Black Corporation: Joseon - Chapter 235

Episode 235: School starts. (2)

“Hmm… I think it might be something…”

Sejong muttered with a slightly embarrassed expression, and the scent immediately went into further explanation.

“Abama. “If there are women who have enough knowledge to teach children, they are probably from a wealthy family.”

“I guess so?”

“Wouldn’t the fathers of such women also be men of noble families?”

“I guess so.”

As Hyang explained, Sejong frowned and nodded.

‘There is something, what am I missing?’

Looking at Sejong’s expression, Hyang muttered to herself.

‘If you look at this guy from time to time, I hear he’s weak against anomalous attacks…’

After confirming that Sejong was wandering, Hyang explained in more detail.

“If Jiabi had failed to pass the state exam in the past…”

At that very moment, Sejong hit his knee.

“I see! What does location have to do with studying for the past exam? “Even if you follow the instructions, if you have your own will and will, you will be able to achieve good results!”

Hyang smiled at Sejong’s words.

“That’s right. Or a couple can work as teachers together.”

“yes! yes!”

King Sejong was happy to hear Hyang’s words and slapped his knees.

The reason why Hyang came to think this way was because of the culture of noblemen at the time.

* * *

The ultimate goal of men born into a class called yangban, a combination of munban and shaban, was to become a civil servant (出仕). To achieve this, men in class, especially in class, had to study writing to death.

This is exactly what the scent was focused on.

According to a survey of Hyang-i officials, boys from small families began studying writing on average around the age of five. At this time, I began studying writing using the thousand-character script and began studying writing in earnest around the age of 10.

In this way, the time to pass the exam based on past examinations was in the mid-teens for those with good ability, but on average, it was in the 30s.

“In other words, they are long-serving students who have been preparing for the civil service examination for almost 20 years. What is different from the 21st century is that most people are self-taught, without first-class instructors or prestigious academies. “They solve economic problems through sharecropping and do not manage it themselves by planting water chestnuts there.”

Because of this situation, the county came up with a way to encourage married women from noble families – those with husbands who were not virtuous women – to enter the teaching profession.

A married woman with a husband would have been able to move even if she entered the teaching profession and was subject to the supervising system.

As mentioned earlier, teachers were provided with official housing and civil servant salaries. And, if the couple working as a teacher was from a wealthy family, they would be able to bring the family’s sanobi along.

In that case, the husband would be able to study on his own without any problems even if he moved with his wife.

“Why did you say that? In the 80s and 90s, pharmacists, in the 2000s, female teachers, and after that, civil servants of any kind were said to be ideal companions…” *

* *

Sejong, who listened to Hyang’s explanation, nodded repeatedly.

“Feel so good! “The most painful part of our Joseon Dynasty was the lack of people, and I think we can solve this problem!”

This time, Hyang made an expression that said he did not understand what Sejong said.

“Abama? Are you really going to open up government positions to women?”

Sejong nodded to Hyang’s question.

“Of course, there are many restrictions, but if you have the will to do it, why is there any need to stop it?”

Hyang spoke with a white face at Sejong’s words.

“It seems too radical.”

‘This guy! Even now, there’s a fuss about how fast it is! You decided to put someone who is just getting used to the speed of a horse on the KTX!’

Sejong, who saw Hyang’s expression, smiled and continued speaking.

“Could it be possible to do it right now? It will probably take a long time. “Maybe…”

Sejong paused for a moment and looked at the fragrance with eyes full of mischief.

“By the time you ascend to the throne?”

“Hahaha….”

It was the scent of someone laughing hard and sweating.

“late. “Why don’t you go and rest?”

“yes. “Abama.”

Hyang left Gangnyeongjeon and let out a long sigh.

“Whoa~. “Anyway, if you take one step, he warps right away… I’m scared to say anything.”

Hyang, who was trembling as she recalled the conversation that had just happened, suddenly tried to count her hands.

“When I ascend to the throne…at least 20 years? No, even these days, Abamama takes good care of her health, so at least 30 years… That’s quite a long way. “Abama, too, took it easy.”

Hyang, who had been walking with relief for some time, suddenly stopped and was startled.

“no!”

“yes? Lowering! “What’s going on?”

“Oh, it’s nothing. “It’s nothing…”

Hyang’s voice telling the eunuch that it was nothing was trembling.

As Hyang headed to the East Palace, his mind was in a state of panic.

‘I forgot! How did Ul Abama ascend to the throne!’

Sejong ascended to the throne through Taejong’s seonwi (transferring the throne to the next king).

Because he had memories of what he had experienced, he was able to rise to the top.

‘No, it’s not just Seonwi! ‘There is also Daericheongdo!’

There was a fact that I didn’t know about Hyang because it wasn’t mentioned in the curriculum and the Samcheonpo teacher didn’t talk about it.

In history before the intervention of Hyang, it was true that Munjong, who was the crown prince for the last eight years of King Sejong’s reign, acted as proxy.

Anyway, Hyang desperately tried to organize his mind.

‘Don’t panic! This is a resonance trap… not this! Anyway, it’s not confirmed yet, so don’t be scared! ‘Because Abama is still in good spirits!’

Hyang’s thoughts, which had been so difficult to sort out the situation, wandered off to a completely different place.

‘okay! Let’s make a heir quickly! There will still be 10 more years for Abama to be appointed as a representative or vice president. Let’s quickly create a heir, raise him, and then toss him!’

