Before the end of the last great war, the illiteracy rate in the Gaoju Kingdom exceeded 90%, with only a very few nobles and the children of the landlord class having the opportunity to attend school.
The Gaoju Kingdom implemented a ten-year compulsory education system starting after the New Calendar year 115, and it was not until New Calendar year 130 that compulsory education became basically widespread.
If Park Tae-hee was truly a commoner, then he would definitely be illiterate and would have no chance of entering the Royal Military Academy.
If Park Tae-hee were an orphan of the Southern High Royal Family, then the events that followed would make sense.
Of course, Ding Zhennan did not concern himself with whether Park Tae-hee was an orphan of the Southern High Royal Family, as the Gaoju Kingdom had long since emulated the Empire in completing constitutional reforms.
