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The Jingbirok: A Memoir of Imjin War

Your majesty writings were put up in jepo angolpo and ungcheon

critizizing you and the court

Some soldiers burnt up the weapons shed in angolpo and fled

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

What?

Writings on the wall and soldiers going AWOL?

What will be next?

Riots

How many men were drafted for military service and forced labor?

About 50000 for military service and 100000 for forced labor

How much funds are left for building fortresses?

We're about to run out

We're taking excessive measures for defense when wae isnt even attacking

The people are dissatisified and the country's finances are in ruins

We should stop building the fortresses

We cant do that

We cant weaken national defense

Listen councilor

Public sentimets arent good and we're running out of funds

The country is about to fall

We cant prepare against an attack that isnt going to happen

Even if wae attacks there will be riots before that and the country

Will be in ruins anyway

if there are riots it wont becuase of the defensive measures

it will be beacause of unfair military service and tax policies

The common people cant offer cotton

They have to serve over 6 months of military service and pay all the taxes for

specilaty products and agricultural goods

What about the nobility and landowners?

They didnt want to pay cotton so they falsely registred in confucian schools to avoid military service

They lied about the quality of the soil to avoid paying agricultural taxes

We have to set this straight

We wouldnt run out of funds and it wouldnt upset public sentiments

Councilor you cant treat all the nobility and landowners as criminals

That's reckless

The landowners will oppose

We cant investigate past harvests

The quality of the soil is measured once in 20 years

its not time yet

You want to force an adjustment?

There's another matter

The quality of the crop and soil is measured by the magistrate and inspector of the village

if we suspect the officials and landowners becuase of a difference

The government officials will lose trust

The people dont trust officials because of the falsified military ledgers

We should investigate the nobility landowners and magistrates

to settle public sentiments

Then the rural officials will want an investigation of the court offcials and their families

National affairs will be paralyzed

You want to just watch the common people suffer like this?

You're only afraid of the nobility and landowners and not the common people who are

putting up notices and going AWOL?

Are you trying to make the landowners and people fight?

They are all citizens of joseon

Stop it

Calm down

The second state councilor isnt wrong but this shouldnt be rushed

its a problem to be solved in time

Thats right

We're not saying we should cover up the problem

But we have more urgent business

Public sentiments have to be settled

We're saying there wont be an attack by wae but making them do military service

and build fortresses

its antimony

We should make an appeal to stop

Councilor

Wasnt it enough to make me an enemy?

Do you want to turn all the nobility and landowners into enemies?

no matter how right is something is you cant do it on your own

if you want to lead public opinion you need power

Do you understand?

Your majesty how can we complain about building fortresses to prepare against an attack?

But because all construction started at once the people are suffering

Even if the people suffer for a year once they pay their debts

they dont have any rice

They are barely getting by with acorn plant roots rice bran and bean leaves

A widow sold her land to pay taxes but it wasnt enough

so she went to the forest and took her life

The people who fled are going to remote mountain villages

We cant count the number

What else would be the reason except the building of fortresses?

Your majesty the appeals are about reducing military service and

stopping construction of fortresses

its cold

i'm worried you'll catch a cold

You should go inside

its stuffy inside

Bring the hand over

its alright

Your hands will freeze

Are you upset becuase of the writings that criticized you?

Public sentiments are like this river in your painting

A river can let a boat float but when it gets mad if flips the boat

There isnt any wind in this painting so the boatman is fishing in comfort

Your majesty calm the wind so there wont be a rough wave

Calming the rumors of an attack by wae and then making the people do military

service and forced labor is like causing another wind

The people dont fear an attack anymore so you should relieve them of forced labor

Stop construction in hasamdo as of today

Everyone who did military service for over 3 months should be sent home

Thank you your majesty

i know you want the people to suffer less but we cant stop building fortresses

We dont have the funds

We can receive taxes from the nobility and landowners

They are also citizens

We cant make them suffer with sudden taxes

Lets solve that problem in time

We cant make preparations against an attack by wae in time

Do you still believe there will be an attack?

Dont you know that will upset public sentiments?

