Detective Ori Hides the Status Window - Chapter 212



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212. The Fluctuating Northern Expedition (2)

Kim Un-haeng, who suffered abuse from Prince Yongdu Lee San just two days ago, is currently unable to use Shin Suk-ju’s incision.

But it was better. If he had written it now, Kim Un-haeng would have been greatly embarrassed by the unexpected energy of Mr. Park, a Pyongseon-gwan who was not even a historical figure.

That’s not because the ‘Yellow King’ is a transcendent being that fits the joke.

This is because Mr. Park did not come to Kim Unhaeng with his own strength.

* * *

The peacetime Seondeokkwan system, which controlled the distribution of goods in Joseon, began with the adoption of Kim Un-haeng’s Simusamjo 10 years ago.

It is a joint work between King Lee Geum, who had to unconditionally expand the finances shattered by the Anti-Korean Infectious Disease Act, and Kim Un-haeng, who had no idea about things like weakening national defense or rising prices.

To put it a little differently, it could also be said to be an illegitimate child created by the desires of two people.

And the illegitimate child found and absorbed the scent of his fellow human beings, that is, ‘present but unrecognized’ humans.

The bastards, the erzi, former civil servants and local magistrates, Cheomji (僉知) who served as Gongmyeongcheop (僉知), and military officers (選武廍官) who donated loyalty funds, etc. were all sucked in.

Waljja, apostate monks, beggars, and illegal merchants who were closely connected to them were also captured as their weapons and tools.

Like a mysterious beast from extraterrestrial life that grows horns when it eats a deer and wings when it eats a bird, the Pyeongseongwan group was transformed into a comic book every time it absorbed such ‘talents’.

They moved forward regardless of the intentions of King Yeongjo and Kim Un-haeng.

The initial purpose of simple commercial tax collection has long since been surpassed.

At times, he was involved in water transportation as a manager of the Han River ferry port. Sometimes he ruled as a market broker. In many cases, he was in charge of ‘security’ by privately mobilizing violence.

Still, it’s rather traditional up to this point.

To expand their products, many people grew tobacco, potatoes, peppers, etc., and raised ducks and fish. A representative example is Cheonryeoppyeongseongwan, which gave a carp to Jangdong Kim Moon last Chuseok. Western naturalists were surprised to find that occupations similar to theirs existed in Joseon as well.

In this process, experiences constantly exchanged gave rise to ‘standard knowledge.’

Seongho Lee Ik’s Treatise on the Apology of All Things in the World was more important than the fact that it was a ‘book with a clear publisher’ rather than the groundbreaking considerations contained in it itself.

As Jangdong Kim Mun suppressed the pirated edition and diligently expanded and revised the contents at Seongho School, people were able to ‘compare knowledge with each other under the authoritative edition.’

This is what also happened in Europe after Gutenberg. This accelerated the speed of knowledge development to an unprecedented level.

For example, fish, fish, and catfish all refer to the same fish. However, when you meet strangers or people from other regions, you will not be able to tell what they call each other.

On the other hand, what about one word, ‘bum’? Depending on the context, this refers to a variety of beasts, including tigers, leopards, snow leopards, and even martens.

In this situation, the so-called ‘development of science’ is no different from the ambition to write a dictionary in the confusion immediately after the Tower of Babel language patch. The Treatise on the Apology of All Things in the World opened the door to this situation.

Rank-and-file officers, whose profits depended on quick and accurate information (including the official salary to be paid to the Gyun Station Office), also mainly preferred documentary materials that could be clearly proven.

Various ‘non-priced items’ for in-depth knowledge not covered by the all-knowing store were traded at high prices. The standardization of the unit system, which was bloodily completed after countless fights, was an issue that had already been agreed upon in the early days of Pyongseongwan.

Meanwhile, Pyeonseongwan, in charge of culture and art, brokered elegant works of art in Yangji.

In fact, half of Jangdong Kim Moon’s genuine luxury goods were supported by them. Of course, at the same time, there was trading in the back alleys of Jangdong, where Hwaii perverted commercial sites and Yuryongmok were traded, but art and obscenity were originally as difficult to distinguish as subjugation and invasion.

The prices of not only painters and sculptors but also critics, connoisseurs, and dyers who came from them have risen significantly. It was rare for a pyeongseongwan to have such a job, but at least he had to be well versed in all of those things to be able to do his job without being deceived.

Recently, new regional lay officers assigned to Jeju and Uiju due to Gwansoamun acted as unofficial interpreters.

Of course, it has a deeper meaning for the broker than for the interpreter. Due to the nature of Pyongseon-gwan, where many middle-class people participated, the network there was endless. In places such as Dongrae, Uiju, Bukcheong, Jeju, and Suncheon, even barbarian private houses secretly pretending to be private schools were created.

