King Li Xi and Concubine Min discussed for a long time, thinking that around Korea, the Japanese wolf ambitions were very big against Korea, and it was impossible to lure wolves into the house, and if they attracted Japanese power like the Enlightenment Party, not only would the Qing Kingdom be furious, but also burn themselves. The pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Korea has a deep fear of Japan at any time, so it chose Russia, which is also very close to North Korea, as the focus of long-distance and close attacks. Although the Qing State placed King Li Xi's biological father Dayuanjun under house arrest, it does not mean that the Qing State no longer supports Dayuanjun, Dayuanjun, as a conservative party, is of course willing to follow the orderly suzerain-vassal system that has existed for hundreds of years, and the Kaihua Party is supported by the Japanese. Concubine Min was worried about the comeback of Dayuanjun with the support of the Qing State, and was worried about the resurgence of the Kaihua Party with the support of the Japanese, so she had no choice but to choose a third country, Russia, as the middle country to balance the Qing and Japanese in Korea.

After Min Yongyi, the minister of the Korean Affairs Party, the secretary of the Bing Cao Judgment and the envoy of the pro-army right battalion, went to China and returned to North Korea for some reason, then Gojong and Concubine Min handed over the secret mission of the alliance with Russia to him. However, Min Yongyi did not support the practice of uniting with Russia, and repeatedly reprimanded him to no avail, and finally told Yuan Shikai that North Korea was ready to sign a secret treaty with Russia to sell part of its rights and interests. The DPRK-Russia secret treaty has surfaced at this point. Yuan Shikai did not immediately decide to take measures, but waited for the secret documents to be released before acting. Later, when the secret treaty was freshly released, Yuan Shikai called Li Hongzhang to inform him of the incident, reprimanding the king Li Xi, who was bent on "betraying China's independence", and suggesting that the Qing government "send a sailor first, carry a little land soldiers, and be ordered to cross quickly, abolish this faint king, and set up another sage of the Li family, and then follow the crossing with thousands of soldiers." And he has secretly colluded with Li Yuying, the king of Xingxuan Courtyard, and is ready to make his eldest grandson Li Yunrong the new king. This is the Yuan family's conspiracy to establish a new monarch.

After Li Hongzhang got the secret report, he carefully discussed it, and still decided: "Although this matter is secret, the secret has been revealed, and it is difficult to accommodate. I am afraid that if we do not disrupt the party and abolish the monarch, there will be no way to restore the situation. He did not approve of the deposition of the monarch, but China should be cautious in sending troops, so he planned to send Chen Yunyi, who had managed telegraphs in Korea, to Korea under the pretext of checking the wires, and secretly discussed with Yuan Shikai and Dayuan Jun about the deposition of Gaozong. If Dayuanjun has the ability to stage a coup d'état and destroy the pro-Russian faction, he can ask China for troops after the coup to stabilize the situation. Then consider whether to ask the minister to send the minister to the court, abolish the king and establish a new king, if he is not capable, and he still wants Yuan Shikai to make a move, then I'm sorry, Beiyang will not do such an unjust head, in the future, the king of the courtyard will gain power, maybe he will immediately turn his face and take the abolition of Li Xi as a major crime of the Qing State, and call on the military and the people of the whole country to unite together to fight against the chauvinistic Qing State, this kind of trick Li Hongzhang has really seen too much. Therefore, Li Hongzhang was unhappy to meet Concubine Min of North Korea, and he also had the idea that "North Korea's affairs are not only caused by Japan, but also by the Koreans themselves."

After Li Hongzhang went to the imperial court, the Empress Dowager Cixi ordered Ding Ruchang to lead most of the warships of the South and North Oceans to cruise through Korea to gain momentum.

And in North Korea, Yuan Shikai also took action and tore his face with North Korea. After Yuan Shikai learned that the DPRK and Russia were already exchanging secret treaties, Xu Xiangyu, the acting foreign affairs supervisor of the DPRK, who came to meet him, raised a stern question. Xu Xiangyu was terrified and returned to the king. Yuan Shikai did not stop doing anything, and immediately invited the Interior Department and the battalions to come to his official residence for a banquet, during which he sternly reprimanded him about the "secret treaty" and held a fabricated telegram saying that China had decided to dispatch the 72nd Jinzhou Battalion to Korea to inquire about the guilt, and that he would arrive in the near future. North Korean officials were shocked and left their seats to sue the king. After that, the people were panicked, and Gaozong was terrified, so he sent Shen Shunze, the leader of the council, Jin Hongji, and the ministers inside and outside the country to Yuan Shikai one after another to confess, saying that the king and the government did not know about this matter, and it must be a villain's fabrication. Yuan Shikai said: Since the king and the government did not know, they should ask for the manuscript back; If it is a forgery, the perpetrator should be investigated. He also threatened the Korean ministers and said: "The Holy Dynasty looks to the east, and the righteousness is benevolent, why should it be lost to the DPRK?" With this move, it is obvious that it is a betrayal of China. If the Celestial Empire is furious, Master Jiang Xing will ask for the guilt, I don't know how Han should respond? ! Then he conspired with Dayuanjun, and let Dayuanjun enter the palace to explain his interests to Gaozong and Concubine Min and others. The king of the courtyard "entered the palace to hold the king's hand and cried, and wept to play the princess", which is a very remarkable move, and this move is noteworthy, because it is associated with the abolition of the king. Joseon Gaozong was admitted to the throne by the will of the princess Zhao (Queen Shenzhen), and Daewonjun's "weeping" should be based on the precedent of Yanshanjun and Gwanghaejun in history to intimidate Gaozong in the name of the concubine (Queen Zhenxian and Queen Inmu), causing a cry in the palace, but Concubine Min pretended to be calm and said: "There is no evidence, if you don't admit it, you can do nothing, although Hua has millions of soldiers, why mourn?" It can be seen that Concubine Min knew that Yuan Shikai was unlikely to persuade the Qing State to send troops to directly depose the king of Joseon.

At that time, Yuan Shikai's uncle Yuan Baoling also instructed Yuan Shikai that "the monarchs and ministers of the dynasty do not admit it, and this matter can be delayed at this time, and there is no need to mention a word, and concentrate on constructing and summoning words, so that Han has a civil change, the original sentence can be borrowed from the beginning, and China can use the topic to send troops." It can be seen that the coup d'état planned by Yuan Shikai in collusion with Daewonjun is about to be released, and in addition, the warships of the Qing army have crossed eastward one after another, although the warships have not landed on Ganghwa Island, they have already appeared in the waters around Gyeonggi Province, and the people are panicking, and the situation in Korea can be said to have reached the level of a critical situation.

Russian Ambassador to Russia Vebe originally wanted to intervene in the North Korean issue, but he did not have the idea of getting involved in North Korea, after all, there is no direct territorial border, and it is impossible to take any direct rule over North Korea, his idea was originally just to use the North Korean issue to force China to make concessions on many issues with China, but he did not expect Beiyang's reaction to be so fierce, Yuan Shikai was even more domineering, and directly sat on the throne in Gyeongbokgung Palace, reprimanding the Korean king Li Xi for "going against the grain and disrespecting the "Sect Ordinance" to privately marry foreign countries, Self-determination has been made to China! In addition, at this time, Sino-Russian relations were still harmonious, and the friendship between the Berlin Conference was still there, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs strictly ordered Weibei not to meddle in his affairs. Yuan Shikai originally wanted to set off a bloody storm in North Korea, and the emperor asked the queen mother, but the queen mother just said lightly, "The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has stated its attitude and this matter will no longer be investigated." That's it.