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The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War

Hello councilor

You did a good job

Where are you going in such a hurry?

There was an appeal that jeong cheol was drinking and acting arbitrarily

We are going to keep him confined to his house until the investigatio is over

is it an order by the insperctor general?

No its a royal order

What?by his majesty?

Search the house well

its not because of drinking or arbitrary behavior

His majesty is just upset because he brought up the installation of a crown prince

i know

His majesty cant do this

He is being petty

if he wants to punish someone it should be all of us

if he really punishes jeong cheol for wanting to install a crown prince

i will leave the capital without looking back

Dont speak in vain

i hate the saying if you cant stand the heat you should go out of the kitchen

if you cant stand the heat you should make the temperature right

You should try to fix things not leave

Lets go lets go to his majesty

Sir

it will be no use

What are you talking about?

He not seeing anyone who agreed to the appeal

Not even me

Not even you

Why did his majesty change so much?

How can such a thing happen while i was away?

Did you

is that why came to see me the minute you arrived in the capital?

You must see me as a schemer

No

it happend becuase you werent in the capital

There wasnt anyone to stop them

i was asked to keep quiet

i said i would

what will his majesty do with songgang?

its the second time this matter was brought up

the first punishment for upsetting the king is a demotion

What would be next?

Removal or exile

A chance comes hard and tough opportunity is easy to miss

it shouldnt end with exile or removal

Councilor

Are there horns on my head?

Dont just see her highness when yo come to the palace

See your brother sinseong too

i'm sorry

i'll visit more often

if thats why you wanted to see me can i go now?

i have some business to take care of

Stay for a minute we can leave together

Yes its been a while

Stay for some tea

i told you i have business to take care of

You will be sitting on the throne some day

You wont have such leisure

Have some tea with your brothers and talk a bit

i wont be sitting on the throne

His majesty is punishing jeong cheol for even bringing the matter up

it snot just because of that

He is upset because someone who drinks and acts arbitrarily is concerned about this country

im sure he knows that its time to install a crown prince

The minister does like to drink and meet people all the time

He is too affectionate

When did his majesty say he would install a crown prince?

He didnt say so but i had a feeling

he will install a crown prince in the near future

You cant be too happy about that

ifs for the future of this country

Why wouldnt i be happy?

Actually i asked the two of you here

to ask a favor

Royal noble consort

Mother

im alright

Prince imhae if you become the crown prince

please dont be unkind to sinseong

That goes for you too

if you become the crown prince

i couldnt become the crown prince

i dont qualify i dont even imagine

Why are you showing tears becuase of that?

Dont worry

Gwanghae and sinseong are both my brothers

i'll take good care of them even if i become the crown prince and the king

Thank you

he promised so dont worry

Can i go now?

She must be worried becuase the time is near

Our mother died early because of her

We'll see about that

Why did you say that?

Prince imhae is vicious

You cant trust him

im not worried about prince imhae

Gwanghae

Gwanghae is the problem

since he doesnt show his feelingds

He has good manners and pretends to be weak

He's exactly like his majesty

She wanted to check you out

She knows that most of the ministers want you to be the crown prince

i dont want to be the crown prince

That doesnt matter

You cant become a crown prince just becuase you want to and you cant avoid

becoming a crown prince just becuase you dont want to

That is why the position of a king is decided by the heavens and not by people

You are like the heavens in one aspect

You have sympathy for people

Sir its sim yeongcheol

Come in

Sir

The inspector general's office reported to his majesty that jeong cheol arbitrarily

assigned personnel and everyone who was involved was arrested

What about the first minister?

He is still confined to his home

The chief state councilor is seeing his majesty about this matter

Order poison for jeong cheol?

The only thing he did was to promote a few people who received low evalutions

by using his authority

isnt poison too excessive?

i know it is excessive but that isnt his only crime

Everyone who is involved are jeong cheol's followers

Everyone who signed the appeal to install a crown prince were jeong cheol's party factions

as westerners

He disobeyed your order to stop party strife

He should be punished for creating a faction

is that how it turns out?

