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Chapter 24 of 宋史 · History of Song
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Gaozong—Received-the-Mandate, Restored-the-Dynasty, Full-Merit, Utmost-Virtue, Sage, Divine, Martial, Literary, Illustrious, Benevolent, Constitutional, Filial—taboo Gou, style Deji, Huizong’s ninth son, born of Empress Xianren Wei. Daguan 1, fifth month, yisi: born in Dongjing’s inner palace; red light washed the room. Eighth month, dingchou: named and made Dingwu commissioner, Grand General, Duke of Shu. In the second year, first month, gengshen: Prince of Guangping. Xuanhe 3, twelfth month, renzi: Prince of Kang. Bright of wit, deep in learning and memory, he recited a thousand characters a day and drew the bow to one stone five pecks. Xuanhe 4: capped, he moved to an outer mansion.
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西使 使 使 退使 使
Jingkang 1, spring: Jin struck the capital, camped northwest, and called princes and chief ministers into camp to treat for peace. The court had sent Li Zhan and others to Jin to offer Taiyuan, Zhongshan, and Hejian and to send ministers to surrender land and a prince to escort the army across the river. Qinzong briefed Prince Kang; the prince asked to go himself. Zhang Bangchang was made planning commissioner and accompanied him. Wolibu held him in camp a fortnight; Prince Kang’s manner never frayed. Second month: Yao Pingzhong’s night raid on the Jin camp failed; the Jin upbraided them; Bangchang wept, but the prince did not stir—Wolibu, wondering, demanded Prince Su instead. On guimao, Prince Su came to camp and the three circuits were granted. Bangchang became grand chancellor and stayed as hostage; Prince Kang was released. After the Jin withdrew, Wang Yun went again to Jin to buy back the three circuits with tribute. A secret letter to win Yelü Yudu, a Liao turncoat, fell into Jin hands. Eighth month: Nianhan drove deep again and took Taiyuan. Wolibu overran Zhending. Winter, tenth month: Yun’s clerks came back from Jin first, reporting peace would wait until the prince returned. Yun returned saying the Jin would have the land or march on Bian. Eleventh month: the prince was sent to Hebei with imperial robes, the jade chariot, and an eighteen-character style naming the Jin ruler elder uncle. He left the capital the moment the order came. Geng Nanzhong, who sought peace, went along; his son Yanxi served as planning commissioner. By Hua and Jun to Cizhou, Zong Ze pleaded: Prince Su never came back, and the Jin are at our heels—what use is going again? Stay at Ci. Ci’s people, fearing Yun would deliver the prince to the Jin, killed Yun. Nianhan and Wolibu had crossed the river and were tightening siege on the capital. His train said Ci was unsafe; Wang Boyan of Xiang urged him back by secret letter.
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In the intercalary month Nanzhong raced to Xiang, excused himself, and said Qinzong had ordered every Hebei soldier to the capital; the prince joined him in raising rescue armies. When word came that the Jin had crossed, the court had meant to make him commander-in-chief. Hu Tanglao pressed the commander plan again; He the cited text drafted the edict; Qin Zai brought a wax seal to Xiang making Prince Kang Great Commander of Hebei, Chen Hengbo commander, Wang Boyan and Zong Ze deputies. Zai pulled the edict from his hair; the prince read it weeping; army and people wept with him.
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Twelfth month, renxu new moon: he opened headquarters with ten thousand men in five armies and put Chen Cui over the host. Hou Zhang came from the capital with wax orders to empty Hebei of troops and make every prefect lead his own men. He ordered prefects and generals to plan a crossing. On yihai, he marched out of Xiang. On bingzi, he crossed the river on the ice. On dingchou, he made Daming. Zong Ze led two thousand ahead; Liang Yangzu of Xinde brought three thousand after; Zhang Jun, Miao Fu, Yang Yizhong, and Tian Shizhong rode with him, and the host found its spine. Cao Fu came with wax word that the Jin sat on the walls yet talked peace—camp near the capital, do not stir rashly. Boyan and the peace party prevailed in counsel; only Zong Ze urged a dash to Chanyuan to break the siege ring by ring. Boyan and Nanzhong wanted Dongping. He sent Zong Ze with ten thousand to Chanyuan, crying that the prince himself was in the ranks. After that Zong Ze sat outside headquarters debate. Prince Kang set his face for Dongping. On gengyin, he left Daming.
