And in this catastrophe, Linhai Jun Li Jue was captured by the Japanese Invaders, and accordingly lost the opportunity to inherit the throne, and after finally driving away the Japanese Invaders, Li Hui, who originally thought that he could inherit the throne safely, suddenly had a younger brother, Yongchang Monarch Li ?, Li ? Although he was many years younger, he was the son of the queen, and he was naturally highly valued in Goryeo, which valued patriarchal succession.

As a result, the infighting continued, and the northern faction, which temporarily won the political struggle, was divided into the Dabei faction that supported Gwanghaejun Li Hui and supported Yongchang Dajun Li? The Xiaobei faction, when Seonjo died, chose not to set up a young and weak son-in-law, but let Gwanghaejun Li Hui succeed to the throne, but ordered the leader of the Xiaobei faction, Liu Yongqing, and other ministers to protect Yongchang Dajun Li? Free from persecution.

However, Li Hui, who has already ascended the throne, of course will not let his brothers threaten his throne anymore, he succeeded to the throne, killed Liu Yongqing and other ministers of the Xiaobei faction in the first year, and then killed his brother Linhai Jun Li Jue in the second year, and a few years later, he killed his younger brother Yongchang Dajun Li, who was only eight years old. Brutally steamed,

With Li Hui's brutal purge, the Dabei faction that supported Li Hui won a political victory and played a great role in Li Hui's succession to the throne.

However, the ministers of the Great Northern faction who supported him naturally continued to carry forward the glorious traditions of their ancestors, and there was constant infighting. This time, they are even more innovative, and they are divided into three factions at once: Gubei, Flesh North, and Zhongbei. In the brutal struggle that was not inferior to that of their ancestors, a large number of courtiers were executed or exiled, and the Roubei faction led by Li Erzhan and Zheng Renhong won the final victory.

During this period, in order to thank these courtiers for their merits in helping him in the previous tribulations, Li Hui canonized four groups of meritorious heroes, Weisheng Meritorious Heroes (ministers who helped Gwanghaejun ascend the throne), Yishe Meritorious Heroes (ministers who eradicated Linhaejun), Dingyun Meritorious Heroes (ministers who eradicated Liu Yongqing), and Hengnan Meritorious Heroes (ministers who eradicated Kim Nao-jae). And Zheng Renhong was canonized as the monarch of Ruining Mansion and promoted to Zuo Yizheng, which can be described as a very popular minister.

However, the good times did not last long, and Li Hui's act of killing his brother and imprisoning his stepmother was unanimously condemned by the people who believed in ethics and the lower-level bureaucrats and Confucian scholars, and in the self-killing of the courtiers, the tyranny of the Roubei faction was also lost.

At the same time, the unification of the Jurchens by Nurhachi, the leader of the Jurchen tribes in the north, also seriously threatened the security of the Korean kingdom. In order to rectify the national strength, Li Hui, who was in power at that time, implemented the "two-end policy", that is, the policy of riding on the wall and being neutral, and not offending either the Ming Dynasty or the Later Jin.

However, at the strong request of Yang Hao, the Ming Jingluo who had participated in the aid of Korea to resist Japan and was somewhat kind to Goryeo, in the last year of Wanli, Li Hui sent an army to form an alliance with the Ming Dynasty army to jointly conquer Houjin and launched the "Battle of Sarhu".

In this battle, it is known that the coalition forces were defeated and defeated by Nurhachi's Houjin army, and Gwanghae-jun and the Daebuk faction were very optimistic about the outcome of the battle beforehand, and ordered the Goryeo army to preserve its strength. The passive avoidance of the Goryeo army made the Ming side very dissatisfied, and Nurhachi's entrapment of Goryeo made the contradictions between the Ming government and Li Hui and the Dabei faction government more and more serious.

In Goryeo, the defeat of the war and the "ungrateful" actions of the Goryeo lord made the Goryeo subjects, who were already very dissatisfied with the brutal rule of Yi Hun and the Daebuk faction, revolt even stronger.

Based on this background, there was a rebellion within Korea, and the Western-Japanese Party, which had been beaten to the point of almost disappearing, staged a coup d'état and installed Yi Jun, the nephew of Yi Hui and the son of Jeongwonjun Yi Jun, as the new king of Goryeo. Li Hui was deposed from the throne and exiled to Jianghua Island at the same time.

The power of the Great Northern Faction came to an end, and the ministers of the Northern Faction such as Li Erzhan and Zheng Renhong were all executed.

Because of the previous thrilling lessons, Li Liang, who snatched the throne, naturally would not be polite to Li Hui, he burned Li Hui's eyes with lime, and then exiled to Ganghwa Island, and the original son, Li Hui's only son, was also exiled to Ganghwa Island after the rebellion, and then because he wanted to escape from the wall by digging tunnels, he was arrested in failure, and was soon given to commit suicide.

With Li Hui being ousted from the throne, the Westerners Party got the opportunity to control the government, but they did not escape the law of history, and soon divided into the Xunxi faction that had participated in the coup and the Qingxi faction that had not participated in the coup to continue the internal struggle, and in the fierce infighting, it was a brutal fight.

However, just when these ministers continued to fight among themselves, the world suddenly underwent great changes, first the Jurchen rose to become a country of its own, and then the Xuzhou power within the Ming Dynasty suddenly rose, and soon rebelled, destroying the new dynasty established by the Ming Dynasty.

