Chapter 2328

Qian Tiandun was not surprised by the results that Fu Li had verified through the Chamber of Commerce. He and Tom Wang had thought that there was something wrong with Jin Shangxian's performance before, and there were many logical loopholes in what happened. There is a lack of reliable evidence to support such speculation.

The reason why Qian Tiandun paid special attention to that detail during the autopsy was because he had done corresponding homework on important figures in Korea before and knew that Li Zhu had not personally participated in any battles. He was actually responsible for launching the palace coup that year. There was someone else who did it. When the Dingmao Rebellion broke out later, Li Jian was so frightened that he fled directly to Ganghwa Island to avoid the war, without even thinking about going into battle to defend himself against foreign enemies.

Since Li Zhu had never been on the battlefield in person, and given his pampered living conditions in the palace, the possibility of being seriously injured was naturally very slim. It was based on this understanding that Qian Tiandun came up with the idea of ​​the true identity of the remains. Suspicion. He informed Fu Li of this clue at that time. Sure enough, Fu Li did not disappoint him and he really followed the clues and found out something.

Since the remains are fake, it can be inferred that a series of information related to the remains are also more or less adulterated. Especially the assassination in the imperial study room mentioned by Kim Sang-heon, its credibility will be greatly compromised because of this. Already.

But although the remains are fake, Qian Tiandun no longer has any hope for Li Zhu's life and death. Even if the assassination in the royal study did not occur, he would not have disappeared for more than a month without any reason. Now Haihan has taken control of Seoul. As for the situation, Li Zhu has not yet appeared, so it is basically certain that the situation is more serious than bad.

Qian Tiandun is more inclined to believe the possibility raised by Fu Li, that is, the rebels fabricated the assassination incident in order to seize power. The fake remains were just to prove that Li Zhu died in the assassination incident, but in fact this was based on the assassination incident. A palace coup. After the rebel party succeeds, they will naturally not let Li Zhu live in the world. Otherwise, once the dead are resurrected, the conspiracy of the rebel party will be automatically exposed to the world.

From Haihan's point of view, this unexpected change of power is not necessarily a bad thing. Compared with Li Zhi, whose ideas tend to be conservative, Li Zhi, who has begun to accept Haihan's development strategy, is obviously a more ideal ruler. , after he takes power, he will further tilt North Korea's position towards Haihan and provide Haihan with more natural resources and population resources. This is what Haihan desperately wants to get from North Korea.

But whether the truth of the matter should be continued to be investigated, and how to report the matter to Li Xie, Qian Tiandun had to carefully consider it in order to maximize his interests.

To continue the investigation, Kim Sang-heon and his followers must be uprooted. Regardless of whether they are punished for their crimes, the impact on the current government cannot be ignored. Li Zhen has just ascended the throne and has too many things to rely on. Kim Sang-hyun handled it on his behalf. If he wanted to tear his face apart at this time, it would probably cause a new round of civil strife in North Korea.

But pretending not to know and ignoring the investigation results is obviously not Qian Tiandun's style of doing things. This matter must not be kept hidden from Li Xie.

Qian Tiandun thought about it again and again, and decided to meet with Kim Sang-hyun first to see if he would explain this before reporting the progress of the investigation to Li Shi. He was also really curious about the power of senior officials like Kim Sang-hyun and Choi Ming-gil. , why take huge risks to create such a farce that is difficult to end?

As the Chief Secretary, Kim Sang-heon's office is naturally located in the Secretary-General's Mansion. However, most of these government offices in Seoul are small houses with little ostentation. If it weren't for the signboards hanging at the door, they would easily be mistaken for private residences.

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This Si Xian Mansion is no exception, but because Jin Shangxian has to handle the government affairs on his behalf recently, there are a lot more people coming in and out of Si Xian Mansion. When Qian Tiandun came here, he saw a lot of small officials holding papers.

Getting involved in and out, I think it was documents sent here from various government offices for Kim Sang-heon to review and approve.

Qian Tiandun arrived suddenly, and Kim Sang-hyun had to stop no matter how busy he was. He suspended handling government affairs and met Qian Tiandun in the living room.

It is said to be a living room, but in fact it is just half a room separated from the study room where he works. It only has simple tables and chairs and looks very simple. It is difficult to imagine that the number one official in North Korea today lives in such a cramped space.

