Detective Ori Hides the Status Window - Chapter 210



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210. Brothers’ Kingdom (2)

The invitation sent to Kim Unhaeng in the name of Prince Yongdu Lee San was to attend an official ceremony (view archery or an event thereto).

Considering the significance of archery in the late Joseon Dynasty, it can be said that the second son of the chairman asked the general manager to go to a karaoke room. It’s just a bit unusual that the head of the division also has two jobs and is an idol singer.

In fact, Kim Un-haeng rarely met Prince Yongdu after rescuing him from Namhansanseong Fortress.

This is because Prince Yongdu does not have the right to nominate a Yeonguijeong and does not plan to do so in the future. He was Kyujanggak, Suwon Hwaseong, Seoul Heotong, and a worthless person to Kim Unhaeng.

However, Kim Unhaeng could have been valuable to Prince Yongdu.

Of course, just as Kim Un-haeng was to the king, it was not Lee San (13 years old, unemployed) himself who judged what should be given to Prince Yongdu.

* * *

In Hyegyeonggung Hong’s ≪Hanjungnok≫, the following is recorded about Princess Hwawan Lee Yong-wan.

‘That person’s personality was unusual in that he wanted to break others, was jealous, jealous, and loved power, so all kinds of things happened.’

Of course, since it is a daughter-in-law’s evaluation of her sister-in-law, its reliability is not as good as the Annals of King Gojong.

However, as with the Annals of King Gojong, there is nevertheless salvageable information.

Princess Hwawan did not allow those in power to be interested in people or things other than herself.

As is known, he was not only obsessed with King Jeongjo. She also hated that her father Yeongjo favored Nain. It is accurate to say that she was obsessed with those in power.

Therefore, it is understandable that she continued to avoid her brother, Crown Prince Sado.

In terms of power, there is nothing to see, and even a yandere with a kitchen knife should be dealt with depending on the opponent. A human butcher with a three-pointed sword, like the dark Crown Prince Sado of the time, is a different genre.

However, the only reason why Princess Hwawan was able to act truthfully throughout her life was King Yeongjo’s favor.

However, the father king is currently imprisoned in Namhansanseong Fortress, and he has no particular relationship with the current king (as is the case with both brother and sister). Lady Hong, who originally had to flatter Princess Hwawan out of fear of her King Yeongjo, has now become her queen and has risen to a status she could never dream of competing with.

An ordinary person, much less a princess who was not originally a political participant, would be grateful to be respected and live quietly.

However, to her, who always pursued only the best, this was nothing short of an unbearable insult. Princess Hwawan was so anxious and angry that she felt like she was going to die.

Princess Hwawan’s contribution to the Namhansanseong rescue operation of Crown Princess Hong, Lee Jeong, and Lee San was second to none.

However, in fact, he became second only to Kim Un-haeng in terms of non-gong pedagogy. So she was sad.

‘Kim Chun-sik took all the credit. Don’t you look down on me to the point where you won’t even give me a slave (Kaoru)!’

Princess Hwawan’s situation, where she had to swallow even these words, caused even greater anger.

Even when King Yeongjo was still reigning, Princess Hwawan made a fuss, saying, ‘Who will your father favor but me?’

However, it has gotten to the point where I can’t even complain openly to a single high-ranking official, so I can imagine the stress. If things continued like this, I didn’t think I would live long anyway.

However, it cannot be said that Princess Hwawan is treated poorly.

Shortly after the Rebellion at the Nursing Home, Lee Hwon arranged for his father, Lee Hwon, to continue the lineage of his sire Jeong Jeong-dal’s family. It was such a great favor that the Prime Minister at the time, Jeong Hwi-ryang, thanked Seong-eun separately.

The name of the adopted son who came in like that was Jeong Hu-gyeom (鄭厚謙).

He can be evaluated as one of the most ambitious men of the late Joseon Dynasty. Even though he is not from the Jeonju Lee clan, he is a man who was even rumored to be the next great king.

Being the son of a fishmonger did not hinder him. Even his quick success as the princess’s son did not satisfy him.

