Great Fire of Hanyang (8)

When something major erupts, solving that problem alone does not bring everything to an end.

One must deal with all the losses and repercussions caused by the problem, and take every necessary follow-up measure to ensure that the same problem or a similar accident never happens again before it can truly be considered over.

Even if the first incident is dismissed as an unavoidable mistake, the second is no longer a mistake—it is a preventable disaster that we failed to prevent.

“To solve this problem, we ultimately have to eliminate the butcher class itself, don't we?”

Being born a butcher in Joseon makes a normal life utterly impossible.

The court cracks down on butchers, prohibiting them from slaughtering cattle or horses at all.

It also persecutes them, insisting that raising livestock while living a nomadic life is absolutely unacceptable.

Since their entire livelihood is prohibited, butchers should be absorbed into rural communities... but those communities refuse to accept them.

If they were born slaves, they would at least be accepted as the lowest members of a village community and could somehow manage to survive...

But butchers are regarded as bad people who roam around in groups committing all kinds of crimes, and are routinely shunned as filthy men who slaughter cattle...