k ▁wrapped ▁round ▁his ▁body , ▁was ▁intercept ed ▁and ▁the ▁Korean ▁authorities ▁made ▁full ▁use ▁of ▁it ▁to ▁show ▁that ▁C athol ics ▁were ▁by ▁definition ▁enemies ▁of ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁The ▁per sec ution ▁was ▁intens ified ▁and ▁if ▁it ▁had ▁not ▁been ▁very ▁clear ▁that ▁Je ong ▁Y ak y ong ▁and ▁Je ong ▁Y ak - je on ▁were ▁in ▁no ▁sense ▁Catholic ▁bel ie vers , ▁they ▁would ▁surely ▁have ▁been ▁executed . ▁Instead ▁they ▁were ▁sent ▁into ▁ex ile ▁together , ▁part ing ▁ways ▁at ▁Naj u , ▁from ▁where ▁Je ong ▁Y ak - je on ▁journey ed ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁island ▁of ▁He u ks ando , ▁Y ak y ong ▁taking ▁the ▁Gang jin ▁road . ▁His ▁ex ile ▁began ▁in ▁the ▁last ▁days ▁of ▁ 1 8 0 1 , ▁on ▁the ▁ 2 3 rd ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁ele vent h ▁lun ar ▁month , ▁the ▁ 2 8 th ▁of ▁December ▁in ▁the ▁solar ▁calendar . ▁On ▁that ▁day , ▁he ▁arrived ▁in ▁Gang jin , ▁South ▁Je ol la ▁Province . ▁The ▁newly ▁arrived ▁ex ile ▁had ▁little ▁or ▁no ▁money ▁and ▁no ▁friends , ▁he ▁found ▁shelter ▁in ▁the ▁back ▁room ▁of ▁a ▁poor , ▁rund own ▁ta vern ▁kept ▁by ▁a ▁wid ow , ▁outside ▁the ▁East ▁Gate ▁of ▁the ▁w alled ▁town ship ▁of ▁Gang jin , ▁and ▁there ▁he ▁lived ▁until ▁ 1 8 0 5 . ▁He ▁called ▁his ▁room ▁“ S au ij