Even the young age of 16 is not an obstacle. If you look at his short 27-year life as a life that he burned only for the pursuit of power, he has lived more than half of it.

Jeong Hoo-gyeom said to his mother.

“His Majesty the Lord’s favor with Kim Chun-sik is like a man falling for a concubine, so hasty remonstrance will only incur wrath. “In order for your family to prosper, you must first be close to Prince Yongdu.”

Princess Hwawan was obsessed with her nephew Jeongjo to the extent that one wondered if he was a Silla or Goryeo royal family, but she had nothing to do with the current powerless Prince Yongdu. Her reaction was satisfactory.

“That might be enough to get you one official position, but wouldn’t you be able to compete with Kim Chun-sik, who was married to Donggung (Lee Jeong) through a national marriage?”

“Being married through national marriage is not necessarily a good thing. For example, there is a precedent of Gwangsangun (Kim Han-ro, the father-in-law of Grand Prince Yangnyeong. He was implicated and punished when Grand Prince Yangnyeong was the deposed crown prince). Kim Chun-sik is said to be cunning by listening and good at understanding. “Maybe I can understand it well.”

Even excluding the risk of hinting at a replacement of crown prince, this is a very vain hope. Crown Prince Yangnyeong is no longer a scoundrel like he is now.

But Princess Hwawan seemed to have something in mind. It was a more supportive force than her mother and son.

Actually, DNA is something that modern people who think of themselves as ‘scientific’ or ‘religious’ are obsessed with, but Joseon was much more flexible when viewed only in terms of ‘preservation of property’, the original purpose of the family system.

Therefore, the two people were able to reach a consensus of opinion without saying anything more dangerous.

Princess Hwawan, as her son said, became Yongdu Prince Lee San’s helicopter aunt.

Young Lee San also received less attention than his older brother, but his aunt took care of various things for him, so he quickly followed suit. It was no wonder that Jeong Hoo-gyeom secretly became a special inspector belonging to the Grand Army.

The same goes for Jeong Hoo-gyeom planning the will of Prince Yongdu and calling Kim Un-haeng. This was not a difficult task since Isan also wanted to see the archery skills of Kim Un-haeng, who is famous as a master archer.

It was not much different from the way Kim Unhaeng manipulated the king.

* * *

When I grabbed the microphone, or rather the bow, Prince Yongdu was happy like a child.

That means he was happy like a Joseon child. Thirteen-year-old Yongdudaegun smiled contentedly as he sucked on his cigarette pipe.

“Even though I fired 40 rounds, I couldn’t hit anything except the center. “If the punishment doesn’t work, we have no choice but to issue the reward wine.”

Why can’t I just drink alcohol? I can already see the sprouts of the King of Gapjil who used to fill up his office pen holder with alcohol.

My decision to save the crown prince by using items was the right one. His abilities are smaller than Prince Yongdu’s and he’s like a brat… … . Instead, Lee Jeong, who cherishes his subjects and listens well to their advice, is more worthy of a king.

Just before Shin Sook-ju’s incision went out, I glanced at Jeong Hoo-gyeom.

This was to reaffirm her ability to be at the level of a party official despite being young and having no background other than Princess Hwawan. The host today will probably be him.

Jeong Hoo-gyeom said with a smile.

“As expected, Captain Kim Ta-gubong’s skills are truly unrivaled. “I’ve been drinking so much beolju that I’ve been unable to shoot an arrow for a while now.”

I know who Jeong Hoo-gyeom is. If he had been a little smarter, King Jeongjo would have entered Duju alongside his father, and the Joseon shaman world would have had something like the Great Combined Duju God.

I wondered why they stuck with the Yongdu Daegun faction, which was an enemy in history and is even more hopeless now, but reverse odds are better if you’re aiming for a big bet.

In fact, political support is like cheering for a professional baseball team, so there is not much room for logic. Don’t even politicians with 0.1% of the votes have more friends and supporters than most influential people?

