Book I 143each subcommand will be led by 1 general of rank 4b, 3 commandants of
rank 5a, 6 vice commandants of rank 6, 6 subcolonels of rank 7, 8 executive
captains of rank 8, 20 captains of rank 9a, and 40 lieutenants of rank 9b.
In addition to the civil and military officials, the Directorate of Palace
Attendants (Naesibu) will be established to provide eunuch staff for the
palace. There will also be an Office for Palace Administration (Aekchŏngsŏ),
also staffed by eunuchs, and a Music Bureau (Chŏnaksŏ) and a Music Office
(Aaksŏ) to provide musicians. The ranks and titles of these officials will be
different so as to reflect their duties and avoid any confusion.
The king instructed the Chancellery to appoint officials as follows: Hong
Yŏngt’ong is to be appointed as chief grand councilor of the Chancellery; An
Chongwŏn as chief director of the State Finance Commission; Pae Kŭngnyŏm
as enthronement-assisting merit subject (iktae pojo kongsin), left chancellor,
and Count of Sŏngsan; Cho Chun as mandate-assisting dynasty-founding
merit subject (chwamyŏng kaeguk kongsin), right chancellor, and Count of
P’yŏngyang; his stepbrother Yi Hwa as assisting dynasty-founding merit
subject, assistant consultative councilor of the Chancellery, chief commander
of the Righteousness Flourishing King’s Personal Guards, and Count of Ŭian;
Yun Ho as director of the State Finance Commission; Kim Sahyŏng as
mandate-assisting merit subject (chwamyŏng kongsin), assistant chancellor,
direc tor of the Eight Guards (p’an p’alwi sa), and Lord of Sangnak; Chŏng
Tojŏn as mandate-assisting merit subject, assistant chancellor, commander of
the Righ teousness Flourishing King’s Personal Guards, and Lord of Ponghwa;
Chŏng Hŭigye as mandate-assisting merit subject, assistant grand councilor
of the Chancellery, supreme general of the Eight Guards, and Lord of Kyerim;
Yi Chiran as dynasty-contributing merit subject (pojo kongsin), assistant
grand councilor of the Chancellery, commander of the Righteousness Flourish-
ing King’s Personal Guards, and Lord of Ch’ŏnghae; Nam Ŭn as mandate-
assisting merit subject, commissioner of the Security Council, associate
c o m m i s s i o n e r (tongji chŏlchesa) of the Righteousness Flourishing King’s
Personal Guards, and Lord of Ŭiryŏng; Kim Inch’an as dynasty-contributing
merit subject, deputy commissioner of the Security Council, associate com-
mander of the Righteousness Flourishing King’s Personal Guards, and Lord
of Ikhwa; Chang Sagil as dynasty-contributing merit subject, administrative
commissioner of the Security Council, associate commander of the Righ-
teousness Flourishing King’s Personal Guards, and Lord of Hwaryŏng; Chŏng
Ch’ong as dynasty-contributing merit subject, senior secretary of the Security