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service examination, and Min Yŏik, chief royal secretary, and Ham Purim,
chancellor of the National Academy, as examiners of the National Academy
examination (Sŏnggyunsi).
Chŏng Tojŏn requested that the king relieve him of the responsibility of
examiner, but the king did not grant his request. Then he again asked to be
relieved, but the king refused to allow it. Min Yŏik made a similar request,
but his request was denied too.The king arrived at the hot springs.The king heard that many people from Chŏlla Province had died of illness
during the construction of city walls in the capital, so he gave the order to
have rice and beans bestowed on their families.19th Day (Pyŏngja)
The king married his eldest daughter [Princess Kyŏngsin] to Yi Paekkyŏng,^19
assistant director of the Quartermaster Bureau.29th Day (Pyŏngsul)
On the king’s orders, the first harvest of the season, such as fresh vegetables
and tangerines, as well as wild game from hunts, was offered on the altar of
the Royal Ancestral Shrine.Nam Ŭn had an audience with the king, bringing his son with him, and the
king bestowed two bolts of cotton fabric upon Nam Ŭn.Chŏng Ch’ong, envoy to the Imperial Throne, and his retinue returned from
the Ming capital, bringing an official letter from the Ministry of Rites of
China. The letter said:- A military official of late Koryŏ and early Chosŏn. He is the son of Chief State
Councilor Paek Kŏi. He assisted Yi Pangwŏn (later King T’aejong) in suppressing the forces
of Yi Pangsŏk during the First Strife of Princess in 1398 and became Chŏngsa merit subject.
He also made contributions in suppressing the rebellion of Yi Panggan (Prince Hoean) in 1400
and became Chwamyŏng merit subject and rose to assistant state councilor. However, as his
father Kŏi was exiled to Hamju, he was also sent into exile but later allowed to live in Chinju,
his birthplace.