Lee San recited a line that seemed to have been told to him by Jeong Hoo-gyeom.

“Doesn’t the captain also have a temporary punishment like me? However, I heard that he is very talented and resourceful and takes care of the family as his second son.”

“How can there be a younger brother who is as big as the older brother? Shin’s older brother is simply a scholar who does not like worldly strife, so I took charge of the household chores to support his parents.”

My incompetent brother really needs to give me a thousand Kim Ga-daehwandan. Who would rate you so highly? If you want to run a pharmacy, you can’t put down your brother, so it’s a big deal.

And at that time, Jung Hoo-gyeom naturally attacked.

“It is good to have a noble reputation, but what good is it if you ignore the filial piety of caring for your parents? It’s even more impressive that they don’t lose their morals during this time. People say that in a world where strange Westerners are rampant, only Grand Master Kim Ta-gubong is the only one who reveres the correct way, and it seems to be true.”

My liking for Jeong Hoo-gyeom increased slightly.

Even among the Joseon people, there was someone with proper eyes. Perhaps Jeong Hoo-gyeom was unfairly framed?

“Speaking of which, don’t even Westerners come and go during spring break (Sejasi Gangwon) these days? However, the Great Prince, like the Great General, wants to follow the example of the scholar who rejects selfishness and maintains the right path.”

huh?

Ohh. okay. I got it roughly.

First of all, shall we match the rhythm?

“What do you mean? I thought Westerners were just talking about interesting foreign customs, but they couldn’t believe it… … .”

Jeong Hoo-gyeom whispered to me as if he was telling a great secret.

“That’s right. You may not know it because it has been a while since Confucius (I mean Lee Hwan) withdrew from Baedong, but those foolish Westerners who call themselves teachers of teachings are cleverly coloring the unfaithful apostle (邪道). ”

No, I know. My son is no longer in the Winter Palace, but my daughter is.

Of course, since Sukyoung is the Crown Princess, she does not participate in the Crown Prince’s office schedule.

But I didn’t raise him to be a passive child who only took what was spoon-fed to him. Because I am a modern person.

Something new is more fun than something familiar. The crown prince clearly seems to be engrossed in Western learning.

The more this happened, the more passionate the two missionaries became. Maybe they’ll try to baptize him. If Kim Un-haeng is a ‘witness agent’, the invasion of heretics must be prevented.

Even if we change the next king.

okay. Jeong Hoo-gyeom. Is that the crown prince’s weakness that you caught? Did you want to involve me in that?

Actually, Hong Bong-han of history was also Crown Prince Sado’s father-in-law and aided his son-in-law’s betrayal, so it was not unreasonable to think that I could do that if I was given the right compensation.

It’s funny.

No, it’s not really wrong to say that the crown prince could be abandoned, but before that, I think it’s funny to say that I hate Westerners.

The reason why I tried to prevent the spread of Western culture in Joseon is simple. The culture itself was evil, but more than that, it was difficult if the Joseon system changed.

But it’s different now. On the contrary, if you try to stop it carelessly, the system will be overturned.

As I thought during my last conversation with Park Moon-soo, we must not confuse purpose and means.

What does it matter whether the king becomes a Catholic or Hanyang becomes the Vatican? As long as I can become a Yeonguijeong, I don’t mind if this country makes voodoo its state religion and 36 zombies dance at the Jongmyo Jeryeak.

I am once again grateful to Youngseong, who sacrificed his final moments to remind me of my sense of purpose.

Rather, it went well. If you want to catch and eat something, you must first gain weight.

If you do it well, you will be able to get a quest of decent difficulty without having to conquer the North.

So instead of yelling, I looked very surprised.

“Then someone should report this to the king.”

“It is as you said. Among them, wouldn’t Your Majesty definitely accept the advice of the Grand Master, who is a public servant of the country and was the Minister of Justice to His Highness the Prime Minister in the past? “This is also the will of our great prince, who, as his younger brother, is extremely concerned about the Crown Prince.”

I smiled to myself. After all, if you’re smart enough, you’re only a 16-year-old kid.

