The rebels angered the king of Joseon, and the prince refused to save Linhaejun

Kato Kiyomasa has almost no resistance to the north after the Battle of Haitingcang, and everywhere he goes, the defenders have collapsed, fleeing or surrendering themselves. Due to the defeat of the main force of the remaining forces of the six towns of North Korea, the whereabouts of the main general are unknown, so the morale is low and rumors are spreading. The cities were outnumbered, or attacked by surprise or due to the loss of the will to fight, except for being annihilated, routed, and surrendered, the rest were assembled to the northwest, and could not be held, and North Hamgyong Province was in a state of fear. North Hamgyong Province was a place of exile for sinners because of its bitter cold and remoteness, and it was often exploited by the imperial court for a long time, and the suffering people hated the royal family and the two classes of scholars.

Since joining Huining, Linhaijun has not thought about business every day, showing off his power during the day, and only cares about having fun at night. That night, Linhaijun was sleeping, and Ju Jingren, the envoy of Huining Mansion, led a group of officials and many people to break into the prince's residence, kill the guards, and rush straight to Linhaijun's bed. Lin Haijun was awakened by the commotion, and when he saw that he was surrounded, he shouted and scolded: "Be bold! Don't you know who I am?! I am the current prince of Linhaijun! Dare to disrespect the general and wait for you to peel off the skin and cramp, and there will be no corpse! ”

Ju Jingren scolded: "Hugh is rampant! You are famous in the sea, no one in the world knows! tyrannical, arrogant, unlearned, arrogant, and lascivious, everywhere you go, you are restless! All the people of the world want to eat your flesh raw! Now that Hamgyong Province will be ravaged by the Japanese invaders, it is better to hand over you, the unvirtuous prince, to the Japanese army in exchange for our lives! Seeing that the deterrence could not be achieved, Linhaijun begged for mercy again and again, but Ju Jingren did not listen, so people tied up Linhaijun and Shunhejun to stand by.

By July 23, before Kato Kiyomasa arrived at Huining Castle, Ju Jingren led the crowd to open the city and surrender, and presented more than 20 people, including Linhaijun, Shunhejun, and his ministers Jin Guirong, Huang Tingyu, Huang He, Li Ying, Li Bao, the envoy of Wencheng Prefecture, and Li Hongye, the judge of Jingcheng. Kato Kiyomasa was surrendered and ordered to entertain the prince and his subordinates, and to kill the personality of those who did not surrender. The Japanese army issued an order to Hamgyong Province that all the people who surrendered would not be killed, and that those who captured the fugitive officials would be rewarded. Immediately in Hamgyong Province, the people rushed to search for and arrest the fleeing officers and soldiers, and the South Hamgyong Provincial military envoy Li Hun was attacked and killed by the people, and his head was cut off and sent to Hoeryeong to receive a reward, and the Hamgyong Provincial Supervisor Yoo Yongli and the North Hamgyong Provincial Soldier Han Keyun were all captured alive and tied to Hoeryeong. The Japanese army was able to pacify Hamgyong Province, Korea.

In Gyeongsang-do, North Korea, the leader of the rebel army, Guo Zaiyou, heard that a traitor named Kong Yuqian had betrayed information and was hiding in a brothel where a small group of Japanese soldiers were stationed. Guo Zaiyou raided here at night and killed Kong Yuqian and the Japanese army in a panic. The next day, Guo Zaiyou led the crowd to come to the Gyeongsang camp with the corpse of Kong Yuqian and the head of the Japanese army. The battalion officer saw Kong Yuqian's corpse and said, "We are also arresting Kong Yuqian, where did you find this person?" Guo Zaiyou's general Shen Dacheng made a sarcastic remark: "The people who can't be found by the officers and soldiers are captured by us, so it's a shame to be so surprised?" The battalion officer questioned and found that Kong Yuqian should immediately report to the official army, which was considered by the righteous army to be robbing the official army of credit.

Guo Zaiyou explained his intentions: "We don't care about this kind of merit, it's just that the weapons of the rebels are very short compared to the number of them, and I would like to ask the inspector to share the arsenal of weapons to support the rebels." The battalion officers refused on the grounds that the arsenal could only be assigned to officers and soldiers. Guo Zaiyou said angrily: "The survival of the country is like a light before the wind, and those who can fight against the Japanese are the soldiers of North Korea, please tell the inspector to distribute weapons!" However, the superintendent of Gyeongsang-do was not there, and the battalion officer refused again, so Guo Zaiyou ordered the rebels to carry the arsenal on their own, and it was difficult for the battalion officer to stop him.

