 Subsequently, commercial treaties were concluded with other European countries.In 1881 as part of their plan to modernize Korea, King Gojong and his consort Queen Min had invited the Japanese military attaché Lieutenant Horimoto Reizō to serve as an adviser in creating a modern army.Eighty to one hundred young men of the aristocracy were to be given Japanese military training and a formation called the Pyŏlgigun ("Special Skills Force") was established.