Chapter 2323

Kim Sang-hyun has dealt with Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom many times, and his attitude has always been very polite, and he rarely shows his shrewd side in front of them. Qian Tiandun has almost forgotten that Kim Sang-hyun, who is quite famous in North Korean official circles,

A big and influential figure who has been in the political arena for many years will not be easy to deal with.

Qian Tiandun said: "Since Mr. Jin can mobilize the people in the city to counterattack Cui Mingji, then presumably the troops currently stationed in the city should obey Mr. Jin's orders?"

Jin Sangxian said seriously: "General Qian's words are wrong. These troops are loyal to His Majesty the King. They only made mistakes when they were deceived or coerced by Cui Mingji. When they found out that Cui Mingji actually wanted to blockade Seoul in the name of catching assassins.

Those who engage in rebellion will naturally no longer be willing to be complicit in it. Now that the Haihan Army has rushed to Seoul to launch rescue operations, I ascended to the top and shouted, and all the ministries responded accordingly and jointly dealt with this rebellious minister and traitor."

Kim Sang-hyun's answer could be said to be watertight, and at the same time it cleared up the fight between himself and Cui Ming-gil. Qian Tiandun couldn't help but sigh in his heart, even if the North Korean state is weak, these powerful figures in the court are not

Liquor and rice bag, well versed in the secrets of officialdom struggle, first seize the righteousness in their hands, and then label the opponent with a few labels such as rebellious ministers and traitors, and then gain the upper hand. Cui Mingji was already dead at this time, so naturally he would not

Maybe he will defend himself to refute Kim Sang-heon's accusation.

Qian Tiandun said: "Then I would like to ask again, what suggestions does Master Jin have for the follow-up handling of this incident?"

Jin Sangxian said: "The top priority is to let the crown prince succeed to the throne first. The country cannot be without a king for a day. With a backbone, subsequent rewards and punishments can convince the public. Before the crown prince went abroad, he had already assisted the king in handling government affairs, and went to your country for further study.

One year later, I believe that I have enough ability to govern the country at this time. Moreover, the crown prince was the successor designated by the king before his death. This matter is known to both the government and the public, and no one will question the legitimacy of the crown prince’s accession to the throne.”

"Cui Mingji and his gang members who colluded with the Manchus, assassinated His Majesty the King, and launched a palace coup must be severely punished! Although Cui Mingji committed suicide in fear of crime, his crime is unforgivable, and what he did must be made public! All who follow him

The members of the party must also be punished as they should be, sentenced as they should be, and killed as they should be, and these people can no longer be allowed to harm the government!"

"In addition to liquidating these rebellious parties in our country, we must not let go of the instigator of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. We must mobilize the strength of the whole country to avenge His Majesty the King! At that time, I hope that your country will remember the friendship of the alliance and send troops to attack the Manchu Qing Dynasty together!"

Kim Sang-hyun said a lot in one breath this time, and he had obviously thought deeply about this issue. This made Qian Tiandun a little shaken. Is Kim Sang-hyun a traitor with outstanding acting skills, or a villain?

A loyal minister who cares about the country and the people? Did he make a misjudgment in his previous judgment on the entire incident and Kim Sang-heon's position?

But no matter what, the investigation related to this coup will continue. Qian Tiandun does not have much hope for the independent investigation agency Yijinfu under the Bingcao Yamen, because a large number of officials in Seoul were involved in this coup.

, no official organization dares to say that it is 100% clean, and this kind of self-examination may not be implemented in practice. Instead, it may become a tool for some people in the DPRK to eliminate dissidents.

Therefore, Qian Tiandun can only trust his own investigation results regarding follow-up matters and the handling of relevant personnel. Although the Haihan Army, as an external force, will encounter many obstacles in investigating the civil strife in Seoul, Li Zhi has stated that he will fully delegate power to

The Haihan Army will order all official agencies to provide maximum cooperation to ensure that the investigation work led by the Haihan Army can proceed smoothly.

In addition to deploying his elite soldiers and generals, Qian Tiandun also did not forget that there was another good person available in Seoul, which was Fu Li who was in charge of the stronghold outside the city.

Before coming to North Korea, Fu Li was already a senior official with formal police training. He had extensive experience in investigating and handling various security cases. His ability in this field was definitely better than that of military personnel. Therefore, Qian Tiandun was

After confirming that the environment in the city had stabilized, a transfer order was issued for Fu Li to report to the city and participate in the subsequent investigation work.

