Chapter 108

Chapter 108

Scientific Management Technique (6)

The matter of Yi Hwan suddenly going crazy and admitting the only throne successor not even ten to Eton did not occur.

No matter how much ate Western water, in the traditional Joseon worldview this clearly means <​entering the court>. A weight dimensionally different from sending two lowly royal relatives exiled to Ganghwa Island.

Instead in Hanyang there are <​elementary school> and <​higher middle school> whose names are also brilliant.

Among establishing a new school for the crown prince and sending the crown prince to the existing elementary school, Yi Hwan’s heart went more to the latter.

‘If establishing a new school the value of the existing established school will fall.’

With very high probability, precious family children will swarm full in the new school and only children of lesser families will remain in the existing school. Obvious even without looking.

And this pattern did not seem particularly different from the pattern old hyanggyo collapsed. Yi Hwan did not want the school he established to remain a shell, and hoped even children of somewhat lower status can solidify friendship with the crown prince.

The matter regarding the crown prince was settled for now.

The marriage matter must wait until news is conveyed to London and a reply comes, and the school also intended to have the Ganghwa brothers take the teaching position when they return soon.

Besides this matter the king had very many things to do.

Joseon was changing day by day, and the rapid current of change was like summer flood no one could even go against this current and if just staggering once seemed would be swept away as is.

Can safely, hand over a intact country to the crown prince.

Yi Hwan suddenly became tired.

***

1859.

In the original history the Land of the Morning Calm Joseon did not respond to any external changes, and only rotted deeply in the shit bucket of sedo politics.

However this year was not an exaggeration to see as the year human history fluctuated.

As the Second Italian War of Independence broke out Europe’s short peace ended.

The Liberal Party and Palmerston who seized the regime at the same time as founding were ready to taste what suspicion country’s suspicion is to the whole world after a long time.

“Reinforce the Mediterranean fleet.”

“War?”

“No way. But just with the existence of our fleet the Habsburg underbite bastards will have chilly napes.”

British domestic public opinion clearly supported Italy and cursed Austria. If British people proclaiming the bulwark of liberalism like the Habsburg the alpha and omega of absolute monarchy that would be more strange.

However not intense public opinion enough to shout war. Not even a few years since the Crimean War ended. Moreover anxiety whether if France makes Italy a puppet country what to do was also laid.

Russia also did not participate because suffered total body fracture in the Crimean War, and Prussia once issued a mobilization order to the army but watched hoping the competitor Austria gets beaten.

While war was occurring in Italy, the Palmerston cabinet began building fortresses everywhere on the coast on the British-like pretext <​must prepare in case France invades Britain>. A money waste that will remain long in history.

The Italian unification war ended in less than 1 year.

“Shall we end in a draw?”

“Uh? Uuh??”

French Emperor Napoleon III essentially rose to that seat backed by uncle Napoleon Bonaparte’s prestige.

So nephew Napoleon also had to advertise from time to time that he inherited Napoleon’s military strategy, but this emperor greatly received mental shock advancing to the battlefield leading the French army.

The Franco-Sardinian allied forces somehow repelled Austria but human casualties were not light, and France that did not particularly want Italy to revive as a proper independent country backstabbed Sardinia and arbitrarily ended the war with Austria.

However contrary to Napoleon III’s expectation, Italian unification became one era flow that cannot be blocked. The emperor’s grace was full all over Italy.

The breathless tiki-taka between Britain and France also occurred in Egypt.

This rice cake was precisely that famous Suez Canal.

“Canal? Why dig a canal?”

“Barely laid the Egypt crossing railway if digging a canal what do we eat and live?”

“Let’s obstruct as much as possible while moderately choosing means and methods.”

[Even if digging canal large ships won’t be able to pass]

[Said the construction digging the canal cannot be done sober so use slaves! If Christian must oppose the Suez Canal?]

[Said cover construction costs with canal tolls? Will that work?]

British people tried to block the construction of the canal throwing all sorts of rice cakes, but French people when unable to receive overseas investment almost all investment money themselves and stubbornly entered Suez Canal construction.

Across the Atlantic in America the conflict over slavery became huge enough no one can clean up now.

In Britain that famous clock tower <​Big Ben> was operated for the first time, and the principal of the prestigious school Harrow who was a renowned clergyman committed hot adultery with a male student and was threatened by parents and resigned. The truth was buried in darkness until historians excavated 0 years later.

Not the end here!

John Stuart Mill published <​On Liberty>.

The great mathematician Bernhard Riemann published a paper <​On the Number of Primes Less Than a Given Number>.

One line of comment casually written in a mere 8-page paper later gifted mental illness to mathematicians around the world under the name ‘Riemann hypothesis’.

And Charles Darwin published <​On the Origin of Species>.

The first edition sold out in an instant.

And.

“Ebi!! Finally came!”

“...Who are you?”

“Kyaaaak!!”

“Daddy, daddy. Quick say daddy- and hug.”

