Book XI 635
28th Day (Sinsa)
The king paid a visit to Chin’gwan Monastery.^7
The king appointed Yu Ku as right director of the State Finance Commission,
Chŏng Sinŭi as administrative commissioner of the Security Council, Yi
Chik as inspector-general, Ham Purim as left policy advisor, Cho Sŏ as
right policy advisor, Chŏng Ku as left grand master of remonstrance, and
Hŏ Chu as second inspector.
The king ordered the Privy Council and various departments and the retired
senior officials to discuss the failures of provincial military commanders,
including Ch’oe Unhae, Yi Kwich’ŏl, Kim Pin’gil, and Kim Yŏngnyŏl.
Earlier, the Japanese marauders who wanted to surrender had arrived at
Uljup’o of Kyŏngsang Province. Rakaon, the chief of the Japanese, first sent
his son Tojiro and his subordinate Konjiro to Yu Yang, magistrate of Kyerim,
as hostages. However, Yang failed to appear to them, being ill at that time,
and that made the Japanese suspicious. So they seized Yi Ŭn, magistrate of
Ulju, and ran away.
At the time, Unhae was provincial military commander of Kyŏngsang
Province, Kwich’ŏl military commissioner of Ch’ungch’ŏng Province, Pin’gil
military commissioner of Chŏlla Province, and Yŏngnyŏl military commis-
sioner of Right Kyŏnggi Province. Unhae failed to capture the fleeing enemy
after violating military orders, and other commanders such as Kwich’ŏl, Pin’gil,
and Yŏngnyŏl also failed to show up in time. Kim Sahyŏng, supreme com-
mander of the five provincial armies for the military campaign against the
Japanese, had them confined in Kyŏngsan Prefecture and made an emer-
gency report to the king, requesting that they be punished.
Pak Chaan was appointed military commissioner of Chŏlla Province;
Yun Panggyŏng, military commissioner of Kyŏngsang Province; and Cho
Yŏngmu, military commissioner of Ch’ungch’ŏng Province.
- Located in Mt. Samgak, it used to be one of the four major Buddhist temples in the
suburbs of Seoul. The purpose of the king’s royal visit was probably to offer the sacrifices for
the abandoned ghosts of the royal family members of the Koryŏ Wang clan, who died both in
the water and on land. Such sacrifices were often held at the temple.