At this time, Gyeongsang-do observed that Kim led his troops back to the camp and ordered the rebels to stop carrying the arsenal. Guo Zaiyou saw Jin Ji coming, and reported to his home first. Jin Jian said: "This officer has heard of your deeds, knows a lot about the art of war, led the volunteers to attack everywhere, ran out of food and ambushed, sneak attacks and harassment, and had many small victories, which also caused a lot of trouble to the Japanese army. Known as the red-clothed general from the sky. Today, when I saw that you were really heroic, you are also a liberal arts student, you should be respectful and law-abiding, how can you move the arsenal without permission?! Guo Zaiyou said that the situation is urgent, please allow it.

Jin Zhen did not allow it, and ordered the national law to be strict, and the unauthorized transfer of the arsenal was the same crime as the thief. Guo Zaiyou was furious: "If the people who fight desperately against the Japanese are thieves, then what should the adults and officials and soldiers who flee when they see the Japanese invaders be called?" The rebels echoed, mocking the officers and soldiers as long as they chased rabbits with their legs, without holding weapons. Guo Zaiyou said: "Since the officials and soldiers cannot protect the people from the Japanese invaders, the arsenal and weapons should be handed over to the righteous army, and the righteous army will protect the family and defend the country." Expelled the Wakos. If the adults insist on not allowing it, they will be suspicious! ”

Jin Yi was angry and drew his sword at him, Guo Zaiyou smiled disdainfully: "When the country is in trouble, the sword should be pointed at the Japanese and not the people, if the adults have to fight with the righteous army, then the righteous army can only be forced to fight." The rebels immediately glared angrily and wanted to fight a decisive battle with the official army. Guo Zaiyou was furious: "No matter whether you report to the court or the Japanese Kou, a cowardly and shameless person like you is not worthy of commanding the army." Guo Zaiyou led the righteous army to move the arsenal empty, and the officers and soldiers did not dare to stop it.

When the Joseon king Li Hao heard that Guo Zaiyou had robbed the arsenal, he summoned his ministers and said: "Even if Guo Zaiyou has made many meritorious deeds, what is the difference between robbing the arsenal and wantonly humiliating the imperial court observer and ignoring the widows?" What is the crime? Zuo Yidou Shou said: "Guo Zaiyou snatching the arsenal is a big crime, but according to the minister's opinion, the observation made Jin Ji slander the rebels as thieves, and he didn't think about sharing the hardships to cause this matter." The minister suggested that on the occasion of this national crisis, in order to take into account the overall situation, please ask His Royal Highness to reward Guo Zaiyou with his official position and armaments, so that the officers and the army and the righteous army can work together. ”

Zheng Che, the head of the central government, seconded the proposal: "It is precisely in this way, Your Highness, that the righteous army and the official army will work together to speed up the overcoming of the national disaster." Hong Ruol saw that Li Hao was displeased, and hurriedly admonished: "How can the righteous army be so disregarded by the officers and soldiers that they are of the same heart? If Guo Zaiyou, who ignores the official office, is rewarded with an official position, the morale of the officials and soldiers will be low, and the minister thinks that Guo Zaiyou should be beheaded to set an example and show the majesty of the court. Otherwise, the rebels everywhere will follow suit, ignoring the imperial court by virtue of merit, asking for rewards, and wantonly looting armaments. ”

Idoushou said angrily: "Now that unity is not enough to completely stop the Japanese invaders, how can you still make such nonsense to divide the hearts of the people." However, the Korean king Li Hao said: "Hong Ruol's words cannot be blindly denied, the righteous army relies on its own merits to ignore the laws of the imperial court and the Goryeo power that threatened the royal family before, what is the difference between the Goryeo power and the people, after the war, the rebel army will become an official army, and the Zheng Ruli incident will be repeated." ”

Bing Cao's judgment Li Hengfu persuaded: "Your Highness's words are too heavy, Guo Zaiyou and others are just rebels who spontaneously fought against the Japanese in order to overcome the national disaster, how can they be compared with traitors." Seeing that the ministers insisted on rewarding the officials, Li Hao thought of a plan to reward Guo Zaiyou's lower-level official positions and include the righteous army in the establishment, which could make the officers and troops strong and ensure that they would no longer ignore the affairs of the officials and the army.

