In the court of the Ministry of War, Shin Yongmao was loudly polite: "Admiral Lee Rusong has only been in the North Korea for half a month, but he has recovered Pyongyang, among the three capitals of North Korea. Kaesong, and the Japanese troops from all walks of life are invincible. Most of the eight roads of North Korea have been recovered by the Huanghai, Hamgyong, Ping'an, Gyeonggi, and Jiangyuan."

"In half a month, five hundred miles of land were recovered. How could such great military achievements be questioned by Admiral Li because of a small setback in Bitiguan?"

Although Shen Yongmao said this, the rest of the officials of the Ministry of War remained silent.

The relationship between this matter is very complicated. On the surface, it is a problem to pursue Li Rusong, but in fact the problem lies in the disagreement between Song Yingchang and Li Rusong.

Song Yingchang was personally protected by Shi Xing, but Li Rusong did not listen to Song Yingchang's control in many things.

The disagreement between Song Yingchang and Li Rusong has evolved into a disagreement between the southern army and the northern army. This time, the generals of the Southern Army, Yang Yuan, Wu Luozhi, and Wu Weizhong, were all recommended by Song Yingchang.

This is of course Shixing. Song Yingchang must use the Southern Army's claim to pacify the Japanese. Therefore, in the end, the Southern Army obeyed Song Yingchang and the Northern Army obeyed Li Rusong's orders.

Especially after the Battle of Pyongyang, the situation of the northern and southern armies competing for merit was arise.

In fact, the conflict between Song Yingchang and Li Rusong intensified.

In the front line of the Battle of Pyongyang, Li Rusong attributed his first merit to his general Zhang Shijue, ranking the Northern Army first and the Southern Army second.

This aroused Song Yingchang's dissatisfaction.

At this time, North Korea also made a fuss, believing that the battle between Pyongyang was entirely based on the Southern Army, especially Wu Weizhong's troops, which performed particularly well.

Then there is a first-class saying that the Southern Army is all artillery troops, and most of the Northern Army landed first, but the Japanese pirates were killed by gunfire during the siege, but the final ones were all the Northern Army.

Then this matter spread to the court's Eastern Inspector Zhou Weihan, but Yang Tinglan, the head of the official department, became the court to report that the battle in Pyongyang was the head of the battle, and most of them were to kill good people and make contributions.

Yang Tinglan also impeached Li Rusongyan, pretending to be a great achievement with a small victory and hiding a big defeat as a small defeat, accusing Li Rusong of exaggerating the achievements of the Battle of Pyongyang and covering up the losses in the Battle of Bitiguan.

However, as an official and in the capital, Yang Tinglan knew exactly how big and small things happened in North Korea. She also said with certainty that he killed good people and made great achievements and concealed the big defeat as a minor mistake.

Even so, Yang Tinglan's words were used by foreign historians to whisper the battle of Bitumen Hall and put gilds on his face.

In fact, as long as you understand the nature of these censors, you will know that they have always been a 10-point thing, and they are not shocking to speak.

As for whether there is party dispute or some instructiveness behind the censor's memorial, or out of momentary anger, it is hard to say clearly.

But it was not once or twice that Li Chengliang to Li Rusong were impeached by censors. Both father and son had been impeached and dismissed by censors. If it weren't for the Ningxia and Pyongyang battle, the Li family generals would have been suppressed at home. This time, Li Rusong made such a great contribution, which attracted even more attention. From the perspective of the court, he was always using the strategy of using literature to control martial arts, for fear that the border generals would have developed ambitions.

However, the attacks behind these memorials did make Li Rusong tired of dealing with it. In order to find out the truth, the emperor sent Han Qishan, the right governor of Shanxi. Zhou Weihan, who had previously impeached the Shandong inspector, to Pyongyang to check the head.

From the perspective that the civil servants are a family, it is estimated that Song Yingchang asked the censor to impeach Li Rusong so that the other party could obey orders, so the officials of the Ministry of War must support Song Yingchang. After all, supporting Song Yingchang is supporting Shi Xing.

Only Shen Yongmao was very frightened at this time and shouted to relieve Li Rusong of his crime.

