▲North Korean Crown Prince Lee Jiu sang with his lover at a party in the 1970s
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Koreans also like to watch court dramas, from the early "Dae Jang Geum" to "The Moon Embracing the Sun" and "Queen Qi" And so on, all have a good reputation.
Some people who have watched these palace Korean dramas are attracted to them, and went to Seoul to see Gyeongbokgung Palace. After going there, they will inevitably be a little disappointed: this hall is low and low, which is completely incomparable with the Forbidden City.
The Lee dynasty of North Korea started from the founding father of the country, Lee Sung-gye, until 1910, when Japan merged with North Korea, in 518 years, it is generally believed that Emperor Zuo of Lee also ended here.
However, contrary to common belief, the Japanese did not abolish the Korean monarchy. Article 3 of the "Japan-Korea Merger Treaty" also stated that the "title, dignity and rights and interests" of the Li family were protected.
Although the emperor of Korea lives in name only, the name is still there after all, and today, a hundred years later, the descendants of the Lee family are still fighting for this name.
In 1907, Hirobumi Ito, who served as the superintendent of North Korea, sent the crown prince Li Eun of Gaozong Lee to Japan. According to the treatment of the Japanese royal family, he was allowed to marry Fangzi, the daughter of the prince, when he became an adult.
Li Yin, who had been educated in Japan since he was a child, really regarded himself as a Japanese. He developed from an officer to a lieutenant general in the army and participated in the war of aggression against China.
After the death of Li Eun, his son Li Jiu became the leader of the Li family and he was also the heir to the throne of Korea. However, like his father Li Eun, he had not been emperor for a day.
Li Jiu didn't even want to be a North Korean. After graduating from MIT, he stayed in the United States and married an American woman who worked in Pei Architects. After
got married, Li Jiu became an American citizen. In the 1960s, he returned to South Korea to run an airline company, but the company went bankrupt due to poor management.
Li Jiu died in 2005. He had no biological children. Before he died, he adopted his cousin Li Yuan as his adopted son, allowing him to inherit the status of the patriarch and heir of the Li clan in Quanzhou.
▲ The adopted son of the 87-year-old Lee Hae-Yuan, who became the emperor of the "Emperor of the Korean Empire"
, does not matter. He has annoyed an old lady, Li Hae-Yuan's aunt.
Li Haiyuan was the oldest and the oldest person in the Li family at the time. He was 86 years old at the time. Gaozong Li was her grandfather, while Li Yuan was only 43 years old.
Seeing that his nephew, who is half younger than himself and a generation younger than him, became the patriarch and heir to the throne, Li Haiyuan was rather unsure: Why are you not me?
To say that there is no possibility of restoration of the Li family, the succession to the throne is worthless, but Li Haiyuan is unbalanced in his heart, and he has to fight for it.
Lee Hae-yuan had a bad life. Her husband, Lee Seung-kyu, was captured during the Korean War and has not been there. The eldest son drove a taxi in Los Angeles and lived with his second son.
Most of the Li family recognized Li Jiu's arrangement. Li Yuan attended various sacrificial ceremonies in the dress and etiquette of the emperor's heir. The main opponents were Li Haiyuan and her younger brother Li Xi who is a singer.
Seeing that he had no supporters, Lee Hae-yuan simply crowned herself as the "Queen of the Korean Empire" in September 2006 and announced the restoration of the Joseon Dynasty.
Lee Hae-yuan lived long enough to die this year. Anyway, her restoration is to put on a dragon robe and take a few photos. It was not a rebellion, and the Koreans let her make trouble.
▲Li Xi (second from left) and the Crown Prince Andrew Lee (third from left) he sought out
This farce has the greatest impact on the Lee family. Two years before his death, Li Haiyuan found his crown prince through Li Xi-residence Andrew Lee, a distant relative in Los Angeles.
, 36 years old, grew up in the United States. He is a programmer and entrepreneur. His open source VPN project PIA and Bitcoin trading platform Mt. Gox Live have both achieved certain success.
Before Li Xi found himself, Andrew never knew that he had Korean royal blood. He readily agreed to become the crown prince and participated in the sword passing ceremony.
After Li Hae-yuan's death in February this year, the non-existent North Korean throne had two claimants, Li Yuan and Andrew. This must be left in ancient times, and a bloody storm will be properly set off.
is different from other declining royal families. The royal family of North Korea is particularly capable of giving birth. Gojong has nine sons and four daughters, and his son, Prince Yi, Li Gyu, also known as Li HaeyunWith Li Xi's father, he had twelve sons and eight daughters.
The North Korean royal family is so luxuriant that even without Lee Hae-yuan and Andrew, it can't keep from where to jump out of a self-proclaimed legal heir to the throne.
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