I Humbly Beseech You to Repel Them with an Iron Mace (8)

In every era and every country, the entrenched elite want the people to live as foolish idiots.

The ignorant masses do not rebel even when exploited, nor do they seek the positions held by the entrenched elite.

That is because the ruling class can exploit and rule over them with impunity for generations upon generations.

Most people in high places think this way, but they generally avoid saying it out loud.

If they openly say that the masses are dogs and pigs, angry people provoked by the statement might take away the speaker's privileged position.

And the garbage submitting memorials here are carefully dressing up the notion that ‘the masses must remain dogs and pigs forever’ in elaborate language and loudly spouting it...

Since we have decided to crush them anyway, we must eradicate them thoroughly, with the resolve to crush even the cockroaches' eggs.

"I have never lived in Goryeo. However, my father told me again and again from the time I was young what kind of country Goryeo was, so I know it very well."

At the mention of Goryeo, Jeong Chang-son and his companions, who had been submitting memorials nearby, all glared at me.

They looked ready to grab me by the collar and drag me away at any moment, but they could not carry out their intentions...