Chapter 280: The Sword Points at Japan (36) Stirs Up the DPRK Situation
Why do "Dead Waters" say "The King is right"? Because the first person to propose the inclusion of the Ming Dynasty was indeed the King of Joseon Li Ao himself. But of course the "Dead Waters" would not point out when Li Ao said this.
words.
However, in fact, Li Hao's proposal to annex the Ming Dynasty naturally had its "prerequisites". Starting from April of the Renjin year, the Japanese invasion force was overwhelming, especially Konishi Yukinaga and Kato Kiyomasa's first and second
The legions swept across Korea as if they were in no man's land, and the Korean army was defeated one after another.
After the news that the Japanese army was about to invade Hanyang reached the court, Li Shanhai, the leader of the political council, proposed that Li Huan "move". At this time, affected by the tradition of party struggle in Korea, Li Shanhai, who was a member of the Eastern Party, was immediately strongly opposed by other parties.
However, due to the serious situation, King Yi Wan of Joseon decided to go north to "relocate" against all opinions.
At this time, nearly half of North Korea's territory was lost, and the country's troops were less than one battle. Under this situation, Li Hengfu proposed to cross the Yalu River to the Ming Dynasty for "internal attachment". Li Hao, who had already believed that North Korea would definitely lose, immediately agreed.
——This is the true meaning of "the king is right", that is, the theory of internal attachment was recognized by the king himself very early on.
Let’s not mention the Ming Dynasty’s reaction to this. Here we will only talk about the impact and ripples of this incident in North Korea.
Let’s briefly review the situation at that time: with the outbreak of the war, North Korea “has been at peace for two hundred years. The people did not know the military, the wind and wind collapsed, and no one dared to meet it. The thieves marched in as if they were entering an uninhabited country.” At this time, North Korea was either
The people were slaughtering each other, and they were about to face a situation where all eight realms would be defeated. So some court officials urged Li Yu to establish the crown prince on the grounds that the country was facing a national crisis.
In the war against Japanese aggression, the Dongren Party was commanding in the middle of the country, and the Southern Party was fighting on the front lines. In addition, the leader of the Western Party, Zheng Cheol, had not yet returned, so the power of the government at this time was in the hands of the Dongren Party. Therefore, Guang
Hai Jun was appointed as the crown prince, which was not only the result of the party struggle, but also strengthened the power of the Dongren Party.
After the Imjin River defense line collapsed, Li Ao began to prepare for crossing the Liao Dynasty and "annexing" the Ming Dynasty. At this time, the court officials' debate about "annexing" intensified the party struggle in Korea, which not only led to more intense remonstrances between the emperor and his ministers, but also alienated Li Ao
The relationship between father and son.
On June 13th, Li He expressed his intention and prepared to "include it". At the same time, he told the ministers that "from now on, the crown prince will be responsible for state affairs, except for matters such as worship, official titles, rewards and punishments, etc., and all matters will be decided by himself." On the 14th of the same month,
, Li Wan and Gwanghaejun divided their dynasties, Gwanghaejun went to Gangjie, and Li Wan went to Uiju specifically for "internal attachment".
Since there was no high-level pragmatic intervention in the war situation at this time, its development was almost the same as in the original history. "I ordered the ministers to revise the enclosed message and send it to the capital of Liaodong. I ordered the leader Cui Xingyuan to discuss the affairs, the counselor Yin Zixin, etc., and the leader of the Fengmiao Society.
Accompany the crown prince to Baogang Realm and divide the court officials to follow him." Therefore, a small court led by Lord Gwanghae was formed at this time.
Li Huo once asked, "Cui Xingyuan, Li Xianguo, and Li Chengzhong said: You are all old, so you can be the heir apparent. He also said that Han Zhun said: You have parents, so you can be the heir apparent." In the end, the court officials who followed Guanghaijun included Cui Xingyuan on the left to discuss politics, and Yin and Yang on the right.
Zheng Zhuo, Deputy Tixue Shen Zhongqian, these three are all important members of the Western People's Party.
At this time, Li Ao expelled the courtiers who did not agree with the "internal attachment" and ordered these people to follow Gwanghae Jun. When he was about to leave for Uiju, Li Ao asked the courtiers if they were willing to follow the Holy Emperor, but only a few answered.
Only Li Hengfu responded positively. He replied: "I am young and healthy and have no parents. Please come with me." Then Li Shanfu, Hong Jin and others were willing to follow Li He, and the remaining "all the ministers are willing to follow Dongdi".