As this was a frontier area, there were many Pyongseon-gwans who operated workshops that made guns, weapons, oil slicks, spears, etc. It cannot be left out that with the great leap forward of Kim Moon Chunbae Pharmacy in Jangdong, rank-and-file officers in charge of medicinal materials from all directions began to also serve as doctors.

It’s not all smooth sailing. This ‘development of knowledge’ was often messily distorted depending on the interests of rank-and-file officials.

However, modern America, which stubbornly insists that French fries are vegetables, is also doing well. The big flow is more important than minor errors.

Even as they grabbed people by the collar, deceived them, stabbed them, stabbed them, and got into trouble, they grew into experts on their products that no one could compare to.

Therefore, it is not important at all who the ancestor of the Noryangjin Injeolmi Pyeonseongwan Park clan was or where he came from. He is not one. It’s a legion.

Pyongseon-gwan was a government official on paper, but in reality he was a member of the leisure class who worked as a local official, and was a multi-faceted practical intellectual and scientist, as well as a worker in commerce and industry who ran Joseon’s economy. On the other hand, he was also a number of criminals who had dipped their feet into darkness.

In the world history that Kim Unhaeng knows, there is no class that can be compared to this group.

However, I was able to think of a word that was ‘the least distant’.

For an orthodox aristocrat like Kim Un-haeng, it was a name worthy of being called Buldaecheon.

‘Bourgeois!’

From this period, they began to emerge in earnest, and in a short time, they were a group of merchants who would be picking off royal nobles from all over the world.

* * *

Mr. Park, the representative of Joseon’s new bourgeois class, spoke slowly about his business.

“People who were descendants that their ancestors did not have, who were annoying and hateful to their neighbors, who lost their lives in battle and who were beaten by their women at home, can now stand proudly in front of the world thanks to the help of the country. “How could we not find a way to help the country?”

I didn’t feel any overwhelming emotion. This is actually a danger signal.

The common people of this era must be loyal to the country, not cherish it. The ways to help the country are taught by our noblemen, and should not be found on your own.

It’s like saying the country is yours.

It’s mine.

Mr. Park looked to the side with a humble expression.

“So, even though I knew it was rude, I insisted on asking Seonhwaja (Kim Yakhaeng) to come see me. “It is not because it is the Daegam’s work, but because I know of no other scholar who has accumulated more rigorous studies in the name of government and good and evil.”

“Hmm. That’s too much praise. Captain. I have been reading all my life, but I was born in a humble environment and was unable to accumulate any wealth, so I am receiving a little help from this person. “I hope you will listen to what I have to say.”

So what I’m saying is that you were a puppet. Are you still part of the Haeng clan? He seems like a guy who will be sent into exile on Heuksan Road like history.

I focused on Mr. Park again.

Hearing that he was planning to conquer the North, he probably wanted to gather up the businessmen’s knuckleheads, form a volunteer army, and take on some kind of general position, but there’s nothing he couldn’t do for them depending on the ‘fee’.

Indeed, Mr. Park’s words were as I expected.

“So, our peacetime seondeokgwans formed a righteous group and collected grain, gold, silver, copper iron, salt, silk, and money to be used for military and national defense.”

okay. I will deliver it well. There is no guarantee that it will be used for the Northern Expedition, but it will be okay since it is the same as the donations of modern countries anyway. Should we build a dam on the Yalu River?

However, Mr. Park did not order a servant to bring in the cart of wealth. Now that I think about it, if there had been such a procession, Jangbok would have already seen it, but he didn’t say anything.

“I couldn’t bring it here because it cost 300,000 nyang in money. However, I have saved it so that the government can use it at any time, so it would be a greater blessing if you would make sure to report it to me.”

I couldn’t help but moan.

300,000 nyang?

So, the money provided by the so-called charity… … Comparable to Joseon’s three-year current expenses?

* * *

The king seemed to like it to the point of blacking out.

I guess so. The money issue, which is the alpha and omega of war, was resolved almost at once.

I knew that Joseon had much more power in the private sector than in the state, but I never thought it would be resolved in this way.

Even I, the Grand Duke of the North, find it difficult to roll that money in one go. In fact, the annual net profit of a representative South Korean conglomerate easily exceeds North Korea’s annual gross domestic product.

This is money that cannot be lost in the middle of nowhere.

As Mr. Park said, the 300,000 nyang includes a lot of goods in kind, such as metals and grains.

When you say ‘hannyang’, many people think it means one coin, but it is ‘one penny’. ‘Hanyang’ refers to a string of money tied in a row.

