Master Yuan, start!

When Yuan Shikai ordered the Gapsin Right Army to march south to fight, the Seoul Patrol Army and the Korean Special Army were disbanded, and their personnel were incorporated into the Gapsin Right Army as auxiliary troops. The defense of Seoul was also entirely the responsibility of the Gapsin friendly forces, rather than being shared by China and North Korea as before.

The issuance of the Korean conscription order undoubtedly deprived the Korean government of the possibility of organizing an army in Korea. However, at that time, the rebel army was powerful and the Japanese army approached Seoul several times. In a hurry, the Korean officials did not carefully examine the conscription order.

The North Korean government can only organize armed forces of less than 100 people, which means that at most they can recruit a few armed police officers, and any more will be excessive.

Kim Hong-jip knew the meaning very well. Yuan Xiangcheng wanted Korea to have only one military force, the Gapsin Right Army. In this way, as long as his Gapsin Right Army was in Korea, Yuan Xiangcheng would have the final say in Korea.

Jin Bingshi thought for a moment, then said in a low voice: "Based on my understanding of Yuan Xiangcheng, he should not have the idea of ​​deposing Wang Liu and establishing himself as the emperor. Besides, he is Han Chinese, while the Qing emperor is Manchu.

"Except for the early Qing Dynasty, the Qing Dynasty had never had a prince of a different surname in the past 200 years, let alone a real king of a different surname. Even if he could subdue Korea, he would not be able to serve the Qing Dynasty."

Jin Hongji was a little confused when he heard this. He didn't know what Yuan Xiangcheng was up to. Since he didn't want to proclaim himself king, why did he force them to impeach Li Xi?

Li Xi had long become a puppet. Why would Yuan Xiangcheng be so persistent in pursuing a puppet?

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"Watch what he says and listen to what he does." Jin Bingshi recalled the scene a few years ago when he discussed the history of European countries with Yuan Shikai in the Seoul Post. At that time, Yuan Shikai did not yet have a large army, and his official career was not smooth because he angered the powerful Kaihua faction. The two were close friends and often talked late into the night.

When Yuan Shikai talked about Western countries, what he admired most was not the German imperial system like that of East Asian countries, but the constitutional monarchy of England and the republic of France.

"Yuan Xiangcheng, I'm afraid you want to be the Prime Minister or President of Korea. Jingneng, you don't know that this Western Prime Minister is the powerful minister described in history books, who ignores the king's orders and acts on his own.

And this president is even more shocking. This is a country without a king or a father. The people of the country elect a person with both virtue and ability as the head of state. There is no trace of the existence of any king in the country.

East Asian countries do not have the positions of prime minister or president. Most of the people in the central government are capable officials who assist the monarch in making decisions, rather than powerful ministers who are isolated from the monarch and act arbitrarily, let alone a president who has no monarch or father.

With the Qing Dynasty nearby, Yuan Shikai would never risk the world's disapproval to become president. He could only choose to settle for the second best and become the powerful prime minister who was in charge of the Korean government.

He wanted to be a powerful minister, but he was unwilling to be inferior to the king, so he spared no effort to undermine the king's prestige and asked the king to apologize to the world.

Jin Hongji was puzzled and turned to ask, "Isn't he afraid that the Qing court will be wary of him by doing this? He's not even thirty yet and he's already seeking to rule the country. He's not even a Qing citizen. Will Beijing really agree to this?"

Jin Bingshi looked at the soldiers of the Jiashen Right Army who were maintaining order in the streets and sighed, "Jingneng, don't you understand? Who is supporting Yuan Shikai behind the scenes? If it were just him, could the tense situation in Korea that has lasted for more than a year be maintained?

What Yuan Shikai has said in newspapers over the past year or so about Korea returning to China is not to deceive the Korean people, but he and the Qing central government behind him really want to do so.

Now that the rebellion has been quelled and Korea is stable, if we want Korea to return to China, the king is the obstacle standing in the way and must be removed!"

