Chapter 719 The more you urge mercy and forgiveness, the more ruthless your majesty becomes
Oda Nobunaga is lying. His ambition is to sweep the Three Kingdoms, including the Ming Dynasty. The so-called three promises, not to cross Seoul, cede Incheon, and swear not to invade the Ming Dynasty, are just like farts. After Zhu Yijun read his credentials, he I am very, very sure that the words in this national book are full of delay.
In the entire Ming Dynasty, even a pig understands one truth: Japanese pirates must not be allowed to come ashore! When the Japanese pirates come ashore, there will never be peace in the Ming Dynasty!
Zhu Yijun took his credentials and angrily criticized the King of North Korea because the King of North Korea does not even know how to engage in diplomacy and has not given any specific and clear commitments.
"The King of Joseon has refused to even give the promise of food and grass. He is still trying to tie Ming Dynasty to a chariot on the basis that the Ming Dynasty's ancestors became law and the country of his parents. I have clearly informed the North Korean envoy that Yiju cannot see enough food and grass. , it is impossible for my army to go to Jiulian City to fight in the DPRK! Don’t even think about it!”
"The King of Korea is still asking Li Houbai to lobby the ministers, trying to let Ming Dynasty bring his own food and grass." Zhu Yijun threw aside Oda Nobunaga's credentials and said very angrily.
This North Korean king Li Huo, who is now being criticized by Zhu Yijun, lost his capital to his opponents in nineteen days. His temple name after his death was Xuanzong, and he soon became Xuanzu in the hands of his son.
Seonjo? How can He De be called an ancestor? The king who lost his capital in nineteen days.
Moreover, later generations of Korean civil and military officials spoke highly of this person. His greatest achievement was to preserve the rule of Korea from the Japanese pirates and the Great Tomorrow Soldiers; his second greatest achievement was to realize the feudal lordship, which was to let the Jurchens and Transkarkha Part of the Uryangha tribe paid tribute to North Korea, which was the so-called offensive and defensive alliance against the Ming Dynasty.
This is Li Fang's greatest achievement in calling himself Seonjo.
But what is the cost of Li Hao doing this? It is the people of North Korea. His bickering behavior has made it impossible to finalize the specific time for the Ming Dynasty to enter the North Korea to fight. Even Zhu Yijun, who is far away in the Ming Dynasty, has heard of the atrocities committed by the Japanese pirates in North Korea.
North Korea's Eight Paths are ruining all life.
Konishi Yukinaga, Kato Kiyomasa, Kuroda Nagamasa, Kobayakawa Takakage and other nine squads, every time they captured a place in North Korea, they immediately started to massacre the city.
Zeng Shengwu, Minister of the Ministry of War, took out a few Tang newspapers and said: "The Ming Dynasty Coast Guard inspected the activities of water flying in North Korea. I have a few books of water flying that I saw with my own eyes. In Seoul, in Suwon, in Hongzhou, in Tragedies that happened in Cheongju, Gwangju, Busan and other places.”
"Chen Tiande, as a North Korean leader, is responsible for the activities of 120 coastal defense patrols in North Korea to spy on the enemy's situation. This is the report of Chen Tiande's Tangbao."
"I read two books. This is a bit cruel. Thank you for your understanding."
"The Japanese pirates drove the Korean people to build several pools in Seoul to divert water from the Han River. They began to store water every afternoon and began to release the water in the morning. One pool could accommodate about a thousand people, and each squadron would dispatch one hundred to two hundred ashigaru. , driving the people of Seoul into these pools, using long poles with knife heads, and anyone who wants to get out of the pool will be stabbed back.”
"A two-year-old child was stabbed with such a long spear. The child's mother stood up suddenly and wanted to snatch her child. She knew that her child was dead and she would die, but the mother still wanted to They snatched the child back, but the mother was poked into the water by another Japanese pirate, which caused the Japanese pirates to laugh. ”
"The Japanese pirate squad leader requested that corpses be piled up to prevent the plague. A courtyard in Seoul was filled with corpses, including men, women, and children. They were placed randomly, some were headless, and some were disemboweled. Some had their hands and feet cut off, and some were chopped into two pieces. There were countless heads signed on the wall of the yard, and dozens of children’s heads were neatly signed in the house.”
