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From all the rave reviews I honestly expected better. Ruthless court politics and such. Instead this work honestly reads like a farce. The "politics" amounts to: MC proposes absurd thing, ministers disagree, MC berates them, the king yells at ministers, ministers kowtows and apologize. Later, amongst themselves, the same ministers who got berated would praise the MC for how smart he is. Rinse and repeat. Also did I mention the MC is still like 8 years old during all that? And the great King Sejong is reduced to riding the coattails of his son, just agreeing with and implementing all his sons proposals while having no agency of his own. Yeah. It's all kinda ridiculous honestly.Joseon during this time was very conservative so I kinda expected a bit more nuance in introducing progress than having a tantrum until he gets his way.