After the New Year, Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin began to be busy recruiting the newly formed Korean Legion, and according to Li Hongyu's plan, both soldiers and civilians and untouchables could participate in the selection.

This is only the first step, and the selection of qualified personnel will go through half a year of training, and then an assessment will be conducted, and only those who pass the examination can become a member of the Korean Legion.

Although it does not reach the level of the Ming New Army, it is still significantly higher than that of other North Korean armies, and the food alone is much better, and if you become a non-commissioned officer, you will have an enviable military salary every month.

Therefore, as soon as the recruitment notice of the Korean Army was posted in Badao, North Korea, it attracted the interest of young people, and Li Hongyu's recruitment point in Badao, North Korea, was crowded and lively.

When the preparation of the Korean army was proceeding in an orderly manner, rumors related to Li Hui appeared in the market of Seoul, saying that the reason why the Korean army surrendered during the Battle of Sarhu was Li Hui's intention, and that the purpose was to preserve strength, and Li Hui had been colluding with Houjin in private.

One stone stirred up a thousand waves, and with the help of well-intentioned people, this rumor quickly spread in Seoul, and then there were more rumors of Li Hui and Houjin having an affair in the market, which made the government and the opposition talk about it.

Li Hui smiled helplessly after knowing this, from those rumors in Seoul, especially the rumor at the beginning with the details of Kim after the surrender of the Korean army during the Battle of Sarhu, he knew that Jiang Hongli was involved, otherwise it would be impossible for the outside world to know about the ** link that only Jiang Hongli knew.

The reason why Jiang Hongli did this must be to avenge the killing of his family, Li Hui was already mentally prepared, so he went to the State Guest House to meet the Ming envoys, and denied all the rumors from the outside world, saying that it was Jiang Hongli's revenge.

The envoys of the Ming Dynasty naturally had kind words to appease Li Hui, after all, there is no evidence to prove the authenticity of those rumors on the market, and it is not appropriate to make a big move because of such rumors, which will only cause chaos.

Li Hongyu watched what happened in Seoul with a cold eye, although the Ming envoys appeased Li Hui, but this did not mean that Li Hongyu believed Li Hui, what the Ming envoys did was just a false and unjust move.

If the domestic political situation in North Korea is stable, then these rumors will definitely not hurt Li Hui, but now the Westerners in the North Korean officialdom are eyeing Li Hui, which undoubtedly gives the Westerners an excuse to deal with Li Hui.

One thing Li Hongyu can be sure of is that the reason why the rumors in the market spread so quickly must be that the Westerners are secretly fueling the troubles and trying to pull Li Hun down from the throne of Joseon, and the conflict of interests in the officialdom of Seoul has been intensified by the rumors in the market.

In other words, the Westerners will not let go of such a good opportunity, and will definitely take some action to attack Li Hui's prestige and the relationship between Li Hui and Daming, and Li Hongyu will wait and see about this.

The Westerners Party is in action, and the people of the Gubei Party are naturally not idle, busy moving around.

Although Zheng Renhong and Li Erzhan, the two major leaders of the Gubei Party, did not agree with the middle line pursued by Li Hui between the Ming Dynasty and the Later Jin, the interests of the Gubei Party were closely linked with Li Hui, so the two could only safeguard Li Hui's interests and try their best to suppress rumors.

That night, in a brothel in Seoul.

Several well-dressed men gathered around to drink and laugh, but it was strange that there were no prostitutes with them, which seemed a bit unreasonable, and meant that their conversation should not be known to the outside world.

Among these men, sitting at the top is Ayayangjun Li Liang, and at the bottom of him is Jin Yuan, who has a relationship with Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin.

"Ayayang-kun, since Da Ming is dissatisfied with His Royal Highness, and now there are those rumors on the market, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us."

In the middle of the staggering, a man put down the wine glass in his hand and said to Li Liang with a smile that he was Li Gui, the envoy of Pingshan Mansion.

Li Gui was one of the two leaders of the Westerners' Party, the other being Jin Yuan, who had served as the envoy of Suchuan Prefecture, but unfortunately was soon impeached and exiled to the Yichuan region.

A few years later, Li Gui was released, and with the efforts of the Westerners, he became the envoy of Pingshan Prefecture in the second year of the Apocalypse, and gradually became the leader of the Westerners' Party.

As for Jin Yuan, he successively served as the criminal Cao Zuolang, the secretary of the Lecture Academy, and the envoy of the Jiangjie Prefecture.

In the 45th year of Wanli, he was impeached by the Great Northern faction for opposing the abolition of Concubine Renmu's "abolition of motherhood", and thus joined the Westerner Party, and was gradually embraced by his colleagues and became the leader of the Westerner Party.

Normally, Jin Yuan and Li Gui did not meet with Li Liang in order to avoid suspicion, but contacted Li Liang through Li Liang's relative and confidant Shen Jingzhen.

After Li Hui ascended the throne, Shen Jingzhen was excluded by the Great Northern faction and retired, and secretly conspired with Li Gui, Jin Yuan, Cui Mingji and other Westerner Party officials to support Li Liang, and was Li Liang's most trusted person

In addition to Li Liang, Jin Yuan, Shen Jingzhen, and Li Gui, the last one in the room was Cui Mingji.

When he was young, Choi Myung-gil studied scriptures and history under the Korean Confucian, and was quite famous.

