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Gyeongboggung(景福宮) was the first official palace in Joseon(朝鮮) Dynasty. The palace was in fire with other palaces during the Japanese invasion to Joseon in 1592. While other palaces were rebuilt and used, Gyeongboggung remained as a vacant lot and later, the reconstruction was begun in April, 1865. Although the construction was suspended for a while due to the invasion of U.S. warships, it was completed in July, 1868 and the King, Gojong(高宗) moved there. It was Heungseondaeweongun(興宣大院君), Yihaeung(李昰應) who played the most significant role in the reconstruction of Gyeongboggung. The Regent, Daeweongun put those close to himself in Yeonggeondogam(營建都監) which was the temporary government office, dealing with construction works and steamrollered his intension through this office. The other high-ranked government officials could not take charge of practical works in Yeonggeondogam, simply carrying out trivial matters. Yeonggeondogam took up a collection and expenditure of money that was necessary for the reconstruction of the palace. In addition to that, the office also dealt with the remodeling of other official buildings and took a hand in the public finance of the nation through this participation. It was a formal apparatus with which he could exercise his influence over the national administrations, mainly in finances and personnel managements. It was disorganized in September, 1872 when the trend of political situation abroad and home underwent a sudden change, including the intrusion of U.S. warships into Kanghwa(江華) Island in April, 1871. He did not made a dazzling appearance in the foreground of the political scene. Moreover, with the disorganization of Yeonggeondogam, his political limitations are revealed and his influencing power became emaciated. Now, The King, Gojong made some attempts to exert his own sovereign power. The promotion of major constructions for national facilities and structures, including rebuilding Gyeongboggung, in the early reign of Gojong was a core base for The Regent, Daeweongun to seize and exercise a political power.
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Reconstruction Gyeongboggung(景福宮), Heungseondaeweongun(興宣大院君) Yihaeung(李昰應), Yeonggeondogam(營建都監), political power
