Concubine Min sucks and is greedy, but not stupid.

How can a person who can compete for power and gain power and rise to power by conspiracy have no sense of politics?

Concubine Min knew that she was unpopular, and in order to maintain her rule, she had to find a backer to support herself.

The common people hate themselves to the bone; Most of the court scribes were sympathetic to the Dayuan Jun, because during the Dayuan Jun, the country was still very rich; The two classes of nobles resented that the fat shortage positions were occupied by the Min clan; The folk Confucian scholars hated themselves for being close to the Japanese Confucians; The army resented the arrears of food.

Looking at the country, it turned out to be all enemies. To keep the rule from being shaken, you can only rely on foreign shili.

China was the suzerain, and Concubine Min was extremely worried that China would take advantage of the situation to interfere in the government's affairs, so she could only rely on the newly rising Japan. It was based on this consideration that Concubine Min accepted the advice of the Japanese Minister Hanafang Yoshishi in 1881 and formally established the new army "Beiji Army".

In Korean, the word "special skill" means "elite". Concubine Min hopes to rely on this army to protect her rule.

The nominal commander was Min Qianhao, the actual commander of the army was Min Yongyi, the nephew of Concubine Min, and the instructor was the military attache of the Japanese Embassy, the second lieutenant of the Japanese engineer Ryzo Tsurumoto, and the officers were almost all noble children loyal to the Concubine Min group. The main consul is Han Shenggen, the left deputy consul is Yin Xionglie, the right deputy consul is Jin Luguan, the staff consul is Yu Fanshan, and the battalion officer is Ding Longxie.

The whole army is completely Japanese-style equipment, Japanese-style training, and the treatment is extremely good, its grain and rice are five times that of the old army, and more importantly, it is never in arrears. At this time, its total strength was 400 people, and more than 100 children of nobles were sent to study at the Japanese Army School.

On the other hand, the original Hancheng garrison, the six battalions of the Beijing Army (training capital supervisor, dragon and tiger battalion, military guard battalion, janissary battalion, imperial camp hall, and general Rong hall), was established during the original Dayuan Jun period, and Concubine Min could not be trusted at all, and through a series of downsizing, Zuihou only left the Wuwei Battalion and the Zhuang Imperial Battalion. The rest of the more than 5,000 officers and soldiers were directly unemployed and became beggars living on the streets of Seoul.

The remaining two battalions were repeatedly in arrears of grain and rice, and by July 1882, they had not received rice for 13 months, and the family life could no longer be maintained.

At this point, all that's needed is a fuse.

Yuan Shikai was quite idle on the surface at this time, and today he went to the minister's house to visit the door, chant poems and drink. Tomorrow we will take a stroll outside that gate and enjoy the sights. A leisurely look made the Japanese spies who were secretly staring very puzzled.

But at night, Yuan Shikai's expression changed, and while discussing with Ma Jianzhong, he recorded what he saw and heard during the day, what the attitude of the visiting ministers to Japan was, and what the geography and water around the city were, so as to collect information for future operations.

On the other hand, he had to keep in touch with the domestic telegraph, and he could say that he admired the emperor. He was in Seoul, so he naturally knew that North Korea was full of mountains and rains, but the emperor was thousands of miles away, but he seemed to know the situation better than himself. What's even more amazing is that the emperor repeatedly asked himself to keep an eye on the announcement of the Seoul Xuanhui Hall. The Seonhye-san Office was the Joseon government's yamen in charge of the supply of military supplies, and the emperor demanded that as soon as the Seonhyee-office published a notice of the distribution of military rations, it would be reported to the country immediately. Yuan Shikai was amazed by this.

And Ding Yuntong, through the reports sent back by Yuan Shikai continuously, also secretly referred to the experience of the previous life, and came to the conclusion that the contradictions in this life are more acute than in the previous life, and the resentment of the people is more intense, which means that the turmoil that breaks out will be more ferocious.

In this regard, he had to make a decision in advance.

The result of the previous life was very simple, there was chaos in Korea, and the rebels and traitors attacked the Min Concubine group everywhere, as well as the Japanese. Then Dayuanjun took advantage of the situation to plot and regain power in one fell swoop.

Then both China and Japan sent troops to Korea, and the Chinese side was stronger, arrested Dayuanjun to China, and re-established the Min Concubine group, while Japan retreated, but forced Korea to sign the so that Japan obtained the same right to garrison troops as China, and also gained a lot.

