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Political situation and Nasi(內侍) at the period of King Myoung-jong(明宗) in Koryŏ Dynasty

  • The Review of Korean History
  • 2010, (99), pp.71-110
  • Publisher : The Historical Society Of Korea
  • Research Area : Humanities > History

Jaemyoung Kim 1

1원광대학교

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ABSTRACT

The organization of Nasi changed a lot after king Myoung-jong came to the throne with military revolution. A lot of new officials were picked for Nasis than before. However, there were not lots of surroundings of the king, and it was rare for military officials to be Nasis. Meanwhile, civil officials who kept friendly relationship with military ones were nominated to Nasis. In the 3rd year of Myoung-jong, some Nasis from civil officials took part in Kim Bo-dang's(金甫當) rebellion which was against military revolution. So military rulers actively drew up a plan of nominating military officials who could play a role of civil officials at the same time, instead of taking Nasis from civil officials. Lee Ryn(李隣), Lee Eŭi-bang's(李義方) brother, was the first man whose brother was the most powerful ruler. On the other hand, the government continued to appoint competent civil officials to Nasis for a high degree of efficiency. As a result, the number of Nasis increased a lot enough to exceed the fixed number of people. By this time, king almost lost his ruling power; He couldn't control properly the authority of human, and the power of punishment and amnesty as well as his military power. As well, he could not help following the military rulers' decision even when it comes to the matter of appointing Nasis who had to support him. So it happened that many Nasis were loyal to military rulers who had strong power, not to the king. It continued to the period of Gyoung Dae-seung's(慶大升) military rule. Therefore, in the 14th year of Myoung-jong, the political situation began to change with Lee Eŭi-min's(李義旼) military rule. King's power was recoverd around finance and personnel administration significantly. The king's surroundings including Nasis, Royal families, sons of King's concubine, and some civil officials made it possible. And it caused to change the organization and political character of Nasis. The number of Nasis who kept friendly relationship with the king increased a lot. And the organization of Nasis started to keep new balance breaking the frame that was composed of members who were co-operative to military rulers. For this reason, Choi Chung-hyeon(崔忠獻) expelled a lot of Nasis who were close to the king and took the crown from the king. He had to remove not only the military ruler, Lee Eŭi-min, but also king Myoung-jong and the king's helpers to confirm the basis of political power, because king Myoung-jong had already recovered his ruling power a lot with the help of Nasis. From this point of view, we can say Choi Chung-hyeon's rule the second military revolution that collapsed again the restoration of the royal regime, not simple military ruler's exchange.

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