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沿 使使使 西使使 使 西使 使 使 使
Jianyan 2, spring, bingxu new moon: the court sat at Yangzhou. On dinghai, clerks enrolled refugee officials and soldiers from the Yellow and Huai country. Along the rivers they gave displaced families state land, oxen, and seed. On wuzi, the Jin seized Deng; Liu Ji, who held the pacification, fell with the city. On xinmao, the court opened a transit monopoly bureau for state trade. On renchen, Jin raiders hit Dongjing; Zong Ze’s generals threw them out again. On guisi, the Ming-law civil examination was revived. On jiawu, the emperor entered Shouning Temple and bowed to the ancestral tablets. On yiwei, the Jin overran Yongxing; Fu Liang, once Hedong’s deputy commissioner, turned with his men; Tang Zhong, Yang Zongmin, Chen Di, Sang Jingxun, Zeng Wei, Guo Zhongxiao, Wang Shang, and Wang Shang’s son Jianzhong died in the ruin. Kong Yanzhou, controller at Dongping, rebelled, crossed the Huai, and struck Huang; Zhao Lingyi barred the city. On bingshen, an edict: bend the law or steal in office, and the Secretariat will record your name—reach penal servitude, and you never serve again. The Jin took Jun; Yang Yanming ran. On dingyou, Fang fell to the Jin. On jihai, Zhang Yu put Zhen to the torch. Sun Zhaoyuan, Hanlin exposition compiler, died at the hands of mutineers. On gengzi, Xie Liang went west as soothing commissioner and instruction envoy, carrying an edict for Western Xia. Zhang Yu seized Zhenjiang; Qian Boyan abandoned the walls and fled. On xinchou, the eunuch Shao Chengzhang, who had spoken out on a minister’s removal, was struck from office and sent under guard to Nanxiong. Zheng fell; vice prefect Zhao Bozhen died with the city. On guimao, Wolibu took Wei and Qing, then cast them aside and marched on. On dingwei, an edict forgave refugees and routed men who had taken to banditry. On jiyou, generals were forbidden to pour routed men into Shu; a Da San Pass officer was set to vet every crossing. On gengxu, Fu Yun was sent to soothe Huai-Dong and Jing-Dong. On xinhai, Wang Yuan talked Zhang Yu down; ten thousand of his men passed to Han Shizhong. Meng Zhonghou, Xianmo straight academician, was made Changde’s military commissioner. An edict barred the empress’s kin from attendance posts—henceforth law. The Jin burned Deng. That month Liu Yu, grandee of court, took Jinan. Yingchang fell; Sun Mo was slain. Wang Zereng, on the circuit staff, retook Yongxing. Qin fell; Li Fu, the circuit commissioner, surrendered; then they probed Xihe; Zhang Shen sent Liu Weifu to Xindian, broke them, and took the commander Heifeng’s head.
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Second month, bingchen: the Jin hit Dongjing again; Zong Ze sent Yan Zhongli; Zhongli died on the wall. On wuwu, Geng Nanzhong was exiled to Linjiang. Tang fell to the Jin. On renxu, Yuwen Xuzhong, summoned as envoy beyond the pale, regained grandee of court and was called to the transit court. On guihai, the market-trade bureau was abolished. On jiazi, the Jin struck Hua; Zong Ze sent Zhang Ce; Ce died in the relief. On yichou, Zong Ze’s judge Fan Shiyan and others begged the throne to return north. Hebei bandits led by Yang Jin surrendered to Zong Ze. On dingmao, Yankang and Shugu straight posts were restored to Duanyi and Privy Council straight ranks. On xinwei, an edict: bend law or steal in office to the death penalty, and your goods are forfeit to the register. On renshen, Fuzhou’s mutineer Zhang Yuan and his men were amnestied. On guiyou, Cai fell; Yan Xiaozhong was taken alive. On bingzi, Huaining fell; Xiang Zishao died on the wall. On dingchou, Wang Kuang and others were sent to parley before the Jin host. On wuyin, Zhao Zisong, who had held Zhenjiang, was cut to Huaihua deputy training commissioner and settled at Nanxiong. On jimao, Hu Peng lost his rectifier’s title and was sent under guard to Wuzhou. Liu Zhengyan, court gentleman, went as envoy beyond the pale, took martial virtue grandee and Wei prefect, and soon became deputy of the Imperial Camp right army. On gengshen, Wang Yuan was made Xiangde’s military commissioner. On xinsi, Ma Kuo, martial merit grandee and Hezhou defender, fled to Wuma Mountain above Zhending, raised men, found Trustworthy Prince Zhen in hiding, and set the prince over every stockade. On renwu, an edict raised eighty thousand men for pacification armies across the capital districts, Jing, Hebei, and Huai-South. That month Chengdu’s Lu Fayuan finished the city walls.
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使便 使 西 西西使 殿殿殿 使 使
Third month, xinmao: Zhongshan fell. On renchen, pacification commissioners were allowed to command local officials as urgency required. On dingyou, civil and military appointees were for the first time made to trial bow and horse before posting—test first, memorial after. Nianhan burned Xijing and drew off. On gengzi, Zhai Jin retook Xijing; Zong Ze asked that Jin be made Huai-Northwest pacification commissioner. On bingwu, He the cited text was named Observant Literary grand academician, Chen Guoting Policy Hall grand academician, and Nie Chang Policy Hall grand academician, all titular palace supervisors-by distant appointment. He the cited text was already dead in Jin hands; Nie Chang had been murdered-the transit court did not yet know. Chen Guoting, too, was trapped in the Jin camp. On dingwei, unlawful inner and outer provisional bureaus were swept away. Yang Yingcheng was sent as credentialed envoy to Jin and Koryŏ. On jiyou, Zhang Yuan rebelled again, broke out of Fuzhou with a mob, and Li Pi was ordered to hunt him down. On xinhai, Fan Qiong was made acting associate over the Palace Guard footmen and camped at Zhen. That month Fengxiang fell; Liu Qingchen fled; then they probed Jingyuan; Qu Duan’s generals beat them back toward Tong and Hua. Li Yansian, captain at Shihao, raised men and retook Shan.