You gave us a drink and said we would have to pay for such an act with our lives

if you dont give him poison im worried all your servants will take your orders lightly

You cant do that your majesty

What are you doing?

Jeong cheol yun dusu and the two of us were ordered not create factions

and we promised we wouldnt

Jeong cheol's arbitrary assignments should be punished but there were only a few and it cant be seen

as creating a faction

What are you talking about?

Many of his followers signed an appeal

many of them were his followers for a long time

Thats definitely a faction

Your majesty

Creating a faction is a huge crime but its not a crime to request the installation of a crown prince

and make an appeal regarding that

How could i say that is a crime?

The problem is a faction was created

i'll have the people who signed investigated again and decide if

a faction was created or not

You should do that

There's no need for that

Why not?

it happened while i was away so i didnt know about it

But if i sign the appeal now you couldnt say it was just jeong cheol's followers and

it wouldnt be a faction then

Councilor

You agree to the appeal?

WHy are you acting like this without discussing it with me?

Why did you do that without discussing it with me?

i went to see his majesty by myself becuase i knew yoy wouldnt want jeong cheol to be killed

i did that because you would want to kill songgang even if i discussed it with you (Jeong cheol's pen name)

Youre going to help them?

im not trying to help them but they cant be killed

Did you forget about all the confucian scholars who died becuase of them?

There were over a thousand

You still want to spare them?

They will return tothe court some day

There's no guarantee they wont do something like that again

Do you think im wrong?

We were on the side werent we?

We're on the same side

We were on the same side for pursuing practical interests not for seeking power and

and killing people on the other side

We should both be ashamed

We criticize the westerners for being narrow-minded not listening and

not knowing the virtues of a wise ruler

Why dont we criticize our side and reflect on ourselves half as much?

Are we perfect rulers?

is our position the absolute truth and our politics perfect?

Dont we lack in any way and have nothing to reflect on?

Seoae are you saying you want to cut off our ties?

i told you

i joined you to help the people

i was never on your side for power and political retaliation

Leave

i wont be seeing you here again

Cant tou change your mind about songgang?

Sir

go back inside

i didnt mean to eavesdrop but i heard you

You should reconcile

He has more strengths than weaknesses

He is worthy of respect

i learned a lot from him

A good day will come

Serve him well by his side

Sir

You saw what happened

What should i do about jeong cheol?

Since ryu seongryong said that you cant punish him for creating a faction

if you give him poison it wont just be jeong cheol who dies

Yun dusu seong hon and lee hangbok and other court ministers and many confucian

scholars will die in poison again

There is always a use

You should leave the roots for your sake

You should drink less to serve me for a long time

People are making appeals to impeach you

i'm in a bind

i'm sorry your majesty

You cant stop drinking

From now on whenever you drink use that cup and only drink one cup

Your majesty

You shouldnt leave me because of alcohol

Just one drink with that silver cup

is that understood?

Thank you your majesty

Your majesty

i told you to just have one drink with that silver cup

i never imagined that cup could be made bigger with a hammer

You are the only servant who made me laugh because of greed for wine

Your majesty

Your greed was excessive this time

its different from being greedy about alcohol

i only wanted to strengthen the foundation

i know i know

Should i be honest?

You are considering prince gwanghae but i dont like him

He's my son but i dont know what he's thinking

At a glance he seems to take a lot after me

The future joseon should be led by a king who is better than me

How can you say that?

What could i hide now?

i will tell you the complete truth

it is true that i created a faction and it is also true that i had prince gwanghae

in mind as the crown prince

i was also upset with you

So?

it was regret for you

You were of a collateral line

You took the throne at sixteen without any preparation

Many ministers taught you the ways of a king

i only thought of making you a wise ruler

i never thought of the weight you would feel or think about how lonely you would be

i didnt want your pain to be repeated

i suggested the installation of a crown prince to have a king who was humane

To have a king who wasnt made by the servants

A king who could interchange with servants

i only wanted to prepare a king of the future

Your majesty if that is disloyalty

please dont forgive me

Drink

You were a truly loyal servant

A person who leaves always returns

Take good care of yourself while you are away for a while

Your majesty

Please take good care of yourself

Unjang

June 1591

Jeong cheol was exiled for requesting the installation of a crown prince

Yun dusu lee hangbok and other westerners in high positions were removed from office

They lost their power

They werent diiferent from easterners in that they wanted ideal confucian politics

to become a reality but the westerners who sought taoist politics fell and in reality

the powers that wanted to prepare against an attack by wae dissappeared

The easterners divided into southerners who supported by ryu seongryong and

Northerners who supported lee sanhae

Preparations werent made against an attack by wae

ishida how is nagoya castle coming along?

