Detective Ori Hides the Status Window - Chapter 213



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213. The Rising Empire (1)

Before returning to Pyongyang, Kim Un-haeng met Lee Jae-un.

Since taking charge of relay trade in Jeju during the previous war, he has mainly been making money by helping Park Ji-won, but he was summoned to the South Sea when he called for warships.

It was because of his plans to proceed from now on. Kim Un-haeng needed the most trustworthy person to travel freely between Pyongyang, Seoul, and Qing.

However, when I asked him about the movements of Pyongseongwan Mr. Park and the merchants, what I got back was surprising.

“yes. I know. “It is said that the officers who were entrusted to me by the old commander were also members of the military community, so they also paid money.”

“what? Not all of those Pyeongseon-gwans are Seo-eol, so why… … .”

“The captain, who is very knowledgeable, tells all sorts of strange jokes. Could it be that they gave up that much money just to get rid of their hometown? Oh, of course, I am not saying that there is no patriotic loyalty and loyalty, but their wishes go further than that.”

Kim Unhaeng was puzzled. Although it was certainly a lot of money, Kim Un-haeng did not think that 300,000 nyang was excessive ‘if it were the price of a small amount of money.’

In Joseon, there was only one means of achieving success and enhancing one’s reputation: a government post. And in order to hold a government position, one must not be a descendant of a widow or widower.

Moreover, this is not a modern era where poverty is treated as the biggest crime. Although it may receive praise for being frugal.

In other words, money is a kind of luxury and not a necessity. It is a very insignificant thing compared to the honor of managing the world. That’s why there are so many people who use up all their family assets to buy Gongmyeongcheop, who has no real power.

Therefore, like other conservative scholars, Kim Un-haeng only lamented the current situation where people ‘try to buy fundamentals with money’ and could not think that the suffering of others was ‘barely’. Even though the public slaves were liberated, Joseon did not let the slaves suffer.

However, if Kim Un-haeng was a modern man by name and thought of the word ‘bourgeois’, he should have also thought of the concept that immediately follows it.

Fortunately, Jaewoon Lee explained the concept.

“Did you know that there are many Westerners, especially Yeonggilis and Hongmoins (Dutch), who travel to and from Pyeongseonggwan?”

“exactly.”

“From what I heard, what the Yeonggili people originally wanted to do was to hold a market, even if it meant using weapons, just like the Japanese did in the old traditional year of Daldan or Eulmyonyeon. At that time, it could be said that each rebellion was atrocious, but now there are only barbarian chiefs and no king in the world.

So why can’t we do that? When the Northern Expedition is accomplished in the future, Gwansea Gate will be built in a row from Tianjin to Gwangju, and if the righteousness world provides the money now, who should we choose as the Pyeongseongwan at that time?”

Kim Unhaeng gaped. However, nothing worthy of the Grand Duke of the North came out of his mouth.

He could not shout, ‘I showed these imperialist bastards the joy of the people of the future.’ Jaewoon Lee’s calm explanation had perfect basis.

“The reason people in ancient times were always wary of extravagance is because national use was inherently limited, and if it was used for vain purposes, it would not be enough for necessary purposes. But what if you build a boat, pack a cart, and bring it from outside? People in our country knew how to make money by spending money. “It’s all thanks to the Captain.”

Money makes money. In other words, it was ‘capital’.

Although it is often misunderstood, frugality is not a problem unique to Joseon.

Before the Industrial Revolution, the global economic growth rate was not significantly different from 0%. The pie never grew and we had to cut back elsewhere to make it fit where we needed it.

That is, until the Industrial Revolution and imperialism.

Of course, there is no trend in Joseon that can be called an industrial revolution. However, there is no reason to necessarily follow the traces of history that Kim Un-haeng knows.

Joseon’s peacetime officials of good virtue wanted the Chinese market, as their name suggests, ‘to govern the market and spread virtue.’

What is business? It is a matter of moving from a place of abundance to a place of scarcity.