"The blood in the house is three inches thick and has frozen into blood clots. It is the same as the corpses outside. You can see that in these courtyards, monks have performed rituals in these courtyards after death to save the souls of the dead."
"Both sides of the Han River are piled with corpses frozen into ice. The reason why they are piled up is to prevent the North Korean army from counterattacking. When spring comes next year, these corpses will flow along the Han River into the sea."
"Many massacres did not require the Japanese pirates to do it themselves. They only needed to drive away the people. There were many Korean Hwarangs with tattoos all over their arms. They were the lackeys of the Japanese pirates. The Japanese pirates called them Hwarang Hyup, or the Royal Hye Army. , they are responsible for driving away the people. Many crimes are not only committed by Japanese pirates, but also by Hwarang Xie, and they are even worse. ”
Zeng Shengwu finished reading the first book. This was the tragedy on the first day after Seoul was captured. The newspaper was rushed back to the Ming Dynasty for 600 miles.
Oda Nobunaga launched the war in the name of the Japanese Emperor on the grounds that the Korean king was unwilling to go to Kyoto to participate in the war, so it was called the Imperial Cooperation Army.
"The Japanese pirates were lying. They told the people in the city that some people were resisting the imperial army. They said that some people were shooting arrows from the windows, some were assassinating, and some were holding gunpowder and died with the imperial army. This was a lie. No one in Seoul's refugees dared to resist. Resistance That’s just an excuse.”
"The Japanese pirates did not want to take prisoners. I saw with my own eyes a common man kneeling at the feet of the Japanese pirates, kowtowing constantly and begging for his life. The Japanese pirates stabbed him to death with a short knife, and then chopped off his head with a long Japanese knife, because Not knowing how to behead, the Japanese pirates left angrily after being beheaded more than a dozen times.
"The next day, at dawn, I (Chen Tiande) was awakened by screams. The massacre started again. I went out and saw a Japanese warrior with four ashigaru chasing three common people and a woman. He was holding a naked baby in his hand, about four months old. During the escape, the baby accidentally fell to the ground and was about to die. The woman was shot to death by an arrow, Cheng Ding fell down while running, and the Japanese pirates Caught up with him.”
"I (Chen Tiande) stepped forward, showed the fire card, and planned to save Cheng Ding, but when I walked over, an ashigaru thrust a short sword into Cheng Ding's neck, and stabbed him three or four times. Blood flowed all over the ground, and the Japanese pirates warned me not to cause trouble. Three coastal defense inspectors and I confronted each other. In the end, the Japanese pirates quickly communicated and finally retreated.”
"I learned from the businessmen who accompanied the army that Oda Nobunaga and the Japanese daimyo required all Japanese pirates who entered Korea not to attack the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty people still active in Korea are easy to identify. They are tall and have two horses. , and weapons such as long and short weapons, so I can see these, but what about the ones I can’t see? ”
"Should I do something? Maybe, but nothing can be done."
“On the first day alone, more than 20,000 people in Seoul were killed by Japanese pirates using various means. I don’t know how long the Japanese pirates will kill or how many they will kill, but I know that the killing will not stop and will become more intense, just like before. The crimes they committed in the southeast of Ming Dynasty”
"The stability of the southeast lies above the sea."
Zeng Shengwu finished reading the second book. He still had many, many, many newspapers like this in his hand. He looked at the silent ministers and continued: "Chen Tiande was teased by Japanese pirates when he was very young, and was castrated by Japanese pirates. He only wanted to destroy the Japanese when he was alive, and he hated the Japanese pirates very much. ”
The emperor of Ming Dynasty all knew what happened to Chen Tiande. This tough guy with no children and no worries, his biggest dream was to die in the war to destroy the Japanese.