First, let’s get Jeong Hoo-gyeom out for a moment.

As Jeong Hu-gyeom wished, I became a member of the Wijeongcheoksa faction.

“I am not a Daegan or a Si-gang-gwan. Are you going to ask me to offer advice to the king? “It’s beyond the scope of even a single sense of separation.”

“I just… … .”

“Go away.”

Although he is an ambitious guy, demonstrating MZ power during the Joseon Dynasty is nothing more than asking for death. Jeong Hoo-gyeom walked away with a disappointed expression.

And I got up again and picked up my bow.

Around here, Jung Hoo-gyeom’s phone is waiting with a spare battery plugged in anyway. Therefore, from now on, I will talk to Prince Yongdu about this.

* * *

I took the first shot of the next five bows, the forty-first bow.

Of course, the arrow always went ‘where I aimed’ and stuck.

The recorder-like eunuch, who had only been repeating ‘I am the spectator’, made a brief error.

“crowd… … Oh no. “It’s on the right!”

Prince Yongdu seemed somehow happier.

“Even Kim Ta-gubong of the world has no choice when it comes to alcohol. Fish don’t gather in water that is too clear, so don’t worry. “Come here and have a glass of beolju.”

I did that. Then he got up and shot the arrow again.

Exactly, missed.

Lee San never spoke to me about Beolju again.

He kept his mouth shut and watched me intentionally miss all 10 arrows.

Even though he was still too young to draw a combat bow, he seemed to have an eye for archery, as evidenced by the anecdote that he hit 50 arrows every day.

After the 5th round, Lee San asked me.

“What kind of teachings do you want to teach me?”

“As expected, the brilliant commander recognized it right away.”

I spoke politely.

“Do you remember what His Majesty the King said when he was at Namhansanseong Fortress?”

“… … exactly.”

King Yeongjo attempted to cause discord by issuing the military title of Prince Yongdu, and tried to drive a wedge again by telling his two grandsons at Namhansanseong Fortress to abandon their father, Lee Hwon. Father and daughter have very similar personalities.

And unlike his older brother Yi Jeong, Lee San could not immediately deny it.

That remorse can easily develop into perverse justification at a young age. The stubbornness to turn mistakes into intentions.

And it would be easy to attract such a group.

You just need to give such a kid what all wayward children always yearn for, namely, the right cause.

King Yeongjo’s crab-oriented mentality was to never forgive a person, believing that each and every mistake, error, or irrational and meaningless behavior explains the person. It is completely opposite to the current government’s ideology of shareholder ownership.

I will forgive the sins in your heart on behalf of your father and mother.

It’s not a matter of being my father’s friend and my brother’s father-in-law; we’re all brothers who know our brother’s sorrow, right?

“Your Majesty, you are not wrong. Even if you can hit all 50 arrows, it doesn’t mean that you can show off your skills to the fullest. If a tiger roars continuously and shows off its majesty, all animals will soon run away and starve to death. Hiding the light and cultivating the darkness [韜光養晦, ≪Romance of the Three Kingdoms≫] is also the magnanimity of a hero.”

I spoke, trying as much as possible to maintain the context of the conversation with Jeong Hoo-gyeom earlier.

“My father-in-law is not a superior because he is better off. “How bizarre would it be to have two heads without arms or four arms without heads?”

Even though my brother is a salt farm slave, a potato farmer, and a swindler, he is skilled at being a congressman, but if you give him a high-ranking official position, it is obvious that the life of the people (me) will fall into disrepair.

The same goes for this brother’s country.

“There are some who are nobler because they are below. “The great prince, who gave a different answer than the Crown Prince, behaved very wisely even in his youth at that time.”

You did nothing wrong. It’s not like he betrayed his father-in-law.

He caught King Yeongjo off guard on the spot and gave him hope by pretending to be brave like Liu Bei, ultimately defeating his father’s greatest enemy.

You can do the same to Jeong Hoo-gyeom’s group of people who try to control you.

Lee San was silent for a while before speaking.

