Gou was a member of the imperial family in the late Ming Dynasty

Chapter 1026: Eighteen Deadly Sins
After dealing with Ajige, Hauge in Korea no longer had any worries. While the news had not yet spread, Hauge decisively sent people to take over Ajige's troops. There were not too many accidents in the process and everything went very smoothly.

After taking over these troops, Hauge purged Ajige and Dorgon's men in the army. All those who had connection with them were arrested. Hauge showed no mercy to any resisters and killed them directly.

In just a few days, all the eight banners of Korea fell into Hauge's hands, and all the generals at all levels in the army were replaced by people he arranged. Of course, Hauge could not intervene except for Jingwuer's army. This army nominally belonged to the Zhenglan Banner, but it was the army of the Ming Dynasty. How could Hauge intervene in it? Moreover, Jingwuer came to Korea not only to help Hauge do this, but also had an important task, which was to use the Ming Dynasty's army stationed in Korea to supervise and contain Hauge.

Both Hauge and Jingwuer knew the reason, and they cooperated tacitly. After all, Hauge still had many requests for the Ming Dynasty. Although he had solved Ajige, he still had many shortcomings if he really wanted to compete with Dorgon with the power in his hands and the unpacified Korea.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend, so Hauge secretly joined hands with Daming and became a temporary ally. No matter how long this alliance can last and how long the cooperation between the two sides can last, at least everyone is in the same boat so far.

Next, Hauge proceeded step by step according to the strategy he had previously discussed with the Ming Dynasty. First, Hauge, in the name of the Prince Regent of Korea, publicly announced to Korea that he would abolish the Korean King Sunseon Lee Sung, who had been supported by him, and instead recognize the Korean King Lee Sun on Jeju Island as the legitimate king of Korea.

Secondly, Hauge claimed that the Seoul Incident was not his idea, and that the culprits were the brothers Dorgon and Ajige. It was because of them that the former King of Korea, the Crown Prince, the Queen and others died, and Hauge was also used by them. Now that the truth has come out, Hauge is extremely sad and regretful. In order to repent and reform himself, he decided to draw a clear line with Dorgon and others and restore order.

Later, Hauge also declared to Korea that the root cause of the Korean turmoil was the Dorgon brothers, and that he, as the son of the previous emperor of the Qing Dynasty, was also a victim, and had no intention of causing chaos in Korea. In order to protect himself, Hauge was willing to fight against Dorgon's endless bullying and exploitation of Korea together with the Korean monarch and ministers, and he also assured Korea with his own status that as long as he was in Korea, he would put the interests of Korea first and unite the Korean people to fight the enemy together.

The Koreans were confused by Haoge's series of actions. Originally, they thought Haoge was a prince of the Qing Dynasty, an enemy of Korea, and the root of the chaos in Korea. But now, Haoge has changed from an executioner to an angel, and has become the patron saint of Korea? Such a big change is shocking to ordinary people, even the Korean nobles.

Moreover, Hauge's statement not only sounded reasonable, but the news from Seoul also confirmed that Hauge launched a mutiny and captured Ajige, and chopped off many people's heads in the name of revenge for the King of Korea.

Of course, these people were all Ajige's men. As for the charges against them, they were naturally whatever Hauge said. Even though the knowledgeable people in Korea felt the problem, ordinary people did not know. With the occurrence of this situation, the chaos in various parts of Korea changed a lot for a while, and the subsequent changes shocked the whole of Korea, because shortly after Hauge made these statements, the Korean King Yi Sun on Jeju Island officially issued an edict, acknowledging the authenticity of what Hauge said in another way.

As the king, Li Yun issued an edict to inform the Korean subjects that the key to the Seoul incident did not lie with Hauge but with Ajige, and that Ajige was the culprit who massacred the Korean rebels in the subsequent Korean civil unrest. On the contrary, Hauge made many efforts to stabilize the situation in Korea, but due to the interference of Dorgon, Ajige and others, it did not achieve good results.

Moreover, because Hauge's measures to stabilize Korea and his actions to support the Korean royal family angered the Dorgon brothers, the Dorgon brothers intended to get rid of Hauge and replace Hauge's position in Korea, and ultimately annex the entire Korea into the Qing Dynasty.

Because Hauge disagreed with this, Dorgon intended to attack Hauge. Hauge rose up in resistance in order to protect himself and maintain the destiny of Korea. This shows that Hauge was inclined towards Korea and never intended to destroy Korea.

Now that Hauge has solved the problem of Ajige by mutiny and incorporated the Eight Banners Army in the court, it means that Hauge has completely turned against Dorgon of the Qing Dynasty. This is not a bad thing for Korea but a good thing. The Korean King Yi Sun said that as long as Hauge can help Korea resist the Qing Dynasty (Dorgon) and restore the rule of the Joseon Dynasty, Korea can help Hauge regain the throne of the Qing Dynasty. Once Hauge succeeds, Korea and the Qing Dynasty can be brothers in the future. Korea no longer needs to pay tribute to the Qing Dynasty, and the Qing Dynasty will give Korea completely independent power. This is a good choice for both countries.

