North Korea is now divided into three parties, led by Xingxuan Daewonjun, who pursues major affairs. The Kaihua Party, led by Jin Yujun, requires radical reform and even breaking away from its vassal relationship with the Qing Dynasty. Centuries have emerged between the Kaihua Party and the conservative faction. They also advocate the idea of ​​Guanhua Party and the reforms, but they are not as radical as the Kaihua Party. They advocate maintaining the vassal relationship between China and North Korea. These centuries are represented by Kim Yun-sik, Kim Hongji, and Yu Yun-jun.

After the war between the Qing Dynasty and France, Jin Yujun met with the Japanese envoy Takeotoriki Ichiro. To be honest, although Jin Yujun spoke tough, he had a lot of concerns in his heart. Takeotoriki Ichiro advised: "War between China and France, the Qing Dynasty will perish. If you have people who are determined to reform, you should not miss this opportunity."

If you just talk nonsense, Jin Yujun would certainly not believe it.

"If Lord Jin is willing to raise an uprising, my Japanese Empire will definitely not sit idly by. In addition to providing necessary material assistance, he is also willing to act with you."

"You're serious?" Jin Yujun's eyes flashed with excitement.

"It's true!"

After Jin Yujun received the Japanese promise, he felt more confident.

Of course, the so-called uprising is a coup, and Jin Yujun is sure of it, but his party's opinions must also be unified. So on November 13, he met Hong Yingzhi and said to him: "We stand in the place where we build eggs with the urgent situation today. Regardless of the left and right, we plan to change, and make decisions according to the situation... A brief statement is to avoid delaying the plan." On November 16, he met Liu Hongji again and said: "The Japanese court's proposals are preserved and not to discuss. It seems that if the Japanese court has no intention of helping us, in the situation in our country, it is almost impossible to bear the action of the Japanese court. The urgent situation does not wait for the actions of the Japanese court... We have made a decision on the destruction of the will of one's death."

After listening to Jin Yujun's persuasion, the two decided to join. Later, Jin Yujun had a secret talk with Park Yong-hyo, Xu Guangfan, Xu Zaibi, Yin Zhihao and others. In the end, the entire Kaihua Party finally unified its opinions and decided to initiate the matter.

On November 19, 1884, Jin Yujun entered the palace and lobbed North Korea's King Lee Hee, which was also the biggest goal he hoped to strive for. He said: "If the Qing Dynasty and Japan fight, the Qing Dynasty will be defeated. In today's world, the Qing Dynasty is not enough to be a screen. North Korea should think about its perfect strategy in advance."

Li Xi nodded for a long time and said, "That according to my dear, it's..."

"Independence and self-improvement, get rid of the entanglement of the Qing Dynasty."

Li Xi did not speak, lowered her head, and was very hesitant in her heart. Even though the Qing Dynasty lost consecutive battles with the French in the southwest, this does not mean that North Korea has the ability to escape from the control of the Qing Dynasty. Jin Yujun certainly understood Li Xi's hesitation, so he added fuel to the fire: "If the king is willing to do something and be self-reliant, the East Japan has agreed to provide comprehensive assistance."

Li Xi raised her head and said, "Why is this?"

"Although East Asia will be surrounded by the world's most powerful people in the future, it is actually a situation where the Japanese and Qing dynasties compete for hegemony. Every opportunity to weaken the Qing people will not be spared. If our country breaks away from the vassals of the Qing country and establishes a country independently, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Japan. On the one hand, weakens the Qing country, and on the other hand, there is one ally, why don't they do it?"

When Emperor Gaozong of Korea thought about it, he thought Jin Yujun was very reasonable, so he said, "Your dear said so much!" After thinking about it, he wrote a secret decree, granting him the right to act cheaply.

A few days later, Jin Yujun met Japanese Minister Toshima Takeotomichiro again and received his guarantee. At the same time, Americans also came to the door and were willing to sell 300 rifles to the Kaihua Party at a low price. Jin Yujun was very excited to see this and immediately felt like he was a tiger with wings.

A few days ago, it was snowing in North Korea and the temperature dropped sharply. However, the people in Seoul recently heard something new. The government wanted to open a new agency - the Post Office, and Hong Ying Vegetation was appointed as the North Korean Post Director, and the opening date was December 4th.

