Chapter 1850
Political Enemy
Chapter 1850 Political Enemy
Apart from trying to win him over, Qian Tiandun actually didn't say anything. If the method of lure and inducement doesn't work, then the only option is to use coercion.But as a last resort, Haehan does not want to use tough measures to deal with the opposition in North Korea, because this will easily lead to more vigilance and resentment.
For Haihan, the ideal situation is to develop North Korea’s natural resources in a relatively stable social environment, rather than spending a lot of energy and time interfering in North Korea’s internal political struggles.As long as these projects start to produce results, more and more North Koreans will choose to side with Haihan because of their personal interests, and many problems will be solved by then.
Just like Haihan's occupied area on the coastline of Daming, it was hostile and confronted by the locals at first, but as the local vested interest group grew larger and larger, it still couldn't get rid of the law of true fragrance in the end.The local governments that were supposed to try their best to protect the interests of Ming Dynasty later chose to be deaf and dumb to Haihan's movements.
Since this mode of operation can be successful in Ming Dynasty, then North Korea, which has the same culture as Ming Dynasty, is no exception. It’s just that Haihan’s business in North Korea is still short, and the upper-level contacts are not many, so the dignitaries who are really willing to stand in line for Haihan Very few.Even Kim Sang-heon, who strongly advocated the introduction of Haihan reinforcements to fight against the Qing army, still took a relatively cautious attitude towards various post-war economic cooperation. Choose to express your support for Haihan's post-war development plan.
For Jin Shangjiu, he has been in contact with the Haihan people for a relatively long time, and he also knows that this ethnic group is a very realistic group of people. They receive money to send troops to help North Korea fight the war, and after the war, they ask North Korea for the development of various industries. The right to operate has a very strong purpose.He was also present during today's negotiation process. He watched how his king pushed back and forth with the Haihan people to practice Tai Chi.
From the standpoint of Kim Sang-jou, he certainly hopes that his country can maintain its sovereignty and dignity, but at the same time, he is also very aware of the huge economic losses that North Korea has suffered in the war that just ended. If the country is rapidly rebuilt, doubts about the king's governance measures will only grow louder.Whether to cooperate with Haihan is actually not the point of the question. What the opposition wants is to gain the right to speak by speaking out, rather than confronting Haihan. Therefore, his opinion is actually consistent with that of Haihan, who believes that the opposition in the official circle must be resolved first. Pai, after the king has no scruples about governance, he can promote the implementation of the industrial cooperation development plan.
Given Jin Shangjiu's status, he naturally couldn't accomplish such a goal on Haihan's behalf. What he can do now is to provide some useful information to guide Haihan's next actions as requested by the other party.
"At present, those who oppose the industrial cooperation development plan between the two countries are mainly the political opponents of Mr. Jin. They may not be against your country. They are opposing this matter because they want to win the king's attention. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is grandstanding. "Jin Shangjiu expressed his views frankly.
"Political enemy? Do you mean Cui Mingji of the Zhuhe faction?" Although Qian Tiandun was not particularly clear about the factions in North Korea's officialdom, he also knew that the political opponent with the same prestige as Kim Sang-heon before the war was Cui Mingji, the official Cao judge.
Jin Shangjiu nodded and admitted his guess: "That's right, it's Master Cui."
Cui Mingji was born in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. He had experienced the Japanese Invasion of Imchen when he was a child, and he knew the suffering caused by the war to the society and the people.At the age of 19, he took part in the imperial examination and obtained the grade C of the Enlarged Liberal Arts, and he began to enter the political arena. In 1623, a palace coup took place in North Korea. Lord Gwanghae was deposed, and his nephew, Lord Nyongyang, who is also the current king of Joseon Lee Jae, came to the throne, and Cui Mingji played a very important role in it. He decides.After Li Zhen came to power, he was promoted from official Cao Zuolang to official Cao Shenjuan, and he was named the ruler of the mansion, and from then on he began to flourish.
Cui Mingji's lordship and political views are not recent. As early as the seventh year of the apocalypse, that is, the same year when the Haihan traversers came to this time and space, Huang Taiji led an army to invade North Korea. Thinking that "the country is small and the strength is weak, and the captives are very tense, it is not as good as Xun's speech to ease it", and began to advocate a truce and peace negotiation with Houjin.
