▁putting ▁the ▁Korean ▁state ▁in ▁a ▁difficult ▁position ▁because ▁the ▁M ing ▁court ▁was ▁also ▁request ing ▁assistance . ▁G w ang ha eg un ▁tried ▁to ▁maintain ▁neutral ity , ▁but ▁most ▁of ▁his ▁officials ▁opposed ▁him ▁for ▁not ▁supporting ▁M ing ▁China , ▁which ▁had ▁saved ▁Jose on ▁during ▁H ide y oshi ' s ▁invas ions . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 2 3 , ▁G w ang ha eg un ▁was ▁de posed ▁and ▁replaced ▁by ▁In jo ▁of ▁Jose on ▁( r . ▁ 1 6 2 3 – 1 6 4 9 ), ▁who ▁ban ished ▁G w ang ha ej un ' s ▁supp or ters . ▁Re ver ting ▁his ▁prede cess or ' s ▁foreign ▁policy , ▁the ▁new ▁king ▁decided ▁to ▁open ly ▁support ▁the ▁M ing , ▁but ▁a ▁re bell ion ▁led ▁by ▁military ▁commander ▁Y i ▁G wal ▁er upt ed ▁in ▁ 1 6 2 4 ▁and ▁w reck ed ▁Jose on ' s ▁military ▁def enses ▁in ▁the ▁north . ▁Even ▁after ▁the ▁re bell ion ▁had ▁been ▁suppress ed , ▁King ▁In jo ▁had ▁to ▁dev ote ▁military ▁forces ▁to ▁ensure ▁the ▁stability ▁of ▁the ▁capital , ▁leaving ▁fewer ▁soldiers ▁to ▁defend ▁the ▁northern ▁borders . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 6 2 7 , ▁a ▁J urch en ▁army ▁of ▁ 3 0 , 0 0 0 ▁led ▁by ▁Nur ha ci ' s ▁nep hew ▁A min ▁over ran ▁Jose on ' s ▁def enses .