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Chinese envoy Niu Niu and his colleagues took an excursion to the Han
River and enjoyed themselves.25th Day (Kyŏngjin)
There were strong winds. Venus penetrated the moon.The king entertained Chinese envoys in the sleeping hall of the inner palace.26th Day (Sinsa)
There was fog.27th Day (Imo)
Chŏng Tojŏn was enfeoffed as Count of Ponghwa, and Sŏl Changsu
appointed director of the State Finance Commission.Based on the report made by the provincial military commissioner of the
Northwest Region, the Privy Council reorganized administrative districts.
As a result, Sunnyŏng and Anjŏng were merged and renamed Sunan District.
Kaeju, which was administered together with Hŭiju, was made into a sepa-
rate county, and Taesakchu, Sosakchu, and Kuju were merged and named
Chi Sakchu County. Chŏngyung, Yŏngdŏk, and Yŏngsak, which used to be
part of Yongju, were merged and renamed Chŏngnyŏng District, and
Yangam and Sudŏk were merged and named Yangdŏk Kammu.8th Month
3rd Day (Muja)
The king appointed Kim Yŏngnyŏl^5 as deputy director of the Security Coun-
cil and, concurrently, military commissioner of Kyŏnggi Province and dis-
patched General- in- Chief Chŏng Ku to bestow royal wine and silk on him.- The promotion of Kim Yŏngnyŏl appears to have to do with his recent military success
in which he captured two Japanese ships together with three marauders. He was appointed
navy commander of the Right Kyŏnggi Province on the first day of the sixth month in 1394.