Episode 441: Pavement Stone (3)
Returning to the study of Donggungjeon, Hyang ced the paper in front of him and entered the closet.
After thinking for a while, Hyang soon scratched his head and muttered.
“No matter how much you think about it, the most efficient, stable, and longsting system is the federal system…”
Hyang, who thought about the optimal national system in his view, moved on to the next point.
“First of all, you have toe up with a good title for the next part to work out well. In other words, the name of the country is important.”
Hyang wrote the names of the countries he came up with on a piece of paper and began erasing them and repeating them.
“Joseon Federation? “Something is out of ce…”
After crossing out the word ‘Joseon Federation,’ Hyang wrote the word ‘Goryeo Federation’ next.
“Is it because of Korea? It’s the most familiar, but if you write this in Korean, the problem bes bigger. The taste of red is also the taste of red, but they are using Goryeo, which Joseon overthrew, as the name of the country…”
It was less than 50 years since Goryeo copsed and the name of the country was changed to Joseon. But putting Goryeo in the name of the country? It was obvious what would happen.
The scent that erased the word ‘Koryo Federation’ wrote a different name.
“The next thing thates to mind is the Korean Empire… This also feels a bit uneasy when I think of its makjang…” After mulling
over several names, Hyang finally decided on the one that seemed the best.
“This might be best.”
‘Federal Empire of Korea’
was the name chosen by the township.
Hyang rolled up his sleeves and wrote ‘Federal Empire of Korea’ inrge letters on the cover of the n to be submitted to King Sejong.
“ruler! “I wrote down the title… shall we get started?”
* * *
Meanwhile, in the conference room of the Prime Minister’s residence, Hwang Hui and the ministers were gathered and talking.
“After all, we can’t give up on the lordlessnd in the East that we discovered this time, right?”
“Your Majesty will never give up.”
The ministers who heard the story between Kim Jeom and Hwang Hee all nodded. Although King Sejong used the excuse
of being ‘andless person with infinite possibilities,’
the ministers also had no intention of giving up on this.
Of course, the officials in charge of the budget will feel like death.
“If we think about the problem of managingndless settlements, it will ultimately be a question of abdication or proxy administration.”
When Jo Gye-saeng, who was listening to the story, raised the choice of ‘abdication or government by proxy,’ the ministers frowned and expressed their opinions.
“Perhaps Daejeongjeong would look better?”
“It’s definitely nice to see Daecheongjeong.”
“I’m abdicating…. Aw~. “Just thinking about it makes me want to gag.”
The ministers who uttered the word ‘abdication’ trembled all over and quickly rinsed their mouths with tea water.
For ministers, the word ‘abdication’ was a word that brought back bad memories.
*
…
Each time, Yangnyeong had tomit the grave sin of ster, with her hair bald and wearing only a jacket and pants.
He didn’t just make a deration, he actually sent the royal seal to the crown prince through the royal pce. Yangnyeong, who epted this, immediately returned the royal seal to King Taejong, and the ministers gathered in the front yard of the pce and had to shout at the top of their voices, ‘No!’
The problem was that this abdicationmotion by King Taejong was a political conspiracy.
Through three abdication disturbances, Taejong identified the ministers who had favored Yangnyeong and found an excuse to purge Yangnyeong’s maternal rtives, the Min brothers.
Thus, King Taejong purged the Min family and his subjects who rebelled against him, using them of the crime of ‘hyeop-yu-ri-gwon (挾幼執權)’ – trying to seize power with the young crown prince at his side.
Therefore, whenever they heard the word ‘abdication’, the ministers shuddered.
* * *
The ministers who were predicting future events looked at Jo Mal-saeng and asked questions.
“If His Majesty the Lord takes over (the king’s residence is moved), when do you think it will be?”
Jo Mal-saeng answered the ministers’ questions right away.
“As short as 5 years, as long as 10 years.”
“Why is there such a difference?”
“Even if it’s a challenger-level front, it’s best to go back and forth once a year. If all the challenger-level fronts that can be sent to the east are mobilized, and those fronts arrive without a single loss of a single ship, a bridgehead is established smoothly, and the indigenous people in thendless area go smoothly, it will be 5 years. “If things go wrong due to various variables, 10 years.”
“5 to 10 years….”
In response to Jo Mal-saeng’s exnation, the ministers counted their fingers.
“Because this year is the year of Gyeongsin….”
This year, the 22nd year of King Sejong (the year of Gyeongsin, 1440), King Sejong was turning 43 years old. ording to Jo Mal-saeng’s calctions, King Sejong was in histe 40s to early 50s.
“It feels a bit scary…”
The position of king was a position that could easily be short-lived. This was because running a country required a great deal of mental energy. Excessive consumption of mental power soon led to the copse of the body, which led to a short life.
“Still, your health is good thanks to the crown prince’s efforts so far, so you don’t have to worry too much, right?”
“And managing terra nullius will be easier than running state affairs…”
These were ministers who did their best to think in a positive direction.
“ruler! “Let’s think about thatter!”
Hwang Hee raised her voice and settled the situation.
“That part is something that will be decided by His Majesty the Prime Minister, not us, so let’s stop thinking about it!”
“Of course.”
“That would be best.”
At Hwang Hui’s words, the ministers gave up thoughts rted to abdication.
However, the ministers who could not stop thinking about Mujuji continued to talk.
“By the way, how big do you think it will be?”