In the 42nd year of Wanli, Cui Mingji was deposed from his official position because he was implicated in the claustrophobic incident of Queen Renmu, and then his father and mother were mourned at home, and he did not appear for nine consecutive years, during which he joined the Westerner Party and became an important member of the Westerner Party.

Cui Mingji can be described as a strategist in the Westerner Party, according to the records of historical materials, his "strange schemes, more than his hands", and the time of the incident of "Renzu anyway" in history is also determined by him, which shows his importance in the Westerner Party.

This time, Li Liang summoned Jin Yuan and others to come over, naturally there was something important to discuss with them, and Li Liang found that Da Ming seemed to be very dissatisfied with Li Hui's neutrality policy after coming into contact with Li Hongyu and Zhao Xin these days.

After all, the Ming Dynasty fought a big fight with the Japanese State for the sake of North Korea, which was a great loss of vitality, but the North Korea was vain and wrongful in its attitude towards the Hou Jin, and secretly befriended the Hou Jin, how could it not make the Ming court angry?

Moreover, Li Liang heard an important thing from Li Hongyu, that is, the Ming envoys came this time with the intention of abolishing Li Hui's throne and appointing Li Hui's son as the new king of Korea.

This is a mixed news for Li Hao, the good news is that the Ming Dynasty wants to abolish Li Hui, and the worry is that if Li Hui's son succeeds to the throne, it is still the Gubei faction that will gain power in the court, and his desire to become the king of Joseon will come to naught.

Therefore, this time Li Liang wanted to know what the Westerners Party should do next, once the Ming Dynasty abolished Li Liang and replaced Li Liang as the prince, he would have no chance at all.

Unlike Li Liang, Li Gui and others felt that it was rare good news for them that the Ming Dynasty wanted to change Li Hui's son as the king of Joseon, which meant that the Ming Dynasty was very disappointed in Li Hui, and Li Hui had become an abandoned son of the Ming Dynasty.

"Envoy Li, what are your plans?" There was a faint hint of worry between Li Qi's eyebrows, and when he saw that Li Gui said that this rumor was an opportunity for him, he asked quietly.

"Ayayang-kun, since Da Ming wants to abolish the throne of His Royal Highness the Lord and let His Royal Highness the Prince succeed to the throne, then it means that Da Ming already knows that His Royal Highness the Lord has colluded with the barbarians, but unfortunately there is no evidence, or he doesn't want to make a big deal about it."

Li Gui smiled slightly when he heard this, and said meaningfully, "But if the evidence of His Royal Highness's collusion with barbarians is conclusive, then the prince will lose the qualification to succeed to the throne, and you will be friendly with the Ming Mission, and there will be no one else on the throne at that time except you." ”

"But how can we find the evidence of the sins of His Highness the Lord?" Li Liang's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he asked Li Gui in a deep voice.

"Ayayang-kun, there is a saying in the Ming Dynasty that 'there is no excuse for the crime you want to add', besides, His Royal Highness the Lord is indeed colluding with the barbarians, as long as we think of a way, we can have evidence of His Royal Highness's crimes."

Li Gui said to Li Hui with a smile when he heard this, under the circumstance that Da Ming had determined that Li Hui and Houjin had an affair, as long as there was some evidence unfavorable to Li Hui, even if the evidence was forged, it would be fatal to Li Hui.

"But the prince of the world has been canonized by the Ming Dynasty, and it is the orthodoxy of our Korean Kingdom, I am afraid that even if the charges of His Royal Highness are confirmed, the Ming Dynasty will not abolish the position of the prince."

Li Liang was not so optimistic, and said a little sullenly, Daming pays attention to the orthodoxy of etiquette and law, even if Li Hui colludes with Houjin, as long as the prince is not involved, then he will definitely not abolish the position of the prince.

In fact, Li Hui's son, Li Zhen, has not been involved in government affairs now, and has never expressed his opinion on Li Hui's practice of "not betraying the Ming and not being angry with the money", which makes it difficult to frame Li Zhen.

"If there is an accident in the prince, then Da Ming can only choose another candidate for the throne." At this time, Cui Mingji put down the wine glass in his hand and said in a deep voice.

"The prince had an accident?" Li Qi didn't understand the meaning of Cui Mingji's words for a while, Li Hui's protection of Li Ji was very thorough, Li Ji almost never left the palace, how could there be an accident.

Li Gui and the others also looked at Cui Mingji suspiciously, wondering what Cui Mingji was thinking, it was not easy to make Li Ji have an accident.

"The Ming envoy is going to leave Seoul to inspect the place in half a month, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for us, if His Royal Highness wants to rebel, then it is only natural that he and the prince will be killed."

Cui Mingji smiled slightly, and said to Li Liang in a low voice, "His Royal Highness only has one heir, and once the prince dies, the only way to inherit the throne is to select people from the royal family. ”

Li Liang was stunned for a moment when he heard this, but he didn't expect Cui Mingji to make such a bold suggestion, which was an out-and-out act of rebellion.

Everyone looked at Li Liang in unison, this matter can only be done if Li Liang agrees with them, otherwise the teacher will be unknown.

"Good! Just do it! Li Liang groaned for a while, and after glancing at the people at the scene, he bowed slightly, and his expression was extremely serious.

The so-called small amount is not a gentleman, no poison is not a husband, but now it is the time to fight for the throne of North Korea, not the time to have the kindness of a woman.

Li Gui, Cui Mingji and others immediately breathed a sigh of relief when they heard this, for them, this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to bring down the Gubei Party, and it should not be missed.