Chapter 41 · Insatiable Greed (3)

Years of grinding through administration taught me one thing: I’m not exactly a genius at domestic policy outside of history-altering moves.

Take Joseon. I had a clear motive and goal, pushing for neutrality. Despite Ambassador Weber spamming telegrams to St. Petersburg, I made Joseon neutral—not Swiss-style, but a free-for-all buffet for every power.

But with regular policies or laws? My judgment gets murky. The Jewish military policy is a prime example. All I wanted was to pull the sidelined Jews into the army’s embrace.

Back in 1880, twenty years ago, Jews had a foothold in the military. They ran munitions factories in Moscow, had enlistment rates close to Slavs, and fought hard against the Ottomans in the Second Eastern War (1877-1878).

So how’d they get booted?

Thanks, Father.

My dear dad, hell-bent on a Slavic army. The moment he took the throne: nationalized Jewish munitions factories, forced Jewish NCOs to…