Book XII 713the capital. Four officials, including former ministers, Chŏng U and Kim
Ŭlsaeng, were imprisoned in the Capital Constabulary Prison because they
failed to meet the deadline.29th Day (Chŏngmi)
There was a little snow.The king ordered To Hŭng, assistant consultative councilor of the Chan-
cellery, to preside over the great winter sacrifice ceremony at the Royal
Ancestral Shrine on his behalf.The king ordered the Privy Council to send dispatches to various provinces
and to mobilize twenty thousand soldiers for the construction of the for-
tresses in the capital, setting a deadline for each province. The deadline for
Kyŏngsang and Chŏlla Provinces was the twentieth day of the first month,
and the deadline for Ch’ungch’ŏng and P’unghae Provinces, the fifteenth
day of the first month.30th Day (Musin)
A celebration was held because of the first snow.11th Month
1st Day (Kiyu)
Remonstrator Pak Sin and others submitted a memorial to the king:
“In the Mujin (1388) year of the previous dynasty, the properties and
slaves of those who were punished for opposing T’aejo [then commanding
general, who chose to march his army back from Wihwa Island in defiance
of the government order to invade Liaodong, China] were confiscated and
handed over to the government, and the members of their cliques were also
made to surrender all their slaves to the government, which was intended to
punish not only the offenders but also their cliques.
“Since Your Majesty ascended the throne, however, you granted gen-
erous favors to the families of those people, including those who were exe-
cuted, by having their private slaves given back to their children. The slaves
surrendered by their cliques, on the other hand, still remain in government
hands. These slaves often run away, unable to endure the hard work and