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His son, witnessing his father's death, vows to tell the story to the king himself.","summary_language":"en","summary_source":"chapter_translation","summary_status":"editorial","summary_verification":"verified"},"summary":"Once, in a kingdom at peace, corruption was crushing the peasantry. A farmer, over a debt of one sack of rice, is forced with a fingerprint-sealed document to give up his child as a slave. The landlords and the judge are in league. An honest man petitions the governor, but the judge sentences him to a hundred lashes for breaking the ban; when he curses the king, his sentence is doubled and he dies. His son, witnessing his father's death, vows to tell the story to the king himself.","key_events":["Dead man's son vows to tell his father's story to the king in person","Sechongtong weapon demonstrated: load gunpowder, arrow, light fuse, aim, fire","Illiterate debtor ordered to sell child as slave over rice debt via fingerprint document","Law banning lawsuits against judges prevents accusing own judge","Governor revealed as corrupt ally of judge, blocks petition and shares bribes","Son confronts king as foolish, says he will follow him to tell his story","Honest man lashed 200 times for breaking law and insulting king, dies cursing king","Judge colludes with landlords, suppresses complaints and shares corruption profits","Honest man petitions governor with corruption list seeking king's audience","Villagers recount repeated injustices like lost foundry and fields"],"characters_involved":[],"transcript":{"available":true,"format":"plain-text","language":"en","content":"THERE ONCE WAS A KINGDOM THAT WAS FOUNDED...\n...AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF TURMOIL.\nPEACE WAS RESTORED IN THE LAND...\n\n...AND THE PEOPLE WERE HAPPY.\nIT WAS INDEED AN ERA OF PEACE AND PROSPERITY...\n...AND EVERYONE PRAISED THE WISE AND BENEVOLENT KING.\n\nUNFORTUNATELY, CORRUPTION ALWAYS FOUND A WAY...\nTHIS IS UNREASONABLE!\n...TO SEEP INTO THE WATER DOWNSTREAM.\nHOW CAN YOU TELL ME TO SELL MY CHILD AS A SLAVE FOR FAILING TO REPAY A SACK OF RICE?\n\nTHIS IS AN UNJUST RULING!\nWHAT IS THIS NONSENSE ABOUT?\nTHAT'S WHAT YOU PROMISED. SO WHY ARE YOU BLAMING ME?\nWH-WHAT DO YOU MEAN, SIR...?\n\nI NEVER PROMISED--\nLOOK HERE.\nTHAT'S YOUR FINGERPRINT. YOU AGREED TO SELL YOUR CHILD...\n...IN CASE YOU FAIL TO REPAY THE DEBT WITH INTEREST IN DUE TIME.\n\nN-NO ONE TOLD ME THAT'S WHAT THE DOCUMENT SAYS!\nI CAN'T READ! HOW WOULD I KNOW WHAT IT SAYS?\nNO ONE TOLD ME ABOUT THIS WHEN I BORROWED THE SACK OF RICE!\n\nMAGISTRATE! THIS IS UNJUST!!\nIT WAS QUITE COMMON...\nMY GOODNESS...\n...TO SEE CORRUPTION AND COLLUSION...\nSORRY TO TROUBLE YOU WITH SUCH A BOTHERSOME TASK.\n\nDON'T MENTION IT. I DO IT WITH PLEASURE.\n..BETWEEN THE LANDLORDS AND THE MAGISTRATE OF THE VILLAGE.