Yi Dou Shou thought that it was difficult for the rebels to obey the entry order, and Li Hao asked: "After the Imjin River war, the widows woke up, like Han Yingyin and Kim Myeong-won who fought in two command systems, and they were bound to lose. What's wrong with merging the two command systems of the rebel army and the official army into one? Zheng Che replied: "Your Highness, the defeat of the Imjin River was caused by improper tactics, and the battle orders and tactics were difficult to coherent. It is not possible to generalize about this matter. Li Hao was bored and unwilling to fight again: "The widow cannot ignore the righteous army's humiliation of the court and the robbery of the arsenal, even if it is in trouble, it has committed the sin of ignoring the widow." The scriptures of the rebel army are issued by the sub-dynasty, and the order of the widow king is issued to the sub-dynasty, and the rebel army is incorporated into the official army and is at the disposal of the army. "Yi Dou Shou, Zheng Che and others persuaded him again to no avail, so he had to take his life.

Liu Chenglong was raising grain and grass in Anzhou, Pyongan Province, and listened to a report that there were 10,000 quintals of white rice in the Changsheng Library, about 500 quintals of polished rice in the Suzhou Warehouse, 750 quintals of white rice, and 120 quintals of japonica rice. immediately rushed to Yichuan to branch the dynasty.

Guang Haijun received the royal order and didn't know why the king wanted to integrate the righteous army into the official army, listening to Zheng Zhuoyan's words was caused by the confrontation between Guo Zaiyou and Jin Zhen, Guang Haijun sighed: "It is difficult for the righteous army to trust the official army, and now it is necessary to integrate it into the official army to obey the order, how can the righteous army obey?" This will inevitably exacerbate the confrontation, so what if it does? Zheng Zhuo also has deep concerns.

At this time, Liu Chenglong asked to see, Guanghaijun hurriedly asked Liu Chenglong, and Liu Chenglong said: "Your Majesty does not understand the intentions of His Royal Highness, this is the same reason as the previous Lord's punishment of His Majesty. The more meritorious the people will be, the more meritorious the righteous army will be, the greater the power will be, which will make His Royal Highness feel the burden, and the righteous army did not obey the lord's orders but spontaneously organized to resist the enemy, so the achievements of the righteous army will not become the merit of the lord, so the lord will let the righteous army be incorporated into the official army, so that the merit of the righteous army will be the same as the merit of the lord. ”

Guanghaijun wondered why it was necessary to fight for merit at this time? Liu Chenglong once again reminded Gwanghae-jun that whatever the king wants, all the merits are attributed to the king's name, otherwise the throne will be difficult to protect after the war. Gwanghae-kun asked, "What should we do now, when the order is given, the rebels will definitely commit the crime of violating the king's order." ”

Liu Chenglong suggested that the royal order must be strong, but Zheng Zhuo objected: "The rebels cannot identify with the official army, and they will never be organized, and enforcement will inevitably cause the rebels to collapse and even resist." ”

Liu Chenglong explained: "Therefore, it is even more necessary to convey the royal decree to the righteous army, and now it is not the prince of the world who can stop the lord, nor is he the minister of civil and military affairs, only the will of the righteous army can stop the lord." Inform the Lord of the details of the rebel army after receiving the king's order, what are the pros and cons of the existence of the rebel army? Although the Lord will hesitate, he will make a decision in the end. So Gwanghae-kun immediately issued a royal decree.