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Fourth month, bingchen: every civil officer to prefect, every commander to distant commandery, was to name two men worth knowing. On wuwu, counties were forbidden to dun neighbors for fugitives’ taxes and labor. Zong Ze sent Zhao Shixing to retake Hua. On yichou, Zhai Jin struck Wushi in Henan, was broken, and his son Liang fell. On xinhai, Zhai Jin led Han Shizhong, Ding Jin, and others to Wenjia Temple, was broken again, and Shizhong gathered what was left and marched south. Wushi re-entered Xijing, then cast it aside. Zhang Yan, Longyou protector, fought at Wulipu, was routed, and died. On dingmao, the Jin entered Luo. On renchen, Sun Qi, an army bandit, burned Sui. On guiwei, he entered Tang. Trustworthy Prince Zhen sent Ma Kuo to the transit court with word. That month Zhen was made commander beyond the river; Ma Kuo was made his horse-and-foot grand marshal.
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Fifth month, yiyou: Xu Jingheng left office. Sun Qi struck Dean. On bingxu, Yuanyou examination rules were weighed and poetry-and-fu and classics-meaning were split into separate tests. On wuzi, Zhu Shengfei, Hanlin academician, became Right Vice Director. On xinmao, with Jin already across the river, Han Shizhong, Zong Ze, and others were sent to meet them. On jiawu, Hebei, Shaanxi, and Jing-Dong received a partial amnesty. Xie Ruyi, Fujian transport vice judge, seized Zhang Yuan and six men and beheaded them. On bingshen, Yuwen Xuzhong was again Policy Hall grand academician and Jin supplication envoy. The bandit Jin Sai raided Guangshan. On wuxu, Wang Yan of Hebei planning crossed the river and camped at Hua’s Shadian. On guimao, Zhang Chuo died. On jiachen, Lousu took Jiang. On dingwei, maritime-trade intendancies for the two Zhe circuits and Fujian were restored. On jiyou, Xu Ming and Xiuzhou mutineers seized Zhu Fei and brought back Zhao Shujin as prefect. Zhang Jun, middle-army controller, was ordered to crush them. On guichou, borrowing from circuit salary fields was ended.
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Sixth month, yimao: Qiongzhou casting was halted and paper notes were printed in greater number. On guihai, Ye Nong and Jianzhou mutineers raided Fuzhou. On jiazi, the emperor reviewed prisoners in person. On yichou, Zhang Jun reached Xiuzhou, killed Zhao Shujin, seized Xu Ming, and cut off his head. On jiaxu, Ye Nong took Fuzhou. On dingchou, river prefectures along the Yangtze and Zhe were ordered to drill water armies and build war junks. Locusts blackened the capital districts and the Huai belt. That month Wang Shu of Yan’an was set over Shaanxi’s six circuits; Qu Duan of Jingyuan became his headquarters commander. Guo Yan of Yongxing drove out Wang Zereng; Zereng fled to Xingyuan.
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Seventh month, jiashen: Ye Nong struck Ningde, then fell back on Jianzhou; Zhang Jun and Zhao Zhe of the two Zhe were sent to hunt him. On bingxu, the Ministry was to vet capital officials—none who had bought Jingkang favor with praise or direct palace tests might stand for office. Zong Ze died. On dinghai, officials cashiered for mourning Cai Jing and Wang Fu were allowed to petition for restoration. On wuzi, the army was forbidden to gouge eyes or cut out hearts. On renchen, one man in six from Jiang and Zhe regulars and militia was drafted to the transit court. On yiwei, Guo Zhongxun was made deputy capital garrison commander. On wuxu, merit rolls were opened for every army, inner and outer. On xinchou, spring floods, summer drought, and locusts moved the throne to demand neglected government from every commissioner and prefect—where ruin was worst, field tax was remitted. On jiachen, Du Chong, once demoted from Beijing, regained Privy Council straight rank and was made Kaifeng intendant and Dongjing garrison commander.
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Eighth month, jiayin: three imperial seals were cast for the first time. On jiaxu, the emperor examined graduates in the Hall of Collecting Excellence. Palace Censor Ma Shen was dismissed and soon sent down to Pu. Li Cheng, Hebei and Jing-Dong arrest commissioner, turned rebel. On xinsi, he struck Su. That month Huizong and Qinzong were moved to Han.
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Ninth month, jiashen: Ding Jin rebelled and raided Huai-West again. On gengyin, Li Yi and four hundred fifty-one graduates passed; specially presented men were all allowed posts. On renchen, twenty-one men recommended from attendance, including Chu Zong’e, were rushed to court by post horse. On guisi, Ji fell; officer Li Zheng died on the wall. On jiawu, the Jin hit Yongxing again; Guo Yan abandoned the walls and fell back to Yigu. On xinchou, He Shifan of the Shaanxi controller staff fought at Bagong Plain, was broken, and died. On bingwu, capital officials’ cut salaries were restored. On dingwei, Xue Guang of Dongjing garrison fought at Xiang, was routed, and died. On jiyou, Guo Sanyi died. That autumn Wolibu and Tadan broke Wuma Mountain; Trustworthy Prince Zhen vanished. Ma Kuo’s army was broken at Beijing’s Qingping.
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Tenth month, jiayin: Yangzhou was ordered to dig its moat and mend its walls. River troops of Jiang and Huai were reviewed. Yang Yingcheng returned from Koryŏ. On wuwu, Liu Guangshi was sent against Li Cheng. On renxu, Jiang and Zhe were forbidden to shut grain markets. On guihai, Nianhan besieged Pu; Han Shizhong and Fan Qiong were sent to Dongping and Kaide on separate roads; Ma Kuo was ordered up as relief. On jiazi, Meng Zhonghou was ordered to escort Empress Dowager Longyou to Hangzhou. Yang Jin rebelled again and struck Ru and Luo; Zhai Jin was sent to Minggao Mountain and died in the fight. On bingzi, Ministry review of Chongning and Daguan inflated rewards was ended—self-report only. That month Liu Zhengyan struck Ding Jin and talked him down.