\nWE ARE PARTNERS WHO HELP EACH OTHER.\nIN FACT, I SHOULD THANK YOU. THE FOOLISH COMMONERS CONSTANTLY PLAGUE YOU WITH THEIR TROUBLES.\n\nTHIS IS A DISASTER! HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?\n\nI CAN'T BELIEVE MY CHILDREN BECAME SLAVES OVERNIGHT, JUST FOR A SACK OF RICE!\nTHIS ISN’T THE FIRST TIME SOMETHING LIKE THIS HAS HAPPENED!\nBLACKSMITH YU LOST HIS ENTIRE FORGE BECAUSE HE COULDN’T DELIVER ON TIME!\n\nJANG LOST ALL HIS FARMLAND. AND WHEN HE WAS ABLE TO PAY RENT, HE ENDED UP A SLAVE TOO...\nTHIS KEEPS HAPPENING OVER AND OVER AGAIN.\nSOON, WE’LL ALL END UP DEAD OR ENSLAVED!\n\nWE CAN’T LET THIS HAPPEN!\nWE CAN’T KEEP LIVING LIKE THIS.\nWE MUST RIGHT THE WRONGS.\nBUT HOW ARE WE GOING TO DO THAT?\n\nTHE MAGISTRATE IS IN BED WITH THE NOBLES. THERE’S NO POINT IN REPORTING IT TO THE AUTHORITIES.\nAND YOU KNOW WHY WE CAN'T...\nTHE LAW AGAINST SUING MAGISTRATES.\n\nTHE LAW AGAINST... WHAT?\nOH, YOU FOOL.\nTHAT SHOWS YOUR IGNORANCE...\nTHE LAW AGAINST SUING LOCAL MAGISTRATES.\nIT LITERALLY MEANS COMMONERS CAN'T ACCUSE THEIR MAGISTRATES.\n\nWHAT KIND OF RIDICULOUS LAW IS THAT?\nIT WILL BE FINE.\nIN HINDSIGHT...\nSURELY, HIS MAJESTY WOULD'VE THOUGHT OF A WAY TO PREVENT MAGISTRATES FROM ABUSING THAT LAW.\n\n...HIS FIRST CRIME...\nTHERE MUST BE A WAY.\n...WAS THE FACT THAT HE WAS TOO RIGHTEOUS FOR HIS OWN GOOD.\n\nTHANK YOU FOR SEEING ME, GOVERNOR.\nWELCOME.\n\nNOW, TELL ME WHAT TROUBLES YOU.\nYOU MAY SPEAK FREELY.\nTHE MAGISTRATE OF THE VILLAGE IS CORRUPT BEYOND TOLERANCE.\n\nTHE PEOPLE CRY OUT FROM THEIR SUFFERING EVERY SINGLE DAY.\nI MADE A DETAILED LIST OF HIS CORRUPT WAYS.\nI SEE. IT MUST’VE TROUBLED YOU GREATLY TO DO THIS.\nTHANK YOU FOR COMING ALL THE WAY HERE TO GIVE ME THE LIST IN PERSON.\n\nSIR...\nWILL MY PETITION BE DELIVERED TO HIS MAJESTY?\nHMM? WHY DO YOU ASK THAT?\nTHE MAGISTRATE HAS STRONG TIES WITH THE NOBLES AND LANDLORDS IN THE AREA.\n\nI’M WORRIED THAT HE MIGHT HAVE AN INFLUENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT.\nIS THAT SO? WELL, THERE IS NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT.\nTHAT IS EXACTLY WHY HIS MAJESTY APPOINTED PEOPLE LIKE ME AS A GOVERNOR TO OVERSEE THE REGION.\n\nREST ASSURED, YOUR PETITION WILL REACH HIS MAJESTY. YOU MAY LEAVE NOW.\nTHANK YOU, SIR.\n\nWELL... LOOK AT THAT...\nHOW ATROCIOUS...\nTHE RIGHTEOUS MAN'S SECOND CRIME...\nGEEZ...\n\n...WAS THAT HE WAS OBLIVIOUS TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD.\nYOU SURE TOOK A LOT OF THINGS...\n...MAGISTRATE.\nSEE? I TOLD YOU NOT TO TAKE TOO MUCH, OR IT WILL BE OBVIOUS.\n\nHAHA... I'M EMBARRASSED, SIR.\nI HEARD YOU'VE BEEN FEELING RATHER TIRED LATELY.\nI KNOW OF A FAMOUS HOT SPRING, RECENTLY VISITED BY HIS MAJESTY HIMSELF.\n\nWHY DON'T YOU TAKE A NICE LONG VACATION THERE, SIR?\nI'LL MAKE SURE EVERYTHING IS SORTED OUT BY THE TIME YOU RETURN.