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The emperor has been in great joy these days, and all his ministers can see it. Even though they were arguing fiercely about the Korean coup, the emperor did not blame anyone and did not express his opinion easily.
The fuse of this court debate was the memorial submitted by Yuan Keli. In this memorial, Yuan Keli's views were very clear. He emphasized the illegality of the coup, which was related to the "universal values" of moral principles.
Moreover, he believed that "even if Hun was unrighteous," China should "wait for a new punishment." He even advocated sending troops to "proclaim the crime and punish them."
The officials were divided into two factions, arguing endlessly in the court. One faction stood on the righteousness and proposed that the heavenly army punish the criminals and restore the orthodoxy of the Joseon king.
The words used by this faction were very fierce and could be described as passionate and impassioned, such as "We must punish them for their crimes and revive the royal power" and "We must lead our troops into the court and explain the righteousness to them."
To put it bluntly, it is armed intervention to overthrow the current Lee Jong and restore Lee Hwon to the throne.
The other faction seemed to be of high level and relatively objective. They advocated instructing envoys to go to Korea and observe closely, and then decide what actions to take based on whether Korea "has ties with slaves" or not.
The emperor's delay in making a statement may seem like a wait-and-see attitude or indecision, but in reality, he was helping Li Jong.
Because, waiting and not doing anything gave him time to clean up after the "rebellion", so that he could stabilize the situation in North Korea without any worries and sit firmly on the throne.
Those with exceptional intelligence and keen eyesight could certainly discern the emperor's thoughts, but if one delved deeper, few could discern the emperor's true intentions.
While the debate was going nowhere but getting into a turmoil, another event occurred in Lüda that had a significant impact on the situation in Liaodong.
Yang Jie, a captain of the Embroidered Uniform Guard known as the Smiling Tiger, was looking at the person in front of him with a serious expression.
Jin Shengkui hadn't expected his plan to fail just as it was beginning. He and Liu Aita decided to sail to Dengzhou to secure a promise from Yuan Keli, the imperial tutor.
But after sailing for just a few dozen miles, the ship was intercepted by Ming warships. To avoid being beheaded and his plan aborted, Jin Shengkui could only claim to be meeting with his superiors to report important intelligence.
Now, facing this Ming army officer who started smiling and then turned serious, Jin Shengkui was a little embarrassed, not knowing whether to tell him everything or to hold back.
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