Chapter 435
Joseon’s establishment of trading posts in Japan was not simply aimed at making money.
-Acquire information about the host country through trading posts and build a network of influential people favorable to Joseon.
This was the reason Joseon established trading posts in Ming and Japan.
To achieve this purpose, Joseon set up trading posts in Naniwa and Nagato in Japan.
While the trading post in Naniwa dealt with the bakufu based in Kyoto and the daimyo of the Kanto region, the trading post in Nagato was aimed at monitoring the Ouchi and persuading and monitoring the daimyo of the Kansai region.
Lastly, the monopoly office established in the domain of the Kyushu Tandai was carrying out similar activities targeting the Shibukawa and daimyo of the Kyushu region.
And in April of the 20th year of King Sejong’s reign (1438, the year of Muo), Joseon was able to obtain a very meaningful result.
They completed the ‘Complete Map of Japan’ (倭國全圖).
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