tong lead the army into the North Korea to fight, he should give full trust. In the past, Wang Tong had no civil officials around him, and he had a great victory or no abnormality. Wang Xijue followed him to Jianzhou and fully delegated power and did not play any role. Moreover, the most important thing about going to Liaoning this time was to cooperate with Liaoning in the rear. Liaoning Governor Xu Guangguo has been in trouble in North Korea until now, and has proved that he has responded in time and has done a normal job. Letting him do this position and cooperating with Wang Tong is a matter of course.

There is no problem with Wang Xijue's theory, but the big guys in the court are scolding. This is the cabinet chief's way to block the other people's progress!

Everyone knows that after entering the court, there will be great merits and contributions. After obtaining this dividend, if you accumulate achievements to a certain extent, you will inevitably move upward. However, the six ministers, the chief ministers of the Censorate, and the grand sects of the cabinet will have a position to go upward, but the chief ministers of the cabinet will be the chief assistant of the cabinet. Wouldn't that be a threat to him, Wang Xijue? The Liaoning Governor Xu Guangguo is different. He has little experience and a low position. Even if he has a profit, he will have to stay in Liaoning for a long time, or work in a major province or six ministries for a few years before he can get up, without any threat.

Even if they scolded, the court made a decision, and everyone was not sure whether this was instigated by Wang Tong himself. If Wang Tong was doing it himself, then rashly opposing it would probably offend many people.

Regarding the internal officials and military supervision, the inner court has no competition for this position. There are so many people who are qualified to go there. Moreover, these qualified characters may not necessarily accumulate this achievement. With this time, it is right to stay in the palace to flatter Emperor Wanli and the Empress.

As a result, he was familiar with it and was not a child. Chen Ju, the eunuch of the Sili Supervisor, was appointed as the military supervisor again. However, there are special cases for the military supervisor this time. Cai Nan, the Imperial Army Supervisor, was appointed as the deputy military supervisor. Everyone understands this personnel appointment. Chen Ju's trip to North Korea this time is probably a decoration. After all, Cai Nan is the real practice.

In November of the 20th year of Wanli, the personal guards led by Wang Tong of Liao, led by the Liao Dynasty, headed north. His guards were only 500, but the cavalry followed him were almost 1,000. These cavalry were not escorts, but as messengers who conveyed messages, they sent letters to various border towns every day, as capitals, Liaoning, and Songjiang Prefecture.

The first regiment of the Huwei Army, the Fifth regiment, the Seventh regiment, the Huwei Army, and the Huwei Army artillery team led by Li Hutou were stationed near the capital. Wang Tong wanted to meet this unit and set off after the ceremony in the capital. The rest of the troops rushed directly to Liaoning.

In the southeast of the Dingliao Right Guard, Jiuliancheng and Yizhou are the base camp of the army entering the country this time. Now, the general of Xuanfu Li Rusong has arrived in Haizhou, Liaoning.

In fact, there were several troops who did not follow the route within the Ming Dynasty. Because of the grassland merchant regiment, as long as they had enough money to give it, they could set up military stations and camps on the grassland, and there were cavalry guides in the city that was familiar with the road, heading straight to Liaoning.

It's just that the navy is more troublesome. The Mai Guerrilla unit stationed by the Tianjin Guerrillas also needs to meet with Chen Lin and go to North Korea together. But let's not talk about how long it takes to get from Guangdong to Tianjin Guerrillas. In winter, whether it's Tianjin Guerrillas, the Liaodong Peninsula, or the ports on the Yellow Sea side of North Korea, there are almost all sea ice frozen. This is a big trouble for ships. We must consider that the sea ice in Busan is relatively light, but even if the fleet led by Chen Lin is combined with the thousands of Mai Guerrillas, the overall strength of the Ming Navy is average, and we must wait to meet with other "volunteer fleets".

Therefore, the Ming Navy will wait until the spring of the 21st year of Wanli before setting off. This branch on the sea can't be counted on for the time being.

From Songjiang Prefecture to the capital, Wang Tong's status and status, every time he arrived at a place, officials at all levels of local governments would come to see the meeting as usual. Along the route, these officials had more or less related to the "Tianjin-Songjiang" economic system. It was indispensable to hold banquets and sending worshipers. Wang Tong responded politely but refused. More and more information was sent, and he had to issue more and more instructions here, and he no longer cared about these polite mistakes.

There were no surprises in the news coming from North Korea. The eight North Koreans were not so willing to be controlled by Japanese pirates. Riots and uprisings organized by landlords and fugitive officials were one after another, but they were quickly suppressed. It can be seen from the intelligence that as time goes by, the scale of the riots becomes smaller and smaller, and the duration becomes shorter and shorter.

However, Wang Tong did not expect that the battle between the Korean navy and the Japanese navy did not fall much, and it could even be said to be an advantage. However, after all, the entire territory was almost occupied by Japan. Without ports and supplies, the combat effectiveness of the navy ships would be greatly reduced. I don’t know how long this upwind can last.

What does it matter to the Ming Dynasty when North Korea was invaded by Japanese pirates? This is the attitude of the Ming Dynasty. The envoys arranged by North Korea to cry and complain every day. Li Rusong led thousands of cavalry into Liao. When he was in Yongping Prefecture, officials from North Korea's Rei Cao followed. They were first grateful, and then they asked Li Rusong to go to North Korea as soon as possible every day.

What's the matter with my Li family when you are alive in North Korea? After Li Rusong arrived in Haizhou, he did not go south to the camp on the Yalu River. The troops he led went to Yizhou, while Li Rusong led his personal guards to Liaoyang. As for the court's statement that the Japanese pirates could not calmly gather troops to set up formations, the North Korean envoys also mentioned it. Li Rusong simply replied, "Be cautious first", and then he never paid attention to it again.

Liaoyang City is the foundation of the Li family's generals and is also the richest and most prosperous city in Liaoning. In the past, everyone was busy with New Year's Day, and there was a joyful and celebratory scene. However, this time, Zu Chengxun lost thousands of cavalry in Pyongyang, and the entire Liaoning was in wartime. The backbone of the Liaoxi General led his troops to Yizhou. The city was deserted and the atmosphere seemed very depressing.
Chapter completed!