President Wei didn't go to bed very early that night, but couldn't suppress his curiosity and summoned Guanghaijun Li Hui.

Li Hui is the second son of Li Hao, the ancestor of North Korea, and his biological mother is Gong Concubine Kim.

Concubine Kim died two years after giving birth to Li Hui, who was raised by her mother, Queen Yiren, Park with her brother Li Hui, who was two years older than herself. Later, the two brothers were named Gwanghae-kun and Linhae-kun respectively.

At that time, Queen Yiren of the Seonjo Zhenggong has never given birth to children, among the concubines, the eldest son Linhaijun, the fifth son Dingyuanjun and the sixth son Shunhejun are all bad, among which Linhaijun is the most notorious, he does not learn and has no skills, but indulges domestic slaves to kill people and bully men and women; And Guanghaijun Li Hui is very different from them, he is well-behaved, smart and studious, and has a frugal style, which is quite popular.

Despite this, Seonjo's favorite was Shinseong-kun Lee Kuo, the son of the Jin family.

In this case, the position of the prince has been vacant, many ministers asked for the prince, Xuanzu refused, and even in the nineteenth year of Wanli, Zheng Che, who asked for the early establishment of the country, was arrested and imprisoned, and threatened: "I am still here, you please build the prince, what do you want?" This caused an earthquake in North Korean politics.

The reason why Seonjo did not establish a prince for a long time was that in addition to considering the birth of his son-in-law, he also wanted to reserve a place for his beloved son Shinseong-jun, while Gwanghae-jun, who was famous for his virtuous ability, did not have much hope of being made the prince.

The Renjin Rebellion that broke out in the 20th year of Wanli (1592) changed the fate of Gwanghae-kun.

The Japanese invading army landed on the Korean Peninsula on 12 April and made its way to the capital Seoul.

On April 28, the government and the opposition strongly demanded that Seonjo select a successor in order to prepare for the unexpected, and Queen Yiren also advised Seonjo to establish Gwanghaejun as soon as possible, and Seonjo had no time to worry about it at this critical moment, so he announced that Li Hui, the king of Kwanghaejun, was the prince of the king on April 28, and hurriedly held a ceremony to congratulate the hundred officials on April 29, and fled north with Gwanghaejun and the hundred officials in the early morning of April 30.

On the way to escape, Seonjo and his entourage wrote the Lichu teaching, and it was not until the eighth day of May that Seonjo officially announced the teaching.

After the outbreak of the Imjin War, the Korean army was defeated like a mountain, and seeing that all the eight provinces were about to fall, Xuanzu was weak and timid, and wanted to cross the Yalu River and flee to Liaodong, saying that he would rather die in the heavenly kingdom than become the soul of the Japanese people.

However, the "internal attachment" had to be supported by Li Hengfu alone, and most officials such as Yoo Sung-ryong, Choi Heung-won, and Yoon Doo-su, the right-hand government, all opposed Seonjo's proposal.

After deliberation, in June of the 20th year of Wanli (1592), it was decided to divide the imperial court into two (divided dynasties), with some people crossing the river with Seonjo and others stationed in Korea under the tie of Gwanghae-kun.

Eighteen-year-old Gwanghaejun Li Hun was ordered to "regent the state affairs", set up a sub-division of the border division, and went to the front line of Pyongan Province, Hamgyong Province, Gangwon Province and other places to raise the army, all the way to eat and sleep, and to experience hardships.

Li Hui collected the scattered troops and volunteers, and called on the king of Tongguo Qin in order to recover. His actions have boosted the morale of the Korean people and the military, and have played a great role in uniting the whole country in the fight against the Japanese invaders, and restoring hope to those who believe that the country is dead.

In the first month of the 21st year of Wanli (1593), Xuanzu went south from Yiju on the bank of the Yalu River and rendezvoused with Guanghaijun in Dingzhou; In February, Seonjo went to Jiasan, and Gwanghaejun remained in Dingzhou to worship the temple god.

In April, the Japanese army withdrew from Seoul, and in November, Seonjo and Gwanghae-jun returned to Seoul.

The regency of the Gwanghae monarchy came to an end, and the division of the border division was renamed the Fujun Division, and he went south to the Sannan region, responsible for assisting the Ming army and pacifying the people, and completed the task in August of the 22nd year of Wanli (1594) and returned to Seoul.

In the 23rd year of Wanli (1595), Mingshenzong named Guanghai Jun as the governor of Qing and the whole army, and commended him for his significant contributions to the fight against the Japanese.

After that, Gwanghae-jun sat in Seoul, remotely controlled the front line, and finally expelled all the Japanese troops in the 26th year of Wanli (1598) and recovered the entire territory of Korea.

However, the division of the dynasty caused subtle changes in the relationship between Seonjo and Gwanghae-jun.

The partition was a dualistic system, in which Gwanghae-jun led a court that was formally equal to Seonjo, thus directly encroaching on Seonjo's royal power.