So Chen Tiande went to the most dangerous place. He had a huge hatred for the Japanese pirates, but this did not mean that his records were biased in any way. On the contrary, in order to take care of His Majesty the Emperor's feelings, Zeng Shengwu did not read out the worse atrocities.
Zeng Shengwu continued: "This is only Seoul, and it is the beginning of Seoul. These tragedies are happening everywhere in North Korea. Every time they are massacred, the Japanese pirates will dance a dance to celebrate the harvest."
"The Japanese drum with the family crest printed on it is constantly being beaten, and the fife is a musical instrument that makes a sharp sound. Short and sharp, it resounds through the sky. The samurai who are selected for dancing all carry a plain cloth bag with their name written on it. , inside the cloth bag are the stolen goods, and at the end of the street, there are many memorial tablets, which are the so-called heroic spirits of the Japanese pirates. ”
"The moment the bell sounded, the Japanese drum was lifted, the Subu soul flag was erected, and the harvest celebration dance began."
"Oda Nobunaga once strictly prohibited this kind of dance. Even if you dance this kind of dance in your own home in the Japanese country, you will be severely punished, and even be beheaded in public, because the Japanese daimyo war against each other, often causing all kinds of killings. Damn it, Oda Nobunaga can’t control it when he celebrates like this all the time. The Japanese pirates in Korea will jump once every time they complete a massacre.”
In the Wenhua Palace, all the ministers were silent. Killing a good person and taking advantage of one's merit was an impermissible crime in the Ming Dynasty. Even Ningyuan Marquis Li Chengliang was accused of such an accusation.
They are all soldiers. Since the 34th year of Jiajing reign, the Nine Battalions of Zhejiang Province have begun to patrol against floods because the Japanese invasion has gradually stopped. The warriors of the Japanese country praised them even if they said they were beasts.
On the surface, it was a ceremony to celebrate the harvest and worship the heroic spirits, but in fact it was a ceremony to celebrate the massacre. It was difficult for the Great Ming Dynasty to understand. Obviously Oda Nobunaga also knew that this was wrong, but he could not control and restrain it.
The so-called wisdom of checks and balances of the Korean King Li Wan, the wisdom that the Ming Dynasty soldiers should not be too strong, and the Japanese pirates should not be too strong, preserved the rule of the Korean royal family in the cracks, which itself was achieved at the tragic cost of the common people.
This is unfair.
Zhu Yijun was also silent. He closed his eyes for a long time, then opened his eyes, looked at all the ministers and said: "The Ministry of Rites knows, and urged the North Korean side to prepare enough food and grass for the army for five months, and pile it up in Yizhou; the Ministry of War knows, next Zhang Liaodong Dusi, Ningyuan Hou sent some officials to inspect and report to the court. "
"Wenyuan Pavilion has drafted a decree, and Li Xian has lost his integrity and deprived Li Xian of the throne of the King of Joseon. From now on, the crown prince Guanghae will be the heir to the throne. He will actively raise food and grass affairs. If he misses the opportunity to fight, he will be killed without mercy!"
"Continuing to grind my teeth with such a group of insects will make the world laugh at me for being so weak!"
"A bunch of insects!"
Zhu Yijun's order was tantamount to violating the ancestral law and the ancestral precept of the country not to conquer during the Hongwu period. Zhu Yijun no longer abided by it, but deeply interfered in Korean affairs, because as the Ming emperor, he really couldn't stand the worms of the Korean ruling class. .
The Japanese pirates have always been like this, one-third of them have not learned how to be human, and the other-half of their animal nature is deep-rooted. Even Oda Nobunaga knows this clearly. However, North Korea is known as Little China, and the ruling class is also such an insect. Zhu Yijun cannot bear it.
Someone needs to be responsible for the fall of Seoul, and that person is the North Korean King Li Wan. He doesn’t know what North Korea’s values are like, so how can such a bastard be called the ancestor? This kind of garbage will only gain infamy in the Central Plains.
Even Li Longji, who created the prosperous Kaiyuan Dynasty, was laughed at for nearly a thousand years after he fled Chang'an in a hurry. Zhang Juzheng even quoted Li Longji's deeds many times to teach his majesty how to overcome the difficulties in the end, so that his majesty could take a warning.
