丙寅洋擾 時期 李恒老의 薦擧를 둘러싼 政局의 動向

Abstract

In the emergency meeting in palace against French Invasion(1866), the man who had recommended Yi, Hang-no as a tactician was very Kim Byoung-hak. Kim was one power elite member of the most powerful lineage, Kim’s clan. Though Yi Hang-no was a famous Neo-Confucian scholar, he didn’t get acquainted with Kim Byoung-hak at all in daily routine. Nevertheless, why did Kim Byoung-hak recommend Yi Hang-no so unconventionally? It’s the aim of this thesis to scrutinize the reason in the delicate political situation with Pungyang Jo’s clan, Andong Kim’s clan and Deawongun. After king Gojong’s inauguration, the political situation looked like a political union of Pungyang Jo’s clan, Andong Kim’s clan and Deawongun. However, in reality, the power game unfolding under the surface was very intensive and complicated. The concrete shapes at that time were that the Queen Dowager Jo restrained Andong Kim’s clan and Andong Kim’s clan checked Deawongun. In this situation, Kim Byoung-hak representing Andong Kim’s clan had the Queen Dowager Jo retreated from her own power and ran Deawongun into trouble by recommending Yi Hang-no. Superficially, the recommendation of Yi Hang-no, who was famous for the thought of “defending orthodoxy and rejecting heterodoxy” by Kim Byoung-hak was on the same line with Deawongun’s rejecting heterodoxy policy. However, in reality, Yi Hang-no and his pupils openly criticized the Deawongun’s domestic administration like Gyoung Bok Palace rebuilding, the minting of Dangbeakjon(arbitrary hundred cash coin), Gates Tax etc. The discord between Yi Hang-no and Deawongun was a fact known to people earlier. Eventually, Deawongun who had been attacked by Yi Hang-no and his pupil went out of power by an impeachment letter of an Yi Hang-no’s pupil, Choi Ik-hyoun. In sum, Kim Byoung-hak’s recommending Yi Hang-no was a hidden card to run Deawongun into trouble and eventually let Deawongun go out of power just after defeated the members of Pungyang Jo’s clan in power and the Queen Dowager Jo