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Report on Adding Grain Stores at Jeongju定州粮穀添備。啓

Jingbirok (A Record of Rebuke and Admonition) 懲毖錄 · Ryu Seong-ryong · 1633 (printed; written after the Imjin War) · 1 passages · 141 Chinese characters · reading time 1.1 min

Jingbirok (A Record of Rebuke and Admonition) Book 3 — The Geunpok Collection A record left by Ryu Seong-ryong, Chief State Councillor, of what he saw with his own eyes after the Imjin War ended. Its title comes from the line, "I rebuke what is past, and take heed against troubles to come." He set down without excuse how the war began and what the court failed to do. His recommendation of Yi Sun-sin, the wrangling with the Ming army, and the suffering the people endured are all recorded as they were.

定州距龜城最近唐兵所經一路亦惟此處爲留駐之所而本州倉穀甚少今不得已先添定州之穀然後可以支應唐兵定州之穀旣足則又當分輸于宣川郭山等處此則自可觀勢爲之矣各官百姓今頗還集云令其守令設爲方便稍稍輸運事知委于調度使且從事官洪宗祿時在昌城亦令馳到龜城與調度使同力刻日輸運後具數啓。聞事急急下書何如

Jeongju lies closest to Guseong, and on the road the Ming troops pass this is the place where they are to halt; yet the grain in that district's storehouse is very scant. Now, unavoidably, only after the grain of Jeongju has first been filled can the Ming troops be supplied. Once Jeongju's grain is ample, it must then be divided and moved on to Seoncheon, Gwaksan, and such places; this may be done as the situation allows.

It is said that the people of the several districts have now gathered back in fair numbers; let the supply commissioner be told to have their magistrates find a way and carry the grain little by little. Also, the aide (從事官) Hong Jongnok (洪宗祿) is now at Changseong; would it not be well to send down in haste a written order that he hurry to Guseong, join his strength with the supply commissioner's, fix a day and have the grain carried, and then report the amount in full?

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