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Yeonsan-gun's Tyranny (1504)

Type Event Region East Asia Time 1504–1506

Around 1504 Joseon's tenth king Yeonsan-gun (Yi Yeong) intensified personal autocracy, purging literati, restoring the old guard, and tolerating cour…

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  1. 1504Gyeongbokgung, Hanseong · Korean PeninsulaYeonsan-gun re-employed the meritorious old-guard faction, reversing earlier literati-led administrative reforms, and used personnel changes, court beatings, and exile to suppress opposing Confucian officials, tilting royal power toward personal dictatorship.
  2. 1504–1506Gyeonggi and surrounding areas of Joseon · Gyeonggi ProvinceYeonsan-gun undertook grand construction, added banquet and entertainment venues, and frequently conscripted labor and extorted the people's wealth. Local corvée burdens grew, discontent accumulated at court and in the country, and the legitimacy of his rule rapidly collapsed.

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