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使 使 西 西使 祿 殿
Eleventh month, xinsi new moon: Li Gang, keeper of Song Mountain Chongfu Palace, was cut to Huaihua deputy training commissioner and sent to Wan’an. Liu Guangshi met Li Cheng at Xinxian; Cheng broke and ran. Koryŏ’s Wang Kai sent Yin Yan’yi to court. The Jin besieged Shan; Li Yansian held and threw them back. On renchen, Yan’an fell; Liu Xuan and Ma Zhong fled; vice prefect Wei Yanming died where he stood. On guisi, Zhao Zhe shattered Ye Nong below Jianzhou; Nong fled, surrendered, then plotted again—Zhang Jun took him and cut off his head. On yiwei, Pu fell and Yang Cuizhong was taken; Kaide followed; Wang Di died on the wall. Wei Xingke was made credentialed envoy to parley before the Jin host. On gengzi, the emperor went to Shouning Temple for the morning feast before the ancestral tablets. On renyin, winter solstice: the emperor sacrificed to August Heaven at the round altar with Taizu as companion and proclaimed a great amnesty. Xiang fell; Zhao Bushi died on the wall. On jiachen, De fell; Zhao Shujiao, horse-and-army inspector, died defending it. On gengxu, commoners’ sons were given a path to office through archery practice. That month Qu Duan, commander of Shaanxi, seized Wang Shu and took his seal. Zhao Kai of Sichuan tea-and-horse ended state tea monopoly and reopened merchant passes as under Zhenghe. The Jin struck Jinning; Xu Huiyan held; yet Zhe Keqiu of Fu surrendered the city. Zi fell to the Jin. Wu Jie of Jingyuan ambushed and beheaded Shi Bin. Gai Jin of Bin took Di; Jiang Gangzhi died with the city. Li Min of Jing-Dong came to court to surrender; Wang Yuan broke his band but kept Min in service. Twelfth month, yimao: the empress dowager reached Hangzhou; Miao Fu and eight thousand escorts camped at Fengguo Temple. On gengshen, the Jin struck Dongping; Quan Bangyan fled; then Jinan—Liu Yu handed over the walls. On jiazi, Daming fell; Guo Yong cursed the Jin and died unbowed; Pei Yi surrendered. Xiqing followed. On yichou, Guo fell. On bingyin, compilation of the national history was ordered for the first time. On jisi, Huang Qianshan became Left Vice Director with Chancellery, Wang Boyan Right Vice Director with Secretariat, Yan Qi Chancellery vice director, Zhu Shengfei Secretariat vice director, and Lu Yi of War associate privy councilor. On xinwei, the Jin struck Qing. On dingchou, retired grandees Yu Shen and Xue Ang were given nominal posts and sent to Jinchang and Huizhou. Geng Nanzhong was cut again to Shanzhou adjutant; Tang Ke lost Observant Literary grand academician. On wuyin, Zhang Jun of Rites was also made Imperial Camp staff officer to drill the long weapon corps. That winter Du Chong cut the Yellow River into the Huai from Si to bar the Jin.
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Jianyan 3, spring, gengchen new moon: the court still sat at Yangzhou. Zhai Xing, Huai-Northwest horse controller, was made Henan intendant, pacification commissioner, and suppression commissioner. Gui Zhongzheng of Jing-West took Yue. On jiashen, Lu Yundi, Policy Hall academician, was made privy signatory. On dinghai, the Jin retook Qing and Wei, burned both, and marched away. Liu Hongdao of Jing-Dong pacification entered Qing to hold the city. On jichou, Xijing Huisheng Palace portraits were installed at Shouning Temple. Champa sent tribute. Li Ye, Zhou Wang, Song Yantong, Wu Dexiu, and other Jin inquiry envoys were hurried to the front. On xinmao, Shao Xing of Shan fought at Tong Pass and broke the Jin. Guo was recovered. On yiwei, Du Chong sent Yue Fei and Sang Zhong against his mutineer Zhang Yong south of the walls; Wang Shan rescued Yong and broke the government host. On gengzi, Zhang Yong and Wang Shan raided Huaining; Feng Changning threw them back. An edict: hear alarm and send your household away, shaking the realm—and you are exiled. On bingwu, Nianhan took Xu; Wang Fu and his son Yi died; Zhao Li, an army officer, rallied village men to plan recovery. Han Shizhong’s left suppression army was broken at Shuyang; Zhang Yu fell; Shizhong fled to Yancheng. The Jin seized Li Kuan at Huaiyang, killed transport deputy Li Ba, took Pengcheng with three thousand horse, and turned by a hidden road toward the Huai. On wushen, they reached Si.