However, after Ding Mao's rebellion, Cui Mingji was regarded as a capitulator in the country because of his ideas, and he was immediately notorious and criticized.If it wasn't because of Conglong's meritorious service back then, Li Jingwang had been covering him with this old relationship, and it would have been so cool to change someone else.
With the great achievements of Cui Mingji in assisting Li Zhen in the past, if he hadn’t caused a lot of dissatisfaction in North Korea with his initial peace talks, he should have sat on the political leadership position and become the No. 1 officialdom in North Korea.But this man did not learn the lessons of his early years. Last year, North Korea began to receive rumors that the strong neighbors in the north were preparing to invade again. He once again put forward the theory that the disputes between the two countries should be resolved through peace talks.
Such an argument was naturally ridiculed mercilessly by the officials of the main combat faction headed by Kim Sang-hyun. What the enemy wants is for North Korea to bow its head and surrender. Is this a matter of negotiating conditions?After becoming a vassal state of the Hou Jin, how to explain to Daming?Taking [-] steps back, even if North Korea admits to surrender, will the enemy cease fighting?I am afraid that if this condition is not agreed, there will be a series of more stringent conditions waiting for North Korea in the future.
Only by fighting can North Korea be saved. Such remarks eventually gained the upper hand in public opinion in North Korea.Of course, even the most radical fighters would not think that their own army could defeat the Qing army. The so-called battle did not mean fighting alone, but the introduction of reinforcements from Haihan before declaring war on the Qing, which had just changed its name.
If the main combat faction fails to invite Haihan to send troops in the end, then Cui Mingji may still have a certain say. After all, his political views are also a solution to the dispute.But Haihan not only sent troops by himself, but also brought troops from the other three countries to form a coalition to station in North Korea, and defeated the offensive of the Qing army in the following months of fighting, which brought the prestige and authority of Jin Shangxian's faction to the peak , On the contrary, the image of Cui Mingji's faction was once again labeled as a capitulation faction by public opinion.
But this is not a desperate situation for Cui Mingji, who has been ups and downs in North Korea's officialdom for many years. In his view, although the war against the Qing Dynasty has ended, the struggle to defend North Korea's interests continues.The officials of Cui Mingji's faction carefully studied Haihan's past deeds in Daming and the various conditions proposed in his dealings with North Korea, and believed that all Haihan's actions towards North Korea were for the ultimate purpose of getting thousands of times in return from here.They say they are allies, but they are actually exploiting North Korea. North Korea should be wary of this kind of blunt knife.
Of course, Cui Mingji also knew very well that North Korea was able to keep Guozuo because it relied on Haihan's military protection. The king valued his existence very much, and it was absolutely impossible to turn his face against Haihan at this time, so he wisely did not treat Haihan Instead of making rhetorical attacks, he continued to target his political opponent Kim Sang-heon.
Counting from the beginning of the imperial examination, Cui Mingji has been in the officialdom for more than 30 years, and he is well versed in various methods of political struggle.However, his opponent Jin Shangxian entered politics 15 years earlier than him. Li Cao judged the book and the chief minister, which is equivalent to being the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the doctor of the royal history. Cui Mingji did not dare to be careless about the current popular candidate for the vacant political seat.
After analyzing the domestic situation and his own situation, Cui Mingji formulated corresponding strategies.He believes that the main reason for Kim Sang-heon's gaining power this time is that he invited Haihan to send troops. If he wants to attack Jin Sang-heon, he must be separated from Haihan as much as possible, lest he pull the banner as a tiger's skin and use Haihan as a shield .
Therefore, Cui Mingji wrote a letter to the king to advise the king. He hardly mentioned what happened to Haihan. He only said that Kim Sang-heon was devoted to war, but he was unprepared for post-war reconstruction. main responsibility.
Of course, it is impossible for this kind of crime to overthrow Kim Sang-heon, who has a deep foundation in the officialdom, but Cui Mingji is very familiar with Li Ting's imperial mentality, and he knows that Li Ting pays attention to the balance in the court, and has always kept the seat of the leader of the government vacant and did not let Kim Sang-heon sit. , I just don't want the court to become a one-word hall of the main combat faction.Although his existence is not so pleasing, he is one of the few candidates in the court who dares to question and attack Jin Shangxian.If Li Ji didn't intend to let Jin Shangxian's family dominate, then it would be an inevitable trend for him to return to power after the war, and now it's just a matter of reason.
