Chapter 2314

"Ten bags of rice, totaling eight hundred catties." Mei Baiji reported the number loudly and made notes on the book in front of him.

Every ten bags of rice will be written with a stroke, and the page in front of him has already written two positive characters, a total of eight thousand kilograms of rice. These brown burlap rice bags have a dark green word "military" on them, indicating that

All this rice is military ration.

These rice are not produced locally in North Korea, but are high-quality rice purchased from the land of fish and rice in Jiangsu and Zhejiang. After being packed on ships in Zhoushan, they were transported to the Taedong River base. During this operation, they were transported all the way to Ganghwa Island and then transferred to this place outside Seoul.

Haihan stronghold.

After all this, the value of this rice is not low. The shipping fee alone is estimated to be enough to buy another quarter of it in its place of origin. But this expense is nothing to the wealthy Haihan.

question, not to mention that this expedition to Seoul has been approved by Li Zhen, and all related expenses will be reimbursed by North Korea, which naturally includes the food and freight.

Since someone is paying the bill, the standards for the usage of various combat materials will definitely be relaxed a little. The military ration rice alone was shipped this time, a small amount of 100,000 kilograms, which was basically consumed according to a month's wartime consumption.

Prepare.

Of course, neither Li Zhi nor Haihan thought that the rebels in Seoul could hold on for a month after Haihan's army came to the city. It would take three days, five days, or seven days to break the city. It just depends on the sea.

It depends on the sense of urgency on the Han army's side.

Mei Baiji, who was counting on the Haihan Army to be able to evacuate after arriving here, was finally retained and worked part-time as a temporary warehouse manager, responsible for counting the many materials that had just been shipped here.

This job is not complicated for him. He is just responsible for recording data on site. As for the specific matters of inventory and inspection of materials, his subordinates will do it, so he does not need to do it himself.

This kind of work reminded Mei Baiji of many years ago when he was still working in a trading company. He had worked as a warehouse manager for a period of time, and what he did at that time was pretty much the same. He didn't expect that he would still be in a foreign country today.

Return to old business.

When Mei Baiji did this job, his income was only two taels of silver a month. Now it has increased dozens of times. Moreover, the Haihan Army now keeps him here part-time, and his salary and income are calculated based on wartime treatment.

It will have to be doubled at least. Of course, all expenses, including his salary, will have to be borne by North Korea afterwards.

However, Mei Baiji doesn't care much about wartime treatment, because he also knows very well that as long as the Haihan army arrives, the chaos in Seoul will not last long. The days he can enjoy the extra salary increase will only last about ten and a half days.

It's just a month. It doesn't matter whether it's money or not. He just hopes that this chaos can end soon.

Fu Li is still nominally the person in charge of this stronghold, but now that the military has taken over it as a frontline headquarters, he, like Mei Baiji, can only listen to the military's command for the time being.

Fu Li had actually planned to join the army in his early years, but later he accidentally joined the judicial department as a clerk, and the idea was shelved. But he never expected that many years later, he would be able to fulfill his dream of joining the army on an overseas battlefield, and he was still able to fulfill his dream of joining the army.

Work alongside senior generals like Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun.

Of course, even so, Fu Li was not qualified to directly participate in combat command matters. He could only serve as a consultant who was more familiar with the local situation in Seoul, and worked with Mei Baiji to provide intelligence information for the staff to formulate action plans.

After Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun arrived at the stronghold, they immediately listened to Fu Li's explanation of the current situation in Seoul. However, since the military had not made special arrangements for this work before, the surveillance of Seoul was limited to outside Chongli Gate.

As for the area along the Han River, I don’t know much about the situation in other surrounding areas of Seoul.

Based on limited information, Wang Tom made a judgment on the situation: the turmoil in the city has basically subsided, but the various forces involved in the rebellion may not have reached an agreement on the change of power. The rebels did not start a dialogue with Haihan, and did not dare to express their opinions.

The confrontational attitude is probably due to the fact that their internal opinions have not yet been unified.

If the rebellious parties in Seoul want to mobilize troops from areas outside Gyeonggi Province to consolidate their existing achievements, they must have sufficient logistical material support capabilities and financial support. No matter which of these two conditions, Wang Tom

I think it would be difficult for a chaotic party to achieve this. Of course, looking at it conversely, if armies from other regions want to enter Qinwang near Seoul, they will face the same problem.

