Breaking the Cartel (7)

“What exactly have we done wrong that you are giving us a chance to repent?”

What pitiful creatures.

No.

They were at the very top of the sijeon merchants’ cartel pyramid; I had no business pitying them.

They already had more than enough, and they had even tried to commit acts that would consume Joseon, so pitying them would be utterly pointless.

In my heart, I wanted to say, ‘You don’t know what crimes you committed? Then I suppose you can die,’ and purge these deep-rooted evils by exposing all their various misdeeds and making them face the judgment of the law, but...

The only reason I could not do so was that Joseon would have difficulty bearing the repercussions that would follow after stripping these bastards bare.

Instead, because of that insolent remark of yours, your wealth will be reduced by ‘half.’

Have you never heard that if you keep quiet, you will at least avoid making things worse?

“Several merchants belonging to the sijeon guild came to see my father-in-law a little while ago.”...