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Right Kyŏnggi Province and P’unghae Province; Pak Hŏn to Ch’ungch’ŏng
Province; Ch’oe Ho to Kyŏngsang Province; and Ko Hyu to Chŏlla Province.The king bestowed 50 sŏk of rice and beans on Kyuroku, the chief of the
surrendered Japanese marauders.10th Day (Muja)
The king promoted Supreme General No Cho^20 to the rank of bulwark grand
master for the defense of the state. He also enfeoffed him as Lord of Kwiŭi
of Majon County, restoring his family name to Wang so that he could carry
out ancestral worship for the royal Wang clan [of the Koryŏ dynasty].11th Day (Kich’uk)
On his birthday, the king received felicitations from officials and held a
banquet for them.12th Day (Kyŏngin)
The king pardoned Ha Yun,^21 former magistrate of Kyerim, and Yun
Panggyŏng, former provincial military commander, as well as An Sŏng,
Ch’oe Kyŏn, Kim Pun, and others.13th Day (Sinmyo)
The censorial offices submitted a memorial to the king:
“Reducing spending while producing sufficient food is a main priority of
the king, and not forgetting potential danger in times of safety is the fore-
sight of the leader who rules a country. If the ruler spends money and grain
only for current affairs without paying attention to unexpected crises in the
future, it will indeed not be the right way to govern the country.
“According to the Rites of Zhou, the minister of education oversaw the
amount of money and grain, and the minister of state (zhongzai) managed- He is the son of Wang U, Lord of Kwiŭi. After the collapse of Koryŏ, he was forced to
change his family name from Wang to No; however, he was allowed to inherit the title of his
father and the responsibility of offering sacrifices to his royal ancestors. - He was implicated in the imprisonment case of Pak Chaan, who failed to capture the
surrendered Japanese when they became suspicious and ran away at the last moment.