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former magistrate of Chinju, also understood what was beneficial or harmful
for the country and obeyed my orders without reservation, and therefore
they deserve to be merit subjects third class.
“Nam Chae, academician of the Security Council; Yun Sojong, minister
of war; and others did not join the army in marching back home, but when
we returned to the capital and discussed the future of the state, they assisted
us by citing old precedents. Hence, they deserve to be made merit subjects
third class and treated in the way Merit Subject Third Class Ch’oe Tan is
treated.
“The late chancellors Cho Minsu and Pae Kŭngnyŏm; Yun Ho, director
of the State Finance Commission; and others deserve to be treated like Sim
Tŏkbu, merit subject first class. Nine officials, including Pyŏn Annyŏl, late
acting chancellor; Wang Andŏk and Chi Yonggi, directors of the State Finance
Commission; Cho Inbyŏk, left director of the State Finance Commission;
Yi Wŏngye, Prince Wansan; Chŏng Chi, assistant grand councilor of the Chan-
cellery; and Ch’oe Kongch’ŏl, military commander of Ch’ungju, deserve to
be treated like Kyŏng Po, merit subject second class. An Kyŏng, late magis-
trate of Chahye Special Prefecture; Kim Sang, magistrate of Chinju; Yi
Paek, magistrate of Kaesŏng; and others should be treated like Ch’oe Tan,
merit subject third class. The office responsible should hold a ceremony and
have those officials rewarded.”23rd Day (Pyŏngin)
On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of Queen Kyŏng, the king’s
grandmother, the king suspended the morning audience and had meals
served to five hundred monks at Kwangmyŏng Monastery.24th Day (Chŏngmyo)
On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of King To, the king’s grand-
father, the king had the morning audience suspended as he had the day
before.26th Day (Kisa)
Chŏng Tojŏn, assistant chancellor, submitted a memorial: “Throughout his-
tory, the kings who received the Mandate of Heaven and possessed both