It has to be said that Cui Mingji is very familiar with Li Jing, so he dared to jump out to question Kim Sang-heon at this juncture after the war, and he was sure that he would not cause Li Jing's dissatisfaction.
Cui Mingji knew that Kim Sang-heon would definitely take some countermeasures, not narrow revenge, but reciprocal measures as a political opponent.What he can think of, Jin Shangxian can actually think of, only when he is in a state of struggle, will Li Zhen seek a balance between them.
The political struggle situation in the middle is actually quite complicated, and Jin Shangjiu can understand it to a limited extent. It is too difficult to convey it to the two high-ranking Haihan officials and let them understand the grievances and grievances between the Jin and Cui factions. big.He can only roughly talk about his own point of view. As for how much the other party can understand, it is beyond his influence.
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun are not qualified politicians, especially Qian Tiandun, who has been performing missions overseas for a long time and is far away from the political center of his country, Victory Fort, does not understand the intrigue in official circles very well.After listening to the narration, the two looked at each other. From their eyes, they could confirm that the other party's situation was similar to their own, and they did not fully understand the inside story of these political struggles in North Korea's officialdom.
"So Mr. Jin and Mr. Cui are political enemies and opponents, but it is difficult for them to really defeat each other... The current situation of fighting back and forth is more... a kind of show?" Wang said It was also difficult for Tom to find the right words to describe the situation he recognized.
"A show? What does that mean?" Jin Shangjiu asked in confusion.
Wang Tom didn't expect that the imported vocabulary he said hadn't appeared in this era, so he changed the term immediately: "It means to act for others."
"Oh, so that's the case." Jin Shangjiu said: "It's not necessarily a show, these two adults can be said to be each other's lifelong enemies in the political arena, and they naturally want to step on each other when they get the chance. In my humble opinion, The two grown-ups have probably made this struggle a part of their lives for a long time."
Regarding Jin Shangjiu's statement, Qian and Wang knew it well.Since generals like them take leading troops to fight as their life goal, politicians will naturally regard political struggle as their way forward.Although they can't understand these politicians, or the specific thoughts of politicians, they can fully understand that powerful officials like Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji have their own unique goals and pursuits in politics.
Of course, understanding is understanding. Now that Cui Mingji is the main figure of the opposition in North Korea, we must try to get rid of this person in order to promote the implementation of the industrial cooperation plan between the two countries.
"Master Jin, can you make an arrangement as soon as possible so that we can meet this Master Cui?" Tom Wang simply asked Jin Shangjiu to connect with Cui Mingji.
But Jin Shangjiu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work."
"Huh?" Tom Wang didn't react for a while.
On the other hand, Qian Tiandun thought of the reason: "Master Xiao Jin is an official of the faction of Mr. Lao Jin, so of course he can't match us up."
Jin Shangjiu bowed and said, "Thank you, General Qian, for your understanding. That's exactly the case. It's really inconvenient to contact Master Cui. I hope the two generals will forgive me!"
If Jin Sangjiu went out to contact Kim Sang-heon's political opponents on behalf of the Haihan people, this behavior is obviously quite dangerous. Once Cui Mingji meets with the Haihan people, God knows what uncontrollable situation will happen, and Kim Sang-heon will definitely not be happy to see himself promoted Officials do this.So even if this request was made by a high-ranking official of Haihan, Jin Shangjiu still rejected the other party decisively.
At the banquet held in Jingfu Palace the day before, Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom met Cui Mingji, but they didn't have any direct communication.As for the officials of Cui Mingji's faction, they hadn't had much contact with each other before, so how to contact each other has become a problem.
They couldn't force Jin Shangjiu to come forward to contact them, so after asking for key information, they had no choice but to let him go.The two discussed again, but they still couldn't make up their minds, so they could only decide to continue the talks with Li Zhen, and try to find a way to see if they could contact officials from Cui Mingji's faction.