If the sudden fall of the Ming Dynasty made the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo tremble, then the Han Dynasty forcibly marched into Goryeo after pacifying Manchuria, and announced that it would re-establish Li Hui and restore the throne on the grounds that it was illegal to abolish the usurpation, which made the monarchs and ministers of Goryeo feel the cold to the bone.

The lord of the country, Li Liang, was frightened at that time, and wanted to execute Li Hui on Ganghwa Island at that time, but Li Hui had been protected by the people sent by the Han Dynasty at that time, and he pounced, and he wanted to gather troops to resist, but he quickly failed - for the Han army that destroyed the Ming and Jurchen, the army of Goryeo could not afford to fight against each other at all, and defected before the battle, so Li Liang lost the throne in this way.

After being reinstated, Li Hui certainly did not forgive the previous people who ousted him from power and blinded him, as soon as he came to power, he executed Li Wei and his children and relatives, and then exterminated all the courtiers who rose up to launch a coup d'état, whether they were dead or still alive. After such a horrific slaughter, the Westerners' Party, which suddenly reappeared on the stage, suddenly disappeared again, and could no longer leave a trace in history.

But even with such a tragic revenge, the important ministers of the Great Northern Faction who supported Li Hui back then could not be resurrected, and in desperation, Li Hui could only choose his auxiliary ministers among the remaining ministers of the Xiaobei faction, and as one of the leaders of the Little Northern Faction, Jin Xinguo also rose to prominence and became the Minister of Parliament of Goryeo, and he was in power for a while.

Of course, although Li Hui and the Xiaobei faction temporarily came together for the sake of power, the estrangement in their hearts from many years ago is difficult to let go of after all, just because the high pressure of the Han is too strong, and the ministers can no longer abolish Li Hui, and Li Hui can't find a new minister because he is disabled and old, so everyone is still reluctantly pinched together and cooperated in official affairs.

Now Li Hui has understood this meaning, which makes Jin Xinguo surprised and a little emotional.

I think back then, after the lord of the country ascended the throne, he was so high-spirited, killing his brother and killing his minister, how heroic and decisive he was, but after the chaos of losing his position and becoming crippled, he had to bow to reality.

He has little hope for this life, even his only son has died in the chaos, and all he thinks about now is to enjoy his old age on the throne in peace, and die of old age with glory and wealth - and judging by his age, it may not be able to enjoy it for a few years.

However, the Han court and ambassadors were arrogant and domineering, and even such a humble wish was full of twists and turns, which was really sad to think about.

Jin Xinguo knew that although he had always been not in the same faction as the lord of the country, and had a lot of grudges before, but now he was tied together - the Xiaobei faction had been suppressed for many years before, and it had already declined, and now it suddenly regained power, and the foundation was still not solid, and it still had to rely on the authority of the lord, after all, even if it was discounted, the lord of the country was still the lord of the country.

So, he decided to comfort the old man.

"Since the restoration of the throne, Your Majesty has been working hard for the country, trying his best to support the country, recuperating with the people, neither building much nor killing ministers, all kinds of actions are in the eyes of ministers, and all the people are also in their eyes." He stood up solemnly, and then knelt down towards the lord of the country, "Your Majesty is concerned with the prosperity and decline of our country, and you must not be discouraged so that you will delay the country's plan!" I beg your majesty to put the state affairs and clan first! ”

After so many changes, Li Hui has already been like a dead heart, and what can move him is nothing more than to keep the Li family's country - but no monarch would want to lose his family.

After hearing that one of the leaders of Wenchen had expressed his support, Li Hui's heart was also set a lot.

At least for now, the courtiers have not wanted to abolish themselves, and they do not plan to do so by taking advantage of the status of the crown prince of China after the arrival of the crown prince.

"Aiqing was able to say this, which really touched me. Aiqing is right, although the country is like this, but if my court is united and the people's morale is available, then there must still be a way to think about it. ”

At this moment, due to the pressure of China and North Korea and their respective embarrassing status quo, the monarchs and ministers who had been deeply disliked in their hearts finally put aside their previous grudges for the time being, temporarily united closely, and worked hard to protect the national glory of Goryeo, that is, their respective ruling interests.

"It is imperative that the officials who receive them serve the princes of China and the DPRK well." After being silent for a moment, Li Hui waved his hand resolutely, "The crown prince of China and the DPRK has the hope of the world, and he is categorically negligent, once he loses, the Chinese and Korean dynasties will definitely be furious, and Goryeo will definitely not be able to bear the consequences at that time." ”

"Your Majesty is right, and the minister thinks the same." Jin Xinguo agreed with him, "So the ministers are personally responsible for the reception of the crown prince of the Chinese Dynasty, and the upper and lower ministers should wait for the ministers to watch, and no one dares to ignore it." ”

"Well, Aiqing has always been meticulous and thoughtful, and with Aiqing to handle it personally, I am much more relieved. In addition, this time Li Ke will also come with the prince of China and North Korea, with him by his side to take care of and pass on the news, Aiqing must do things seriously, and he will not anger the prince of China and North Korea. Li Hui still had a calm face, but suddenly said something worrying, "However, serving the prince of China and the DPRK is only one of them, Aiqing must also cheer up, beware of some ill-intentioned Goryeo subjects, running to the side of the prince of the Chinese dynasty to spread rumors, so that he misunderstands me and Aiqing......"