Seeing that it was late at night, Lin Tailai was about to leave the table.

But Eunuch Chen had no intention of leaving, and suddenly asked again: "How come the little Japanese country has so much silver? Can you pay for three million taels?"

There is nothing else, I'm just curious and want to learn more about world geography.

Lin Tailai replied: "Although Japan is narrow-minded and poor and has poor resources, its gold and silver mines are extremely rich.

For example, the largest silver mine in Japan is called Shijian Yinshan, which is said to produce one million taels of silver annually."

Eunuch Chen is in a high position in the inner world and is well-informed, but when he heard the introduction of "a silver mine with an annual output of one million taels", he opened his eyes wide in surprise.

No wonder it is not called silver mine, but silver mountain! Isn’t it just a silver mountain?

"Where is this Yinshan?" Eunuch Chen asked with great knowledge. He still had no other meaning, just to know whether the Yinshan Mountain is far from the Ming Dynasty.

Lin Tailai replied in detail: "Shijian Yinshan is across the sea from the North Korea. In various regions of Japan, it is considered to be closer to the Ming Dynasty.

In fact, the Ming Dynasty's official army was closer to Yinshan. It only took a few days to march to Yinshan."

Damn! Eunuch Chen said in shock: "There is actually a Ming official army around Shi Jian Yin Mountain?"

Lin Tailai smiled and said, "Did Dahua remember that a few months ago, a Japanese lord named President Xiaoxi was enthroned by the Ming Dynasty?

This person's territory includes four places: Zhuanzhou, Zhuanzhou, Feizhou, and Feizhou. Among them, Zhuanzhou is located at the throat between Kyushu and Honshu, Japan.

The eight thousand officials who were in charge of protecting the President Xiaoxi were stationed in front of Zhuqian. From Zhuqian, we could reach Shijian Yinshan in a few days."

Eunuch Chen was speechless for a long time. It was definitely intentional, right? Is there definitely a premeditation?

Lin Tailai said again: "Not only has silver mountains, gold mountains are also rich, but the largest Sado Jinshan is a bit far away.

However, there are also very considerable gold mountains in the Shimazu family territory on Kyushu Island, which is very close to President Konishi who was enthroned by our Ming Dynasty.

If you set out from the territory of Xiaoxi Governor, you can reach Kingsoft in a few days!"

Eunuch Chen subconsciously replied: "So, there are a little fewer eight thousand soldiers?"

Lin Tailai explained: "Anyway, half of Shijian Yinshan's production in recent years will be compensated to Daming, so don't be too anxious.

The ruling Japanese government, Toyotomi Hideyoshi, is old and weak, and will not live for a few years. After his death, Japan will have civil strife. Then it will be the best opportunity to take advantage of the situation and can achieve twice the result with half the effort."

Eunuch Chen was deeply impressed, "When I read the book, I didn't know what the national sages did. I only realized it when I saw Lin Jiuyuan today."

Lin Tailai: ""

Eunuch Chen, you'd better give a positive comment, not a secret connotation.

The next day, Lin Tailai continued to set off from Tongzhou and arrived at Dongbianmen to pick up the Guanting outside the Dongbianmen half a day later.

The official welcome from the court was here. As for Eunuch Chen yesterday, he was the emperor's personal envoy.

The welcoming team was led by Ye Mengxiong, the Minister of War, and there were officials from the Ministry of Rites, Ministry of Revenue, and Taipu Temple. The court gave enough face to Lin Zhengluo who returned from great victory.

Ye Dasima presented a poem to praise: "The general is coming to the border and the sun, and the murderous aura is extinguished. Ten thousand enemies surrender to the battlefield and return to the dead land, and the three armies report to Kaiche in the country."

Lin Jingluo replied with a poem: "The emperor now orders me to fight against Fusang in the east. It is considered that there are many defeats in the temple, and the killing of heaven is the power of the heaven.

I have been loyal and righteous throughout my life, and the military chariots are so brilliant. I will always keep the waves unrest."

