The Annals of King T\'aejo. Founder of Korea\'s Choson Dynasty - Byonghyon Choi

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Book XIV 825

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A total of 3,700 soldiers were called up from Left Kyŏnggi and Ch’ungch’ŏng
Provinces to repair and construct the palace walls.


29th Day (Imin)
The king was not well.

8th Month

1st (Kapchin)
The king ordered the Office of the Inspector-General to investigate why
the princes; Nam Ŭn, Lord of Ŭisŏng; Yi Mu, assistant grand councilor of
the Chan cellery; supreme generals; and generals- in- chief failed to learn the
Diagram of Troop Dispositions.


2nd Day (Ŭlsa)
The portrait of Queen Sindŏk was enshrined in the Hall of Benevolent
Tranquility.

Sitting in an open pavilion west of the palace, the king personally conferred
the letters of appointment and battle axes on Ha Yun and Yi Chŏngbo, gov-
ernors of Ch’ungch’ŏng and Left Kyŏnggi Provinces.

3rd Day (Pyŏngo)
The king was not well.

4th Day (Chŏngmi)
The Office of the Inspector General, following the royal instruction,
impeached 292 military officers, including the commander of the Three
Armies, supreme commanders, generals- in- chief, and officers for failing to
learn the Diagram of Troop Dispositions.


6th Day (Kiyu)
The king was not well.
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