[Episode 16]
Seok Sam
Palace Guard Kang Chae Yoon has learned our letters.
Really?
What is your request, and what's Seok Sam?
Seok Sam
is my father's name.
I dare to make a request from Your Majesty.
That name... Please don't ever forget it.
Ok.
I got it.
I definitely won't.
Did you really write... this?
He learned the letters within less than the half of the afternoon.
Yes. He was very surprised that there was only 28 characters.
He didn't change his mind even when Your Majesty showed his true heart.
He changed his mind after learning the letters, although he is impertinent.
There is nothing impertinent.
That is the role I wanted for Kang Chae Yoon.
Until I finish my work you'll still stay as Ddol Bok.
Rather than dispute like a noble, just as a commoner.
As a commoner, how you view and judge the nobles' disputes.
I need to know about it.
If it is about that, please do not worry about it.
No matter what the reason is, your humble subject cannot peacefully accept the ideas of nobles as it is.
Certainly!
If the nobles' ideas will kill us or
save us to live,
with my two eyes wide opened, I will watch carefully.
And... I have one thing I have in mind about the investigation of Milbon.
Will you listen?
Yes, what is it?
This is the letters Lee Do has made?
I don't exactly know. I only took everything that was in that place.
What about Gwanpyung?
Yes.
When we arrived there, he disappeared with Kang Chae Yoon and then the Royal troops arrived too.
They seemed to release me intentionally to trace us.
Shut down the camp in Mt. Goo Dahl, and Kang Chae Yoon and Gwangpyung must be found.
Jungmo troops have moved already.
What on earth?
Why did Kang Chae Yoon bring Gwangpyung with him?
What are you doing?
These letters
look kind of strange.
Please keep the secret that Prince returned.
Also, please let the Royal Troops continue searching.
Why?
As you know, my Father's will and the Milbon pledge got switched, so the Milbon know my identity.
Yes, in addition, the slave Ggeok-Seo who survived that night became a Milbon.
Milbon must know everything about it.
So?
They know that I abducted the Prince Gwangpyung.
They must be doing reasoning on their own.
Your grudges against His Majesty and the reason why you came back to the court from northern border,
the Milbon will try to find out about those things.
Yes.
If they know that the Prince didn't return,
and I am still the Palace Guard, they will become interested in me.
They will approach you.
Is that what you think?
Yes.
Although I haven't told you until now, there are some suspicious people in Banchon.
Shouldn't we immediately capture them?
No.
If we do that, the prime suspects will try to hide even more deeply.
We have to know the whole story about Jeong Ki Joon and Milbon.
That's correct.
Therefore, I will induce them to approach me and get inside Milbon deeply.
So,
you're going to try to capture Jeong Ki Joon?
Yes.
That is an exact judgement.
The Milbon member that we need to know and capture is not anyone else... it is definitely
Jeong Ki Joon.
I will find him and
make sure he comes to you.
If I can do it and the letters are promulgated successfully...
Could this be about drinking with the King again?
You punk! Haven't you come to your senses yet?
Then, I will request a small wish.
Will you listen?
Whatever it is, say it.
I will promise.
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Who could that person be?
Although you came back and changed your mind to be loyal to His Majesty,
I still don't like you.
I know it very well.
But if you need any help on the investigation, I will help you.
Did you know that Milbon has a strong assassin?
It is not the half masked man.
You should always be careful.
Did His Majesty actually say that?
What do those letters mean to him, that he's willing to risk the safety of the Prince?
Bring scholar Sung and Park here.
Why?
I need to find out about the letters the King has made.
Find out?
What are you saying?
It is exactly what I have said.
We don't know anything about those letters, right?
We don't even know how many letters there are and how they look.
We have only been judging if the letters should be allowed or not.
I have to find out what kind of letters the King has made.
Doesn't the King mean that he's going to throw away the Prince?
How can the King do that?
I know right.
But Bonwon already said that.
Yes?
He said that the King won't give up on the letters.
Bonwon and the King are both something.
But where did Kang Chae Yoon disappear after abducting Gwangpyung?
Why is that guy...?
Aigoo... How are you doing?