"I obey the order." Zhang Juzheng stood up and led his ministers to obey the leader's orders. Just as Qi Jiguang said, the Ming Dynasty had the power to control the sea, so everything it did was right, but the Japanese country did not have the power to control the sea, so everything they did was wrong.
Zhu Yijun looked at the Ministry of War and said: "I have issued an order to the Governor-General of Nagasaki to ask Oda Nobunaga to order a complete withdrawal from North Korea. If not, the heavenly troops will surely arrive."
This imperial edict, like Oda Nobunaga's credentials, was a lie that had to be told. The main idea was that if Oda Nobunaga withdrew his troops, the Ming army would not go.
Oda Nobunaga was determined not to withdraw his troops. Even if he gave the order, he could not withdraw. The arrival of the heavenly troops was not a declaration of war, but a warning before the declaration of war, and a declaration of war.
In just nineteen days, the Japanese pirates caused dozens of indiscriminate massacres. Zhu Yijun's order was accelerating the process of the war.
When Yi Sun-shin was meeting the saint, he said that the Ming Dynasty's soldiers would liberate the Korean people from hanging upside down. When the Ming Emperor first heard this, he didn't take it seriously. But now he has a deeper feeling. To the Koreans, the Ming Dynasty's army is indeed a heavenly soldier. , indeed saving them from hanging upside down.
During the court meeting on this day, the ministers of the Ming Dynasty and the emperor reached an agreement to promote the acceleration of the war. During the court meeting, one thing was very strange, that is, the Ming Dynasty coastal defense inspections could actually be carried out in enemy-occupied areas. , an aboveboard activity, but the Japanese pirates actually carried out the military order and did not take action against the Ming Dynasty coastal defense inspections. It was not that the Japanese pirates ordered to prohibit it, but that the Japanese pirates did not dare to take action.
Because there are 100,000 sailors standing behind the coastal defense patrol, the Youlong is parked in the harbor of Jeju Island.
After the court meeting, Zhang Juzheng and Qi Jiguang stayed in the Wenhua Hall, holding small meetings on major matters and closed-door meetings on minor matters. This closed-door meeting between the Ming Emperor and his right-hand men was mainly to determine the direction of the war. "Your Majesty, we will march out early next year. I think I can let Li Rusong lead three cavalry battalions to go to Jiulian City first. Once the food and grass are gathered, we will immediately intervene. At the same time, the navy will cut off the Japanese pirates' sea supplies." Qi Jiguang Standing in front of the Kantu map, I informed His Majesty of the first phase of the battle plan formulated by the Jiangwu School.
Cutting off the Japanese pirates' supplies at sea means that the Ming army can land and fight from any point on the long coastline. Now that the Japanese pirates are on the peninsula, they are like snakes in the Changshan Mountains. The advantage of controlling the sea allows the Ming army to cut them off at any time.
This was done to force the Japanese pirates to shrink strategically and open the way for the Ming army to enter the DPRK.
A very domineering and crushing style of play. The cautious Qi Jiguang's confidence in formulating such a battle plan was the result of thirteen years of Zhenwu and His Majesty's constant rain and rain, day after day, going to Peking Camp to parade troops and horses.
Regarding the crisis of trust between the emperor, generals and soldiers, Emperor Ming used his diligence and perseverance to provide a top-down solution. Qi Jiguang provided a bottom-up solution by reporting to the emperor and rescuing the head of Guizhou. solution.
It was these two solutions that established the invincibility of the Ming Dynasty’s capital camp and navy.
Zhang Juzheng said solemnly: "Your Majesty, I think we should be careful about this battle and fight to support the invaders and support the troops with self-respect."
"Sir!" Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng with some surprise and said: "Sir, enriching the country and strengthening the army was initiated by Mr. Wanli in the first year of Wanli. The Ming army was fully paid. It was also a new policy that Mr. implemented in the third year of Wanli and implemented in the sixth year of Wanli."
