American: Native Empire Chapter 13: Reforming the Administration

Chapter 13 < Reforming the Administration >

Of course, it took so more ti to mass-produce paper. But it was only a matter of ti before paper was produced in large quantities.

But paper alone is not enough.

Why make paper?

Of course, one could draw pictures or do other things with it, but the main reason was to make records through paper.

Then, naturally, one needed letters. And Kim Ki-woo had already decided to spread Hangul in this land a long ti ago.

Therefore, Kim Ki-woo started working on completing Hangul to match the pronunciation of this region before paper and writing tools were mass-produced.

Thank you, King Sejong!

This work was not very difficult. There was already a great base of Hangul.

The hardest part was translating words into Hangul. In other words, it was the process of making a standard language dictionary.

If the standard of words was not established, similar pronunciations would be written differently and cause confusion. Therefore, it was a necessary process.

The problem was that the translation work was tedious. Kim Ki-woo did not have ti to do this work alone.

Kim Ki-woo gathered so people from the Creek tribe who were known to be wise and taught them Hangul first. And he instructed them like this.

Write down all the words you know on this paper. Focus on the ones that are commonly used.

Do we just write as we hear?

Yes. Ill fix it at the end, so just write freely.

Understood.

Then their brainstorming began. They wrote down whatever words they could think of.

Of course, many words overlapped. Basic words like sun, moon, wind, earth, and spirit overlapped almost all.

But as the number of people increased, many words were recorded excluding the overlapping ones.

Kim Ki-woo organized the grammar during that ti. He defined the spacing, spelling, and types of words.

And he checked the dictionary that was made after excluding duplicate words.

It took about six months for this work.

Of course, it was still an incomplete dictionary with many parts missing, but he judged that most of the common words were included for now.

The missing words could be added continuously.

Around this ti, paper production began. Paper was first intended to go to the officials.

And finally, at the tribal conference, this good news was ntioned for the first ti. Of course, there were already rumors that he had made letters.

From now on, we will have new letters called Hangul and our own numbers. I and several tribesn have worked together to create letters and numbers and record words that match them to compile a standard language dictionary. From now on, we will be able to write down countless records and stories on the paper that is being produced.

Finally

Haha. It went really well!

The foundation of an early state was already established.

In other words, everyone who participated in the conference was an official who did practical work.

They were also uncomfortable with reporting only by word of mouth.

Therefore, they were moved by the fact that letters and numbers and a standard language dictionary were created.

Letters are sound letters so they are easy to learn. Numbers can also be learned quickly. Everyone should learn them hard and use them for work.

After that day, the Creek tribes officials learned letters and numbers and standard words.

And at so point they started to learn more fervently.

They had no choice.

After giving enough ti to the officials, he declared that he would only receive written reports except for major reports.

In other words, learning letters and words beca mandatory rather than optional.

At first, the handwriting of the reports was so hard to read and the spelling was wrong countless tis. But this was a problem that ti would solve.

There are so many overlaps.

As soon as he started receiving reports separately, problems beca apparent at a glance.

There were many cases where the work areas were vague.

If they reported orally together, they could report discreetly, but as soon as they received written reports, these problems beca prominent.

Overlapping parts, missing parts all stood out clearly.

Now I have to divide the work areas clearly.

Of course, it was not a thought that he had in a day or two. But he waited because this was the best ti to distribute paper and docunts.

Kim Ki-woo announced his reorganization plan at the regular eting.

From today, I will reorganize the political system. The current political system could only exist when the previous Creek tribe was at the level of a small tribe. Now that the scale has changed so much, I will establish nine departnts and a Supre Court.

There were no officials who were shocked or surprised by Kim Ki-woos remarks.

There had been whispers about departnt reorganization for a long ti.

The officials agreed with this.

Then how will it be reorganized?

The smart head who was the chief of education asked.

First, the eight departnts are like this.

Kim Ki-woo listed the nas of the departnts he had thought of.

From the administration departnt headed by Kim Ki-woo to the agriculture departnt, industry departnt, comrce departnt, construction departnt, security departnt, military departnt, education departnt, and foreign affairs departnt.

He decided to legislate in the administration departnt. In other words, it ant that laws would be made according to Kim Ki-woos taste.

The administration departnt will gather with the heads of each departnt and the officials of the administration departnt to make policies and laws. I will take the seat of the head of the administration departnt.