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使 宿 退 退 殿 使 西 輿
Jianyan 1, spring, guisi: he reached Dongping. While he was at Xiang the capital had languished under siege and none knew where the prince lay. Now memorials flooded headquarters, begging a commander’s word. On renyin, Huang Qianshan and Yang Weizhong brought several thousand more to Dongping. Qianshan camped at Xingren; Weizhong stayed as headquarters commander. Learning he was at Chanyuan, the Jin sent armor and Zhang Cheng to call him in. Zong Ze had bowmen pepper them; Cheng ran. Boyan urged Jizhou. Second month, gengchen: he marched from Dongping. On guimao, he reached Jizhou. Headquarters and turncoat bands were called a million, scattered through Ji and Pu, while route relief armies stalled on the roads. Huizong and Qinzong were already Jin prisoners. Third month, dingyou: the Jin made Zhang Bangchang emperor of Great Chu. Qianshan brought word; the prince wept; his staff urged Suzhou and a crossing south of the river, but the armies’ murmur checked him. He made Zong Ze Huaiyou Pavilion attendant by provisional order. On dingsi, Wolibu drew off and Huizong was marched north. On wuwu, Boyan was made Xianmo attendant and commander by provisional order; Qianshan was Huaiyou attendant and deputy commander. Fourth month: Nianhan withdrew; Qinzong followed north. On guihai, Bangchang styled the Yuanyou empress Song dowager, sought the prince at Jizhou, and sent Xie Kejia to bring him in. Nanzhong and the staff pressed the throne; the prince wept and refused. Boyan pleaded mandate and folk, saying Jingkang’s name and the twelfth month foretold the Prince of Kang. The prince said: I must think again. Zhao Zisong of Huaining became Baowen academician, planning commissioner, and Southeast Route commander to gather southern relief. Bangchang’s letter through Jiang Shiyu said he had ruled from necessity and would yield the jewel and step down. He wrote the commanders: until he reached the capital, none already there should march in. Hearing Li Gang was in Hubei, he sent Liu Mo to seek him. He told Zong Ze that collaborators deserved death, yet the throne feared rash strokes against men acting under duress. Zong Ze answered that Bangchang’s treason was plain; the throne must be taken and the altars raised without delay. Lü Haowen wrote in secret: if the prince would not reign, another might. On dingmao, Kejia brought the Great Song Mandate Jewel; the prince knelt weeping, received it, and sent Kejia to ready the rites. On wuchen, Jizhou elders saw firelight on every horizon and begged him to reign at Ji. Zong Ze argued Nanjing, Taizu’s founding ground, sat at the realm’s center and drew grain easiest. He set his face for Yingtian. That night Bangchang wrote the Yuanyou title for the empress at Yanfu; she entered the palace; Feng Yi welcomed her. The empress sent her nephew Meng Zhonghou with a letter in her own hand. The empress ruled from behind the curtain. Bangchang, acting left vice director, led the capital in urging the throne; again refused. On jiaxu, the empress wrote to all under heaven bidding him succeed. On yihai, the officials memorialized again; again refused. On dingchou, Feng Yi reached Jizhou; on the third memorial he allowed provisional rule. On wuyin, he sent Zong Ze to plant garrisons at Changyuan and Weicheng against surprise. Zhu Shengfei came to Jizhou; Han Shizhong joined with his command. On gengchen, he left Jizhou; Liu Guangshi came from Shaan and took the five armies. On xinsi, Shan. On renwu, Yucheng. Wang Xiang came from Xiangyang to join. On guimao, Yingtian. The empress ordered regalia and guard of honor made ready. On yiyou, Bangchang came, lay weeping and begged death; the prince raised him up. Boyan became Xianmo academician; Qianshan, Huaiyou academician, by provisional order. Wang Shiyong brought the imperial robes; the urging crowd swelled; an altar was raised left of the gate.