Judging from this situation, it is actually easy to understand the inevitability that Li Huo would try every means to suppress the division of dynasties when the situation calmed down a bit - especially after the Ming army arrived for reinforcements.
The subsequent war process has been described in the previous article, so there is no need to read it again. A simple summary is: even before Gao Pragmatic personally took action, the fight was slightly better than in the original history.
The better the Ming army fights, the more favorable it will be for North Korea to benefit Li Ao and disadvantageous to Lord Gwanghae. There is no doubt about this. But what I want to talk about here is not this matter, but an analysis of North Korea's domestic situation.
The political atmosphere was the root of why Gao Pragmatic dared to make the decision to let Ming Dynasty conquer North Korea.
So skip the war process and take a look at what happened next in the original history: After the war, Li Huo began to discuss the merits of the ministers. The meritorious officials were divided into three types. The first type is: since Li Huo's "immigration"
From that day on, after the "internal attachment" incident until the end of the war, the ministers who followed Li Huo all the time. This category is called "the saint-protecting ministers" and is divided into three grades according to the size of their merits.
The second type is: officers who suppressed Japanese troops on the front line, went to the Celestial Dynasty to ask for troops to rescue, and raised supplies for the troops. This type was named "Xuanwu Meritorious Officials" and was also divided into three levels according to their merits;
The third type is: the ministers who led the pacification of Li Menghe's rebellion. They are divided into the officials who contributed to the peace, and they are still divided into three grades according to their merits. Since Li Menghe's rebellion has nothing to do with this book, there is no chance of it happening, so there is no need to do this.
Too much to say.
According to the records of "Records of the Joseon Dynasty", it can be seen that Li Hengfu, who actively promoted the "internal attachment" incident of Li Huan, was listed as the first-class protector of the saints, and Zheng Kunshou was also the first-class. They are also the only two "first-class"
"Guardian of Saints".
Needless to say, Li Hengfu, Zheng Kunshou also actively escorted Li Fang to Yizhou. During the war, he served as "the envoy to invite soldiers to Chen", "the envoy to welcome and comfort", "the envoy to receive companions", "the envoy to thank Chen and falsely accuse Chen", etc.
, as an envoy, he made great contributions to the smooth communication between Ming Dynasty and North Korea.
Li Huo once commended him: "Today, the only way to defeat thieves is by heavenly soldiers. And the heavenly soldiers came out because of Zheng Kunshou's Chen Zuo." In addition, Hong Jin, Li Shanfu and others also firmly accompanied Li Huan when he went to Yizhou.
, and was therefore recognized as a second-class meritorious official.
At this time, Li Huo greatly praised the court officials who had no hesitation in supporting his "internal attachment" to the Ming Dynasty, and attacked the court officials who opposed his "internal attachment". At this time, Yu Hong of the Western People's Party was constantly being impeached by Taiwan. The reason
It was during the "Broadcasting" and "Neifu" incidents that he went against Li Huo's wishes.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! When Li Shanhai first advocated moving north to "relocate", Yu Hong strongly opposed it on the surface, but secretly "made his family avoid the army".
This is considered to be a cunning person. When he was "attached", Yu Hong also expressed his hope to follow the prince. He claimed that "I am old and cannot cross the Liao Dynasty. I will welcome the prince back after he recovers."
In both major events, this person stood on the opposite side of Li Huo, so Li Huo was extremely disgusted with Yu Hong. Li Huo did not reply to what Yu Hong said at the time, but later Li Huo criticized Yu Hong for "stopping on his own.
There is no righteousness between a monarch and his ministers." Immediately afterwards, Tai Jian began to impeach Yu Hong.
Li Huo once asked Liu Gen, the official of Du Chengzhi, and said: "Who can replace Yu Hong, the envoy of Yu Hong, who can replace him?" Immediately after December 25, Tai Jian impeached Yu Hong again, and the trial lasted for another month. , Yu Hong was eventually dismissed.
In the event of the canonization of meritorious officials, Zheng Kunshou of the Eastern People's Party was canonized as the first-class Protector of Saints, and Liu Chenglong of the Southern People's Party was canonized as the first-class Xuanwu Hero. However, the Western People's Party performed poorly, and the original dominance of one party was declared Disappeared. The reason is actually that the Western People’s Party always stood on the opposite side of Li Huo in the "inner attachment" incident, so that after Li Huo returned to Hanyang, he immediately vigorously expelled the Western People's Party officials.
