517.Choi's Rebellion (II)
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In the Changdeok Palace in Hanyang, several frightened Korean ministers of civil and military affairs were suggesting to the ignorant expression of the court king Li Ji: "Your Majesty, now the traitor Choi has transferred troops into Beijing without asking for an order, and his intention to usurp has been revealed. The ministers implored the king to leave the palace immediately to avoid turmoil in the country. β
Li Yao, whose eyes were swollen because of his indulgence in wine, said: "The Cui family is a minister who supports the government, and the widow knows his temperament very well, and it is impossible to have such wolf ambitions. β
The minister on the side persuaded again: "Your Majesty, Cui's family was just a small official back then, and he dared to abolish the first king for the sake of glory and wealth, but now he has held power for a long time, do you know that he does not dare to seek a dynasty and usurp the throne?" β
Saying this, Li Ji also hesitated a little, and at this moment, an attendant stumbled in: "Your Majesty, it's not good, outside the palace, there is a large army outside the palace??????
Li Ji was shocked: "Could it be that the Cui family really wants to rebel, this, how can this be good?" β
Several courtiers persuaded in unison: "Your Majesty, please leave the palace immediately to hide." β
Li Ji asked rhetorically: "The Cui family's army has surrounded the palace, how can the widow get out of the palace, and besides, the Hanyang mentioned by the Qing and others is already in the Cui family's hands, so even after the widow leaves the palace, where should he hide?" β
Li Ji was worried that he would be taken hostage by several courtiers after leaving the palace, but he did not want to stay in Changdeok Palace and wait for death.
In the middle of the dilemma, Yin Dianying, a counselor of the Ministry of War, proposed a proposal: "Let's send someone to test whether the Cui Party encircles the palace tightly, if not, the king may be able to go out to visit the Huaxia Guoxin Embassy." β
Li Yi was stunned: "Isn't it rumored that the Cui family colluded with Huaxia?" How can you put the widow in the land of tigers and wolves? β
Yin Dianying understood as soon as he heard it, daring to love the king of the dynasty seemed to ignore political affairs, but his ears and eyes were still keen, but at this moment he didn't have time to savor the subtleties in it, so he just explained: "The Huaxia court only supported Cui Wei because of the fact that Prince Shun became the heir, but if Cui Wei wanted to seize the Korean society, how could Huaxia turn a blind eye." β
Li Ji squinted his eyes and thought for a long time, then nodded and said: "Qing is right, but this is the truth, and now I don't know if the siege of the palace by Cui Yi and his party is tight??????
Choe Young-zhi's courage to make a big move in Hanyang was carefully considered, and he believed that if the military and political affairs of North Korea were already under his control, as long as Huaxia did not intervene, his position would be as stable as Mount Tai. And how could Huaxia interfere? After all, he purged the anti-Xia minister and guarded the right of Zheng Shunguan to become the prince of Joseon.
However, what Cui Yingzhi didn't expect was that Zheng Kezhang was actually determined to change horses early on.
On July 25, the fifth year of Wucheng, the court king Li Xuan, who was under house arrest in Changdeok Palace, escaped under the cover of his courtiers, and then fled into the Huaxia Guoxin Embassy.
The attitude of the Chinese envoy made Cui Yingzhi terrified, but he did not dare to storm the embassy, so he could only send troops to cut off the communication inside and outside the embassy, and at the same time urgently mobilized troops and horses to alert the Xia troops in Haizhou and Zhennanpu. But Cui Yingzhi's chess is missing a move, at the beginning of Li Ji's entry into the Chinese Embassy, Ding Anshi had already rushed to Jemulpo (Incheon).
On 28 August, a typhoon-ravaged letter ship staggered into Port Arthur, which had just taken shape. According to Zheng Kezang's holy decree brought by the letter ship, the 6th Division of the Xia Army of two divisions quietly boarded the ship, and then arrived directly at Jewupo. At this time, the 4th Division of the Longxiang Army and the 1st Division of the Shence Army had firmly grasped the port of Jemulpo. Therefore, more than 20,000 Xia troops came to quell the rebellion at the invitation of Li Yizhi, and under the cover of the sailors, they slaughtered towards Hanyang City.
As early as after the Xia army took control of Jemulpo, Choi Heon ordered the main force to be transferred back from Pyongyang.
However, what Cui Xian didn't expect was that the Northern Army he relied on was no longer reliable. Thinking about it, as the troops who followed Cui Xian all the way, they knew best the quality of Cui Xian's identity as the "God of War", and at the same time, they were more in awe of the strength of the Xia Army. Moreover, according to the tradition of the Korean system, Choi Heon could not reach the level of Cheng DΓΉ in the Northern Army.
It was precisely because of these reasons that the Northern Army, which was supposed to return to the defense quickly, stopped and stopped, and waited until the main force of the Xia Army had boarded 6, and then they walked along the Qilin Road to the bank of the Licheng River, which was still far away from Hanyang, and it was obviously too late to stop the Xia Army from advancing.
The Northern Army, which Cui Xian had been in control of for many days, had all left Germany, not to mention the Hanyang defenders who looked like they were detached.
But at this time, Cui Xian and Cui Yingzhi had no way to retreat, and even the two of them did not dare to defend Hanyang, so after some weighing, Cui Xian decided to forcibly take the Hanyang defenders into battle, so as to fight to the death.
Choe Heon's "god of war" in Korea was not in good shape, but he also had some ability, so in the mobilization before the war, he loudly condemned the Xia army's viciousness of plundering the Korean people many times, and repeatedly denounced the Xia army's bad attempt to hire Japanese pirates to cause trouble in Korea.
