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西 西禿滿 祿
In the fifteenth year, on the xinmao day of the first month of spring, Alawadin led troops to garrison Otgon and received three thousand shi of grain and thirty ingots of paper currency. Because qianhu Zheng E had won distinction in battle, he was promoted to wanhu and given a tiger tally. On guisi day famine struck the Western Capital; ten thousand shi of grain were issued for relief, and Ahmad was told to build up reserves against future shortfalls. Shunde Prefecture prefect Zhang Wenhuan and Taiyuan Prefecture darughachi Tabuqa, once the surveillance commission had exposed their corruption, sent men to the secretariat to confess, then tried to shift the blame onto the surveillance commission. Censorate officials memorialized, "If the surveillance commission is truly guilty, they ought not bring charges over this matter; Zhang Wenhuan's case should be decided first, and only then should their complaint be heard." The request was granted. On jihai day Yehsien, Koke Temür, and other officials charged with rounding up stray property were pardoned for trading official horses and stray livestock; civilian administrators in the circuits, prefectures, and counties were ordered to take joint charge of the work. Officials who hid property, exchanged horses without authorization, or privately assigned women would have their households confiscated. Officials, soldiers, and civilians were forbidden to sell Jiangnan commoners' children they had taken as wives or to sell them as prostitutes; buyers and sellers were both punished, the price was confiscated, and the persons were restored to commoner status. Jinsha Spring in Changxing County, Huzhou Prefecture, was renamed Auspicious Response Spring. Jinsha Spring did not flow steadily; in Tang times its water was used to make Purple Bud tea for tribute, and when officials prepared victims and silks and offered sacrifice, water would appear, only to dry up again once the rite was done. Late in Song it was dredged and repaired again and again, but the spring still would not flow. Now the Central Secretariat sent officials to offer sacrifice, and overnight the water overflowed, enough to irrigate a thousand mu of fields. The pacification commission reported what had happened, and for that reason the present name was granted. The god Lord Cui of Cizhou Prefecture was enfeoffed as King Qisheng of Broad Aid. On renyin day the wine ban was lifted for the Jurchen and Suiban peoples. On bingwu day the Anxi Prince's chancellor's office reported that wanhu Tuman Dar and Hao Jalabuhua and others had taken Luzhou and beheaded its commanders Wang Shichang and Commander Li. On wushen day, granting Ahmad's request, the Censorate was forbidden from now on to summon warehouse clerks without notifying the Secretariat or to investigate cash and grain accounts; those absent from joint deliberations at the Central Secretariat would be punished. Song Prince of Fu Zhao Yurui was made honorary golden-bright grand master of the palace, titular minister of grand granaries, and Duke of Pingyuan Commandery. On gengxu day East Sichuan deputy commander-in-chief Zhang Derun routed the troops of Fuzhou, beheading prefectural commander Wang Ming and his son Zhongxun, zongguan Han Wenguang, and Zhang Yuchun. An edict declared that officers who failed to keep their soldiers in order, or whose corvée abuses drove men to desert, would forfeit half their household goods. Anige was made grand steward and placed in charge of the Directorate of Palace Buildings as well.
2
使 使 使
In the second month, on wuwu day, sacrifice was offered to the First Farmer. Mongol princely sons performed the ceremonial plowing in their stead. On guihai day famine struck Xianchun Prefecture and other commanderies and the common households of Daliang; one thousand ingots of paper currency were issued for relief. Grand councillors Atahai and Ari were ordered to choose capable and honest officials in Jiangnan and remove redundant and unfit ones. Wanquan County in Hezhong Prefecture was restored. On xinwei day the wine ban was lifted in Sichuan, where miasma was widespread. On dingchou day Mars transited Celestial Street. On gengchen day soldiers of Bieshibali called up for campaign were exempted from corvée. On renwu day associate administrator and Fujian Circuit pacification commissioner Sudu led troops against Chaozhou and captured it. The Directorate of Astronomy was established; crown prince tutor Wang Xun was put in charge, Works Ministry langzhong Guo Shoujing was made his deputy, and Academician-Grand Councillor and concurrent National University chancellor Xu Heng was placed over the whole office. Huating County was upgraded to Songjiang Prefecture. Envoys were sent to sacrifice at the mountains and rivers in the Emperor's stead. Associate administrators Xia Gui, Fan Wenhu, and Chen Yan were all made left associates of the Central Secretariat, and Huangzhou Circuit pacification commissioner Tangudai and Shi Bi were both made associate administrators.
