When Wang Xiangqian said this, the important ministers present nodded in succession: Everyone who can sit here is not a fool. They all know that there is a completely different difference between a pure recruit team and a recruit team led by veterans.

"I understand." Nodding, Zhu Youdong stood up: "In that case, please ask Henghaiwei and the young Weiduo led by Chunzhong to support you."

"I will take your orders."

"Well, that's it for the New Army. It's the first day of May now. The personnel adjustment of each department will be completed within a month. By mid-June at the latest, the Ministry of War will organize the new elites of Seven Towns and Jizhen, Henghai Guards and Youth Wei will do it. As long as I have time, I will be there to watch it in person."

"Yes, I will take your orders."

After making these arrangements, Zhu Youdong took a sip of tea, and then said in a deep voice: "Let's talk about the war between Korea and me in the southeast of the Ming Dynasty."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere of the entire venue suddenly changed.

Standing up again with difficulty, Wang Xiangqian said in a low tone: "I'll talk about North Korea first. The latest news in my hand is from ten days ago. In short, the Japanese pirates landed in Busan on April 3, and it lasted more than half a month. Within a short period of time, three of the eight North Korean roads were captured. North Korean King Ri Hui has arrived in Pyongyang at this moment, and it is said that he is still continuing to move towards the Yalu River."

"Chi~~"

As soon as Wang Xiangqian finished speaking, everyone present at the meeting, including Fang Zhenghua, who was in charge of meeting minutes behind Zhu Youdong, couldn't help but snort contemptuously.

Although everyone has no hope at all for North Korea's combat power, this is too incompetent and too shameless.

"Uh..." Wu Daonan, the Minister of Rites, raised his hand tremblingly, and stood up after receiving Zhu Youdong's nod: "Your Highness, everyone, the Ministry of Rites has recently received more than ten urgent letters from North Korea, almost It’s a book a day. The content is very similar. Basically, it is a plea to His Majesty the Emperor of Ming Dynasty to send heavenly troops as soon as possible to conquer North Korea. In the most recent letter, in addition to North Korea’s request to send a prince to study in our Imperial College of the Ming Dynasty, its king also requested to Come to Beijing..."

"Hmph~!" Those who made this sound from their nostrils were of course Cao Wenzhao, Li Chunzhong and others. The attitude of the generals was now very clear: This kind of scum, please save me!

As a grandson of Zhu Youdong, of course it was impossible for him to behave so obviously, but his inner thoughts were roughly the same as those of Cao Wenzhao and others.

Tapping his fingers on the table, Zhu Youdong asked: "How is the situation in Liaodong Town now?"

"Daofu (Li Sancai), Du Shuai, and Xiao Shuai have completed the mobilization of 30,000 Liaodong soldiers. All the money, food and weapons are ready. As long as the imperial court gives the order, they can cross the Yalu River immediately."

"Oh~ I understand." Standing up, Zhu Youdong said: "Later, I will go to Qianqing Palace to ask the emperor for an order, and ask the emperor to give the Shang Fang Sword and the Golden Order Arrow to the governor of Liaodong. Things in Liaodong will be decided by then. Li Sancai is fully responsible."

"Hiss~!"

As soon as Zhu Youdong said this, the ministers in the meeting, such as Cao Wenzhao, Li Chunzhong and others, may still be confused, but other civil servants, especially Wen Tiren, Wang Xiangqian and other veteran officials, all took a breath of cold air.

Who is Li Sancai? You have to help him count the money after he sells you! Such a person is solely responsible for Liaodong affairs, nnd it would be strange if the North Korean royal family did not have their bones and marrow sucked out!

How much Taisun dislikes these gangsters! He actually dealt such a ruthless death blow!

After knocking on the table to get everyone to turn their attention back, Zhu Youdong said: "Okay, this is how the affairs of Liaodong and North Korea are arranged. Da Sima, let's talk about our Ming Dynasty's own affairs."

"Yes, Your Highness, everyone. The latest news from the Ministry of War is: On April 3rd, Qiongzhou Prefecture was lost. On the 7th, Siamese bandits invaded Hutou Pass outside the Pearl River Estuary. Our troops at Hutou Pass Guard Station were defeated. But because of the fishermen at the Pearl River Estuary They refused to identify the location of the local reef, so the Siamese thieves left after briefly exploring the local hydrology. On the 8th, the admirals of the three fleets of our Ming Dynasty gathered together and decided on a strategy of temporarily dividing their forces to avoid a decisive battle. On the 10th, Yu Shuai He led some ships to station at the Pearl River Estuary. On the 15th, the Siamese thieves' fleet bombarded Xiamen Island and Yuegang. The merchant ships in Yuegang were either destroyed or captured. On the 19th, the Siamese thieves' fleet passed the Penghu Inspection Department. On the 21st, a pirate ship landed in Taiwan...