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便 使 殿使使殿使使 使 使 稿 沿使 使 沿沿 西 使 西使使
Second month, gengxu new moon: for the first time commoners might flee the war as they chose. Liu Zhengyan was ordered to march the imperial prince and the six palaces toward Hangzhou. Liu Guangshi of Jiang-Huai planning barred the Huai against the Jin—and his own host collapsed before the enemy came. The Jin struck Chu; Zhu Lin surrendered. On xinhai, Tianchang fell. On renzi, the eunuch Kuang Xun cried that the Jin were near; the emperor armored and galloped to Zhenjiang. That same day Jin horse crossed Yangzi Bridge. On guichou, Jin scouts reached Guazhou; Ji Ling of Imperial Sacrifices bore the ancestral tablets on the road—the Jin pursued, and Taizu’s tablet was lost. Wang Yuan urged the court to move on Hangzhou. Zhu Shengfei stayed at Zhenjiang; Lü Yihao, revenue minister, became Literary Hall grand academician and Huai-Jiang commissioner; Liu Guangshi, metropolitan patrol commander, took Palace Front command and the five armies at Zhenjiang to hold the river mouth. Yang Weizhong, horse-army director, took Jiangdong and camped at Jiangning. That night they quit Zhenjiang and stopped at Lücheng. Jin raiders entered Zhen. On jiayin, the court halted at Chang. Imperial Camp controller Wang Yi tried to seize Jiangning, failed, and fled. Fan Qiong, Imperial Camp front general, marched from Dongping to Shouchun; his troops killed defender Deng Shaomi. On bingchen, the court reached Pingjiang. On dingsi, the Jin hit Taizhou; Zeng Ban handed over the walls. Ding Jin’s men looted; Wang Yuan baited and killed him. On wuwu, the court stopped at Wujiang; Zhu Shengfei was to hold Pingjiang and Xiuzhou; Zhang Jun of Rites assisted. Shengfei was also made deputy Imperial Camp commissioner. Wang Yuan remained at Pingjiang. Liu Junmin, loyal-training gentleman, became gate usher and carried papers to the Jin host. An edict enrolled Zhang Bangchang’s kin; Junmin also bore Bangchang’s draft peace letter toward the Jin. Cang fell; Liu Xi abandoned the walls and fled. On jiwei, the court halted at Xiuzhou. Lü Yihao was to range the Yangzi; Chen Yanwen, Dragon Hall awaiting-edict and Jiang prefect, became Yangzi arrangement commissioner. On gengshen, the court halted at Chongde. Lü Yihao, still with the court, was made associate military affairs commissioner and Huai–two-Zhejiang commissioner and sent back with two thousand men to Jingkou. Zhang Jun, middle-army controller, took eight thousand to Wujiang; Zheng Zizhi of Revenue ran Yangzi coastal defense; Lin Zhiping, investigating censor, ran seacoast defense and raised sea craft for the narrows. On renxu, the court halted at Hangzhou. Jinning fell; Xu Huiyan died on the wall. On guihai, the throne blamed itself and called for blunt counsel. Offices were told to ready boats at Chang and Run to ferry north-country gentry, troops, and families. Ritual goods and palace fare were cut; women without posts were released. On yichou, a grace edict went out; miscellaneous capital crimes short of death were pardoned and banished scholar-officials restored—only Li Gang stayed beyond the pardon. Huang Qianshan had urged it—blame Gang to appease the Jin. The Jiangning transit monopoly tea bureau was opened. On dingmao, officials were received; all from fifth-rank merit gentleman up attended court. On wuchen, one hundred thousand bushels were released; Hang, Xiuzhou, Chang, Hu, and Pingjiang sold cheap to feed northeastern refugees. The Jin burned Yang. On jisi, on Zhang Cheng’s word, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan fell; Ye Mengde of Revenue became left vice director and Cheng right vice director. On gengwu, Pingjiang, Zhenjiang, Chang, Hu, Hang, and Yue were told to list lodged capital officials for selection. Western Zhe commissioners were told to recruit local stalwarts for Qianqiu, Chuijiao, and Xiangyang passes and choke Xuan and Chang. The Jin quit Yang. On xinwei, an edict: the Imperial Camp office held only the five armies at court; frontier regulation returned to the Three Departments and Privy Council. The Jin passed Gaoyou; Zhao Shiyuan fled. Routed men under Song Jin hit Taizhou; Zeng Ban ran. On renshen, the army-term office that squeezed the people was abolished. Lü Yihao sent Chen Yan across the river against Jin remnants and retook Yang. On guiyou, Jin Sai struck Tong. Li Zai, a corporal of Han Shizhong, rebelled and held Gaoyou. On jiashu, Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan lost their posts. On yihai, Zhu Shengfei was summoned to court; Zhang Jun stayed at Pingjiang. Chen Dong and Ouyang Che were posthumously made court gentlemen; one kinsman in office was ordered to comfort each household. Ma Shen was summoned to court, died on the road, and was posthumously made straight Dragon Hall academician. On bingzi, gentry and commoners were told to speak plainly on the day’s gains and losses. That month Wang Shu took Shaanxi and Jingzhao; Qu Duan, headquarters overall controller, took Yan-Yan and Yan’an. Zhang Yong held Queshan and called himself “Zhang Mangdang.”
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殿 使 忿 使使使 使 殿西 殿使使 殿 使使使使 使 使 使 使使使
Third month, jimao new moon: a black spot appeared in the sun. On gengchen, Zhu Shengfei became right vice director and concurrent Secretariat vice minister. On xinsi, Ye Mengde fell; Lu Yi was named left vice director, but before taking seal was dismissed again and made Literary Hall academician. Wang Yuan, Imperial Camp overall controller, became associate military affairs commissioner; Lü Yihao took Jiangdong-East soothing and Jiangning. On renwu, Wang Yuan was excused from presenting and countersigning Privy Council papers. Miao Fu, escort controller, hated Wang Yuan’s sudden favor; Liu Zhengyan hated thin reward for recruiting great bandits. At Yangzhou eunuchs ran affairs at will; many generals seethed. On guiwei, Fu and Zhengyan rebelled, marched on the palace, and killed Wang Yuan and more than a hundred inner attendants down to Kang Lü. The emperor mounted a tower; Fu became Qingyuan military commissioner and added Imperial Camp controller; Zhengyan became Weizhou observer and deputy overall controller. Fu forced abdication on the prince, Duke of Wei, and asked Empress Dowager Longyou to rule behind the curtain with them. That night the emperor moved to Xianning Temple. On jiashen, the emperor was honored Sagely, Benevolent, and Filial; Xianning became Sagely Palace; a great amnesty followed. Zhang Cheng took concurrent Secretariat vice minister; Han Shizhong ran the whole Imperial Camp train; Zhang Jun, front-army controller, became Qinfeng deputy overall commander and his men were split among the armies. On dinghai, Du Chong, Eastern Capital defender, became Literary Hall grand academician and Jing-Dong and Jing-Xi commissioner. Guo Zhongxun, Palace Front deputy and Eastern Capital