Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 15

[Episode 15: Germination…carcinogenesis? (8) ]

Episode 15 Germination… Carcinogenesis? (8)

King Sejong, who was almost running towards the East Palace, saw the eunuchs rushing out of the East Palace and motioned to them.

“The officers over there, come here!”

“Meet Your Majesty the Lord!”

As soon as he saw King Sejong, he stopped the courtiers from bowing with a wave of his hand and immediately asked a question.

“Okay, where are we going?”

“Conviction is the way to prosperity.”

“Conviction is the path to Seungjeongwon.”

“Why Hojo and Seung Jeong-won?”

“Ever since the reign of King Taejo, whenever Chinese envoys came, I ordered them to record and bring back all the items of wealth given to them….”

Before the officials could finish answering, King Sejong burst out in shouting.

“This guy really! “I’ve been asking you if you’re coming or not!”

King Sejong, who had reached the end of his anger, began to run towards the East Palace, waving the hem of his dragon robe.

“Your Majesty!”

“That’s it!”

As King Sejong began to run, the officials and protesters following behind him also began to run.

King Sejong and his followers disappeared with the wind, and those who remained were eunuchs who came out under orders from Hyang.

“What should I do now?”

“What to do? “Shouldn’t we just do what we were told to do?”

“That’s true…”

The eunuch, who had been ordered to go to Hojo, looked at the East Palace with an expression full of worry.

“If I do something wrong, there will be a bloody storm…”

* * *

When the royal family and officials arrived at the East Palace, King Sejong’s shouts and Hyang’s protests were already coming out of the Crown Prince’s room.

“Yes you bastard! Crown Prince! “What kind of foolish act was this!”

“It’s not a fool’s errand! “I was just preparing for my natural duties as crown prince!”

“Yes you gnome! “Did he say this knowing your age?”

“What has age to do with doing what is right? Saying you can’t do it because you’re too young is just an excuse!”

“Aren’t there ministers!”

“Since the ministers don’t want to move, shouldn’t they at least make a move?”

“Yes you bastard! to the end! “As for the eunuch, go out and bring a whip and a cutting stone!”

When King Sejong shouted to bring a whip and a cutting stone, Queen Soheon, who was shaking her feet outside, shouted as if she were screaming.

“Your Majesty!”

“Don’t come in! What do they do in the inner hall? “Hurry and bring a whip and a cutting stone!”

“Yes, yes….”

At King Sejong’s shout, the door to the crown prince’s room in the East Palace opened and the merchant ships and eunuchs who had been waiting for King Sejong came out.

Queen Soheon, seeing the white-faced face of the merchant, hurriedly stepped on the stone and entered the incense room.

“majesty!”

“Get out of the middle battle! “Internal officers, take the central officer outside!”

“majesty!”

“What are you doing in the inner office?”

After a lot of commotion, Queen Soheon was dragged out by the eunuchs. Queen Soheon, who was flopping down in front of the East Palace Hall, screamed as if she was vomiting blood.

“Your Majesty! Sejai is coming! Please be kind to me!”

“What does a merchant ship do! “Bring a whip and a cutting stone and come in!”

At King Sejong’s cry, merchant ships and officials entered with whips and cutting stones.

“Does the crown prince still think his current behavior is right?”

“If Abama, the king of Joseon, is the father of the people of Joseon, Soja becomes the eldest brother of the people of Joseon! Every time an envoy from the Ming Dynasty comes and goes, the brothers wail, so how can I, as the eldest brother, remain silent! Didn’t you also read the document about the harmful effects of envoys? Every time an envoy comes and goes, the wealth of the landowners of the towns along the way is stolen! So what will those landowners do? In the end, only the powerless people at the bottom will suffer many times over!”

“That is for the ministers to solve!”

“These are the ministers who are still unable to find a solution even though several decades have passed since the founding of Joseon! Those ministers are people who only know what to enjoy! Daejeo (大抵) If you are a nobleman, if you are a nobleman of Joseon! Those who learn, practice, and speak the way of sage! “It’s not okay to just sit back and watch like that!”