In fact, Gwanghaejun did not have the right to act cheaply, and everything had to be reported to the dynasty where Seonjo was located, which greatly constrained the sub-dynasty, and Seonjo even refused to give the seal of the prince, which shows that he was very afraid of Gwanghaejun using the sub-dynasty to empty himself, so he firmly grasped the power.

On the other hand, Gwanghaejun's division of the dynasty and the Fujun army also made him highly meritorious and prestige, but Seonjo's prestige plummeted, not only the domestic Chungcheongdo Song Ruzhen tried to lead the people to revolt to overthrow Seonjo and support Gwanghaejun, but even the suzerainty of the Ming court also had the opinion of letting Seonjo retreat to Gwanghaejun.

Seonjo, who was very sensitive to power, naturally saw Gwanghaejun as a potential threat, and during the Imjin Rebellion (1592-1598), he mentioned 18 times that Chan should give up the throne or make Gwanghaejun regent, with the aim of testing his loyalty to Gwanghaejun and his courtiers.

Under these circumstances, Gwanghae-kun's post-war days were destined to be difficult.

After the Imjin War, the tension between Gwanghae-kun and Seonjo increased day by day, to the point that even Gwanghae-kun was turned away from greetings.

Gwanghae-kun's position as the son of the family has not been stable for a day, which is due to his innate weakness - neither the son-in-law nor the eldest son, which violates the patriarchal principle of "establishing a son to be a son" and "establishing a son to be a long-term son".

Seonjo's eldest son, Linhae-kun, continued to behave after the Imjin Rebellion, and he was captured by the Japanese army, so it was impossible to replace Gwanghae-kun; The most favored Shinseong-jun died of illness in the Imjin War, and Gwanghae-jun seemed to have survived, but in July of the 28th year of Wanli (1600), Queen Yiren Park died, and Seonjo married Queen Inmu Kim, the daughter of Rejo Zuolang Kim Yeon, two years later, and gave birth to his son-in-law, Lee? (i.e. the Maharaja of Yongchang).

After Guanghaijun lost his backer, a new threat was added, and the status of the prince was even more precarious, and there was also a discussion in the court about the issue of replacing the prince.

Among them, the people who obstructed Guanghaijun mainly belonged to the Xiaobei faction, headed by Liu Yongqing, who led the government, so it was also called the Liu Party; And the one who supports Gwanghaejun the most is the Dabei faction.

In Lee? After his birth, Yoo Yong-kyeong's party advocated holding a celebration ceremony, which was approved by Seonjo, but was opposed by the majority of ministers, and had to withdraw his fate. From this incident, it can be seen that the tension between the ministers on the issue of the prince is seen.

In addition to the treacherous clouds in Korea, the most worrying problem for Gwanghaejun was the refusal of the suzerain, the Ming Dynasty, to canonize him as the prince.

From the Imjin Rebellion to the death of Seonjo, Joseon sent envoys five times to request the canonization of Gwanghaejun as the prince of the king, on the grounds that he was virtuous and meritorious to the community, while the eldest son Linhaejun was sick and had been a prisoner, but the Ming Dynasty rejected them on the grounds that he violated the morality of the elders and the young.

At that time, the Ming Dynasty was also engaged in a dispute over the national capital, Mingshenzong favored the second son Zhu Changxun, and the ministers asked to set up the eldest son Zhu Changluo as the crown prince as soon as possible.

Seonjo also had a negative attitude towards the matter of asking for the canonization of the prince, and repeatedly stopped sending envoys to ask for the title.

Unable to obtain the canonization of the suzerain, it became the biggest weakness of Gwanghaejun to be held back by Seonjo, and at the same time planted the seeds that he would not listen to the dispatch of the Ming Dynasty in the future.

In October of the 35th year of Wanli (1607), with the critical illness of Seonjo, the crisis of Gwanghae-jun reached its climax.

After Seonjo recovered from his illness slightly, he issued a decree to pass on the teachings of the son.

However, this doctrine was kept secret by Liu Yongqing and the Liu Party officials of the Seongjeongwon, and the Dabei faction official Sixian Mansion ordered Liu Qingzong to impeach him after learning about it, and Seonjo only dismissed the historian, but did not affect Liu Yongqing.

Then Liu Qingzong jointly admonished Song Xiqing to impeach the imperial doctor Xu Jun for dereliction of duty, and demanded that Liu Yongqing be held responsible, but the two were dismissed by Seonjo.

In the first month of the 36th year of Wanli (1608), Zheng Renhong, a doctor of the Dabei faction who had resigned and returned to his hometown, impeached Liu Yongqing for the crime of concealing his teachings, and asked why Xuanzu had caused the prince to fall into a "place of unforeseen circumstances".

The Liu Party impeached Zheng Renhong, and Xuanzu was also furious, and issued an edict to reprimand Zheng Renhong for disloyalty, and especially emphasized that Guanghaijun was not canonized by the Ming Dynasty and was not a legitimate prince.

