Sukjong was the 19th king of the Joseon Dynasty. He has been portrayed through various media channels as skinny and fragile, often swayed by Jang Hui-bin and many women. But the truth is entirely different.
The well-known Taejong Lee Bang-won indeed executed a stronger political hegemony than Sejo, who was known as Grand Prince Suyang. Still, it was Sukjong, the iron-blooded monarch, who wielded the most influential royal authority throughout the Joseon Dynasty's 500-year history.
King Sukjong ascended the throne at 14. His mother, Queen Myeongseong, should have taken over the regency, but he firmly refused.
Queen Myeongseong was also notorious for her tyrannical character within the palace. However, she gave up attempting to convince her son as she knew her persuasion would only fall on deaf ears.
As such, King Sukjong was a great charismatic monarch who was strong-willed from childhood. But somehow, media content on his reign had not focused on him but on his women, such as Queen Inhyeon, Jang Hui-bin, and Choi Suk-bin.
Director Kim Jung-nam didn't like that. He honestly believed that Sukjong’s image needed to be remodeled into the iron-blooded ruler he was.
So h...
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