“Didn’t you say that even after going 4,000 miles down the coastline, the coastline is not over? “Then wouldn’t that mean it’s at least bigger than our Joseon territory?”
“I guess so?”
While talking like that, Kim Jeom muttered softly.
“It would be great if it were at least as good as the Ming Dynasty… If anything, it would be even better if there were a lot of things to pick out and eat…”
At Kim Jeom’s words, all the ministers nodded, regardless of who they were.
Later, after hearing Kim Jeom’s words through various channels, Hyang chuckled and muttered.
“Even if we only secure California, the left deputy prime minister will be flying everywhere.”
Gold mines famous for the ‘gold rush’ and agricultural areas known for ‘Kalos rice’.
By simple calction, the problem that Joseon was worried about could be solved if only this California area was properly secured.
However, there was one thing that I was not familiar with. The Native Americans who upied the southwestern region of the United States, including California, were the Apache tribe, known for their fierceness.
* * *
Three dayster, Hyang presented at Geunjeongjeon about the new national operating system he hade up with.
With the attention of King Sejong and the ministers focused on him, Hyang, standing next to therge ruler, paid homage to King Sejong.
“Get started.”
“Yes Abama.”
In response to Sejong’smand, Hyang cleared her throat for a moment and then opened her mouth.
“ording to the order given to me by Abamama three days ago, I tried to think about it. This is because the territory of Joseon is gradually expanding, and just recently we discovered Mujuji, which is considered a continent.”
Hyang started by exining the current situation and then turned the sign on the chart.
I turned over the nk cover and found six letters written inrge letters on the newly revealed paper.
-Federal Empire of Korea (大韓聯邦帝國)
“This is the new national operating system and name of the country I came up with.”
At Hyang’s words, there was a slightmotion inside Geunjeongjeon.
“Be quiet.”
After calming down themotion, Sejong checked the words written on the paper and asked Hyang.
“When you say Daehan, does it mean that it inherited the legacy of the unification of the three Koreas?”
“yes.”
“The word ‘federation’ is a bit unfamiliar, but to exin it, it means that countries are connected, and it is called an empire…” After
pausing for a moment to gather his thoughts, King Sejong asked Hyang again.
“Has the feudal system of the old state been revived?”
“It’s simr, but very different.”
Hyang continued to exin as he flipped through the paper.
-As Joseon’s territory bes wider, direct rule bes increasingly difficult.
-This brought about great difficulties in governing the area newly incorporated into the Joseon Dynasty.
-If you do not know the situation of the remote area well, you can force policies that do not fit the situation of the region, and in that case, the people of the remote area will be dissatisfied.
-This will lead to rebellion among the people who were incorporated with difficulty, and integration will be a distant task.
-Therefore, Wonji creates an administrative bodyposed of residents of the region and promotes policies suited to the local situation.
-The center secures national defense and diplomatic rights in return for granting local autonomy.
“This is where the difference from the state’s feudal system arises. “The force of the administrative body that runs the area is limited to what is possible to maintain security.”
“Hmm…”
King Sejong nodded at Hyang’s exnation, and the ministers also nodded with friendly faces.
“I think it’s pretty good…”
After that, the exnation of the fragrance continued at length.
“…That is all.”
After finishing the exnation, Hyang looked at Sejong.
“How do you feel?”
“I think it’s pretty good, but…”
Sejong, who was slowly mulling over the contents, asked Hyang.
“Are you nning to separate the Jurchen region, Daeseoldo Ind, and Jongjangdo Ind?”
“It is not the Jurchen and Dongbing Port areas, but I think it is better to separate the Daeseoldo and Jongjangdo areas.”
“Is this because the Jurchen area and Dongbing Port are connected bynd, but Daeseol Ind and Jongjang Ind are separated by the sea?”
“That’s right.”
Sejong nodded at Hyang’s answer and fell into thought again.
When Sejong stopped asking questions, Hwang Hee asked a question this time.
“Daeseoldo Ind and Jongjangdo Ind do not cause much concern, considering the vastness of thend and Hangsan Mountain. But the problem is ignorance. Considering the size of Muju and the potential that has yet to be fully confirmed, wouldn’t it be dangerous? If you do something wrong, the positions of the suzerain and dependent countries can change. Please think about the rtionship between omens and fares.”
Diplomatic rtions were established between Goryeo and Gyogu, calling them ‘brother countries.’ However, before we knew it, the positions of the older and younger brothers were reversed, andter Goryeo’s position fell to a quick position.
Hwang Hee pointed out this very point.
The size of thend we had just discovered was sorge that it could be called a continent. With its size, it was natural that it would surpass Joseon’s national power over time.
In that case, there could be no guarantee that the tragedy of Goryeo would not happen again to Joseon.
Hyang nodded and responded to Hwang Hee’s point.
“That part could be problematic. So the answer to Mujuji, in my opinion, is not ‘onend, one country,’ but a federal system of ‘onend, many countries.’”
‘United States! Of course, the next one will be Korea, not America.’
“Iljidakuk?”
For a moment, Hwanghee seemed to not understand properly, so Hyang exined with an example.
“Just as Zhou divided the central in into princely states, Muju is also divided into several pieces. And Joseon is about mediating and monitoring between those pieces.”
“What if those pieces join forces and rebel?”
In response to Hwang Hee’s question, Hyang actually asked back.
“Have you ever seen that the neighboring Jurchen tribes get along well with each other?”
“ah!”
It was only then that Hwang Hee understood Hyang’s question and let out an exmation.