Chapter 50: Song Yingchang steps down

It was in the collusion of the Ming envoy Shen Weijing with Shi Xing and Song Yingchang that he privately had a top-secret meeting with the representative of the country of the Japanese invaders, Konishi Yuki.

And the content of the talks was a traitorous treaty that lost the sovereignty of North Korea, and Shen Weijing was definitely a rare debater at this time.

Shen Weijing not only deceived the North Korea and the Japanese Invaders, but even the Ming Dynasty dared to deceive.

He was a complete careerist, and at the same time he showed a composure rarely seen in various countries.

As the terms of the top-secret talks came into effect, the Japanese were actually withdrawn from the North Korean capital, Hanyang.

This is really a good example of a soldier who surrendered without a fight, and when Li Rusong commanded the Ming and Korean coalition forces entered the city.

But they saw the tragic situation in the North Korean capital, where North Korean civilians who had been slaughtered were lying everywhere on the ground.

And at this moment, Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) also fell ill because he saw such a tragic situation, so the kind-hearted Ming Dynasty general Luo Shangzhi went to visit Liu Chenglong and told Lord Li Dexin what happened.

After Li Dexin knew that it was Song Yingchang, the master of Jinglu, who did not let the coalition army pursue the Japanese invaders, he went directly to the court and met His Royal Highness Xuanzu.

When His Royal Highness Xuanzu knew the truth of the matter, he fell into a dilemma again, because Xuanzu didn't know how to deal with this Song Yingchang.

Therefore, some ministers suggested that special envoys should be sent to the north of the Ming Dynasty to meet His Majesty the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

and informed His Majesty Emperor Wanli of Song Yingchang's words and deeds, and in this way, under the attention of His Royal Highness Seonjo, the special envoy group of North Korea also began a long journey of audience.

The North Korean delegation was personally led by Lord Li Dexin, and after Shen Weijing learned of the situation, he came to stop the mission from moving forward.

and a full search of the members of the mission, after the letters used in the last performance were revealed.

The mission was also terminated from traveling to Beizhili, and at this moment, Song Yingchang came to question the Joseon Seonjo.

Song Yingchang retreated with all the Japanese and prepared to make a comprehensive report to the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

and threatened to withdraw all the Ming soldiers back to Liaodong, so His Royal Highness Xuanzu could only readjust the mission.

He also convened the ministers at a meeting of the Bibian Division to discuss the itinerary of the mission to visit Beizhili again.

After careful consideration, His Royal Highness Xuanzu decided to send Zheng Che, the leader of the Westerners, to lead the delegation to the north of the Ming capital to meet His Majesty the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty.

However, when Zheng Che and his entourage set off, they were intercepted by Shen Weijing and Song Yingchang, and the concert dedicated to Emperor Wanli of the Ming Dynasty was replaced.

So at this moment, Zheng Che brought the recital only arranged by Shen Weijing and Song Yingchang, so when Zheng Che took the arranged falsetto to the north of the Ming Dynasty, Zhili.

After arriving in Beizhili, he only saw Lord Shi Xing (Liu Weihua), the secretary of the Ministry of War, and Lord Shi Xing (Liu Weihua) sent Zheng Che back to North Korea after seeing Song Shu.

So as an official, Jung Cheol, who was the ruler of the palace, had no result, and after returning to North Korea, he met Seonjo.

But at this moment, along with the letters about Zheng Che, they were also sent to Seonjo, and those letters were all against the impeachment of Zheng Che and demanded that Zheng Che be removed from the position of the king.

Therefore, Zheng Cheol, who served as an envoy, ended up being impeached, and could only leave His Royal Highness Seonjo and the Korean court alone and with a sad heart.

Chung Cheol, the Korean minister who was deposed again, also became the lyricist of North Korea at that time.

And after that, under the observation of Song Yingchang, North Korea and Shen Weijing also disliked Song Yingchang of His Royal Highness Seonjo.

It was a bold decision to use the method of re-establishing the division of the dynasty to replace His Royal Highness Seonjo, who was on the throne at the moment, with the prince Gwanghae-jun.

And the effort made Wang Shizi Guanghaijun have greater power, so that Wang Shizi Guanghaijun went to manage the three provinces of Korea.

After that, he forced His Royal Highness Xuanzu to give the throne to Wang Shizi Guanghaijun again, and Song Yingchang and others, who helped Wang Shizi get the throne, were the benefactors of Wang Shizi Guanghaijun.

He also agreed to the content and results of Shen Weijing's negotiations, and used this as the purpose to persecute His Royal Highness the Korean King Seonjo and the Korean court.

And at this moment, in the Korean court, under the residence of Wang Shizi Gwanghaejun, he and Seonjo began a story of wits and courage again.

At this moment, there are already some ministers in the Joseon court who support Wang Shizi Gwanghaejun to become the future King of Joseon.

And at this moment, in order to save her life and status, Jin Guifei secretly reported to Xuanzu about Wang Shizi Guanghaijun's night meeting with Song Yingchang.

At this moment, Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) is dissuading Wang Shizi Guanghaijun from going to the palace of Wang Shizi, who served as a branch of the dynasty in the south.

Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) tried his best to persuade His Majesty Guanghai, the prince of the prince, to give up Song Yingchang's request to go to the south to go to the third province.

And Wang Shizi Gwanghaejun believes that he is not going to the next three provinces for the sake of the future throne, but for the people of Korea and the imperial court.

And Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun)'s heart for the country has never stopped, and Song Yingchang at this time has also played the Ming Wanli Emperor.

In August 1593, Song Yingchang wanted to use Wang Shizi to control the lower provinces of Joseon.

He gave up because his subordinates claimed to be ill, but Song Yingchang did not stop shaking the strategy of Seonjo and the imperial court of Joseon.