The ministers who were standing in front of the courtyard of the East Palace listening to the father and son’s argument lowered their heads with red faces or sighed while looking up at the sky.

“Huh~.”

“Are you insisting that you are right until the end!”

“I don’t think you did anything wrong, Soja!”

“This guy until the end! Roll up your calves!”

Queen Soheon, who was outside, became thoughtful at King Sejong’s shout.

“Your Majesty! Let’s count, and now we’re only at nine!”

“The younger you are, the more severely you should be scolded! “Raise your calves and climb up on the stonework!”

After a while, Hyang’s voice came out.

“Jo Naekwan! Why is my inner tube rising? I take responsibility for what I did! “Get out of the way!”

“mama!”

“Get out of the way!”

“Mama…”

Queen Soheon sang incense with tears in her eyes as she heard the eunuch’s voice crying.

“Ceja! “Hyang!”

After a while,

snap!

“Your first sin is being arrogant based on little knowledge!”

slap!

“Your second crime is that a young person looked down on the ministers!”

slap!

“Your third sin is sticking to your own words!”

slap!

“Your fourth crime is ignoring your father’s orders!”

Each time a crime was mentioned, the cane was swung once, and each time the sharp sound was made, the bodies of the ministers standing in the garden of the East Palace flinched.

Sejong’s caning stopped only after about 20 lashes.

“Reflect and reflect on today’s events thoroughly to prevent such a mess in the future.”

“I accept your orders.”

After hearing Hyang’s answer as if he was gritting his teeth, Sejong left the room.

King Sejong, who came out to the garden of the East Palace, looked back at the merchant ship.

“Call the royal doctor and have him look after the crown prince.”

“yes. “Your Majesty.”

At the merchant’s hand gesture, one of the eunuchs behind him ran towards the inner medicine room.

“Whoa~.”

Sejong let out a long sigh and glared at the ministers standing in front of him.

Seeing King Sejong’s angry expression, the ministers, starting with the three ministers, knelt down on the ground all at once.

“Please kill me!”

“Please kill me!”

King Sejong gave a short reply to the cries of the ministers.

“By evening, designate one of the three noble monks as official and two of the six great ministers as deputy and report to them. Until evening. If you fail to keep this, all the ministers, including the three monks, will be judged for high treason.”

“I follow your orders!”

Leaving aside the answers of the ministers, King Sejong approached Queen Soheon. King Sejong raised Queen Soheon, who was sitting on the ground covered in tears, and spoke calmly.

“Please take care of the crown prince.”

After finishing speaking, King Sejong walked towards his hut with a tired face.

Queen Soheon, who bowed to King Sejong with tears in her eyes, glared at the ministers with a face full of anger.

“I will never forget today and your faces until I die!”

“Please kill me!”

“Shut up!”

Instead of answering by telling her to shut up, Queen Soheon quickly entered Hyang’s room.

“Hyang! What does Naegwan do? Hurry up and call a doctor! hurry!”

* * *

While the royal doctor rushed to inspect Hyang’s wounds, Queen Soheon was covered in tears and examined Hyang’s wounds. Of course, it was a bonus to hit the scent’s back every now and then.

“Who on earth are you so stubborn like?”

“Why didn’t you listen to me!”

“It really hurts!”

“I’m hitting you because it hurts!”

It took five days for Hyang’s wounds to completely heal. Meanwhile, Hyang stopped discussing with guests and spent time alone.

“Aya! Write~~~.”

Hyang, who was sitting alone in a chair translating a European book, frowned at the pain rising from his leg.

This was because my calf, which I had been shaking without realizing it, hit the leg of the chair and caused pain. Hyang, who was looking at his sore leg, burst into laughter.

“This guy’s legs and back have suffered in both his past life and his current life.”

Even in his previous life, thanks to his extraordinary virtue, his calves and back had disappeared.

* * *

Thanks to the accident that hit Hyang so hard, the government was in a situation where it was treading on thin ice. The officer recorded the situation at the time as follows.