He was also very clear about the meaning of his words. Li Rusong recovered 500 miles in half a month, and it can be seen that the Japanese army had been beaten like a frightened bird by the battle of Pyongyang. In this case, how could the battle of Pyongyang be rewarded with a small victory?

This situation can be understood by thinking about it, but now that the Bitumen is unable to defeat, the court has questioned again.

Shen Yongmao shouted: "Looking at the Battle of Admiral Li's Bitiguan, our army fought tens of thousands of Japanese pirates in an unfavorable terrain with thousands of troops. Although they retreated without support, the losses were not great. Especially Admiral Li dared to advance when he heard that the enemy was strong, the enemy was too strong, and the enemy was too few, but he dared to fight. When the war was unfavorable, he dared to cut off the rear. This is actually the style of a famous general. How can our Ministry of War listen to some censors in the foreign court and question Admiral Li?"

Shen Yongmao said whatever he wanted. The officials of the Ministry of War knew that he was Shen Shixing's son and did not care about anything with him.

At this time, Shi Xing, the Minister of War, spoke: "But no matter what, the father and son of the Li family have always used their own troops and are not controlled by civil officials. During the battle in Ningxia, someone participated in Li Rusong's "relying on power and responsibility is heavy, not controlled by the governor, and doing everything alone." The emperor also issued an order to denounce him. Have you forgotten?"

"As for the time being before entering the court, Li Rusong saw Song Jingluo, he was not aware of the etiquette. When he arrived in Pyongyang, Li Rusong made military achievements, but he deliberately favored the Northern Army and led the light cavalry south in the battle of Bituguan, and abandoned the Southern Army infantry. He wanted to win and suppress the Southern Army's military achievements in one battle, but he did not expect that he would lose his troops and return."

When Shen Yongmao saw Shi Xing speak, he dared not confront him in person, but said, "Reporting to the Grand Sima, the officials did not mean to speak for the Li family deliberately, but only talked about light troops and arbitrary advancement. When Li Chengliang used troops in Liaodong, he often led light cavalry to detour thousands of miles and went deep into the enemy's territory and won a complete victory. Li Rusong was naturally his son..."

"Okay..." Shi Xing said, "Today, we are mainly talking about how to send troops and resolve the current situation. Let's discuss the merits and demerits of the Li family in the future!"

An official came forward and said, "In fact, we are talking about the Grand Sima. When Song Jingluo entered the court before, the court officials believed that his qualifications were not enough to suppress the powerful soldiers and generals of Ji and Liao towns. Now the generals and generals are incompatible. If they continue, there will be chaos within the Southern and Northern Army. Insufficient military and food is only a temporary moment, but the discord between the generals and generals is a taboo in military strategists!"

"You said you want to change, how could it be that simple? Who should you change? Change the strategy, change the admiral, or change the two? Isn't it a taboo for military strategists?" Shi Xing scolded him.

In his eyes, as long as the military rations are resolved, the war on the front line can naturally be pacified. However, the officials of the Ministry of War only thought of changing generals, as if they could win immediately after changing generals.

The Ministry of War did not come up with a single charter for a day.

When he was leaving the yamen, Shen Yongmao was about to leave, but someone told Shi Xing to ask him to stay.

When Shen Yongmao heard this, he immediately returned to the lobby of the Ministry of War.

"Meet the Grand Sima!"

"It's all from the same yamen, so everyone doesn't need to be polite." Shi Xing's attitude suddenly became gentle, which surprised Shen Yongmao. In fact, Shi Xing in the Ministry of War often reiterates Yongmao, otherwise those who dare to question the leader in public will either be confidant or fool.

Shi Xing signaled Shen Yongmao to sit down, and got up and left the kidnapping to sit down on the chair opposite Shen Yongmao.

Shi Xing said: "Jingzhong, since you became the Langzhong of Fangsi, you have a deep understanding of geography and are familiar with the key points of the Nine Borders. Last time you entered a "Nine Borders Map" which detailed the terrain of the Nine Borders. After the headquarters presented it to the Emperor, the Emperor praised it very much!"

