Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 1212



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Side story 26. 1592 South Sea War. (26)

“Phew~.”

Lee Joo let out a long sigh and looked at Shin Rip. Seeing Shin Rip standing with an expression and posture that fit the words ‘confident, majestic’, Lee Joo let out another sigh and opened his mouth.

“Whew~. Okay, the Chief of Staff, please explain why it has to be February.”

“Yes, Your Majesty!”

Shin Rip answered in a loud voice that resonated through Geunjeongjeon Hall and explained the reason.

-The biggest reason is that we cannot give Japan any time.

-Japan has now lost most of its naval power, and its army has also suffered great losses.

-However, this power will be restored over time.

-Of course, the Navy will not recover properly due to its nature, but the Army will not.

Four months is enough time to recover enough to prepare for landing.

-If we were to predict the current situation in Japan, it would be crazy. However, as time goes by, they will come to their senses. We have to strike before Toyotomi Hideyoshi and his men come to their senses.

-Yi Sun-sin said that operations should be conducted to avoid the extreme cold. However, the Imperial Army was already well prepared for the extreme cold and had abundant experience.

-The Imperial Navy also suffered losses in battleships, but its transport capacity remains intact.

-If we mobilize the battleship forces of Haenam Island and the 1st Mobile Fleet, we can secure sufficient maritime combat power.

“… Therefore, a February invasion is more advantageous.”

“Hmm… .”

Since Shin Rip’s opinion was also reasonable, Lee Joo was careful with his words.

After pondering Shin Rip’s opinion for a moment, Lee Joo asked Shin Rip something else.

“But why do you say that Yi Sun-sin needs to be replaced? Is it because he insisted on April?”

To this, Shin Rip answered immediately.

“Yi Sun-sin is not an incompetent general. However, he thinks too much! Landing operations are like assault warfare! Once you have decided on your goal and destination, you should focus only on that! If you think about everything and move like Yi Sun-sin, you will only end up holding yourself back! Therefore, I think that the admiral should replace Yi Sun-sin with Won Gyun!”

“Won Gyun! Has the Chief of Staff forgotten why Won Gyun is in prison right now?”

“I know! However, Emperor Yi Hyang said, ‘It is foolish to hold someone responsible for a single defeat!’ Of course, it is true that Won Gyun suffered a great defeat that could not be washed away on Jeju Island! However, Won Gyun is a brave general who never backs down when he takes on a mission, so I think he is the right person for the job!”

As soon as Shin Rip finished speaking, Lee Ju immediately responded.

“Have you forgotten what Emperor Yi Hyang said after he said that? ‘However, the general who lost the battle due to failure in guarding and supply must be held accountable and punished!’ The disaster that occurred in Jeju Island was because Won Gyun failed to guard! He is to be given command again!”

“Won Gyun said it was Yi Sun-sin’s plot! He claims that it happened to him because Yi Sun-sin did not share the correct information! Common sense tells us that no general would make such a mistake even if he received accurate information!”

“So, Yi Sun-sin set Won Gyun in a trap?”

“Yes!”

“Have you read the report that Yi Sun-sin sent?”

“I haven’t read it yet!”

“yet?”

“I haven’t read it yet because I’m so focused on the conquest of Japan!”

“Phew~.”

Lee Joo let out a long sigh at Shin Rip’s confident answer and gave an order to the eunuch.

“Go and bring the report that Yi Sun-sin submitted just before the surprise attack on Jeju Island.”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

After about half an hour (about an hour), the eunuchs brought the relevant reports and laid them out in front of Lee Ju.

“The Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, please read it while you are here. For your information, the content of the report sent by Yi Sun-sin is the same whether I received it, or whether it was sent to the Ministry of National Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, or whether it was delivered to other fleets. It was sent in a hurry, but it was sent in the proper order. It was not skipped over like some people.”

Along with the horse, Lee Ju shook a letter placed on one side.

“It was sent by Won-gyun. The Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff will already know the contents.”

“Cough! I will read it.”

Shin Rip, who hid his embarrassment with a light cough, began reading the report on the situation submitted by Yi Sun-sin on the spot.

As soon as Shin Rip finished reading the last report and put it down, Lee Ju asked.

“What do you think? Is there a plot there?”

“… there was nothing to see.”

“What is visible to the eye….”

Lee Joo, whose speech was unclear, glared at Shin Rip and muttered to himself.

‘Are you trying to pick a fight with me? Or… Wait? Who did Shin Rip say he was close with?’

The expression on Lee Joo’s face became even more fierce as he thought about it.

‘Is that so?’

Lee Joo, who had quickly sorted out his expression, gave an order to Shin Rip.

“The matter is so important that it is difficult to make a decision right away. Go back and focus on your duties. I will discuss it with the ministers and make a decision.”

“Ouch! Chung!”

Shin Rip, who saluted with a loud voice, withdrew from Geunjeongjeon.

Lee Ju, who was watching Shin Rip leaving Geunjeongjeon, muttered in a small voice.

“It was worth leaving the original germ alone, even though it was a bit bitter….”

* * *

As things turned out this way, conflict began to arise within the Imperial Army.

It was a major conflict between the army and the navy.

The reason for the conflict was, of course, because of the topic, ‘It is extremely cold and landing is impossible.’

“Navy, look at these weaklings! They can’t operate in the winter? Who doesn’t know winter?”

“Don’t you know how harsh the winters are in the northern regions and even near Lake Baikal? If you spray water into the air, it freezes as soon as you spray it. That’s the winter there! Our army, who endured such a winter, is saying that winter is dangerous? Eh!”

“From now until April, we can raise at least 30,000 infantrymen! It doesn’t matter if you’re young or old, as long as you know how to pull the trigger! What are you going to do with the time you give us?”