If there were 300,000 of them, even a warship would sink. Moreover, if it is in kind, you will need an island to pile it up. It wouldn’t be strange at all if a medical association, such as the Federation of Korean Industries or the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, had an island.

In other words, if I steal it and sell it, I will be caught quickly. Above all, you must absolutely avoid ‘playing pranks on a group that has 300,000 nyang’.

The king was excited, not knowing how sick I was.

“I heard that he is the nephew of Park Sa-seok, the governor of Asan, and it has already been said that Park Sa-seok is not afraid of storms and has the spirit to carry out shipbuilding as well as Liberation Star. If you look at Jeju pastor Park Ji-won, a member of that family, you can understand the family tradition even if they are called Seogye (庶系).

And isn’t Park Jun-won, Park Ja-seok’s son, also a writer of Kim Un-haeng’s brother, Kim Yang-haeng? In the past, Kim Un-haeng offered many salt candles to the country, which is in line with the old saying that a gentleman befriends his peers. “We cannot help but encourage that family, so even though Park Jun-won is young, he should participate in Cheongyo as a special opportunity.”

Oh, shit. Oh my god runner.

Park Sa-seok will have to adopt his niece tomorrow. And because of the king’s forced love of Chunhyang, my family was also dragged into it.

With Bannam Park and Jangdong Kim (I guessed that they had some kind of family) caught up together, at least in Noron, no one can talk about the Seo-eolgeumgobeop.

Even for a person like Soron Woo Ui-jeong Seo Myeong-eung, who is trying to figure out ‘How dare you do this?’, it is burdensome to be hostile to two of the biggest Noron families and the king at the same time.

The intention behind this is obvious.

Indeed, just as I had feared, King Duju suddenly began to become a reform monarch like his future second son.

“There must be a reward for those in the righteous circles below Pyeongseonggwan Park who sacrificed their lives for the country. I also always thought about this. “In a country where the number of people in the household is less than 2 million, if you exclude people because they are the descendants of a married couple, who will be left behind?”

Normally, I think it’s nonsense. Lee Hwan bets his collection on the fact that he thought about it now.

“Even in China, there was originally no law to imprison the descendants of bastards for eternity. In addition, discuss making sure that all so-called middle school students can take the liberal arts exam. “In difficult times, talent is widely sought.”

King Duju’s strategically inserted last words silenced all his subjects.

Those who are currently opposing the abolition of Seo-eol Geumgo and asserting vested interests are obstructionists in the Northern Expedition. The heroic spirit of King Jangmok will bend that damn spine.

Neither can I. Normally it would be possible, but right now my official position is Pyeongan Province Governor and Bibyeonsa Military Discipline Officer. In other words, it is the standard-bearer of calm in ‘turbulent times.’ Even if it wasn’t the 5,000 nyang of honey that Mr. Park put on my lips, I wouldn’t be able to say anything.

Above all, because of the king’s efforts, I became a hero who persuaded the nobles to achieve class unity and patriotic action.

Before persuading the king, you have to make excuses for the glares from your colleagues who say, ‘You idiot, seeing what you do on a regular basis, I thought you would be close to people like Seo-eol.’ shit.

But reform cannot end with just words.

It was at this time that the elder ministers who were supposed to control the king stepped forward.

Mr. Hong Gye-hee, Judge of the Lee Joong-do (who will be in charge if Seo-eol Geumgo is abolished) said.

“Your Majesty’s dismissal is truly an examination of the past, but if a law that has been in place for a long time is suddenly abolished, it will not be possible to stop ignorant people from making noise about this and that. As you said, it is not appropriate to cause an uproar in Joya at a time when a long-cherished wish must be fulfilled and difficult times must be brought to an end. “Let us discuss this at length.”

As expected, I don’t have time to go anywhere.

That’s right, if it’s Park Moon-soo, ‘Do you think people discriminate against people because they don’t know they’re bad? You might say something like, ‘Then your bastard princes will be able to challenge the crown prince right away?’ But that nobleman died in history without even being able to wash his face.

In times like this, it is right to step aside.

This is not a paternalistic reason to ignore the contribution of giving money. As I did, and as the ministers have guessed now, we cannot treat a group that can donate 300,000 nyang without any measures.

However, it seems that King Duju also did not intend to achieve all his goals at once. He only snatched Hong Gye-hee’s tail and returned to his original goal, the Northern Expedition.

“That is correct. However, my name will not change, so the public officials should keep that in mind. It is time to discuss the defense of the frontier, as Lee Pan said, even if it is in a different way. When the aspirations of all people above and below are so full, how can the king be idle even for a moment? As I said before, I will be visiting Bibyeonsa Temple, so the provincial governors and ministers below the rank and file of military affairs should prepare and inform me.”