Okay...
Then...
What's happening?
You can get back to the palace to check the Royal troops to see if Prince Gwangpyung came back.
Yes!
Did the punk Chae Yoon just disappear after eating his meal?
Without asking about how I have been doing?
Isn't he too cold?
I became so attached to him...
Hey you piglet, you have never hung out with any human other than your mother!
You!!
What happened to you?
Didn't you run away to the north?
Don't even talk about it.
I wandered around so much...
Did you?
Then... have you finished it already?
Are you going to stay here continuously?
Since you like me so much, how can I leave here.
When you guys keep flashing before my eyes.
Did you have rice?
No, I ate chicken!
You can tell me anything.
I will promise you.
I will make sure to capture you, Jeong Gi Joon!
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How did the forum go?
It is just as Bonwon said.
Therefore, we can continue our plan as we thought.
But... Kang Chae Yoon has returned to his job as a Palace Guard.
What?
What are you talking about?
Then... did the Prince return?
No.
The Royal troops are still doing a search.
And Moo-Hyool has been making a new team with capable warriors.
His Father's enemy,
I heard that he is in Hanyang.
What a bold guy he is!
No way...
For the revenge?
Then Gwangpyung...
He may have already killed Gwangpyung.
Then... do you mean after he killed the Prince, he has returned to the palace to kill the King?
Has anyone seen this kind of scary person?
Bonwon, if this is real...
This is what I'm saying,
to fight with Kang Chae Yoon,
there is no reason for us to.
His and our goals overlap.
He wants Lee Do.
We want Joseon. So what should we do?
First of all, check to see if So Yi returned to the Palace.
Yes.
Kang Chae Yoon. You punk!
Drink, drink!
Today drink this...
and go home to sleep.
But what really happened?
I heard so many differend kinds of rumours.
What rumours?
You ran off together with a chick!
Hey! You little kid!
How can you say those things?
Mom and the ahjusshi
talked about it in our room.
The reason a guy disappears is 100 percent most likely
because of a girl.
When did I? Why that mouth of yours!
It's not because of that.
How dare you bastard!
I was almost going to say that.
It's alright.
You can even speak ill of the King when he doesn't know it.
Drink, drink.
Yes, Sir!
Anyhow, the half-masked punk was arrested and then did he break out of jail?
That Yoon Pyung, or something,
he really has a lot of luck.
How did he break out of the jail of the Royal Investigation Bureau?
Wait.
What was his name?
Yoon Pyung.
Yoon Pyung?
Who are you? Are you Yoon Pyung?
So that scum was Yoon Pyung.
It is not time for you to feel gratified thinking about Kang Chae Yoon!
Why are you like that?
The high officials who stopped complaints as Gyungsungjeon that was to be made opened to the public,
they are going to start it all together again as of tomorrow.
Of course they would.
Why did you mention all about it at the forum meeting?
How are we going to settle it down?
A sudden promulgation cannot be done anymore.
We are ruined!
No matter how upset you feel,
as a scholar, how can you talk rough?
Are you in any position to find fault in my speech manner?
I'm not in the position to find fault...
But you keep eating me like a lettuce wrap (disregard and provoke).
Your Majesty,
can you really joke right now?
So what can I do?
The matter has already happened.
I will have a change of strategy.
How?
From tomorrow, everything will be chaotic.
From now on, I will slash everyone!
Your Majesty,
what do you mean?
Slashing? What do you mean by that?
Not with a sword...
but by saying and writing, I will slash them
Although, the dissidents are of several thousands..
I'll fight hilt to hilt.
I will slash all of them!
A word is more scary than a sword.
I will show them.
Moo Hyool,
if you assume that my words are as equal as swords, how can you evaluate my ability?
Certainly! In Joseon...
no...
you will be placed as the number one warrior in the world!
The King has arrived.
Your Majesty...
Court officers have refused to perform their duties and have staged a protest at Hansujun,
and at Gwanghamun, the scholars have gathered around Scholar Hae Gang
As well as officials of the three offices (inspector, censor, advisor)...
The Jiphyunjeon Scholars didn't come?