“… … I understand you well. “I would like to continue receiving your teachings from my side, but I envy you in only one way.”

hmm. ‘Only in that one respect.’

I understand even without Shin Sook-ju’s incision.

The one who should have been king, Lee San, did not misunderstand what I said.

Unlike Jeong Hoo-gyeom.

* * *

Jeong Hoo-gyeom conveyed the good news to his mother, Princess Hwawan.

“It was a close call, but it looks like Kim Chun-sik wants to secretly collude with us in the end.”

As Kim Un-haeng thought, Jeong Hu-gyeom was not there, but there were many of his people. Everything Kim Unhaeng said was being intercepted.

And Kim Unhaeng said that ‘Lee San, who did not disobey the king’s words’ was right.

He also told me that I was still lacking at the moment, so I should hide and strengthen my strength.

That means that the mother and son can also agree on the ‘final plan’ that was exchanged only with a glance. Princess Hwawan was happy.

“As expected, you are the genius of this generation.”

It was understandable that the mother and child ignited the happiness circuit like this. This is because Kim Unhaeng showed proof that could not be doubted.

On the condition that the income-generating confectionary store contract itself be maintained, Kim Unhaeng ordered Kaoru’s new work to be paid to Princess Hwawan’s house from that day on.

In other words, the slaves living outside were handed over.

There would be many people who would be suspicious if the young Kaoru suddenly entered the house of the widowed Princess Hwawan, so Kim Unhaeng’s sense of keeping him as a single slave was also typical of Kim Unhaeng.

It is difficult to say that Kim Un-haeng has completely sided with Princess Hwawan. However, the two people thought that the fact that the most powerful person in the country was not their enemy was a great harvest.

And from the next day, Kim Unhaeng suddenly began to act as if he had changed.

Kim Un-haeng, who was the most vocal opponent of the Northern Expedition, made a request to the king.

“The world is in great turmoil. “Before I pass away, I would like to tell you what I felt while taking charge of my duties in Pyeongan-do, so please allow me to meet with the old gods of Bibyeonsa Temple.”

Although it looks like an ordinary Qing Dynasty, it was a reminder of the heavy name of Bibyeonsa Temple, whose original meaning was already fading in this era.

Bibyeonsa, as its original name suggests, is an organization that prepares for uprisings.

In other words, if you translate it, it is Joseon Ministry of War.

Author’s Note

1. Palace Hyegyeong claims that King Yeongjo’s action of registering King Jeongjo as the son of Crown Prince Hyojang was also the work of Princess Hwawan (because of this, Palace Hyegyeong was unable to prepare and she wrote with emphasis on that part). It would be difficult to say that she is highly trustworthy, but since Princess Hwawan did not keep a diary, her records were inevitably used as a reference.

2. The fact that Lady Hyegyeong Hong had to flatter Princess Hwawan refers to the fact that she asked Hong Bong-han to give Jeong Hu-gyeom a government position in order to avoid the wrath of King Jeongjo.

3. It is Kim Un-haeng’s opinion that King Yeongjo would have put Jeongjo in the family if Hong In-han, Jeong Hu-gyeom, and Kim Gwi-ju (Queen Jeongsun Kim’s older brother) had done well, and it is difficult to say for sure. Unlike the time of Crown Prince Sado, there were no clear charges, and above all, there was no alternative.

4. Jeong Hu-gyeom is a relative of Princess Hwawan’s husband, sire Jeong Jeong-dal. Although it is unlikely to come true, it is true that there were rumors at the time that Princess Hwawan would elect Jeong Hu-gyeom as king. And the person who restored Jeong Hu-gyeom, who was defeated and killed by King Jeongjo, is Lee Wan-yong.

5. The conversation between Yi Jeong, Yi San, and King Yeongjo appeared in Episode 167, ‘Healthcare Life Starting from Namhansanseong Fortress’. It was a suggestion to Crown Prince Hyojang that he should abandon his father because he would register the two of them. Yi Jeong immediately refused, and Yi San could not refuse.