Xi Benxiong and Kim Shie-young received the news from the headquarters and became nervous immediately. In Seoul, they instinctively felt a hint of tension. Recently, the Kaihua Party members were very active and were a little abnormal. While the two were discussing the matter, a doorman said: "Manager, battalion commander, Yuan Shikai is asking for a meeting outside."

Since Wu Changqing was transferred back to the country, the situation in North Korea has been in charge of the situation in Admiral Wu Zhaoyou, General Zhang Guangqian, and Qing Dynasty Commerce Commissioner Chen Shutang, and Yuan Shikai is still his quarantine. This time he was invited by North Korea and hoped that he would attend the opening dinner of the post office. Yuan Datou instinctively felt something strange in Seoul, so he came to the Dashang North Korean branch to seek a way.

It was cold and Yuan Shikai was breathing in his mouth, but he was a little anxious.

"Mr. Yuan, our manager is welcome!"

There is heating in the North Korean branch, and the room is very warm. When Yuan Shikai saw Kim Ziying and Xi Benxiong, he immediately bowed and said, "Weiting Ting, I have met two brothers."

Kim Shie-young and Xi Benxiong quickly smiled politely: "How can I have free time to come to us today?"

Yuan Shikai smiled and said, "One of the time, I haven't seen each other for many days. I really miss my two brothers a little. Secondly, there is something I want to ask my two brothers for advice."

Xi Benxiong looked at the young man in front of him. Yuan Shikai was only in his twenties now, and he was in his prime. He was not tall, but he was smart and did things neatly.

The three of them have already sat down. They have some dating on weekdays, so they are not seen outside.

"If you have something to do, don't let your mother-in-law do it."

When Yuan Shikai heard this, he smiled and said, "Then I said it straight! Yesterday, North Korea sent me and Lord Chen Shutang with invitations, hoping that we would attend the opening ceremony of the post office. But I always feel restless recently, as if something big is going to happen. I wonder if the two brothers feel this way?"

Kim Shie-young laughed, shook his head, and said, "Weiting, you have practiced magic skills now. Before you can do anything, you just say you feel in danger."

"Isn't this always frightened?" Yuan Shikai was also a little embarrassed.

"But what you guessed is pretty good!" Xi Benxiong closed his smile at this time, and replaced it with surprisingly solemnity. "You look at this first..."

Kim Zhiying gave her a piece of paper, and Yuan Shikai looked at the contents.

"This is……"

After reading it, Yuan Da was shocked and didn't say anything for a long time. Finally, he said with a look of surprise: "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it..."

"Why, Brother Yuan doesn't believe it?" Kim Zhiying smiled and asked.

"It's really incredible... I have dealt with Jin Yujun. Although I'm not kind to the Qing Dynasty, no matter how I look at it, it's not that kind... that kind..."

"My brain is broken..."

Yuan Shikai finally came back from his shock and smiled incredibly: "It's true! But he helped the Japanese secretly transport troops from Busan and gathered in Seoul in secret. Could it be that he had some plans?"

As soon as he said this, Yuan Shikai knew that he had asked a stupid question. Before, Kim Yujun and Park Yong-hyo were sent to Busan by Queen Min and Zhao Ningxia to manage the Southeast islands because of training the new army. Busan and Japan faced each other across the Tsushima Strait, which gave them an opportunity to take advantage of the powers they had, smuggled arms from Japan and recruited Japanese ronin to train their troops. Later, because of the uprising, in order to gain greater confidence, they even took the initiative to ask Japan to send troops, with a total force of 800.

"Turn the wolf into the house!"

On December 4, 1884, the Seoul Postal Bureau of North Korea was completed. At the completion ceremony of the postal bureau that night, Hong Yingzhi, the backbone of the Kaihua Party and the General Office of the Postal Bureau, held a banquet to entertain the court ministers.

Japanese Minister Jinichiro Takeotomo said he was absent. Yuan Shikai, the leader of the Qing army stationed in North Korea, refused to let him go, so only the General Office of the North Korean Commerce Commissioner Chen Shutang attended, but he just missed and left the venue.

"The Qing people are not here!" Hong Yingzhi was a little anxious.

"If you don't have it, you won't be here! We cook rice and cook it with mature rice, and they can't do anything at that time!" Jin Yujun's eyes were filled with fierce light and he said with a heartbreak. "Start to act!"

