Black Corporation: Joseon Chapter 37

[Episode 37: Laughing at virtue, crying at virtue. (2) ]

37 Laugh at the fire and cry at the fire. (2)

According to the original history, Princess Jeongso should have died in February. The problem was the cause of death. In the records I only glanced at in the 21st century, the cause of death was unclear.

Some records said it was chickenpox, while others said it was smallpox.

“What is the 50% chance!”

Hyang, who knew that King Sejong had suffered a great psychological shock when Princess Jeongso died, risked everything and inoculated Princess Jeongso with cowpox at a 50% chance.

And the 50% probability was correct.

* * *

As the nationwide implementation of cowpox vaccination has reached its conclusion, Sejong has clearly reached the end. King Sejong summoned Judge Lee Jo and gave orders.

“Has the list of those who did not pay the premiums been completed?”

“yes. “It is complete.”

“Bring it with you.”

After a while, the official of the Joseon Dynasty who received the order brought the list and submitted it to the Panseo, who handed it to the merchant ship. Sejong, who was examining the list handed over from the merchant marine, opened his mouth.

“There are so many.”

“A total of 143 people are coming.”

In the list submitted by Panseo Lee, the names, family areas of residence, and property were all recorded.

Sejong looked at the list and gave an order.

“Make sure that everyone listed on this list is erased from the county. If there are people who pass the Sogwa exam and receive tax exemption benefits, they should withdraw all gifts immediately. Lastly, their descendants will be prohibited from going to work for three generations.”

“I follow your orders!”

This decision caused a great tectonic shift among the local nobles.

* * *

As King Sejong’s order was carried out, local Confucianism suffered a great storm.

“This is too much!”

Those whose names were cut from Hyangan according to King Sejong’s orders protested fiercely, but not many people agreed with their claims. Most reactions were as follows:

“Tsk tsk tsk. So, I should have been greedy. “How much does that thing cost?”

“If you are a nobleman and a nobleman, shouldn’t you live up to your name?”

“You must know shame and duty! Hurry and get out of here! “A person who is not a nobleman, where is this place?”

Those who were kicked out screamed at the closed gate of the yuhyangso.

“How clean you guys are!”

The aftermath of King Sejong’s order did not end there.

“What are these appeals?”

Sejong looked at Do Seung-ji as the appeal suddenly poured in like a mountain. Do Seung-ji answered the question with an embarrassed face.

“This is an appeal from fathers to allow their daughters to divorce.”

“Please allow divorce?”

King Sejong opened the scroll and read its contents. The contents of the appeals were largely the same.

-The son-in-law lost his qualifications as a scholar-official due to his lack of shame and morality. If something like this happens, it’s natural to be cautious and reflect, but he claims he’s innocent, doesn’t show any remorse, and even gets drunk and uses violence against his wife, my daughter. Please allow my daughter and her wife to divorce.

Unlike the Goryeo Dynasty, when marriage and divorce were easy, the Joseon Dynasty made marriage and divorce very difficult for noblemen. In order for noblemen to get divorced, they had to file an appeal not only to the local leader but also to the king.

King Sejong reviewed all the appeals and came to a conclusion.

“Using violence against Jo Gangjicheo is not worthy of a nobleman. However, since it is impossible to come to a conclusion by only listening to one side, order the mayor of the town where the person who filed the lawsuit resides to confirm the facts. “If the contents of the lawsuit are true, allow divorce and order that division of property be done fairly.”

“I follow your orders.”

As soon as King Sejong’s order was issued, numerous couples divorced. Divorce was not the only thing that occurred. The number of marriage breakups, which do not require as complicated a procedure as divorce, was several times that much.

* * *

King Sejong’s royal suit was being prepared step by step over a long period of time. However, there was one place where the pace was surprisingly fast, and that was the military department.

King Sejong, who was in the midst of discussing state affairs with ministers, took a moment to visit the East Palace.

When the eunuch who was standing in front of Hyang’s door tried to say something, King Sejong lightly waved his hand.