Yes, Your Majesty.
The responsible person of Jiphyunjeon, Deputy Chief Scholar Choi Man Ri, is the most strongly against it.
Isn't it Your Majesty's Jiphyunjeon?
Why are you pushing the project ahead, even with your people from Jiphyunjeon opposing it?
How will you handle it with this much opposition?
In addition, priorities are switched.
You have to put all of your effort in finding and getting rid of the traitors.
How come you don't order anything about it?
Why are you trying to push ahead with these letters?
Furthermore, currently we are in a situation where Prince Gwangpyung is under abduction!
Do not talk about that matter anymore.
This is a big problem.
How can he overlook these things?
When he acts this way, he is exactly the same as the Former King.
Letters cannot be!
Your Majesty, letters cannot be!
Letters cannot be!
Your Majesty!
Why do you give up on Neo-Confucianism and try to become a barbarian on your own?
Fine then.
Then, first, let's discuss why creating letters goes against Neo-Confucianism.
Anyone, talk freely to me.
Chinese characters are not just simply characters.
The character itself is the way of Confucianism and
the concept.
Please take a look at it!
In the character "fighting Moo," the meaning of a spear and two words is for stopping.
The character "fighting moo" itself tells you to stop the fighting with the fighting.
The lesson of Confucianism is contained in the character, saying that it is to fight to stop the fighting.
However,
in the different barbarian's letter, can this kind of enlightenment be contained?
Can Your Majesty's letters express this?
No.
They can't.
Yet...
Why are you trying to
discard Confucianism?
Then,
Jak Gae Eun Ro Dal Sa Chong. That is...
to listen to the people's opinion by opening the press.
This is the virtue
that was the most emphasized for the King in Confucianism .
Yes, Your Majesty!
You can just listen to the people.
According to Sam Bong, Jeong Do Jeon's Gyungjaemoongam journals...
During the Yosoon Era, despite not having an office of censor in the administarations, the subjects had a way to address the emperor.
After all dissent was prohibited during Qin State,
once the Han Dyansty was established, the position of censor was made, in order to make way for discourse.
However, once the office of censor was established, the discourse halted even more so.
Isn't that right?
This exactly coincided with the time
which the people who knew the Chinese characters started to take government official's positions.
Since Chinese characters were difficult, the commoners had to speak to the King through government officials.
The officials distorted and edited what the commoners said.
Therefore, Sam Bong said that the channel for communication was even more blocked.
He wrote like that.
Therefore, I am trying to widen the channel for communication.
To hear from the people, I decided that they needed these letters.
Did I discard Confucianism?
However, because the new letters are easy, what if more scholars give up on Chinese characters?
For scholars, learning is their job.
If they stop learning Chinese characters because there are easier letters,
that is the fault of the scholars. It is not the fault of mine who created the letters or the fault of the commoners.
Even after distribution of moral conducts of three bonds (loyalty, filial duty and submission) in pictures...
There are always people who will commit crimes of immorality.
The virtue or the vices of people depends on their traits...
Are you a scholar?
Are you a Confucian scholar?
The fundamentals of Confucianism are that a human can reach his own real nature with continuous cultivation of mind.
If a person's nature is decided from birth,
how can Confucianism say that enlightenment is one of the King's responsiblities?
If you really want to circulate Nongsahgikseol (book for agriculture) to the people,
you can circulate it to the commoners by increasing the number of officials.
Where does the payment for those many officials come from?
Aren't the commoners those who support the officials?
Increasing the number of the officials eventually impoverishes the people of the country.
I am running out of stamina.
I should eat a lot more meat!
Yes, we prepared them.
Please wait for a bit.
All right.
Your Majesty, you must be so exhausted.
Since Your Majesty debated for a long time today, everyone will be persuaded.
Not yet! There is one big thing left.
Do you mean the Deputy Chief Scholar, Choi Man Ri?
That's right.
According to him, he has written a long argument as big as this room from here to there.
Yes, he asked to bring more paper.
You have worked on it for a long time. Why do these people oppose it? It saddens me.
How much is he going to debate clause by clause?
An appeal against creation of letters.