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西 歿 使祿 使 使 使殿 使 殿使 殿 使 使 使 使 殿使 使 西
Fifth month, gengyin new moon: he mounted the altar, took the mandate, wept through the rite, bowed to the captive emperors afar, and reigned from the prefectural hall. The reign was styled Jianyan. Great amnesty—even crimes ordinary pardons spared were forgiven. Bangchang and every man who had served the Jin went untouched. The Western Capital garrison was told to tend the imperial tombs. Spirit Marvel palaces empire-wide were shut. Green Sprout loans were stopped and written off. Loyal dead and dead in the state’s service were honored. Families of envoys still abroad were paid a year’s stipend. Examination candidates advanced a grade; men at Assistant Director rose one capital rank. Officials who had fled the chaos had one month to return to post. Routed troops and scattered goods could start clean. State debts were cancelled; summer tax was remitted for Nanjing and any prefecture that had fed headquarters a month. Yingtian special-entry men were made jinshi; exam exemptions carried to the provincial test. Route men with three special entries and clansmen who had once presented tribute received favor. Rescue levies were to be handed to prefectural commanders; the men might follow the mobile court. Court and country might speak folk hardship; even slander went free. Official crimes would no longer be settled by special edict. Cai Jing, Tong Guan, Zhu Mian, Li Yan, Meng Changling, Liang Shicheng, Tan Zhen, and their lines were barred forever. Every great minister had ten days to name one able commoner. The rest followed old law. Qianshan took the secretariat; Boyan, associate director of Military Affairs. At Dongjing the Yuanyou empress withdrew from the curtain that day. On xinmao, Huizong was hailed from afar Sagely Filial Profound Emperor; the empress, Yuanyou Dowager. Historians were ordered to clear the slander on Empress Xuanren the Sagely and Liege. Spirit Scene Palace rose at Jiangning. On renchen, Bangchang became grand guardian, Fengguo commissioner, Prince of Tong’an, attending council five days in ten. Fan Nuo of Hebei-east pacification held the capital. On guisi, Consort Wei was hailed Xuanhe Empress; Lady Xing of Jia was named empress from afar. Geng Nanzhong left office. On jiawu, Li Gang took right secretariat and chancellery and was summoned to court; Weizhong took Jianwu and the Palace. Bandit and militia commands were struck; their horses and men were sifted into the five armies. On yiwei, his birthday became the Tian Shen festival. Feng Yi left; Lü Haowen of War became right vice director. Ma Zhong of the Center and Zhang Bian of the Rear took ten thousand to chase the Jin toward Hejian. On bingshen, Lü Haowen also took the chancellery. On dingyou, Qianshan took the Imperial Camp with Boyan as deputy; Wang Yuan commanded; Liu Guangshi ran the traveling court. Wang Shiyong was sent to Huang. Xue Guang and Zhang Qiong took six thousand to join Hebei mountain militia and retake Ci and Xiang. On wuxu, Lu Yundi pacified the capital with Geng Yanxi as deputy. Li Ruoshui was posthumously grand academician Zhongmin. On jihai, Chen Dong of the university was called to court. At Jiangning Li Gang executed the mutineer Zhou De and his men. On gengzi, peace ministers of Jingkang were punished: Li Bangyan to Xun, Wu Min to Liuzhou, Cai Mao to Ying. Li Zhan, Yuwen Xuzhong, Zheng Wangzhi, and Li Ye, who had sued for cession in Jin, were scattered through the south. On xinchou, Bangchang was praised for reading the hour; like Wen Yanbo he would attend council twice a month. On renyin, Lady Pan became Worthy Consort. Liang Yangzu took southeast tea and salt. On guimao, Tian Shen day—court birthday rites were cancelled. On yiji, every relief soldier going home was paid three thousand cash. On bingwu, Cai Que, Cai Bian, Xing Nu, and Cai Mao were demoted again for slandering Empress Xuanren. Yao Gu of Baojing took Henan prefecture. The Jin took Hezhong; Hao Zhonglian died holding it. On dingwei, Huizong reached Yanshan. On gengxu, Zong Ze became dragon academician and Xiangyang prefect. On renzi, Bangchang rose to grand tutor. On bingchen, Zhang Suo left the censorate and was sent to Jiang. On dingsi, Chengdu, Jingzhao, Xiangyang, Jingnan, Jiangning, Deng, and Yang were told to hoard grain, money, and walls for a possible tour. Zhang Shuye, who had bled for the capital and marched north with Huizong, was hailed from afar grand academician and Liquan commissioner. On wuwu, Fan Zongyin left the remonstrance bureau. Zhou Wang of Rites was sent to Hebei to ask after the captive emperors. Wang Xiang and Zhao Ye, slow to rescue, were made branch officials at Xiangyang and Qing. Soon Xiang was moved to Yong and Ye to Shao.
