고종 때 광화문 육조앞길의 관아배치와 처소변경

Abstract

Yukjoapgil was the main approach to the Gyeongbok Palace from the early stage of Joseon Dynasty, and came to symbolize the royal authority in itself. It had no official name but was usually called Yukjoapgil(the street in front of the Six Boards) which was named after the Six Boards on the street. In other cases, various names were used such as Gwanghwamunjeonro(the street in front of the Gwanghwa Gate), Gyeongbokgungjeonro(the street in front of the Gyeongbok Palace) and Yukjodaero(the broad street in front of the Six Boards). On the East side of Yukjoapgil, the offices including Euijeongbu(The Executive Council, or Cabinet), Yijo(The Board of Civil Office), Hanseongbu(The Prefecture of Seoul), Hojo(The Board of Revenue), Giroso(The Superannuation Office) made up a line one after another. Across the road, Yejo(The Board of Ceremonies), Jungchubu(The Privy Council), Saheonbu(The Correctional Tribunal for the Government Officials), Byeongjo(The Board of War), Hyeongjo(The Board of Punishment), Gongjo(The Board of Works), each of these was located along the West side of Yukjoapgil. These arrangements were well kept without fluctuation throughout the Joseon Dynasty. However, it was during the King Gojongʼs reign that this formation began to change on a large scale. With his coronation the plan to rebuild the Gyeongbok Palace was announced immediately. At the same time, an imperial order to restore Samgunbu(The Office of Military Affairs) was issued in 1896, and these made the location changes consecutively. And there was an attempt to allocate the main building sites to the both Head Offices(Euijeongbu and Samgunbu) which were respectively symbolize the ideal type of separation between the civilian and military sectors. In addition to this, the Six Boards were abolished by the constitutional reform of 1894(The Year of Gab-o) and the 8 A-mun(The Eight Public Offices) newly appeared. In the next year, they were reformed into 7 Bu(The Seven Departments) again. From this time, Yukjoapkil actually entered into the stage of total dissolution. After the foundation of the Empire of Korea in 1897, the central administrative organizations appeared and disappeared repetitively as result of institutional reform for a self-determining modernization. According to this kind of change, the original scenery of the early period could not remain any more. Especially, after the Residency-General was established with the seizing the sovereignty of the Empire of Korea by the Japanese colonialist, even the most important organizations such as Oebu(The Ministry of Foreign Affairs), Gunbu(The Ministry of Defense) and Beopbu(The Ministry of Justice) were abolished, if not, a lot of public offices were removed to the different areas outside Yukjoapgil. The places where these offices disappeared was filled with those of the Japanese ruler at once. At this point, this article contains whole lists concerning the offices arrangement and location changes occurred during the Gojong era. These will provide the helpful clues to look over the dynamic features of modern history.