To achieve cross-regional deployment of troops in a short period of time like the Haihan Army, most colleagues in this era cannot do it, let alone the already weak North Korean Army. Wang Tom believes that even if the rebels have done a lot for this

Even after long preparations, it was difficult to gather a sufficient force near Seoul to resist Haihan's intervention.

To take a step back, even if the rebels really mobilized tens of thousands of troops to ambush in Seoul, they would probably be overwhelmed by their own logistics system before the Haihan Army showed up.

What Wang Tom is worried about is not how the rebels inside and outside the city will resist, but what direction the political situation in North Korea will take next. Remove all stumbling blocks, this strategy sounds very happy when it is proposed, but it is just to show confidence to the country.

Li Zhi is just putting pressure, and the specific implementation process still has to take into account all aspects of the issue.

All military attack methods ultimately serve political purposes. What Haihan wants to achieve is to help the pro-Haihan Li Zhi take power and take this opportunity to clean up those uneasy members of the upper class of North Korea.

power.

So who are the targets who will receive special attention from the Haihan Army in the future? Li Zhi gave a partial list, but Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun had already looked at it carefully. The officials on the list were not too high in rank and position. Really

Those big figures who have the ability to influence government affairs are not included in this list.

"Li Zhi still has reservations. Among the people on this list, no one has the strength to cause the current situation!"

The temporary meeting in the stronghold did not involve Li Xie. For safety reasons, he was left on the warship on the riverside, so there was nothing taboo about Wang Tom's speech.

"I can't bear to smash the jars!" Qian Tiandun was also a little dissatisfied with Li Xie's conservative attitude.

The military's opinions were clearly stated to Li Xie when he was on Ganghwa Island, and they hoped that he would take this opportunity to eliminate all the opposition in the DPRK and clear obstacles for future governance. However, for some reasons, Li Xie did not

Things were not done to the extent that Haihan expected, and there were still reservations in the list given.

Wang Tom said: "What Li Xie doesn't want to do or dares to do, then we can only do it."

"Li Zhi's mind is smart enough, but his courage is still a bit lacking. If I hand this country over to him in the future, I'm worried that there will be many problems that I can't see now." Qian Tiandun said it very tactfully, but in fact he only meant one thing,

I just don't like Li Zhi.

Li Zhi's personal conditions are actually good, otherwise Wang Tom would not have selected him as Haihan's key training target last year. However, in some aspects, he has always fallen short of Haihan's requirements and lacked the skills needed by a ruler.

Tenacity and determination.

Wang Tom sighed: "He should have been allowed to stay at the Datongjiang base for a year or two before being sent to Sanya. Maybe the situation would have been different."

Wang Tom's view is consistent with Qian Tiandun's. He believes that Li Xie's main problem is that his character has not been tempered enough, so he will appear indecisive and not strong enough at certain times. To correct this problem, the best way is probably

Just let Li Xie join the army for a period of time and have a good training in the military camp.

But the problem is that there is not so much time. Both the Haihan people and the North Koreans are full of urgency to change the status quo of North Korea. Although the starting points and interests of the two sides are completely different, their goals are relatively consistent, a North Korea that is more powerful than the current one.

country, it would be more in the interests of both parties.

To achieve this goal, the country must be run by a ruler who fully accepts Haihan's philosophy. The consensus reached by both parties on the candidate is Li Zhi, and the shorter the training transition period, the better. But being too eager will inevitably lead to failure.

As perfect as it is, Li Xie's shortcomings have now begun to be exposed.

Haihan hopes that the future ruler of Korea can maintain a tacit understanding with him on major decisions, but the current Li Zhi is not doing an ideal job in this regard. To completely solve Li Zhi's problems, it seems that he can only be sent into the army.

I have been working hard, but now I obviously don’t have enough time to do it.

After the civil strife was settled, Haihan was not prepared to let Li Yi continue to be in power, regardless of whether he was still alive or not. Since someone rebelled under his nose, it meant that his ruling power was seriously flawed. If Li Yi was replaced, Haihan would

It will be more convenient for Han to intervene in the political situation of North Korea in the future. However, after Li Zhen ascended the throne, he naturally could not go to the Han army for long-term training, so this seemed to be an unsolvable situation.

