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Well, they erred badly. Once he became the regent with his son became king in 1864, Prince Heungseon showed himself as a shrewd and ruthless politician who brushed aside the influential families, such as the Andong Kim clan, and strived to strengthen authority of the royal government by reforming the government and resisting foreign influences, which led, among others, to repression of Christianity (over 7,000 were executed) and other "heterodox" religions accompanied by a militantly isolationist foreign policy (involving clashes with French, American, and Japanese naval expeditions). He was eased out of power in 1874 theoretically because King Gojong came of age, but also because he was outmaneuvered by his new daughter-in-law, the young queen of the Min clan (ironically, same clan as his mother and his wife), which led to the opening of Korea in 1876. He briefly returned to power in 1882, when the troops of the Seoul garrison mutinied and seized power, after not having been paid for over a year (due partly to corruption and partly to budget priorities that directed funds first to reforming the state along Western lines) as he was the only prominent official whom the mutineers would trust (Queen Min was forced to flee Seoul disguised as a commoner while several members of her family were killed, as were a number of foreigners.) However, unlike in the past where political upheavals in Korea were left alone, the Chinese sent an expeditionary force to Seoul to "protect its interests." The Chinese placed Prince Heungseon under arrest and exiled him to Tientsin until 1885, when Chinese leaders such as Li Hungchang and Yuan Shikai decided that Japanese influence in Korea was growing dangerously strong and Heungseon was their best counter. .
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Well, they erred badly. Once he became the regent with his son became king being crowned in 1864, Prince Heungseon showed himself as a shrewd and ruthless politician who brushed aside the influential families, such as the Andong Kim clan, and strived to strengthen authority of the royal government by reforming the government and resisting foreign influences, which led, among others, to repression of Christianity (over 7,000 were executed) and other "heterodox" religions accompanied by a militantly isolationist foreign policy (involving clashes with French, American, and Japanese naval expeditions). He was eased out of power in 1874 theoretically because King Gojong came of age, but also because he was outmaneuvered by his new daughter-in-law, the young queen of the Min clan (ironically, same clan as his mother and his wife), which led to the opening of Korea in 1876. He briefly returned to power in 1882, when the troops of the Seoul garrison mutinied and seized power, after not having been paid for over a year (due partly to corruption and partly to budget priorities that directed funds first to reforming the state along Western lines) as he was the only prominent official whom the mutineers would trust (Queen Min was forced to flee Seoul disguised as a commoner while several members of her family were killed, as were a number of foreigners.) However, unlike in the past where political upheavals in Korea were left alone, the Chinese sent an expeditionary force to Seoul to "protect its interests." The Chinese placed Prince Heungseon under arrest and exiled him to Tientsin until 1885, when Chinese leaders such as Li Hungchang and Yuan Shikai decided that Japanese influence in Korea was growing dangerously strong and Heungseon was their best counter. .
