Politics in Goryeo after the Myocheong Rebellion under King Injong

Timeline

1. 1135Gaegyeong · GoryeoThe monk Myocheong gained King Injong's favor and advocated moving the capital to the Western Capital at Pyongyang and using it as a base to attack the Jurchens to the north. He clashed fiercely with the Hanlin Academy civil-official faction led by Kim Busik, splitting court and society into reformers and conservatives.
2. 1136Gaegyeong · GoryeoMyocheong was executed, the plan to move the capital to the Western Capital was abandoned, and King Injong again relied on Hanlin Academy civil officials to govern, marking the recovery of royal authority and the conservative bureaucratic order from the reformers' challenge.
3. 1137–1140Northwestern frontier · Northwestern frontierThe central political situation under civil-official leadership stabilized, but military officials on the northwestern frontier retained considerable autonomy and the Western Capital governor system was not fully abolished, leaving institutional room for the continued rise of military power.