The ending of an ancient dynasty is usually confirmed based on what?
One way of judging is that the curtain call of this dynasty royal family, after all, the feudal kingship is the world. According to this standard, the end of the Joseon era would be on May 1, 1970, when the former Crown Prince Lee Eun of the Joseon Dynasty (the Korean Empire) passed away.
The South Korean government made an exception for his state funeral. On this day, on the streets of Seoul, hundreds of thousands of Seoul citizens came to welcome him and everyone shouted in pain: "His Royal Highness Prince is gone! The Joseon era is over!".
However, the emotions of these Korean people are not so much respect as they are sad. Just a few decades ago, the Korean people hated him deeply and demanded him to commit suicide. The reason is: he became the Japanese imperial family.
This is probably a rare situation in the history of the world: In 1910, Japan annexed the Joseon Dynasty. However, the Joseon Dynasty did not end up like a bereavement dog. The Japanese thought about it. The trick is to merge the royal family of North Korea into the royal family of Japan. Of course, it must be demoted to a prince. Among them, the monarch of North Korea (the emperor of the Korean Empire) was changed to King Lee of Changdeokgung Palace.
The Japanese did this because the North Korean royal family has an extremely important position in the hearts of the Korean people. After all, it is a family that has ruled for more than 500 years. Therefore, in order to minimize resistance, Japan must also release some goodwill after annexing North Korea. Moreover, the Japanese supply to the Li royal family was quite generous, and even caused a financial burden.
Li Yin is the "King Li". He was born in 1897. On August 27, 1907, his brother Joonjong of Joseon came to the throne. On September 7, Li Yin was canonized as the crown prince. At this time, although the Joseon Dynasty had actually become a puppet, it was still a sovereign nation in name.
Therefore, Li Yin is the last legal heir of this dynasty; and his brother Chunjong Li Shu is the last Korean head of state to actually rule the entire Korean peninsula for more than 2000 years .
However, Li Yin’s position is not glorious, because this position was originally owned by Chunzong’s other brother Li Gu, but because of his anti-Japanese independence tendency (of course, there are also reasons why this person lives in a debauchery, and the wind is not judged. OK), so the Japanese chose a child as the heir, and his mother Yan Guifei is pro-Japanese.
Of course, his training is in charge of the Japanese. At that time, Junzong was forced to impose the imperial prince Li Yin to study in Japan, and named Ito Hirobumi as the prince’s prince, Dahan Chen, and Li Wanyong, the minister of the cabinet. The prince had little teacher. The Japanese are still good to him. After all, the better they are to him, the more political rewards will be in the future. Emperor Meiji and the empress went to meet Li Yin between the phoenixes in the imperial palace, and ordered to serve him like a Japanese prince, and promised that he could return to China to visit his parents during the holiday.
In addition to receiving Japanese-style education in Japan, his life is a comfortable life. He takes a limousine to play in the snow in Hokkaido and enjoys flowers in the south. In 1910, his motherland was annexed, and he downgraded to become the crown prince. However, after the death of Emperor Meiji, his treatment was drastically reduced, and the monthly royal gold was only tens of yen.
So did Li Yin really follow the Japanese with all his heart, and was daily used? Not necessarily. After all, the North Korean people are still there, and he knows the real situation.
In 1911, his mother Yan Fei was critically ill, and Li Yin went to Seoul. As a result, Yan Fei was dead. The Japanese prohibited him from entering Yan Fei’s Xianning Hall. He offered to meet his father, but was stopped. The Japanese asked his father to visit him by Gaozong of North Korea, who had already abdicated. This is really disregarding his relationship. Gaozong said: In the world, there is no reason for a father to see his son. However, under the pressure of the Japanese, he went anyway, and the father and son cried.
From the country, from the perspective of home, it was extremely miserable, and Li Yin was immediately sent back to Japan. His character changed drastically, and he was taciturn.
Many people in the North Korean royal family are in a miserable situation. For example, Dehui Wengzhu
1923, the Great Kanto earthquake in Japan, was ousted to the North Koreans afterwards, and riots occurred across Japan, 6000 North KoreaLi Yin couldn't help feeling that people were killed innocently.
In March 1926, Chunzong Li Shu became seriously ill. Li Yin rushed back to the capital from Tokyo, Japan. Seeing medical inadequacy, order the deployment of full-time nurses to take care of them. Good doctors are widely used, and both Chinese and Western medicine are used. But it was not implemented after he left.
