Li shunchen

Li shunchen

Li shunchen

(Korean: 이순 / 신; English: yisunshin / leesunshin, 1545-1598), Chinese characters

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He was a military minister in the middle of the Korean Dynasty and a famous militarist and national hero in the history of the Korean Peninsula.

Li shunchen was born in Seoul, Korea (now Seoul, Korea), and later moved to daoyashan, Zhongqing. In the fourth year of Wanli (1576), Wu Ke served in xianjingdao, zhongqingdao, quanluodao and other places. Later, he was recommended by Liu Chenglong as the governor of quanluozuodao water army. In 1592, the "Renchen Japanese rebellion" of Japan's invasion of Korea broke out. Li shunchen, Yuan Jun and Li Yiqi went out to sea four times to attack the Japanese army and won a series of victories represented by the great victory of Xianshan island. In 1593, he was promoted to commander of Sandao water army. In 1597, he was dismissed and arrested because of the Anti Japanese plot between xuanzu of Korea and Japan. He was soon released and became an ordinary soldier. In the autumn of the same year, because the Korean navy was defeated by the Japanese army, it was restored to its original position, rebuilt the Navy, and won the Ming Liang naval battle. On November 19, the 26th year of Wanli (1598), Li shunchen was shot and killed at the age of 54 in the battle of Luliang with the Ming army. Posthumous title

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In order to pursue and present to the king of Defeng mansion, he adopted the strategy of "loyalty and justice, Di Yi's joint efforts to publicize military achievements", and established the ancestral temples of Zhongmin, Zhonglie, Xianzhong, etc. His posthumous works and related records are sorted out as the complete book of Li Zhongwu.

Since the 20th century, with the rise of nationalism on the Korean Peninsula, Li shunchen, yizhi Wende and Jiang HANZAN have been regarded as the three great heroes of saving the country on the Korean Peninsula and highly respected by the people of the Korean Peninsula.

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Life of the characters

Early experience

On March 18, the 24th year of Jiajing (1545, the first year of Renzong in Korea), Li shunchen was born in qianchuandong, the capital of Korea. Li Dunshou, his twelfth ancestor, was an official to Zhonglang general in the Koryo Period, but in the Korean Dynasty, his family belonged to Wenban (dongban). Li Bian, the fifth ancestor, was an official to judge Cao and lead the central privy office from Shizong to Chengzong, and his great grandfather Li Juguan to consult Cao (dongban zhengsanpin). In June of the 19th year of Jiajing (1540, the 35th year of Zhongzong in Korea), his grandfather, Li Bailu, was impeached by the sijianyuan. He was dismissed because of his "sexual perversion, drinking freely with rogue people, and cheating in many cases". His father Li Zhen did not become an official (first, he was a captain of Xiban from liupinbingjie). He was unknown all his life, and his family was in decline. Li shunchen is the son of Li Zhen and Bian of Caoxi. He also has his elder brother Xi Chen, Yao Chen and younger brother Yu Chen.

When Li shunchen was young, his family moved to the countryside of daoyashan in Zhongqing. He has been studying Chinese in a private school since he was 11, but he is more interested in martial arts. He got married at the age of 21. Under the influence of his father-in-law Fang Zhen, who was born in martial arts, he began to practice martial arts at the age of 22. He was familiar with the art of war of Sun Tzu and the art of war of Wuqi, and was especially good at archery. In the first year of Wanli (1572, the fifth year of xuanzu in Korea), he accidentally fell from his horse and broke his left foot. People even suspected that he was dead. He stood up with one foot, broke off the willow branches and peeled off the bark to cover the wound, which aroused praise from the whole examination room. After recovering from the injury, Li shunchen went to the martial arts department again in the fourth year of Wanli (1576, the ninth year of xuanzu) and was finally elected. Liu Chenglong, a lifelong friend and Minister of Li shunchen, said that "the Li family was a scholar, and only shunchen got martial arts.".

Ups and downs of official life

After becoming an official, Li shunchen was appointed as the "power management" (temporary management) of Tongqiu Feibao in Xianjing Dao to guard the northeast border of Korea. At the beginning of the seventh year of Wanli (1579, the twelfth year of xuanzu), he was transferred back to Seoul and served in the training institute. During his tenure, he resolutely refused to ask Cao zhenglang and Xu Yi to be promoted to join the army. In October of the same year, he was transferred to be an officer under the command of Zhongqing Daobing and Ma Jiedushi. In July of the next year, he was appointed as an officer of quanluo Daoxing yangbopu water army. Because Li shunchen is upright and not good at flattering, Li? The governor of the quanluo water army is very dissatisfied with him and plans to find a charge to repair him. At that time, quanluodao was in charge of Wupu (Fangta, Lvdao, Shedu, Ludao, Bopu). There were a large number of missing soldiers in the other four PU. Li shunchen was only short of three. He ignored the other four Pu, and only took the three missing soldiers under Li shunchen's command as an article to report to the imperial court. Li shunchen had been ready for a long time. He handed the list of missing soldiers in the other four Pu to Li? For him to handle. Li was forced to recover his preparations Presented to the court. Later, in the imperial examination, Li? Planned to make Li shunchen inferior. Zhao Xian, the writer of the imperial examination, firmly opposed it. He said that Li shunchen was the best one in the whole army. Even if he made other officers inferior, he could not make Li shunchen inferior. Li? Gave up again.

