Book VIII 513
27th Day (Muo)
The Privy Council spoke to the king: “The neglect of duty among officials
is getting worse day by day. Those who are in charge of criminal justice and
prolong lawsuits or delay verdicts should be investigated by the Office of the
Inspector-General. Those who are responsible for money and grain and fail
to manage them properly by neglecting to check for damage or loss should
be investigated and impeached by the State Finance Commission. If it hap-
pens that both the Office of the Inspector-General and the State Finance
Commission fail to bring such people to justice, let the Privy Council
directly report to the king and punish them.”
The copper Buddha statue in Hŭngguk Monastery in the Special Capital
Magistracy sweated.
The king visited the Royal Ancestral Shrine to inspect the progress of its
construction.
30th Day (Sinyu)
The Office of the Inspector-General impeached Ch’oe Yunji, director of the
Agency of Land Management Grants, Chang Chach’ung, minister of taxa-
tion, Yi Munhwa, policy advisor, Song In, third inspector, Yun Hoejong,
third minister [of the Board of Taxation], Kim Wi, bureau section chief, and
An Kŭn, vice bureau section chief, for making mistakes in distributing land.
[The king] deprived these of their posts and sent them into exile to distant
districts; however, he spared Ch’oe Yunji and Chang Chach’ung because
they were minor merit subjects.
The king ordered the Privy Council to provide relief to the starving people
across the country: “Send an official dispatch to all provincial governors
and let them have local magistrates release the rice and beans from the
public granaries for famine relief. The magistrates who work hard to save
people from famine should be rewarded, and those who do not shall be
p u n i s h e d. ”
The Privy Council conveyed the royal orders [to the provincial governors]:
“Let local magistrates establish relief centers, taking distance and the
number of villages into account, and personally inspect relief activities now