Korea — Not random

Will happen within 180 days of June 2, 1420

Description

The Chiphyonjon, or Hall of Assembled Worthies, was a royal research institute founded at the behest of King Sejong. It brought about a number of major cultural achievements that have proved a lasting legacy to the Korean nation. Most important perhaps were the dozens of compilation projects supervised by the Chiphyonjon scholars on agriculture, Confucian thought, history, geography, law, linguistics, and medicine.

Actions

A. OK

• Innovativeness +1
• Infrastructure tech investment: +200

Korea — Not random

Will happen within 180 days of June 2, 1498

Description

While serving as Third Censor in 1495, Kim Il-son, a former state historian, proved himself to be a man willing to go to great lengths in criticizing government officials regardless of their power or status. One of Kim's accusatory memoranda set off a controversy that soon took on a life all of its own. The resulting reaction lead to a purge of many of the intellectuals that had dared to critise the officials and the king.

Actions

A. OK

• Innovativeness -1
• Infrastructure tech investment: -200

Korea — Not random

Will happen within 30 days of September 2, 1504

Description

During the course of a state banquet in the autumn of 1503, Minister of Rites Yi Se-jwa accidentally spilled wine on the king's robes during dinner. The king interpreted it as a crime against the sovereign and therefore treasonous. The incident set of a chain of events resulting in banishments, purges and executions of the officials and intellectuals, who had survived the first purge, to stamp out contempt for authority.

Actions

A. OK

• Innovativeness -2
• Centralization +1
• Serfdom +1
• Stability -2

Korea — Not random

Will happen within 180 days of June 2, 1519

Description

Cho Kwang-jo, a Neo-Confucian reformer, attempted to shape the government according to Confucian ideals. His initial successes in reformation backfired when he went too far in attacking the old order. The fundamental devotion of the purge victims to the throne was never questioned, unlike earlier purges. The government believed that 'Cho Kwang-jo's clique', as it was called, was misguided, that much of its reform program would harm the government, and that the turbulence caused by its actions constituted a grave threat to Yi society and the foundations of the state. The result was that Cho Kwang-jo and his young idealists were eliminated and the inter-factional battles developed into naked power struggles. Scores of people were executed and hundreds were either dismissed from government office or exiled.

Actions

A. OK

• Innovativeness -1
• Stability -3
• A random province revolts

Korea — Not random

Will happen within 180 days of June 2, 1608

Description

The Korean economy was in a very bad shape by the 17th century and to rectify this state Chief State Councillor Yi Won-ik gradually introduced previously ignored reforms in the tax system. The tribute tax levied against households was replaced with a unified tax on arable land. The tax on goods was limited to a quota which let enterprising peasant and wholesalers make and sell surplus goods. The net effect was lower taxes for peasants, increased revenues for the state and an rise in commerce.

Actions

A. OK

• Serfdom -1
• Mercantilism -1
• +2 base tax value in Kyongju
• +2 base tax value in Yalu