Zheng Renhong and the giants of the Dabei faction, Li Erzhan and Li Qingquan, who were regarded as the behind-the-scenes figures, were exiled, and when Gwanghaejun greeted him, he was reprimanded by Seonjo: "Why do you claim to be the son of the world to greet you?" You're just temporarily sealed, don't come again! Gwanghae-kun even vomited blood because of this.

Just when Gwanghae-jun was almost losing his wings and his position was in danger, Seonjo suddenly rose to prominence on the first day of February of that year.

This made the crisis faced by Gwanghae-jun resolved instantly, and he was located in the west hall of the palace in Zhenneung-dong the next day, and immediately cleaned up Yoo Yongqing's faction, gave Liu Yongqing and Kim Dae-rae to death, and exiled and dismissed many people, temporarily sitting on the throne.

In addition to purging the "Liu Party", Guanghaijun also has the problem of dealing with his brother Linhaijun.

More than ten days after Guanghaijun ascended the throne, Yin Rang, the head of the Sixian Mansion, and others accused Linhaijun of accumulating dead soldiers and weapons and plotting against him. Immediately, Linhaijun was arrested and exiled to Qiaotong Island.

At this time, Guanghaijun sent Li Haomin and others to the Ming Dynasty to ask for the title in the name of the power to handle state affairs.

However, the Ming Dynasty insisted that Gwanghae-kun was not legitimate, and sent officials to Korea to investigate, while Li Haomin defended that Linhae-jun had suffered a stroke and could not inherit the throne.

In June of the 36th year of Wanli (1608), the Ming Dynasty really sent Yan Yikui, the governor of Liaodong, and Wan Aimin, the governor of Zizai Prefecture, to enter North Korea to investigate.

These two bureaucrats were very fond of money, so Guanghaijun prepared tens of thousands of taels of silver to bribe them, and at the same time asked his cousin Jin Lizhi to force Linhaijun to answer the predetermined content to the Ming Dynasty.

Yan Yikui and others went to Qiao Tong to ask Linhaijun according to the routine, and returned to China after completing the mission, saying that Linhaijun was really sick and could not inherit the throne.

It was only a year later that the Ming Dynasty sent the eunuch Liu Yong to Korea and officially canonized Gwanghaejun as the king of Korea.

A month earlier, Lin Haijun had been hanged to death by the local guard Li Tingbiao in his penal colony, Qiaotong Island, and Guanghaijun expressed his shock and grief at his brother's death, but did not really punish Li Tingbiao.

Although Gwanghaejun reinstated Li Erzhan, Zheng Renhong and other officials who were exiled for supporting him before Seonjo's death, he did not use the Dabei faction, but appointed Li Yuanyi, a southerner, as the leader of the council, and appointed Li Hengfu, Li Dexin, Yin Geunshou and other famous people in various factions, and at the same time reused Zheng Changyan, Liu Xifen and other relatives, while the Dabei faction giant Li Erzhan was only a counselor in the early years of Gwanghaejun, and later released Yin, the governor of Yizhou; Zheng Renhong is also only the chief Sixian of the Sixian Mansion.

Therefore, the government of Gwanghae-jun in the early years was a coalition government that transcended partisanship.

But soon Gwanghae-jun had a conflict with the ministers, in order to improve his own status, Gwanghae-jun wanted to posthumously honor his biological mother Gong-concubine Jin as the queen, most of the ministers objected, but he still did not resist Gwanghae-jun, and in the 38th year of Wanli (1610), Gong-concubine Jin was posthumously honored as the queen of Gongsheng.

The Daebuk faction took advantage of Gwanghae-kun's eagerness to consolidate his political power and stirred up trouble and squeezed out other parties.

First of all, in the spring of the 39th year of Wanli (1611), Zheng Renhong, in order to elevate the status of his teacher Cao Zhi and belittle the Nanren, attacked the grandmasters of the Nanren, Li Yandi (Haozhai) and Li Rong (Huixi), and demanded that the two be expelled from the Confucian Temple. Although his dismissal was not approved, it caused an uproar in Confucianism, and Zheng Renhong was criticized by Confucian scholars and removed from the Confucian register.

Gwanghae-jun was furious and wanted to hold Confucian students accountable, which led to a "rollout" (boycott) demonstration by more than 500 Confucian students in Sungkyunkwan. Under the persuasion of Li Hengfu, the so-called "obscure retreat and reprimand" turmoil finally came to an end.

However, after this stone-throwing approach, the Great Northern faction began to launch an all-out offensive. In the spring of the 40th year of Wanli (1612), the Dabei faction framed the original official Jin Zhiya, his son Jin Baixuan, and his son-in-law Huangfu Xin for plotting a rebellion, supporting Li Taiqing, the adopted son of Shun and Jun, and implicating a large number of Xiaobei faction officials, including Liu Yongqing's son.

Guanghaejun ordered Jin Zhiya and others to be executed by Ling Chi, and gave Jin Lingjun to death, more than 430 people, and since then the Xiaobei faction has been in a slump, leaving only Park Chengzong, Park Zixing father and son, Liu Xifen, Liu Zhongli and others are still standing in the court because of their relatives.