Zhenwu is an important part of Zhang Juzheng’s New Deal! Now Zhang Juzheng reminded the emperor to prevent a bad war that would feed the invaders' self-respect.
"Your Majesty, there is no contradiction between promoting the military and preventing the invaders from respecting themselves." Zhang Juzheng said with certainty: "If it really turns out to be a bad war that encourages the invaders to respect themselves, then we must negotiate a peace and end the war quickly. It must not be because of North Korea. Delayed the implementation of the Ming Dynasty’s New Deal.”
"The war has not started yet, and the court should make all possible preparations."
Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng, was silent for a moment and said, "What you said makes sense."
Zhang Juzheng's intention was very clear: Do not let the situation on the Korean Peninsula drag down the development of the Ming Dynasty and interrupt the process of the Ming Dynasty's New Deal. The interests of the Ming Dynasty are higher than the interests of North Korea.
His words are also a kind of caution that considers failure before winning. As a decision-maker, as the emperor who the Ming Dynasty looks up to, you must maintain enough sense and clearly prioritize.
Zhu Yijun deeply agrees with this.
The strategy of the Central Plains dynasties of all dynasties has always been to defend the north, attack the western regions when they are strong, and defend when they are weak. In the southwest, that is, the Lingnan countries, they generally take the offensive. On the Korean Peninsula, because the strategic depth is not deep and the area is not large, Due to many reasons such as sparse population and economic backwardness, the threat to the Central Plains dynasty is relatively small and should not be a strategic direction.
But history is often unreasonable, and the direction of the Korean Peninsula often develops into a major strategic direction, eventually leading to disastrous consequences.
For example, Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty conquered Goguryeo three times and was defeated in all three battles. In the end, even the Sui Dynasty was destroyed.
In the Tang Dynasty, during the rule of Zhenguan and the rule of Yonghui, the Tang Dynasty could be said to be the strongest empire in the world. It also took five large-scale military operations to completely settle the northeastern front. The Tang Dynasty paid a lot for this. The price was high. Constrained and dragged down by the northeastern front, the Tang Dynasty was greatly affected by its operations against the Turks and Xueyantuo on the northern front and its operations against Tuyuhun, Tubo, and Western Turks on the western front. It often fell into strategic passivity and insufficient troops.
The Ming Dynasty is reopening the Western Regions. If it follows the old path of the Tang Dynasty and the northeastern front turns into a bad battle to support the invaders, the Ming Dynasty's reopening of the Western Regions will become a mirror image.
When Xuanling, Prime Minister of the Ming Dynasty in the early Tang Dynasty, was on his deathbed, he left his last words to Emperor Taizong Li Shimin: Your majesty's fame and merit are enough, and the expansion of territory and frontiers is also enough. If the envoy to Goryeo violates the integrity of his ministers, he can be punished; if he infringes on the people, he can be destroyed; if he can cause trouble to China in the future, he can be eliminated. Today, without these three provisions, if we are still sitting in China, avenging the shame of the previous generation at home, and avenging Silla externally, wouldn't it mean that the savings are small and the losses are great?
Fang Xuanling said that His Majesty's reputation and merits are enough, and the expansion of territory can be stopped. If anyone in Goryeo violates the integrity of ministers, he will be killed; if he infringes on the people, he will be destroyed; if it threatens the Tang Dynasty, he will be killed. Except him; but there is no such crisis, dragging down the Tang Dynasty is just to avenge the Sui Dynasty and avenge Silla, which is an act of small gain and big loss.
Zhang Juzheng's advice at the closed-door meeting was consistent with Fang Xuanling's last words. The problems on the Korean Peninsula should not hinder the Ming Dynasty.
And the bad battles that feed the bandit's self-respect are a drag.
"If it ends in a bad war, there is actually no need to negotiate a peace. The Ming Dynasty's capital camp will withdraw, and the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong Army will enter North Korea. Li Chengliang and his son will be in charge. If the invaders respect themselves, they should respect themselves. Open the cage door of Yamatai Military Port regularly. , Let some Japanese pirates enter the court, let Ningyuan Marquis raise the Japanese pirates to kill themselves for fun, and also bleed the Japanese people, I think it is a good idea, sir." Zhu Yijun looked at Zhang Juzheng and gave another answer.
