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Im Chŏng, governor of Kyŏngsang Province, made a report: “As there has
been no rain from summer to autumn, the rice crop is bad. So we request
that the court decisions on all the lawsuits concerning slaves be suspended
temporarily so that people can secure substitute provisions by picking acorns
and chestnuts and cultivate land for the autumn season.” The king denied
the request because the deadlines were already set for the legal cases.7th Day (Kyŏngsul)
When the provincial instructors of the Diagram of Troop Dispositions
arrived, one hundred strokes with the paddle were meted out to each of
them. Then five military officers were selected among those who mastered
the Diagram of Troop Dispositions and were dispatched separately to each
province. There were no officers among the royal guard in the capital who
did not learn the Diagram of Troop Dispositions.9th Day (Imja)
Sŏng Sŏgyong, inspector-general, submitted a memorial to the king: “It has
been several years since Your Majesty ordered military officials to learn the
Diagram of Troop Dispositions. However, high- and low- ranking generals
below provincial military commanders have not participated in the training,
which is tantamount to neglecting their official duty. The officials of the
Chancellery and the Security Council should be dismissed, and those who
are not on active duty be deprived of their appointment in accordance with
their rank and demoted by one rank, and those below rank 5 be lashed on
the buttocks to warn posterity.”
The king said: “Nam Ŭn, Yi Chiran, and Chang Sagil and some other
provincial military commanders are dynasty- founding merit subjects. Yi
Ch’ŏnu has now become commissioner of palace guards (naegapsa chejo),
while Prince Ŭian Hwa, Prince Hoean Panggan, Prince Igan Pangŭi, Prince
Muan Pangbŏn, Prince Yŏngan Yangu, Prince Yŏngan [Panggwa, the name
of the former king], Prince Sullyŏng Chi, Prince Hŭngan Che, and Prince
Chŏngan [Pangwŏn, the name of the current king] are all members of the
royal family. Yu Mansu, Chŏng Sinŭi, and others are minor merit subjects.
Therefore, these people cannot be questioned concerning the offense. Their
subordinates, however, should be given fifty lashes; Yi Mu, dismissed from