Chapter 549: Kneel

Li Yuying, the king of Xingxuan Academy, pretended to be the grandson of more than ten years, and once he was in power, of course, he had to show his ambitions, and he did show extraordinary political talent. As soon as his son Li Xigang was canonized by the Qing court, Li Yuying began to cultivate his own power and initiated reforms aimed at strengthening the centralization of power. In the fifth year of Tongzhi, the concubine of the Zhao family, who was fooled by Li Yuying, withdrew the curtain, and Li Yuying, the monarch of the courtyard, monopolized the power of North Korea.

Anton Jin's forces, when Li Yuying was cold, did not clean him up, and now that Li Yuying is in power, naturally he is not as good as the Jin family, and he expelled them all from the court in one go. And Li Yuying didn't even let go of the Fengyang Zhao family who had helped him, fooling an old widow, he didn't feel any guilt, in order to establish the long-lost royal majesty, Li Yuying was willing to do anything. Just as Guo Xing'a wanted to honor the cabinet in Gaofengluantai in Changchun, Li Yuying also rebuilt Gyeongbokgung Palace with great fanfare as a symbol of the monarch's authority.

Yi Yuying also carried out political, economic, and cultural reforms in an attempt to repair the edifice that the Joseon Dynasty was about to collapse. One of the most severe measures was to engage in seclusion and religious persecution, which set off the Bingyin Evil Prison and slaughtered tens of thousands of Catholics. It is also strange to say, Li Yuying's own wife Li Xing Min is a famous Catholic, Li Yuying engaged in religious persecution, whether it is because of family conflicts is really hard to say, after all, Catholicism insists on monogamy.

Li Yuying has also done some drastic things, such as defending against foreign invading forces. In August of the fifth year of Tongzhi, there was an incident in which American merchant ships invaded the Datong River, and in September of the same year, there was an incident in which France invaded Korea. However, I don't know whether Li Yuying gave the North Korean troops a strong pill or the French and American fleets took laxatives, and these two invasions were all repelled by the North Korean military and civilians. This can strengthen the determination of Li Yu, the monarch of the courtyard, to implement the policy of locking the country, and he ordered the erection of "rebuke and peace monuments" throughout the country, with the inscription "Foreign invasion, peace if there is no war, the lord and traitor, and warn my descendants for ten thousand years." North Korea, a small country that was poor and weak, seemed to have regained its vitality under the iron-fisted politics and change of course of the Dayuan monarch Li Yuying, and it was at this time that Goxinga came to the door.

Mukden had not yet been officially delivered, and Goxinga, who was unwilling to climb the mountain, was not interested in crossing the Motianling in Liaodong, so the North Sea Fleet directly gathered a detachment of seven warships and sent Goxinga to the port of Incheon. Regarding the sudden visit of Guoxing'a, the little overlord of the Far East, although Li Yuying arranged a rather grand welcome ceremony, it was not very welcome. Li Yuying himself did not go to Incheon to greet Guoxing, but only sent his elder brother Xingyinjun Li Zhiying, and the specifications of the reception were only to welcome the general Qing envoys.

"Xiaobang Bang'an dares to be rude, please return to Manchuria immediately!" Watching the North Koreans set up a queue to greet them on the boat, Goxinga's attaché immediately became angry.

Guo Xing'a came out this time for foreign affairs activities, so he didn't bring a group of soldiers who were busy sharing cakes now, but brought civilian officials. The cabinet is also busy sharing the cake now, so there are no important members of the cabinet accompanying him, but he is accompanied by a cabinet minister, Chen Weinian, who was born in Manchuria.

Chen Weinian was born in the Jilin Han Army with a blue flag, a talent in the Xianfeng period, and after a rapid education in the North Manchurian style, he was admitted to the Department of Political Science of Manchuria University in Changchun. The predecessor of the Department of Political Science of Manchuria University was the administrative training course organized by Guoxinga, which can be said to be the cradle of high-ranking civil officials in Manchuria, and now civil officials at all levels in North Manchuria basically came out there. Chen Weinian's studies are good, and his background is second only to Gu'an's lineage, so it stands to reason that even if he can't enter the cabinet, he can have a good position in the local area, but after graduating from university, Chen Weinian's career is not smooth, and he has been doing chores everywhere.

It's no wonder that others are here, Chen Weinian has an extreme and stubborn personality, although he is very talented, but he is a little too self-righteous. Chen Weinian's background determines that he belongs to the native Manchurian lineage, but when he enters the civil official system, he has to abide by the rules of the civil official group, and the two big thick legs of Pi Runmin and Zou Degui can only choose one of the two. Chen Weinian didn't give Zou Degui face, nor did he go to Pi Runmin's door to carry out activities, this hate sky-low chick wanted to pull up a team by himself. Chen Weinian wanted to pull the mountain by himself in the civil official system, but he was angry with the public, if he hadn't cleaned himself up and had no handle, and the local bannermen in Manchuria had a lot of connections to help him with his activities, he would have been cleaned up by Pi Runmin a long time ago.

Although he escaped the bright butcher's knife, Chen Weinian's career was also one step at a time, and the two civil and official bosses were offended by him, where is there a good place for him. So in the past few years, Chen Weinian has either gone to the countryside to build infrastructure, or went to Nanyang to help Zhiyuan, and before accompanying Guo Xing'a out, Chen Weinian was in Yingkou to help Zheng Qifeng. Chen Weinian's qualifications and abilities are enough to enter the cabinet, but almost the entire civil official group is suppressing him, so he can only stand at the door of the cabinet forever and be a cabinet minister reserve for an indefinite period of time. The reason why Chen Weinian had the opportunity to sneak in front of Guoxing's eyes this time was not that everyone was ready to give him a chance to perform, but to take this opportunity to separate him from the dividends of the war against Russia. Pi Runmin and Zou Degui took a group of their own people to share the cake in Changchun, and Chen Weinian could only follow Guo Xinga to North Korea to eat kimchi.

Chen Weinian, who was already a little aggrieved, found that the specifications of North Korea's reception of Guoxing'a were not high, and immediately found a person to vent. What kind of person is Guoxing, the general of Northern Manchuria, that is, the emperor of the Qing Dynasty has to give three points, you are a small country in Korea, the king should personally greet him, and take out the etiquette to welcome the Qing emperor to receive him. Now he dares to use the routine of receiving ordinary envoys to receive Guoxing, it is simply unreasonable!

"Go back? We're here to talk, don't worry about those false courtesies! "It doesn't matter if Goheunga arrives, the ceremony to welcome the North Koreans is also very lively and fun.

"The general is magnanimous, but your status is noble, and North Korea is so neglectful, how can it be forgiven! It is necessary to return to Changchun immediately, and then the six divisions will move it to show the power of heaven! Chen Weinian is still very persistent.

"Forget it, forget it, it's just a trifle! I'm not the suzerain of North Korea, and this time I'm here to talk about things, so don't worry too much! Goxinga just laughed and waved his hand.

After the group landed on the shore, Li Shiying greeted him with joy on his face, bowed down and saluted after a few steps, and his attitude was still very sincere. Guo Xing'a looked at the gongs and drums on the shore, and a group of North Koreans singing and dancing were also very happy, and raised his hand on the brim of his hat with a smile, which was regarded as a return gift to Li Shiying.

"Bold, the little minister of the lower state, in the face of the general An dare to be rude, kneel!" Guo Xing'a didn't care, but Chen Weinian was still very energetic, and he snorted behind Guo Xing'a's back, not to mention Li Zhiying, even Guo Xing'a was startled by him.