Moreover, there is currently no more suitable candidate than Li Zhi in North Korea. Although Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun are not very satisfied with his performance, it is still within a tolerable range. However, some follow-up training for Li Zhi may need to be done.

Fine-tuning allowed Haihan's will to be more resolutely reflected in him.

At this time, new news came from the tower. Many people appeared on the top of Sungnyemun Gate. This was obviously the arrival of the Haihan Army that attracted their attention.

The North Korean refugees near the stronghold have been driven to the riverside by the Haihan Army for resettlement, and then the two battalions of the special operations group began to camp in this area. Of course, many private houses near the stronghold have also been temporarily requisitioned, but no one dares to leave.

Even though I complained, nothing happened.

But such a big movement will inevitably attract the attention of the defenders on the city wall, so the news of the Haihan Army's arrival outside the city will soon spread locally. Even if the rebels have controlled the situation in the city, I believe they will not be able to stop the spread of the news

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As for the reaction of the rebellious parties after this, whether they will jump over the wall or try to start negotiations, Haihan has not been able to make a clear judgment on this. They can only prepare for war and wait for the situation to change.

If the people in the city plan to do nothing and continue to delay, the Haihan Army will not mind using force to solve the current situation. In fact, waiting for Li Xie to come back before taking action means that he has the intention to use force to solve the problem.

, even if the people in the city want to solve the problem through negotiation, they may eventually resort to force.

Most of the liquidation objects given by Li Zhi were only mid-level officials, and these people were obviously just party members and were unlikely to be the real masterminds of the rebellion. Li Zhi certainly had his own reasons for doing this, but Haihan did not want this to happen.

This incident ended hastily, so there is a need to further expand this list.

If Li Zhen does not want to be added to this list, then the Haihan Army can only supplement it.

Wang Tom said: "Then let's count from the beginning and see who will lose their heads!"

The design of official positions in North Korea is also based on the Ming Dynasty and is divided into nine ranks. From the first rank to the ninth rank, there are a total of eighteen ranks. Among them, the third rank is divided into two levels, the lower rank and the upper rank. Officials of this level from the first rank to the third rank are called Tang.

Shangguan, who is qualified to wear red robes and discuss affairs with the king in the court, is a real big shot. However, there are only a few names of Shangguan on the list given by Li Xie, which is obviously not so logical.

Under the king is the administration, which is jointly responsible by three officials of the first rank, the leader and the left. The yamen also has the left and right counselors of the first rank, the left and right counselors of the second rank, the minister of the fourth rank, and the examiner of the fifth rank.

, official positions such as Director of the Eighth Grade.

Under the administration are the officials, households, rituals, soldiers, workers, and punishments, which are equivalent to the six ministries of the Ming Dynasty. The person in charge is the judge from the second rank, the deputy is the judge from the second rank, and below there is the third rank hall.

Counselors, counselors, Zhenglang of the fifth rank, Zuolang of the sixth rank, etc.

The Si Xian Mansion and the Si Jian Yuan, which are responsible for supervising the admonitions, are another major power department. Although the leaders of these two houses have the highest rank of only the second grade, they are not subject to the jurisdiction of the dean and the six ministries and are directly responsible to the king.

So the influence is quite large.

The military service organization consists of five barracks, three inner halls, a training academy, a town camp, a robber hunting hall, a dragon and tiger camp and other departments. North Korea implements civilian rule of the army, soldiers and generals are separated, there are no fixed generals and no fixed soldiers, and the scale of the standing army is very large.

Limited. After last year's war ended, Li Zhu accepted Haihan's suggestion and planned to form a new army with stronger combat effectiveness.

At present, except for Shen Jingzhen, the military judge, almost all the civilian court officials are in the city. Although the military attachés include military and horse military commanders, naval commanders and other high-ranking officials outside, due to the unique military system of Korea, they have not received any orders.

With the order from the imperial court, it would be difficult to mobilize a large number of troops to return to Beijing for King Qin.

Of course, there was an opportunity to resolve this issue. After Li Xie returned to North Korea, he issued orders in the name of the Crown Prince to various counties and garrisons, asking them to terminate their ties with the rebellious parties and no longer accept requests from them.

Seoul's rebellion, and helped him put down the rebellion.
Chapter completed!