The Navy also reacted angrily to the Army’s criticism.

The naval staff members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff were keeping their mouths shut by the warship faction that was close to Won Gyun. However, the staff members of the naval headquarters and fleet command and the captains of the front lines stood up in anger.

“What the hell are those idiots talking about?”

“You don’t know what the winter sea is like, so you’re talking nonsense!”

“If winter on land is freezing from the nostrils down, then winter on the sea is freezing from the inside out!”

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“Just soak your feet in the winter sea and stay there for an hour! Where did such a thing come from!”

The relationship between the Imperial Army and Navy, which was not very good to begin with, became even worse.

The discord between the army and navy was not just an empire-wide problem.

Most countries that had to operate both an army and a navy were struggling with similar problems.

It was because of budgetary issues.

Since they had to share a limited budget in a situation where every penny counted, they had no choice but to confront each other.

And this dispute grew in scale.

Not only the Ministry of Defense and the Imperial Army, but also ministers and vice ministers from other ministries were involved in the conflict.

Just as the Imperial Navy was divided into factions called the ‘Battleship Faction’ and the ‘Carrier Faction’ and growled, the Imperial Army as well as other ministries were divided into factions that were opposing each other.

In this situation, Won-gyun’s thick network became the starting point.

When Shin Rip showed his support for Won Gyun, those in Won Gyun’s network stepped forward to help him, and the opposing faction began to support Yi Sun-sin.

As the two factions were fiercely arguing, and were even making all sorts of slander and personal attacks, Lee Ju went to see Lee Lu, the Grand Emperor of Su Gang Palace.

“If we only trust those people, the country will be ruined. I wish they would just sweep us away.”

This time, I smiled bitterly and consoled him for his complaints about immigration.

“Be patient. Don’t you say that factions and party strife are inevitable? Let’s be patient for a little longer. If we wipe everything out like that, there won’t be anyone left to work.”

“Hoo~. Okay, I understand.”

After Joo-Joo, who had been mumbling for a long time, returned, this time he called the eunuch.

This time, he wrote something in a single stroke on a large piece of paper and handed it to the eunuch, giving him an order.

“Go to the craftsmen at Area 51 and ask them to make a signboard with this. It should be hung in the Prime Minister’s Office, each ministry, and the Joint Chiefs of Staff, so tell them to make it to fit their needs.”

“I obey your orders.”

As the eunuch who had received the paper stepped back, he looked up at the sky and muttered.

“It would be ethical to give a warning before doing anything, right?”

Three days later, eunuchs carrying large placards wrapped in cloth visited the offices of ministers of each ministry and the office of the Chief of Staff of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

“I came from Suganggung Palace.”

“oh my!”

The eunuch continued speaking while looking at the ministers and Shin Rip who had risen up in shock.

“His Majesty the Grand Prince told me to convey this message: ‘If you continue to do this, replace the signboard hanging behind you with this.’”

“The signboard?”

At the eunuch’s words, the ministers unconsciously turned their heads and looked at the signboard hanging behind them.

When the ministers turned their heads to see the four characters clearly written on the signboard, “National Peace and People’s Comfort (國泰民安, peace for the country and comfort for the people),” the eunuchs opened the bundles they had brought and showed them the new signboard.

-Party interests

“Cahem! Big!”

The ministers, who had noticed the hidden meaning, all coughed in unison and received the signboard from the eunuch.

“Then that’s it… .”

“Take a look.”

After the eunuch left, not long after, the ministers went to the palace to bow their heads.

“There will never be a need to change the signboard!”

“I’ll believe it.”

“I will do my best!”

“You have to do your best. If something like that happens, the Emperor will not change the signboard, but you.”

The ministers responded to this warning with cold sweat.

“I will keep that in mind!”

* * *

The ministers who received this warning gathered in the Prime Minister’s conference room and held a meeting.

“First of all, shouldn’t we know what His Majesty the Emperor is thinking?”

“I agree.”

“The beginning of the work is, of course, the invasion of Japan.”

“It’s a question of February or April, a question of Yi Sun-sin or Won Gyun.”

“That’s right. And, looking at what has happened so far, it seems His Majesty the Emperor values ​​Yi Sun-sin a little more.”

“Then, by supporting Yi Sun-sin?”

“That’s not good. If that happens, General Shin Rip’s situation will be bad.”

“Shin Rip? If we trace the beginning of this incident, it was Shin Rip, wasn’t it? Even if he hadn’t insisted on February and Won-gyun, this incident wouldn’t have happened!”

“But the problem is that His Majesty also said that Shin Rip’s idea was reasonable. Therefore, it is not good to unconditionally tell Shin Rip to give in.”

“then?”

“We need to control the germs first.”

“The germ?”

“Who started this month’s trouble? Won-gyun? If a stupid person were to act stupidly and do something, he would just stay quiet….”

“He’s so stupid, he probably doesn’t realize that he did something stupid.”

Before we knew it, the conference room was filled with voices denouncing Won Kyun. What was interesting was that even those who had supported Won Kyun until recently were now denouncing him.

‘No matter how connected you are to me, my neck comes first!’

As the senior officials were slowly getting the hang of it, one of them ran over and informed them.

“His Majesty has summoned the Chief of Naval Operations!”

“Chief of Naval Operations?”

“ancient!”

* * *

Lee Joo, who called Park Hong, got straight to the point.

“If you were to choose an admiral, who do you think would be more suitable between Yi Sun-sin and Won Gyun?”

“If you are the director….”

Park Hong paused for a moment, thinking about this and that, and then carefully opened his mouth.

“If you want to be a general, it has to be Yi Sun-sin. Won Gyun is not good.”

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