The whole text is mediocre and has no excellence, which is completely different from the ostentatious and exaggerated style of the poems made in North Korea.

After all, Lin Tianshuai of the Ming Dynasty became the court official Lin Tailai again, and the emperor could not do it as recklessly as he did in Korea.

The poem begins with the "Son of Heaven" and the back is "Loyalty and righteousness". The court officials all sighed that even Lin Tailai knew that he would be low-key, which shows that he made too much contribution this time.

After the preface etiquette ended, Lin Tailai and the Minister of War Ye Mengxiong rode together, talking while walking.

As for outsiders, they were separated by their entourage, which made it easier for the two to say something inconvenient to spread.

"What's the big deal in Beijing recently?" Lin Tailai asked habitually.

Ye Mengxiong replied: "Jun Jiuyuanjun, you are not in the capital, what big thing can happen?"

Lin Tailai felt that he was connotated, but he had no evidence.

Then Ye Mengxiong said again: "Jiuyuanjun, you will probably be bound to be awarded a title this time."

If Lin Tailai's name is named after Lin Tailai, his qualifications are processed and his future will be very clear. It is nothing more than the Minister of the Secretariat, the Minister of the Court, and whether he can be the chief minister depends on his fate.

The fact that Lin Tailai made such great military achievements has become a variable in his future. How can civil officials follow the path of winning titles for their military achievements? There are not many conventions to follow, and there is no clear system.

For example, the title is set in the military honor system. Whether the civil servants are considered civil officials or military honors after they are awarded titles is vague.

Lin Tailai replied: "I have no rigid regulations in the Ming Dynasty. After the civil officials are granted titles, can't continue to be civil officials, right?"

Ye Mengxiong said: "But it's still too high-profile after all. Besides, the result of the lack of rules is that what should be done depends on everyone's mouth.

There are always dissatisfied villains in this world who keep criticizing.

They must say that if you have a title, you are a military honor and you should not continue to be in the civil service position; or if you are granted a title, you should avoid suspicion and should not be at the center."

Those who have served as court officials know that according to the general principles of the court, if you encounter difficult things, you should give priority to following the previous examples.

There are only three precedents for civil officials of the Ming Dynasty to grant titles for their military merits. They are too accidental and have not so great reference significance.

After Wang Yangming quelled the rebellion of King Ning, he was granted the title of Xinjian Bo and eventually became the Minister of War in Nanjing and the Censor of the Left Censor of Nanjing.

The earlier Chenghua Dynasty Wang Yue was named Weining Bo, and most of his official positions were governors in border towns. Then there was Wang Ji, which was even earlier.

There is also an example of the title of civil officials, which is Xu Youzhen, a pure fellow villager in the same county, who is Lin Tailai, but it is not because of his military achievements.

At that time, Xu Youzhen was named the Empress of Wugong, and even became the chief minister of civil officials.

Logically speaking, Xu Youzhen's precedent of "a civil servant can still enter the cabinet" may be most suitable for Lin Tailai to quote today, but Xu Youzhen's reputation is too poor.

Xu Youzhen's martial arts throne was obtained by beating Emperor Yingzong's restoration, and he also participated in the false murder of Yu Qian, a great hero in saving the country. This matter was compared by people at that time to "Qin Hui killed Yue Fei for no reason."

If Lin Tailai was killed, it would never be possible to quote fellow villager Xu Youzhen as a precedent.

So Lin Tailai sighed to Ye Mengxiong: "I originally intended to kill the enemy for the country, and I did not have the idea of ​​gaining glory and wealth through this.

As Qi Shaobao said, it is not my intention to be a marquis, I hope the sea will be peaceful.

If the court must grant titles, I can't resist it, so I can only accept it for the time being and then look at the situation."

After entering Chongwenmen, Sima Ye walked north and saw Lin Tailai following him, he asked curiously: "You are running around for a long distance, and you won't go home to rest today, why are you following me?"

