Chapter 1502: Swimming Against the Current
Just as Kim Sang-heon feared, he brought Roh-heon into the palace and failed to immediately convince the indecisive King Yi Liang, but quickly summoned the opposition of the lord and Choi Myung-gil.
The "peace" advocated by Choi Myung-gil is not to blindly surrender, but to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible. This low-key strategy is not because he himself loves peace, but because he has a relatively clear understanding of the armed strength of the DPRK, after all, the DPRK has hardly achieved decent victories in the war with foreign countries alone, and if it were not for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, it would probably have been destroyed several times. Knowing that such a situation could not be sustained any longer, Choi Mingji advocated to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible.
According to Roh-hsien, the Haihan army was a powerful presence that could crush the Houjin on the Liaodong battlefield and hoped to form an alliance with Korea. However, the Haihan State did not use normal diplomatic channels to send envoys to contact Korea, but directly sent a fully armed fleet, Cui Mingji thought that this practice was unusual, so he demanded that the Haihan fleet not enter the Han River, and only a few subordinates led by its generals or envoys into Seoul, so as not to be taken advantage of by the ill-intentioned Haihan people to break the city.
Choi Myung-gil's concerns are not unreasonable, after all, the North Korean army's defense capability is limited, and if the Haihan army is really as powerful as Luo Xian describes, it will be too risky for his army to approach Seoul. For security reasons, he could not agree to the plan proposed by Kim Sang-heon's faction to allow the Hae-Han fleet to enter the Han River.
Kim Sang-hun's view is somewhat different, he believes in what Roh-heon said, and believes that Haehan's intention is not to invade, but to fully demonstrate force to North Korea, in order to deter the North Korean government and opposition in the shortest possible time, and then form the anti-Kim alliance that Hae-han needs.
Kim Sang-hun believes that peace cannot be achieved by prayer, but by taking the initiative. It is impossible to expect that a bad neighbor like Houjin will one day come to their senses, and can only hope for strong reinforcement to solve this external problem for North Korea. In the past, the object of North Korea's hope was naturally the Ming Dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty is also difficult to protect itself, and has no time to look around, not only can it not help North Korea, but even North Korea can only pretend not to know about paying tribute to Houjin.
And Haihan is not a country in this region, and no matter what their purpose is to start a war with Houjin, the result is objectively favorable to North Korea. In line with the diplomatic principle of long-distance friendship and close attack, North Korea should also have a good relationship with Haihan. Of course, Kim Sang-heon automatically ignored the national strength required for the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, and forcibly put North Korea on an equal footing with the Haehan.
One side argued that the Haihan fleet should be given a chance to show force from afar, while the other side believed that it was too risky to allow the Haihan fleet to approach Seoul. However, when King Yi Liang asked Choi Mingji if there was any way to ensure that the Haihan fleet could stay on Ganghwa Island, he still couldn't help but come up with a specific plan, after all, the strength of the North Korean naval army was weak, and the largest ship was only about 300 materials, where could it compete with the kind of artillery giant ship described by Luo Heon.
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Just as Kim Sang-heon feared, he brought Roh-heon into the palace and failed to immediately convince the indecisive King Yi Liang, but quickly summoned the opposition of the lord and Choi Myung-gil.
The "peace" advocated by Choi Myung-gil is not to blindly surrender, but to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible. This low-key strategy is not because he himself loves peace, but because he has a relatively clear understanding of the armed strength of the DPRK, after all, the DPRK has hardly achieved decent victories in the war with foreign countries alone, and if it were not for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, it would probably have been destroyed several times. Knowing that such a situation could not be sustained any longer, Choi Mingji advocated to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible.
According to Roh-hsien, the Haihan army was a powerful presence that could crush the Houjin on the Liaodong battlefield and hoped to form an alliance with Korea. However, the Haihan State did not use normal diplomatic channels to send envoys to contact Korea, but directly sent a fully armed fleet, Cui Mingji thought that this practice was unusual, so he demanded that the Haihan fleet not enter the Han River, and only a few subordinates led by its generals or envoys into Seoul, so as not to be taken advantage of by the ill-intentioned Haihan people to break the city.
