During his term, he oppressed Yi Jun-yong's coup, making Heungseon Daewongun to despise him.

[5] Furthermore, his participation in the Chunsaeng Gate incident made him to exile to the American legation with other pro-American politicians.

[6] Later, he transformed into a pro-Russian politician and led Gojong's internal exile to the Russian legation.

[9] During the Russo-Japanese War, however, four of the ships of the firm were exploited by Japanese for transporting their forces or their supplies.

On 2 November 1928, Yi was appointed as a member of Jungchuwon of Japanese colonial government, and received 3,000 Won each year.