As Kim Yak-haeng said, no one disagrees with the fact that Joseon is rich in virtue, with ‘all manners of rites and music remaining’. Joseon is the only country in the world that produced morality after the year of Sungjeong Gapsin.

Everyone also knows that the Jurchen people have no need to use virtue as medicine.

Therefore, a moral distribution business was absolutely necessary. It would have been very expensive.

* * *

Let’s calm down.

I think I now know the meaning of this game. It is my job to correct the distorted history of the status window.

I feel sorry for Mr. Park, but we will not conquer the North. That’s a very risky quest.

I am only gathering a large army in Pyeongan-do, my territory, under the pretext of the Northern Expedition. So that no one can use that army.

What I’m targeting is Jeong Hoo-gyeom and his gang who will dig into that gap like rats.

No matter how much the army is missing, there is no way they will step out unless Jeong Hoo-gyeom, who has no power other than Prince Yongdu, goes crazy?

Well, they have a powerful card. King Yeongjo of Namhansanseong Fortress.

He tried to make Prince Yongdu the son of Crown Prince Hyojang. Just as the Jeongjeong Emperor captured the Forbidden City with just a word, the king of Shang was worth 100,000 troops depending on the use.

No Korean person would be able to say with confidence that it was a delusion. Because there is already a strong precedent of ‘Josaeui’ and ‘Lee Seonggye’.

The fact that it is a failed precedent does not matter. Rebels think that they can study failed precedents and eliminate their flaws, not that they should not try because they are failed precedents.

Because I always do business in unfavorable situations, I have no choice but to be a positive person. If you are not full of hope for the future, you cannot revolt.

Of course, this is still just a prediction. I’ll have to watch them rush around and sometimes give them a little push. That’s why I sent Lee Hwan there.

It is only when a certain level of observation is made that the status window is called and the ‘Rebellion Suppression’ quest is decided.

The reason I postponed assigning the quest earlier was for this purpose. So that they come out when I call.

Choosing the timing of contact is a very important element of negotiation leadership. In the status window that specifies what will happen in the future as a quest (probably), it is suggested when ‘that is the only option acceptable’ due to business rules.

Rather than calling it a trick, I hope it is called the victory of humanism over the devil who plays with the soul. This is truly a human hymn.

Whether those hideous bourgeoisie give 300,000 nyang or 3 million nyang, it is of no help to me and inhumane imperialism is out of the question.

What needs to be done now is not the Northern Expedition, but the opposite.

It was a project to hide as much as possible the fact that the military was gathering in Pyeongan Island and to make Emperor Qianlong not suspect Joseon.

* * *

Meanwhile, Emperor Qianlong, angry at the empire being engulfed in darkness, carried out major reforms.

The signal flare was not much different from the method used by many kings. The emperor purged ‘the traitors who blindsided the monarch and caused the people to suffer.’

The standard for judging good and evil was roughly similar to that of Christ, who had the same occupation (Son of God).

So, mainly rich people were caught. No one could escape through the eye of a needle. Until now, all mistakes in Dzungar, Taiwan, and Japan have been passed on to them and their properties confiscated.

It was mainly the merchants and the people who were dissatisfied with the emperor, and in fact it had been a while since that had happened. Control over the bureaucracy and military remained alive. This was a crucial difference from the 19th century.

The military was especially important. This was not because the remaining military was very strong, but because an atmosphere of martial law had been created throughout society. The time when the military of any country is most fierce is when dealing with its own citizens.

The culprit was manufactured like pottery in a workshop. Tens of thousands of ‘traitors’ were arrested and executed.

If there was anyone who criticized the emperor’s insight in selecting a corps-level treacherous person as a retainer, that person was a treacherous person. As a loyal subject, he had to praise the emperor who achieved more than half of the ten martial arts achievements even though such numbers of scum were lurking behind the scenes.

The emperor’s determination for a new era continued without hesitation.