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殿使 殿使 使 殿 使 覿 使殿殿 使 使使 西 使 沿沿沿 沿使 西西 西 西使 西使
Sixth month, jiwei new moon: Li Gang presented ten policies—national aim, tour, amnesty, usurpation, false mandate, war, defense, root government, accountability, and virtue. Wang Zongchu of the Palace Guard had fled with the guard and lost the capital; he was demoted and sent to Shao. Xu Bingzhe was offered grand academician and envoy to Great Jin; he refused. On gengshen, Zhong Shi of Jingkang was made heir to the Prince of Pu. Nianhan drew back to Yunzhong. On xinyou, every new palace official not yet presented was called to audience. Yan Qi left the censorate. Xu Bingzhe was demoted and sent to Mei. Hebei, Jing, Shaan, Huai, and the lake, river, and Zhe circuits were told to recruit wall-builders. On renxu, the Petition Drum court was opened. On guihai, Qianshan took the chancellery and acting secretariat. Bangchang, guilty of usurpation, was cut to Zhaohua vice commissioner and sent to Tan. Collaborators were scattered: Wang Shiyong to Gao, Wu Kai to Yong, Mo Chou to Quan, Li Zhuo to Liu, Sun Jue to Gui. Yan Bowen, Wang Shao, and lesser men were punished to their guilt. Huo Anguo of Huai and Liu Yi of Hebei-east died loyal; Anguo was made Yankang academician, Yi grand academician, after death. On jiazi, Li Gang also took the Imperial Camp. On yichou, Ma Zhong of the Dragon Spirit Guard was made Hebei commissioner to set the militia in order. Hong Chu left the left remonstrance and was jailed by the censors. On dingmao, Yu Rulü of Rites was sent to Sichuan to oversee transport surplus and Ever-Normal grain. Kaifeng and every circuit recorder post were struck. Prefectures with two transit judges kept one. Chief ministers’ stipends were cut a third. Route Ever-Normal offices and Zhe and Fujian maritime trade bureaus were shut. Li Xiaozhong raided Xiangyang; Huang Shua fled and left the walls empty. Horse purchases were put on a fixed schedule. On xinwei, the birth of the son Huan brought great amnesty. Spirit Marvel funds empire-wide were seized for the treasury. Office-field money was taken for the inspection circuits. Yuanyou faction lists and memorialists’ honors were restored. On guiyou, Shaanxi and Shandong commanders were told to rally troops and folk for mutual rescue. On yihai, county bowmen were increased and military captains set over them. Clansman Shuxiang held rescue troops at the capital; rumor said mutiny; Liu Guangshi was told to take and kill him. On wuyin, Boyan directed Military Affairs. Fu Yun was sent to Hedong to ask after the captive emperors. On jimao, nineteen river commands, thirty-nine key prefectures, and thirty-eight secondary ones were set with nine hundred sixty-seven thousand five hundred men under seal and command. Seventy-seven water commands were added and boats built on Jiang and Huai. The Three Departments and Military Affairs opened a rewards office. Fan Nuo lost Dongjing and was sent to Zi. On gengchen, with the two emperors still captive, prefectures and counties were forbidden music. On xinsi, six river patrol inspectors were appointed. On renwu, Revenue Minister Zhang Chou became associate military affairs commissioner and head of revenue arrangements. On guiwei, Lu Haowen was dismissed. On jiashen, the Revenue Ministry’s right section was merged into the left under the minister’s overall charge. On yiyou, Zong Ze became Eastern Capital defender and Du Chong Northern Capital defender; supervisory officials’ official fields were abolished. On bingxu, Shaanxi, Hebei, and western capital circuits were ordered to recruit one hundred thousand men in rotation for the mobile court guard. The eastern and western capital circuits were ordered to build war carts. On dinghai, Zhang Suo was made western Hebei pacification commissioner. Official and private horses were requisitioned and the people urged to donate to the state. On wuzi, Qian Gai became Shaanxi commissioner-general, Zhao Huaien was enfeoffed Prince of Anhua, and five-circuit troops were summoned to the mobile court.