Sir, we came back.
Those letters that you helped His Majesty to make.
Yes?
What are they like?
Is it phonetic representation or ideography?
What do they look like? How many letters are there?
Why aren't you giving me any answers?
I asked you what kind of letters they are?
They are...
We...
can't answer you.
Are you saying that again?
You punks! Get ouf of here now!
I can't stand the sight of you!
We won't be able to beat His Majesty through reasoning.
Bonwon already
thought so too...
Then...
aren't you going to stop the promulgation of letters?
Even though they are promulgated, who is going to use them?
There were lots of barbarians who governed the Chinese territory.
Won of Mongol. Yoh of Georan,
Geum of Yeojin,
didn't they make letters as they didn't know how to?
Since Chinese characters are so great, they didn't need to make any.
The Phagspa script was also created with great enthusiasm, nevertheless,
since no one used it, it ended up vanishing.
Yes!
That is the power of China.
China hasn't governed countries for over three thousand years for no reason.
Those letters will eventually disappear.
No one is going to use them.
Therefore,
even if we leave him to promulgate the letters, it is going to be His Majesty's waste of time and effort.
Therefore,
we can just pretend...
that we reluctantly agree with his promulgating letters.
Instead...
Yes,
we should get something important from him.
What is it?
Two kinds of cornerstone to move on to the Parliament system.
Establishing de facto authority of State Council.
And..
removal of Jiphyunjeon.
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No way...
A de facto parliament system.
It is a right thing to do.
Aren't you thinking it is a good thing for you, instead of a right thing to do, Your Excellency?
Since Lord Hwang Hee is aged,
if it becomes the actual Parliament system,
you will take the supreme power.
Isn't it great that the right thing is a good thing for me?
You also
should consider how to turn the right thing into a good thing for you personally.
When the condition ripens, you have to choose either me or Bonwon.
What are you saying?
If we didn't have Bonwon,
the Milbon that will actualize the de factor power of the governements,
would have disappeared.
Hey, don't get excited!
I am not saying that I will go against Bonwon's idea.
However,
Bonwon became a butcher by humbling himself.
He has to use his power behind the scene.
He can't lead the nobles after working as a butcher.
Haven't you heard of the reason he became a butcher?
The betrayal of nobles was the reason.
Oh was it?
He was once adopted to a noble family but
the noble reported it to Lord Jo Mal Saeng.
Therefore, he could not go into any noble's family.
Are you telling me to become a nobleman like them?
That kind of thing
will never happen to me!
Of course... of course...
Now, Lord Lee Shin Jeok must be thinking about something else.
Parliament system...
he must think that he is going to be the prime minister.
No matter what,
the deal with the King has to be done well..
Since his profit is depending on it, he will do well.
Bonwon, the court maiden So Yi has returned to the palace.
So Yi has returned as well?
Then... except for Prince Gwangpyung,
So Yi and Chae-Yoon, everyone came back to the court.
What did this guy Kang Chae Yoon do about Prince Gwangpyung?
I have to check it out.
How?
Send Ggeoksoe to So Yi.
As for Kang Chae Yoon,
why don't you make a plan?
This looks bad.
Since no one came, the court is empty.
What can we do about it?
Prime Minister!
You always shared the same opinion as His Majesty.
Haven't you aided him all along on the side?
So... why don't you solve this difficult situation
with me?
How do you think we should solve it?
I have my own ideas too though...
Ah... yes...
Please tell me your ideas first.
All the court, the administration bureau and even Jiphyunjeon are totally empty.
Are you really going to push it through as you wish?
Yes, Your Majesty!
You should not continue pushing it anymore.
Your humble subject is advising Your Majesty with true heart.
Please
negotiate with the high officials.
To the king who even gave up on his own son,
are you asking me to negotiate?
The opposition of the government officials are
not only about the promulgation of the letters.
Yes, Your Majesty.
The fundamental cause
rests upon Jiphyunjeon.
Therefore,
You are well aware of the opposition from the high officials.
Since you said that you are going to create the letters.
As soon as things ripen, they burst out.
So then...
Please win one thing, and discard the other.
