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Sim Tŏkbu, assistant grand councilor of the Chancellery; Kwŏn Chunghwa,
chief director of the State Finance Commission; Cho Chun, left chancellor;
Kim Sahyŏng, right chancellor; and Nam Ŭn, Lord of Ŭisŏng, joined the
banquet and went home after enjoying themselves greatly.19th Day (Kabo)
The government reverted to the Military Supply Warehouse 135 kyŏl of
land in Kwaju, which used to be land set aside for the expenditure of district
(arokchŏn) and the salaries of district officials (illijŏn), and had warehouse
slaves (kono) cultivate it.20th Day (Ŭlmi)
The king ordered that the captains and lieutenants of each battalion (yŏng)
as well as artisans and monks all go out to help in the construction of the
Hall of Sacred Buddhist Relics.^1921st Day (Pyŏngsin)
The king held the morning audience at the crack of dawn because sometime
earlier the Censorate officials had remonstrated with the king about his
paying little attention to the morning audiences. The king sat on the throne
in the Hall of Diligent Government, with torches set up in the palace yard.
Then he told Yi Munhwa, chief royal secretary: “If there are any officials of
the Two Departments who want to speak about affairs of state, have them
directly come forward and speak in my presence and withdraw at the sound
of the drum at noon.”Seven Japanese chiefs, including Onshadou, king of Sannan of the Ryukyu
Kingdom, attended the morning audience.The Righteousness Flourishing Three Armies reported to the king: “The
main purpose of the Three Armies Headquarters is to protect the inside [of
the royal palace] and defend against outside invasion, and it cannot afford
to be lax in its duty. The executive captains and commandants of the ten- It was located in the north of Hŭngch’ŏnsa, which T’aejo built to the right of Chŏngnŭng,
the tomb of his second wife, Queen Sindŏk.