Later, the leader of the Western People's Party, Zheng Che, passed away. Yin Dooshou, an important member of the Western People's Party, was repeatedly impeached by the Si Xianfu, Si Jian Yuan, and Hong Wen Guan. Members of the Southern People's Party occupied all the central government offices, and Liu Chenglong became the leader of the government. that period of time.
However, historically, the Southerners' Party did not gain power for a long time. Later, with the impeachment of its leader Liu Chenglong, the Northerners' Party gained power again.
It is not that Li Ao could not stop such an exchange of political power. In fact, the Westerners' Party and the Southerners' Party strongly opposed Li Ao's "internal attachment", which was disgusted by Li Ao, so he finally chose to support the Northerners' Party - why Is it the Northern People’s Party? Because Li Shanhai, the leader of the Northern People’s Party, was the first to mention the issue of “relocation”.
The court officials' discussion of the incident of Li Ao's "internal attachment" not only caused chaos in North Korea's political ecology, but also made the remonstrance between the emperor and his ministers increasingly fierce. It also made the father and son of Li Ao and Gwanghae Jun suspicious of each other.
Lord Gwanghae is the second son of Li Ao and his concubine Jin, so he lacks the support for the succession to the throne. There are two reasons why Li Ao made Lord Gwanghae the crown prince: firstly, Li Hao’s concubine Yiren did not have a legitimate son. Secondly, Li Hao was only interested in "moving the country" at that time, and making Guanghai Jun his son could distract the attention of the court officials.
When Li Hao was ready to "annex", he gave the order to Lord Gwanghae to divide the dynasty and ordered Lord Gwanghae to organize troops to carry out anti-invasion activities in Jiangjie. In this way, he could not only deal with the constant pressure exerted by the members of the Western Party, but also It can also boost morale and encourage the Korean people to continue the war of resistance. Therefore, in the original history, after the Ming Dynasty sent troops to aid Korea, Li Huo's "internal attachment" ended without any problems.
After the Ming army admiral Li Rusong regained Pyongyang, Li Ao quickly ended the division of dynasties. In fact, Li Ao always believed that Lord Gwanghae was not the best candidate for the future king, but it was just a compromise he made at that time to achieve "internal attachment". Therefore, after Li Hao returned to Hanyang, he vigorously expelled the members of the Western Party who actively approached Gwanghaejun.
After the Imjin War, Lord Gwanghae was not canonized by the Ming Dynasty due to status issues. Therefore, Li Ao hoped to change the candidate for the crown prince, which in turn led to the deepening of the conflict between father and son.
Li Ao wanted to make Yongchang, the son of Concubine Renmu, the crown prince. Liu Yongqing, the council leader at the time, and other court officials held secret discussions to discuss whether he could make Yongchang the crown prince. However, due to Li Hu's sudden death at this time, this idea was Before it could be put into practice, Lord Gwanghae had already ascended the throne.
After taking the throne, Gwanghaejun appointed Li Erzhan and others, and Li Erzhan was the leader of the Dabei faction (this is different from the Northern Party). Under the leadership of the Dabei faction, Gwanghaejun's brother Linhaijun was killed. , Li He's Concubine Renmu was deposed, Concubine Renmu's father Jin Tinan was killed, and Prince Yongchang was deposed as a commoner and imprisoned to Jianghua Island. In the 42nd year of Wanli, he was captured by Zheng Hang, the envoy of Jianghua Island. kill.
After King Gwanghae came to the throne, the government was controlled by the Daebuk faction. At this time, the Westerners wanted to regain power, so they launched the "Injo Anyway" incident and finally regained power.
In short, the "internal attachment" incident caused the party disputes in the North Korean Dynasty to continue to ferment, and the process of Li Huo's "internal attachment" was divided into two stages. The first stage was the "transfer". During the transfer, the party struggle affected the "establishment of the crown prince".
Regarding the incident, there was a large-scale dispute between the Eastern Party and the Western Party. In the end, the Eastern Party won and Gwanghaejun was established as the Crown Prince.
The second stage of "internal attachment" is the choice of the direction of "broadcasting and relocation". At this time, court officials who did not agree with "internal attachment" began to put forward the suggestion of "dividing princes into dynasties". The "inner attachment" incident directly contributed to Li Huan's death.
