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Kogurye has been known for the nation that had vast territory and mighty royal authority by means of the most vigorous conquest among three countries. These facts, however, was the times during Great King Kwang-Gae-To. It has been known as the times of King Tae-Jo to establish the foundation of Kogurye. Kogurye prior to King Tae-Jo hardly seemed to be a nation due to a weak regal power, an imperfect administrative system and each region controled by the nobility and the influential person of the local place. Moreover, it is considered for the nobility to constrain regal power and to directly involve succession to the throne than protect the throne. However, from early in the founding of a country did Kogurye develop through continuously battling with surrounding areas and conquering them. Jumong's group that had gone southward from Buyeo absorbed Jolbon-Buyeo‘s power and broadened his power over integrating the surroundings. Thus, Kogurye extended her own influence to southeast of Mt. Baekdu. These wars could concentrate nation's power to the throne, also successful conquest war became occasion of firming the rights and power of the throne. That Kogurye king's power was weak cannot be said simply as making small nearby countries feudal lord states, castle towns, or countries and prefectures. Conquering the surrounding areas until King Tae-Jo can be divided in two ways. One was the direct rule way of organizing occupied regions into castle towns or countries and prefectures. The other was the indirect rule way of including the former ruler of occupied region to the nobility of Kogurye and making the region a tributary state. This is related to attitude of occupied countries and what existence the regions were. These were all the administrators who were under king's order. In addition, feudal lord states were included to administration power of the center after king had dispatched an administrator to them. It is necessary to reconsider that the power of the throne who took the lead in war was weak as Kogurye conquered small surrounding countries from early in the founding. It can easily guess that continuous victory in war would help the throne settle and grow dominance power. At that time, the rule style of subjugated region was not only the thing which merely received a tribute through indirect rule, but also the king's direct rule through a government official dispatch, making castle towns, and so on. This direct rule style employed the method to conquer and include nearby countries. It can be understood with historical documents of Okjeo occupation. Through the contents like this, Kogurye show not the kingdom of weak king's power as a tribal feature but royal authority nation where a king exercised rights and formulated the system in his own way.