Matchlocks and Northern Expedition (3)

Sejong hated the Jurchens.

It was true that they had once made a great contribution to founding Joseon by helping his own grandfather, King Taejo.

But that was all in the past.

Now, they were nothing more than stray dogs living off scraps of meat tossed to them by those Ming bastards...

Yet those stray dogs did not stop there. They frequently kidnapped Joseon subjects living in the north, forced them into slavery, sold them, and even slaughtered them.

They were people who could not be left alone and had to be annihilated.

Sejong spoke in the presence of all the assembled ministers.

"I hate the Jurchen barbarians."

At these words, the ministers swallowed nervously and grew tense.

"The Jurchen barbarians should be content to live by scavenging the scraps of meat tossed to them by those Ming bastards. Yet while picking up those scraps, they cross over into Joseon, plunder our people, kidnap them and turn them into slaves, and even kill them for amusement. As the king of Joseon and the father of all my people, I can never forgive those wretches. One day, I will tear out their livers and chew them up."...