A local office to receive guests coming and going.

Jin Sangxian asked someone to serve hot tea, and then asked Qian Tiandun why he was here: "General Qian suddenly came to visit. There must be something urgent. Is there anything I can do to help?"

Qian Tiandun said: "Regarding the assassination case in the royal study, my investigation has made new progress, but I would like to hear Lord Jin's opinion before reporting the case to the king."

Jin Sangxian's expression did not change much, and he continued to ask: "I wonder if General Qian has found any important clues?"

Qian Tiandun stared at Jin Sangxian and said slowly: "Our investigation found that there are some problems with the remains provided by Mr. Jin. The deceased seems not to be the king, but someone else."

"Is this happening? I wonder how General Qian identified the remains?" After hearing this accusation, Jin Sangxian remained calm and composed without the slightest panic, and immediately asked Qian Tiandun.

Qian Tiandun did not directly respond to Jin Sangxian's question, but continued this discovery: "After the accident, Mr. Jin and Cui Mingji both went to the royal study room, so they should not be able to identify the deceased. If the person died that day,

It’s not the king, so how did the assassination come out of nowhere?”

Kim Sang-hyun responded coldly: "I don't understand what General Qian is talking about. If there is any problem with the king's remains, it should be Cui Mingji who tampered with it."

"You mean, Cui Mingji specially made a fake body and secretly transported it to be buried outside the city? What's the point of doing this?" Qian Tiandun shook his head and said: "It doesn't make sense. I think the rebels have some reasons.

, there was no intention to execute the king on the day it was launched, and the purpose of creating this fake remains was to confirm that the king did die in an assassination that day, to shift the responsibility to the so-called Manchu assassins, and to make the whole plan look more

It’s just reasonable.”

Kim Sang-hyun fell into silence and did not respond to Qian Tiandun's inference.

Qian Tiandun continued: "To disguise a palace coup as an assassination, there are too many aspects involved, and it is easy for the news to leak out. Therefore, all the people in the palace who may have come into contact with the truth were taken away in the name of investigation. Presumably

These people later became burial objects. The insiders who could leak the secret were all dead, and the assassination incident could be truly confirmed. But the people who made this plan never expected that the king's scapegoat they had found in advance did not even look at it.

It looks so perfect, but even after a month of death, flaws will be seen."

Qian Tiandun paused and said slowly: "Many people have lost their lives over this matter, just to realize this so-called assassination case so that the mastermind behind the coup can escape smoothly after succeeding.

.It’s a pity that even though it is dense and sparse, it still leaves a small loophole in the end.”

"Before I came to see Mr. Jin, I had already ordered people to seal up the remains, so there was no need to consider whether the evidence could still be destroyed. The new king is a smart man. If he knew that the assassination was intentional,

If he creates an illusion, then he should soon figure out who is behind all this."

It was only at this time that Jin Shangxian spoke: "Cui Mingji thought he had a perfect plan, but he never thought that his plan would be exposed in the eyes of outsiders. It is really ridiculous. Although I was coerced by him, I did not take the initiative to expose this incident afterwards. It is true that

It’s also guilty.”

"At this point, Mr. Jin is still thinking of putting all the blame on the dead?" Qian Tiandun shook his head slightly and said: "In order to make this plan look reasonable, you can only use more lives to fill it.

Little did they know that the more people died in this trap, the more difficult it would be to control the situation. It seemed that the dead had kept the secret, but in fact it also revealed that there must be a huge problem in this matter, otherwise how could there not even be a living insider found?

Mr. Jin still doesn’t understand that as long as there is one flaw, there will be flaws everywhere.”

Kim Sang-hyun fell into silence again, but his expression was no longer as calm as before.

Qian Tiandun said: "Of course I can understand that Mr. Jin will definitely not admit the accusation. But I really want to know that important court officials like you and Cui Mingji are already in power, and no one can threaten your status.

Why do you still take great risks to do such a thing? Is it true that the Manchu Qing Dynasty has promised you great benefits? But no matter how you award it, it will not exceed the treatment you receive as a highly respected official in the North Korean state, right?

"

Kim Sang-hyun's expression finally changed. It was not panic, but anger: "General Qian, Kim will only be loyal to North Korea in this life. Everything he does is for the country and the people, and he is absolutely selfless! Cui Mingji and the others

Although he has different political views, he is also a patriotic person and cannot collude with the Manchu thieves!"

