Chapter 1850 Political opponents

In addition to trying to win over, Qian Tiandun actually has half of what he has not said. If the inducement method does not work, then the only option is to use force and coercion. But as a last resort, Haihan does not want to use strong methods to solve the domestic problem in North Korea.

opposition, because this can easily arouse more vigilance and resentment.

For Haihan, the ideal situation is to develop North Korea's natural resources in a relatively stable social environment, rather than spending a lot of energy and time intervening in North Korea's internal political struggles. As long as these projects start to produce results, they will

More and more North Koreans will choose to side with Haehan because of their personal interests, and many problems will be solved by then.

Just like the area occupied by Haihan on the Ming Dynasty coastline, it initially encountered hostility and confrontation from the locals. However, as the local group of vested interests grew larger and larger, they eventually could not get rid of the True Fragrance Law. Originally, they should have tried their best to maintain it.

Most of the local officials who had interests in the Ming Dynasty chose to remain deaf to Haihan's movements and just calmly received a portion of the money that the Haihan people paid tribute to.

Since this operating model can be successful in the Ming Dynasty, North Korea, which is culturally connected to the Ming Dynasty, will naturally not be an exception. However, Haihan's operating time in North Korea is still short and there are not many upper-level contacts, so the dignitaries who are really willing to stand up for Haihan will speak out.

Very few. Even Kim Sang-hyun, the main militant who strongly advocated the introduction of Haihan reinforcements to fight against the Qing army, still held a relatively cautious attitude towards various economic cooperation after the war, and did not send troops to help North Korea because of Haihan.

After retreating from the enemy, he chose to express his support for Haihan's post-war development plan.

As for Jin Sangjiu, he has been in contact with the Haihan people for a relatively long time, and he also knows very well that this ethnic group is a very realistic group of people. They receive money and send troops to help North Korea fight the war. After the war, they ask North Korea for the development of various industries.

The management rights have a very strong purpose. He was also present during today's negotiation process. He watched the whole process of how his king pushed back and forth with the Haihan people and did Tai Chi. To be honest, he was a little worried that the Haihan people would be impatient.

Fall out.

From Kim Sang-joo's point of view, he certainly hopes that his country can retain its sovereignty and dignity, but at the same time, he also knows very well how huge the economic losses North Korea has suffered in the war that just ended. If the national economy and people's livelihood cannot be restored in a short period of time,

If the country is rapidly rebuilt, domestic doubts about the king's administrative measures will only grow louder. And whether to cooperate with Haihan is not actually the focus of the issue. What the opposition wants is to gain the right to speak through speaking out, rather than confronting Haihan.

, so his view is actually the same as that of the Haihan people. He believes that the opposition in the officialdom must be dealt with first, so that the king has no political concerns, and then he can promote the implementation of the industrial cooperation development plan.

With Jin Shangjiu's status, he naturally cannot accomplish such a goal on Haihan's behalf. What he can do now is to provide some useful information to guide Haihan's next actions as requested by the other party.

"Currently, those who oppose the industrial cooperation development plan between the two countries are mainly Mr. Kim's political opponents. They do not necessarily want to go against your country. They are just trying to win the king's attention by opposing this matter. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is grandstanding.

"Jin Sangjiu expressed his views very frankly.

"Political enemy? You mean Cui Mingji of the peace faction?" Although Qian Tiandun was not particularly clear about the factions in North Korea's officialdom, he also knew that the political opponent who had the same reputation as Kim Sang-heon before the war was the official Cao judge Cui Mingji.

Jin Shangjiu nodded and admitted his guess: "Yes, it is Mr. Cui."

Cui Mingji was born in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. He experienced the Imjin Japanese Rebellion in his childhood and was well aware of the suffering caused by the war to society and the people. When he was nineteen years old, he took the imperial examination and passed the C subject of Zengguang Liberal Arts.

This is how he began to enter the political arena. In 1623, a palace coup occurred in North Korea. Gwanghae Jun was deposed, and his nephew Ayang Jun, the current King of North Korea, Li Jie, came to the throne. Cui Mingji played an extremely important role in it. Even Li Jie

The time of the rebellion was also decided by him. After Li Zhu came to power, he promoted him from Li Cao Zuolang to Li Cao Shenpan, and was granted the title of Lord of the Palace. From then on, he began to rise to prominence.