What can I earn and what can I discard?
I dare to request you,
if you would like to promulgate the letters,
please abolish the Jiphyunjeon.
If you do it,
Prime Minister and I will
persuade the high officials using all our political power.
Abolishing Jipyunjeon?
If you don't do it,
you will not be able to go through the difficult times.
From tomorrow, how the high officials will behave,
is not something we can estimate clearly.
Soon,
a major event, the government entrance exam needs to be held.
Yes...
Without government officials, you cannot prepare for the government exam.
Therefore,
my Jiphyunjeon,
are you saying to remove it with my hand?
Your Majesty!
Please consider it deeply!
Isn't it making a deal?
Then... are they wanting to make a deal with Jiphyunjeon and the letters?
That is what I asked them to do.
Yes? Did you ask them to do that?
I induced the Lord Hwang-Hee
to suggest it that way.
Your humble subject cannot understand you at all.
Why? Why did you do that?
They haven't looked at our letters yet.
Kang Chae-Yoon, Sung Sam-Moon and Park Paeng-Nyung,
how was their reaction before they looked at the letters?
They said that it was impossible.
They also...
think that it will not work
and ignore the commoners.
They think that although we promulgate the letters,
no one is going to learn them.
They will be useless.
I also
didn't think it would work,
but I made an effort to make it work.
To make it work!
I tried so hard to make easy letters.
So if I give up on Jiphyunjeon for them,
I thought that they will agree with the promulgation of letters.
Then,
are you going to accept the abolishment of Jiphyunjeon?
For me, Jiphyunjeon was a temporary organization.
Back then,
to protect myself from my father and the officials of my father,
I needed to establish my people.
Won't it be the same way for the Crown Prince?
The Crown Prince will also
have to make his own organization and people on his own.
To lead Joseon?
Then,
with abolishing of Jiphyunjeon for real,
are you going to promulgate the letters?
That is not enough of course.
Why is a deal called a deal?
I will gain as much as I can from it.
For giving up on Jiphyunjeon,
I will gain the bureau and the departments to assume full charge of these letters.
How did it go?
The King says that there will be a debate concerning the issue, and a final decision will be made.
If things end up well tomorrow,
you'll all need to return to your duties.
Get the message conveyed.
However, the mood seems quite adamant,
as long as the King doesn't back out on giving up on the letters.
How do you feel about disbanding Jiphyunjeon?
Have you suggested disbanding Jiphyunjeon to the king?
Yes, that's right.
Wasn't it Lord Jo who insisted that Jiphyunjeon is almost like His Majesty's bodyguard troops?
That's true but...
Also,
His Majesty has already changed the system of Six Ministries by having them report directly to Him instead of State Council.
Left State Minister, you are the one who said as long as Jiphyunjeon exists, the State Council is just a convention.
Yes, I did.
Since all the Kyeongyeons are controlled by Jiphyunjeon.
Well...
If what we suggested to His Majesty is accepted.
Everyone has to come back to one's own position and follow the decision.
Would the King accept that?
About that, we will all know it by tomorrow.
Something you need to gain?
By establishing Eonmoon Bureau and Chungeum Bureau
Eonmoon Bureau: Bureau that publishing books written in new letters.
and at the Investigation Bureau and Secretary's office,
I will let these official letters be adapted.
I will include the new letters as an item of the Government Officials' Entrance Exam.
Would that... work?
Wait and see.
Do you think that His Majesty is going to take the suggestion?
According to my intuition,
he will accept it.
What do you mean by intuition?
It seemed to me
that His Majesty gave his word to Lord Hwang Hee.
Yes?
How can it be?
That is why you are still too young.
Since Lord Hwang Hee is discussing the issue together with us,
do you think he is on our side?
Lord Hwang Hee is a scary person.
Probably, he knew about the creation of letters all along.
No matter what,
if the deal is accepted,
you have to prevent the commotion in Jiphyunjeon,
especially by Deputy Chief Scholar Choi Man Ri whose opposition will be the greatest!
The Prime Minister and Right Minister have just met His Majesty.
His Majesty seems to be determined to promulgate the letters.