Soldiers and workers from each daimyo are digging the site

Will it be completed in three months in october?

Will that be hard?

No

i will order them to finish by then

When i attack joseon i'm thinking of going there myself

What do you think?

i want to see joseon for myself

it would be fun to conquer it myself

each step at a time

if you took action our soldiers would be high in morale

it would help raise morale but it would be dangerous for you

to be absent from the country

i agree

Wolvers like tokugawa leyasu are wating for an opportunity

i can just take leyasu with me

Konishi you said there would be no danger of a rebellion if i made leyasu

lead the attack

Thats true but

You cant do that

Your majesty

How have you been?

My old friend matashiro

Welcome i'm glad you came

hello maeda

Konishi

kato

ishida

You should serve your master well

Why are you talking like fools?

You were all so arrogant

You cant say anthing in front of matashiro

ARe you afraid he will pierce you with his amazing spear skills?

Never mind sit down

Matashiro why cant i go?

O-mandokoro is pretty old (Hideyoshi's mother)

if anything happened to her while youre away

how can you handle the guilt?

And what about tsurumatsu?

You have to take care of both of them

And even if you suppressed the hojo clan there is still a possibilty of a rebellion

You let tokugawa leyasu have odawara castle

i can just send him to joseon

You cant do that either

You want to leave elite soldiers to him?

what if he attacks you after he conquers joseon?

What if i go with him?

That's even worse

Did you forget what happened to oda nobunaga?

He was killed by akechi who was closest to him in honnoji

You should lead everything while staying at nagoya castle

That is the safe way for you

You're good indeed

You're the only one

All of you have a lot to learn from him

i'm sorry your majesty

Matashiro

Yes your majesty

When i fought against shibata katsuie i couldnt have achieved a victory

without your help

Since then i didnt see anyone as able as you

How about staying by my side instead of returning?

it would be an honor

Your majesty Your majesty

What is it?

Tsurumatsu

Tsurumatsu isnt breathing

Yodo

Tsurumatsu is sleeping right?

He's just sleeping right?

Your majesty

You're playing with me again

You always slept well like this

Then got up and ran to me

You know that right nene?

Your majesty

Tsurumatsu already

Sh

He'll sleep well and get up

You have to sleep well to grow up well

Sleep well and get up

Your majesty

Tsurumatsu isnt awake yet?

He's sleeping for too long

Your majesty Tsurumatsu already died

Say that again

Your majesty

is Tsurumatsu sleeping or dead?

He is sleeping

Then wake him up

Wake him right now

My medical skils are lacking

Wake him

i will reward anyone who wakes him with a land of a milion sacks

no i'll give him the land i unified

Wake him right now

Wake Tsurumatsu from his sleep

Your majesty Your majesty

You should let Tsurumatsu go now

if you shed so much blood

Tsurumatsu wont be able to leave in peace

Kato

Yse your majesty

i'm going to attack joseon right now

Tell al the feudal lords to gather at nagoya castle

What?

i'm going to go to war holding Tsurumatsu

i will give joseon to him as a gift

He will get up out of joy

What are you doing?

Get ready to go to war

Yes your majesty

Public sentiments are chaotic?

is this true?

it's as you read

if preparations arent made they think there will be an attack by wae

if preparations are made they complain about military service and forced labor

How are we supposed to build fortresses?

We have to make preparations to settle public sentiments

You said its more chaotic

the problem is in the contradiction of military service and there is too much damage

There werent any problems until now

it wasnt that there werent problems

They were just covered up

Covered up?

Men doing military serice fled and even the nobility that provided for

the families of soldiers fled

The military ledgers were falsified to state the designated number of soldiers

What?

