Joseon Devours an Engineering Student (3)

His Majesty King Sejong bestowed upon me a box of Ulleungdo pumpkin taffy.

Of course, since pumpkins themselves did not even exist in Joseon at this point, it goes without saying that he did not actually bestow real pumpkin taffy on me.

“He wants me to revise everything Jang Yeong-sil put together and submit it?”

One of the Hall of Worthies’ duties is certainly to research policies and devise ways to implement them.

However, the practical department that would actually have to revise and implement a policy devised by Jang Yeong-sil is unquestionably the Ministry of Works.

In other words, if things were being done by the book, His Majesty King Sejong should first order the Ministry of Works to revise the policies Jang Yeong-sil proposed, and then have the Hall of Worthies review them.

But why had this matter come to me in the Hall of Worthies first instead of proceeding by the book?

Why was His Majesty adding yet another trial to the already excessive workload I had to handle?

Of course, it was true that the policies Jang Yeong-sil had devised were essential to the country.

‘Why does he have to single me out for this?’...