The reports submitted in Guangdong, Fujian and other places, as well as the Jin Yiwei report from Commander Hotan, clearly pointed out that there were a large number of Hongyi people in the Siamese thieves' fleet."

After saying this, Wang Xiangqian took off his official hat: "Your Highness, in the past half month, on our southeast coast, thousands of people have been killed and robbed. The Yue Harbor has been destroyed, maritime trade has been interrupted, and the imperial court has lost hundreds of dollars of silver. Millions, the hundreds of thousands of people who make a living from this are deprived of food and clothing... And our navy is temporarily unable to launch a decisive battle against it due to insufficient strength and cannot expel this thief. I, the Minister of War, have not done a good job. This has caused the country to suffer such a great humiliation. Although the Metropolitan Procuratorate has not impeached me too much recently, I have no shame in staying in this position. I am begging for my body."

"Hmph! Da Sima, you have a beautiful idea. When the country is at peace, you don't beg for bones. Now when the situation is unfavorable, you beg for bones. What's the point?"

"Your Highness!"

"Don't talk about this anymore. If you want to beg for the bones, you can wait until we defeat the Siamese thieves!"

"...Yes, thank you very much, Your Highness."

"Okay, let's get back to the business." After cooperating with Wang Xiangqian to perform a scene to properly relieve the stress of the recently stressed Minister of the Ministry of War, Zhu Youdong said: "What is the plan of the Ministry of War for this?"

"The Ministry of War believes that both Siamese thieves and Hongyi people come from the sea. Therefore, to fundamentally solve the problem, we still need to win the naval battle. Since our government was busy with domestic affairs in the past few years, this naval force Our strength is temporarily insufficient. However, our Ming Dynasty’s national power is far superior to Siam. As long as we take this matter seriously, our Ming Dynasty will be able to regain its advantage on the sea in half a year at most. Therefore, our Ming Dynasty’s navy is now divided into three groups, each doing its own thing. I agree. The top priority now is to strengthen the defense of Changsha Shipyard and Tianjin Guard."

Will time travelers make mistakes? Of course they will.

At least as far as Zhu Youdong is concerned, his journey has been generally smooth and he has achieved great results. But if he really has to say that he has made mistakes, they are not even minor ones.

Regarding this joint Japanese-Thailand invasion, the biggest mistake he made was to underestimate the determination of the Thai travelers and overestimate the IQ of the Japanese travelers.

Although purely from the perspective of a time traveler, it is the best idea to abandon Japan and move to North America as a whole. But how can you convince Tokugawa Yoshihiro to persuade his subordinates without exposing himself? Let all the big names in the country give up on themselves inexplicably. How is this possible for the people of the country to give up everything and move when they have lost all hope of survival? If no one under a dictator is obedient and does things, then he cannot be a dictator.

Therefore, Zhu Youdong was mentally prepared for Japan to invade North Korea again. The only thing that surprised him was that the other party came so early.

Originally, according to Zhu Youdong's silent calculation, after Tokugawa Ieyasu's death in 1616, it would take Tokugawa Yoshinao three to five years to stabilize the situation. And since the Thai time traveler and Tokugawa Yoshinao had already met twice,

The Japan-Thailand alliance has been finalized. Therefore, he took it for granted that if Japan and Thailand jointly invaded, they would not get 1619 or even 1620.

Therefore, in his plan, the storming of troops and ships was originally a matter after 1618 - in 1617, he himself was going to get married. On the country's side, the Yellow Book Library was rebuilt, and the Fish Scale Atlas was updated. New

The laws of the Ming Dynasty were promulgated, and the Chinese version of the Renaissance began. We must overthrow the Yanshenggong Mansion, start a nationwide anti-corruption campaign, and start investigating military households...

Unfortunately, when there are multiple time-travelers in a world, plans can never keep up with changes. Facing such two determined time-travelers, he is indeed ill-prepared - the Army's new army has just completed half a year of training, and the resources are completely

It was not in line with his original intention - his original plan was to conduct an inventory of military households, eliminate some of them, and then transform the old military town troops into new ones.

As for the navy, it is now forced to engage in guerrilla warfare - this is a shame.

Alas, there is no other way. The only option is to temporarily give up the control of the sea.
Chapter completed!