Cui Mingji's political views on peace are not new in recent times. As early as the seventh year of Tianqi, the same year that the Haihan travelers came to this time and space, Huang Taiji led his army to invade North Korea, which was known as the Dingmao Rebellion in history. At this time, Cui Mingji

He believed that "the country was small and weak, and the power of the captives was very strong, so it was better for Xun to resign to ease the situation." He began to advocate that the war should be suspended and peace could be negotiated with Hou Jin.

However, after Ding Mao's chaos, Cui Mingji was regarded as a capitulator in the country because of his ideas, and he was immediately infamous and criticized. If it weren't for his meritorious service from Conglong, Li Zhuo would have been protecting him because of this old relationship, and he would have changed someone else.

It has already become cold.

Based on Cui Mingji's great contribution in assisting Li Zhu to ascend to power, if his original peace talks had not caused a lot of dissatisfaction in North Korea, he should have taken the leadership position long ago and become the number one person in North Korean officialdom with one person and more than ten thousand people.

But this man did not learn the lessons of his early years. Last year, North Korea began to receive rumors that its powerful neighbor in the north was preparing to invade with troops again, so he once again put forward the theory that the dispute between the two countries should be resolved through peace talks.

Naturally, such an argument was ruthlessly ridiculed by the war-fighting officials headed by Kim Sang-heon. What the enemy wanted was for North Korea to surrender and surrender. Is this something that could be negotiated? What would happen after it became a vassal state of Hou Jin?

Account to the Ming Dynasty? To put it another way, even if North Korea is willing to surrender, will the enemy cease the war? I'm afraid if it doesn't agree to this condition, there will be a series of more harsh conditions waiting for North Korea in the future.

Only fighting can save North Korea. Such remarks eventually gained the upper hand in North Korea's domestic public opinion. Of course, even the most radical war faction would not think that their own army could defeat the Qing army. The so-called battle was not

It means to fight alone, but to introduce Haihan reinforcements and then declare war on the Qing Dynasty, which has just changed its name.

If the main militant faction fails to ask Haihan to send troops in the end, then Cui Mingji may still have a certain say. After all, his political opinions can be regarded as a solution to the dispute. But Haihan not only sent troops himself, but also brought in other troops.

The armies of the three countries formed a coalition and stationed in North Korea, and defeated the Qing army's offensive in the war that lasted for several months. This brought the reputation and authority of Kim Sang-heon's faction to the top, while on the contrary, the image of Cui Mingji's faction was once again undermined by public opinion.

Became a surrender faction.

But this is not a desperate situation for Cui Mingji, who has been floating in North Korean officialdom for many years. In his view, although the war against the Qing Dynasty has ended, the struggle to defend North Korea's interests is still going on. Officials from Cui Mingji's group carefully studied Haihan's past experience in

Based on the various deeds of the Ming Dynasty and the various conditions put forward in the exchanges with North Korea, I believe that all Haihan's actions towards North Korea are to ultimately obtain a thousand-fold return from here. They say they are allies, but in fact they are dealing with North Korea.

To engage in exploitation, North Korea should be wary of this practice of cutting flesh with blunt knives.

Of course, Cui Mingji also knew very well that North Korea's ability to protect Guozuo was indeed dependent on Haihan's military protection. The king valued his existence very much, and there was absolutely no way he could fall out with Haihan at this time, so he was very smart and did not betray Haihan.

He made speech attacks, but continued to target his political opponent Kim Sang-heon.

Cui Mingji has been in the officialdom for more than thirty years since he passed the imperial examination and is well versed in various methods of political struggle. However, his opponent Kim Sang-heon entered politics fifteen years earlier than him.

The Shu and Da Si Xian are equivalent to being the Minister of Rites and the Imperial Censor. Now he has been appointed by the king as the first-rank Zuo Yizheng. He is also a popular candidate for the currently vacant position of Zuo Yizheng. Cui Mingji does not dare to be careless at all.

After analyzing the domestic situation and his own situation, Cui Mingji formulated corresponding strategies. He believed that the main reason why Kim Sang-hun gained power this time was that he invited Hae-han to send troops. To attack Kim Sang-hun, he must try his best to combine him with Hae-han.

Peel it off to prevent it from using the flag as a tiger skin and the Haihan as a shield.

Therefore, Cui Mingji's letter of remonstrance to the king almost did not mention what happened to Haehan. He only said that Kim Sangxun was bent on seeking war but was unprepared for post-war reconstruction. He should be responsible for the current domestic economic slump and the lack of relief and resettlement for a large number of refugees.

Main responsibilities.