Some goose dad finally reunited with family.

***

I intentionally crushed the national marriage problem.

“Rather how about becoming a noble preparing one appropriate excuse?”

“I don’t want that.”

Palmerston subtly tempted that if he pushes can become a noble but I firmly refused.

Owing political debt to Palmerston? That too enormous debt like noble title? This is precisely the bullshit of using private loans wanting to draw one Porsche. I am not crazy to that extent yet. Extremely sane.

And one more.

Soon noble titles become the end.

- End...?

I have some 21st century knowledge about British politics.

In the British parliament there are the House of Commons and the House of Lords, and the House of Lords is precisely the noble house. Noble masters can only be House of Lords members and commoners can only be House of Commons members means Britain’s politics.

- Then must do House of Lords member.

Not that, this pitiful and poor beast!

As time flows Britain’s House of Lords gradually loses authority, and later just falls to neighborhood real estate office or senior center level.

But the problem... is the point I don’t know exactly from when the House of Lords’ status falls. Fuck. Perhaps you know?

- How would I know?

Anyway therefore must carefully ponder about the title problem. Must see the liver a bit whether House of Commons good or House of Lords good.

Above all even becoming a noble does not automatically become a House of Lords member.

Britain’s House of Lords members are lifelong positions.

In one word the guy in front must die for someone among the candidates to become the next House of Lords member, will a brand new newbie who just received the title receive the gold badge or the precious young master who inherited something duke something count seat receive the gold badge?

Once becoming a noble cannot do House of Commons member for life, forever but if cannot even eat the House of Lords seat really completely isolated from politics. So must move carefully.

And the most important point.

“Joseon empress that seems hard.”

“Still can do well? Empress, empress!! Our daughter becomes the mother of one country!”

“Is the mother of a country bumpkin country like Joseon that good?”

“Don’t know how close our Ebi and the Joseon prince are. Right Ebi?”

“Mom give rice.”

I lived several years unable to even see our daughter’s face and only now seeing, but still have words to say as the original author.

Our daughter... is very... that, active and overflowing with power.

“Daddy! Run! Run!! Iryat!”

“Euaaaaa-”

Look at this. Sitting on my shoulder and grabbing my hair like horse reins and whipping. General material separate.

But throwing this into that vicious Joseon royal family?

“Seems won’t endure.”

“Why must endure? Fine matching palace etiquette to our daughter.”

Liz proved once more why she is American. Look at that terrifying spirit of the New World that will crush Asian traditions without mercy. Of course if in the if of if my daughter becomes crown princess and is harshly treated in the in-laws or ostracized as a foreigner immediately make Daniel cause a coup then-

- Arthur Arthur... you are proving why you are British.

What reason to leave the Joseon royal family that oppressed my daughter. Of course catch and transport to London and establish a governor general’s office in Hanyang.

- Not oppressed yet you!

Eum. Excited briefly. But seeing K-dramas or villainess young lady things or whatever eunuchs and court ladies secretly pour water or sprinkle diarrhea medicine on rice or deliberately mess up clothes was common.

Right. In case of if also recruit eunuchs and replace the royal guards with East India Company army a bit-

- Do moderately!

Must think around when Abigail grows a bit more and can ask her own will. Who knows. Later the crown prince might become a lustful and incompetent idiot.

This topic up to here.

I invited our Heonjong to London then organized the desire to eat Joseon governor general and devoted to the main job again.

Bicycles exploded big.

In this fucking world that knows patent rights as changing to taffy, Lee Gears Company’s bicycles were selling like crazy.

But overseas exports were not much occurring.

Not that frogs or German bastards damply set tariff barriers or such, but because anyway even domestically selling just breathing so no quantity to export overseas.

So what is the answer?

Factory expansion.

<​Lee Gears> is contacting in various ways to newly establish factories all around such as France, Prussia, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Russia. This enormous cost is funnily covered by royalties overseas bicycle companies send.

But there was a country disturbing my mood.

Precisely the barbaric country United States with no law and morality.

- Remember your wife is American?

Keuheum. Noisy. Since married me now honorary Briton.

Americans also were the same in being enthusiastic about bicycles, but these damn Americans literally tore their stomachs saying ‘patent fee? Said pay money? Don’t want evebep’.

If annoyed sue, but around when suing obvious will shut down the corporation and flee. Hard to distinguish whether this is United States or United ‘China’.

“Representative. Mustn’t establish our factory in America too?”

“Let’s think American investment a bit more carefully. Across the Atlantic so control seems won’t work well.”

Pure lie. If just sending one letter to our father-in-law whose eyes are red looking for investment destinations after organizing the whaling business all will be fine?

The reason I am pondering American investment is only one.

“America now the political board is also a mess.”

“That is so.”

“According to newspaper content Southern people say if Republican Lincoln is elected will not stay still.”

Republican presidential candidate Abraham Lincoln.

The Civil War is approaching right in front.

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