조선 영조대 別遣御史의 성격

Abstract

The Specially Dispatched Royal Inspector was a special Royal Inspector who sent to the province for King Yeongjo period of the Joseon. During the trip, he secretly inspected the corruption of the local official and revealed his identity, supervised the disaster area, comforted the people. Yeongjo thought that Gamjin-eosa was ineffective, and that the name of Anjip-eosa was only grand. Therefore, he chose the new title of ‘Byeol Gyeon–eosa(The Specially Dispatched Royal Inspector)’ and expected a practical and effective performance. Through this, it can be seen that the Byeol Gyeon–eosa cannot be used as a name referring to the general Royal Inspector dispatched for a specific mission other than the Secret Royal Inspector. The phrase ‘Byeol Gyeon–eosa’ which is frequently seen in historical records is merely an idiomatic expression of ‘separately sent Royal Inspector’. King Yeongjo sent ‘The Specially Dispatched Royal Inspector’ shortly after ‘Jeongmi political change’. Young Tangpyeong officials, including Lee Kwang-deok, Park Moon-soo, and Lee Jong-sung, were dispatched to the local area to deliver the virtues of King Yeongjo directly to the local people. His the secret service was as thorough as the Secret Royal Inspector. Bongseo, a certificate of appointment for Royal Inspector, contained a list of villages subject to secretly inspect, just like the Secret Royal Inspector. King Yeongjo ordered that secretly take a look at the town other than a list of villages subject to secretly inspect. It was impossible for even the Secret Royal Inspector to do so. The selection process of The Special Dispatch Royal Inspector was carried out in public, unlike the Secret Royal Inspector. He did not leave for his post immediately after his appointment, but discussed his work(famine relieving etc.) with Yeongjo as well as the Joseon ministry. He were quite different from the Secret Royal Inspector who the appointment process and destination is in secret. The word ‘The Specially Dispatched Royal Inspector’ was derived from King Yeongjo's special will to not neglect all of them, including the function of general Royal Inspector and Secret Royal Inspector. Since the late Yeongjo period, Secret Royal Inspector’s jurisdiction over General Royal Inspector function is intensified, Byeolgyeon-eosa seems to have disappeared.