You let them get away with that?

Most of the government buildings were like that

i couldnt punish them all

What will we do about this?

Men who leave their livelihoods for military service should be paid a wage

A wage?

It is a citizen's duty to serve the country

Besides we dont have the money to pay hundreds of thousands of men

We do

Where can we get such money?

The nobility and landowners own most of the land in this country

but they dont pay agricultural taxes

What?

They say they have a bad harvest every year and say rich land is barren to avoid taxes

Rice that should be paid as tax is stacked up in their sheds

They dont do military service

if we collect taxes from them we can pay people for military service

if we do that people wont flee from military service

Your majesty please consider it

You're not wrong but if we upset the landowners there can be chaos and resistance

its more chaotic for people to lose their livelihoods and for the defense of of the country to fall

i want to be a king of the people not of the landowners

But this is too fast and extreme

its not extreme

were just setting things straight

if we dont do this now the royal family and court will lose

public sentiments and national defense

Stop

i'll look for another way

Your majesty

i said stop

There wont be an attack by wae

My family will starve because i'm always doing military service

i doesnt matter i'll just die here

Stop

Stop stop

Stop

Yeongdal

i didnt want to kill them

Tell the dead soldiers and their families we're sorry

Yeongdal! Yeongdal! Yeongdal!

is anyone inside?

What is it?

Can you see me for just a minute?

That wouldnt be right

What do you want?

Just for one second

Cant i talk to you face to face?

You can talk to me what is it?

You suprised me

Oh an ornament

its pretty

is it for me?

Thanks cheonri

Hey give it back

Give it back right now

Give it back to me

Dongdong

Cheonri if you're going to be so loud wait outside

Yes sir i'm sorry

Sir

Kim heungnam who went to ming to congratulate the ming emperor on

his birthday sent a report

The ming court heard that toyotomi hideyoshi is going to attack

You should go to the palace right away

it's a good thing that they dont know we sent envoys to wae

Your majesty its not too late

Send envoys to ming and tell them that we sent envoys to wae

Send envoys and report this whole situation?

Yes your majesty

What are you talking about?

Diplomatic relations were cut off for a long time

if they misunderstand about the envoys we will be in a bind

Thats right

There could be a bigger problem if they find out abou that

That fact that we sent envoys to a country they cut off relations with

is something to be reprimanded about

There's no need to create problems by reporting something they dont know

What if they find out about it later?

Unless they wanted our country tobe ruined who would let ming know?

it's no right to hide this matter

Envoys come and go all the time

They'll find out sooner or later

Right

The letter sent by wae states that they would enter ming

if ming finds out about that they will think that we are colluding with

Wae to attack ming

if ming suspects us and sends an army to yodong it wont be a small problem

Please think about that

That's excessive

Are you threatening his majesty?

Ming might be a superior naton but how can they raise an army

When we did nothing wrong?

We didnt form diplomatic relations

it was only an inquiry

if they interfere with that it is excessive interference with our politics

i believe ming already knows we sent envoys and letters were exchanged

Ryukyu is close to wae and paid tribute to ming for a long time (Today's okinawa)

They could have told ming or a ming merchant who secretly trades with wae could have reported it

if ming already know about it why are they silent?

Their silence is proof they know

They are wating for ys to tell them

if we dont report it ming will say we formed diplomatic relations

They could use this as an excuse

How can you be so sure that ming knows about all this?

i'd be more nervous to say they didnt know

the royal family and court of ming might be corrupt but they are still

a country based on commerce

There is no way they wouldnt have heard about it

Timing is important in relationships between people and countries

Your majesty please send envoys and have them explain

i think the second state councilor is right

Form an envoy to go

Yes your majesty

Your majesty writings were put up in jepo angolpo and ungcheon

criticizing you and the court

Some soldiers burnt up the weapons shed in angolpo and fled

Common people broke into the homes of nobility and robed the sheds

What?

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Public sentiments become chatic and the joseon court and seonjo become concerned about that

Ryu seongryong helos yi sunsin build the turtle ship to prepare against an attack by wae

Toyotomi hideyoshi plans to attack joseon