Since the frequent occurrence of prisons, Guang Haijun has lived in a simple and indulged in women's sex, except for personally interrogating the great rebels, he rarely went to the court to see things, except for the great gifts of the ministers, he hardly went out of the harem, and during his reign of fifteen years, he summoned the ministers only eight or nine times, and held a sutra feast only five or six times.

Although Gwanghaejun initially consolidated his power, his biggest confidant, Yongchang Dajun Li? It still exists.

Seonjo was also worried that something would happen to the prince of Yongchang, and before his death, he instructed Gwanghaejun to love his brother, and issued a secret decree to entrust the prince of Yongchang to seven important ministers, Yoo Yongqing, Han Ying-in, Han Jun-kyun, Shin Qin, Park Dong-liang, Xu Xiao, and Xu Yu, and asked them to protect them well.

The Great Northern faction saw through the psychology of Guanghaijun who regarded Yongchang Dajun as a bone in his throat, and in the forty-first year of Wanli (1613), he created the "Seven Shu Prison" (also known as the Guichou Prison). In March of that year, a merchant who was transporting thousands of taels of silver from Dongraewan to Seoul was robbed and killed on the road to Wenqing Bird Ridge, and it was later found out that it was done by seven people, including Park Yingxi and Xu Yangjia.

They are all the concubines of two classes of bureaucrats (from the West and the South), who are unable to go out of office because of the law of confinement and imprisonment, drink and compose poems all day long, vent their dissatisfaction with the society, and are known as the "Seven Friends of the Riverside", and love to read the Chinese "Water Margin", and are influenced by them to rob officials and silver.

Li Erzhan and others took the opportunity to instigate them to point the finger at the Yongchang Maharaja, saying that they were instructed by Jin Yinan (the father of Concubine Renmu) to hijack the official silver to conspire against the capital, support the Yongchang Maharaja, and let the concubine listen to the government.

Guanghaejun then ordered the arrest of Jin Yinan and gave him death, and there was also an implicated person, Zheng Hun confessed to the posthumous teaching. If you want to move the Yongchang Monarch, you have to cross the hurdle of Xuanzu's legacy, so Li Erzhan and others claimed that Xuanzu's order to protect the Yongchang Monarch's legacy was forged by the eunuch Min Xijian.

The ministers of the posthumous religion (Liu Yongqing is dead) have drawn a clear line, but they have all been dismissed. Li Erzhan also repeatedly requested the execution of the Yongchang Maharaja, but Guanghai Jun did not approve it, and finally decided to depose the Yongchang Maharaja as a concubine and exile him to the fence of Ganghwa Island, and was killed by Zheng Xin, the envoy of the Ganghwa Prefecture, the following year.

At the same time, the Dabei faction set off a discussion of "abolishing the mother", and the "mother" was Gwanghaejun's stepmother, Concubine Renmu, who was not only affected by the prison of the Seven Concubines, but was also accused of letting the palace maid cast witchcraft on the image of Queen Yiren on Seonjo's deathbed to renew Seonjo's life.

Therefore, Li Erzhan instructed the Confucian scholar Li Weiqing to go up, saying: "The queen mother is a witch Gu inside, and she should conspire against her outside, and the mother has been self-defeating." ”

Then the discussion of abolishing the mother was set off. Opponents argue that filial piety should be done to Concubine Renmu no matter what, while proponents emphasize that loyalty is more important than filial piety. In the end, the Westerners and southerners who opposed the abolition of the mother were accused of being "disloyal" or "rebellious", and almost all of them were expelled from the imperial court, so the coalition government of Gwanghaejun in the early years completely collapsed, and the Daebuk faction led by Li Erzhan and Zheng Inhong monopolized the power.

In the forty-third year of Wanli (1615), Gwanghaejun moved from Gyeongyun Palace (West Palace) to Changdeokgung Palace, and imprisoned Concubine Renmu in Gyeongyun Palace, but did not depose her.

In August of the 45th year of Wanli (1617), Queen Gongsheng was recognized by the Ming Dynasty, and then the discussion of abolishing the mother rose again and reached a climax, Li Erzhan and others not only instructed more than 780 people from the Baiguan clan to "invite" to depose Concubine Renmu, but also organized the people of Seoul to participate in the "rebellion" and create public opinion.

Gwanghaejun only ordered the demotion of Concubine Renmu's honorific title and called it the West Palace, and did not abolish it as a concubine.

As the threat of Houjin became more serious, the farce of the abolition of the mother that affected the whole of North Korea came to an end.

During this period, the Dabei faction created the prison of Shen Jingxi in the 43rd year of Wanli (1615), making the son of Dingyuanjun, Ayachangjun Li Ji (the younger brother of Joseon Injo), another victim.

At this point, the threat to the throne of Gwanghae-jun was basically eliminated.

After entering the 46th year of Wanli (1618), the main content of Korean political life shifted from the issue of "abolishing the mother" to the issue of diplomacy.