Sure enough, Guo Zaiyou scolded bitterly after receiving the king's order: "If you want the righteous army to obey the command of Jin Zhen, it is better to bite the sword and kill yourself, what is the difference between killing the righteous army?" We are not here to ask for official positions, if we want to obey the king's orders, it is better to go into the mountains and set up a village and do our own thing. So Guo Zaiyou summoned the righteous army and ordered the righteous army to decide whether to follow Wang Ling or follow themselves, and the righteous army expressed their willingness to follow Guo Zaiyou to expel the Japanese invaders. Guo Zaiyou replied to the king of Joseon: "The righteous army will never obey the incompetent Jinjing military order, if the king's order is so, the righteous army will be disbanded on the spot and go into the mountains to avoid chaos." ”

The king of Joseon, Li Hao, was furious when he read Guo Zaiyou's reply, and he ordered Jin Yingnan to ask Li Hao to calm down again, and Li Hao's breath was chaotic: "How can a widow calm down? Are these people North Koreans? How did the prince convey the royal decree? Why are they all disobeying the orders of the widows? Could it be that the prince of the world is colluding with the rebels? Otherwise, how could the North Korean people be so contemptuous of the widows? In their opinion, the royal decree of the fugitive king is not a royal decree. ”

Jin Yingnan hurriedly comforted: "Your Highness is angry, Your Highness is serious, the righteous army is just an official army who can't trust Gyeongsang-do, and it is definitely not contempt for His Highness, the righteous army is for the sake of the temple and the country, and spontaneously resists the enemy, please let Your Highness understand the sincerity of the righteous army." ”

Li Hao didn't think so, Li Hao thought that the righteous army was a fire thief who took advantage of the war to expand his own power, and he rebelled as the people wanted, so Jin Yingnan ordered the arrest of Guo Zaiyou and the rebel army to which he belonged. Kim Ying-nam then consulted with Idou-su and Jung Cheol, and Ito-su lamented: "Destroying the rebels is tantamount to choking our own throats, and we can self-perish without the enemy's action." How is this order given? ”

Zheng Che has his own analysis of this: "In my opinion, the Lord's anger this time is just a temporary intention, and in the long run, the existence of the righteous army must be of great significance to overcoming the national crisis and deterring the enemy, and the effect is great, and the Lord only needs to think carefully to understand it." The Lord's wrath is only because his authority has been damaged, and I am only worried that it will affect His Majesty's Majesty," Ito Shou said, "I also hope that the Lord will change his mind after a few days of rest, but if the Lord can't save face, how can he change his mind?" I have informed Liu Chenglong to return to Yiju as soon as possible to persuade the Lord, hoping that it will work. ”

After Liu Chenglong received Yi Doushou's letter, he rushed to Yizhou to meet Li Hao, and Liu Chenglong said: "Your Highness really wants to arrest the righteous army as a thief or a thief?" If His Highness decides to do so, please issue a royal decree to the minister, and the minister will go to Gyeongsang-do to take down the head of the thief. Your Highness, whether the rebels will become thieves or thieves is not how the rebels choose, but how His Highness views them. ”

Li Hao said: "According to your intentions, is it the widow who is forcing the rebels to rebel?" Liu Chenglong replied: "That's right, the righteous army is loyal to the country, but it is regarded as a thief and a thief, how to express grievances?" If the morale of the righteous army can be boosted, in the future, His Highness will reward his merits and deeds, and obey His Highness's orders, and the righteous army will do everything, and there will be no rebellion. Now the Japanese are extremely distressed by the rebels, the official army is in the light, the rebels are in the dark, and the Japanese are miserable, this is an excellent tactical cooperation. If the rebel army is eliminated, then our army will have no chance of winning, please make a clear decision and give the righteous officer the post to win the hearts of the people. Li Hao agreed.

But Li Hao thought about it and asked Liu Chenglong whether this was the meaning of the prince or Liu Chenglong? Liu Chenglong saw that the king of Joseon was planning to be tempted, and knew that Li Hao could temporarily dispel his doubts by defending the royal power, and Liu Chenglong replied: "Whether it is the will of the prince or the minister, as long as His Royal Highness accepts it, it is His Royal Highness's will." Only you, Your Highness, are the lord of a country. Li Hao was delighted. At the same time, the branch of the dynasty moved to Chengchuan in order to adapt to the change of situation.