(End of this chapter)
Apart from trying to win him over, Qian Tiandun actually didn't say anything. If the method of lure and inducement doesn't work, then the only option is to use coercion.But as a last resort, Haehan does not want to use tough measures to deal with the opposition in North Korea, because this will easily lead to more vigilance and resentment.
For Haihan, the ideal situation is to develop North Korea’s natural resources in a relatively stable social environment, rather than spending a lot of energy and time interfering in North Korea’s internal political struggles.As long as these projects start to produce results, more and more North Koreans will choose to side with Haihan because of their personal interests, and many problems will be solved by then.
Just like Haihan's occupied area on the coastline of Daming, it was hostile and confronted by the locals at first, but as the local vested interest group grew larger and larger, it still couldn't get rid of the law of true fragrance in the end.The local governments that were supposed to try their best to protect the interests of Ming Dynasty later chose to be deaf and dumb to Haihan's movements.
Since this mode of operation can be successful in Ming Dynasty, then North Korea, which has the same culture as Ming Dynasty, is no exception. It’s just that Haihan’s business in North Korea is still short, and the upper-level contacts are not many, so the dignitaries who are really willing to stand in line for Haihan Very few.Even Kim Sang-heon, who strongly advocated the introduction of Haihan reinforcements to fight against the Qing army, still took a relatively cautious attitude towards various post-war economic cooperation. Choose to express your support for Haihan's post-war development plan.
For Jin Shangjiu, he has been in contact with the Haihan people for a relatively long time, and he also knows that this ethnic group is a very realistic group of people. They receive money to send troops to help North Korea fight the war, and after the war, they ask North Korea for the development of various industries. The right to operate has a very strong purpose.He was also present during today's negotiation process. He watched how his king pushed back and forth with the Haihan people to practice Tai Chi.
From the standpoint of Kim Sang-jou, he certainly hopes that his country can maintain its sovereignty and dignity, but at the same time, he is also very aware of the huge economic losses that North Korea has suffered in the war that just ended. If the country is rapidly rebuilt, doubts about the king's governance measures will only grow louder.Whether to cooperate with Haihan is actually not the point of the question. What the opposition wants is to gain the right to speak by speaking out, rather than confronting Haihan. Therefore, his opinion is actually consistent with that of Haihan, who believes that the opposition in the official circle must be resolved first. Pai, after the king has no scruples about governance, he can promote the implementation of the industrial cooperation development plan.
Given Jin Shangjiu's status, he naturally couldn't accomplish such a goal on Haihan's behalf. What he can do now is to provide some useful information to guide Haihan's next actions as requested by the other party.
"At present, those who oppose the industrial cooperation development plan between the two countries are mainly the political opponents of Mr. Jin. They may not be against your country. They are opposing this matter because they want to win the king's attention. It is not an exaggeration to say that it is grandstanding. "Jin Shangjiu expressed his views frankly.
"Political enemy? Do you mean Cui Mingji of the Zhuhe faction?" Although Qian Tiandun was not particularly clear about the factions in North Korea's officialdom, he also knew that the political opponent with the same prestige as Kim Sang-heon before the war was Cui Mingji, the official Cao judge.
Jin Shangjiu nodded and admitted his guess: "That's right, it's Master Cui."
Cui Mingji was born in the Wanli period of the Ming Dynasty. He had experienced the Japanese Invasion of Imchen when he was a child, and he knew the suffering caused by the war to the society and the people.At the age of 19, he took part in the imperial examination and obtained the grade C of the Enlarged Liberal Arts, and he began to enter the political arena. In 1623, a palace coup took place in North Korea. Lord Gwanghae was deposed, and his nephew, Lord Nyongyang, who is also the current king of Joseon Lee Jae, came to the throne, and Cui Mingji played a very important role in it. He decides.After Li Zhen came to power, he was promoted from official Cao Zuolang to official Cao Shenjuan, and he was named the ruler of the mansion, and from then on he began to flourish.
Cui Mingji's lordship and political views are not recent. As early as the seventh year of the apocalypse, that is, the same year when the Haihan traversers came to this time and space, Huang Taiji led an army to invade North Korea. Thinking that "the country is small and the strength is weak, and the captives are very tense, it is not as good as Xun's speech to ease it", and began to advocate a truce and peace negotiation with Houjin.
