In the palace of Seoul, the capital of the Korean Kingdom, the current King Lee is in court discussions with several confidants. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Your Majesty, in recent days, rumors have been circulating in Hancheng to slander the royal family and surrender to the Han army, the content of the rumors is extremely insulting, and it has dealt a great blow to the prestige of the royal family.

The king surnamed Li, who was sitting at the top, frowned and said nothing, this was not the first time he had heard about the negative impact of the royal family, where did he not know where the source of this kind of thing was?

It is nothing more than those gentry, landlords and interest groups of the Korean Kingdom who have noticed the dealings between the royal family and Xue Ziwu, the commander of the Han army, in private, and have even learned that the royal family has secretly expressed its attitude of surrender!

Otherwise, no matter how bold those people were, they wouldn't dare to almost go against the king of the Joseon Kingdom!

The king surnamed Li knew very well that he had offended a large number of Korean magnates by secretly surrendering to him, and if he hadn't held thousands of Praetorian Guards loyal to the king tightly in his hands, I am afraid that the palace coup would have been able to do it!

It's a pity that even if the king surnamed Li knows who is against him, he can't do it, that group of people represents the vast number of interest groups in the Korean kingdom, and they are basically the same in their stance on the invasion of the Han army, once the king of Korea makes the first move, I am afraid that those who are not radical magnates will also participate in their own interests!

At that time, I am afraid that the Korean royal family will oppose more than ninety percent of the powerful people of the entire Korean Kingdom!

The dynasty surnamed Li is not like the emperor of the Manchu Empire, with millions of hardcore banner supporters standing behind him, and a strong force of eight banners that is okay in prestige!

The reason why the emperors of the Manchu Empire were able to evolve centralized power to the pinnacle of Chinese history was inseparable from their special minority oppression of the majority government!

If there were no special group of Qiren interests, I am afraid that the Manchu Empire would be the same as the Ming Dynasty back then, and the civil and bureaucratic system would be huge enough to play with the imperial power!

The power structure of the Korean kingdom is similar to that of the Ming Dynasty, if the king surnamed Li wants to control the whole of Korea, he naturally has to rely on the civil official system, and it is easy to reduce the military power of military generals, but without a complete set of civil official system, it is definitely a disaster for a country!

The king needed to rely on layers of civil officials to issue his orders, and naturally, after a long time, these civil officials would form small groups, which were called 'party and government' in the Ming Dynasty!

This is also a way for the imperial power to maintain its own authority, if one faction in the civil system is allowed to dominate, the emperor's decree may be discounted!

The Donglin Party in the late Ming Dynasty was exactly like this!

Even if Chongzhen conscientiously maintains the country, but after all, the implementation of Chongzhen's orders still depends on the people below, the terrible thing is that the following has become the world of the Donglin Party, it is conceivable how much Chongzhen's efforts will achieve......

King Li is basically facing this problem, there is no threat of the Han army, and the Korean kingdom is also divided into several factions, but the Han army invaded Korea not to be the suzerain, but to be a bandit to strengthen and commit a traitor!

The Han army can spare the useful Korean royal family, but the fat and oily Korean magnates below can't!

It's all spared, who will Xue Ziwu rob?

North Korean civilians can't eat their poor food, oil and water are all on the North Korean elites, where to swing this knife, everyone can see!

This is the reason why the North Korean magnates know that the Han army is strong, and they still resist with all their might, this is a-for-tat relationship of interests, and the hegemonic approach of the Han army makes the two sides have no room for relaxation, and can only rely on iron and blood to decide who benefits!

Between the interests of the Han army and the powerful people of the entire Korean Kingdom, the royal family surnamed Li, which was originally very powerful in the Korean Kingdom, has become the weakest 'insignificant', and the king surnamed Li is even so aggrieved that he can't even prohibit the rumors about slandering himself in the city!

In the feudal era, the dissemination of information was already backward, and it was naturally easier for the superior to maintain his authority, and it was easier for him to raise the literary prison and smash people with the 'stick of harmony'!

Therefore, as long as the king surnamed Li is determined to stop the rumors and dispatch the Praetorian Guard, it can still be done, but when the rumors are finished, I am afraid that the king surnamed Li will be in great trouble!

If the king surnamed Li does this, he will almost explicitly tell those Korean magnates whose interests are threatened, that I will work against you and dedicate the entire Korean kingdom to the Han army!

It is not clear whether the magnates of the entire Korean kingdom can move the Han army, and the king surnamed Li is relatively innocent about military affairs......

The reason for the fear of the Han army is entirely based on the example of the Manchu Empire, and the king surnamed Li made a very simple reasoning:

The Manchu Empire can beat the Korean Kingdom, the Han army can beat the Manchu Empire, what will happen if the Han Army confronts the Korean Kingdom?

It's a very simple reasoning, why can't those powerful people figure it out!

The king surnamed Li is very distressed about this, of course, he can more or less understand the thoughts of those Korean magnates, people die for money, birds die for food, and he can still be a puppet as a king, if those magnates surrender to the Han army, they will be able to save their lives, even if they don't have to scatter their wealth, they will not be separated......

For human beings who have always been high up, it is really better to let him fall from the clouds, it is really better to fight for it once with his life!

People, after all, have a fluke mentality, especially when it comes to their own huge interests!

Just when the king surnamed Li was entangled in his heart, an urgent report suddenly came from outside the door!

"Report ~~~ King Qiqi, the battle report came from the front, the Han army is coming to the city, and I am facing 30,000 troops...... Defeated! ”

When the king surnamed Li heard the defeat of his army, he was not angry but happy, and got up from the dragon chair with emotion, and shouted: "Good! ”

Immediately after, he seemed to react, looking at the embarrassed looks of the people around him, the king surnamed Li pretended to be majestic and coughed lightly, and gave an order that seemed absolutely mediocre from the outside!

"Order the commander of the Praetorian Guard, let him take down all the people involved according to the list I have explained, and kill anyone who resists on the spot! All the property is flushed into the treasury! ”

A henchman of the king next to him asked weakly: "Your Majesty, do you want to interrogate first and then make a decision?" ”

"No need for interrogation, no need for evidence, the Han army is about to enter the city, I want to open the city gate to welcome the heavenly army!"

King Li said categorically, he knew that the victory of the Han army was almost a foregone conclusion, and now was the critical moment for him to score points for himself and satisfy General Xue Ziwu!

If you want to make yourself and your family comfortable in the future, when will you stay without patting at this time?