At that time, Nurhachi, who was born in Jianzhou Jurchen, initially unified the Jurchen tribes, proclaimed Khan in the 44th year of Wanli (1616), and established the Later Jin regime.

In April of the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618), Nurhachi sued the heavens with the "Seven Great Hatreds" and attacked Fushun of the Ming Dynasty, opening the prelude to the Ming-Jin War.

From the winter of the 45th year of Wanli (1617) to the battle of Sarhu, the Later Jin sent letters to Korea at least four times, explaining the meaning of opposing the Ming and dividing the relationship between the Ming and the Xian.

In the leap month of the 46th year of Wanli (1618), the Korean side was preparing to report the "Hu Shu" to the Ming Dynasty, and the Ming Dynasty's Liaodong governor Li Weifan, Zhenjiang guerrilla general Qiu Tan, and Jiliao governor Wang Keshou asked North Korea to send troops to help the Ming Dynasty.

In the face of the Ming Dynasty's conscription requirements, Guanghaijun and his ministers had opposing opinions, and he believed: "What is the benefit of our country's trilateral defense and self-defense, and the weak and uneducated pawns to join the Celestial Empire?" And judged: "The old chieftain is rebellious, although with the strength of China and North Korea, he cannot be wiped out in one fell swoop", asked Beibian Si to prevaricate the Ming Dynasty, and advised the Ming Dynasty to be cautious, and he was always unwilling to send troops.

The vast majority of the ministers advocated sending troops to repay the Ming dynasty for its reconstruction, and the elimination of Nurhachi would also be of great benefit to the security of Korea, including the most important supporters of Gwanghae-kun, the reejo judge Li Erzhan and the leader of the council, Chung In-hong.

Only Huang Zhongyun (from the south), Zhao Zhanghan (from the south), Park Dingji (from the south), Li Weiqing (from the north), Park Zixing (from the south), Ren Yan (from the north), and Yin Hui (from the western) did not support sending troops, and they were forced to change their positions soon after.

Guanghaijun started from the problem of conscription in the Ming Dynasty, believing that Li Weifan and others only represented the Liaodong authorities, not the emperor, and the emperor could only send troops by order.

He sent an envoy to Beijing to inquire about the emperor's will, and by the way called for an exemption from sending troops, and in the worst case, he only bluffed on the banks of the Yalu River without crossing the border, so he took Li Wei, the head of Hongwenguan, as the advisor, and reported the request of Korea to the authorities in Liaodong; He also took the right deputy Cheng Zhi Pu Dingji as the holy festival and Chen Song, and directly entered Beijing to ask for instructions from Mingshenzong.

At this time, Yang Hao, the Ming Dynasty economist who was in charge of the crusade against the Later Jin, had already left the customs, and he met with Li Jun and asked him to send his message to Korea, saying that he had received the emperor's will to "encourage Korea" and asked Korea to send 10,000 troops to help Ming.

Park Jeong-gil was stopped by Yang Ho on the way, and later came to Beijing all the way to Beijing as a holy festival and Chen Song's envoy, Yin Hui, and received a holy decree from the emperor asking Joseon to obey Yang Ho's dispatch.

Gwanghae-kun's last hope of avoiding sending troops was also dashed.

After Yang Hao's message was sent to North Korea, Gwanghae-jun already knew that there was no room for maneuver, so he dispatched troops and sent 10,000 people to the three-hand army (gunners, shooters, and killers), plus a total of more than 15,500 other personnel, with Jin Ningjun Jiang Hongli as the marshal of the capital, and Kim Kyung-seo, the envoy of the northern army, as the deputy marshal, which was already quite an elite lineup for North Korea.

In February of the forty-seventh year of Wanli (1619), the Korean army crossed the river and belonged to the headquarters of Liu Wei of the Ming Army on the South Road, and participated in the war of encircling and suppressing Nurhachi.

At the beginning of March, the Ming army on the left flank of the center was defeated in the Battle of Sarhu, and the main general Juniper was killed. Immediately, the Ming army on the North Road was also defeated, and the main general Ma Lin fled back to Kaiyuan on horseback.

After a brief Yang Ho hurriedly ordered Li Rubai and Liu Wei to withdraw, but Liu Wei had already penetrated deep into the territory of Houjin, and was defeated in an ambush in Abu Darigang on the fourth day of the first month of March, and on the same day, the Korean army was also attacked by Houjin in Shenhe, and thousands of manpower under Jin Yinghe were killed, and Jiang Hongli led 5,000 remnants of the defeated army to surrender to Houjin. More than 1,400 people later fled back to North Korea.

The outcome of the Battle of Fukagawa fulfilled Gwanghae-kun's prediction and strengthened his idea of pursuing "neutral diplomacy." After that, he displayed diplomatic skills between the Ming and Jin dynasties, repeatedly refused or delayed the Ming Dynasty's request for re-recruitment, and tried not to irritate the Later Jin and exchanged letters with him.