However, after Ding Mao's rebellion, Cui Mingji was regarded as a capitulator in the country because of his ideas, and he was immediately notorious and criticized.If it wasn't because of Conglong's meritorious service back then, Li Jingwang had been covering him with this old relationship, and it would have been so cool to change someone else.
With the great achievements of Cui Mingji in assisting Li Zhen in the past, if he hadn’t caused a lot of dissatisfaction in North Korea with his initial peace talks, he should have sat on the political leadership position and become the No. 1 officialdom in North Korea.But this man did not learn the lessons of his early years. Last year, North Korea began to receive rumors that the strong neighbors in the north were preparing to invade again. He once again put forward the theory that the disputes between the two countries should be resolved through peace talks.
Such an argument was naturally ridiculed mercilessly by the officials of the main combat faction headed by Kim Sang-hyun. What the enemy wants is for North Korea to bow its head and surrender. Is this a matter of negotiating conditions?After becoming a vassal state of the Hou Jin, how to explain to Daming?Taking [-] steps back, even if North Korea admits to surrender, will the enemy cease fighting?I am afraid that if this condition is not agreed, there will be a series of more stringent conditions waiting for North Korea in the future.
Only by fighting can North Korea be saved. Such remarks eventually gained the upper hand in public opinion in North Korea.Of course, even the most radical fighters would not think that their own army could defeat the Qing army. The so-called battle did not mean fighting alone, but the introduction of reinforcements from Haihan before declaring war on the Qing, which had just changed its name.
If the main combat faction fails to invite Haihan to send troops in the end, then Cui Mingji may still have a certain say. After all, his political views are also a solution to the dispute.But Haihan not only sent troops by himself, but also brought troops from the other three countries to form a coalition to station in North Korea, and defeated the offensive of the Qing army in the following months of fighting, which brought the prestige and authority of Jin Shangxian's faction to the peak , On the contrary, the image of Cui Mingji's faction was once again labeled as a capitulation faction by public opinion.
But this is not a desperate situation for Cui Mingji, who has been ups and downs in North Korea's officialdom for many years. In his view, although the war against the Qing Dynasty has ended, the struggle to defend North Korea's interests continues.The officials of Cui Mingji's faction carefully studied Haihan's past deeds in Daming and the various conditions proposed in his dealings with North Korea, and believed that all Haihan's actions towards North Korea were for the ultimate purpose of getting thousands of times in return from here.They say they are allies, but they are actually exploiting North Korea. North Korea should be wary of this kind of blunt knife.
Of course, Cui Mingji also knew very well that North Korea was able to keep Guozuo because it relied on Haihan's military protection. The king valued his existence very much, and it was absolutely impossible to turn his face against Haihan at this time, so he wisely did not treat Haihan Instead of making rhetorical attacks, he continued to target his political opponent Kim Sang-heon.
Counting from the beginning of the imperial examination, Cui Mingji has been in the officialdom for more than 30 years, and he is well versed in various methods of political struggle.However, his opponent Jin Shangxian entered politics 15 years earlier than him. Li Cao judged the book and the chief minister, which is equivalent to being the minister of the Ministry of Rites and the doctor of the royal history. Cui Mingji did not dare to be careless about the current popular candidate for the vacant political seat.
After analyzing the domestic situation and his own situation, Cui Mingji formulated corresponding strategies.He believes that the main reason for Kim Sang-heon's gaining power this time is that he invited Haihan to send troops. If he wants to attack Jin Sang-heon, he must be separated from Haihan as much as possible, lest he pull the banner as a tiger's skin and use Haihan as a shield .
Therefore, Cui Mingji wrote a letter to the king to advise the king. He hardly mentioned what happened to Haihan. He only said that Kim Sang-heon was devoted to war, but he was unprepared for post-war reconstruction. main responsibility.
Of course, it is impossible for this kind of crime to overthrow Kim Sang-heon, who has a deep foundation in the officialdom, but Cui Mingji is very familiar with Li Ting's imperial mentality, and he knows that Li Ting pays attention to the balance in the court, and has always kept the seat of the leader of the government vacant and did not let Kim Sang-heon sit. , I just don't want the court to become a one-word hall of the main combat faction.Although his existence is not so pleasing, he is one of the few candidates in the court who dares to question and attack Jin Shangxian.If Li Ji didn't intend to let Jin Shangxian's family dominate, then it would be an inevitable trend for him to return to power after the war, and now it's just a matter of reason.