deputy defender, was advanced to Zhaohua military commissioner. Inner attendants Lan Gui, Gao Miao, Zhang Quwei, Zhang Dan, Zeng Ze, and Chen Yongxi were banished to the southern ridges. Ze was already on the road when Fu recalled and killed him. Lü Yihao reached Jiangning. On wuzi, Wang Xiaodi, Duanyi academician, became Secretariat vice minister and Lu Yi left vice director. Zhang Jun’s eight thousand reached Pingjiang; Zhang Jun of Rites urged raising troops to demand accounting; he and Lü Yihao and Liu Guangshi agreed to summon Han Shizhong. On jichou, the reign title became Mingshou. Zhang Jun memorialized begging the Sagely Emperor to resume chief affairs in person. On gengyin, officials first attended Sagely Palace; Fu became Wudang military commissioner; Zhengyan Wucheng; Liu Guangshi Grand Mentor and Huainan commissioner; Fan Qiong Qingyuan and Hubei; Yang Weizhong took junior guardian; Zhang Jun became Rites minister; he and Lü Yihao were summoned to court. Fu made middle-army controller Wu Zhan director of the Foot Army office; Huang Qianshan and Wang Boyan took nominal posts and were settled at Heng and Yong; Wang Xiaodi and Lu Yi were made great Jin credence envoys; jinshi Huang Daben and Wu Shimin were made advance petition envoys. The transit court monopoly tea bureau was opened. Lü Yihao begged the Sagely Emperor to resume the great throne. Bin fell to the Jin. On guisi, Zhang Jun set Xin Daozong to arrange sea craft and sent Feng Xi with letters to persuade Fu and Zhengyan. On jiawu, the offices asked grand empress dowager for the empress dowager; she refused. Lü Yihao led ten thousand loyalist troops out of Jiangning. On yiwei, Huang Qianshan was again cut to Zhendong deputy military commissioner and sent to Ying. Liu Guangshi’s troops joined Lü Yihao at Danyang. On bingxu, Han Shizhong gathered scattered men from Yancheng at Pingjiang; Zhang Jun lent him two thousand. On wuxu, they went to the transit court. On xinchou, Fu made Shizhong Dingguo military commissioner and Zhang Jun Wuning and Fengxiang; Zhang Jun of Rites was demoted to Huangzhou deputy training commissioner and sent to Chen. Jun and the rest all refused. Fu sent troops to Linping to block the loyalist army. On renyin, the sun’s black spot vanished. Lu Yi was dismissed. Lü Yihao reached Pingjiang. River bandit Shao Qing entered Si. On guimao, the empress dowager issued an edict: the Sagely Emperor was imperial younger brother, grand marshal, and Prince Kang; the emperor was imperial nephew and regent. Fu and Zhengyan were granted iron certificates. Lü Yihao and Zhang Jun proclaimed punishment of Fu and Zhengyan throughout the realm and jailed Huang Daben. On yisi, the empress dowager ordered the Sagely Emperor to handle weighty military affairs. Zhang Jun led troops out of Pingjiang; Liu Guangshi followed. On bingwu, Zhang Jun of Rites became associate military affairs commissioner; Li Bing, Hanlin academician, and Zheng Duan, investigating censor-in-chief, took the same rank. Lü Yihao and Zhang Jun marched from Pingjiang. On dingwei, the court halted at Wujiang and begged the Jianyan emperor to resume the honored throne. Zhu Shengfei summoned Fu and Zhengyan to council on restoration; Fu and the rest then attended Sagely Palace. The Jin overran the eastern capital country; Liu Hongdao abandoned Qing and fled. Tadun made Liu Yu Dongping prefect and commissioner over Henan prefectures. Zhao Li recovered Xu.
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Fourth month, wushen new moon: the empress dowager restored rule; the emperor resumed the great throne. The emperor returned to the palace; with the empress dowager he held court behind the curtain; she was honored Empress Dowager Longyou. On jiyou, an edict sought the Taizu spirit tablet. Miao Fu became Huai-Xi commissioner; Liu Zhengyan was his deputy. On gengxu, the era name Jianyan was restored. Zhang Jun of Rites was ordered to know the Privy Council; Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were both checked junior guardian. Lü Yihao and Zhang Jun halted at Linping; Miao Yi and Ma Rouji fought and lost; Fu and Zhengyan fled by night with two thousand. On xinhai, the grand empress dowager withdrew from the curtain. Lü Yihao and the rest were received in audience. Fu struck Fuyang and Xincheng; Wang De and Qiao Zhongfu were sent in pursuit. On guisi, Zhu Shengfei, Yan Qi, Wang Xiaodi, Zhang Cheng, and Lu Yundi all fell. Lü Yihao became right vice director and concurrent Secretariat vice minister; Li Bing right vice director; Zheng Duan associate military affairs commissioner. On jiayin, Liu Guangshi became Grand Mentor and deputy Imperial Camp commissioner; Han Shizhong Wusheng and overall of the front left army; Zhang Jun Zhenxi and overall of the front right army; loyalist officers were advanced by degrees. Palace Front directors Wang Yuan and Zuo Yan were demoted and sent to Ying and He. Ma Yuan, Privy Council chief usher, was suspended and settled at Yong. Fan Zhongxiong of Revenue and Shi Ximeng on western Zhe soothing staff were struck from the rolls and sent under guard to Liuzhou and Jiyang. Wu Zhan, middle-army controller, and Wang Shixiu of Works were beheaded in the market. Wang Yuan was posthumously enfeoffed Pillar of State. On yimao, a great amnesty. Renrenzong’s statutes were enacted; where Jiayou rules differed from today, outside official system and corvée law rewards grew heavier and penalties lighter. Tribute of non-urgent goods to the throne was abolished. Yuanyou stone factionalists not fully restored in office and favor were told to have their families report. Plain speech within and without was permitted. On dingsi, inner attendants were forbidden to traffic with troop commanders, give gifts, borrow on false pretense, borrow forbidden troops, or meddle in court affairs. On gengshen, left and right vice directors were made concurrent Tong Zhongshu Menxia Pingzhangshi; Secretariat vice ministers became participation in governance and left and right Secretariat vice directors were abolished. Li Bing was made participation in governance. Transit-court officials were told each to recommend those they knew, including provincial, academic, and directorate posts. Miao Fu struck Qu. On guihai, Zhou Wang, supervising drafter, became Jiang-Zhe commissioner. On dingmao, the emperor left Hangzhou; Zheng Duan guarded the grand empress dowager; Han Shizhong became Jiang-Zhe commissioner and with Liu Guangshi pursued Fu and Zhengyan. On jisi, an edict: Fu, Zhengyan, Miao Yu, Miao Yi, and Zhang Kui were beyond pardon; the rest of the party were forgiven. On renshen, the prince, Duke of Wei Fu, was made heir apparent. Fu’s partisans Wang Junfu and Ma Rouji were pardoned and permitted to surrender. On bingzi, Fan Qiong led troops from Guang and Qi to camp at Hong. That month Liu Wenshun raided Hao. Northwest bandit Xue Qing seized Gaoyou.