Jin Hongji was stunned for a moment after hearing this. He stamped his feet and sighed deeply, "That's why Yuan Xiangcheng insisted that we impeach the king. Only then could he proceed. The confession he had the king write was probably also for this moment."

"That's right. Even if a king is cowardly and has no achievements, the throne is naturally prestigious and cannot be matched by his subjects. But if this prestige is hit again and again, how much will be left?" Jin Bingshi said with a wry smile.

Upon hearing this, Jin Hongji hurriedly said, "Shengchu, are we just going to sit there and wait for death? Why don't we kidnap the king and raise an army to support him while the situation is still unclear? Yuan Xiangcheng is a man of deep thoughts, and there's no telling what he might do to harm the king in the future."

"Raise an army to support the king?" Jin Bingshi stared at Jin Hongji with some doubt and said, "How many men do you have? Yuan Xiangcheng's army is here. Where can we go to support the king? Korea is not like China. It is small and densely populated. It is surrounded by the sea on three sides. Yuan Xiangcheng's Jiashen Right Army can easily send troops to suppress the rebellion. I am afraid that before the army arrives, we and the king will be captured. Moreover, he promised you and me that he would not harm the king's life."

"Besides, you and I are both serving the great faction. Although everyone says that we serve the great faction and are selling out our country just to please the Qing officials, without caring about the lives of the Korean people, you and I both know that this is just to seek a way for Korea to survive. The Qing is so powerful, how can we survive if we don't serve the great faction?

Moreover, our creed as a servile faction is to ensure the survival of Korea. Currently, Korea is thriving under Yuan Shikai's rule. Steamships are constantly arriving at Inchon Harbor, and nearly everyone in Seoul is literate, with new clothes available for every household. Isn't this exactly what we want to see? "What's wrong with people living in peace and contentment?"

When Jin Hongji heard this, although he was unwilling, he had no choice but to accept his fate. After all, Yuan Shikai did do good things for the Korean people, and they could not change their minds, so they chose to obey.

After returning home, they followed Yuan Shikai's instructions and instigated officials in the court to frequently criticize the Yangban class for their rebellion and collusion with the Japanese army.

First, he blamed the Japanese army, then a few days later he blamed the rebellious yangban, and finally he even pointed the finger at King Lee Hee.

For Yuan Shikai, eliminating the Korean yangban rebels and the invading Japanese army only established his military control over the Korean Peninsula.

Politically, he had been cooperating with the Sildae faction, constantly supporting the Sildae faction to attack the conservative yangban and enlightenment faction in the court.

Now, the conservative two classes were wiped out by Yuan Shikai, and the enlightenment faction also split. Some chose to join Yuan Shikai's new-style school, while others chose to cooperate with the Japanese army in rebellion and had their homes confiscated by Yuan Shikai.

Now, the only thing standing in front of Yuan Xiangcheng is the Shi Da faction and King Li Xi who are cooperating with him. As long as these two obstacles are removed, North Korea can completely be named "Yuan".

However, Yuan Shikai did not want to wipe out all the factions that were inclined towards him. On the one hand, the two sides cooperated well, and if he attacked them, he would inevitably have to use some dirty tricks, and there would be suspicion of abandoning the dog after the rabbit had died.

On the other hand, in the future, there will inevitably be more and more enlightened people in the Korean school of Yuan Xiangcheng's No. 0 Middle School. If there is no one to check and balance this group of Yuan's enlightened people, the political power within Korea will be unbalanced.

Moreover, letting the Sida faction deal a final blow to King Lee Hee can be regarded as a token of allegiance from the gentry in Korea to Yuan Shikai.

Therefore, keeping the Sildae faction is the best choice. By then, the Kaihwa faction (the radical Sildae faction) and the Sildae faction (the moderate Sildae faction) in North Korea will both belong to Yuan's faction and will inevitably fight each other for power. In this way, Yuan Shikai will be able to sit back and control the situation. If there is only one iron plate and one will in North Korea, it will inspire North Korea's sense of independence.