Since the rise of Nurhachi, Korea can be described as a national disaster, Gwanghaejun and the courtiers around diplomatic issues disagreement and disputes, he often did not discuss with the minister of the Bibian Division directly through the Seongjeongwon, Bibian Si once complained: "When the ministers are conscripted into the country, they cannot make a miraculous strategy, but when they pursue the wisdom of the calculation, how dare they have the slightest prevarication?" ”

More importantly, Gwanghae-kun pursued a neutral diplomacy, shielded the surrendered general Jiang Hongli after the Battle of Shenhe, blindly evaded the Ming Dynasty's demand for re-conscription, and insisted on delivering the letter of state to the Later Jin, which aroused the opposition of almost all the courtiers, including the Dabei faction, and also led to a subtle change in the relationship between Gwanghae-kun and his supporter Li Erzhan and his faction.

Originally, Li Erzhan and others, with the connivance of Gwanghaejun, regarded themselves as "rebels" and excluded dissidents since the prison of Qishu, and expelled almost all those who were related to Jin Yinan and opposed the proposal of "abolishing the mother" from the imperial court, so that the Dabei faction monopolized power.

Learzhan's autocratic power naturally posed a threat to the royal power of Gwanghaejun, and in some cases even reached the point where "the king is not free"; And Li Erzhan's opposition to Gwanghae-kun's neutral diplomacy made him and Gwanghae-jun drift apart.

For this reason, Gwanghae-jun used Li Tinggui, a Westerner with diplomatic talents but was dismissed, to carry out his foreign policy, and Li Erzhan and his faction dissuaded him on the grounds that he was a fellow of the Kim Yi men and opposed the "abolition of the mother".

Guanghaijun reprimanded: "Jin Yi Nan has been giving you favors for a long time, every time you want to frame someone, you will move out Jin Yi Nan, these words are not new at all, I am tired of hearing them, you better not talk about this!" ”

He did not criticize Li Erzhan by name as a "sinner of the sect society".

Under these circumstances, Zheng Jingshi, Zheng Ye, Hong Ruifeng, Nan Yigong, Li Jingguang, Li Gui and other opposition officials were released from imprisonment and reinstated.

In the first year of the Apocalypse (1621), Confucian scholars from Gyeongshangdao entered Beijing, setting off a wave of overthrowing Li Erzhan, accusing Li Erzhan of arbitrarily exercising political power, cheating in the imperial examination, and abolition of his mother and killing his brother.

Although Gwanghae-jun did not dispose of Li Erzhan, he also showed dislike for him.

As a result, the Great Northern faction began to decline, and the opposition such as the Westerners were released and reinstated, creating the conditions for "Injo Anyway".

The total annihilation of the Battle of Shenhe was a considerable blow to Korea, which had not yet shaken off the aftermath of the Imjin War, and its impact spread to the eight provinces of Korea, especially the Pyongan Province, where hundreds of strong men were killed or captured in the deep river, and the fields were barren and the conscription was even more onerous.

Korean peasants were bankrupt due to conscription and starvation, especially in Seoul and the Liangho region (Jeolla Province and Chungcheong-do).

However, when the people were tired, Guanghaijun did not devote himself to improving the people's livelihood, but built a large number of buildings, built palaces, set up sub-household Cao and dispatch envoys, and went to various provinces to collect the people's fat and ointment.

Many of these officials were born as commoners or untouchables, and they often "marched through the ranks, contemptuous of the rulers", "stripped the people of Li, and humiliated the scholars", which made Gwanghaejun even more unpopular.

The last year of Gwanghae-kun's reign was very isolated and insecure, not only because of the enormous pressure brought about by the Houjin issue in the north, but also because the domestic situation did not allow him to be optimistic. At that time, "Westerners gnashed their teeth, southerners grudged, and small North Africans laughed", and the ruling Dabei faction gradually contradicted Gwanghaejun.

The officials deliberately disobeyed his orders, and Gwanghae-kun asked them to do things to the point of begging, and even the imperial doctor was no longer trusted.

Gwanghae-kun himself diagnosed with fire, which shows that his body and mind are already in extreme pain. From the forty-sixth year of Wanli (1618) to the third year of the Apocalypse (1623), Guanghaijun successively changed eleven training generals (equivalent to the commander of the capital garrison). He also loves to play hide and seek in the palace, he is happy if he is not caught, and he is not happy when he is caught.

In the spring of the third year of the Apocalypse (1623), Gwanghae-kun's nephew and Dingyuan-kun's son Ayayangjun Li Liang conspired with Jin Jin, Li Gui, Shen Jingzhen, Li Shu, Jin Zidian, Shen Qiyuan, Cui Mingji, Li Shi and others, and gathered more than 1,000 people to prepare to overthrow Gwanghae-jun and the Dabei faction. On the eve of the coup, an insider named Li Erchun told him that Gwanghae-jun was having a banquet with the harem and ignored the matter; Park Seung-jong, the leader of the council, thought that the training general Lee Heung-ri was his in-law and trustworthy, and the rebel army was just a rabble and did not care.

