. ▁When ▁he ▁was ▁shown ▁a ▁piece ▁of ▁cl othing ▁that ▁was ▁alleg edly ▁st ained ▁with ▁his ▁mother ' s ▁blood ▁vom ited ▁after ▁drink ing ▁poison , ▁he ▁beat ▁to ▁death ▁two ▁of ▁Se ong j ong ' s ▁conc ub ines ▁who ▁had ▁accused ▁Cons ort ▁Y un ▁and ▁he ▁pushed ▁Grand ▁Queen ▁In su , ▁who ▁died ▁after ward . ▁He ▁executed ▁government ▁officials ▁who ▁supported ▁Cons ort ▁Y un ' s ▁death ▁along ▁with ▁their ▁families . ▁He ▁also ▁executed ▁sar im ▁sch ol ars ▁for ▁writing ▁phr ases ▁critical ▁of ▁Se jo ' s ▁us ur p ation ▁of ▁the ▁throne . ▁ ▁Ye ons ang un ▁also ▁seized ▁a ▁thousand ▁women ▁from ▁the ▁provinces ▁to ▁serve ▁as ▁palace ▁entertain ers ▁and ▁appropri ated ▁the ▁S ung ky unk wan ▁as ▁a ▁personal ▁pleasure ▁ground . ▁He ▁abol ished ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁C ens ors , ▁whose ▁function ▁was ▁to ▁critic ize ▁in app ropri ate ▁actions ▁and ▁policies ▁of ▁the ▁king , ▁and ▁Hong m ung wan . ▁He ▁b anned ▁the ▁use ▁of ▁hang ul ▁when ▁the ▁common ▁people ▁wrote ▁with ▁it ▁on ▁post ers ▁critic izing ▁the ▁king . ▁After ▁twelve ▁years ▁of ▁mis rule , ▁he ▁was ▁finally ▁de posed ▁in ▁a ▁coup ▁that ▁placed ▁his ▁half - bro ther ▁Jung j ong ▁on ▁the ▁throne ▁in ▁ 1 5 0 6 . ▁ ▁Jung j ong ▁was ▁a ▁fund ament ally ▁weak ▁king ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁circumstances ▁that ▁placed ▁him ▁on ▁the