"How can these cabinet ministers just watch the situation! Open those mouths that usually speak so proudly!"
Gojong, the king who crowned himself Emperor, berated his ministers while restlessly trembling with fear.
Was it the price of comfortably settling into the neutrality created by the Russian Emperor? When the first bill hit Korea, the Korean court was shaken to its roots.
"A mere minister threatening a country's monarch is a matter that must be punished! Your Majesty, first let's arrest him-"
"You speak of arresting a diplomatic envoy? Are you suggesting we go to war with Russia?"
The very reason Minister Weber still remained in Korea was due to Gojong's desperate request, yet they speak of arresting him?
Though usually not active in ministerial meetings, Gojong had to do something about the Tsar's 'request.'
"Your Majesty, haven't we done enough by banishing all former Japanese envoys to insignificant posts?"