In the middle of the night on 12 March, the coup d'état, known as "Injo Anyway," broke out, and since Li Xingli had become the internal response to the coup, he did not move, and the coup army successfully entered the palace and set fire to it everywhere.

After Guang Haijun heard the movement, he said to his henchman eunuch: "If it is a revolution surnamed Yi, the temple will be burned first, and if it is just abolished, then the temple will be fine, you go to the top to have a look." The eunuch mistakenly saw that the Chengzong Temple was burned, and came back to report to Guanghaijun, who sighed and said: "The Li Family Zongmiao will perish in my generation!" So he fled over the wall from the back garden of Changdeokgung Palace.

Burdened by a eunuch, he fled to the house of a close medical officer, An Guoxin, and put on An's mourning clothes to escape elsewhere, but was denounced by another medical officer, Zheng Zhengshou, and was immediately arrested and placed in the capital governor's house. The prince Li Zhen was also arrested at about the same time.

Gwanghae-jun and his son were taken by Li Liang to meet with Concubine Inmu in the Gyeongyun Palace (West Palace), and Concubine Inmu demanded that Gwanghae-jun and his son be executed, but was dissuaded by the ministers.

Subsequently, Li Liang promulgated a teaching document in the name of Concubine Renmu, condemning Gwanghaejun for his crimes such as abolishing his mother and killing his brother, building a large number of buildings, and betraying the Ming Dynasty, deposing the throne and ordering Li Liang to succeed him as Renjo.

After Injo's rebellion, dozens of important ministers of Gwanghaejun, such as Li Erzhan, Jung Inhong, Han Zhangnan, Park Dingji, Li Weiqing, and Liu Xifen, were arrested and executed, Park Seungjong, Park Zixing and his son committed suicide, and a large number of people were exiled.

Gwanghae-kun, the deposed concubine Liu and his wife, and the prince of the king, Li Zhen, and the concubine Park and his wife, were all fenced and placed on Ganghwa Island, in different parts of the island.

Injo also asked Ren So-won to accompany Gwanghae-kun.

On March 21, 1623, the third year of the Apocalypse, Gwanghae-jun was sentenced by the Seoul government to be escorted to Ganghwa Island.

Two months later, Li Zhen tried to dig a hole in the ground and escaped, but was given to die, and Guanghaijun was extinct.

In October of the same year, the deposed concubine Liu also died of hunger strike.

After Guanghaijun was deposed, Concubine Renmu's hatred for him was inelievable, and in addition to the abolition of teaching, she issued 36 charges, adding charges such as angry death of Xuanzu and adultery with her father and concubine, and also added the words "add a criminal seal early to thank the people" in the recital to the Ming Dynasty, trying to ask the Ming Dynasty to execute Guanghaijun, but was persuaded by Li Yuanyi, the leader of the council.

Later, the Ming Dynasty also asked about the life and death of Guanghaijun many times, so Guanghaijun was able to save his life.

With the reception of President Wei.

After two incense sticks, Gwanghaejun Li Hui was taken to the Chinese army's tent in the North Korean Navy Battalion on Ganghwa Island, where President Wei temporarily lived.

Accompanying Guanghaijun Li Hui was only one concubine Ren Zhaoyuan, and one of Guanghaijun's close eunuchs, Jin Neiguan.

A man who used to be the king of Joseon is now blind, and there are only two people around him to serve, this scene is extremely bleak.

"This is our president." Lin Wenbiao quietly introduced President Wei on the side, and also introduced the three to the president.

Guanghaijun Li Hui's two eye sockets are jet black, which reminds President Wei of Ke Zhenwei or Mei Chaofeng in the 83 version of the Legend of the Condor Heroes.

The shape is also a bit similar, whether it is Ke Zhenwei or Mei Chaofeng, they generally wear black clothes and are full of white hair.

This Guanghai Jun Li Hui is almost like this.

After listening to Lin Wenbiao's introduction to the three of them, President Wei smiled slightly, and tried to use a gentle tone as much as possible: "You don't have to panic, can you all understand Chinese?" ”

Guanghaijun Li Hui still didn't seem to hear anything and didn't answer.

Jin Neiguan said: "Our Majesty and I can understand, we can all speak the official language of the Ming capital, Ren Zhaoyuan can't understand it very well." ”

President Wei nodded, a little displeased, and said indifferently: "Since Guanghaijun can understand, can't Guanghaijun speak?" I'm asking you, but shouldn't there be a priority? It should be Gwanghae-kun who answered my words, right? ”

Kim Neiguan didn't know how to answer, he knew that Gwanghae-jun was not friendly to the Ming Dynasty, and when he heard that this person was from the Ming Dynasty, he launched a surprise attack, seized Ganghwa Island, and killed many Korean generals, so Gwanghae-jun was even more resistant.

In fact, even Kwanghae-kun's only tight Kim Neiguan who is by his side now doesn't know Gwanghae-kun's thoughts very well.