Since the Shida faction had to remain, Li Xi had a reason to get rid of it. If Li Xi was kept, both the Shida faction and the Kaihua faction would have a spiritual sustenance, and Yuan Shikai would seem a bit out of place in the middle.

However, considering that executing or deposing the king would be a troublesome matter, Yuan Xiangcheng decided to learn from the wisdom of his ancestors and let Li Xi immigrate to China like his father Xuan Daewongun.

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Yes, since Sun Daewongun was captured and imprisoned in Baoding by Yuan Shikai in 1882, he has been in China and has never returned to Korea.

It must have been a tough feeling to be reduced from a regent to a prisoner, but it didn't matter, Yuan Shikai had already decided to let his son accompany him and share the joy of family.

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Over the past ten days, the wind of accusation within Seoul became more and more intense, until Yuan Xiangcheng summoned all officials to attend the court meeting, and the contradiction finally pointed clearly at King Li Xi.

In the main hall, King Li Xi sat on the throne, Yuan Xiangcheng sat on his right, and all the officials stood in the hall to report.

"The King cannot escape the blame for Joseon's repeated rebellions. Now that things have come to this, how can the King face the previous kings of Joseon?" A mid-level official from the Sida faction was the first to speak out.

Before King Li Xi could defend himself, another person stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty has committed three sins. First, you have plundered the people's wealth and built massive construction projects, which have not helped the country. Second, you have alienated virtuous ministers and befriended evil concubines, failing to fulfill your duties as a king. Third, corrupt officials are rampant, the people are suffering, disasters are frequent, and bandits are rampant. This is not the behavior of a ruler."

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Words of condemnation were directed at Li Xi, almost listing out all the bad things he had done since childhood.

Li Xi's face on the high platform became paler and paler. Looking at these ministers who usually bowed down to him, his eyes were filled with anger.

Yuan Xiangcheng couldn't help but sigh as he watched ministers from powerful factions stand up one after another to criticize Li Xi.

To be fair, Yi Xi was indeed inactive. Before Yuan Shikai arrived in Korea, he did, as the officials had said, enjoy building palaces, which wasted the people's energy. His favoritism towards Queen Min led to the sale of official positions and frequent rebellions, but this was just the average for East Asian monarchs, and Empress Dowager Cixi did the same.

But unfortunately, he met Yuan Shikai. In the original time and space, the Japanese could keep him on the throne and make him the Emperor of Korea, but Yuan Shikai would not do that.

Seeing that the situation was almost heated, Yuan Xiangcheng clapped his hands and pretended to dissuade the ministers, saying, "Your Majesty is facing a great situation that has not been seen in a thousand years. It is normal for him to handle things improperly. Please do not criticize him too much, let alone talk about deposing Your Majesty." Having said that, Yuan Xiangcheng quickly glanced at the ministers in the hall and said,

"In my opinion, it would be better to let the king rest in a beautiful place and leave the affairs of Korea to those who are capable. What do you think?"

As soon as Yuan Xiangcheng said this, everyone in the hall cheered, and King Li Xi could only clench his fists and was forced to agree.

Soon, the news that the King of Korea was about to travel to Baoding, Zhili to visit his father reached the Qing court via telegram.

Chapter 81 Fishing Master Kangxi

The chirping of cicadas in Beijing in summer is a bit noisy, but the people in the city who want to cool off can only gather in groups of three or four under the trees in order to get that little bit of shade, gently waving their palm-leaf fans and complaining about the chirping of cicadas.

Occasionally, there were a few passers-by who would just hurry past under the eaves, fearing that they would be burned by the scorching sun.

Although it is the beginning of autumn, the temperature in Beijing shows no sign of cooling down. As the dispute in the court over the choice of the emperor's wedding candidate intensifies, the news has spread to the people.

