Chapter 488: Seoul Palace Changes

Sanggyeong-do, North Korea, Busan Military Port.

Since the start of the Sino-Japanese war, Busan has been an important port for the Xia army to transit to Japan, and the Xia Dynasty built a large military port here, although the war is now over, the Xia Dynasty still controls the port and does not return it to Korean control.

After a day's flight, the carrier pigeon finally flew into the Busan Military Port, and the small note tied to its paws was quickly found.

After a few more days, this matter was finally put in front of Su Fu, and this governor of Zhengdong could not have imagined that the Korean Kingdom, which had always submitted to the Xia Dynasty and did not dare to have two hearts, now began to plot to rebel against the imperial court.

At this time, the first and fourth towns in the two Japanese provinces had already withdrawn to China, and only the seventh town was still stationed separately in the two Japanese provinces, and the two towns had just entered the northeast or Shandong borders and could enter Korea at any time to quell the rebellion.

Coupled with the fact that North Korea was deeply influenced by the Xia Dynasty and had a Xia military base in its country, Su Fu was not worried about how much the North Koreans could make waves, but since he had received information in advance, he had to deal with it.

Su Fu first wrote a note and sent it back to China to report the matter to the imperial court, because Su Yan had given him the right to act cheaply, so Su Fu could make his own decisions before receiving orders from the imperial court.

After sending the fold, he began to mobilize a group of soldiers and horses to return to Korea by boat, under the pretext that he wanted to return to the northeast through Korea, and when he passed through Seoul, he suddenly made a mistake, and moved before the king of Korea and put him under house arrest.

This naturally required the assistance of the Jinyi guards stationed in Seoul, who asked the Jinyi guards of Seoul to increase their infiltration efforts and obtain a token to open the city gates, so that the Seoul defenders could open the city gates and welcome the army into the city.

When the news of Xia Jun's transfer reached Seoul, although Li Li knew that Xia Jun could not know his intention to rebel, he still couldn't help but feel empty, and summoned several leaders of the Nanren Party overnight to discuss with them how to deal with this matter.

Several leaders of the Southern People's Party were not persuaded by Li Di, and they were not willing to turn their faces with the Xia Dynasty in such a hurry, and now the foundation of the new monarch's accession to the throne is unstable, and the power of the Western Party in the DPRK still occupies the majority, and the war with the Xia Dynasty is only afraid that the Western Party will command the army to surround the palace and launch a palace change the next day.

Therefore, they tried their best to persuade Li Di not to be too anxious, this was just an ordinary transfer of the Xia army, and under the persuasion of the ministers of the Southern People's Party, Li Di was skeptical, but he still believed their words and no longer worried about this matter.

However, with the landing of the Xia army in Busan, he did not dare to blatantly block the conscription, and also sent people to keep an eye on the Xia army entering the court, for fear that the other party would make something unfavorable to him, so he went until the Xia army passed through Seoul, asking for supplies in Seoul and a night's rest.

Li Di wanted to refuse, but Xu Mu told him that if they rashly refused Xia Jun's request, it was likely to expose their own weakness, so it was better not to refuse, under Xu Mu's persuasion, Li Di was a little reluctant, but still agreed to Xia Jun's request.

In the middle of the night of the eighth day of the second month of the fifteenth year of Wu'an, the Xia army was temporarily stationed outside Hancheng.

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With the help of the cover of night, a horse rushed into the barracks of the Xia army, and the cavalry in black robes saw two soldiers trying to step forward to stop them, and the knight immediately raised his waist card and shouted: "I am the small banner of Fusi of Jinyi Weibei Town, coming from Seoul, I want to see your generals." ”

One of the soldiers fixed his eyes and made sure that the waist card was indeed the waist card of the brocade guard, so he took the initiative to step forward and clasp his fists and said, "Please dismount and come with me." ”

Xiaoqi nodded, turned over and dismounted, handed the reins to another soldier, and followed the man into the camp, and came to the largest tent in the center of the camp, and met the general of the first brigade of the seventh town.

After seeing the general, he saluted and said: "Liu Ankang, the lowly commander of the Beizhen Fusi Xiaoqi, is ordered by the Lord of the Hundred Households to go out of the city and talk to the General in detail about entering the city tonight. ”

The general nodded, he already knew the goal of the trip before he set out, although it was not clear why the Governor would suddenly act against the loyal Korean vassals, but the soldier had a duty to obey orders, and he only had to do what he was told.