“Abolish the military administration. Those so-called ministers of justice should be ashamed. From now on, no minister will be able to arbitrarily speak to me.”

Decentralization of bureaucratic organizations is a common means of strengthening monarchical power. However, in that case, you will not be able to handle the increased workload.

Therefore, this naturally leads to the expansion of secret associates.

If you think of eunuchs, you would think of Daecheong as the corrupt Ming Dynasty. Following the example of history, the extremely restrained Qing Dynasty eunuchs were few in number and did not even know how to write.

However, it was similar to the role that eunuchs secretly played.

The emperor, citing the fact that ‘old and rotten dignitaries’ were not doing their job properly, formed a group of fresh-faced boys from Manchurian dignitary families to serve as his guards and attendants.

Among them, the one who stood out the most was Newhorok Hwasin (Niohuru Heshen), who came from a prestigious family.

Some ‘traitors’ recalled the incident with Kim Un-haeng in the Joseon Dynasty and made a fuss about the emperor’s taste for pretty boys, but that’s because they were traitors. Face is a legitimate criterion for personnel evaluation in this day and age.

Moreover, there was a reasonable reason. Since they were all young and had no connections, they could only stick to their role as tools of the emperor, and because they were from noble families, they could also aim to strengthen their control over the Manchurian nobility (as hostages).

The Avatar lived up to the Emperor’s expectations. He said exactly what the emperor wanted.

“What a good thing is, how the people are in distress, is not necessarily advice. With what kind of success your Majesty has achieved, how dare you say that the country is poor? “These are all just excuses for the lazy, so if you just leave the trivial and cumbersome tasks to God, I will do everything in your power to show your majesty with a million-strong army.”

Hwasin issued a conditional pardon in the name of the emperor.

“The Emperor is generous. “Those who repent and show loyalty will have their sins reduced, even if they are small.”

There were many ways to show loyalty. The main means were to confess sins to the Avatar and offer fines. The Avatar issued indulgences in the name of the God-Emperor, the ‘Son of Heaven’.

The fines assessed according to the crime, minus a small administrative fee, went into the ‘emperor’s’ military funds rather than ‘adjustment’. Of course, confiscated property was also included.

Although Hwashin is famous for corruption, he is also a powerful god who supported Qianlong’s reign. This was not just wasted on luxury, but invested in those who were more distant and wanted to show their loyalty in other ways.

The fact that 10,000 traitors have been purged means that 10,000 new loyalists can rise to prominence. Those who wanted to become the standard-bearers of a new era from all over the region led the volunteer army.

Although there were side effects such as completely overpowering the spirit and burning down the villages of traitors or attacking government offices presided over by traitors, the military power of the Qing itself grew endlessly to the point where it was more than enough to replace the wasted green spirit and eight flags. went.

This was different from the perfume of the 19th century. Because most of them were independent based on their own financial resources, many eventually developed into warlords.

However, the merchants in the Huizhou and Yangju areas, who now have the most money, have already turned their backs on the emperor. Many of the current volunteer army stood up not because they ‘had’ money and power, but because ‘they needed it.’

So, Hwa-shin was able to control them by taking control of their money. Since Hwashin still lacked experience and power, this also meant that he was directly under the emperor.

Those who adopted the red flag to differentiate themselves from the Nokryeong or the Eight Flags were given the name Red Flag Army and were deployed to suppress the war in various regions.

* * *

As the famous joke goes, many great generals are one-eyed.

Examples include Hannibal of Carthage, Philip, Alexander’s father, and Jan Žižka of Bohemia. Considering the legend of Odin, the idea of ​​gaining wisdom by sacrificing one’s eyes may not be an empty myth.

It may be in the future, but it also exists in Russia. General Kutuzov, the hero of the Great Patriotic War, was also one-eyed.

Therefore, Potemkin, a Russian Imperial Guard officer who recently became one-eyed in Sweden, may also have been a master general.

