438 t h e a n n a l s o f k i n g t’a e j o
9th Month
1st Day (Musul)
The government created the Directorate for the Royal Palace Construction
in the New Capital (Sindo kunggwŏl ch’ukosŏng togam) and appointed as
its directors the following officials: Sim Tŏkbu, Count of Ch’ŏngsŏng; Kim
Chu, left director of the State Finance Commission; Yi Yŏm, former assis-
tant grand councilor of the Chancellery; and Yi Chik, academician of the
Security Council.2nd Day (Kihae)
Water froze.4th Day (Sinch’uk)
The king dispatched Chŏng Namjin,^63 discussant of the Security Council, to the
Ming court as envoy to celebrate the birthday of the imperial crown prince.5th Day (Imin)
Im Su,^64 former minister of works, returned after delivering five hundred
horses to the Chinese authorities in Liaodong.6th Day (Kyemyo)
The government divided up and separately dispatched officials of granaries
and storehouses (ch’anggo chŏnminsa) to each province.8th Day (Ŭlsa)
The king appointed Kwŏn Kŭn as senior secretary of the Security Council;
Han I as academician of the Office of Royal Decrees and State Records; Yi
Ch’ŏnu, Hwang Sŏng, and Kang Kyegwŏn as discussants of the Security
Council; and Yi Sŏ as inspector-general. Hwang Sŏng is the father of Hwang- Chŏng Namjin (?–1410): a military official of early Chosŏn. In 1394, when he served
as assistant director of the Security Council, he carried out the execution of King Kongyang
and his two sons exiled to Samch’ŏk, Kangwŏn Province. Little is known about him except
that he served as minister of works. - He is unknown except that he served as minister of works.