The people of the city who were watching the excitement also showed their love for discussing current affairs. Regardless of the occasion, they would say in breakfast stalls, teahouses and restaurants that "the daughter of so-and-so is the most suitable candidate for queen."

As for the pain caused by the rebel attack on the city two years ago, it had long been healed, and the people in the city had long since returned to their daily lives. Peddlers carried shoulder poles and swung their braids, selling homemade sweet soups along the streets, and young men spent money like water in brothels just to avoid getting drunk.

However, although the people were doing their normal business, the officials were feeling suffocated by the volatile situation in the capital and the hot summer weather.

6. After discovering that the people were discussing the selection of the queen, many astute officials in Beijing wanted to find a way to be transferred to other places.

6 It is really rare. For thousands of years, officials have tried their best to become Beijing officials, but the current atmosphere in Beijing has caused some Beijing officials to ask to be transferred to other places.

This phenomenon made the people of Sijiucheng, who had been Beijing natives for hundreds of years under the imperial city, very confused. Is there anyone who doesn't want to be a Beijing official?

Just now, under the roots of a big tree in the south of Sijiu City, a few curious people were sitting in a shady corner, discussing the current situation with each other.

After a quick listen, he noticed a burly, bearded man speaking to his neighbors, "This all boils down to the current emperor's wedding. You're all old, well-connected people from the capital, Manchu or Han. You've all lived here since the time of our great emperor. Do you know that the Qing dynasty has a law passed down from generation to generation?"

"What ancestral law is this, Brother Bai Liu? I, a bannerman, don't even know it." A young man in gray asked while holding the sweet soup he just bought from the peddler.

"Come on, Zheng Si'er, your great-grandmother married into a Han army Red Banner family during the Daoguang period. Your family has only been bannermen for a few years, and you're showing off here." The young man in blue on the other side seemed to have some problems with Zheng Si who was drinking sugar water, and said sarcastically.

The young man in gray, Zheng Si, was unwilling to suffer a loss. He held the sugar water in one hand and pointed at the young man in blue with the other and said, "Zhang Bo! You have no manners. If you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; if you marry a dog, you follow the dog. If you marry for even one year, you are still a bannerman. What's more, my family has been here for more than 50 years. How can I not be a bannerman?"

The young man in blue clothes named Zhang Bo was quite disdainful when he heard this: "Banner is Banner, Han is Han. My ancestors going back eighteen generations are all Han. I don't know what the Banners are talking about, so I just don't know. I'm nothing like you, Zheng Si'er, who insists on claiming to be superior to others when you don't know."

As soon as Zhang Bo said this insulting remark, a group of young people of similar age sitting nearby laughed out loud. Although Zheng Si and Zhang Bo belonged to the Banner and Han people respectively, after Emperor Daoguang, the gap between the Banner and Han people was far less than that.

Many lower-class bannermen were forced to move out of the inner city to make a living and became neighbors with the Han people. They lived in peace for decades.

"Okay, you two have been neighbors in the same alley since you were little. How come you are still quarreling even though you are over 20 years old?" The bearded man called Bai Liu saw that Zheng Si and Zhang Bo were about to quarrel again, and quickly stretched out his hands to stop them.

"Listen to me, both of you. Stop bickering." After saying this, the bearded, burly man Bai Liu glanced at the people gathered around him and began to speak to himself: "You should all know that the emperor, born in 1871, is now 16 years old. Logically, he should be ruling the country himself. Empress Dowager Cixi also announced last year that power would be returned to the emperor."

"That's true. I heard from relatives in the clan affairs office that they are going to hold a grand ceremony to return power this year."

"I'm returning power, but have you heard that the current emperor's biological father, Prince Chun Yix, submitted a memorial regarding the emperor's youth and incompetence? After assessing the situation, I earnestly request the Holy Mother Empress Dowager to administer the government. She will always adhere to the current regulations and all matters must first be submitted to the Emperor for his approval before reporting to him?"

