Best Korea: Part 02: 1453-1462: Legacy of King Sejong Do Yi

Capital of Hanseong got developed to 37dev, making it the richest city in the world, ahead of Constantinople, Nanjing, Paris, Milan, Beijing, Cairo, and Rome.

I adopted Renaissance in 1455, five years after Montferrat. It's slowly spreading to China due to our friendly relations.

It was time to clean up Manchuria a bit. Korchin had no friends. Haixi was allied to my rival Oirat, but Oirat was fighting and losing war to Ming, so they joined war against me, but couldn't afford to send any troops to help Haixi.

The last act of king Sejong Do Yi was sending ships of exploration to the Northern sea.

My king Sejong Do Yi died in 1462, ending the Yi dynasty, after disinheriting three of his heirs as disappointing.

He took Korea from a 135dev minor exposed to risk of Manchu raids into 385dev power and overlord of the still rebelious Manchu tribes. He brought Renaissance to Korea. He diligently sent tribute to Ming China every year.

Due to extensive intermarriage with Zhu dynasty ruling China, a 3/4/3 King Yung I Zhu took the throne, cousin of the Ming emperor.

The new king already started talking that he's the rightful ruler of China, not his cousin, but only when there were no Chinese to hear that.

The Ming-Oirat war has been ongoing since 1453, completely exhausting Ming, Oirat, and Oirat's vassal Mongolia. 240k Chinese and 50k Oirats died, and Ming has been on the offensive, but they can't capture the wargoal that is Oirat capital.

Ming can only hire 30k mercenaries, and it has long ran out of manpower, with barely 20k of its troops left. Oirats and Mongols have nearly 30k between them - not enough to invade Ming, but sufficient to fight for stalemate.

Ming is still holding a lot better than the Oirats, and their war will probably end with Oirats just paying some monetary reparations, with each dead Chinese peasant being worth very little.

Ruling Ashikaga clan of Japan still has 19 daimyos under it out of 30 it started with, with civil war raging between the daimyos but nobody yet strong enough to challenge Ashikaga.

The goal for next decade is consolidate Korean rule over the Manchus, and start colonizing. Oirats, Ming, and Japan are all too strong to challenge directly.