When Hong Young-sik thought that it was not the time to hesitate, he simply made up his mind and sent someone to light the fire!

The Kaihua Party used the "Dongfanghong" as a secret code to ignite the fire at the post office. Jin Yujun and others were ambushing the members of the operation in advance around the banquet hall, preparing to set fire between the palace when they were full of food and food on the table, and took advantage of the opportunity of people rushing to the fire to kill the conservative ministers one by one, then control the king and seize power.

When Wang Yi saw this plan, he despised him for a long time. No matter how he looked at it, why did he feel that it was unreliable? Because there were too many variables! What to do, the simpler the plan, the higher the success rate. If you make a bunch of things like this, it is too complicated, and you will cause trouble for yourself.

Sure enough, the Kaihua Party members who went out to set fire suddenly discovered a problem that they had never thought about before. The post office was not good at setting fires, so they didn't ignite them after a long time!

"What should I do?" The team members looked at each other. Later, one of them said: "Since the post office is not easy to burn fire, then burn the surrounding houses!"

When others heard this, it was a solution. So the post office survived, but the houses in the nearby neighborhood suffered!

"It's a fire!" "It's a fire!" The members of the operation team who finally ignited the house began to shout and started to gongs.

The general of the Imperial Guard Min Yongyi heard the shout first, so he immediately rushed out of the post office. The Kaihua Party was waiting. When he saw that he did not say anything, he directly injured him. However, Min Yongyi was born as a general and had a thick skin and was not cut to death. In a hurry, he ran back to the post office.

"Someone is assassinating!"

After saying this, the man finally lost his strength, was covered in blood, and fell to the ground, and was not dead.

When the other guests saw each other, who had the intention to save people? It was because my father was dead and my mother was married, and I was alone. Everyone ran around, jumped over the wall, drilled into dog holes, and in a blink of an eye, there was no one in the post office.

"These cowards who are afraid of life and death, fear of swords and avoid swords!" Jin Yujun cursed. He originally wanted to take this opportunity to catch all the ministers in one go, but unexpectedly, an emergency situation like Min Yongyi was encountered.

Hong Yingzhi was anxious and said, "What should I do now?"

Jin Yujun raised his eyebrows and said, "Don't panic, enter the palace!"

On the way to the palace, Jin Yujun rode on the horse, and there was a woman next to her. This person was the palace maid Gao, known as Gao Dasao. Because Jin Yujun was kind to her, she wanted to repay her.

"Sir, please give me some instructions!"

Jin Yujun was silent at first, but when he heard this, he sighed and said, "Perform as planned!"

Gao gave a deep gift, and after entering the palace, he headed straight to Dechang Palace and began to bury explosives there.

At this time, Jin Yujun also met the current Korean king Li Xi in Dechang Palace, and said, "Your Majesty, the big thing is not good. The Qing army suddenly made trouble and burned the post office. The situation is very urgent. I hope Your Majesty will go to Jingyou Palace to avoid it immediately.

The Gyeongyou Palace is a place where the Korean royal family worships portraits of the previous kings. It is narrow and easy to guard.

Hong Yingzhi, who entered the palace together, also said: "Yes, Your Majesty, you can't hesitate anymore, if you're late, you'll change!"

After all, North Korea's King Lee Hee is not mentally retarded. It is impossible for you to fool him in verbal words, and he is still hesitant. But at this moment, a violent explosion sounded, and the firelight instantly reflected the sky red. It turned out that it was the palace maid Gao Dasao who detonated the explosives, which made the illusion of the Qing army's fierce attack on the Korean palace.

Now North Korea's Gaozong was panicked and took all royal members Min, the prince, the prince, and the prince to take refuge in Jingyou Palace.

On the way to Jingfu Palace again, Jin Yujun suddenly advised: "Your Majesty, the situation is difficult to settle now. If there is no foreign aid, we will sit and wait for death!"

"What does Yiqing's family mean?"

"Since the Qing army was in chaos, it would be better to send someone to the Japanese embassy to ask for help. Japan and the Qing Dynasty are both great powers. If Japan intervenes, the Qing Dynasty dare not go too far."

