http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choe_Yeong
After reading this Wiki, I said, "Oh, I see, I see. Yi Seonggye.". Interesting that Yi Seonggye... that young man whom Eun Soo saved in the drama, was actually Choi Young's subordinate later. But they split and subordinate turned against master?
In any case, it doesn't pay to serve the king or government with unswerving loyalty (in the past or now).
Choi Young should have walked away when the king released him after 6 years of exile and asked him to fight pirates. Goddammit.
6 years?! How could the king have let this happen and sided with the monk after Choi Young won him so battles and fought to get him territories?? Where is the justice?
No wonder the grass wouldn't grow, although that's the curse he laid (on the grass) because of his beheading due to Yi Seonggye. But actually... what happened? Wish I knew. No records left behind? No diary?
Oh...one other thing. When Choi Young squashed the Jo II-shin rebellion, he was 36 years old. In the drama he was 29 only. Hahaha... they made him younger. And seems also made the king look better than the real-life one who tossed him aside for a monk and then used him again to fight pirates.
I guess... King Gongmin losing his wife and himself killed in the end, was his retribution then. At first I pitied him. But knowing Choi Young's history now... I don't anymore. Anyway, the king... isn't that good. From the Wiki on his tomb, he is quite merciless.
Telling his advisors that if he waved his handkerchief, it means to kill the young Geomancer. I was quite surprised reading this. What happened to him? In the drama, he isn't like that at all. Did the real king become like that after his queen's death?
And I was wondering why there was reference to "A Frozen Flower", a film that "was inspired to a certain extent from his life.". That movie would be....what I wanted to watch but didn't. For a moment, I thought it was "King & Clown".
Wiki on Gongmin says: "Gongmin spent his time pursuing boys and religious affairs".
Pursuing boys. Hmm.. That would explain his affection for Choi Young...in the drama. It's kinda suggestive many times in the drama. There is a strange dependency on Choi Young, with suggestive words.
An example would be, when the king goes into Captain Choi Young's room and says he's been waiting for Choi Young the whole night... (albeit to discuss plans because at that time, Choi Young was sitting and mourning the loss of Chusong and blaming himself).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Gongmin_of_Goryeo
Hmm... seems quite a mess. The queen died, the king became unstable. As a result, allowed the monk to take control for 6 years, during which the monk became corrupt. Through false accusations by the monk, Choi Young was exiled and almost executed. Coincidentally, 6 years is the same time Choi Young was exiled for. 6 years later, the monk died, and the king got back Choi Young. Hmmm....
Maybe that's why Choi Young still obeyed his king. Probably pitied his king and felt it wasn't the king's fault. Probably, the king's mental state prevented him from actively getting Choi Young back, or maybe the monk's power was too great.
But... why did the king allow the false accusations to frame Choi Young in the first place? Did the king believe in those accusations? It should be obvious at the time that Choi Young and the monk were against each other. So, it would be obvious those accusations were cooked up to frame.
Wish I knew. Like the drama, everything is revealed in parts....
Unfortunately in real-life history.... we can never know what really happened at the time, to know why people did the things they did. A lot of "whys".
After reading this Wiki, I said, "Oh, I see, I see. Yi Seonggye.". Interesting that Yi Seonggye... that young man whom Eun Soo saved in the drama, was actually Choi Young's subordinate later. But they split and subordinate turned against master?
In any case, it doesn't pay to serve the king or government with unswerving loyalty (in the past or now).
Choi Young should have walked away when the king released him after 6 years of exile and asked him to fight pirates. Goddammit.
6 years?! How could the king have let this happen and sided with the monk after Choi Young won him so battles and fought to get him territories?? Where is the justice?
No wonder the grass wouldn't grow, although that's the curse he laid (on the grass) because of his beheading due to Yi Seonggye. But actually... what happened? Wish I knew. No records left behind? No diary?
Oh...one other thing. When Choi Young squashed the Jo II-shin rebellion, he was 36 years old. In the drama he was 29 only. Hahaha... they made him younger. And seems also made the king look better than the real-life one who tossed him aside for a monk and then used him again to fight pirates.
I guess... King Gongmin losing his wife and himself killed in the end, was his retribution then. At first I pitied him. But knowing Choi Young's history now... I don't anymore. Anyway, the king... isn't that good. From the Wiki on his tomb, he is quite merciless.
Telling his advisors that if he waved his handkerchief, it means to kill the young Geomancer. I was quite surprised reading this. What happened to him? In the drama, he isn't like that at all. Did the real king become like that after his queen's death?
And I was wondering why there was reference to "A Frozen Flower", a film that "was inspired to a certain extent from his life.". That movie would be....what I wanted to watch but didn't. For a moment, I thought it was "King & Clown".
Wiki on Gongmin says: "Gongmin spent his time pursuing boys and religious affairs".
Pursuing boys. Hmm.. That would explain his affection for Choi Young...in the drama. It's kinda suggestive many times in the drama. There is a strange dependency on Choi Young, with suggestive words.
An example would be, when the king goes into Captain Choi Young's room and says he's been waiting for Choi Young the whole night... (albeit to discuss plans because at that time, Choi Young was sitting and mourning the loss of Chusong and blaming himself).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_Gongmin_of_Goryeo
Hmm... seems quite a mess. The queen died, the king became unstable. As a result, allowed the monk to take control for 6 years, during which the monk became corrupt. Through false accusations by the monk, Choi Young was exiled and almost executed. Coincidentally, 6 years is the same time Choi Young was exiled for. 6 years later, the monk died, and the king got back Choi Young. Hmmm....
Maybe that's why Choi Young still obeyed his king. Probably pitied his king and felt it wasn't the king's fault. Probably, the king's mental state prevented him from actively getting Choi Young back, or maybe the monk's power was too great.
But... why did the king allow the false accusations to frame Choi Young in the first place? Did the king believe in those accusations? It should be obvious at the time that Choi Young and the monk were against each other. So, it would be obvious those accusations were cooked up to frame.
Wish I knew. Like the drama, everything is revealed in parts....
Unfortunately in real-life history.... we can never know what really happened at the time, to know why people did the things they did. A lot of "whys".
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