306 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
Kae, of Kyŏngsang Province; An Kyŏnggong, of Chŏlla Province; Yu
Wŏnjŏng, of Sŏhae Province; Yu Yang, of Kyoju- Kangnŭng Province; Ha
Yun, of Left Kyŏnggi Province; and Yi Pin, of Right Kyŏnggi Province. In
addition, he appointed Hong Yŏngt’ong Count of Namyang; An Chongwŏn,
grand councilor of the Chancellery; Kwŏn Chunghwa, chief director of the
State Finance Commission; Chŏng Tojŏn, director of the State Finance
Commission; Yu Mansu and Sŏng Sŏngnin, vice grand councilors of the
Chancellery; Nam Ŭn, assistant grand councilor of the Chancellery; Nam
Chae, commissioner of the Security Council; Yi Chik, academician of the
Security Council; Yi Kŭn, inspector-general; and Han Sanggyŏng, chief
royal secretary.14th Day (Pyŏngjin)
The Supreme Control Commission of Three Armies (Samgun Ch’ongchebu)^41
was reorganized as the Righteousness Flourishing Three Armies (Ŭihŭng
Samgunbu),^42 and the Council of Generals (Chungbang)^43 abolished.Hwaryŏng Prefecture was changed to Yŏnghŭng Prefecture, and Yŏnghŭng
District to Yŏngp’yŏng District.^44Japanese marauders raided Chŏngju,^45 in the Northwest Region.16th Day (Muo)
The king inspected the walls under construction and paid a visit to Such’ang
Palace.- Established in 1391, the third year of King Kongyang, the Five Armies were reorga-
nized into the Three Armies to assume control of the military apparatus. - Toward the end of the Koryŏ period, the military system was in disarray, and members
of the royal household and merit subjects retained their private soldiers. The Ŭihŭng Three
Armies was created to bring about the centralization of military authority in the hands of the
government. (Ki- baik Lee, p. 178) - During the Koryŏ dynasty, the army at first consisted of the Two Guards and Six
Divisions, and each of them had a general and a lieutenant general. So they had a deliberative
organ called Chungbang, which was a counterpart of the Privy Council (Todang) of the civil
officials. (Ibid, p. 117) - The districts here are all located in South Hamgyŏng Province.
- A district located in North P’yŏngan Province.