Choi Myung-gil's concerns are not unreasonable, after all, the North Korean army's defense capability is limited, and if the Haihan army is really as powerful as Luo Xian describes, it will be too risky for his army to approach Seoul. For security reasons, he could not agree to the plan proposed by Kim Sang-heon's faction to allow the Hae-Han fleet to enter the Han River.
Kim Sang-hun's view is somewhat different, he believes in what Roh-heon said, and believes that Haehan's intention is not to invade, but to fully demonstrate force to North Korea, in order to deter the North Korean government and opposition in the shortest possible time, and then form the anti-Kim alliance that Hae-han needs.
Kim Sang-hun believes that peace cannot be achieved by prayer, but by taking the initiative. It is impossible to expect that a bad neighbor like Houjin will one day come to their senses, and can only hope for strong reinforcement to solve this external problem for North Korea. In the past, the object of North Korea's hope was naturally the Ming Dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty is also difficult to protect itself, and has no time to look around, not only can it not help North Korea, but even North Korea can only pretend not to know about paying tribute to Houjin.
And Haihan is not a country in this region, and no matter what their purpose is to start a war with Houjin, the result is objectively favorable to North Korea. In line with the diplomatic principle of long-distance friendship and close attack, North Korea should also have a good relationship with Haihan. Of course, Kim Sang-heon automatically ignored the national strength required for the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, and forcibly put North Korea on an equal footing with the Haehan.
One side argued that the Haihan fleet should be given a chance to show force from afar, while the other side believed that it was too risky to allow the Haihan fleet to approach Seoul. However, when King Yi Liang asked Choi Mingji if there was any way to ensure that the Haihan fleet could stay on Ganghwa Island, he still couldn't help but come up with a specific plan, after all, the strength of the North Korean naval army was weak, and the largest ship was only about 300 materials, where could it compete with the kind of artillery giant ship described by Luo Heon. Just as Kim Sang-heon feared, he brought Roh-heon into the palace and failed to immediately convince the indecisive King Yi Liang, but quickly summoned the opposition of the lord and Choi Myung-gil.
The "peace" advocated by Choi Myung-gil is not to blindly surrender, but to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible. This low-key strategy is not because he himself loves peace, but because he has a relatively clear understanding of the armed strength of the DPRK, after all, the DPRK has hardly achieved decent victories in the war with foreign countries alone, and if it were not for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, it would probably have been destroyed several times. Knowing that such a situation could not be sustained any longer, Choi Mingji advocated to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible.
According to Roh-hsien, the Haihan army was a powerful presence that could crush the Houjin on the Liaodong battlefield and hoped to form an alliance with Korea. However, the Haihan State did not use normal diplomatic channels to send envoys to contact Korea, but directly sent a fully armed fleet, Cui Mingji thought that this practice was unusual, so he demanded that the Haihan fleet not enter the Han River, and only a few subordinates led by its generals or envoys into Seoul, so as not to be taken advantage of by the ill-intentioned Haihan people to break the city.
Choi Myung-gil's concerns are not unreasonable, after all, the North Korean army's defense capability is limited, and if the Haihan army is really as powerful as Luo Xian describes, it will be too risky for his army to approach Seoul. For security reasons, he could not agree to the plan proposed by Kim Sang-heon's faction to allow the Hae-Han fleet to enter the Han River.
Kim Sang-hun's view is somewhat different, he believes in what Roh-heon said, and believes that Haehan's intention is not to invade, but to fully demonstrate force to North Korea, in order to deter the North Korean government and opposition in the shortest possible time, and then form the anti-Kim alliance that Hae-han needs.
Kim Sang-hun believes that peace cannot be achieved by prayer, but by taking the initiative. It is impossible to expect that a bad neighbor like Houjin will one day come to their senses, and can only hope for strong reinforcement to solve this external problem for North Korea. In the past, the object of North Korea's hope was naturally the Ming Dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty is also difficult to protect itself, and has no time to look around, not only can it not help North Korea, but even North Korea can only pretend not to know about paying tribute to Houjin.