We have to make the least preparations

We should collect taxes from landowners and keep national defenses strong

Public sentiments are scarier than an attack by wae

Dont discuss it further

Public sentiments are upset from military service and construction

the people are disappointed so stop building fortresses and drafting men

Thats a relief huh?

Really

No its not

They're not consistent at all

The fortresses werent bulit but we suffered anyway

Why did they bother if they were going to stop?

Thats true

Father

You must have had a hard time

Kim seongil wanted construction to stop and seonjo and the court officials were

concerned about public sentiments

They couldnt implement a new tax policy and relieved the people of

military service and forced labor

Joseon wasnt in a position to make the least preparations against an attack

i knew everything

Joseon sent envoys to wae

You want to form diplomatic relations and attack ming?

Your majesty how could i come such a long way and report if we did that?

That is a misunderstanding

They conspired with wae

They must have changed their minds when they thought we found out

its been over a year since joseon sent envoys to wae

Why would they report it now?

They are ungrateful

You should punish them

Thats not true

it just took time to report becuase we were investigating the situation in wae

We never forgot how gracious you were

Please dont doubt that

Your majesty i can understand

it took over a year for the joseon envoys to go to wae and return

They were probably busy for a while trying to find out wae's intentions

if you think about that making a report now isnt that late

You dont have to doubt their loyalty

Then why did they bild a fortress in uiju and train soldiers?

its to prepare against the jurchens

How dare you?

Why are the jurchens such a big deal to joseon?

Ming is taking care of the jurchens

Are you colluding with wae to attack us?

of course not

of course not?

You're going to deny it even when i have proof?

Trust me its not true

Then stop building fortresses and training soldiers when you return and

remove the magistrate of the uiju from office

is that understood?

i will report to the court as soon as i return

One more thing

Show joseon's loyalty with 10000 nyangs of silver (enough to buy 20000 sacks of rice)

Your majesty

Nagoya advance base (Today's karatsu saga prefecture)

Tsurumatsu

Tsurumatsu

itsuki

Tsurumatsu where is Tsurumatsu?

Your majesty

Life isnt fun

There's no pleasure

Your majesty

Nagoya castle is almost complete

Okay

When can we cross over to joseon?

if you want to cross it wouldnt be a problem even now

Fine tell everyone to gather

Yes your majesty

Ukita will be in charge of the eighth division

i will offer joseon to you

ishida stay by my side and be in charge of munitions

Yes your majesty

i havent decided on the commander yet

Kato konishi

Yes

Shouldn't one of you take the lead?

Your majesty let me take the lead

i'll lead the army right to hanyang and make joseon surrender

i will take the lead

Since tokugawa leyasu was excluded he will try to put me in the lead

Probably

The first party to land will fight the fiercest battle and resut the most sacrifices

it could be better to take the lead

What are you talking about?

The first division wont go right to joseon from nagoya castle

They will have to do another check here in tsushima

Probably

While doing that

You could try to make one final contract with joseon

You couldnt do that unless you took the lead

Give me the honor of taking the first step on joseon land

The fight of the first division will decide the morale of the entire army

He only fights with an abacus

i would be better since i'm good with a sword

The party to land first requires many sacrifices

it is important to minimize losses by using strategy than the sword

Matashiro what do you think?

Both of them are right

Morale is important but it also important to minimize losses

The person with a better strategy should be put in the lead

Fine

Kato if you're that confident go ahead and tell me your plan

Yes your majesty

Joseon is surrounded by the ocean

Where would be a good spot as the first landing site?

it's surrounded by the ocean

What does it matter?

But this grain belt where security is light

Would be optimum

You're going to die even before you land

What?

There are many islands south of joseon

The tide revolves around the islands

i'm saying the tide is inconsistent

if you go without knowing the water ways you could sink becuase of whirl tides

Konishi tell me your plan then

We have to land with an army of over 600 boats

A final check should be made in tsushima

the place where the tide isnt rough and where you can reach the joseon coast right away

is busanjin

How wiill you advnace to hanyang from there?

We will land in busanjin take milyang pass cheongdo and enter daegu

After that we will go to indong cross nakdonggang

then take sangju and mungyeong

if we enter junggye

We can reach hanyang just like that

You're not avoiding then enemies

Why did you choose a strategic military point?

if we advance without annihilating the enemy we could be attacked from behind

What doyou think matashiro?