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𤫉使 使 使使 使使 殿 殿 殿 便
Seventh month, jichou new moon: Military Affairs deputy senior attendant Wang Qi became Hedong commissioner-general. On gengyin, Wang Yuan, Liu Guangshi, and controllers Zhang Jun, Qiao Zhongfu, and Han Shizhong were sent against Chenzhou’s Du Yong, eastern capital bandit Li Yu, and mutineers at Li Post and Yutai—all were pacified. On xinmao, Spirit Empyrean palace and school endowment funds in the southeast were seized for state expenses. The emperor’s cousin, senior Right Gate Guard general and Guizhou regiment commander Shi Yu, with Ci–Mo righteous troops recovered Mozhou. On yiwei, Wenzhou observation commissioner Fan Qiong became Dingwu commissioner and associate Imperial Escort controller. On bingshen, circuit strong patrol companies were named Loyal and Righteous Patrol Companies and placed under pacification commissioners alone. On wuxu, Qinzong reached Yan Mountains prefecture. Xinzhou observation commissioner Zhang Bian became Hebei commissioner-general. Eastern Capital Xuanwu soldier Du Lin plotted to seize Chengdu and rebel; he was executed secretly. On jihai, central ministries and directorates were ordered to share heavy and light duties, and academic and archive posts were halved. On xinchou, Wu Kai, Mo Chou, and eleven others were retried; all were exiled to the far south and Jiang–lake circuits, the rest demoted by degrees. On renyin, an edict: “Escort the Yuanyou Empress southeast with the six palaces and guards’ families; I alone shall remain in the central plains to fight the Jin.” Extended-Kang Hall academician Xu Han became right vice director. On jiachen, right remonstrance drafter Song Qiyu, who had written Zhang Bangchang’s name when the Jin plotted another ruler, was beheaded in the market. On yisi, a hand edict: “The capital must not yet be visited; tour the southeast.” On bingwu, an edict fixed the imperial progress at Nanyang. Literary Hall academician Fan Zhixu became Deng prefect, repaired walls and palaces, and forwarded money and grain to stock them. On dingwei, officials were sent to escort the ancestral temple tablets to the mobile court. On jiyou, the four-route overall commanders were abolished. Revenue Ministry aide Zhang Jun became palace censor. On gengxu, every circuit was levied to assemble troops at the mobile court in the eighth month. On bingchen, Huizong secretly sent Gate Bureau praise attendant Cao Xun from Yan Mountains with a half-sleeve silk for the emperor, writing on the collar: “Take the true throne at once and come to aid your parents.” The emperor wept and showed it to his chief ministers. Zhang Suo’s and Fu Liang’s armies set out from the mobile court. That month Guanzhong bandit Shi Bin attacked Xing and styled himself emperor.
