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Chŏng Tojŏn, Count of Ponghwa, spoke to the king: “Issuing royal decrees
several times, Your Majesty gave orders to recommend filial sons and
grandsons and men of integrity for public service. However, since you do
not employ them right away, it is hard to make recommendations of those
who would come after them. We urge you to employ those who were recom-
mended, in both central and local governments.4th Day (Imo)
There was thunder overnight.The king ordered the Privy Council to return local officials to their respec-
tive posts.5th Day (Kyemi)
The cold winter weather started.8th Day (Pyŏngsul)
The Board of Punishments executed Yaksano by strangulation. He was a
nothos of the royal Wang clan.9th Day (Chŏnghae)
There was a white glow in the northwest at night.10th Day (Muja)
The king appointed Yu Chun as specially promoted bulwark grand master
of the state for splendid happiness and enfeoffed him as Count of Kohŭng,^35
and Yu Kwan as left policy advisor.The Directorate for Adjudication of Slave Lawsuits requested that the old
slave documents invalidated by the court be destroyed as soon as they are- T’aejo took Yu Chun’s daughter as royal concubine on the 26th day of the 8th month of
the year.