Of course, the first priority of the current investigation work is to examine these bodies with special identities, which to a large extent is related to the truth of the chaos in Seoul. If all or part of what Kim Sang-heon said is fabricated,

It is very likely that it will be reflected in these corpses.

After receiving the transfer order, Fu Li completed the handover of the matters at hand as quickly as possible, and then hurried into the city with the ordering troops to report to Qian Tiandun.

He could roughly think of the reason why he was transferred to the city, but he really didn't expect that the first thing he did after entering the city was to participate in the autopsy.

Fu Li also participated in the investigation of some homicide cases when he was on duty in Sanya. This was not his first time dealing with corpses. However, autopsy work was usually done by specialized operators. In fact, Fu Li rarely participated in specific tasks.

During the inspection process.

When Fu Li arrived, Qian Tiandun and Jin Shangxian were having a private conversation in another courtyard. No outsiders were allowed to disturb him. Fu Li did not wait to report to Qian Tiandun. After taking some simple protective measures, he also entered there.

In a room where the coffin was stored, two military doctors conducted an autopsy.

If the confession made by Kim Sang-hun is used as a reference, there is actually not much problem with these corpses. The fatal injuries mentioned by Kim Sang-hun were found on the two highly decomposed bodies, but the wounds were blurred.

It is difficult to distinguish, and it is difficult to confirm whether it matches the murder weapon evidence provided by Kim Sang-heon. The most important thing is that since the death time has been more than a month, the appearance of the two corpses is difficult to distinguish, and it is almost impossible to confirm their true identity. This means

They might be the king and the assassin, or they might just be two innocent peasants who died unjustly.

Cui Mingji's body had no obvious trauma. After an autopsy, it was found that the gastrointestinal mucosa was severely ulcerated and bleeding, which seemed to be basically consistent with the symptoms of arsenic poisoning.

Qian Tiandun listened to the reports of the three of them in person later that day. He was not very satisfied with the test results. He hoped to find more doubts through the autopsy, but it seemed that it was limited to the current autopsy technology.

It is difficult to obtain more information at this stage.

Qian Tiandun asked the two military doctors to go back and rest first, leaving Fu Li behind. Since Fu Li is to be responsible for the follow-up investigation work, he must be made clear about the current situation and what Haihan wants to achieve.

"Based on the information we have received so far from Kim Sang-heon and others, there are still too many unreasonable things about the civil strife in Seoul. The process and purpose of the coup launched by the rebellious party are still unclear. As for Cui Mingji colluding with the Manchus to assassinate the king

I don’t even believe this statement. So I hope you can find out how the North Korean king died, whether there were really assassins and assassination operations, what happened in the city in the month after the coup, and

Who is the instigator of this chaos?"

Qian Tiandun said in a deep voice: "I will ask Li Xie to give you a copy of the manuscript later. If you encounter any resistance during the investigation, you can request assistance from the headquarters. If necessary, you can dispatch troops to use force. I will

We will provide you with all the help you need. All you have to do is to find out the truth of the incident as soon as possible, so as to ensure that our country’s interests in North Korea will not be harmed to the greatest extent."

Fu Li solemnly responded: "General, please rest assured, I will do my best to find out the truth as soon as possible!"

When Qian Tiandun left, he asked Gao Qiaonan to allocate a squad of troops to Fu Li to assist him in the investigation. However, Fu Li did not rush to start from here. Instead, he calmed down and sorted out the various information he currently had.

information to determine the direction of investigation.

According to the timeline described by Kim Sang-heon, the assassination of the king was the beginning of the chaos in Seoul. After his assassination, Cui Mingji and his party members took the opportunity to take control of the government and blockaded Seoul in the name of arresting the assassin. During this period, they eliminated dissidents and created

Prepare for subsequent usurpation of power.

So whether the king was actually assassinated by assassins from the Qing Dynasty as Kim Sang-heon said has become the first thing that needs to be confirmed in the investigation.

Although the two parties involved are gone, since this matter has caused such a big fuss, in addition to the parties concerned, there must be many witnesses in the palace. If you seize the time to interrogate, you may be able to find some clues that have not yet been discovered.

