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courtyard and line up according to their rank, I will go out to attend the
morning audience.”8th Day (Kapsin)
There was frost.Former officer Kim Kwisaeng circulated anonymous letters falsely accusing
former district magistrate Yi Chŏk of committing treason, but his slan-
dering was discovered; he was put to death by dismemberment, and his
corpse was publicly displayed. At first, Kwisaeng and Chŏk had a fight over
slaves and became estranged from each other. Reading the anonymous
letter, the Privy Council interrogated Chŏk: “Who is the person you regard
as your enemy?” Chŏk replied, “Kwisaeng is the only one.” The Privy Coun-
cil immediately sent officials to search his house and, as expected, discov-
ered the first draft of the anonymous letter that was made by him. He was
then arrested.9th Day (Ŭlyu)
Yŏngwŏnjin Garrison of the Northwest Region was merged into Yŏngch’ŏng
District and renamed as Yŏngnyŏng District.10th Day (Pyŏngsul)
There was lightning with snow. The king paid a visit to Majŏnp’o.11th Day (Chŏnghae)
There was frost.Sangbu, controller- in- chief of the two branches (yangga tosŭngt’ong),
requested that monks be prohibited from drinking wine, and the king
ordered the Office of the Inspector-General to enforce the prohibition strictly
and have those monks who violate the order grow hair and serve in the army.13th Day (Kich’uk)
The king paid a visit to the Eastern Suburbs [Tonggyo] to inspect the royal
horse farm.