But now Potemkin was only thinking about why he didn’t have a diamond like Orlov.

While he was lying wounded in Sweden, that treacherous bastard bought the emperor’s favor by offering him jewels, and he was driven out to this far-off outskirts.

And leading only the smelly Tatars and a handful of regimental soldiers, he had to face the crazy army of the red flag.

“retreat! Retreat! Damn it, the emperor suddenly turned around! Rather than wiping out this wasteland, we should first wipe out the British bastards who are still crouching in the south!”

However, that was a misunderstanding of the government’s priorities. As can be seen from the protocol for the transfer of control of the Chinese mainland, the biggest threat to the Qing was always the Mongols.

After a retreat that would more accurately be described as a sweep rather than a defeat, Potemkin consulted with the Mongolian leader.

“It’s difficult anyway. “I will lead all the local people and retreat to the western Kalmyk region.”

Unlike Elizaveta, Catherine’s purpose is to prevent Dzungar’s surrender. As long as the Kalmyk-Kazakh region is controlled, there is no reason to compete for land with China in the Tianshan Mountains. All you have to do is keep a close eye on the UK’s current situation.

But Amursana got angry.

“Why is Russia’s faith only this good? “We can never give up our ancestral land!”

Potemkin barely swallowed the words, ‘What I cannot give up is your safety, which will be killed and usurped by someone as soon as you leave your base.’

As soon as he thought about mobilizing his regiment to arrest Amursana, he gave up. At best, he only calls for sobs and subjugation to the Qing Dynasty.

Potemkin swallowed back tears. I was confident about romance, but this military challenge was daunting. The day of returning to the Emperor’s bedchamber seemed distant.

* * *

The Red Flag Army in the east also focused on inland enemies. In any case, the British were across the sea and, above all, they did not have much of an army, so they were of lower priority in traditional terms.

But this side has no clear enemy. So the Hongki Army decided to become the ‘Ming Dynasty’.

This should not be misunderstood as treason. It simply means that it is Red Turban. Coincidentally, the flag colors are the same.

The Red Flag Army enriched itself by plundering any village that looked suspicious. In the Honam, Hubei, and Shandong areas, landscapes were built that were incomparable to those created in Kagoshima by the eight Mongols. This was what it was like to be a civilized person.

However, as with all types of crackdowns, many criminals are caught, but the real criminal is rare. So the main base of Shandong Baekryun Bridge has not been discovered yet.

But it was clear that it was pressure. Meng Chan, who was in charge of the Eighteen Great Protectors, felt that the time for decisive battle was approaching. He said solemnly.

“Tell Joseon’s Chun Sik Doin (Kim Unhaeng) to send all the remaining medicine and guns. You can send away all but the grain or gold you need. “If you win the fight anyway, it doesn’t matter, and it’s the same even if you lose.”

The rest of the guards, including Oh Sam-rang, agreed. Baekryeon Bridge sent an illegal fishing boat as it always did.

Currently, the elite Marine Corps of the Namhae Marine Corps is stationed in Pyeongan-do. The Baekryeon Bridge ship was easily ‘caught’ from a much greater distance than usual – in a location that frankly seemed to be in Chinese territorial waters.

Kim Unhaeng nodded in satisfaction after seeing the coded letter that stated the date of the rebellion.

“It is not long before we get back to normal. “Tell them I understand.”

It wasn’t just words. Kim Un-haeng actually gave away the gun and the Kim Ga-daehwandan and pocketed a lot of money.

Then, without hesitation, he wrote an advisory (diplomatic document) to be sent to the Qing.

It is not a monthly pass. If it is an urgent matter to change the border, the Byeongmajeoldosa can temporarily exchange documents with the Bible Department.

Of course, it was limited to minor issues between working-level officials, but this ‘Kim Unhaeng telegram’ was the kind that did not necessarily need to be official.

All anyone in the Qing Dynasty has to do is look at it. After that, everyone will run to Beijing like their tail is on fire.