Person1610 – 1680

Heo Jeok

Southerner chief state councillor who had the Sangpyeong tongbo coin minted for general use; ousted and executed in the 1680 change of power

When the Southerners came to power after the Gabin mourning dispute, he became Chief State Councillor. In 1678 he had the Sangpyeong tongbo reissued and circulated nationwide. In the Gyeongsin hwanguk of 1680, when he used a royal oiled canopy without permission and his illegitimate son Heo Gyeon was accused of treason, the Southerners fell and he was made to drink poison.

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2 related events

1
1678Sangpyeong tongbo Coinleader
On the advice of Heo Jeok and others, Sukjong made the Sangpyeong tongbo the legal coinage and had it minted widely; by the late 18th century it circulated nationwide.
2
1680 – 1694Sukjong’s Changes of Power (Hwanguk)related figure
Three times Sukjong replaced the ruling faction wholesale (1680, 1689, 1694); along the way the Westerners split into the Noron and Soron.

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Factional Politics in Joseon1498 – 1863
From the literati purges to in-law government — how Sarim factions moved from coexistence and checks to purges and one-faction rule, then through Tangpyeong to the dominance of a few clans
History of Korean CurrencyAD 996 – 1905
From Geonwon Jungbo to the 1905 currency reform — how coins took hold in an economy of rice and cloth, and how monetary sovereignty was lost
Reformation and Absolutism1517 – 1796
From Luther’s Ninety-five Theses to Catherine the Great — the wars of religion of a divided Christendom ended at Westphalia, and absolute monarchs armed with divine right, standing armies, bureaucracies and mercantilism, followed by the enlightened despots of eastern Europe, contended for the balance of power among sovereign states