Historically, Japan has always had a covetous desire for the Korean Peninsula, as early as 663 AD, Japan sent troops in the name of aiding Baekje, and was defeated by the Tang Dynasty; later, in 1592 AD, the ambitious Toyotomi Hideyoshi attacked Korea twice, but was still defeated. It was not until the end of the Qing Dynasty that Japan finally divided the Korean Peninsula into its own sphere of influence after the Battle of Jia-Wu.
In 1910, Japan, which had been operating painstakingly for more than ten years, finally could not contain its desire for territorial expansion and arranged for the pro-Japanese leader Ofe-Yong, then the prime minister of the Korean Empire, to sign the "Treaty of Annexation between Japan and South Korea" with army general Terauchi Masayoshi, who was then the governor of Korea and the first governor of Korea, formally annexing Korea. Since it was annexed by "peaceful" means, Japan did not want to rule by radical means.
In view of the great influence of the Korean imperial family in South Korea, japan's treatment of the Korean royal family is very high, and the Korean emperor Li Kun and his heir Li Kun were awarded the position of "Li Wang", and they could pay a considerable amount of living expenses every year to maintain the life of the emperor on the surface. Other royal families were given the title of duke and marquis, such as Li Kun's younger brother Li Kun was made a duke.
Moreover, in order to completely assimilate South Korea, Japan also vigorously exported Japanese culture in South Korea, and in order to set an example, Japan even allowed South Koreans to apply for Japanese military academies, of which japan's top military school at that time, the Japanese Army University, also enrolled four Koreans.
The first to enter the Japanese Army University was Lee Yu, yes, he was the "crown prince" of Korea, and if there was no "Japan-Korea merger", he would be the 28th king of the Korean Kingdom and the third emperor of the Korean Empire. However, after the "merger of Japan and South Korea", he naturally could not become a king and emperor, and was demoted to the title of Prince Ofe of Changdeokgung Palace, enjoying the treatment of the Japanese imperial family.
Where is the most "brainwashing" place? It was the military academy, and Japan sent a large number of korean princes and nobles to the military academy, not because of how kind Japan was, but purely to make them forget Korea, and Japan's plan seemed to be successful. Li Yan studied at the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School in his early years, and then at the Japanese Army University, although he did not know how good Li Yan's grades were, he quickly became a lieutenant general in the army and served as the commander of the First Air Force by virtue of his status as a royal soldier; but he did not have any real power.
The second person to be admitted to the Japanese Army University was not the Korean royal family, he was Hong Siyi, a descendant of Hong Yuyuan, a civil servant of the Southern People's Party during the Joseon Dynasty, although not a royal family, but also a door valve of the Shi clan; Hong Siyi was admitted to the Korean Imperial Army Military Attaché School in his early years, and after graduation, he was sent to Japan to study at the Central Infant School and the Army Non-Commissioned Officer School. He only participated in the anti-Japanese independence movement during the "merger of Japan and South Korea", but within a few years, he was admitted to the Japanese Army Non-Commissioned Officer School and the Japanese Army University.
After several turns, he was assigned to the Kwantung Army Headquarters and served in the General Staff; in addition to committing numerous crimes in China, he later moved with the troops to Southeast Asia, and served as the director of the Isle of Bi Prisoners' Shelter in the Philippines, eventually as a lieutenant general; after the end of the Pacific War, Hong Siyi was sentenced to death in the Philippines as a war criminal who committed a series of crimes.
The third person admitted to the Japanese Army University was Li Jian, and the fourth person admitted to the Japanese Army University was Li Jun, who was a brother, and their father was Li Kun, who was known as the "Prince of Mai". Although Li Wei was debauched in his early years and had a very poor reputation, after the "merger of Japan and South Korea", he actively participated in the anti-Japanese resistance, which can be regarded as quite patriotic, but his two sons are really "mixed balls".
Li Jian has always wanted to become a real Japanese, but he has no achievements, more mediocre, the most worth seeing is that his wife put a "green hat" on him; after the surrender of Japan was revoked, he chose to naturalize Japan, changed his name to Momoyama Qianyi, divorced and married a japanese woman again, spent the rest of his life as an ordinary person, his life has nothing to say, ordinary.
However, his younger brother Li Jun was very different from him, and it is said that Li Feng showed extraordinary talent at an early age, and was known as "intelligent and handsome, and his demeanor was like a good demeanor"; but his upbringing seems to be quite bumpy, and he fell from his horse twice and fell seriously, but he still became a Japanese officer with criminal hands, and he was ranked in the army. However, his ending was also extremely pleasant, in the final period of World War II, he was transferred to the General Staff Headquarters of the Japanese Second Army in Hiroshima, and just as he was on duty, the atomic bomb blew down, and he died after a long time of groaning in pain.
The above are the four cadets who were admitted to Japan's top military academy in Korean history, the Japanese Army University, of which Lee, Lee, Lee, and Lee Were all members of the Korean Royal Family; among these four, Lee And Hung and Hung Si-yi were later promoted to lieutenant generals, considering senior Japanese officers. And their endings are also different, Li Yan returned to South Korea as a civilian in his later years, Hong Siyi was executed as a war criminal, Li Jian's eldest son was not his own, the youngest son ran away, it is considered to be a lonely and bitter old age, and Li Wei was killed by the atomic bomb.