In exchange for agreeing with it...
Agreeing with what?
Then... everyone doesn't care about promulgating of the new letters?
No one will use it and it will disappear.
Uh huh! What a pathetic guy!
What?
Do you still not understand His Majesty?
His Majesty spent 13 years working on it secretly.
What do you think it means?
It is not going to work?
Have you ever seen His Majesty do anything that did not work?
Something that His Majesty has accomplished,
after he has put in a lot of effort for a long time,
do you really believe that it will come to nothing?
Definitely, the letters will be something to be reckoned with.
If these letters are promulgated,
Chinese characters and its Classics will be ostracized.
The world, where people use His Majesty's letters
will come.
A world where everyone knows letters...
is it really possible?
It seemed to me that His Majesty gave his word to Lord Hwang Hee.
Kang Chae Yoon is a man of high martial arts knowledge.
One false move can lead to our loss.
We have to move promptly.
Is it Ggeoksoe ahjussi?
I certainly saw him come in here a meal ago.
Then... where did he go?
Aren't you a palace guard?
Why are you doing this?
Hey, Haengsoo (Chief)!
You are a Milbon, right?
I already know it all.
Milbon, you said?
How can I be a Milbon?
You are playing innocent.
I heard you calling the name of the punk with the half-mask at the Moonsungong shrine.
The guy that escaped from royal jail last time...
that guy is Yoon Pyung, right?
Yoon Pyung is the half-masked dude, huh?
It must be a misunderstanding. I...
You all screwed it up.
The time when I met So Yi,
when I was running away with So Yi, the punk appeared and screwed up my plan!
Because of you, everything was ruined.
I even abducted Prince Gwangpyung...
But thanks to you guys meddling in that too,
with my hand...
I even killed Prince Gwangpyung.
Everything that I planned and prepared with my life at stake,
you guys totally ruined it!
To me now,
what do you think is left for me?
Compared to how you ruined our plan,
that was nothing!
That night in Moosool year.
If it weren't for you, we wouldn't have lost our Milbon declaration.
Finally, you are confessing.
Because of you, you scum,
our Milbon has been collapsed for a long time.
In addition, when we took away the evidence of the King's project,
you screwed up totally!
That is none of my business.
There's only one method left for me now.
Knock down Milbon and getting the royal drink from that King or whatever.
The King promised me he would to do that for me.
So,
Bonwon or whoever, Jeong Gi Joon, that punk...
where is he?! Talk!
Between you and us...
haven't you thought that we do not have to be this way?
What the heck?
In the end, you scum, too,
want to kill the King isn't that right?
Your father died, trying to send the secret message to Lord Shim Ohn.
Also you entered the court as you were determined to kill the King.
Isn't that right?
When Moo Hyool brought you to me, he told me to kill you.
About failing to kill you back then,
I'm biting my tongue off.
I asked you to kill me!
I feel like shit so I don't know what I might just do here.
Talk!
Jeong Gi Joon... Jeong Gi Joon, where is he?
Ajusshi...
What shall I do?
Ddolbok orabeoni is...
Talk.
Where is Jeong Gi Joon?!
Chief!
Are you alright?
Come out, Kang Chae Yoon.
If you hurt her, I'll kill you myself.
Looks like the rats found their way here.
Hey, Half-mask,
are you the rat leader?
You alone are no match for me.
Put your sword down,
Kang Chae Yoon.
Well,
if you want to see your Chief's head go flying,
come at me.
You and us,
we have no reason to fight.
Therefore, don't do this,
why not use us?
Enough of the dog crap!
Think about it, as a reward for capturing the Bonwon,
as the King offers you a drink, stick a blade in his throat.
That's right,
Lee Do would die immediately.
However!
Is that true vengeance?
If you kill Lee Do so easily, would you feel satisfied?
At the very least...
Shouldn't you kill Lee Do after you show what his crimes are?
Why Lee Do should die at your hands?
That's why,
you need to kill him more painfully than the suffering you've gone through!
Wouldn't that be true vengeance, Ddol Bok?
You and we may have different strategies,
but we share a common goal.