In the first month of the ninth year of Wanli (1581, the fourteenth year of xuanzu), the military officials sent by the imperial court came to all parts of the country to investigate the situation of weapons. When they came back, they joined Li shunchen's book and said that he "didn't repair military weapons". Therefore, Li shunchen was dismissed. People thought that Li shunchen was very dedicated to the management and maintenance of military weapons, which was the result of his being framed for offending Xu Yi in the training institute. In May of the same year, Li shunchen returned to serve at the training institute. At that time, Li shunchen was impressed by Li shunchen. He was appointed as the commander of the army and horse of xianjingnandao. He asked to transfer Li shunchen to his own command. So Li shunchen went to the northeast frontier in the 11th year of Wanli (1583, the 16th year of xuanzu), and later took up the post of Qianyuan fort on the banks of Tumen River (Douman River) in the northeast of Korea. During his term of office, he set up an ambush to capture and kill yuchanai, the chief of Nuzhen, who was suffering from the Korean border. But Jin Yurui, the commander of the army and horse of Xianjing North Road, reported to the imperial court that Li shunchen did not report to the general for acting arbitrarily, so Li shunchen failed to get the reward he deserved.

Join the army in white

Not long after Li shunchen made his first military contribution, his father Li Zhen died on November 15 of that year. Li shunchen, who was in the frontier, got the news of his father's death in the first month of the 12th year of Wanli (1584, the 17th year of xuanzu), so he returned to Yashan Dingyou. Wanli 14 years (1586, xuanzu 19 years) in the first month of mourning expired, as Sipu Temple book. At that time, the heroine repeatedly harassed North Korea, and Liu Chenglong recommended Li shunchen to go out of xianjingdao to build ten thousand households. So Li shunchen became the commander of shanshanbao for 16 days, and was transferred to the garrison of northeast frontier for the third time. The garrison of Lutun island is rare. Li shunchen asked Li Yi, who was the military commander of Xianjing North Road, to increase his troops, but Li Yi didn't listen. In August of the 15th year of Wanli (1587, the 20th year of xuanzu), nvzhenren led the army to besiege Li shunchen's Muzha. Although Li shunchen defeated the invaders and recaptured more than 60 Korean prisoners, not only she was wounded by the arrow, but also 10 Korean soldiers were killed, 106 captured and 15 horses.

Afterwards, Li Yi wanted to kill Li shunchen to get rid of the accusation of not increasing the number of troops. Li shunchen rebuked: "I have asked for more troops many times, but you are not allowed to. My letters are all here. If the court knows, then I am not guilty. Besides, I fought hard to repel the enemy and recover our prisoners. Can you say that I was defeated? " After a long time of meditation, Li Yi let Li shunchen go, but he still reported Li shunchen's "mistakes in military opportunities" and "humiliating the country". Xuanzu's edict: "different from those who were defeated in the war, they ordered the soldiers to make a decision on the staff and join the army in white, so they could be effective." Li shunchen was demoted to be an ordinary soldier. In the winter of this year, Li shunchen made atonement and returned to his hometown Yashan.

In the spring of the 17th year of Wanli (1589, the 22nd year of xuanzu), the inspector of quanluo Dao, Li Wei, learned that Li shunchen was not talented enough, so he appointed him as an officer under his command and also served as assistant general of quanluo Dao. In December, he was appointed County governor of quanluo daojingyi. The next year, he was transferred to gaoshali and manpuqian envoys. However, Taijian retained his original post because of his rapid promotion. At that time, the news of Japanese invasion had spread to Korea. Xuanzu ordered important officials to recommend generals. Liu Chenglong, who was then a leftist, recommended Li shunchen. Therefore, Li shunchen, who was originally to be transferred to Zhendao Prefecture, was promoted to governor of quanluo Zuodao water army in February of the 19th year of Wanli (1591, the 24th year of xuanzu). Sijianyuan thought that his promotion was too fast (from liupin to zhengsanpin). He impeached Li shunchen, who had "very little experience and failed to reach the consensus", and asked to cancel the appointment, but xuanzu refused both requests.

Anti Japanese at sea

After Li shunchen took office, in order to prevent Japanese invasion, he actively repaired weapons and developed turtle boats. In April of the 20th year of Wanli (1592, the 25th year of xuanzu), Toyotomi Hideki, the Japanese ruler, finally launched a war of aggression against Korea, known as the Renchen Japanese rebellion. Shenla, the chief General of North Korea, asked for a change of Navy and a special consideration of the army. Li shunchen quickly wrote a letter saying that "it's better to stop the sea invaders than to fight by boat and land than by sea", which was agreed by xuanzu. Soon after the defeat of Shenla, the Japanese army under the command of xiaoxixing invaded Seoul on May 3. Before that, xuanzu had led his officials to flee in a hurry. At that time, Li shunchen, together with quanluo Youshui envoys Li Yiqi and Qingshang Youshui envoys yuan Jun, led 28 warships (4 from Yuan Jun side) cruising on the south coast of Korea. On May 7, they met Japanese Navy in Yupu, Juji Island, and they were beaten. The first battle was the Yupu naval battle. Later, they defeated the Japanese in Hepu of Xiongchuan county and chizhenpu of Gucheng County. In the three battles, the Korean army annihilated more than 40 Japanese ships at the cost of one person injured, and won the first victory of the Korean army since the outbreak of the Japanese rebellion in Renchen. On May 9, Li shunchen cried bitterly after hearing the news of the loss of Seoul and the relocation of xuanzu, and then withdrew to Lishui

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