"Ah, there's this other thing! Why is it that I only hear Shuntian Prefecture's yamen runners announcing in the official gazette that the Empress Dowager is returning power to the Emperor, and I haven't heard of any mention of tutelage?"

"This matter is not glorious, and it is certainly not worth making known to the world." Someone saw the trick at a glance.

"Oh~~~, as you put it, it does make that sense." The person who asked the question came back to his senses.

Seeing that everyone had finished their discussion, the bearded man Bai Liu continued, "When the two Empress Dowagers established the current emperor, they explained that ruling from behind the curtain was a temporary expedient and promised that they would return the government once the successor emperor had completed his studies.

But later, the power of the Empress Dowager, the former Holy Mother Empress Dowager, grew stronger and stronger, and the issue of returning power was gradually no longer mentioned.

After the Sino-French War, and especially after the Sino-French Treaty of Vietnam and Taiwan, which ceded territory and paid indemnities, the court began to stir again.

Speaking of ceding territory and paying indemnities, the bannerman Zheng Si'er slammed his empty bowl of sugar water on the ground and said angrily, "What are you fussing about? Yuan Shikai won the battle, and these bastard officials lost the negotiations. How dare they still make a fuss?"

Seeing this, the bearded burly man Bai Liu said to Zheng Si'er and the others around him, "Zheng Si'er, you don't understand. They're not arguing about the treaty; the treaty is long overdue. They're arguing about the emperor ruling the country personally. After the treaty was signed, some in the court believed that the country's decline was caused by a woman ruling the country."

It was the imbalance of yin and yang that caused the Qing Dynasty to win the war but lose the talks.

On the battlefield, the yang energy was strong, so victory was achieved; at the negotiation table, the yin energy was too strong, so the negotiations were lost. Why was the yin energy so strong? It has something to do with our Empress Dowager. It is because she has always occupied the throne of the emperor that the yin energy in the Qing Dynasty is too strong.

After Bai Liu finished speaking, the people who were listening nearby broke out in cold sweats in the sweltering summer weather. The timid Zheng Si'er shivered several times. Even the cicadas in the trees seemed to be frightened by the news and stopped chirping.

"This...Bai Liu, Sixth Brother, where did you hear that? You're making up stories about Empress Dowager Cixi. If the people at the Infantry Commander's Office find out, they'll be arrested and executed at Caishikou!"

"Shh!" Bai Liu made a hushed gesture, signaling everyone to gather closer. "I saw this news in the alleyway in Dongjiaominxiang. It's posted on the wall. Take a look."

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The bearded man Bai Liu took out a piece of yellow paper from his pocket. Most of the black words on it were soaked with sweat, and it was unclear what was written.

When everyone saw the yellow paper, they turned their heads away as if they had seen the god of plague, indicating that they had not seen it.

One of the onlookers laughed awkwardly. "Haha, Sixth Brother, I just came here to listen to you talk because I was bored and wanted to learn something. I haven't seen the paper, and I don't know what you're talking about today. I... won't bother you anymore. I'm leaving now."

"Come back!" Bai Liu shouted softly, stopped the man, and pulled him back.

"We're all old neighbors who know each other well. Who would dare to file a complaint? Don't worry, I, Bai Liu, am only telling you this. You can just listen for fun. Once we get out of this street, I won't tell anyone who asks me about it."

Bai Liu picked up Zheng Si'er's bowl and wanted to drink some sweet water. He drank it in one gulp, only to find that Zheng Si'er had already finished it. He could only clear his throat twice and continue, "Some officials in the court think that this matter of training is just a change of name, no different from ruling from behind a curtain.

So some people think that a queen should be chosen for the current emperor and the emperor should get married as soon as possible. After the wedding, the emperor should rule the country himself. This is the ancestral law. Both Emperor Taizu and Emperor Shengzu did so. Emperor Taizu got married at the age of 14 and then personally managed the government.