Yeongjo’s Quest for Balance: Ending Factional Fury | Fall of Joseon 15

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After the Noron and Soron slaughter of 1721–22, Joseon lay
fractured. When Prince Yeoning ascended as King Yeongjo, he
resolved to break the cycle. Through calculated pardons,
strategic reshuffles, Confucian exhortations against in-group
politics, and reforms of the powerful Ministry of Personnel and
private schools, Yeongjo pursued an uneasy peace. Yet rival camps
continued scheming even as he sought “Impartiality.” This episode
unpacks Yeongjo’s high-stakes gambit to tame factionalism and
why, despite his best efforts, Joseon’s scholar-officials
remained as divided as ever.






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