There was no opposition. And then Kim Ki-woo began to na the heads of each departnt.

The head of education was Smart Head, who was the chief of education, the head of comrce was Swiftfoot, who was the chief of hunting, and the head of military was Strong Bow, who was the chief of War.

These three were already chiefs. The other five heads were also from the Creek tribe.

In other words, all nine heads, including Kim Ki-woo, were from the Creek tribe.

The chief justice and secretary-general were also the sa.

The secretary-general was Straight Tree, Kim Ki-woos closest aide.

It was an extre selection.

I have no choice but to go this way for now.

First of all, he had to exclude the four tribes that surrendered first. They had invaded the Creek tribe anyway.

And those who surrendered later were mostly unfamiliar with Creeks standard language. Their work skills were also lower than those nad.

Of course, this would improve over ti.

There was a more important reason than this. They were the ones who worked hardest to make Creek what it is now.

If he excluded them and appointed other tribes, it would be like betraying his comrades who walked the sa path. Kim Ki-woo had no reason to take such a political risk.

As ti passed, they would naturally accept other tribes as leaders.

I hope you all take responsibility for your departnts and lead them well.

Yes, Grand Chief.

Dont worry.

The officials expressions were not bad because they were generally satisfied with their positions. But Kim Ki-woo did not forget to warn them once.

Ive heard so bad things lately. They say that there is discrimination among officials because they are from different tribes.

Kim Ki-woo swept his cold eyes over those who had been laughing until a mont ago.

Those who participated in the eting were all core figures of the tribe. They couldnt have been unaware of this problem.

As expected. The expressions of so people worsened or they subtly avoided Kim Ki-woos eyes.

They either led or condoned things that happened openly or secretly. It would be one of those two.

Ill say it again, you shouldnt discriminate because they are from different tribes. If I hear such things again, I wont let it go. Rember my words.

Yes, Grand Chief.

We will keep that in mind.

Probably because they had worked longer, most of the upper officials were from the Creek tribe. Therefore, discrimination against other tribes by the Creek tribe was spreading among the officials.

Kim Ki-woo did not intend to ignore this situation. He only warned them for now, but he was determined to root out these people even if their work beca overloaded.

The upper water must be clear for the lower water to be clear. If he didnt weed out these weeds quickly, they would surely grow into dark forces in society.

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The first thing that started as soon as the departnts were divided was construction.

After all, there had to be buildings for the departnts to enter.

It was already a long ti since the construction boom started.

Therefore, skilled construction workers were gradually erging.

And now they could draw blueprints with pencils and erasers on paper.

They also had numbers, and he unified the asurent system to the tric system for his convenience. There was nothing rough.

Kim Ki-woo tried to spread letters and blueprints to construction managers and various craftsn and professionals.

Technology would develop only if it was recorded continuously.

That didnt an he could sit idly by until the buildings of the departnts were completed.

Kim Ki-woo clearly defined the scope of work for each departnt and had them recruit the necessary personnel for their departnts.

Hey, have you decided which departnt youre going to?

No. Im still thinking about it. I wanted to go to the administration departnt, but that seems difficult.

Dont do that and how about the agriculture departnt?

Agriculture departnt? Hmm. Youre going to the agriculture departnt, right?

Haha. You caught . Think about it. The agriculture departnt will be easier than other departnts, right? You can see it when you look at the industry departnt.

Thats true. The industry departnt is And you never know when a new thing will be made. But it seems rewarding in its own way.

If you go to the industry or construction departnt, youll regret it in less than a week.

Still, Im not interested in the agriculture departnt. If I wanted an easy job, I would have gone to the foreign affairs departnt.

Isnt there too little to do there?

Since holding multiple positions was not allowed, the officials carefully chose the departnt they wanted to enter.

In this situation, various departnts tried hard to attract proven talents. A talent war broke out.

Of course, the best brains of the tribe entered the administration departnt voluntarily or involuntarily.

But Kim Ki-woo didnt really like them.

Damn. Theres a lack of talent. This wont work. No matter how much I sign, the docunts dont decrease!

There was also a reason that this was a transitional period of political reform, but the bigger problem was that he had no talents to assist him.

Other departnts wouldnt be much different.

He missed modern Korea where high-level talents had a hard ti finding good jobs because of unemploynt.

In the end, the only way to solve this was to create more talents. To do that

Education. Education is the only answer.

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