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Fifth month, wuyin new moon: the court halted at Chang; Zhang Jun of Rites became pacification commissioner over Chuan, Shaan, Jing-Xi, and Hunan north and south with discretionary demotion and promotion. On gengchen, Zhang Yi, Fu’s overall officer, beheaded Wang Junfu and Ma Rouji and surrendered. On xinsi, the court halted at Zhenjiang, sacrificed at Zhang Ce’s and Chen Dong’s tombs, and comforted their households. On guisi, Teng Kang, Hanlin academician, became associate military affairs commissioner. On yiyou, the court reached Jiangning, halted at Shenxiao Palace, and renamed the prefecture Jiankang. Hong Hao, court gentleman of the fourth rank, was restored as great Jin inquiry envoy. On dinghai, Chen Yanwen, Huixian straight academician, took the navy and arranged Jiang-Zhe coastal defense. Lan Gui and the rest were summoned to return swiftly to court. On jichou, Han Shizhong pursued Fu and Zhengyan at Pucheng, took Zhengyan, and Fu fled. Zhang Jun of Rites soothed Xue Qing at Gaoyou and was held by Qing. On yiwei, Jun was dismissed. Wang Xie, front-army controller, became Huainan recruitment commissioner. On jihai, Secretariat and Chancellery examination officers were restored and two left and right secretariat bureau directors were abolished. Jiang Chi, Fu’s lieutenant, killed Miao Yi and surrendered to Zhou Wang. Fu fled to Jianyang; Zhan Biao, a local stalwart, seized him and presented him. On xinchou, Zhang Jun of Rites returned from Gaoyou. He was again ordered to know the Privy Council. That month Zhai Xing killed Yang Jin’s remnant band, then set up Liu Ke to resist the government army.
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Sixth month, wushen new moon: Du Chong, Eastern Capital defender, led troops to court and was made concurrent pacification deputy and Huainan and Jing-Dong and Jing-Xi commissioner. On jiyou, after long rain, court gentlemen and above were summoned on neglected government; Lü Yihao asked sealed submissions. They then followed Zhao Ding of Merit Bureau: Wang Anshi was removed from Shenzong’s temple side-hall and Sima Guang installed. Wang Shan failed at Huaining, turned to raid Xu, and Wang Guan, his overall officer, defeated him. On jiayin, the reward-merit office was abolished. On yimao, households of the dead in service were to be comforted and descendants enrolled. Kang Yunzhi, western Zhe soothing commissioner, was advanced to full commissioner. On bingchen, Liu Guangshi induced Fu’s general Han Juan to surrender. On wuwu, Jiang, Zhe, and Huainan were told to flood ponds and marshes and open ditches to block Jin troops. On gengshen, the grand empress dowager reached Jiankang. On xinyou, under long overcast skies, an edict blamed the throne for four failures: ignorance of governing the state, ignorance of far design to quell calamity, lack of virtue to soothe the people, and loss of the handle on ministers. It was posted at court and proclaimed throughout the realm so all would know the throne’s repentance. Li Zhi, bearer of the imperial armory, was made acting co-director of Palace Front. On yichou, Lian Nanfu, Jiankang soothing commissioner, took concurrent Jiankang and commissioner over Xuan, Hui, and Taiping. On dingmao, Yuan Zhi of Right Secretariat remonstrance asked execution of Huang Qianshan and nine who had lost their posts, including Qu Bangyan. An edict said, “The throne is blaming itself—how can all fault fall on ministers below?” Zhi was dismissed to Chi; Zhao Ding became Right Secretariat remonstrance officer. On guiyou, Privy Council examination officers were established. Liu Ningzhi, right secretariat bureau director, became Yangzi arrangement deputy commissioner. On jiaxu, quarters moved to the transit palace. On yihai, an edict told the realm: “With autumn defense near, the empress dowager is to lead the clan to welcome the spirit tablets south of the Yangzi; all non-military offices are to follow. The emperor, chief ministers, and veteran generals will guard the foe and answer the central plains. Officials, soldiers, and households moving south were not to be stopped. Ci fell to the Jin. That summer bandit Gui Zhongzheng surrendered.
