<Korean TV Series NOW> ”Former Kei” EP7, Lee Hyun Wook declares his intention to abdicate = Viewership rating 4.1%, Synopsis and spoilers

※This article contains spoilers. Episode 7 of the tvNTV series "Former Kei" (viewer rating: 4.1%) depicts the abdication of power of Bang Won (Lee Hyun Wook).
After the capital was moved to Hanyang, Bangwon declared that "the people are the masters of the new Joseon," and carried out reforms. First, he worked to eliminate the vested interests and corruption that had confiscated people's homes and used the court's assets for personal purposes.
However, the powerful were not going to give up the power they had already acquired so easily. At the center of this was the Min family, the family of Cha Juyeon. They risked their lives and their family name to fight for the reign of the shogun.
The people who made Ng king considered that "half of the power belongs to Min" and took it for granted that he would accumulate wealth. Eventually, the fact that Min's household had so many slaves that they did not have enough grain reached Bangwon's ears.
Meanwhile, pressure from the Ming Dynasty was also mounting. In addition to the 10,000 horses that the Ming envoy Om (Park Suyeong) offered as a tribute, they also demanded tribute women.
When the bad customs of the past continued in the new Joseon Dynasty, the former king was outraged, asking, "What is the point of opening up the country?" He then used the house of his concubine Song (Yeong Siu), who had connections with the Ming Dynasty, to suppress the government's efforts to pay tribute to the country.
Bangwon was not only happy that it was Former Gyeong who had saved him from the evil schemes of the Ming Dynasty's envoys.
However, there were repeated appeals that Moo-jil (Kim U-dam) should be appointed as the general of the central military organization, the General Staff of the Allied Forces, and military officers gathered to defend him.
Bangwon was angry at the terrible situation of the soldiers who should be protecting the king threatening him. He gathered the former king, the crown prince, and all his subjects and said, "I want to pass the throne to the crown prince.
This was a kind of loyalty test to weed out traitors. Prior to this, Gyeong had sensed Bangwon's discomfort and thoroughly investigated his younger brothers' misdeeds and severely punished them.
However, Bangwon reveals his promise to his father, Songgye (Lee Sunmin), and expresses his strong will to get rid of all things that are hindering the creation of the Joseon that his father dreamed of.
The former king remembered Song-gye crying out, "My hatred is so deep that I have to kill my son, but this is my cause." Bang-won said, "I want to follow in the footsteps of my father."
It meant that even the people of the Min family could be killed. The former king sat down in fear, but then stood up with a strong maternal instinct. She told her brothers that they would try to distance themselves from the family, and
However, in response to Bangwon's move to abdicate, the Min family proposed forming a Naesaeshu (a system in which the king gathers a small number of close ministers to handle the main affairs of the state).
He moved quickly to protect the crown prince. His intention was to make him the heir to the throne and seize power. If his subjects were to fight and shed blood again, he could not be sure of the crown prince's life.
He responded by threatening to form a ruling body and receive orders to abdicate.