“Shh, I want to see the crown prince’s usual appearance.”

The eunuch responded to King Sejong’s words by pointing to one side with a perplexed expression.

“Your Majesty the Crown Prince is currently in Haewooso.”

“Haewooso?”

“Cheukgan is coming.”

“aha! Haewoo Sora… What a charming name.”

Sejong nodded and looked at the direction indicated by the eunuch. A court lady with a cotton cloth in her hand was standing in front of a room located in a corner of the East Palace.

Shoot~.

As soon as there was a loud sound of water, the court lady who was standing there quickly opened the door and entered. After a while, Hyang came out with a refreshed face and a book on one side, and when he saw Sejong, he ran over to him and bowed his head.

“Abama, are you here? “I am devastated by your disgrace!”

“What kind of indecency is… by the way, reading a book from the side?”

“It reads surprisingly well.”

“Well… I like books too…”

Sejong shook his head with an expression of boredom at Hyang’s answer.

* * *

Haewooso To be precise, the toilet built in the bathroom was something that I had firmly decided to make since I was a Wonja (元子).

For that reason, from the point when he was appointed as the crown prince and thought that his ability was recognized to some extent by King Sejong by making a gold pen, Hyang attempted to make toilets.

However, the production of toilets encountered a large reef from the beginning.

The toilet with the familiar scent was made of ceramics. However, the historical background of the Joseon Dynasty was problematic.

The place that supplied various porcelains for the royal family was Saongbang, and the porcelain supplied here was through donations. In the end, I had to find the kiln that produced the pottery myself, and the closest place was Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do.

After the Neobeolseom Incident, Hyang’s scope of activity was limited to Hanseong, and Hyang himself did not even think of going all the way to Gwangju, Gyeonggi Province.

“You may say it’s a quick car ride in the 21st century, but this is Joseon, right?”

In the end, Hyang had to find an alternative. Hyang searched through her memories for various alternatives and finally found one.

What Hyang found was a scene from a movie in which the single-minded, pure-hearted, macho mummy – who shouted ‘Anaksunamun’ until the end – was Jinju’s artificial intelligence.

It reminded me of the iron toilet in the bathroom where the kid escapes from the train, which is a key keyword in the movie.

As soon as he recalled his memory, Hyang created a conceptual drawing and a brief blueprint and immediately went to the ball shop at Gungi City.

It was from then on. Gong Yajang’s penance began.

Hyang created a blueprint, but it came close to organizing the concept. To find the actual figures, Field Manager Gong had to conduct an experiment himself.

This was also the case in the 21st century. Even when Hyang – Jinho in the 21st century – built a steam engine with his friends, Hyang was in charge of the concept and overall design, and all numerical calculations had to be done by his friends.

“I’m a liberal arts major. “Will the liberal arts department even do the calculations?”

Anyway, after all sorts of trial and error, Gong Yajang created a steel toilet.

“Good job, good job!”

After seeing the completed toilet, Hyang greatly praised Gong Yajang. Not only did he praise him with words, but he also rewarded Gong Yajang with an island of white rice, and the village heads under him from 5 to 1 mal of white rice according to their rank. After receiving the unexpected reward, Field Marshal Gong bowed low and shouted.

“Please entrust us with anything from now on! “I will do my best to make it!”

“Believe and expect!”

In later years, every time he looked back on the events of that time, Gong Yajang would hit himself in the mouth.

“This guy’s snout is the enemy!”

Anyway, King Sejong, who saw the toilet created and the toilet installed in that way, wanted to install a toilet in Geunjeongjeon as well. However, King Sejong’s intention was thwarted by opposition from the royal scholars.

“To check His Majesty’s health, we must check his bowel movements! But we can’t confirm it in this condition!”

“is it? I understand….”

King Sejong took a step back due to the opposition of the medical doctors, but he did not give in to his will.

“I will install it someday!”