At this moment, Song Yingchang also because of the disobedience of Joseon Xuanzu and the Korean court, so he privately issued an order to General Li Rusong to withdraw all troops.

So at this moment, Li Rusong, who was stationed in Hanyang, the capital of North Korea, had already led his troops to withdraw his troops to the Liaodong Peninsula of the Ming Dynasty.

At this moment, after the withdrawal of the Ming Dynasty, it is absolutely impossible to repel those wolf-like Japanese robbers by relying only on the North Korean officers and troops.

So the Korean minister Yoo Sung-ryong (Zhao Kun) went to meet with Song Yingchang, and in order to prevent the retreat of the Ming official army, he could only agree to Song Yingchang's conditions.

asked Wang Shizi to establish a separate dynasty, and then Song Yingchang let Li Rusong stay in North Korea with more than 10,000 people as compensation.

Thinking that the strategy should prevent the Japanese from reverting to attack Korea later, the Ming army of only 10,000 people could no longer attack the Japanese invaders.

At this moment, General Luo Shangzhi of the Ming Dynasty volunteered to stay in North Korea, so Luo Shangzhi led more than 10,000 Ming officers and troops to stay in North Korea.

Therefore, in August 1593, the Ming reinforcements carried out a complete withdrawal, leaving only more than 10,000 troops in Korea to prevent the occurrence of accidents on the Korean Peninsula.

At the same time, Seonjo of Joseon also returned to the capital of Hanyang in October 1593, and at this time he had abandoned the capital and left his hometown for a year and a half.

Although the capital was deserted and littered with corpses, the people were strewn through the streets by hunger and infectious diseases.

The loss of popular support at this moment is an important issue for His Highness Seonjo, and the south coast of Korea is actively building a city for a long time.

The flames of war have not abated, and there is a possibility that it will continue.

At this moment, in order to win the hearts of the people, Seonjo carried out a ceremony to distribute food in the capital of North Korea and appease the frightened people.

But at this moment, the people's will has been lost, and there is no longer the North Korean people to support Seonjo at this moment.

And Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun), who has been promoted to lead the council at this moment, wants to sue Song Yingchang by sending envoys again.

And at this moment, things finally took a turn for the better, Xie Xuan, from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, came to North Korea at this moment, and Xie Xuan came to disagree with Song Yingchang.

At that time, it also showed that there was often friction between the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of War, and the two departments often quarreled over some things.

At this moment, Xie Xuan brought the edict of the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the Wanli Emperor of the Ming Dynasty thought that he would appoint Guanghaijun, the son of the king, to manage the soldiers Cao, Gongcao, and Cao.

After that, he asked Gwanghae Jundi to go to Korea to manage the military in the lower three provinces of Korea in case the Japanese invaded again.

Based on this, Wang Shizi was prepared to succeed Seonjo of Joseon as the future king of the next Joseon.

So at this moment, Liu Chenglong came up with an ultimate solution, that is, to send a thanksgiving delegation to the north of the Ming capital to tell Song Yingchang's crimes.

And at this moment, Lord Liu Chenglong (Zhao Kun) also met with Xie Xuan privately and informed Xie Xuan of the actual situation.

Xie Xuan was very shocked after knowing the actual situation, and Xie Xuan, who didn't believe it at first, finally believed it under the story of General Luo Shangzhi.

He was going to report Song Yingchang's deception of Emperor Wanli to Emperor Wanli.

As a result, Joseon also sent a delegation of Thanksgiving, and included in the mission the letter of enlightenment of His Royal Highness Seonjo of Joseon.

But at this moment, Shen Weijing led people to search but found nothing, so he let the Xie delegation go.

And at this moment, the person who went to the north of the capital of the Ming Dynasty at the same time, and the Ministry of Rites Xie Xuan, who already knew the real situation.

So in the palace of Zhili in the north of the capital of the Ming Dynasty, the Korean envoy presented the book of His Royal Highness Xuanzu to the Wanli Emperor.

Emperor Wanli was very angry when he saw it and did not believe that this book was true, but fortunately, Xie Xuan rushed back to the palace in time to meet Emperor Wanli.

and informed Emperor Wanli of what he had seen and heard in North Korea, and Emperor Wanli knew that he had been deceived by Song Yingchang.

Because Song Yingchang was in North Korea, he also held peace talks with the Japanese and prevented the North Korean delegation from meeting normally and telling the truth.

So in December 1593, the actual situation in Korea and Song Yingchang's conspiracy were discovered by the Ming Dynasty, and after Song Yingchang immediately stepped down, Li Rusong was also urgently recalled.

However, because there was no mention of Shi Xing (Liu Weihua), the secretary of the military department, Lord Shi Xing (Liu Weihua) was fortunate to pick up a life.

Therefore, Shi Xing impeached Song Yingchang at this moment for the crime of hiding North Korean military intelligence and avoided getting into trouble.

And Shen Weijing was also imprisoned, but was soon rescued by Lord Shi Xing (Liu Weihua).

Immediately afterwards, the Ming Dynasty reappointed Gu Yangqian, the master of Jinglu, to be sent to North Korea, but Gu Yangqian only stayed in Liaodong and did not show the will to resist the Japanese invaders.

So with Song Yingchang's resignation, the Japanese have also received news from the Ming Dynasty, so at this moment, the Japanese are worried that the secret agreement with Song Yingchang will be torn up.

Therefore, they were also prepared for precautions, but at this moment, a rebellion of a certain scale broke out near the Korean capital.

How Seonjo and the Korean court will face this popular upheaval will still need to be tested by time, and at the same time, it will depend on the choice of His Royal Highness Seonjo and the prince of the separate dynasty, Gwanghaejun.