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沿使使 西西 西 西
In the third month, on yiyou day, an edict ordered Mangudai, Sudu, and Pu Shougeng to run branch secretariat affairs at Fuzhou and pacify the coastal commanderies. Coastal frontier deputy commissioner Heladai was put in command of the fleet for the southern campaign, promoted to frontier commissioner and concurrent left deputy commander-in-chief, and given a tiger tally. On dinghai day the moon invaded Venus. On wuzi day the moon invaded Mars. On jichou day the branch secretariat asked to audit the mobile censorate's documents; the request was denied. On jiawu day the Western Sichuan mobile privy council won over Western Shu, Chongqing, and other places, yielding three prefectures, six subprefectures, one army, one directorate, twenty counties, forty stockades, and one barbarian domain. On yiwei day Song Prince Guang Zhao Bing sent Ni Jian with a memorial to court and told him to await orders at the capital. The Yangzhou branch secretariat was ordered to choose troops from Temür Buqa's command to help the advance against Longxing. On dingyou day Tachai was ordered to tear down the walls of Kuizhou Prefecture. On wuxu day Liu Zongchun held Deqing Prefecture; Wuzhou wanhu Zhu Guobao attacked him, burned his stockades and palisades, and captured Deqing. An edict ordered left associate Lü Wenhuan to send officials to recruit raw and seasoned ticket soldiers of Song; those fit for service were to receive monthly pay and rations; those unfit were to be given oxen for garrison farming. On gengzi day Han army commander-in-chief Li Ting volunteered to lead troops against Zhang Shijie, and the request was granted. The Western Sichuan mobile privy council won over Yisheng, Tuhui, and other cities and Shiliu Stockade, which surrendered one after another. On renyin day, because harvests had failed year after year across the circuits, this year's field rent and silk tax were remitted. On guimao day commander-in-chief Yang Wen'an sent troops to take Shaoqing, seized its prefect Xian Long, and had him beheaded. On yisi day the Guangnan West Circuit pacification commission sent garrison commander Cui Yong, qianhu Liu Tan, and Wang Deyong to win over Lei, Hua, and Gao prefectures, and Yong and his party were left to garrison them. Song's Zhang Shijie and Su Liuyi took Prince Guang Zhao Bing and fled to Yaizhou. Associate administrators Milhuxin and Zhang Shouzhi were both placed in charge of Ministry of Revenue affairs.
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西西 祿禿祿 禿 使
In summer, on the yimao day of the fourth month, commander Liu Guojie was ordered to lead ten thousand men north, and the officers and soldiers received 20,671 ingots of paper currency. The Temple of King Pangu in Huichuan County was repaired and sacrifice was offered there. On bingchen day an edict ordered ten thousand men levied for a punitive campaign, because Yunnan's territory was vast and many places had not yet submitted. On wuwu day, because bandits had broken out in Jiangnan and the people were still unsettled, branch secretariat left associate Xia Gui and others were ordered to pacify soldiers and civilians along separate routes and audit cash and grain; to look into commanderies and counties hard hit by drought and officials who were honest and capable, and report them; and to impeach and remove those who were greedy, cruel, and unfit for office. On jiazi day Buqa was ordered to remain and garrison Western Sichuan; Wang Weizheng led meritorious Mongol and Han army officers and surrendered officials to audience; the capital patrol troops garrisoning Western Sichuan were sent home. Transport commissions were established in Yunnan and Hunan. Because the timely rains had been ample, the wine ban was partly relaxed; for common people weakened by age or illness who needed wine for medicine, the state would brew and ration supplies. On xinwei day the Directorate of Imperial Sacrificial Victuals was established, with concurrent vice-director of the Imperial Household Directorate Tula Temür as its director. Zhang Zhensun of Guangzhou rebelled and attacked the city; defending commander Zhang Xiongfei abandoned it and fled; troops were sent against him; Zhensun begged to surrender and was ordered to send himself and his wife to the capital. On dingchou day the Yunnan branch secretariat won over 109 stockaded towns in the Lin'an, Baiyi, and Heni partitioned lands, 32,200 soldiers and civilians in the Weichu, Jinchi, and Luoluo partitioned stockades, and 19 stockaded towns of the Tulaoman, Gaozhou, and Junlianzhou. On gengchen day, on Xu Heng's recommendation, envoys were sent to Hangzhou and other places to bring official books and printing blocks to the capital. On renwu day a branch secretariat was established at Jiankang Prefecture. Left associate Cui Bin memorialized, "Recently, because Jiangnan offices were bloated and appointments went to unworthy men, Ari and others were ordered to purge them, yet Ahmad, sunk in private favoritism, had installed his own kin throughout his household in key posts." An edict dismissed them all. He also memorialized, "Censorate officials had impeached Alawadin for embezzling official funds, and the case was still unfinished; now he was again appointed associate administrator of Jiang-Huai — that could not stand." An edict blocked his appointment. An edict ordered that from now on dismissed officials would step down one rank: grand councillors to pacification commissioners, pacification commissioners to circuit officials, and circuit officials to prefectural officials. Huai and Zhe salt revenues were placed directly under the branch secretariat, and pacification commissioners were not to intervene. The Northern Capital branch secretariat was converted to a pacification commission. Tiger tallies held by Jiangnan artisan officials were recalled.