In the end, toilets were not installed in Geunjeongjeon, but toilets were installed in quite a few places other than Donggungjeon. The place where toilets were installed was where the royal palace and concubines were located. It was never comfortable to do work while squatting on the bed. Especially when I was pregnant and had a full stomach, the toilet was the best item. Of course, it was a difficult task for the court ladies and court ladies who had to remove the excrement containers located in the space installed under the bathroom floor and fill the toilet tank with water.

Later, these toilets began to be sold to the private sector, and various problems arose as a result. And to solve this problem, it was inevitable that the county would completely overturn the public hygiene system.

* * *

The scent that came out of Haewooso moved to the study with King Sejong. Sejong, facing the incense at the center of the large table, immediately opened his mouth.

“Crown, I came back because I had a question after looking at the chart you made again.”

“What question do you have?”

“You mentioned many things, but you didn’t mention just one part: the military. “You can’t possibly be unaware of it?”

Hyang smiled at Sejong’s question. Sejong shook his head at that sight.

“Such a snub…”

“If Soja had even mentioned the military, there would have been an even bigger uproar.”

Sejong nodded at those words.

“That’s right.”

“What do you think, Abama?”

Sejong answered firmly to Hyang’s question.

“The military also needs to be overhauled. “I think we should place more emphasis on intellect rather than looking only at individual power as we have done so far.”

Hyang nodded at Sejong’s words.

In the last 4 years of Sejong, Sejong set a new standard for military examinations.

“The civil service examination is for selecting talented people. This is also the case in the past. From now on, even if you cannot hit an arrow at a distance of 200 paces, if you are well versed in the scriptures, you will be selected.”

Some said that this favored military officials and looked down on military subjects, but Hyang thought differently.

“Even Jedi die in Dagul. What Abamama said is not wrong. From now on, we need smart people.”

‘Who was that? Can’t you think of it? Anyway, I’ll use it!’

Muttering in her mind, Hyang immediately opened her mouth.

“Soja thinks like this. To a nation, Mun and Mu are like the arms of a person and like the two wheels of a cart. It is difficult for a person to live with only one arm, and a cart cannot move with only one wheel. “I believe that in a country, civility and martial arts are exactly the same.”

Sejong nodded strongly at Hyang’s words.

“What you say is truly correct! So, I am also thinking about reform. But…”

Sejong sighed.

“The ministers who are sticking their butts to that side will immediately argue with that statement. National defense is something that costs thousands of gold, or even ten thousand gold, and it refers to the military regime that existed in the previous dynasty.”

“But you can’t look down on radish. Then, this Joseon will immediately collapse. Please consider the precedent of the Song Dynasty.”

Hyang, who had quenched her thirst with the tea brought by the naekwan, spoke.

“There was an empire in the West called Rome. It is said that there was something like this in the proverb of that country. ‘Si vis pacem para bellum.’”

“What did you say?”

“’If you want peace, prepare for war.’ no see. “It means having no regrets.”

“It’s Yubi Muhwan…”

Banging the table with his fingers, Sejong pondered the words Yubi Muhwan. Hyang added something to that sight.

“You don’t have to go far. Look at the final leaves of the omen. How many people suffered hardships due to the Jurchen tribe and Japanese pirates? It is true that national defense consumes a lot of money, but if something happens and you are not properly prepared, you will have to spend several times that amount of money and manpower.”

“You are right. “What you said…”

Sejong shook his head and came to a conclusion.

“okay. “If I have to repair it, I will repair it!”

As Sejong made up his mind, Hyang clenched her fist under the table.

‘Yes!’

Sejong, who had made up his mind, asked Hyang again a question.

“Military reform is not something that can be done overnight, so we will have to take our time and solve it one by one. Where do you think I should start? The Northern Army that has to deal with aftershocks? Or the southern army that has to deal with Japanese pirates? Or the central army that must defend the capital?”

Hyang immediately answered King Sejong’s question.

“We must divide into the army and navy. We must never ignore the navy, or the Giseongun (horse army).”

[Episode 37 Laughing at virtue and crying at virtue. (2) ] End

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