1627 Rise of the South China Sea

Chapter 2323
Jin Shangxian has dealt with Qian Tiandun and Wang Tom a lot, and his attitude has always been very polite, and he rarely shows his old-fashioned and shrewd side in front of them.Qian Tiandun almost forgot that Jin Shangxian, an influential figure in North Korea's official circles, would be easy to deal with after standing in the political arena for many years.

Qian Tiandun said: "Since Mr. Jin can mobilize the people in the city to launch a counterattack against Cui Mingji, the troops currently stationed in the city must be under the command of Mr. Jin?"

Jin Shangxian said seriously: "General Qian's words are wrong. These troops are all loyal to His Majesty the King. They only made mistakes because they were deceived or coerced by Cui Mingji. When they found out that Cui Mingji was actually going to blockade Seoul in the name of arresting assassins If you act in rebellion, you will naturally not want to join forces with him. Now that the Haihan army has rushed to Seoul to start the rescue, the old man climbed up and called out, and all the ministries responded accordingly, and took action together to deal with this rebellious minister and thief."

Jin Shangxian's answer can be said to be watertight. By the way, he also washed away the fighting behavior between himself and Cui Mingji. Qian Tiandun couldn't help but sigh inwardly. He is well versed in the mysteries of officialdom struggles, first grabs the righteousness in his hands, and then labels the opponent a few hats such as traitors and thieves, and then he has the upper hand.And Cui Mingji was already dead at this time, so naturally it was impossible to defend himself and refute Jin Shangxian's accusation.

Qian Tiandun said: "Then I would like to ask again, what suggestions does Mr. Jin have for the follow-up handling of this incident?"

Jin Shangxian said: "The top priority is naturally to let the son succeed to the throne. The country cannot live without a king. With the backbone, the follow-up rewards and punishments can convince the public. Before the son left the country, he assisted the king in handling government affairs and went to your country for further studies. One year, I believe that at this time there is enough ability to govern the country. Moreover, the crown prince was the designated successor before the king was killed. This matter is well known to the ruling and opposition parties, and no one will question the legitimacy of the crown prince's ascension to the throne."

"Cui Mingji and his henchmen who colluded with the Qing Dynasty, assassinated His Majesty the King, and launched a palace coup must be severely punished! Although Cui Mingji committed suicide in fear of crime, his crime is unforgivable, and his actions must be made public! All those who follow him The party members must also be punished as they should be, who should be sentenced, who should be killed, and these people can no longer be left to harm the government!"

"In addition to liquidating these chaotic parties in the country, we must not let go of the Manchus, the instigators, and we must gather the power of the whole country to avenge His Majesty the King! At that time, I hope that your country will be able to form an alliance and send troops to fight against the Manchus together!"

Kim Sang-heon said a lot in one breath this time, obviously he had thought deeply about this issue.This made Qian Tiandun shaken a little. Is this Jin Shangxian a villain with outstanding acting skills, or a loyal minister who cares about the country and the people?Has my previous judgment on the whole incident and Kim Sang-heon's position been misjudged?
Regardless, the investigation into the coup will continue.Qian Tiandun didn't have much hope for the independent investigation agency under the Bingcao Yamen, the Yiban House, because a large number of officials in Seoul were involved in this coup, and no official agency dared to say that it was [-]% clean. The investigation may not be able to be implemented, but it may become a tool for some people in the DPRK to eliminate dissidents.

Therefore, regarding the follow-up matters and the handling of relevant personnel, Qian Tiandun could only trust his own investigation results.Although the Haihan army, as an external force, will encounter many obstacles in investigating the civil strife in Seoul, Li Yi has already stated that he will fully delegate power to the Haihan army, and will order various official agencies to cooperate to the greatest extent to ensure that Haihan The investigation led by the army can proceed smoothly.

In addition to dispatching elite soldiers and generals, Qian Tiandun also did not forget that there is another expert available on the Seoul side, who is in charge of the power of the stronghold outside the city.

Before coming to North Korea, Fu Li was already a senior official who received orthodox police training. He has rich experience in investigating and handling various public security cases. His ability in this field must be stronger than that of military personnel.Therefore, after Qian Tiandun confirmed that the environment in the city had stabilized, he issued a transfer order for Fu Li to report to the city to participate in the follow-up investigation.

