introduction
As we all know, South Korea and North Korea, China's two neighbors today, were a complete unified country a long time ago. Historically, the last dynasty of Korea to unify the North and South was called Lee Joseon. Its founding history is very long, almost along with the Ming Dynasty in China, but it was not destroyed by the Japanese until the end of the Qing Dynasty.
The historical information about Lee's Korea is very rich, because it was a time when the national consciousness of Korea really began to take shape. In the more than five hundred years that Lee's Joseon ruled Korea, there were many Ming Jun, and of course, there were many Dark Jun, including one who was heinous and infamous.
Friends who like to watch Korean dramas are not difficult to find that South Korea has made a lot of movies about the theme of Yanshan Jun, among which the more famous ones are "The King's Man" and "Adulterous Minister". In these movies, the portrayal of Yan Shanjun is cruel and unmerciful. There are a lot of scenes in the movie that are chilling because it's too bloody.
In fact, North Korea is also considered to be in the Confucian cultural circle, and the monarchs of their countries, like the monarchs of our Feudal Era in China, generally give them nicknames when they die. But this Yanshan jun was so brutal in history that Korean officials did not even give him a temple number or a nickname after his death.
In the minds of our people, the first tyrant in history is probably the King of Shang, but the Crimes of Yan Shanjun of South Korea are probably comparable to those of King Shang, for example, when he was in power, he invented such cruel punishments as cannon burning and chest removal.
The reason why this Yanshan Jun was so cruel was said to be related to a favored concubine beside him. This woman is Zhang Lushui, who is known as the head of the four demon girls in North Korea. So why is this weak woman called a by the Korean people? What magic is there in her?
Born humble
Speaking of which, Zhang Lushui's origin can be said to be very lowly. Although his father was Jang Han-bi, the county commander of Moonyi County, North Korea, because his mother was only a concubine next to his father, Zhang Lushui's status was also very low. Due to the strict hierarchy of Korea in the feudal era, in the traditional society of Korea, social groups were divided into four major classes: Wang Gui, Zhongren, Common people, and slaves. North Korean society strictly adheres to the continuation of matrilineal blood, and if the mother is born in a low position, even if the father is in a high position of power, he still cannot change his inferior status.
In fact, Zhang Lushui's mother was originally a very lowly person, although he was Zhang Hanbi's concubine, she was not even a commoner herself, but was adopted by the government as an official prostitute. It is precisely because of her mother's lowly status that Zhang Lushui cannot raise her head in the Zhang family. She even had to call her father an adult like any other maid.
However, God did not completely treat Zhang Lushui badly, although she was from a lowly background, but her appearance was very outstanding. Therefore, when she grew up, she was also sent by her father to the noble family of the noble Prince of Qian as a maid. And those who are familiar with the history of North Korea know that the maids in the homes of the Korean nobles are actually like domestic prostitutes. But fortunately, Zhang Lushui was born with a moving appearance, and every time she held a banquet in the family of the Prince of Qian, she dressed up carefully. Moreover, she can sing and dance, and she is very charming, and the male nobles who come to the house of the Prince of Qian are eager to see her.
Finally, once, Yan Shanjun, the nephew of the Prince of Qian, came to his house as a guest. He also took a look at Zhang Lushui, and because of the arrogance of Yanshan Junda in his daily life, he did not dare to offend him. So the Prince of Qian simply pushed the boat along the water, made a personal feeling, and gave Zhang Lushui to him.
A who destroys and insults the Buddha
No one expected that Yan Shanjun and Zhang Lushui, a dimwitted jun, and a slut combined together was really a match made in heaven. The absurd things that the two of them did together were probably not comparable to those of King Gong and Dai Ji. Although Zhang Lushui was over 30 years old at the time, and had married a woman and had children, Yan Shanjun still loved her to death.
It was not enough to pamper her in the palace, and even to make her a concubine of the five pins. Zhang Lushui's stomach also quarreled to give him a son, and many ministers with a strong sense of justice in the Korean court at that time also vigorously opposed the king's behavior, but Yan Shanjun still ignored the objections of the courtiers and continued to spoil Zhang Lushui.
In fact, the courtiers were also afraid of Yan Shanjun, but they were also clever, and they led the disaster water to Zhang Lushui, saying that she was the red face of the disaster water that brought disaster to the country and the people. However, after Yanshanjun succeeded to the throne as king of Korea, he was even more unscrupulous. They lived even more absurdly, singing night and night in the wine pond meat forest every day, ignoring the government and politics.
Because Yan shanjun was born rebellious and hated temples and Confucianism even more, he ordered the destruction of Buddhism and buddhism during his reign. Not only that, but he also intensified the transformation of North Korean temples into a brothel. Even Sungkyunkan, the highest institution for cultivating talents for the country, was strangely converted into a tavern by him. And he and Zhang Lushui were responsible for holding banquets in the Buddhist temple every day, and even sometimes openly doing things in front of the courtiers. Even the monks in the temple had to watch together, so the monks in the temple all said privately that Yan Shanjun and Zhang Lushui were monsters.
Red face curse water
Zhang Lushuiguang is based on her absurd deeds, which is enough to leave a strong mark on the history books. But she felt that it was far from enough, and finally she actually put her hands into the hall. Zhang Lushui relied on Yan Shanjun's kindness to him to arrange all his cronies to the imperial court, and for a time the court at that time became a miasma. Not only that, Zhang Lushui also colluded with his foreign relative Hong he used the death of Yan Shanjun's mother to make a big fuss. Blinded by hatred, Yeonsan-jun, in order to avenge his birth mother, brutally killed a number of ministers related to the death of his mother, which is the famous koshi disaster in Korean history.
Yeonsan-jun ruled Korea for 12 years, and these 12 years were undoubtedly the darkest 12 years of Lee's Korea. Under his oppression, the Qunchen finally couldn't bear it, so they launched a military coup to kill all the foreign relatives who interfered in the government, and finally deposed the absurd Yanshan Jun. At the same time, the angry courtiers also ordered the execution of Zhang Lushui, the red-faced disaster water that plagued the imperial court, even if she was pregnant at this time.
epilogue
History is always such a coincidence that we did not expect that our neighbor Korea also had such an absurd monarch in its history. Yan Shanjun and Zhang Lushui were forever nailed to the column of shame in history.