You have your answer

Your answer is my answer

Fine konishi will take the lead

Your majesty

But nobody knows who will take the capital of joseon first

Anyone take the capital and capture the king of joseon

That person will become the greatest beneficiary of this war

Yes your majesty

WHen joseon is taken spilt up the army to the eight provinces of joseon

Draft soldiers from the joseon people and get military rations

Once you secure soldiers and rations

the soldiers in nagoya will join you and we will attack ming

is that understood?

Yes your majesty

He wants to use me as a shield

Kato

What?

Are you upset i didnt put you in the lead?

Well no

Yes you are

i can see it in your face

it seems like you trust konishi more

Kato

Yes

The most losses will be from the first landing

Even with minimum losses konishi's unit will lose the most soldiers

Your unit only has to pass through the areas that his unit swept

You must capture the king of joseon

Yes

Konishi is sly

it wont be easy to compete with him

i will show you im not someone who only fights with force

i will be sure to capture the king of joseon

Okay

Do a good job

How did it go?

i'm taking the lead

Good

May buddha have mercy on us

The problem is what to happen

What if joseon doesnt listen to us?

if a war cant be avoided

i have to take the capital first and get the king to surrender

i have to end the war

Move them now

is there anyone else inside?

Come on out

is there anyone else?

Whats going on?

Gunpowder blew up

i told you to be careful

i'm sorry

Stay on your toes

We were measuring the fuse length and time of bigyeokjincheonnoe

the gunpowder caught the spark

Did anyone die?

Fortunately nobody died

seven blacksmiths were injured

i told you totake safety measures when testing it

i did but

The minister of defense stopped providing support after a few tests

They said there werent any funds left

i havent been able to pay the blacksmiths

We have a lot things to replace becuase of this accident

i'm very sorry

Why should you be sorry?

The court is the problem

i'll find a way

Dont stop testing it

bigyeokjincheonnoe must be completed no matter what

Yes sir

the gwanbaek unified the nation

He has hundreds of thousands of soliders

They were trained for a long time too

An army equipped with matcklocks is beyond your imaginaton

You cant take the gwanbaek lightly

The wae offcials in busanpo returned

isnt that a sign wae wil attack?

Sir its sim yeongcheol

Come in

i'm back

Did you find out?

Yes

Support was cut off in the rural areas just as you thought

Then the turtle ship wont be an exemption

There wasnt any word from the commander of the left jeolla naval district?

No

Tell cheonri tomake preparations to leave

Ys sir

Commander

i know you're having a tough time building military ships becuase financial support was cut off

i'm hoping things will be settled by the time you receive this letter

but it doesnt look good

i will find a way so continue to build the turtle ship

i looked at the plan you sent to me

The top has a cover and iron spikes and the front has a dragon head with a spot for cannons

i am truly impressed

i cant wait to see the turtle ship

Your majesty even if miitary service and forced labor were relieved

you must make minimum preparations

bigyeokjincheonnoe is almost complete but they cant finish becuase of lacking funds

Yi sunsin's turtle ship is also necessary to protect our coasts

i know there are financial difficulties but other costs should be reduced to

develop these two weapons

Do you know what that is?

it was sent from han eungin who went to ming

Ming thinks we formed diplomatic relations with wae and we built fortresses

to attck ming

To clear up that misunderstanding we have to remove kim yeomul from office

and send 10000 nyangs of silver

it was your suggestion to send envoys and build fortresses

This is the result

Your majesty

We dont have the silver to send to ming

But you want support to develop the bigyeokjincheonnoe and turtle ship?

How can you ask that?

Your majesty

Leave right now

Your majesty

i told you we should send an envoy to ming to explain the situation

What is happening to this country?

You told me

We criticize others but we dont but we dont criticize ourselves and reflect half as much

You said i wasnt the absolute truth and i wasnt perfect

i want to say that to you right now

is everything you said absolutely right?

You look tired

You should go to your hometown and get some rest

Your majesty the cheif state councilor is here

Show him in

Sir its lee hangbok

Come in

How have you been?

What do you think?

You must have heard

What brings you here?

You want to resign?