It is a very ruthless way to control the enemy's self-respect.
Negotiating peace was a very shameful choice for the Ming Dynasty. This kind of stubbornness became a drag during the Chongzhen period. Emperor Chongzhen wanted to negotiate for peace when facing Jiannu, but the powerful public opinion in the court forced him not to negotiate for peace.
Zhu Yijun thought about it and decided that it was not necessary to negotiate a peace, so it was not a bad idea to drag it out like this. Anyway, the Liaodong Army itself had done something to support the bandits and respect itself. The Ming Dynasty also wanted to destroy the Japanese. The battlefield was in Korea, not the Ming Dynasty. Every time it came to this kind of bloody battle, Ming's health bar will make the enemy despair.
"Ah?" Zhang Juzheng looked at His Majesty, a little surprised. His Majesty's words are really cruel and ruthless. He is a bastard who cares about the Japanese pirates. He actually bleeds the Japanese country. And as long as the Japanese pirates invade regularly, the Korean people will remember that they were tortured by the Japanese pirates. The fear was conducive to Ming's rule on the Korean Peninsula.
Zhang Juzheng's life can be said to be omnipotent. As long as he is alive, no one dares to subvert the New Deal. If there is any regret, it is the way of benevolence and forgiveness that Zhang Juzheng has been admonishing for thirteen years. The more he persuades, the more his Majesty becomes. ruthless.
"I think it is good." Zhang Juzheng recognized His Majesty's ruthlessness.
Qi Jiguang hesitated to speak. If he told Zhang Juzheng about His Majesty's method of fighting smallpox, I'm afraid Zhang Juzheng would know better. His Majesty didn't listen at all to his words of persuasion. Qi Jiguang didn't say it in the end. That was His Majesty's final secret. Ming Dynasty may not win this battle, but it will definitely not lose.
Li Rusong wanted to lead three cavalry battalions to set off first, first to Liaodong, and then to Jiuliancheng on the border. After waiting for the food and grass to be in place, he entered Yiju, North Korea. The Ming army began to directly intervene.
Li Rusong once again became the vanguard general of the Ming Dynasty.
On the 25th of the twelfth lunar month in the thirteenth year of Wanli, Zhu Yijun came to the Wuying Building of Beida Camp, waiting for the troop ordering and departure ceremony at the school field.
Zhu Yijun held the seal of Deputy General Pingwo in his hand, looked at Li Rusong, and said seriously: "Li Rusong, you are the most powerful general of the Ming Dynasty. I have always known how brave you are, but the responsibility of the vanguard is heavy. Remember not to advance lightly. The Ming Dynasty is now If you can afford it, everything will be decided after planning. If the King of Korea goes against his promise or even colludes with the Japanese pirates, he will withdraw from Korea and take a long-term plan."
"When the time comes, I will send the Beijing camp again and catch them all in one fell swoop."
Zhu Yijun handed Li Rusong the seal of deputy general Pingwo and continued: "Now that you have received the seal of general, you must know that you are responsible for the lives and deaths of tens of thousands of people, so you should not take it lightly."
The Emperor of the Ming Dynasty stepped forward and whispered: "Qi Shuai told us that only one who understands the saying that winning or losing is a common thing for military personnel can be a commander. When you get to North Korea, fight hard. If you can't defeat, run away. To live is to win." , keep the green hills and don’t worry about having no firewood. The court will support you, so you don’t have to fight for North Korea.”
"Ah?" Li Rusong didn't know how to express his surprise. His Majesty's words of instruction actually told him to run away if he couldn't fight and not to fight for the Koreans. This really surprised him.
Zhu Yijun had zero military talent, but when he looked at the Wanli Korean War, he found that heroes such as Li Rusong and Chen Lin fought some very stupid battles. It was clear that they could take a step back and then gather superior forces to eliminate the opponent, but they often failed to take a single step. Even though 500 men fought against 50,000 men, they refused to retreat; they could obviously reduce losses, but they had to fight tooth and nail; they clearly had cavalry, but they couldn't use their mobility advantage to fight the Japanese pirates to the death.