Of course, the top priority of the current investigation is to examine these corpses with special identities, which to a large extent is related to the truth of the chaos in Seoul.If all or part of what Kim Sang-heon said was fabricated, it is very likely that it will be reflected in these corpses.

After receiving the transfer order, Fu Li completed the handover of the affairs at hand as quickly as possible, and then hurriedly followed the messenger into the city to report to Qian Tiandun.

He could roughly think of the reason why he was transferred to the city, but he really didn't expect that the first thing he did after entering the city was to participate in the autopsy.

Fu Li also participated in some homicide investigations when he was in Sanya. During the inspection process.

When Fu Li arrived at the scene, Qian Tiandun and Jin Shangxian were having a private conversation in another courtyard, and outsiders were not allowed to disturb them. Fu Li did not wait to report to Qian Tiandun, and after taking some protective measures, he also entered there. The room where the coffin was kept, and the autopsy was carried out with two military doctors.

If the confession made by Kim Sang-heon is used as a reference, there is actually no major problem with these corpses. The fatal wounds mentioned by Kim Sang-heon were found on the two highly decomposed bodies, but the wounds were blurred. It is difficult to distinguish, and it is difficult to confirm whether it is consistent with the evidence of the murder weapon provided by Kim Sang-heon.The most important thing is that since the death time has been more than a month, the faces of the two corpses are difficult to distinguish, and it is almost impossible to confirm their true identities, which means that they may be the king and the assassin, or they may be just two innocent people who died unjustly. farmer.

However, Cui Mingji's body had no obvious trauma. After autopsy, it was found that the gastrointestinal mucosa was festered and bleeding seriously, which seemed to be basically consistent with the symptoms of arsenic poisoning.

Qian Tiandun listened to the report of the three of them in person later that day. He was actually not very satisfied with the test results. He hoped to find more suspicious points through the autopsy, but it seems that limited to the current autopsy technology, it is very difficult to It is difficult to obtain more information in this link.

Qian Tiandun asked the two military doctors to go back to rest first, leaving Fu Li behind.Since Fu Li is going to be in charge of the follow-up investigation work, he must be made clear about the current situation and what Hai Han wants to achieve.

"Based on the information we have obtained from Kim Sang-heon and others, there are still too many unreasonable things in this civil strife in Seoul. The process and purpose of the rebellious party's coup are still unclear. As for Cui Mingji colluding with the Qing Dynasty to assassinate the king I don't believe this kind of statement. So I hope you can find out how the king of North Korea died, whether there were really assassins and assassinations, what happened in the city in the month after the coup, and Who is the instigator of this chaos!"

Qian Tiandun said in a deep voice: "I will ask Li Yan to make up a letter to you later. If you encounter any resistance during the investigation, you can request assistance from the headquarters, and you can dispatch troops to use force if necessary. I will I will provide you with all the help you need, and what you have to do is to find out the truth of the incident as soon as possible, so as to ensure that our country's interests in North Korea will not be damaged to the greatest extent."

Fu Li replied solemnly: "Please rest assured, General, I will definitely do my best to find out the truth as soon as possible!"

When Qian Tiandun left, he asked Gao Qiaonan to assign a squad of soldiers to Fu Li to assist him in the investigation.However, Fu Li did not rush to start from here, but calmed down first, and sorted out all the information he had so far to determine the direction of investigation.

According to the timeline described by Kim Sang-heon, the assassination of the king was the beginning of the chaos in Seoul. After his assassination, Cui Mingji and his party members took the opportunity to take control of the government and blockade Seoul in the name of arresting the assassin. Prepare for subsequent usurpation.

Then whether the king was really assassinated by the assassins from the Qing Dynasty as Jin Shangxian said, became the first thing to be confirmed in the investigation work.

Although the two parties involved are gone, but since the incident is so big, besides the parties involved, there must be many witnesses in the palace. Take the time to interrogate, and maybe you can find some clues that have not been discovered yet. .

At present, all the personnel in the palace have been concentrated in a certain place outside the city, and Fu Li believes that more information than the autopsy link should be found there.