At this moment, Emperor Gaozong's mind was full of mucus, completely Jin Yujun believed whatever he said, so he immediately issued an order and sent someone to the Japanese embassy to ask for help. He wrote a teaching in a pencil and wrote a letter to "The Japanese envoy will protect me." Jin Yujun handed the teaching in a teaching to Yin Zhihao and asked him to go to the Japanese embassy to bring reinforcements.

As soon as Yin Zhihao left, a group of people ran towards him. After a closer look, it was Li Zuyuan, the commander of the left camp who had just fled from the post office, Shen Xiangdai, the commander of the right camp, Han Guiji, the commander of the front camp, Yin Taijun, the commander of the back camp, and Liu Zaixian, the eunuch of the main hall.

Liu Zaixian took a step forward and whispered loudly: "Your Majesty, I'm brave, where are you going?"

When Emperor Gaozong saw that it was his eunuch in the main hall, he immediately said: "I heard that the Qing soldiers outside the palace were in chaos, so Jin Aiqing took me to Jingyou Palace for refuge."

The people who came here were stunned and looked at each other. The Qing soldiers were in chaos? Didn’t see them!

"Your Majesty, I just came back from outside the palace and didn't see the Qing soldiers causing trouble?" Liu Zaixian asked at this time, and then looked at Jin Yujun, Hong Yingzhi and others.

Emperor Gaozong was stunned when he heard this and said, "Jin Aiqing, what's going on?"

Jin Yujun was also panicked at this time, sweating all over his head. His lies were exposed in person, so he could imagine his fate. But at this time, two explosions suddenly came from the direction of Renzheng Hall. Jin Yujun simply turned his mind and was angry, and said with a look of shock: "Your Majesty, don't be deceived by villains! The Qing soldiers outside the palace were seen by me with my own eyes. Now there are explosions in the direction of Renzheng Hall. It seems that it was caused by the attack of the Qing army. A treacherous villain like Liu Zaixian who disregarded the holy grace, seemed to have been bribed by the Qing people. It is not enough to punish him if he was not killed!"

When Liu Zaixian heard this, Jin Yujun actually asked Emperor Gaozong to chop off his head. He immediately became angry and argued with Jin Yujun with the other four ministers. However, Jin Yujun was very polite and the few of them joined forces was not their opponents. In the end, they had to go to Jingyou Palace. If there was anything, I would talk about it when I got there.

Gaozong and his party had just settled in Jingyou Palace, and Japanese minister Jinichiro Takeotian led more than 500 Japanese troops to arrive. Jinichiro Takeotian was cured at this moment, with a refreshing expression. Gaozong and others were shocked when they saw this. After the Renwu army chaos, Japan did not gain the right to garrison in Seoul due to the intervention of the Da Shang Dynasty. Now they suddenly brought so many soldiers into the palace... Everyone knows that things are extraordinary, but facing the Japanese's black guns, everyone began to remain silent and dare not say more.

"Your Majesty, please forgive me for coming late!" Takeotori Ichiro bowed to North Korea's Gojong.

Even though Gaozong and others knew there was a problem, they had to bite the bullet and continue to act and said, "Thank you, Mr. Takeotori Ichiro, helping me in time. I will thank you very much in the future."

Takeotori said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you are kind, maintaining North Korea's stability and royal security is the obligation of our great Japanese empire."

The Japanese soldiers tightly surrounded Jingyou's palace. When Jin Yujun saw that the situation had stabilized, he secretly gave a wink to the group of people. After they left, they finally walked to Li Zuyuan and four other conservative ministers and said, "The situation is critical now, and I have no choice but to invite Japanese soldiers to come to protect the emperor. As the country's envoy, you should leave the palace to protect His Majesty."

These four conservative ministers hesitated for a moment before nodding, and believed it was true and hurriedly left Jingyou Palace. However, when they arrived at the palace gate, they were all killed by the Kaihua Party assassins who were ambushing them in secret.

Jin Yujun looked at the four people's departure, sneered, and then outside Jingyou Palace, saying, "Your Majesty has an order to summon the left to discuss the government, Min Taihao, the right to discuss the government, Zhao Ningxia, and the general manager of Haifang Min Yong and Musu went to Jingyou Palace to discuss matters."

These three are all staunch members of the Da Party, among which Zhao Ningxia has a close relationship with Da Shang. Jin Yujun is also a false propaganda of the king's order.
To be continued...