You desire the King's head,
and we
desire the King's Joseon.
We will take everything from Lee Do,
killing Lee Do in despair and suffering, that's our goal!
Is that not
something that you want as well?
So,
what are you trying to say?
We will aid you.
Therefore,
help us in return.
Then...
won't we each get what we want
more easily?
How can I trust you?
Because I'll trust you first.
All of you withdraw your swords and leave us.
Didn't you hear me, leave us! But Chief?!
Leave!
And don't come back unless I call for you.
Now,
will you join us?
Don't be mistaken, Chief.
I'm not joining Milbon.
I'm just saying, let's help each other out.
That's what I wanted to hear.
Kang Chae Yoon came personally?
He won't be able to reveal that I'm part of Milbon,
because we know about his intentions to assasinate the King.
But, from his words
he said that he killed Prince Gwangpyung.
Did Kang Chae Yoon really...
Then...
it confirms what Ggeoksoe said.
Ddol Bok orabeoni
killed the Prince.
And
now Orabeoni is saying
that he'll murder the King, and he's telling me to find out everything I can about the King.
That court lady,
can we be sure she will not relate it to the King?
From what Ggeotsoe said...
So Yi can never turn her back on Kang Chae Yoon.
If I tell the truth
to His Majesty,
Orabeoni won't be able to survive.
Ahjussi...
please stop Orabeoni.
For Orabeoni to
stop these kinds of deeds,
he needs to be stopped.
That punk
wasn't lying, it seems.
How did you know?
That Ggeoksoe ahjussi would approach me,
how did you know?
If they were observing me, they were probably curious about what happened on that day I took the Prince,
and from their perspective, it's probably a lot easier to approach you than me about it.
So who would they have sent?
Ggeotsoe ahjussi
cried alot after I told him my story.
He thinks you're still trying to assasinate the King.
If the Milbon didn't rescue ahjussi that day,
he wouldn't be living like this either.
If Milbon had rescued me instead of the Queen,
I might've been trying to kill the King.
Right?
That's the life of the bottom ones.
Our lives change by the whim of the upper ones.
That's life to us.
But Orabeoni...
Why?
What was the wish that you were going to ask from His Majesty?
Ah that...
It's... just something.
Are you planning on using him from now on?
Kang Chae Yoon...
he definitely has his uses.
Make sure you make the most of this relationship.
I understand.
By the way,
where's that punk Han? I haven't seen him all day.
Draw it like this,
that's right. Now, again. Aigo, nice job, Yeondu.
That's right, next, you!
You can't even draw that...!
It's not bad, try again slowly.
I need a drawing of the letters.
This is the Milbon that has
killed three scholars to try to find out what your Majesty was working on.
Therefore,
if I show evidence relevant to the letters, they'll believe me.
That must not happen.
We must not reveal
the identity of our letters.
So you're saying you can't?
But weren't you planning on making them public anyway?
They are trying to make a deal with me to
agree on the promulgation of the letters.
But why would they agree on the promulgation of the letters?
It's because they
still have not been able to decipher
the identity of our letters.
Have you forgotten how you changed your opinion?
"Even if they were promulgated, they won't be used".
Is that what they think?
Exactly.
However if they were to discover the identity of the letters,
there's no predicting how it may hinder the promulgation of the letters.
Therefore,
until I receive a definitive answer from them concerning the publicizing of the letters today,
we must hide the identity of the letters.
Until then, find another method.
Yes.
I understand.
Chae Yoon...
Yes?
You seem to be more highly motivated
than when you were investigating Milbon
and planning my assasination.
Your Majesty said
that you wanted to teach your people the joys of living.
That's what you said, am I correct?
That's right.
The joy of living
vivid bliss.
That such a thing existed,
I found out for the first time.
Is this related to your wish?
Possibly, is your wish...
Your Majesty,
It's time for you to go, please get ready.
Alright.
I will make sure to accomplish it! Let's go.
You've come.
For what reason did you want to meet me?
Isn't it inappropriate to meet me at a time like this?
I talked with Deputy Chief Scholar yesterday, but
there's something that seems wrong.