Qian Tiandun said: "Just patriotism, no loyalty to the emperor? How wonderful!"

Speaking of which, Qian Tiandun can basically confirm that Kim Sang-heon should have participated in the previous coup to a certain extent, and was not coerced by Cui Mingji as he said. But why did these two people do this?

Qian Tiandun still had no clue about the treasonous matter.

Kim Sang-hyun fell silent for the third time. In today's conversation, Qian Tiandun's words were aggressive, making it difficult for him to answer. Of course, in Qian's view, this was a sign of guilty conscience.

Kim Sang-hyun was indeed unable to respond directly to Qian Tiandun's doubts, and it was even less possible for him to explain to Qian Tiandun that the reason for launching this coup was that they believed that King Li Zhuo relied on Haihan to a very dangerous extent, which might affect the

Guo Zuo of North Korea used abnormal methods to overthrow Li Zhu's rule.

But from the beginning to the end, they had no intention of proclaiming themselves kings and replacing the Li dynasty, let alone colluding with the Manchus. Therefore, Kim Sang-hyun was very angry at Qian Tiandun's speculation and considered it an insult.

He and Cui Mingji regard themselves as patriots, and everything they do is for the long-term interests of the country. They just want to overthrow Li Zhu and let the next king take charge of the country. Although they still have differences on the choice of successor,

As long as the government is still in their hands, no matter which prince inherits the throne, it will not be too bad.

Of course, in order to protect himself, Kim Sang-hyun later used some means during the execution of the plan, which resulted in the situation developing out of control. In the end, Kim Sang-hyun had to use force to get rid of Cui Ming-gil's group, and he also passed all the responsibilities.

It’s on Cui Mingji’s head.

Although this was an unplanned situation, Kim Sang-hyun also took this opportunity to eliminate his political opponents and get the opportunity to dominate the government. It was just the temporary plan changes that caused too many loopholes in the process. These must be eliminated in a short period of time.

It was obviously extremely difficult to close all the loopholes. As a result, the Haihan people discovered one of the loopholes and thus traced part of the truth about the assassination case.

In the original plan, the matter would not be delayed until the Haihan people came to the city. They would announce that they had found out the truth about ten days after the assassination, and then bury the king in a grand ceremony. Afterwards, whether it was the Haihan people who came to investigate or the crown prince

When I return to Seoul, I will definitely not start an autopsy at the mausoleum.

However, due to the conflict between Kim Sang-hyun and Cui Ming-gil, Cui Ming-gil only had the fake remains pretending to be Li Jo, but could not grasp the true whereabouts of Lee Jo. He was worried that Kim Sang-hun would cause trouble for him, so he naturally did not dare to do anything.

There is no such thing as a grand burial, so the fake remains can only be buried quietly on the mountain in the north of the city. Although Kim Sang-hyun later secretly dealt with Li Zhu, the time was too different from the assassination. An expert would know something fishy at a glance, so how could he dare to let it go?

When the Haihan people went to verify the authenticity, they could only dig out the fake remains prepared by Cui Mingji, hoping to get away with it.

Jin Sangxian felt that although there were many loopholes in the story he made up, the Haihan people should not be able to find any evidence against him. As long as Li Xie took over the throne, as the first person in the court, he would naturally have many solutions

Erase this experience.

I just didn’t expect it to be anyone’s fault, but the Haihan people still got hold of it. Although this evidence still cannot prove what Kim Sang-hyun did during this period, it has indeed poked a big hole in his carefully crafted story.

.If the Haihan people follow the existing clues to investigate, it may indeed involve more people and things.

Of course, Jin Sangxian was not willing to give up, but he still lacked the courage to face the Haihan people. The courage to refute Qian Tiandun was almost the upper limit of what he could do. And he was not sure about Qian Tiandun.

Tiandun came to the door so confidently. Did he already have more evidence? The more he said, the more he would be wrong, so it would be better to say less.

When Qian Tiandun saw that Jin Shangxian didn't answer, he decided to put more pressure on him: "Regicide and rebellion will implicate the nine tribes. If Mr. Jin thinks this doesn't matter, then I will repay him truthfully."
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