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使 使 使 使 使 西
Eighth month, wuwu new moon: Hong Chu and others were punished for extorting gold and silver in the siege and taking palace women—Chu, Yu Dajun, and Chen Chong were commuted to exile on Shamen Island, five others by degrees. Victorious Army controller Chen Tong mutinied at Hangzhou, seized commander Ye Mengde, and killed transport commissioner Wu Fang. On jiwei, the Yuanyou Empress left the capital. On gengshen, Liu Guangshi became Fengguo military commissioner; Han Shizhong and Zhang Jun each advanced one rank. On xinyou, right remonstrance censor Pan Lianggui was dismissed. On renxu, Li Gang became left vice director and gate vice director, Huang Qianshan right vice director and secretariat vice director, and Zhang Chou associate Imperial Escort controller. On guiha, the Imperial Escort commander and deputy were ordered to review the five armies. On gengwu, the Yuanyou Empress was renamed Longyou Empress. On xinwei, Fu Liang’s associate commissioner post was abolished and he was recalled to the mobile court. On renshen, commoner Qiao Ding was summoned to the mobile court. Imperial Escort controller Xin Daozong was ordered to suppress Chen Tong. That evening red vapor appeared in the northeast. On guiyou, Geng Nanzhong was exiled to Nanxiong for leading peace talks and ruining the state. On yihai, on Zhang Jun’s advice, Li Gang was dismissed as left vice director. On bingzi, the Longyou Empress left the Southern Capital; Horse Army commander Guo Zhongxun escorted her to Jiangning and commanded Jiang, Huai, Jing, Zhe, Fujian, and Guang while arranging southeastern bandits. On dingchou, Dragon Diagram Hall academician Qian Boyan became Hangzhou prefect, commanding Zhe and Huai-east troops and Fujian pikes against Chen Tong. On gengchen, an amnesty placard was issued to win over Hangzhou mutineers. On renwu, on Huang Qianshan’s advice, memorializing student Chen Dong and Chongren commoner Ouyang Che were executed. On yiyou, Revenue aide Jiang Duanyou and others were sent to reassure Fujian, Zhe, lake, Guang, Jiang, Huai, and capital circuits and to investigate officials and popular hardship. Xu Han was dismissed. On dinghai, Bozhou soldiers under Gong Yi mutinied and attacked Laizhou.
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使 沿 使 使
Ninth month, jichou: Jianzhou soldiers under Zhang Yuan mutinied, seized Zhang Dong, killed Mao Kui and Cao Zai, and held the city. Fan Qiong captured and beheaded Li Xiaozhong at Fuzhou. On renchen, with Jin attacking Heyang and Sishui, an edict chose a day to tour the Huai region. Jianyan universal treasure cash was cast. Huai and Zhe coastal prefectures were ordered to heighten walls, train militia, and guard the sea routes. On jiawu, Yangzhou defender Lü Yihao was ordered to repair the walls. Zong Ze went to Hebei to inspect the armies and returned in seven days. That night Xin Daozong’s troops collapsed at Jiaxing. On dingyou, Jing–Xiang, Guan–Shaan, and Jiang–Huai were ordered to prepare for the imperial progress. On wuxu, horse purchases were abolished. On jihai, the son Fang was made acting Junior Guardian and Jiqing military commissioner and enfeoffed Duke of Wei. Inner and outer offices were ordered to apply Jiayou and Yuanfeng statutes provisionally pending new codes. On gengzi, the two emperors were moved to Xi commandery. On xinchou, Chen Tong raided judicial intendant Zhou Ge’s camp, killed Ge, and seized Gao Shitan. On renyin, Imperial Writings attendant Meng Zhonghou was sent to escort the ancestral tablets to Yangzhou. Direct Secretariat academician Wang Gui replaced Zhang Suo as pacification judge; soon Suo was exiled to the far south. On yisi, Zong Ze memorialized asking the throne to return to the capital. On wushen, Hebei pacification overall controller Wang Yan crossed the river, defeated the Jin, and recovered Xinxiang. On jiyou, hearing the Jin meant to attack Jiang and Zhe, an edict halted temporarily in the Huai region for defense and promised return to the capital once settled. Commoners were recruited to buy office with wealth. Army-bandit Zhao Wan entered Changzhou and seized defender He Gun. Circuit commissioner-generals and pacification commissioners were abolished. On gengxu, the three-large cash was first circulated in Huai, Zhe, and Jing–lake circuits. On renzi, Hunan reassurance commissioner Ma Shen was ordered to grant Zhang Bangchang death at Tanzhou and execute Wang Shiyong. On guichou, whoever rashly debated to obstruct the progress might be reported and punished; non-reporters were to be beheaded. On yimao, Wang Yan fought the Jin, was defeated, fled to the Taihang to gather troops; lieutenant Yue Fei led his detachment separately. Zhao Wan took Zhenjiang; Zhao Zisong abandoned the city, crossed the river, and held Guazhou. That autumn Jin divided troops to hold Two He prefectures; only Zhongshan, Qingyuan, Bao, Mo, Xing, Mozhou, Ji, Ci, Jiang, and Xiang fell after long resistance.