Lin Tailai rolled his eyes and said, "Of course we should go to the Ministry of War to pay the guards and the Wang Ming flag first! Do you still want me to command the army in the capital?"

Minister of War Ye Mengxiong: ""

When he arrived at the Ministry of War, he handed over the customs flag. After completing the procedures, Lin Tailai was no longer the "right assistant censor, pretending to be the right assistant minister of the Ministry of War, and was in charge of Japanese affairs in Liaodong, Denglai, Korea and other departments."

Then Lin Tailai took out a large thick book and said to Ye Mengxiong: "This is the merit book of the Eastern Expedition, which records the merits and reward recommendations of the generals!

If you give it to your Ministry of War, you can only report it to the cabinet. I will just send it to the cabinet by myself tomorrow."

Sima Ye subconsciously said half of the sentence: "This needs to be reviewed by the Ministry of War first."

Under normal circumstances, the review and confirmation of official contributions and the drafting of promotion and rewards are the scope of the Ministry of War.

Then Sima Ye realized that his attitude was wrong and quickly changed his words and said, "Jun Jiuyuan takes care of it!"

That night, Lin Tailai returned to Lin's mansion in Ligelao Hutong to rest, and finally slept steadily at his home.

The next day, Lin Tailai did not inspect the various government agencies or receive visitors from all walks of life at home. Instead, he directly took the merit book of the Eastern Expedition to enter the imperial city from the right gate of Chang'an.

Then we walked through several palace gates and came to the cabinet to do business.

What? In order to avoid suspicion, ministers of the Ministry generally do not go to the cabinet in person to avoid criticism?

However, although Lin Tailai's dispatch was "the right assistant censor of the Ministry of War, and he was in charge of Japanese affairs in Liaodong, Denglai, Korea and other departments," was gone, but one of the officials was the Hanlin Academy's attendant.

The Hanlin Academy and the Cabinet are both a systematic one. What is the inability to go to the Cabinet as a Hanlin?

The Grand Secretary of the Cabinet is decent and noble, so naturally no one can welcome Lin Tailai, so Lin Tailai could only kick open the curtain and walk into Wenyuan Pavilion with a swagger.

Why did he kick the door curtain open? Because Lin Tailai held a thick book of merit in his hand and couldn't free up his hand to lift the door curtain.

The Secretariat, who was serving outside the door, secretly complained in his heart that when outsiders entered the cabinet, they were mostly cautious and cautious, fearing that they would go the wrong way.

But when Lin Tailai came to the cabinet, he forced himself to feel like a villain came to visit.

"Oh, you guys are all together!" Lin Tai looked at the situation in the Wenyuan Pavilion central hall and greeted casually.

It is the usage of this idiom that damages the reputation of the top scholar, but it doesn’t matter. Lin Tailai now writes a typo and will be regarded as a fake character.

At this time, the four Cabinet Grand Secretary were sitting together, preparing to gather for a meeting.

The chief assistant Zhao Zhigao told Lin Tai: "We are about to discuss the follow-up matters of the Eastern Expedition, such as rewards, prisoner offering ceremony, etc., and the use of the first 600,000 silver twelve s reimbursement."

"When it comes to rewards, it seems to be related to me. If there are no outsiders here, I will not see you anymore.

After all, a real man has made great achievements in the world, who doesn’t want to win a wife and a son?

Originally, the highest-ranking official position was the fourth-rank Taichang Temple Shaoqing. If I could be promoted to the third-rank Assistant Minister this time, I would be very content.

I think the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites is quite suitable, and it is also in line with the common practice of being the right assistant minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Academy."

If it weren't for the great contribution, political, military and economic harvests, Lin Tailai's proposal would be quite reasonable.

The three servant Zhang Wei said slightly sarcastically: "How can you reward merely upgrade to the third grade? You should upgrade to the super grade."

The second assistant Zhu Geng explained: "The emperor issued an order to ask the cabinet to first formulate your reward. Daquan said that he should be granted a marquis."
To be continued...