So he had just entered the city for only a few hours, and returned to the outside of the city from Chongli Gate in the south of the city.

This temporary resettlement site is a farm requisitioned by the Haihan army outside the city. All the more than two hundred people who were brought out of the palace were placed under house arrest here, pending further notice and arrangement.

The first thing Fu Li did when he arrived here was to roll his name according to the roster brought out from the palace. There were actually dozens of people missing, most of whom were serving the king inside and outside the imperial study.

Of course, it is impossible for so many people to evaporate on the spot for no reason. Fu Li immediately interrogated the relevant people, and basically confirmed that these people were all taken away by the troops who rushed into the palace in the name of King Qin on the second day after the coup. It is to investigate the fact that someone colluded with foreign spies to make trouble in the palace.

But after these people were taken away, none of them appeared again.The theory that the king was assassinated in the palace began to spread among the servants, maids and guards after these people were actually taken away.This means that the source of the assassination of the king may not necessarily come from the descriptions of those present.

Who took away these palace personnel and where they are now became the issues that Fu Li would investigate next.

According to Jin Sangxian, it was Cui Mingji who led the soldiers into the palace at that time, then it is very likely that he was the one who ordered the removal of these palace personnel.But now that Cui Mingji is dead, and most of the members of the army who obeyed his orders died in the previous fight with Kim Sang-heon's faction. It is not easy to investigate relevant clues.

But Fu Li was sure that if someone tried to cut off these clues afterwards, there would still be clues to follow.

Early the next morning, Fu Li entered Seoul again, reported the progress of the investigation to Qian Tiandun, and at the same time asked for further interrogation authority, because he wanted to interrogate the commanders of the various North Korean troops in the city to confirm that he had entered the palace for treatment. Which army is the follow-up matter? At the same time, compare the information given by Kim Sang-heon to see if the information on both ends can be matched.

"Arraignment of the military officer..." Qian Tiandun pondered for a while when he heard his request.

After the Haihan army entered the city, although they were gradually taking over the defense of the city, they had not directly arrested any military officer so far.Including the three officers who were punished for disobeying military regulations at Sungnyemun Gate, they were not arrested.

Although the Haihan army believed that the defenders in the city were already very unreliable, they did not adopt radical measures to avoid stimulating these troops to mutiny and causing unnecessary trouble.After Li Yan took power, he would gradually replace the commanders of these troops in the name of the king.But Fu Li obviously didn't want to wait so long, he hoped to proceed with the investigation as soon as possible.

"General, the longer the time drags on, the more variables there will be. Many insiders have died inexplicably before we entered the city. If we don't take action as soon as possible, there will probably be fewer and fewer insiders." He concealed his worries to Qian Tiandun.

"Talk about your investigation ideas first." Qian Tiandun decided to be a little more cautious, and first examine Fu Li's plan before making a decision.In case this young man's ideas are too radical, I can help check it out.

Fu Lidao: "Because of the lack of witnesses at the scene, it is still impossible to confirm whether the assassination really took place in the palace. Only by finding the army that took away the people present at that time can the investigation continue. The army in charge of guarding the palace at that time should It’s the Imperial Guards, and the troops that can enter the palace and take people away under the noses of the Imperial Guards are very small. Find out which army’s commander has a close relationship with Kim Sang-heon and Choi Ming-gil , perhaps we can determine the troops that carried out this task at that time.”

Fu Li paused, and then said: "Even if the commander of this army can keep his mouth shut, can everyone involved in the operation be able to do so? As long as the people who are taken out of the palace are silenced, it can be concluded The person who arranged and instigated this matter is behind the scenes!"

Qian Tiandun said: "Perhaps the North Korean soldiers who participated in this mission have been to the scene of the imperial study room incident, so they happen to know whether the assassination of the king is true or not."

Fu Li nodded and said: "If there is evidence to prove it is false, then what Jin Shangxian said is completely unbelievable."

"Then you have a good grasp of the scale, and don't be too radical before there is no real evidence." Qian Tiandun's statement can be regarded as having approved the direction of Fuli's investigation.

(End of this chapter)