In the original timeline, the feudal system in Joseon began to decline in the nineteenth century, and its domestic land annexation reached an irreconcilable point. Uprisings by landless peasants broke out frequently, only to be promptly and ruthlessly suppressed by the nobility and the royal army.
At the same time, the incursions of Western powers shattered Joseon's ideology, and under their control, the country gradually devolved into a colony.
Yet in the present timeline, although land annexation remained severe and peasant revolts still occurred from time to time, a stable external environment had allowed the domestic feudal forces to remain formidable.
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