I mean the letters. His Majesty has worked on it as a lifetime project while even keeping it as a secret to everyone
for a long time...
Those letters..
Since His Majesty has a strong attachment to the letters,
we have been promoting our work by letting him promulgate it.
However, the strange thing is that,
for the made letter that he cherishes so much,
he should have publicized the details of that alphabet.
"Let's use the letters since these letters are great..."
Isn't this kind of persuasion needed?
However,
concerning what the letters look like, how many letters they are, or how the letters are formed,
no one has any idea.
We have debated abstractly.
So...?
If our deal is accomplished as planned,
we let the letters be promulgated, and then...
what if something unexpected happens?
Bonwon !
You have to see these for a second.
The letters he made,
because they looked somewhat strange,
I investigated a little.
Here!
Look at this!
I thought this character "Goon"
is the letter that means "the king."
But looking at these other letters
something's strange.
No matter how much I put them together,
it doesn't make the sentence and we don't know their meaning!
And then suddenly I had this thought.
What if these letters weren't ideograms,
but phonograms?
I wondered if they are divided into consonants and vowels.
So? Then, this...
If this letter represents the first sound of Goon (King) or its last sound,
to figure it out, I put all possible combinations together all night long!
On the presumption that the letters are phonetic representations,
if this is the first consonant,
and this is the second sound (vowel), then...
it's completly right!
Now, as you can see here,
the first letter written...
is written at the end again.
However, the more surprising thing
is that inside these 28 letters,
almost all sounds
are included.
If my guess is correct,
using these 28 letters,
you can write a tremendous number of words with it.
And you can read it.
Moreover, using the rules that I discovered,
I've solved the riddle.
It wasn't gong, gu, mang, gi.
Look!
This...
is the first sound of the "mi" sound.
And this, is the middle (vowel) sound 'i' of Shim.
And this,
the last consonant sound of 'wol.'
If you read these all together,
it's "mmiiiiiillllllll!"
"Mil."
If gong, gu, mang, gi meant us,
what do you think it would be?
I am not sure what the character 'mang' indicates but...
all together
it is probably pronounced as "Milbon!"
Will his Majesty really
abolish Jiphyunjeon?
Did you not see His Majesty's will regarding the letters?
He has no choice but to.
Then!?!
Soon, it'll be my world.
All the other high officials have agreed with Right State Minister, so
Minister Hwang Hee's negotiation will most likely be successful.
Yes, it should be.
We need to hurry, and put an end to this.
Therefore, as soon as it's complete, make preperations to publicize the letters immediately.
To let them be swamped...
we should not give them any spare time.
Yes, Your Majesty! Let's go! All right!
I have more things to show to you.
Gaepai is writing his own name,
and Yeondoo is writing sentences with the letters.
It took just two days.
Karuppayi
What is this?
My name.
How do you read it?
"Ka"
"Reu" "Pae"
"Ee"
Really... in just two days...
How...?
How can this be?
What is it?
She's writing what you just said.
"Really... in just two days..."
You can write out exactly what is spoken,
and you can read exactly what is written.
A world where everyone can read,
have you ever given it any thought?
Yes. What kind of world would it be?
I'm not sure... I've never really imagined it happening so...
Letters are a weapon.
Scarier than swords, spears, or a stream of fire.
The reason why aristocrats are aristocrats
isn't because they were born into a noble family,
not because of their bloodline,
but it is because they know writing that they are aristocrats.
Yes, of course.
That's the power of the nobles and the basis of our authority.
But, with these letters...
if everybody can read and write,
the system of Joseon society will collapse.
The world will be engulfed by chaos, and the aristocrats, the root of Joseon, will collapse.
Then!?!
What must we do?
We must block it.
Blocking the promulgation of the letters is our priority.
But isn't Lee Shin Jeok due to make a deal today?
Won't the King have no choice to acquiesce to the ministers' demands?
Yes, of course.
Your Majesty,
I've received reports that Prime Minister and Right State Minister have arrived in court.
Alright, let's go.
They must not make a deal with Lee Do.
We have to stop Lee Shin Jeok!
Stop it immediately!
RIGHT NOW!!!