Guanghaijun himself is diplomatically resistant to the Ming Dynasty, but he is also very good at diplomacy, and he has always maintained a lukewarm relationship with the Ming Dynasty and Houjin.

Therefore, Guanghaijun would never deliberately behave coldly in front of Wei Bao, he really didn't care now.

Not to mention a person who has never heard of it, even if it is the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, or the Jade Emperor standing in front of him, he will not care too much.

Jin Neiguan would not answer, and Ren Zhaoyuan, who was beside him, could not understand Chinese very well, and was trembling with fright.

Wei Bao could only continue to talk to Jin Neiguan: "Guanghai-jun usually doesn't talk like this? Also, he has been overthrown, ousted, put under house arrest, and blind, why do you insist on calling him your ancestor? He's not a majesty anymore, he's a wasted king now! ”

"I don't dare to agree with your words, one day is a king, and you are a king for life. My ancestors will always be my ancestors! Even if I die, I won't change my words. Jin Neiguan said firmly, and then answered Wei Bao's question: "Our ancestor doesn't talk much now, he occasionally sings, and others don't understand it, he has no intention of asking about the world." ”

Wei Bao nodded, seeing that Guang Haijun seemed to have really become a waste, although the concubine next to Guang Haijun had a good appearance, but she was not young, and President Wei was not a person who wanted to fall in love with a woman when he saw her.

President Wei has eaten a lot of good food now, and his vision is also higher, so he is not very interested in Guang Haijun and the only woman around him, but he is very interested in this eunuch who is forty or fifty years old.

Although the Statistics Office of the Heaven and Earth Society has a Korean station and uses a few people who can speak Korean, they are not orthodox Koreans after all, let alone people from the Korean court, and this kind of old eunuch may be very useful.

"How long have you been with Gwanghae-kun? How many years have you been in the Joseon Royal Palace? President Wei asked.

"I have been with my ancestors for 12 years, I have been in the palace for 39 years, and I have been in the palace since I was 5 years old." The old eunuch Jin replied.

Wei Bao sighed, "It turns out that you are only 44 years old, that's not too old, how do you look like a person in your fifties and sixties?" ”

"I'm 45 years old, and I left the palace with my ancestor last year to come to this island." Kim replied.

Wei Bao snorted, "I'll miss it for a year, so you can follow me in the future!" I need to ask you about something. I will give you ten times the treatment you have by Gwanghae-kun's side! What will I call you in the future? I am in great need of loyal people like you. ”

"Thank you for your kindness, I won't leave my ancestors." Jin Neiguan replied: "My name is Jin Yongqing, and I am the internal official next to Your Majesty, and most people call me Jin Neiguan, and Your Majesty also calls me so." ”

"Well, then I'll call you Neiguan Jin too! If you don't want to be by my side, I'll kill Gwanghae-kun!" If you swear to serve Gwanghae-kun like me, I can guarantee that Gwanghae-kun will die a safe and secure life! "Wei Bao understands people's hearts very well, and he hit the key point of Jin Neiguan with one sentence.

If you can't even deal with an old eunuch, President Wei has been reborn in the Ming era for more than half a year, and it can be regarded as a fool.

Sure enough, when Jin Neiguan heard this, his face was immediately full of tears, and he glanced at Guanghaijun, who was still expressionless.

Gwanghae-kun closed his eyes, not as if he was thinking, but yawned, as if he wanted to sleep.

"It's enough for Gwanghae-jun to have this woman around to take care of you, I won't force you! But think that if you decide to follow me, you must be as faithful to me as you are to your king! Wei Bao said indifferently. After speaking, he really stopped talking, and waited patiently for Jin Neiguan to give him an answer.

Lin Wenbiao and Wang Qiuya, who were beside President Wei, also realized the importance of this old eunuch.

Indeed, how familiar is an old eunuch who has been in the palace for nearly 40 years with the top and bottom of North Korea, especially the Korean court, the people and things of the court, and the princes and ministers of North Korea?

This kind of person is something that can be met but not sought.

"Ancestor, the slave maid had to turn her back on the ancestor for the safety of the ancestor, I hope the ancestor can understand." Jin Neiguan stayed for a minute or two, and then suddenly knelt down and kowtowed to Guanghaijun Li Hui.

President Wei stared at Li Hui's face tightly, wanting to see some changes in expression from the blind Guanghaijun Li Hui's face, if there was a reaction, it would not be a complete waste.

Although whether Guanghaijun Li Hui is a wasted person or not has little to do with him, Wei Bao is very involved in it at the moment, which is a kind of attention and pity for politicians for politicians.

President Wei is already a political figure, although in the entire Ming Dynasty, in this world, there is no influence, but, at least Wei Bao sees himself as a political figure.

Between people of the same type and people of the same kind, there will always be more attention.

It's a pity that Guanghaijun Li Hui didn't have any expression from beginning to end, and he couldn't see any change in his psychology at all.

President Wei secretly thought: Maybe this Guanghaijun is really half-crazy and half-stupid, right?