Separating the dynasty from Gwanghaejun, Li Ao went north to Uiju specifically to "internally support". Gwanghaejun entered the river border to calm people's hearts and organize the war of resistance. The court officials who followed Gwanghaegun were actually the backbone of the firm opposition to Li Ao's "internal attachment"
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After Li Huo returned to Hanyang, he vigorously expelled the Westerners. Because Guanghaejun was the second son of the concubine Jin and was not the eldest son of Concubine Li Huan, he was not qualified to inherit the throne. Therefore, when Li Huan was still alive, he
, wanted to replace the crown prince and make Prince Yongchang, the son of Concubine Renmu, the crown prince. Liu Yongqing, the leader of the Xiaobei faction at that time, actively campaigned for this, but before the matter was completed, Li Huo passed away.
This incident caused tension in the father-son relationship between Li Fang and Gwanghaejun. At the same time, after Gwanghaejun came to power, he began to retaliate wildly. He imprisoned and executed Lord Yongchang, abolished Queen Inmok, and appointed Dabei faction bureaucrat Li Erzhan and others.
Later, the Westerners still used the issue of Gwanghaejun's origin and the issue of abolition of mother and brother to launch the "Injo Anyway" incident, which had a profound impact on North Korea's domestic and foreign affairs.
None of these subsequent events have happened yet, but they can be used by Gao Pangshi as a reference to analyze the internal structure of the North Korean court. From this, it is easy to determine who can be won over and who must be suppressed.
What is the first priority in politics? It is to distinguish who is "us" and who is "them". For Gao Pragmatic, who has mastered the "history" plug-in, distinguishing between ourselves and the enemy is naturally not a problem.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! So after Gao pragmatic replaced Song Yingchang as the Ping-Japanese manager, although Ma Gui was immediately ordered to lead his troops south, he also took this opportunity to secretly follow Gao pragmatic's plan.
Instructs the arrangement of the Korean government.
The first thing he did was to instruct some Taiwanese admonishment officials in North Korea to impeach the leader Liu Chenglong. In fact, Liu Chenglong was regarded as one of North Korea's rare capable ministers in Gao's pragmatic mind. It's a pity that "the other party's honey is not ours."
"arsenic".
Although Liu Chenglong insisted on the "sect-vassal friendship" between North Korea and the Ming Dynasty and often tried his best to mediate and mediate when conflicts between the two sides occurred - especially when military command rights were in conflict, he was also one of the important ministers of North Korea who firmly opposed the attachment to the Ming Dynasty.
one.
Opposing internal attachment is obviously an "irreconcilable contradiction" in Gao Pragmatic's eyes. Therefore, regardless of whether he is a capable minister or a virtuous minister, it has become a stone that Gao Pragmatic must remove at this time.
Li He had already accumulated a lot of dissatisfaction with Liu Chenglong at this time, both because of his previous support for Gwanghae Jun and because he still failed to change the Korean army's defeat by the Japanese after becoming the leader of the government. So once the impeachment came out, Li Huan
He's attitude was very ambiguous and he didn't say anything to protect him.
At this time, there was also movement in the Ming army, or we should not say "Ming army", because the movement came from Gu Yangqian, the governor of Jiliao in the Ming Dynasty and an important figure in the Practical School.
By coincidence, a letter from Gu Yangqian was handed to Li Huan at this time. The letter used quite straightforward language to accuse the North Korean court, saying that North Korea did not make corresponding preparations during the armistice with the Japanese army, so that the Ming Dynasty soldiers went south again.
At the time of assistance, North Korea was still unable to provide corresponding supplies of grain, grass, and other materials, not to mention that the North Korean officers and soldiers were still as incompetent as they were in Renchennian. They were helpless in the face of the Japanese attack, and once again collapsed thousands of miles away.
Regarding these two accusations, neither Li Hao nor the Korean court can make excuses. Gu Yangqian, as the governor of Ji Liao, has no problem in criticizing this: You Korea has insufficient supplies and is incompetent in fighting. I, Ji, am the one who is under the greatest pressure.
Second Liao Town, because this is the place where the army is going to fight, I will definitely provide soldiers and provide supplies, so it is completely legitimate to scold you.
As soon as this incident came out, Li Hao could no longer remain ambiguous, and immediately issued an order to remove Liu Chenglong from the post of leader and councilor for being incompetent in government affairs, and at the same time ordered Li Shanhai to serve as leader and councilor again.
Who is Li Shanhai? The first person to mention "Baqian" was the former leader who discussed politics. And there is another thing that must be mentioned here: the "mountain and sea" in Li Shanhai's name does not refer to anywhere else. It refers to Shanhaiguan, the "first pass in the world" in the Ming Dynasty.
That “mountain and sea”!
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