He said: "Ben will know, Liu Xiaoqi, what is your plan for Beizhen Fusi?" ”

"If you return to the general, the Lord of the Hundred Households has obtained the token to open the city gate, and when the torch is lit in the direction of the city gate and shakes it three times, the Lord can lead the army into the city and go straight to the palace, and everything in the city will be taken care of by our Beizhen Fusi." Liu Ankang replied.

"Good!" The general nodded again, since the brocade guards were all arranged, then he only needed to act according to the plan.

Time passed quickly, and after late at night, a torch suddenly lit up in the direction of the distant city gate, and the torch shook three times, and the soldiers who were ordered to keep an eye on the city gate hurriedly informed the general, who heard the words and immediately ordered the whole army to assemble.

Because the soldiers did not take off their armor to rest, it only took less than ten minutes for more than 2,000 soldiers in the army to complete the assembly, and the general's eyes swept over the faces of the assembled soldiers. ”

The words fell, the soldiers of the first target stepped on a neat pace, trotted all the way to follow the general's war horse to the direction of the city gate, not long after, they arrived outside the city gate, saw the Jinyi guard who was responsible for answering, the Korean soldiers guarding the city gate were standing behind the Jinyi guard nervously, they looked at the Xia army who entered the city, with confusion and uneasiness on their faces.

They didn't know what was going on, they only knew that after Shangguan saw a token for opening the city brought by a Xia person, he said a few words that he didn't know the content, and then opened the city gate to welcome the Xia army stationed outside the city into the city.

After the Xia army entered the city, there was no pause, they went directly towards Gyeongbokgung Palace, although the movement of the Xia army into the city was not very big, but it still alarmed most of the people along the street, they rubbed their sleepy eyes, scolded and got up from the bed, went to the door and window to peek out, wanted to see what happened, but after seeing the heavily armed soldiers, their sleepiness was immediately dispelled, and they hurriedly pulled their wives and children and hid in the bed.

The Korean officers and soldiers in charge of the night patrol also discovered the army of the suzerainty that had entered the city, and they were surprised, but they did not have the intention of dying for the king, and hurriedly hid in the dark alleys, watching the group of soldiers trotting past, and everyone's face was full of fear.

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Seoul Song Mansion, the news of the Xia army's entry into the city was quickly spread to the house of Song Shilie, the leader of the Westerner Party, this old minister who had been reused in the Xiaozong Dynasty heard that the Xia army suddenly entered the city overnight, and went straight to Gyeongbokgung Palace, silent for a long time, and then said to the heirs who gathered after hearing the news:

"Let's go back and rest, this matter has nothing to do with us, but after tonight, it seems that the sky in North Korea is about to change."

There are many people who have the same idea as Song Shilie, and those ministers who got the news are keenly aware of this, but they are all indifferent, even the ministers of the Southern People's Party, who usually shout that they want to get rid of the eastern province and restore their previous independent state, stay at home and dare not move, watching Xia Jun go towards the palace.

However, Xia Jun was not just to arrest Li Di, the leaders of the Nanren Party who were discussing with Li Di at that time were also on the arrest list, so after Xia Jun entered the city, he quickly divided his troops and ran towards the residence of the leader of the Nanren Party.

It was naturally impossible to hide such a big news from Li Li when Xia Jun entered the city, and he was still fantasizing in his sleep that North Korea would become stronger and stronger under his rule, but at this moment, the attendants suddenly broke in and hurriedly woke him up from his sleep.

Li Di, who was shaken awake, sat up from the bed impatiently, and scolded the attendant: "What are you doing? If nothing matters, the widow will cut off your head! ”

"Your Highness!" The attendant knelt on the ground, his body trembled, and his words carried a panic that could not be concealed: "Xia, the Xia army has entered the city, they have entered the city without permission, and they are rushing towards Gyeongbokgung Palace!" ”

"What?!"

Li Di's body was shocked, and he didn't care about being angry that he was woken up, so he hurriedly got up from the bed, hurriedly put on his shoes, and ran quickly towards the outside of the palace.

Li Di ran outside the palace, looked at the alarmed guards and forbidden soldiers outside, and couldn't care about the image, and shouted loudly: "Close the gates of Gyeongbokgung Palace for the widow, and you can't open the palace gate without the widow's order, and ...... Go and summon Xu Mu into the palace for the widow, and the widow wants to see him! ”

Xia Jun suddenly entered the city at this time, and he still came straight to Gyeongbokgung Palace, even if he used his ass to know what Xia Jun's purpose was, plus Li Di already had a ghost in his heart, how not to let him panic?

