PoliticsAD 651

Jipsabu established

Queen Jindeok reorganized the Pumju into the Jipsabu, the chief office that carried out royal orders and oversaw the other bureaus. Its head, the jungsi (later sijung), underpinned royal power in Middle Silla.

In 651, when the faction of Kim Chun-chu and Kim Yu-sin led the government, Queen Jindeok turned the Pumju, which handled confidential affairs and finance, into the Jipsabu, the highest office carrying out the king’s orders and overseeing administration. From King Muyeol onward, in Middle Silla, the power of its head, the jungsi, grew while that of the sangdaedeung who led the Hwabaek council declined, strengthening the throne. The jungsi was renamed sijung under King Gyeongdeok (747), and in Late Silla the sangdaedeung regained power.

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States and rulers at the time: Silla — Queen Jindeok

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Queen JindeokAD 654
monarch · Twenty-eighth ruler and last "hallowed-bone" monarch of Silla, enthroned during Bidam’s revolt, under whom the Silla–Tang alliance was made and the Jipsabu set up

Before and after

Earlier: AD 650 Five-story Stone Pagoda at the Jeongnimsa Temple Site, Buyeo
Later: AD 654 Accession of King Muyeol

Themes that include this event

Central Government Through the AgesAD 250 – 1899
From the noble councils of the Three Kingdoms to the State Council, the Border Defense Council and the Gabo cabinet — how central government shifted between aristocratic consensus and royal power