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At present, the palace personnel have been gathered to a settlement outside the city, and Fu Li believes that more information should be found there than in the autopsy.

So Fuli, who had just entered the city for a few hours, returned to the outside of the city via Sungnyemun Gate in the south of the city.

This temporary settlement was a farm requisitioned by the Haihan Army outside the city. More than 200 people who had been brought out of the palace were all placed under house arrest here, waiting for further arrangements.

The first thing Fu Li did when he arrived here was to take a roll call according to the roster brought out from the palace. There were actually dozens of people missing, and most of them were people serving the king inside and outside the royal study.

Of course, it was impossible for so many people to disappear for no reason. Fu Li immediately interrogated the relevant people and basically confirmed that these people were all taken away by the troops who rushed into the palace in the name of King Qin on the second day after the coup. It is said that

It is to investigate the fact that someone colluded with foreign spies to cause chaos in the palace.

But after these people were taken away, none of them appeared again. The theory that the king was assassinated in the palace actually began to spread among the chamberlains, maids and guards only after these people were taken away. This

This means that the source of the story of the king's assassination may not come from the descriptions of those present.

Who took away these palace personnel and their current whereabouts became the next question for Fu Li to investigate.

If according to Kim Sang-heon's statement, it was Cui Mingji who led the troops into the palace at that time, then it is very likely that he was the one who ordered the removal of these palace personnel. But now that Cui Mingji is dead, there are many military party members who followed his orders.

Some of them died in the previous conflict with Kim Sang-heon's group, and it is not easy to investigate the relevant clues.

But Fu Li was convinced that if someone tried to cut off these clues after the fact, there would still be clues left to follow.

Early the next morning, Fu Li entered Seoul again and reported the progress of the investigation to Qian Tiandun. At the same time, he asked for further interrogation authority because he wanted to interrogate the commanders of the various North Korean troops in the city to determine the treatment of those who entered the palace at that time.

Which unit is responsible for the follow-up matters? At the same time, compare the information given by Kim Sang-heon to see if the information from both ends is consistent.

"Bring the military attache to trial..." Qian Tiandun pondered for a moment after hearing his request.

After the Haihan Army entered the city, although they gradually took over the city's defense, they have not directly arrested any military attachés so far. Including the three officers who were punished for not observing military regulations at Sungnyemun Gate, they have not been arrested.

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Although the Haihan Army believed that the defenders in the city were already very unreliable, they did not take radical measures to avoid stimulating these troops to mutiny and cause unnecessary trouble. After Li Xie took control of the power, he would gradually control these troops in the name of the king.

The commander of the unit was replaced. But Fu Li obviously didn't want to wait so long. He hoped to continue the investigation as soon as possible.

"General, the longer time passes, the more variables there will be. Many insiders have died inexplicably before we entered the city. If we don't take action as soon as possible, there will probably be fewer and fewer insiders."

He concealed his concerns to Qian Tiandun.

"Tell me about your investigation ideas first." Qian Tiandun decided to be a little more cautious and review Fu Li's plan before making a decision. If this young man's idea is too radical, he can help to check it.

Fu Lidao: "Due to the lack of witnesses at the scene, it is still not possible to confirm whether the assassination actually occurred in the palace. Only by finding the unit that took away the people present at the time can the investigation continue. The unit responsible for guarding the palace at the time should

It's the Imperial Guard, and the range of troops that can enter the palace and take people away under the eyes of the Imperial Guard is very small. Let's check which troop commander has a close relationship with Kim Sang-heon and Choi Ming-gil.

, perhaps we can identify the troops that performed this mission at that time.”

Fu Li paused and then said: "Even if the commander of this unit can keep his mouth shut, can everyone involved in the operation do it? As long as you confirm whether those people taken out of the palace have been silenced, you can conclude

The person who arranged and instigated this matter is the mastermind behind it!"

Qian Tiandun said: "Perhaps the North Korean soldiers involved in this mission have been to the scene of the Royal Study case and happen to know whether the king's assassination is true or false."

Fu Li nodded and responded: "If there is evidence to prove it to be false, then what Kim Sang-hyun said will be completely untrustworthy."

"Then you have a good grasp of the scale and don't be too aggressive until there is concrete evidence." Qian Tiandun's statement can be regarded as having approved the direction of Fu Li's investigation.
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