So how should you control the situation in this life?

Ding Yuntong believes that although Dayuan Jun Shili and Concubine Min Group both put their own power first, there are still differences.

Oyuan-kun is slightly pro-China, but he hates Japan very much. Concubine Min, on the other hand, is not pro-China or pro-Japanese, but she does not hate Japan either.

In other words, the attitude towards Japan is more resolute and uncompromising.

In his previous life, Li Hongzhang made a big mistake and directly arrested Dayuanjun, who was inclined to China and hated Japan, and locked him up in China as a prisoner, which disappointed those Confucian scholars who were pro-China and hated Japan.

Of course, if you go with the flow and support the Dayuan monarch's regime to govern, this is also not a good choice. First of all, because Daewonjun came to power on the basis of the rebellion of the soldiers and the poor at the bottom, if China supports him, then in the future it will form a model of inadequacy, which is tantamount to encouraging this kind of "offense" in disguise, and when China rules Korea itself in the future, will it be treated like this?

Secondly, and more importantly, Dayuanjun did not rely on China's Liliang when he came to power this time, so how can he be expected to bow down to China?

Considering it all together, Ding Yuntong decided to adopt a different strategy from his previous life:

First of all, in principle, Concubine Min is still supported to come to power and the courtyard is under house arrest.

Secondly, instead of arresting Dayuanjun to China, he sent him to a remote city in a gentle way, borrowing the method used by the Celestial Empire in the previous life to deal with the Shangshu of the Criminal Department, for a "vacation treatment", and did not announce the crime, and maintained the posture that he could come back at any time, so as to spur the Min Concubine group.

Zuihou, I want to explain to Dayuanjun that when there is a war with Japan one day, he will be supported to re-ascend to the throne, so that Dayuanjun can rest and wait with peace of mind, and fight against Japan, and the more resolute anti-Japanese Dayuanjun will govern, and it will be more powerful for China.

Ding Yuntong revealed these strategies to Yuan Shikai in advance, but he was asked to keep them absolutely confidential, and he couldn't even tell his deputy Ma Jianzhong.

The wheels of history are slowly advancing, but there is one person who is fine-tuning the track under the wheels.

In July 1882, rumors spread in Seoul that the Wuwei Camp and the Zhuangyu Camp, which had been in arrears for 13 months, were even more distraught, and the target of resentment was first of all the Seonhui Office, which was responsible for the distribution of food.

Sensing that the situation was not good, the Seonhui Office announced on July 16 that a batch of rice from Jeollanam-do Province had arrived in the capital, and that it would first distribute a month's worth of military rations to the soldiers of the Muwei Battalion on July 19 to calm their emotions.

This announcement was quickly learned by Yuan Shikai, which Ding Yuntong had repeatedly reminded in advance.

Yuan Shikai exclaimed: "God, God, the temple is far-reaching, and the power of heaven is unpredictable!" He emitted a fear from the depths of his soul: "The emperor weishenme will know, weishenme will expect it?" ＂

Yuan Shikai has read sage books since he was a child, and he is silent and confused, and he doesn't care about the six realms. He is mysterious to ghosts and gods, and he has always been suspicious, but at this moment, he is far away from the emperor, as if he is in front of him; Tomorrow's events, but as yesterday's prediction, he felt frightened, and he even felt that if he had a disrespectful and rebellious heart, the emperor might be able to predict the prophet.

Of course, on the other hand, he is also more confident in completing the task, anyway, the emperor has already expected it. He immediately reported the news to Beijing.

That night, Ding Yuntong received a telegram and jumped three feet high, and sure enough, the track of history roughly coincided, which also made him more confident.

Ding Yuntong immediately ordered that Wu Zhaoyou's troops in Dengfeng, Shandong, should immediately mobilize, and the departure date was set for the 19th, and at the same time, the fleet anchored at Dagukou immediately went to the sea in Shandong to escort Wu Zhaoyou's troops.

At the same time, Xue Fucheng was ordered to let the spy network in Japan pay close attention to the movements of the two ports of Shimonoseki and Fukuoka in Japan.

In this nervous and exciting mood, the time came on July 19th.

Yuan Shikai just got up early in the morning, had breakfast, and before he could say a word to Ma Jianzhong, he saw his subordinates running in, panting and reporting: "Report to my lord, there is a fight in the Xuanhui Hall!" ＂

Yuan Shikai stood up violently, and the Korean rebellion began!