Book XI 687
Ch’oe Wŏnch’ung killed a Japanese envoy and seized the envoy’s tribute
gifts and possessions and divided them up with his soldiers. Furthermore,
he falsely reported that he had captured the enemy. His crime deserves
worse than death. Take Kim Ch’ŏm as well as the governor with you and
interrogate Wŏnch’ung further. Punish him according to law and display
his body publicly throughout the country and confiscate all his property.
Those who were involved in the crime should all be punished.”
Upon arriving in the province, Chŏnggyŏng ordered Chŏng Chi, magis-
trate of Sunch’ŏn, to arrest Wŏnch’ung, but Wŏnch’ung had already run away.
The six accomplices, including Yu Ch’ŏnŭn, however, were all executed.