After the Hamgyong Province was basically calmed down, Kato Kiyomasa said to Linhai-kun, "Please forgive me for offending the prince, I have something to ask for, and I ask the prince to help." Lin Haijun immediately proposed: "Release us immediately!" You should know that I am the Grand Prince of Joseon, Rinhae-kun, and that I will be enthroned after the war, and that I will be greatly grateful if I are released now. ”

Kato Kiyomasa chuckled and asked Rinhae-kun to write a letter to the king of Joseon, demanding immediate surrender. Rinkai-kun felt humiliated and scolded Kato Kiyomasa, Kato Kiyomasa ordered the ministry to teach Naoshige Nabeshima a lesson to Linhai-kun, and Linhai-kun was bruised and frightened after the brutal beating, and tearfully wrote a letter of persuasion to deliver to Kato Kiyomasa. However, Kato Kiyomasa was puzzled when he learned that the letter of surrender written by Linhai-kun was not intended to be given to his father, Wang, but to his younger brother, Kwanghae-kun.

Naoshige Nabeshima said: "The prince of Korea said that now Korea is divided into two courts, and the actual representative of North Korea is the court of the second prince of Joseon. But after all, the prince of Joseon is not the king of Joseon, although the king of Joseon makes the prince lead the country, but he also often issues royal decrees. ”

Kato Kiyomasa still can't understand, I don't know who can be the master of the two courts, the prince is not the king, if the prince descends but the king of Korea does not recognize it or the king of Korea descends but the prince does not recognize it. But when he heard that the people of the world wanted to do so, he had to send a letter of invitation from Linhaijun to Gwanghaejun.

In the Japanese prisoner of war camp, Linhaijun and Shunhejun were thinly dressed, had not eaten for a long time, and were bruised. Shun Hejun asked Linhaijun if his father and brother could save their lives. Lin Haijun said: "My father only cares about fleeing to protect himself, and if he wants to save us, he is afraid that the Japanese will be coerced, and he may not save us." After all, Guanghai is a fellow mother, connected by blood, and naturally benevolent, and will definitely save you and me. We can only count on Gwanghae now. ”

The letter of surrender of the Rinhae-kun was sent to Chengcheon by the Korean official army, and the Gwanghae-kun divided some of the courtiers and subordinates that the Linhae-kun was usually tyrannical and tyrannical, and the people's hearts were lost before he was captured by the Japanese invaders, and the whole country should not be surrendered by saving one person. Other vassals believed that even if they could not surrender, they should still rescue the prince, and that they could exchange food and gold and silver, and that even if they sent troops to rescue, it would be difficult to win. However, Kwanghae-kun believed that food, gold and silver should be used to fight against the Japanese and not to exchange prisoners of war.

Late at night, Guanghaijun sat alone and couldn't sleep, crying freely, the internal officials asked him to go to bed, Guanghaijun asked if he was a cold-blooded person who abandoned his brother in order to see death. The internal officials were forced to persuade them. Gwanghae-kun said, "If I had the determination to save my brother, I would have tried to negotiate with the enemy, but I had no intention of doing so, and instead thought that if a prince was captured and killed by the enemy, it would definitely play a role in the heroic resistance of the people." In the face of a brother of the same mother, I never thought that I could be so cold-blooded, is it because of greed for the position of the son of the world or because of revenge on my relatives? Do you know why I am like this? The person who made me who I am is... It's the Lord. What I hate the most is always the Lord, I have not been loved since I was a child, I have been walking on thin ice since I was established as the son of the world, I am always at risk of being deposed or killed by the Lord, I want to overcome the national crisis but I am constrained everywhere, and there is no one to trust in the royal family, I hate him... He was the one who made me like this..."Gwanghae-kun laughed and cried miserably, and his heart was full of grief and indignation.

The next day, Guanghaijun pondered alone in the courtyard, Zheng Zhuo asked to see and once again suggested that Guanghaijun submit the letter of surrender to the king, Zheng Zhuojin said: "Your Majesty, you should inform Your Highness of Linhaijun and Shunhejun about the matter of Linhaijun and Shunhejun, and ask the Lord to rescue them, the Lord has a lot of money and food stored there, and the father and son are in the same vein, and the Lord will do his best to rescue them." ”

But Guanghaijun said: "Even if it is submitted to the Lord, I am afraid it will be difficult to choose, my brother and I are the same mother, I have never been loved by the Lord, or I will no longer worry about the Lord, I have made up my mind about the matter of my brother and Shunhejun, after my death I will ask the queen mother for not protecting my brother and brother, I will always remember that Linhai-kun and Shunhe-jun died in the battle while leading the people to resist the Japanese invaders." Zheng Zhuo saw that Guang Haijun had made up his mind, and he was shocked at first, and then said no more.