Book IV 3054th Day (Pyŏngo)
The king ordered the Privy Council to have the workers who were engaged
in constructing the walls provided with provisions.The king ordered the Privy Council to send official notices to the surveil-
lance commissioners of Kyŏngsang and Chŏlla Provinces to let them recruit
corvée laborers and send them to the new capital.6th Day (Musin)
The Astronomical and Meteorological Observatory submitted a memorial:
“Master Tosŏn was known to have said, ‘Songdo [Kaesŏng] is the capital
whose site is auspicious for only five hundred or four hundred eighty years
or so.’ Furthermore, it has become a place where the sacrifices to the [royal]
Wang clan have ceased.
Notwithstanding, it is undergoing construction all over the place. We
urge you to relocate your royal quarters to some good place even before the
new capital is fully completed.” The king ordered the Privy Council to dis-
cuss the matter.10th Day (Imja)
On the occasion of the anniversary of the death of King Ik (Ikcho), the
great- grandfather of the king, the king had the morning audience and the
markets closed for the day. He inspected the walls under construction and
moved to Such’ang Palace.11th Day (Kyechíuk)
When the Japanese government sent an envoy to present twenty swords, the
king distributed them to high officials and returned to his temporary royal
quarters.13th Day (Ŭlmyo)
The king abolished the current official title of surveillance commis-
sioner and changed it from Allyŏmsa to Kwanch’al ch’ulch’ŏksa and
appointed surveillance commissioners of various provinces. He appointed
Han Sangjil as surveillance commissioner of Yanggwang Province; Min