And Haihan is not a country in this region, and no matter what their purpose is to start a war with Houjin, the result is objectively favorable to North Korea. In line with the diplomatic principle of long-distance friendship and close attack, North Korea should also have a good relationship with Haihan. Of course, Kim Sang-heon automatically ignored the national strength required for the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, and forcibly put North Korea on an equal footing with the Haehan.
One side argued that the Haihan fleet should be given a chance to show force from afar, while the other side believed that it was too risky to allow the Haihan fleet to approach Seoul. However, when King Yi Liang asked Choi Mingji if there was any way to ensure that the Haihan fleet could stay on Ganghwa Island, he still couldn't help but come up with a specific plan, after all, the strength of the North Korean naval army was weak, and the largest ship was only about 300 materials, where could it compete with the kind of artillery giant ship described by Luo Heon. Just as Kim Sang-heon feared, he brought Roh-heon into the palace and failed to immediately convince the indecisive King Yi Liang, but quickly summoned the opposition of the lord and Choi Myung-gil.
The "peace" advocated by Choi Myung-gil is not to blindly surrender, but to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible. This low-key strategy is not because he himself loves peace, but because he has a relatively clear understanding of the armed strength of the DPRK, after all, the DPRK has hardly achieved decent victories in the war with foreign countries alone, and if it were not for the protection of the Ming Dynasty, it would probably have been destroyed several times. Knowing that such a situation could not be sustained any longer, Choi Mingji advocated to avoid armed conflict with other countries as much as possible.
According to Roh-hsien, the Haihan army was a powerful presence that could crush the Houjin on the Liaodong battlefield and hoped to form an alliance with Korea. However, the Haihan State did not use normal diplomatic channels to send envoys to contact Korea, but directly sent a fully armed fleet, Cui Mingji thought that this practice was unusual, so he demanded that the Haihan fleet not enter the Han River, and only a few subordinates led by its generals or envoys into Seoul, so as not to be taken advantage of by the ill-intentioned Haihan people to break the city.
Choi Myung-gil's concerns are not unreasonable, after all, the North Korean army's defense capability is limited, and if the Haihan army is really as powerful as Luo Xian describes, it will be too risky for his army to approach Seoul. For security reasons, he could not agree to the plan proposed by Kim Sang-heon's faction to allow the Hae-Han fleet to enter the Han River.
Kim Sang-hun's view is somewhat different, he believes in what Roh-heon said, and believes that Haehan's intention is not to invade, but to fully demonstrate force to North Korea, in order to deter the North Korean government and opposition in the shortest possible time, and then form the anti-Kim alliance that Hae-han needs.
Kim Sang-hun believes that peace cannot be achieved by prayer, but by taking the initiative. It is impossible to expect that a bad neighbor like Houjin will one day come to their senses, and can only hope for strong reinforcement to solve this external problem for North Korea. In the past, the object of North Korea's hope was naturally the Ming Dynasty, but now the Ming Dynasty is also difficult to protect itself, and has no time to look around, not only can it not help North Korea, but even North Korea can only pretend not to know about paying tribute to Houjin.
And Haihan is not a country in this region, and no matter what their purpose is to start a war with Houjin, the result is objectively favorable to North Korea. In line with the diplomatic principle of long-distance friendship and close attack, North Korea should also have a good relationship with Haihan. Of course, Kim Sang-heon automatically ignored the national strength required for the strategy of long-distance friendship and close attack, and forcibly put North Korea on an equal footing with the Haehan.
One side argued that the Haihan fleet should be given a chance to show force from afar, while the other side believed that it was too risky to allow the Haihan fleet to approach Seoul. However, when King Yi Liang asked Choi Mingji if there was any way to ensure that the Haihan fleet could stay on Ganghwa Island, he still couldn't help but come up with a specific plan, after all, the strength of the North Korean naval army was weak, and the largest ship was only about 300 materials, where could it compete with the kind of artillery giant ship described by Luo Heon.
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