Thats why i came

You cant resign

i committed a lot of sins

Why are they your sins?

The emperor of ming is forcing it

i was kicked off the court but i wasnt worried about it

its because you were on the court

When the chief state councilor and the easterners all agreed with hakbong (Kim seongil's pen name)

and were sure there wouldnt be an attack you were the only one who fought to

prepare for an attack that might happen

if you step down now who will protect the poor people?

i might be a westerner but i believe in you

Even if his majesty abandons you you cant abandon his majesty and the people

i'm begging you

Jasang

The second state councilor is in a bind

its too bad

You should help him

is it because of your father-in-law?

its probably becuase you dont like to be involved in complicated matters

Gee

What?

Am i right on point?

Myeongbo it will be lonely and tough

Help him

You're the inspector general

There' a way to make the bigyeokjincheonnoe and turtle ship?

When funds lacked in rural areas we supplemented it by receiving

military cloth tax instead of military service

The amount is big this time so we need approval from the minister of wae and the minister of taxation

The minister of taxation is lee wonik so it wont be a problem

the problem is hong yeosun

No

Why not?

Whats the problem with receiving military cloth tax instead of

having people do military service?

The local magistrates and officials will embezzle it in process

i'm sure you know that

i wont approve

its to build battle ships

We cant stop the enemy without ships

How can we be sure if ships will be built or if people will fill their own stomachs?

You keep saying there will be an attack

Citizens are being arrested for saying that

How can you say that?

its for our country

if yi sunsin embezzles the funds i will give up my head

i said no

if you need approval gei it from his majesty

i'll be going then

He said he would give up his life if yi sunsin embezzled the funds

What?

He was that desperate?

So?

i told him to get approval from his majesty

Good

he worried about the country and acted like a wise ruler

But he was reprimanded by his majesty and even by you

Even lee sanhae turned his back on him

He's a lonely bird now

Thats how it turns out

His pride is hurt he'll resign soon

You'll have to take his position

i cant get it becuase i want it

its up to his majesty

Who moves his majesty's heart?

My sister and your neiece

What are you doing?

Pour him a drink

Sir accept a drink from me

Thank you

Proctor kim if i get that position you will be my benefactor

Here accept a drink

Who knows if he'll become a benefactor or if you'll both become sinners?

inspector general

i never siphoned any military rations

i believe you're clean

You would neve report an excess of military rations and exchange some with specialty goods

through proctor kim

i just cant believe

Thats completely absurd

Right proctor kim?

of course

i'm the inspector general

i dont doubt you at all but i have to carry out an investigation

and report this to his majesty

it wont end with me

Even royal noble consort kim

Sir

This is the place

House of the head if hanyang and gyeonggi-do's merchant organization

Military rations are traded with specialty goods

All that rice was military rations

it's not that much

Would you like some?

Proctor kim

Yes

Thank you

Then

Oh my nose

Who's in charge here

What is this?

Gyeongsang dobang promises to send 20000 saks of rice to the left jeolla naval headquarters

Will that be enough to complete the turtle ship and bigyeokjincheonnoe?

Inspector general

Did you want to see me?

i heard you were focusing on securing funds to build the turtle ship

How is that coming along?

its tough

i'm sure it is

Stop building the turtle ship

Your majesty

it's a royal order

Do you still believe wae will attack?

Your majesty

Wae constantly plundered hasamdo

They could attack any time

i'm not just worried about the enemies

i'm worried our military power is weaker

Dd you think we're so weak that we cant defend against an attack by wae?

Speak im comfort

it will be hard if we stop making preparations

Public sentiments seemed to have settled but we ran out of national funds

Councilor

Yes your majesty

Wae is an island nation so they will be familiar with maritime battles

Since we dont have much experience with maritime battleswe could lose

How abut focusing all our efforts and finances on the army and

Abolishing the naval forces?

You cant do that

You cant abolish the naval forces

Subtitles By KBS World Extracted By Saman (startak.iv@gmail.com)

Regarding the opinion to abolish the naval forces the court becomes divided

Ryu seongryong secretly continues to focus on having the turtle ship built

Toyotomi hideyoshi gives up his position as the gwanbaek to focus on the war