\nJUST AS A NATION HAS ITS ORDER AND THE KING RULES OVER HIS OFFICIALS...\n\n...THE PEOPLE MUST RESPECT THEIR SUPERIORS.\nOTHERWISE, THE KING CANNOT RULE OVER HIS OFFICIALS...\n...AND FATHERS WILL NOT BE ABLE TO TAKE CARE OF THEIR OWN CHILDREN.\nTHERE IS AN ORDER TO EVERYTHING.\n\nAND THAT IS THE BASIS FOR THE LAW AGAINST SUING MAGISTRATES.\nHOW DEEP DOES THE CORRUPTION GO...?\n\nOH NO...\nLOOKS LIKE THIS WILL BE ANOTHER BLOODY DAY...!\nTHE PEOPLE ARE NOT TO SUE THEIR OWN MAGISTRATES. DO YOU UNDERSTAND?\n\nI’M IMPRESSED. DO YOU HAVE THE GOVERNOR IN YOUR POCKET TOO?\nYOU WENT STRAIGHT TO THE GOVERNOR WITHOUT CONSULTING ME, SO YOU PROBABLY KNOW ABOUT THE LAW.\nTHEN YOU MUST KNOW THE PUNISHMENT FOR BREAKING THE SAID LAW AS WELL.\nIT WOULD BE TOO HARSH TO EXILE YOU A HUNDRED MILES AWAY.\n\nSO I’LL LET YOU OFF AFTER A HUNDRED LASHES.\nWHAT? A HUNDRED LASHES? THAT’S PRACTICALLY A DEATH SENTENCE!\nTHIS IS HORRIBLE...!\nNO...\n\nFATHER...\nTHE RIGHTEOUS MAN WHO WAS OBLIVIOUS TO THE WAYS OF THE WORLD HAD YET ANOTHER CRIME.\nTHE KING...\nHUH...?\n\nON TOP OF HIS OTHER TWO CRIMES...\nTHE KING'S MALEVOLENCE...\n...HAS MADE HIM APPOINT A CORRUPT MAN SUCH AS YOURSELF!\n...HE WAS BRAVE. AND THAT WAS HIS CRITICAL FLAW.\nTHE KING IS MALEVOLENT!!\n\nAND SO, THE PEOPLE SUFFER IN HIS PLACE!!!\nMOCKING HIS MAJESTY IS A GRAVE CRIME.\nADD ANOTHER HUNDRED LASHES.\n\nSTRIKE HIM, AND STRIKE HIM HARD!\n\nTHE RIGHTEOUS, OBLIVIOUS, AND BRAVE MAN...\n...DIED CURSING THE KING.\n\nAND HIS SON SWORE TO HIMSELF AS HE WATCHED HIS FATHER DIE BEFORE HIS EYES.\n\nTHAT ONE DAY, HE WOULD TELL...\n...THE KING HIMSELF...\nTO BE COMPLETELY HONEST, I WAS HOPING YOU WOULDN'T SHOW UP.\n\nAND YET, HERE YOU ARE.\n...THE STORY OF THE RIGHTEOUS, OBLIVIOUS, AND BRAVE MAN.\nYOU DECIDED TO COME...\n\nWHY DO YOU STAND SO FAR, SIR?\nPLEASE JOIN ME ON THIS SIDE.\n\nALLOW ME TO SHOW MY GRATITUDE AND RESPECT.\nWELL...\nI'D SAY THIS IS A GOOD SPOT TO OBSERVE.\n\nI'LL STAY ON THIS SIDE IF YOU DON'T MIND.\nHERE.\nTHE SECHONGTONG IS FAIRLY SIMPLE TO USE.\n\nYOU LOAD THE CHAMBER WITH GUNPOWDER AND LOAD THE ARROW.\nYOU LIGHT THE WICK, AIM, AND FIRE...\n\nWHAT DO YOU THINK?\nQUITE EASY, RIGHT?\n\nNOW, GIVE IT A TRY YOURSELF.\nYOUR MAJESTY...\nDO YOU REALLY HAVE TO...\n...GIVE HIM THIS OPPORTUNITY...?\n\nI DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON...\nI HAVE NO IDEA WHY YOU BROUGHT ME HERE FOR THIS DEMONSTRATION...\n\nBUT YOU MADE A MISTAKE, KING.\nNO WONDER WHY YOU CREATED A LAW LIKE THAT.\n\nYOU FOOL!!\nI WILL SOON FOLLOW YOU AND TELL YOU MY STORY.","bubble_count":149,"pages_count":48,"source":"community"},"spoiler":{"level":"auto","safe_teaser":"Once, in a kingdom at peace, corruption was crushing the peasantry.","spoiler_summary":"Once, in a kingdom at peace, corruption was crushing the peasantry. 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