Shen Yongmao immediately stood up and said, "I dare not take it. The subordinate officials also did it according to the instructions of the Grand Sima."

Shi Xing waved his hand and smiled, "Don't be humble. When you first entered the yamen, the Ministry of Education was still for the sake of Shen Gong... But now your talent is to be relied on by the Ministry of Education. To be honest, this time, the Ministry of Education was really worried about the lack of food on the front line of North Korea, but there was no way out for a moment, so I could only ask you to discuss it. What are your opinions?"

Shen Yongmao said: "Of course, we should send officials to Shandong to buy grain as soon as possible, and then take a boat to transport grain from the sea!"

Shi Xingnixue said: "Shandong has suffered a spring desertion this year and the price of grain is extremely expensive. Go to Shandong to buy grain... Even if you buy grain, you may have twists and turns to raise it from various governments and go to sea again!"

Shen Yongmao thought that since ancient times, the three armies had not moved, and food and grass were the first to move. Shi Benbing used the 50-day military rations to pacify the court, which was too careless. Now if something happened, I asked him to discuss it. What would he do?

Shi Xing sighed: "Last year, Da Zongbo proposed to me to set up a granary in Dengzhou to serve as a turnaround for the army to the dynasty. Although I agreed to this matter, Shandong later suffered a spring famine. The grain that was originally intended to be used for storage was transferred to the victims by the Shandong region to provide relief to the victims. As a result... I did not pursue it at that time."

Shen Yongmao asked, "What the Grand Sima meant is that I asked me to ask Da Zongbo again?"

Shi Xing looked at Shen Yongmao and said, "The disagreement between the Honmao and Dazong Bozhi is known to all the civil and military officials in the court, so today's affairs... You also know that the Honmao is old and has inconvenient legs, so can Jingzhong run for me? Alas!"

Shi Xing pressed his hands on his knees, his face full of self-blame. Shen Yongmao immediately stood up and said, "Sir He said this. Do you have any instructions to the emperor to do it immediately."

Upon hearing this, Shi Xing smiled reluctantly and nodded, "It would be great if this is the case, everything will be respectful. You told Da Zongbo that as long as he can arrange this matter, Shi will definitely be rewarded in the future!"

Seeing Shi Xing so humble, Shen Yongmao begged him firmly, and immediately said firmly: "The Grand Sima Dan is determined to serve the country, but the subordinates dare not serve. The subordinates will go to the Dazong Bo Mansion now!"

Shen Yongmao immediately left the Ministry of War and rushed to Lin Yanchao's mansion.

Shen Yongmao has been thinking about it all the way, thinking about how to talk to Lin Yanchao all the time.

After a long time, Shen Yongmao came to the Lin Mansion, and he was also a few officials who could enter the Lin Mansion without having to inform him.

Because the Shen and Lin families are a good family, Shen Yongmao also has a very good relationship with Lin Yong. Last time the other county tried Chinese style, Shen Yongmao personally went to the mansion to encourage him and gave him a pen.

When Shen Yongmao arrived at the flower hall, he immediately found a servant and said, "Is your master in the mansion?"

The servant replied: "The master just returned to the mansion and met the guest in the study. Master Shen would like to sit in the hall first. I'll inform the master."

Shen Yongmao knew that Lin Yanchao was plagued by official business, so he sat and waited in the flower hall. Soon Chen Jichuan came and greeted Shen Yongmao with a smile: "What wind has blown you from the eldest son?"

Shen Yongmao smiled and said, "What wind? I can't sit in the mansion if it's okay."

Chen Jichuan smiled and said, "Look at what the eldest son said, you are half the master in our Lin Mansion!"

Shen Yongmao smiled and said, "If you don't talk much, where is your master?"

Chen Jichuan said: "The master is seeing a guest, but he can't pull himself away for a while. If the eldest son is not in a hurry, he might as well sit down first. The young master has been thinking about you."

Shen Yongmao remembered Lin Yong and said with a smile: "Your young master is a monkey. How dare I chant him? Well, if I have something to do, I will wait for your master here first."

Chen Jichuan said: "Then I'll go and inform you first, and the master will come when he gets free."