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殿 西 使 使使 西
Tenth month, dingsi new moon: the emperor boarded ship to tour the Huai region. On wuwu, the empress reached Yangzhou. On jiwei, every circuit’s urging of donated goods was abolished. On gengshen, circuit recruitment of routed and loyalist troops and acting officials’ unauthorized loyalist levies were abolished. On guiha, bandits who could jointly destroy a band were given office. On jiazi, because Zhang Jun kept attacking Li Gang, Gang was stripped of Literary Hall Grand Academician and left only palace service. Xiuzhou prefect and acting western Zhe judicial intendant Zhao Shujin entered Hangzhou to reassure Chen Tong. On yichou, new armies and naval forces of headquarters and key and secondary prefectures were abolished. On dingmao, Wang Yuan became Hangzhou bandit-arrangement commissioner; Zhang Jun followed on campaign. On gengwu, the court halted at Sizhou and visited Puzhao Temple. On jiaxu, Venus was seen by day. On jimao, the court halted at Baoying in Chuzhou. Rear-guard general Sun Qi and others mutinied and forced left rectifier Lu Chenzhong into the water to his death. On gengchen, Liu Guangshi was ordered to suppress Zhenjiang mutineers. On xinsi, Guangshi became commissioner for capturing bandits on the Chuzhou–He–Hao and Jiangning border; Miao Fu became headquarters overall controller. Court gentleman Li Yi was charged with cave-office affairs of Guangxi’s left and right rivers. On guiwei, the court reached Yangzhou; eunuch troop commanders were forbidden to meet one another. On bingxu, Wang Yuan and Zhang Jun lured Zhao Wan and the rest and executed them all.
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Eleventh month, wuzi: Li Gang resided at Ezhou. Zhending army-bandit Zhang Yu entered Chizhou; defender Teng You abandoned the city and fled. On jichou, for doubtful or pitiable capital crimes, reassurance and judicial officials might reduce sentences at discretion, execute first, and report after. On renchen, Wang Lun and others were sent as envoys to the Jin. On yiwei, Zhang Chou became left vice director and Works Minister Yan Qi associate military affairs commissioner. On bingshen, a partial amnesty was granted for Yingtian, Bo, Su, Yang, Si, Chu, and Gaoyou. On bingwu, Zhang Chou became secretariat vice director. On wushen, Yan Qi became left vice director and acting gate vice director, Xu Jingheng right vice director, and Guo Sanyi associate military affairs commissioner. Acting Mizhou Zhao Ye fled; army controller Du Yan seized the prefecture, pursued Ye, and killed him. On xinhai, Fujian was ordered to recruit more bowmen. The Jin took Hejian. That month army-bandit Ding Jin besieged Shouchun; Kang Yunzhi repelled him.
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殿 西歿 使 西 使𤫉 西 殿
Twelfth month, bingchen new moon: four attendants were made lecture readers in the inner hall. On dingsi, judicial commissioners were ordered to hold a provincial-style jinshi examination at transport headquarters pending the palace exam. On xinyou, Wang Yuan entered Hangzhou, seized Chen Tong and the rest, and executed them. On renxu, Qingzhou routed general Wang Ding mutinied and killed commander Zeng Xiaoxu. On guiha, Nianhan attacked Sishui Pass; western capital defender Sun Zhaoyuan’s generals resisted and died; Zhaoyuan fled south and soon ordered Wang Zai to escort Qiyun Palace spirit escorts to the mobile court. On jiazi, the emperor’s father-in-law, Imperial Writings attendant Xing Huan, was reassigned Guang observation commissioner. On yichou, all great rewards and punishments had to pass the Three Departments; private ink edicts were criminal. On bingyin, Zhang Yu attacked Jiang prefecture. On wuchen, the Jin besieged Di; Jiang Gangzhi held firm and the Jin withdrew. On jiaxu, the Jin took Tong; defender Zheng Xiang died. Zhang Yu attacked Huang prefecture. On jimao, the Jin took Ru and entered the western capital. On gengchen, the Jin took Hua. On xinsi, Tong Pass fell. Hedong commissioner-general Wang Qi fled from Tong into Shu with his troops. Ding Jin came to Zong Ze and surrendered. On yiyou, more Guangxi bowmen were added for border defense. Revenue Minister Huang Qianshan became Extended-Kang Hall academician and associate head of financial arrangements.
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