He Became King Sejong’s Lifelong Prime Minister - Chapter 0

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Prologue

Someone in a certain Gallery said that serving in office under King Sejong would be something you should never do.

You might think it’s nonsense to say you shouldn’t serve under King Sejong, who is considered the greatest ruler in Joseon’s 500-year history. But there’s a good reason for this.

King Sejong is indeed a perfect ruler who is wiser than anyone else, fair and just, loves his people dearly, and trusts his subordinates completely.

I have not even a speck of intention to deny that fact… but the problem is this.

Any capable person who catches King Sejong’s eye gets turned into a lifelong Prime Minister.

It’s just like how someone who’s exceptionally active in a Gallery suddenly turns blue, if you know what I mean.

And just like what happened to Hwang Hee, the more you beg to please let you retire, the later your retirement gets, and you end up being worked to death by King Sejong who works overtime for the people like it’s his daily meal.

I didn’t want to experience this fact firsthand either.

Being able to serve such an excellent monarch as King Sejong could be called the greatest honor of a lifetime for a subject, but still, after being worked to exhaustion for decades…

“Please allow this subject, Prime Minister Kim Dae-bung, to resign from office!”

It’s been 40 years since I started my government service under King Sejong.

In the original history, he reigned for 32 years and passed away from various complications and adult diseases caused by obesity… but thanks to my intervention, King Sejong is still very healthy to this day.

It’s good that King Sejong is healthy and living long, but the problem is that I’ve been worked to the bone for just as long.

Therefore, I’m trying to find freedom even now.

“This subject is now old and has no strength in my back and legs. As my body has weakened, I’ve lost even my former intelligence, making it difficult to continue serving the Royal Ancestral Shrine and State.”

This is already the 15th time I’ve requested resignation.

Now let me retire like Minister Hwang Hee did. I want to live comfortably after retirement.

God, Buddha, the admin of Historical Drama Gallery, please…

King Sejong, who often becomes the very embodiment of a wicked slave master to his subjects, chuckled and gave this royal command once again.

“I do not permit the Prime Minister’s resignation. The Prime Minister is my Zhuge Liang, my Xiao He, and like Jiang Taigong—how could I let you go?”

… If I had known this would happen, I should have… no, not the State Examination Answer Sheet.

When I went to the capital to take the civil service exam, I shouldn’t have given a sharp rebuke to King Sejong when he appeared before me with his identity hidden.

Now that I think about it, that was completely like acting cute and begging the military to draft me…

‘What the hell is this, seriously.’

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