So Shen Yongmao sat in the flower hall and waited, but after waiting for an hour, Lin Yanchao did not come here either.

Shen Yongmao couldn't help but put his hands on the flower hall, thinking that Lin Yanchao is not an unreasonable person. He has been in the mansion for so long, so he has to come to meet him no matter what.

While Shen Yongmao was thinking carefully, Chen Jichuan arrived.

Chen Jichuan said to Shen Yongmao: "The eldest son has committed a crime, and I have been waiting for you for a long time."

Shen Yongmao said a little unhappy: "Why is Da Zong Bo free?"

Chen Jichuan said: "The master has already met the guest, but he..."

"But how?"

Chen Jichuan said: "The master has a few words to tell the villain to tell the eldest son that he said that the eldest son is now the Lang Office of the Ministry of War. If he came to him for the sake of North Korea because he was entrusted by Sima Shi and came to him for the sake of North Korea, then please forgive him for his powerlessness."

Shen Yongmao was shocked when he heard this. Lin Yanchao was so amazing. He had just arrived at the door. He had already expected that he was a lobbyist for Shi Xing.

Shen Yongmao calmed down the spirit. Since Lin Yanchao said that, it seemed that he had no intention of helping Shi Xing.

Shen Yongmao still couldn't help but try and said, "Where is this happening? Brother Zonghai refused to even meet me? I have been waiting here for so long, so I can come forward and say something no matter what I say."

Chen Jichuan said: "The eldest son is really sorry. The master is so unwilling to come forward because he is as close as a family to the eldest son, which makes both sides embarrassed."

Shen Yongmao sighed: "I understand. It's just that the soldiers on the front line of Korea are enduring hunger and cold. As the deputy director of the Ministry of War, I am pampered here. How can I bear it? I know that Da Zongbo has prejudice against Da Sima, but at this moment... Shen is not lobbying for any great reason, but I still ask Da Zongbo to help us for the sake of the front line of soldiers and the court and the country!"

Hearing Shen Yongmao's sincere words, Chen Jichuan also said: "Young Master Shen, the villain does not understand the affairs of the country and the world. The villain was born in the Lin Mansion, so he regards the honor and disgrace of the master as his honor and disgrace."

"Shi Da Sima has always been stubborn and self-righteous. Two years after the master entered the court, the master has suffered so much embarrassment in front of him. The master has been in trouble again and again. The government and the people have repeatedly ridiculed the master, saying that the master does not know about military affairs and is worried about it."

"Now that when it comes to Korea, Shi Dasima puts the court and the country first. It is true that you scholars can say that, but the villain is wholehearted and only knows that the master will not participate in him this time. Even if it is good, why would he persuade my master to be generous? This is a matter of poor Korean soldiers and food, has the master never reminded Shi Dasima again and again? But Shi Dasima... Now something happened, Shi Dasima is still cherishing his face and refuses to come forward. Instead, let Master Shen use the friendship between the two families of Shenlin for so many years..."

After hearing this, Shen Yongmao was already a little blamed for Lin Yanchao, but now he also understood his difficulties.

Shen Yongmao said: "Oh, Shen knows. Shen and Da Zongbo have known each other for many years and understands his difficulties at this moment. But Shen is still an official of the Ministry of War, so for the sake of his plan, he can only go back immediately to persuade Sima Shi to find another way. I will say goodbye first!"

Chen Jichuan hurriedly chased him out and said, "Please forgive me, the eldest son, the words just now were speculated by villains. In my opinion, the master is not disregarding it, he really can't help!"

When Shen Yongmao heard this, he paused, looked at Chen Jichuan, and then said, "Okay, then I will report this to my soldier truthfully, and please think about it again and again. Brother Chen, please stay!"

After Shen Yongmao said that, he bowed to Chen Jichuan and the two said goodbye.

When Shen Yongmao came out of Lin Mansion, it was already dark.

Although he was exhausted, the most important thing was his heart. This was Shi Xing's entrustment, and it was righteous to shoulder the affairs of the country. On the other hand, it was also his friendship with Lin Yanchao for many years.
To be continued...