In addition, this matter was tacitly approved by the Ming Dynasty. Although the Ming Dynasty did not make an official statement, it did not formally oppose it either. It just watched the matter from the sidelines. This alone shows the attitude of the Ming Dynasty. Therefore, Korea should quell the rebellion as soon as possible and unite with Hauge to block Dorgon's future military actions against Korea and avoid the situation of Korea being annexed.

As Li Yu's attitude changed, the Korean subjects' views on Haoge also began to change accordingly. Although the aristocratic families did not believe these words, they could not control the thoughts of other Korean subjects due to the situation.

Moreover, the chaos in North Korea has lasted for more than a year, and the unrest has made the people of North Korea miserable. Life in North Korea was not easy to begin with, and now the unrest continues, the people of North Korea will soon be unable to make ends meet. A large amount of land has been abandoned, and the people have no food. If the unrest continues for a few more years, not to mention the people of North Korea, I am afraid that the aristocratic families may not be able to withstand it.

Furthermore, the attitude of the Ming Dynasty is also extremely important. As a small country, Korea was able to compete with the Qing Dynasty before, and the key was that it had the Ming Dynasty as its support. Everyone knows that Li Yu in Jeju Island was supported by the Ming Dynasty, and there are Ming Dynasty soldiers stationed on Jeju Island. As long as the Ming Dynasty is there, there is still hope for Korea's resistance, but once the Ming Dynasty's attitude changes, the Koreans will lose their confidence. Now Li Yu's statement has proved that the Ming Dynasty has actually negotiated the conditions with Hauge in private. The two have colluded with each other and used Korea as the basis for a three-party alliance. Among the three parties, the Ming Dynasty is the strongest, followed by Hauge, and the weakest is Korea. In this case, Korea has no other choice but to do what the Ming Dynasty wants. Once abandoned by the Ming Dynasty, there is no need for Dorgon to fight. With Hauge's strength, I am afraid that he can solve those resistance forces.

A weak country has no diplomacy. North Korea is not only a weak country, but even its king is in the hands of others, and it has no autonomy in everything. In addition, those aristocratic families have been around for hundreds of years, and each of them is a smart person. They only care about their own interests, not the country.

The change of dynasties in North Korea was nothing to them. The key was how to maintain their own wealth and glory. Faced with these situations, these people quickly made their own choices. Except for a small number of people who still resisted, most people began to cooperate with Hauge instead of confrontation. As a result, the political situation in North Korea improved quickly. In less than a month, rebellions in various places were gradually quelled, and production even resumed in some places. The order of the entire North Korea was stabilized.

These situations were good things for Hauge, for the Korean subjects, and for the Ming Dynasty, but they were not good for Dorgon who was far away in Shengjing.

Although Hauge blocked his actions of capturing Ajige and disposing of all Ajige's subordinates, the news could be blocked for a while but not forever. He urged Hauge to return to Shengjing several times but to no avail. Later, even the people sent to contact Ajige never returned. Dorgon in Shengjing immediately felt something was wrong and sent people to investigate. When he learned the truth, he was furious.
Dorgon never expected that Hauge would do such a thing, so bold as to launch a mutiny, imprison Ajige and massacre his subordinates. As the regent prince of the Qing Dynasty, how could Dorgon watch Hauge live freely in Korea? But before he had time to convene a meeting of princes and ministers to issue a punitive order against Hauge's rebellious behavior, Hauge took the initiative in Korea.

As the eldest son of Huang Taiji and the successor of the late emperor, Hauge issued a manifesto against Dorgon. In the manifesto, Hauge directly accused Dorgon of several major crimes of causing chaos in the Qing Dynasty despite being a prince of the Qing Dynasty.

First, Dorgon was not the son of the previous emperor and had no right to inherit the throne. However, he attempted to get his hands on Dabao in the name of the previous emperor's brother and forcibly prevented Haoge from succeeding to the throne in an attempt to covet Dabao.

Secondly, Dorgon, out of his own selfish interests, knew that the country had an old ruler but did not establish one, but instead established a young ruler in order to monopolize power and seize control of the government.

Third, after Dorgon became the regent prince, he suppressed Jirgalang and other princes and nobles who were also regent princes. He acted arrogantly in the court, bullied the young ruler, and dominated other princes.

Fourthly, Dorgon disregarded the ancestral system of the Eight Banners, treated the status of each banner leader as worthless, and acted on his own.

Fifth, Dorgon eliminated dissidents in the court and targeted political enemies with the intention of murdering the previous emperor's son.

Sixth, the death of the late Empress Dowager Zhezhe was suspicious, and Dorgon could not be blamed for it. Various evidences vaguely pointed to Dorgon's attempt to murder the late Empress Dowager Zhezhe.

Seventh, as a minister, Dorgon had a secret affair with the Holy Mother Empress Dowager Bumbutai. After the death of the Empress Dowager Zhezhe, the two sides joined forces and appointed Dorgon as regent with the Empress Dowager's decree, thus placing him above the Qing Emperor.

The eighth... the ninth... the tenth...

Haoge compiled a total of 18 charges against Dorgon, each of which was unforgivable. When the manifesto reached Shengjing, Dorgon was furious and cursed loudly, vowing to kill Haoge.

(End of this chapter)