Kim Jae-ro

Kim Jae-ro (金在魯, 1682–1759) was a politician of Joseon. His courtesy name was Jungye (仲禮), his art names were Cheongsa (淸沙) and Heojuja (虛舟子), his posthumous name was Chungjeong (忠靖), and his clan seat was Cheongpung. His father was Right State Councillor Kim Gu, and his grandfather was Provincial governor of Jeolla Province Kim Jing. Kim Sang-ro, leader of the Noron Byeokpa faction, and Kim Yak-ro, who served as Left State Councillor, were his younger cousins. Another cousin, Kim Ik-ro, was the six-greatgrandfather of Woosa Kim Kyu-sik.

Unlike his relatives Kim Sang-ro, Kim Yak-ro and others who joined the Noron Byeokpa, he joined the Cheongmyeong faction within the Noron and became a leader of the Noron Cheongmyeong faction. Immediately after the suppression of the Yi In-jwa Rebellion in 1728 (4th year of King Yeongjo), he was registered as a first-rank Bunmu Wonjong meritorious subject (奮武原從功臣一等).

Career

He passed the civil service examination during the reign of Sukjong of Joseon and served as Junior Secretary of the Office of Censors and Compiler, among other posts. In 1716 he impeached Soron figures Yu Bong-hwi and Jeong Sik, who had falsely fabricated crimes against former scholars and punished them, and had them dismissed from office. Under Gyeongjong he served as Vice Minister of Personnel, Grand Remonstrator and Magistrate of Gaeseong, but was exiled during the Shinim Purge. Released under Yeongjo, he became Grand Remonstrator and had the radical figure Kim Il-gyeong executed. At that time he also served as Commissioner of Military Training, Vice Minister of Justice, Vice Minister of Personnel, Vice Minister of Rites, Vice Director of the Office of Special Advisers, Grand Remonstrator, Vice Minister of War, Chancellor of the Sungkyunkwan, Right Royal Secretary and Left Vice Magistrate of Hanseong. When the returned to power with the Jeongmi Political Change of 1727, he was dismissed, but the following year, when the broke out, he was reappointed as magistrate of Chungju and contributed to quelling the rebellion.