This paper is a partial outcome of an on-going quest to answer how the Goryeo dynasty compensated the war veterans and the merits.
The dynasty confronted a hundred years' military regime during which a group of military officials controlled power and the ruling system. Goryeo also experienced wars inside out. The heads of the military regime had to cope with the rivals and the uprising of the lower class. Internationally the Khitan rebels came first to be dealt with and the Mongols followed. The military regime managed most of the events through military operations. Thus one could imagine how many brave soldiers and officers were active in the battles and expect diverse examples of reward and discussions on the rewarding system. Surprisingly enough, on the contrary, we could find a very small quantity of the related records.
This paper considers that the lack of records is an evidence that the rewarding system of the dynasty had already been established as an attained institution during the 10th and 11th century. Also, the two aspects of the heads of the Choi military regime, both as a beneficiary and an executor of the rewarding system, further discussed in the paper in regards of the disintegration of the state system.