It has to be said that Cui Mingji is very familiar with Li Jing, so he dared to jump out to question Kim Sang-heon at this juncture after the war, and he was sure that he would not cause Li Jing's dissatisfaction.
Cui Mingji knew that Kim Sang-heon would definitely take some countermeasures, not narrow revenge, but reciprocal measures as a political opponent.What he can think of, Jin Shangxian can actually think of, only when he is in a state of struggle, will Li Zhen seek a balance between them.
The political struggle situation in the middle is actually quite complicated, and Jin Shangjiu can understand it to a limited extent. It is too difficult to convey it to the two high-ranking Haihan officials and let them understand the grievances and grievances between the Jin and Cui factions. big.He can only roughly talk about his own point of view. As for how much the other party can understand, it is beyond his influence.
Wang Tom and Qian Tiandun are not qualified politicians, especially Qian Tiandun, who has been performing missions overseas for a long time and is far away from the political center of his country, Victory Fort, does not understand the intrigue in official circles very well.After listening to the narration, the two looked at each other. From their eyes, they could confirm that the other party's situation was similar to their own, and they did not fully understand the inside story of these political struggles in North Korea's officialdom.
"So Mr. Jin and Mr. Cui are political enemies and opponents, but it is difficult for them to really defeat each other... The current situation of fighting back and forth is more... a kind of show?" Wang said It was also difficult for Tom to find the right words to describe the situation he recognized.
"A show? What does that mean?" Jin Shangjiu asked in confusion.
Wang Tom didn't expect that the imported vocabulary he said hadn't appeared in this era, so he changed the term immediately: "It means to act for others."
"Oh, so that's the case." Jin Shangjiu said: "It's not necessarily a show, these two adults can be said to be each other's lifelong enemies in the political arena, and they naturally want to step on each other when they get the chance. In my humble opinion, The two grown-ups have probably made this struggle a part of their lives for a long time."
Regarding Jin Shangjiu's statement, Qian and Wang knew it well.Since generals like them take leading troops to fight as their life goal, politicians will naturally regard political struggle as their way forward.Although they can't understand these politicians, or the specific thoughts of politicians, they can fully understand that powerful officials like Kim Sang-heon and Cui Mingji have their own unique goals and pursuits in politics.
Of course, understanding is understanding. Now that Cui Mingji is the main figure of the opposition in North Korea, we must try to get rid of this person in order to promote the implementation of the industrial cooperation plan between the two countries.
"Master Jin, can you make an arrangement as soon as possible so that we can meet this Master Cui?" Tom Wang simply asked Jin Shangjiu to connect with Cui Mingji.
But Jin Shangjiu shook his head and said, "I'm afraid it won't work."
"Huh?" Tom Wang didn't react for a while.
On the other hand, Qian Tiandun thought of the reason: "Master Xiao Jin is an official of the faction of Mr. Lao Jin, so of course he can't match us up."
Jin Shangjiu bowed and said, "Thank you, General Qian, for your understanding. That's exactly the case. It's really inconvenient to contact Master Cui. I hope the two generals will forgive me!"
If Jin Sangjiu went out to contact Kim Sang-heon's political opponents on behalf of the Haihan people, this behavior is obviously quite dangerous. Once Cui Mingji meets with the Haihan people, God knows what uncontrollable situation will happen, and Kim Sang-heon will definitely not be happy to see himself promoted Officials do this.So even if this request was made by a high-ranking official of Haihan, Jin Shangjiu still rejected the other party decisively.
At the banquet held in Jingfu Palace the day before, Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom met Cui Mingji, but they didn't have any direct communication.As for the officials of Cui Mingji's faction, they hadn't had much contact with each other before, so how to contact each other has become a problem.
They couldn't force Jin Shangjiu to come forward to contact them, so after asking for key information, they had no choice but to let him go.The two discussed again, but they still couldn't make up their minds, so they could only decide to continue the talks with Li Zhen, and try to find a way to see if they could contact officials from Cui Mingji's faction.
(End of this chapter)