July 2, 4th year of King Sejong’s reign (1422).

After the king sternly admonished the crown prince, he ordered the three monks and ministers to immediately select the magistrates and magistrates of Dongjisa. According to the order of the king, which set a deadline of until evening, the three monks and ministers were locked in a hall within Gyeongbokgung Palace, and gold soldiers guarded the hall. Sang, who ordered Geumgun to monitor the palace, ordered Panuigeumbusa (判義禁府事) to prepare a national inquiry. This was in case the ministers were unable to provide an answer by evening.

The officer says:

Although the Crown Prince’s actions were extreme, there was nothing wrong with what he said. However, the extremeness went beyond the right direction, so it is natural that the king gave him a stern admonition.

It is also not wrong for ministers to attach importance to the four major schools. However, it is also true that the degree of evil has gone too far.

However, it was unfair to corner the ministers and mobilize the golden army to persecute them. This is a departure from the way of virtue and royalty, and it is a path into the way of authority and corruption, so it is something that the superior must strictly refrain from doing.

* * *

The show of force must have had an effect, and the appointment of envoys was completed before evening that day.

“Government affairs are handled by the Yeonguijeong, and the Vice Ministers are Hopan and Gongpan… They approve the appointments.”

“I am devastated.”

“I am devastated.”

When King Sejong gave his approval, the ministers responded by bowing in unison. After completing the selection of envoys, King Sejong issued the following orders.

“Hojo and Seungjeongwon, write the document ordered by the Crown Prince and bring it back!”

According to King Sejong’s order, officials from the Seungjeongwon and Hojo were to organize all documents related to the harmful effects of Ming envoys who visited Joseon after the founding of Joseon.

As everything was quantified through such organizing process, the officials who were writing the documents had to sigh.

“This has gone too far!”

“Like this…”

The young officials who were organizing the documents were pounding their chests, unable to hold back their boiling anger.

After seeing the report from Hojo and Seungjeongwon, King Sejong let out a long sigh.

“Whoa~. “I see the Crown Prince wasn’t wrong.”

According to the report, after the founding of Joseon, kings were replaced and as time passed, the amount of tribute requested and brought by Ming envoys was increasing. The speed at which the quantity was increasing was rapidly increasing in proportion to the number of envoys coming.

The years in which the most tribute was taken were the first year he ascended to the throne and the year following.

The Joseon Dynasty government had to use a huge amount of wealth as a bribe to persuade the envoys of Ming, who doubted whether the conquest of Tsushima Island was a sure thing, in order to persuade the envoys of Ming, who doubted the legitimacy of the crown prince who had been ousted and elevated his third son to the throne.

“The small amount received was 2 months of the annual budget used by the government. The large amount received was 6 months… If you include the wealth stolen from the rough villages on the way, the small amount was 4 months, and at the most, 1 year’s budget….”

‘Record lover. Like Joseon’s famous officials and scholars, the leaders of the towns through which the envoys passed wrote a report detailing the wealth of the local rulers that the envoys had robbed. And it was found.

“Please check, too.”

At King Sejong’s order, the three monks and the six ministers took turns reading the reports.

“Hmm…”

“Huh…”

The officials and ministers who read the reports groaned. This was because what I had only heard in words was clearly confirmed with numbers, confirming its seriousness.

“Did you compensate the local rulers whose wealth was stolen by envoys?”

“….”

“… It’s for the country….”

“So you didn’t pay compensation? In that case, Toho would naturally have made a fuss. That’s several times as much as what was taken away. Haha~.”

Sejong sighed and glared at the ministers.

“Have the princes not even thought of what even the young crown prince would have thought?”

“I am devastated.”

The ministers bowed their heads in response to King Sejong’s reprimand. ‘Isn’t that the same for you?’ The words rose to the top of their throats, but all the subjects had to do was bow their heads and say, ‘I am devastated!’ All I could say was,

“Those who go as Shinigami will definitely have to solve this problem!”

“I follow your orders!”

[Episode 15 Germination…Carcinogenesis?(8)] End

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