For the middle and upper echelons of the army, Cui Yingzhi personally gave a banquet before leaving, and promised everything from thick coins and beautiful concubines to promotions and knights, and also successfully made those Western military ministers say that they would fight this battle well, at least until the day when the main army in the north arrived.
Unfortunately, the efforts of Choi Heon and Choi Young-zhi came to naught after the Korean army left Hanyang.
The generals of Hanyang who saw the lineup of the Xia army with their own eyes were as pale as earth, and these generals who had obtained prominent positions as relatives and nobles could brag and fart on weekdays, but they had never seen the real scene, so they were timid before fighting. Under the influence of the commander-in-chief, the officers and men of the Korean army below also fled one after another, and in just over a day, the 15,000 Korean army shrank by nearly one-third.
For Cui Xian, the more terrible thing is still to come, the Xia army lures the Korean army to surrender. As soon as Xia Jun's olive branch arrived, those Hanyang Western team members quickly abandoned Cui Xian. In desperation, the desperate Cui Xian had no choice but to lead less than 2,000 descendants to retreat to Hanyang to defend it.
At this time, there is no suspense anymore, the fall of the Cui clan is doomed, and all that remains is how much to pay. In order not to smash Hanyang and to reduce the bad feelings of the North Korean military and people towards Huaxia, Ding Anshi, the Chinese messenger to the DPRK, who sensed the change of form from the change in the encirclement outside the embassy, sent someone to send a letter to Choi Heon.
The letter reviewed the past when Cui Xian and Xia Jun fought side by side, and believed that the Cui family was still friendly to China, and now this situation is just a matter of creating people. In addition to these old nonsense, the letter proposes a proposal to build yì, that is, to grant the Cui clan a hereditary territory of Nanbo Ni by the Huaxia court in exchange for the surrender of Cui Xian's Kuà i Kaecheng.
Cui Xian couldn't believe it and couldn't refuse, so he discussed with Cui Yingzhi, who had run out of oil, and Cui Yingzhi, who had run out of oil, was unwilling to prove that his previous behavior was indeed a traitor to the country, and after returning home, he drank dove wine and died to show his loyalty. Cui Yingzhi died, and Cui Xiansi, who had no choice, finally surrendered to the Xia army outside the city after thinking about it, and thus the short-lived Cui rebellion came to an end.
After that, the Huaxia side also fulfilled its promise, and Choi Xian, who was exiled by the order of the king of the dynasty Li Xuan, obtained the status and governance of the hereditary capital of Choi Nambo Ni granted by the Huaxia Imperial Court, and the Choi clan was also reborn, and in the next 120 years, the Choi clan of Namboni was gradually naturalized in China, and the Choi clan of Haiyang disappeared from the history of Joseon??????
As a result of the Choi Rebellion, the Huaxia soldiers bloodlessly cut off the anti-Xia forces in the Korean political arena, and set a bad precedent in the Korean political arena, that is, as long as the Ahua is attached to Huaxia, even if it eventually falls, it can be protected in Huaxia, thus making North Korea firmly tied to the chariot of Huaxia.
In addition to the above-mentioned benefits that could only be seen for a long time, Huaxia further absorbed from Korea the right to open trade with the ports of Heonnam, Wonsan, Cheongjin, and Pohang, and at the same time, the Joseon royal court was forced to grant Huaxia merchants the right to open Korean mines, which enabled Huaxia to further control the Korean economy.
However, these were not enough, on the first day of the eighth month of the same year, the North Korean side of the Huaxia State Courier Jian Yì continued to hire Xia Jun Normal to rectify and reorganize the 6th Division of the Korean Navy. Forced by Huaxia's coercion, the Korean parliamentary government agreed to Huaxia's demands, and so far, the military power of Korea also fell into the Huaxia court.
In November of the fifth year of Wu Cheng, the Huaxia side established the government system of the North Korean side according to the reform of the Huaxia political system, and at the same time established the reform of the Eight Dao system of the North Korean government.
In accordance with the request of the Huaxia side, the DPRK Government decided, after deliberations, to set up a judicial court (grand trial court) to manage the judiciary and a two-class court to manage the affairs of retired ministers on the basis of retaining the parliamentary government (cabinet), the Constitution Yuan, and the Judicial Yuan (Supervisory Yuan), and to adjust the setting of the six cao.
In July of the 6th year of Woo Sung, after a long debate, the Joseon government ordered the implementation of the provincial composite division, but the provincial level was no longer a substantive administrative unit, and the provincial officials became the titles of the elder and important ministers, and the pastor, the Daedu Gofu, and the old administrative districts of the Dobufu under the province were also abolished, and all official positions were changed to additional titles. After the virtual road, the DPRK will establish 23 prefectures according to the Huaxia system, as nominal second-level administrative regions and de facto first-level administrative regions.
There are counties under the government, but there is no longer a distinction between orders and prisons at the county level.
At the same time, the DPRK government also decided that all treaty ports would be under the direct jurisdiction of the government??????
In order to urge the DPRK to follow the Huaxia system and carry out political reforms, and also to take into account the decline in the status of Zhennanpu and Haizhou after the completion of the Lushun Military Port, the Huaxia side also made a number of formal concessions, and in February and July of the 6th year of Wucheng, Huaxia returned the Zhennanpu Military Port and the Haizhou Military Port to the DPRK successively. However, Huaxia immediately took the initiative to establish a military port on Ulleungdo Island and forced North Korea to hand over Kim Chaek in Hamgyong Province and nearby Mayang Island to Huaxia to establish a military base??????