I don’t know who it is, but since the chairman is so motivated, the person in charge must be having a hard time.

okay. I.

* * *

In fact, if Kim Un-haeng had devoted himself to state affairs as a high-ranking official, he could have sensed the rise of the rank-and-file group a long time ago.

The good news was that Kim Un-haeng’s overall picture was not damaged.

Rather, the problem of ‘how to feed and train the troops gathered in Pyeongan-do and build an appropriate fortress and defense line’ was solved to some extent, so the strategy itself was established much more easily.

It was a paradise for desk thinkers and corner military enthusiasts.

Various delusions of not knowing how to waste money were flying around Bibyeonsa Temple, starting with sending warships and sailors from the Namhae Sea to the Yangseo Sea (Pyeongan, Yellow Sea jurisdiction), and since there was no Sogogun, they recruited refugees from the Samnam and gathered them in Seoul.

There are a total of four riders in Joseon alone riding on the Northern Expedition, which oscillates like this rodeo.

The king and his subjects were purely Jurchen people.

Kim Un-haeng is cooperating with the Northern Expedition through another scheme.

As Kim Un-haeng predicted, domestic dissatisfied elements are watching closely as the main force of the military vacates the southern part of the country.

And they are seniors and middle-class people who long to settle hundreds of years of sorrow and advance to sunny places.

If boatmanship was this good, even ships of the line would probably sink. It became impossible to know where the horn of the Northern Expedition was aimed.

* * *

In addition, at this rodeo, there were many outside forces who twirled the rope like cowboys, looking for opportunities.

Of course, the Qing, Britain, Japan, and the various companies, rebels, and interest groups competing within them are already familiar with each other from the past war.

So, if I were to choose one divinity that was not boring, it would be George Washington of Virginia.

Washington looked out the window at the redwood groves of his native Virginia.

Since I won’t be able to return for a long time, I wanted to capture this beautiful scenery right now.

Faithful slaves sawed the wood on the one hand and tended the tobacco on the other. White employees used the observation skills of civilized people to find lazy slaves and taught them with sharp whips.

It was a landscape of pastoral freedom achieved in accordance with the mission given by God.

And he could do the same in China.

It is difficult to say that this is groundless confidence.

He is the great father of the nation, George Washington.

He was a man who fought and won for the slave state of America, a country of equal freedom where all ‘people’ were equal, for the ‘justice’ of protecting America from the French and Indians, or for not wanting to pay taxes to the King of England.

A barely clothed black slave girl gave him a handkerchief and helped him adjust his cufflinks and clothes.

Washington left his mansion, which appeared to be a cross between an English farmhouse and a West Indian cabin. Then he looked around at the 500 Virginia militiamen waiting in the open yard.

Then he spoke powerfully.

“From now on, we are leaving for the other side of the world for the honor of the King, the Gospel of God, and our rights. Are you ready for a glorious crusade in the name of the Lord?”

The thunderous roar returned. It was a cheer for the captain who had skillfully teased his home country over the past few months and raised their prices to the highest level.

In the summer of 1764, ‘Americans’ headed to Joseon, about 100 years ahead of history.

Author’s Note

1. The term ‘Yellow King’ first appeared in episode 190 (side story), and comes from the nickname for the cosmic foreign god Hastur in HP Lovecraft’s novel.

2. Of course, Joseon also developed government books in some fields, such as agriculture, medicine, and weaving. However, there was a problem that it was difficult to progress beyond a one-time national project because the group of scholars researching this field and their motivation were not formed.

3. 100,000 nyang does not mean that it is Joseon’s annual budget, but that is the minimum current cost to run the government. In the early 19th century, revenue fell below this level due to a long-term poor harvest, and what happened right after that was the Hong Gyeong-rae Rebellion.

4. It is true that Asan County Governor Park Sa-seok received an award for confidently delivering the ship safely while all other ships were swept away by a storm. Park Jun-won’s son is Park Jun-won, a literary scholar of Kim Yang-haeng, and Park Jun-won’s three daughters are King Jeongjo’s concubine Subin Park, making him Sunjo’s maternal grandfather.

The fictional character Pyeongseongwan Park was set as the family’s preceptor. However, the reason that Kim Un-haeng, who was close to Park Pil-gyun and Park Ji-won, did not know is because Park Ji-won’s house and this house are far away even by Joseon standards. You have to go back 8 generations to find a common ancestor. This is especially true because bastards are often not recorded in genealogies.

5. The description of the scenery of Virginia and the attire and roles of the household slaves at the end was referenced from the writings of French diplomat Chateaubriand during his visit to America in 1791.