Of course, this kind of crime is impossible to bring down Kim Sang-hyun, who has a deep foundation in the officialdom. However, Cui Mingji understands Li Zhu's imperial mentality very well, and knows that Li Zhu pays attention to balance in the court, and has always left the seat of political affairs open without letting Kim Sang-hun sit on it.

, just don’t want the court to become the voice of the main war faction. And although his existence is not so lovable, he is one of the few candidates in the court who dares to question and attack Jin Sangxian. If Li Zhu doesn’t plan to let Jin Shangxian

Since the Xian family is the only one in power, it is definitely an inevitable trend for him to return to power after the war. Now he just has a way to go.

It has to be said that Cui Mingji was very familiar with Li Zhu, so he dared to question Kim Sang-hyun at this juncture after the war, and he was sure that he would not incur Li Zhu's dissatisfaction.

Cui Mingji knew that Jin Sangxian would definitely take some countermeasures, not narrow revenge, but reciprocal measures as a political opponent. What he could think of, Kim Sangxian could actually think of, only by making a fighting posture, would Li Zhu be among them?

Find a balance between.

The political struggle situation was actually quite complex, and Jin Shangjiu's ability to understand it was very limited. It was too difficult to tell the two senior officials of Haihan and let them understand the grievances and grievances between the Jin and Cui factions.

Big. He can only briefly talk about his own views. As for how much the other party can understand, it is not something he can influence.

In fact, neither Wang Tom nor Qian Tiandun are qualified politicians. Especially Qian Tiandun, who has been performing overseas missions for a long time and is far away from the political center of his country, Fort Victory, and does not understand the intrigues in the officialdom. After listening to the story, the two

Just by looking at him, he could confirm from his eyes that the other party's situation was similar to his own, and he could not fully understand the inside story of these political struggles in North Korean official circles.

"So Mr. Jin and Mr. Cui are political enemies and rivals, but it is difficult for them to really defeat each other... The current situation of fighting back and forth is more... a show?" Wang

It was difficult for Tom to find the right words to describe the situation he realized.

"A show? What does this mean?" Jin Shangjiu asked in confusion.

Tom Wang didn't expect that the imported word he was talking about had not appeared in this era, so he immediately changed his explanation: "It means acting for others to see."

"Oh, that's it." Jin Shangjiu said: "It's not necessarily a show. These two adults can be said to be lifelong enemies of each other in the political arena. They will naturally step on each other when they get the opportunity. In my humble opinion,

The two adults may have regarded this kind of struggle as a part of life."

Qian and Wang knew what Jin Shangjiu said. Since generals like them take leading troops to fight as their life goal, politicians will naturally regard political struggle as their way forward. Although they

I don’t understand these politicians, or the specific thoughts of politicians, but it is completely understandable that powerful senior officials like Kim Sang-hun and Choi Ming-gil will have their own unique goals and pursuits in politics.

Of course, understanding is understanding. Now that Cui Mingji is a major figure in the domestic opposition in North Korea, we must find ways to get rid of this person in order to promote the implementation of the industrial cooperation plan between the two countries.

"Sir Jin, can you arrange a meeting with Mr. Cui as soon as possible?" Wang Tom simply asked Jin Shangjiu to come and contact Cui Mingji.

But Jin Shangjiu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid that's not possible."

"Huh?" Wang Tom didn't react for a moment.

However, Qian Tiandun next to him thought of the reason: "Master Xiao Jin is an official of Master Lao Jin's faction, so of course he can't help us connect."

Jin Shangjiu bowed his head and said: "Thank you, General Qian, for your understanding. This is exactly the case. It is really inconvenient to contact Mr. Cui, and I ask the two generals to forgive me!"

If Kim Sang-joo comes forward to contact Kim Sang-hyun's political opponents on behalf of the Haihan people, this behavior is obviously very dangerous. Once Cui Mingji meets the Haihan people, God knows what uncontrollable situation will happen, and Kim Sang-hyun will definitely not be happy to see him promoted.

Officials do this kind of thing. So even though this request was made by a senior official of Haihan, Jin Sangjiu still decisively rejected the request.

At the banquet held at Gyeongbokgung Palace the day before, Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom met Cui Mingji, but they did not have any direct communication. The officials of Cui Mingji's group had not had much dealings with him before.

How to contact the other party has become a problem.

They couldn't force Jin Shangjiu to come forward to contact them, so after asking for key information, they had no choice but to let him go. The two discussed it again, but still couldn't figure it out, so they decided to continue the meeting with Li Zhu.

, during this period, we will try to see if we can contact officials from Cui Mingji's group.
Chapter completed!