After careful study, we can see that this is not because the generals do not know how to fight, or do not take the soldiers' lives seriously, but because the Ming Dynasty did not trust these generals, but took the words of the North Korean King Li Huo. This kind of partial belief, As a result, the generals on the front line had to send troops even if they were unable to move due to lack of food and grass. Failure to send troops would be a crime, and they were even more afraid of fighting and being defeated.
Therefore, Zhu Yijun'er's advice is that there is no need to fight for North Korea. Their king himself does not take the lives of North Koreans seriously, and the Ming army must be more flexible.
"This is a secret metaphor. You should keep it. This is my highest order. If something happens, I will keep it." Zhu Yijun handed a secret box to Li Rusong. Inside was a secret metaphor under the seal of the rider. There was only one sentence in it. That's what he said. There is no need to risk your life for North Korea. If you dare to make such a promise, Ming Dynasty can afford it and can afford it.
The Ming Dynasty is a celestial kingdom, and the worst outcome is a bad war that fosters self-respect for the invaders.
Qi Jiguang stood aside. He originally wanted to say that Ci does not control the army, but in the end he did not say it. He felt that His Majesty's instructions were right. He must ask a why for everything. For such a vain thing as the country of parents? Only when frontline soldiers are relieved of their burdens can they become more flexible.
The trumpets of the Ming Dynasty's North Camp sounded, and the auspicious time to set off had arrived, and the army was ready to set off.
The Emperor of Ming Dynasty walked step by step from Wuying Building to the school field and looked at the cavalry camp gathered on the school field. There were thousands of troops, wearing cotton clothes and jackets, cotton shoes on their feet, and the bulging military pouches on their backs were filled with cotton. Every soldier wears a felt hat.
This hat was invented by Emperor Zhu Yijun of the Ming Dynasty. The hat is made of rex rabbit fur. This kind of rabbit comes from France. The Ming Dynasty consecrated King Antonio of Portugal. In the third year of Wanli, he introduced a kind of breeding rabbit of the Ming Dynasty. According to Antonio, the rex rabbit is a rabbit. The king of all breeds, its fur is soft, extremely warm, easy to reproduce, and its meat is very delicious.
Antonio did not brag. After the rex rabbit was introduced to the Ming Dynasty, it became an extremely important source of fur for the Ming Dynasty Emperor through careful cultivation by Baoqisi.
The felt hat is made entirely of leather, with a hardwood board as a support at the front to block wind and snow. The outer ear protection has a chin strap that can be fixed to protect the ears from frostbite. The outer ear protection has a buckle in the front to protect the cheeks. The outer cloth ear protection and neck protection can be folded to the top, so even in spring and autumn, there will be no inconvenience in movement.
People can freeze to death in spring and autumn. If the temperature changes rapidly, people will freeze to death if they become hypothermic.
This hat was nicknamed by the soldiers, called Wanli hat and longevity hat. Each soldier was equipped with two hats and could receive one every year. This is a great favor from the emperor, because a pure leather felt hat can be used for more than ten years. It's not bad, just take care of it. It's not too much to pass down one hat to three generations, but His Majesty gives one to the soldiers every year, so that in the third-level school of Beidaying, the children who are still studying can each carry one. Wear this hat.
The price paid is that millions of rex rabbits in the imperial village will be killed every year, and the rabbit meat will become one of the big meat rewards for the three armies, and the rex rabbit meat is also called longevity meat by the soldiers.
Rabbit meat is delicious and Zhu Yijun likes it very much.
The cost of this hat is only two taels of silver, and the standard for each soldier's clothes, clothing, and quilts per year is three taels of silver. This is a benefit in addition to the eighteen taels of military pay.
"The Ming Dynasty's army is mighty!" Zhu Yijun did not give a lengthy speech. He only had this sentence every time he went on an expedition.
Because the Ming army is really powerful.
(End of chapter)