It was not Samcheonpo, but a stream of consciousness with a scent that splashed towards Andromeda.

“shell!”

“yes! Lowering.”

“Tell the fishermen and ask them to find some medicinal herbs that are good for nourishment and tonicity.”

“yes?”

“I need to use more strength from now on.”

“yes?”

* * *

Although it was only a momentary base, King Sejong liked this plan and told it to his ministers.

“…So this is what I thought, and I think it’s pretty good. So, I hope that the officials will find the shortcomings, make up for them, and come up with a plan.”

“yes? Yes… yes… I will follow your orders.”

The ministers were puzzled by King Sejong’s command, then made expressions that made no sense, then resigned and accepted King Sejong’s command.

The ministers gathered in the Uijeongbu conference room let out a long sigh.

“I have a lot of work to do, but all of a sudden…”

Heo Jo’s complaint caught Kim Jeom’s attention.

“But doesn’t what you said make sense? Joseon has a long way to go, but aren’t there a lot of things we can’t do because we don’t have people?”

“But even for women…”

“Why should we consider men and women now when we are dying because there are no people?”

“Tsk!”

In response to Kim Jeom’s criticism, the ministers, including Heo Jo, ended the situation by quenching their appetites.

It was an unconventional name that destroyed the values they had brought up until now, but the necessity was sympathized with more than anyone else.

This was something that most officials working in the Joseon Dynasty at the time sympathized with.

The hard work that continues every day has made us keenly aware of the need for supply and demand of human resources.

Therefore, the government quickly began the process of substantiating King Sejong’s orders.

Of course, there were some who refused to the end.

Those who refused in this way were eventually eliminated from the competition and had to end their careers at the Record Office.

Of course, unlike this ending, everyone who took on the task had something to wonder about.

“But who first thought of this?”

“Isn’t it Your Majesty? “He is the gentleman who issued the decree.”

“Did you work with His Majesty the Prime Minister for a day or two? “His Majesty the Lord is a person who transcends human history, but isn’t he the kind of person who is capable of such unprecedented feats?”

“That’s right…”

‘Who exactly?’

This was a question everyone was curious about, from ministers to low-ranking officials.

But they soon found out the answer.

“The crown prince did it. What…”

“Is there more than the crown prince?”

* * *

In any case, since most of those in charge of state affairs agreed to this, it was soon made into a new policy.

And as time passed, the scent began to produce unexpected results.

The way of thinking of Koreans began to change.

No, women’s social position, which had continued from the Three Kingdoms period to the Goryeo period and had begun to be enforced with the beginning of the Joseon Dynasty, was beginning to be established again.

Of course, until this period, women’s rights were largely guaranteed compared to later periods.

I was also able to travel freely. Although the procedures were difficult in the case of a wife from a wealthy family, she could still get a divorce if she wanted.

Also, when parents died, they shared their property with their siblings in equal proportions.

However, in the genealogy, only the origin of ‘what kind of seed’ was recorded.

Women who were only teachers but became official officials of the country began to have their names recorded in genealogies.

Even though she was a woman, she did something honorable to both her in-laws and her father’s family called ‘Chulsa’.

And in this way, as women’s advancement into society increased and their rights improved, historians of the distant future – historians from other countries who studied Joseon history – had to worry.

“I skipped again!”

Korean historians responded with a calm expression to the screaming cries of historians from other countries.

“Women have been free to advance into society since the Three Kingdoms era.”

“Joseon wasn’t like that!”

“It was like that. However, the period when women were forced to live was a little over 30 years from the beginning of the founding of Korea to the end of King Sejong’s administration. It’s too short a time to fully settle in. It seems radical, but if you look closely, it’s true. “It is correct to view it as a reaction to such coercion.”

“Does this make sense!”

“huh. “It makes sense.”

In the end, as various controversies continued, the ‘alien alien theory’ or the ‘alien time slip theory’ emerged again.

Then the Korean government stepped forward again.

“do you want to die? Do you want to search? Do you want to go to Gol?”

Again, King Sejong and Hyang, who led this period, were ‘sacred and inviolable’ beings.

* * *

This happened in the distant future, and Sejong and Hyang had to be busy every day.

“Hoehoe merchant ships have arrived in Jemulpo!”

After receiving the report while working at Area 51, Hyang frowned and grumbled.

“They said it would arrive within 3 months… but it was over a month later…”

However, Hyang soon cleared up his expression and immediately put the situation in order.

“Has Hojo dispatched officials?”

“yes!”

“As we have passed through the hot season, there may be infectious diseases, so please send doctors to check.”

“yes!”

After delivering the command, Hyang stood up.

“I guess I should go to Gyeongbokgung Palace.”

* * *

While Hyang was paying attention to the stomachs of members of the Society, social democratic schools across the country finally opened their schools.

Children flocked to schools established across the country, not only in large cities but also in the smallest administrative districts, prefectures.

The leader of a noble family who came riding a pony or donkey pulled by a slave, the naughty boy who came with the children of Dong-ri, the ladies of a noble family who came holding the hand of their nurse, and even the girls wearing old skirts and jackets gathered at the entrance of the school.

After a while, the door to the renovated school opened and the teachers came out.

“Boys this way!”

“Girls this way!”

The official schedule of the school began with dividing the boys and girls gathered in one place.

It was the beginning of a long march that was later called ‘the greatest driving force behind Joseon’s great leap forward.’