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Seventh month, wuyin: Wang Fu was posthumously made Literary Hall academician. On jimao, the emperor personally judged prisoners. On xinsi, Miao Fu and Liu Zhengyan were executed. On guiwei, Han Shizhong was advanced checked junior guardian, Wusheng-Zhaoqing military commissioner, and Imperial Camp overall controller. Fan Qiong came from Hong to court; he was made Imperial Camp commissioner over the whole train; Xin Qizong, rear-army controller, became overall controller. The Hanlin Academy was ordered to draft Western Xia letters and great Jin memorial forms for Zhang Jun of Rites. On jiashen, an edict: in the Miao–Liu mutiny chief ministers had not guarded the altars; Zhu Shengfei, Yan Qi, and Lu Yundi fell; Zhang Cheng was settled at Heng. Hu Shunzhi of Lu became Huai-Xi commissioner; Qu Bangyan of Jiang took concurrent circuit commissioner. The Jin struck Shandong; Liu Hongdao abandoned Wei and fled; Zhang Cheng of Laizhou surrendered. On dinghai, Fan Qiong, overbearing and lawless, was taken into judicial review and his troops split among the five Divine Martial armies. The heir apparent died; posthumous title Yuanyi. On wuzi, Zheng Duan died. On jichou, Wang Chao, Literary Hall grand academician, became participation in governance; Zhou Wang, war minister, associate military affairs commissioner. On gengyin, presented-degree scholar Li Shiyu of Xianjing Supervisor memorialized to select an imperial clansman the people could trust; the emperor was enraged and sent him home. On xinmao, Hangzhou was promoted to Lin'an prefecture. On renchen, Fan Qiong was again charged with forcing Huizong’s move and welcoming Zhang Bangchang; he confessed, was put to death, and his sons and brothers were exiled to Lingnan. Liu Hongdao recovered Qing and seized Jin defender Xiang Dayou. On yiwei, Xie Liang was sent as envoy to Xia. On dingyou, Cui Zong was sent as envoy to the Jin forward army. On gengzi, Zhang Jun set out from the mobile court. On xinchou, Wang Yanxie met Jin Sai in battle and was defeated. On renyin, Li Bing and Teng Kang were ordered to head the Three Departments and Military Affairs Commission and escort the empress dowager to Hong; Yang Weizhong led ten thousand troops as guard. Du Chong was made associate military affairs commissioner. On yisi, Jiangxi, Min, Guang, and Jing-Hu were ordered to drill cave militia and pike troops. Shandong bandit Guo Zhongwei took Huaiyang army. Zhai Xing entered Ru, fought bandit Wang Jun, and defeated him.
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Eighth month, jiyou: the western Zhe pacification office moved to Zhenjiang. On gengxu, Li Bing was dismissed. On renzi, Personnel Minister Liu Jue became Bright Hall academician and acting co-head of the Three Departments and Military Affairs Commission. On jiayin, Wang Shu was dismissed. Emblematic Writings Hall academician and Qingyang prefect Wang Si was made Shaanxi commissioner. Liu Wenshun entered Shu prefecture. On jiwei, the empress dowager left Jiankang. On dingmao, Du Shiliang was sent as envoy to the Jin forward army.
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Intercalary eighth month, dingchou new moon: Hu Shunsheng became Yangtze-line overall commissioner; compiler Wang Xishu was his deputy. On dinghai, Fu Kui plundered Lianshui army, killed commissioner Hao Lin, and surrendered to Wang Yanxie. On jichou, Lü Yihao became left vice director and Du Chong right vice director, both co-equal chancellors. On gengyin, Attendant Gentleman Hu Yin memorialized on twenty matters; Lü Yihao dismissed him in displeasure. On xinmao, Du Chong was also made Jiang-Huai pacification commissioner at Jiankang with Wang Yanxie under him; Han Shizhong became Jiang-Huai-West commissioner at Zhenjiang; Liu Guangshi became Jiangdong pacification commissioner at Taiping and Chizhou; all were under Chong. On dingyou, the empress dowager reached Hong. On jihai, Fujian and Guangnan annual tribute silver was cut by one-third. An edict allowed commissioners to use troops at discretion; all else was forbidden. On renyin, the emperor left Jiankang for western Zhe again; Zhang Jun and Xin Qizong followed with their armies. On jiachen, the court halted at Zhenjiang. Chen Dong’s family was given gold. Zhang Jun halted at Xiangyang, recruited government and loyalist troops, and posted them at Xiang, Ying, Tang, and Deng under Cheng Qianqiu and Li Yunwen. That month Jinan prefect Gong Yi fought the Jin repeatedly at Mi; the army broke; Yi and Liu Hongdao fled to Huainan; defender Li Kui surrendered Mi. Jin Sai came to Liu Guangshi and surrendered.
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Ninth month, bingwu new moon: the sun was eclipsed. Spies reported the Jin fitting a fleet to probe Jiang and Zhe by sea; Han Shizhong was sent to hold Tuanshan and Fushan. On xinhai, the court halted at Pingjiang. On renzi, the Jin took Dan and Xingren, then Nanjing; defender Ling Tangzuo was seized and surrendered. On guichou, Zhou Wang was made pacification commissioner of two Zhe, Jing-Hu, and related circuits to hold Pingjiang. Hanlin academician Zhang Shou became co-signatory of Military Affairs. Liu Guangshi was ordered to move camp to Jiang. On bingchen, Zhang Shao and others were sent as envoys to the Jin forward army. The Jin took Yi. The Goryeo tribute mission was turned back. Zhang Jun by imperial order dismissed Tan prefect Xin Bing and restored Dragon Diagram academician Xiang Ziyun in his place. On dingsi, green-sprout arrears on every circuit were remitted. On xinyou, acting Ding prefect Xing Zun was charged with linking to Yelü Yudu, demoted to Yingzhou regiment vice commander, and settled at Ying. On guihai, twenty thousand bolts of silk were granted Li Cheng’s army at Su and Si; Cheng soon rebelled again. On jisi, Hu Shunsheng became staff officer of the two-Zhe pacification office; Zhenjiang prefect Chen Bangguang became Yangtze-line overall commissioner. On gengwu, Works Vice Minister Tang Dongye became Pingjiang prefect and western Zhe commissioner. On xinwei, Zou Hao was posthumously restored as Dragon Diagram awaiting appointment. Night of renshen: Tan garrison troops mutinied; a flight plot failed and Xiang Ziyun soon pacified them. On jiaxu, Jin commander Lou Shi attacked Chang'an; commissioner Guo Yan fled; Hebei bandit Li Qiong besieged Guang.
