Matchlocks and Northern Expedition (4)

The news that the conquest of the Jurchens had been finalized was surprising enough, but the news about me that came with it was even more shocking.

They say that's how the world works: those who are good at their jobs get saddled with more work...

Honestly, wasn't this just too much?

I was definitely a good person in my previous life, so why had I been appointed to a position like this at a time like this...?

“Right State Councillor, is what is written in the royal edict I received really correct? Could there have been some mistake when the Office of Diplomatic Correspondence drafted it?”

“Heh heh, are you pleased because a new opportunity to devote yourself to the state and royal house has arisen? His Majesty must have thought there was no position in the Ministry of Military Affairs suitable for our Hogun Kim, so he temporarily appointed you as a Hogun of the Five Guards. His Majesty trusts Hogun Kim so greatly that he has placed you in charge of all the Ministry of Military Affairs’ subordinate offices. His favor is truly immense.”

“You entrusted all the practical affairs of the Ministry of Military Affairs to a mere fourth-rank official? The Ministry has a Vice Minister, an Assistant Minister, and a Deputy Director, does it not?”

“The Deputy Director’s post is vacant. Well, just remember it that way, Hogun Kim.”

Jo Mal-saeng ignored my words completely and rambled on about something unrelated.

They had assigned a mere fourth-rank nobody work that should have been handled by a senior court official...