It can be seen that with the changes of the times, the traces of the old monarchy gradually fade away, and extreme nationalism is heating up. These Korean royal families are in a very difficult situation. On the morning of April 25, 1926, Li Shu passed away and Li Eun was appointed as King Li. . He wants to travel to Europe. Japan is worried that European countries will treat Li Yin with royal courtesy. The Li Yin and his wife travel privately as subjects and declare to the outside world that they are "dukes and couples."
His profession is a Japanese soldier, which is an important means by which the Japanese enslaved the Korean royal family.
And his marriage was also interfered. His parents originally chose Minister Min Yongdon's daughter Min Jiawan as his future wife. The Japanese forced a withdrawal from the marriage, demanding that a princess be selected from the Japanese imperial family to marry him, and persuaded the emperor and Yamaxian Yutomi. In 1917, Duke Youpō of Shan County selected Fangzi, the daughter of the Shouzheng King of Lihongu, as his wife. Nashimoto Palace was forced to agree because of the emperor's wishes. Even the Japanese rejected the request of the Joseon royal wedding to be held in North Korea.
Li Yin and Li Fangzi
finally got through in 1945. Japan was defeated and the Korean peninsula was liberated. For the Korean people, this is undoubtedly good news, but for Li Yin it is more It is complicated. His feelings for Japan are really hard to express. He said to his wife: "I am not Japanese, but it is difficult to say that I am a real North Korean. I don't know whether North Korea will accept me after liberation."
According to the order of the Allied Forces, his royal status was cancelled and he became a civilian. The North Korean people who had been bullied for many years generally regarded him as a Han traitor. Newspapers demanded that he commit suicide. Li Chengwan worried that the orthodox heir might have too many supporters and forbid him to return to China.
In 1954, South Korea enacted the "Old Royal Family Property Disposal Law", the royal family's property was put into the state, and the royal family members paid monthly living expenses. He didn't pay anything for Li Yin. His life was very difficult. His property on the Korean Peninsula (both north and south) was confiscated, and his property in Japan was almost lost due to huge property taxes.
Marriage, I am afraid that Li Yin's life is a successful part of
His Japanese nationality was cancelled, South Korea refused to grant him nationality. He can only live by pawnbrokers, living with mushrooms all day.
until the fall of Li Chengwan in April 1960. South Korean President Yoon Yunsun wrote a letter to Lee Eun apologizing. In May 1961, South Korea’s May 16th coup d’état, Park Jung-hee sent two special envoys to Japan in July, telling him that his living and medical expenses would be borne by the South Korean government in the future, and his plight would improve. But at this time, he was already seriously ill (cerebral thrombosis).
On November 22, 1963, he finally returned to the country. At this time, the Korean people had been suffering for decades and had a strong sense of sadness. They had also dissipated their hatred of him and came to welcome the last emperor. Prince, but at this time he was just a paralyzed old man.
He spent the rest of the day in the hospital until his death. His last wish is: "We must atone for the Korean people."
On the same day, KBS (Korea Broadcasting Corporation) made the following summary in the broadcast : "Today, the state funeral ceremony of the former Crown Prince British Prince Lee Eun was held in Seoul. 500 years of the Joseon Dynasty The last crown prince in history had a rough life. He died at the age of seventy-three after experiencing various hardships. His life was a symbol of the tragedy of the old royal family. It was a life of loneliness, patience and submission. Now the crown prince has passed away. All these grievances, honor and disgrace were put outside, and finally he could sleep peacefully beside his father."
And his wife Fangzi? His wife changed her name to Li Fangzi according to custom. Although she is Japanese, she is knowledgeable and docile. She does not understand politics, but is responsible for her husband and respects North Koreans. She has been with her husband all her life, and the relationship between husband and wife is always good. After the death of her husband, she, who has been naturalized as a Korean citizen, inherited her husband’s will and is committed to assisting South Korean children with intellectual disabilitiesActivities with children with disabilities, the establishment of the Seoul Qibao Burning Research Institute with the Qibao Burning skills of their own interests and expertise, and the establishment of the Minhui Garden, a facility for mentally handicapped children, and the educational institution for mentally handicapped children, Hui School". So even if she is Japanese, she is respected by the Korean people.
In 1989, Li Fangzi passed away. The funeral followed the old order and was used as a quasi-state funeral as the Crown Prince of South Korea. He was awarded the Korean National Medal Geun Award (first class honor).
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