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Tenth month, bingzi new moon: inspection officials were ordered yearly to report corrupt officials by name for merit ranking. On gengchen, armies were forbidden to enter Shu and Shaanxi without authorization. On guiwei, the emperor reached Hangzhou and went again to eastern Zhe. On gengyin, he crossed the Zhe River. Guo Zhongwei surrendered to Zhou Wang, who made him a headquarters commander. On xinmao, Li Cheng took Chu and killed defender Xiang Zijin. On renchen, the emperor reached Yue. On guisi, Li Yi was ordered to buy horses from Guangxi cave militia; a breeding office was set up at Yong. On wuxu, the southeast eight circuits were first ordered yearly to send the five regulated funds to the mobile court. Zhang Jun drilled troops at Xingyuan. The Jin took Shouchun. On gengzi, they took Huang; defender Zhao Ling'e died. On xinchou, Zhang Jun made Zhao Kai follow-the-army transport commissioner with sole charge of Sichuan revenue. The Jin crossed from Huang; Liu Guangshi fled; Jiang prefect Han Mou abandoned the city. The Jin marched from Daye toward Hong. That month Jingxi bandit Liu Man took Xinyang army and killed defender Zhao Shifu. Bandits entered Su and killed vice prefect Sheng Xiuyi.
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Eleventh month, yisi new moon: the Jin attacked Lu; defender Li Hui surrendered. Wang Shan rebelled and surrendered to the Jin, who seized him. On dingwei, capital punishment for miscellaneous crimes was reduced, prisoners below exile were released, Li Gang was left at liberty, and Song Qiyu’s office was posthumously restored. Gui Zhongzheng attacked Jingnan; military commissioner Qu Cheng fought and beheaded him. On wushen, Jin commander Wusu attacked He; defender Li Chou surrendered; vice prefect Tang Jing died. On jiyou, Zhang Jun set out for Guan and Shaanxi. Wusu took Wuwei; defender Li Zhiji fled. On renzi, the empress dowager withdrew to Gan. Jiangxi commissioner Wang Zixian abandoned Hong and fled. On dingsi, the Jin took Linjiang; defender Wu Jiangzhi fled. On wuwu, Sun Wu and others were sent as letter-bearing envoys to the Jin forward army. The Jin took Hong; acting prefect Li Jizhong surrendered. Fu and Yuan defenders Wang Zhongshan and Wang Zhongyi both surrendered. Huai bandit Liu Zhong attacked Qi; Han Shiqing met him and broke his force. Zhong entered Shu and killed vice prefect Sun Zhiwei. On gengshen, the Jin took Zhen; defender Xiang Zimin fled. On xinyou, the empress dowager reached Ji. On renxu, the Jin attacked Jiankang, took Lishui, and county aide Pan Zhen died. On guihai, the Jin took Taiping. Foot Army director Yan Qing brought successive imperial portraits from the western capital to the mobile court; they were installed at Tianqing Abbey; soon Qing was ordered to command Huai-west troops against the Jin. On jiazi, Du Chong sent Chen Cui, Yue Fei, and others against the Jin at Ma Family Ford; Wang Yanxie fled first; Cui was defeated and died. On yichou, Reviewing Official Fu Songqing became eastern Zhe defense commissioner. The empress dowager left Ji and halted at Taihe. Guard commander Du Yan and rear-army Yang Shixiong rebelled, attacked Yongfeng, and magistrate Zhao Xun died. The Jin reached Taihe; the empress dowager went overland from Wan'an toward Gan. On dingmao, ten edicts ordered return to western Zhe to meet the enemy. The Jin attacked Ji; defender Yang Yuan fled; they also took Lu'an army. On jisi, the emperor left Yue and halted at Qianqing. On gengwu, he returned again to Yue. Zhou Wang became associate military affairs commissioner and still held Pingjiang as two-Zhe pacification commissioner; Palace Front commander Guo Zhongxun was deputy at Yue; Right Army commander Zhang Jun was eastern Zhe commissioner on the journey. Censor-in-chief Fan Zongyin became associate administrator of affairs. On xinwei, Wusu entered Jiankang; defender Chen Bangguang and Revenue Minister Li Zheng welcomed him; vice prefect Yang Bangyi refused. On guiyou, the emperor went to Ming. The Jin attacked Jianchang; military controller Cai Yanshi repelled them. On jiaxu, Wusu killed Yang Bangyi. Han Shizhong led troops from Zhenjiang to Jiangyin. Jiang-Huai pacification routed troops under Li Xuan attacked and took Zhenjiang. Huai militia commander Wang Zongwang surrendered Hao to the Jin. That month Zhang Jun reached Qin. Sang Zhong from Tang attacked Xiangyang; Jingxi commissioner Cheng Qianqiu fled; Zhong then held Xiangyang.
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Twelfth month, yihai new moon: Zhang Jun by imperial order abolished Jishi army. On bingzi, the emperor reached Ming. On dingchou, pacification preparation officer Qi Fang mutinied, attacked Zhenjiang, and killed defender Hu Tanglao. On xinsi, the Jin took Chang; defender Zhou Qi sent Red-Heart officer Liu Yan to strike and drive them off. The Jin took Guangde army. Defender Zhou Lie was killed. Liu Guangshi led troops toward Nankang. On renwu, flight by sea was decided; garrison troops Zhang Bao and others, fearing the voyage, plotted mutiny; Lü Yihao ambushed and beheaded Bao and seventeen others. On jiashen, Zhang Jun by imperial order made Jingyuan commissioner Qu Duan Grand Martial General and Pacification headquarters commander. On yiyou, Wusu attacked Lin'an; defender Kang Yunzhi fled; Qiantang magistrate Zhu Bi died. On jichou, the emperor boarded a tower ship at Dinghai; cold-weather cash was given the mobile-court armies. On xinmao, Fan Zongyin and Zhao Ding were left at Ming to await Jin envoys. On guisi, the emperor halted at Changguo. On yiwei, Du Yan attacked Tan and killed vice prefects Meng Yanqing and Zhao Minyan. The Jin massacred Hong. On wuxu, the Jin attacked Yue; pacification commissioner Li Ye surrendered; guardsman Tang Qi hid a great stone to strike Jin commander Paba, failed, and died. Guo Zhongxun abandoned his army and fled to Wen. On gengzi, the court moved to Wen and Tai. On guimao, Huang Qianshan died at Ying. Li Cheng led troops from Chu toward Huai-west.
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