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Post by TheBo on Apr 30, 2005 7:04:57 GMT -5
Well, what is your theory, James? You watched the show. What do you think is going on?
Bo
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Post by MasterCrabby on Apr 30, 2005 11:07:08 GMT -5
I also would like to hear your view on this, James. I am not entirely clear on the King's thinking. He seems to want personal loyalty more than patriotism, but I'm not sure.
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Post by IAPD3000 on Apr 30, 2005 11:50:30 GMT -5
Why does the King reinstated Yoon Du Su? Yoon is evil. Why doesn't the king trust Yu Sung-ryong? Do you want to hear my point of view on that question you just asked? The King relied on Mr. Yoon because there is a "war" that is about to happened. The entire country is now on Yoon's side. Instead of making peace with the invaders, like Mr. Yu wants, the King put his faith to Mr. Yoon. The King doesn't trusts Mr. Yu anyone because the country will be at war against Japan. |
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Post by Trespasser on May 1, 2005 12:24:41 GMT -5
There were two faces to the king. The king was not brought up to be a king, he was living like a commoner in a countryside in his youth before he was selected to take over the throne because the prior king left no son. Therefore the king had a lot of commonality with common folks and there are a lot of folk tales related to the king not written in history books, who apparantly liked to dress up as a commoner and walked around the capital listening to people.
But while a good man, the king was also incompetent in running a country(Because he never was trained in how to run a country properly). Since the king had no real legitimacy to his claim of the throne, he was always fearful of his ministers ploting to kick him out(This was possible if enough ministers agreed to it) and feared those who voiced opposition to his decisions, thinking that they were against him. Yoon Du Su only told the king what he wanted to hear, so the King naturally trusted him more.
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Post by Trespasser on May 1, 2005 12:32:54 GMT -5
The king's deep mistrust of those who voiced opposition to his decision was also the chief source of conflict between him and Yi Soon Shin. At the end of war, the incompetent king was unpopular with people while Yi Soon Shin was absolutely worshiped by the people. The king feared that Yi Soon Shin had enough public support and military power to start his own dynasty and would turn his troops and march north to kick him out after Japanese withdrew, so he wanted to get rid of Yi Soon Shin. Some theories suggest that it was the King's assassin who shot Yi Soon Shin and not a Japanese sniper at the final battle, and this has a lot of credibility if you consider the circumstances.
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