With the king's words, the palace attendants and the forbidden army hurriedly took action to close the palace gate before the arrival of the Xia army.

When the Xia army arrived outside Gyeongbok Palace, Li Di had been waiting on the city wall for a while, he looked at the heavily armed Xia soldiers outside, and the luck in his heart couldn't help but waver, but he still shouted loudly: "The outside is the king of the Heavenly Dynasty, how can you break into the capital of the subject country without the permission of the imperial court?" ”

He looked up at the thinly dressed king of Joseon, and said in a loud voice: "Your Highness, this general will be ordered by the king of Zhendong County to arrest the rebel party who is plotting to rebel against the Celestial Empire, and please ask Your Highness to open the palace gate quickly and let the soldiers of our army enter the palace to search. ”

"You!"

Li Yan was shocked and angry when he heard this, he was surprised that the Xia Dynasty actually knew that they were preparing to rebel, and he was angry that the general didn't give him any face, although he knew that he was just a vassal king, but no matter what, the other party was just a small general, and he should be polite to him no matter what.

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"Please also ask Your Highness to open the palace gate!"

Seeing that Li Di was unmoved, the general raised his throat again and shouted loudly.

As his words fell, the Xia officers and soldiers behind him also shouted loudly, and the shouts of the Xia soldiers converged and echoed throughout the entire Seoul, making Li Di's limbs cold and his feet weak, almost unable to stand steadily.

Just when Li Di was hesitating, the attendants beside him also persuaded in a low voice: "Your Highness, no matter what, you are also the king of North Korea personally appointed by His Majesty the Emperor of the Celestial Empire, and they dare not do anything to you without full evidence, but if you insist on not opening the palace gate, and wait for the Xia army to attack the city, you really can't tell." ”

After listening to the persuasion of the attendants, Li Yan sighed, and still ordered the palace gate to be opened and the Xia army to enter the palace.

With the king's order, the palace gate was slowly opened, the general waved his hand, and the heavily armed soldiers swarmed into Gyeongbokgung Palace, and soon controlled the entire Gyeongbokgung Palace, and then the general rode his horse slowly into the palace, he looked at the Korean king who walked down from the city, and did not intend to dismount and salute, but raised his hand and clenched his fist, and said:

"Your Highness, please forgive the last general's defeat, but in order to ensure the safety of Your Highness, please also ask Your Highness to move to the backyard."

The general's voice fell, and several soldiers behind him took the initiative to step forward, not knowing whether it was intentional or not, and the muzzle of the black hole in his hand was also faintly aimed at the king.

Li Di looked at this scene, where did he not understand what this meant, this was clearly the rhythm of house arrest, but he had already let Xia Jun enter the palace at this time, and he was surrounded by Xia Jun's people, even if he wanted to refuse, he didn't have that confidence.

Therefore, he had no choice but to sigh again, follow the general's words, and leave here under the escort of the officers and soldiers of Xia.

The news of Li Di's house arrest soon spread in the North Korean officialdom, in addition to a number of Nanren Party ministers, including Xu Mu, were also arrested, and the prison of the North Korean torture Cao was temporarily requisitioned by Jinyiwei to imprison these Nanren Party ministers.

Under the torture of Jin Yiwei, many ministers looked like they would rather die than obey, and for several days, they didn't ask for any useful information.

In desperation, in order to avoid causing deaths, Jinyiwei could only temporarily stop interrogating and report the matter to the imperial court, if they could get the support of the imperial court, they would not be afraid.

During this period, many rumors began to appear in Korea because of the king's house arrest, and under the instructions of some nobles who were afraid that their vested interests would be taken away by the Xia Dynasty, rumors began to circulate within Korea that the Xia Dynasty was preparing to depose the king of Korea and incorporate Korea into the territory, and the people were encouraged to make trouble against this move of the Xia Dynasty.

But what they didn't expect was that the Korean people had suffered from two classes of aristocracy and a rigid social system for a long time, and they often heard that the people on the Xia Dynasty lived and worked in peace and contentment, so they were more willing to become the subjects of Great Xia than to continue to maintain the rule of the Li Dynasty.

Many people began to look forward to the day when the imperial court would announce the deposition of the king of Joseon and the annexation of Korea into the territory of the Xia Dynasty.

The Xia Dynasty was not aware of this, and after learning that the Joseon king was preparing to plot a rebellion, the imperial court, just in case, mobilized the first town in the northeast region to return to Guanwai to turn around and enter the court, and stationed on the Korean Peninsula, ready to suppress the rebellion at any time.