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使 使使
On the guwei new moon of the fifth month, an edict instructed Hanlin academician Horeqosun that in future appointments of grand councillors and chief military ministers, he was to consult together with elderly Confucian officials. On yiyou day the branch secretariat reported, "Recently, in suppressing the cliff-cave stockades of Shaowu, Jianchang, Ji, and Fu, Nie Laolao and Dai Xunzi were captured and the rest of the band submitted. Only Zhang Shijie held Yaizhou, raided neighboring commanderies, and was not easily subdued; it was proposed to send pacification commissioner Shi Ge against him." An edict placed Yesu Haiya in overall command. An edict ordered, "If a chief military officer has already received a new appointment, his old post should be given separately to one who has merit; it must not pass again to his sons and grandsons by inheritance. The bans on plunder by unregistered soldiers and on hired slaves serving in the army were strictly enforced. On jiawu day, when officials of every rank committed crimes, those appointed by rescript were reported to the throne; those appointed by edict were handled by the mobile censorate; those appointed by secretariat dispatch were tried by the surveillance commission. For pacification commission officials guilty of wickedness, violation, or irregular documents and dossiers, the circuit surveillance commission was to review and correct them. In capital cases, after the responsible office had examined the matter clearly and the circuit surveillance commission had reviewed it and found no injustice, judgment was to be passed according to regulation. Cases were grouped and submitted awaiting command. For public business from the branch secretariat downward, small matters were limited to seven days, medium matters to fifteen days, and great matters to thirty days. Crack troops from Jiangnan were chosen for the Palace Guard. On yiwei day Wumeng Circuit was placed under the Yunnan branch secretariat; an edict also instructed Wumeng Circuit prefect Amu to establish relay stations and repair roads, and all affairs were to be directed by branch secretariat grand councillor Sayid Ajall. Water relay stations were established in Sichuan from Xuzhou to Jingnan Prefecture. On jihai day Jiangdong Circuit surveillance commissioner Abaqa sought gold and silver vessels and dwelling houses with women and children from Jiangdong pacification commissioner Lü Wenhuan, failed to get them, and then falsely charged him with privately hiding arms. An edict ordered mobile censorate chief Xiangwei to investigate; when the truth came out, Abaqa was dismissed from office. On xinhai day Zhang Liusun was appointed by decree chief prelate of Daoism in all Jiangnan circuits. The officers of the Palace Guard Office and the 450 men under their command received 2,060 ingots of paper currency.
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西 西西 使 西使 殿 西 使 使 使
In the sixth month, on yimao day, the Western Tibet Li Tang city was upgraded to Li Tang Prefecture. On gengshen day an edict ordered that Bo'erchi, Darqchi, and officials of the grain and coin offices were not to receive tallies; those already granted were to be recalled. On renxu day surrendered officials of Luzhou including Xue Wang and others received paper currency in varying amounts. On bingyin day, because the thirteen frontier passes in Jiangnan were overstaffed, one honest and capable military-civilian official was chosen to take charge of each. Jinan Prefecture was promoted to Jinan Circuit, and Xiliang Prefecture was demoted to Xiliang subprefecture. On dingmao day a He-di Purchase and Relief Office was established in Ganzhou to supply army rations and relieve the poor. On jiaxu day an edict ordered the elimination of redundant offices in Jiangnan. Jiangnan had originally had four provinces — Huai-dong, Hunan, Longxing, and Fujian; Longxing was merged into Fujian. Of its eleven pacification commissions, beyond the established quotas all others were abolished, and the old concurrent ranks attached to various officials were stripped away. The tea transport commission and farm colony commission were abolished, and their affairs were placed under the local pacification commissions. The grain transport commission was abolished, and its affairs were placed under the mobile Central Secretariat. General administrations on all routes were to establish offices by upper, middle, and lower grades according to verified household counts. Former Song officials eligible for service were to be registered and employed by the Ministry of Personnel. Shitatalun and Tangudai, who had been abruptly promoted to the executive, and Mangudai, who held darughachi of Wuwei Army while also remotely supervising Huang Prefecture pacification commissioner — all were dismissed. At the time Huai-xi pacification commissioner Angir had come to audience and said Jiangnan officials were excessively numerous; hence this order. The Emperor addressed Angir: "A chancellor who understands Heaven's Way, observes geography, and exhausts human affairs — only one who combines all three is fit for the office. You may have merit, but the chancellorship is not something to be coveted. Among the Muslims Ahmad has the talent to serve as chancellor; Ali is young but also keen; southerners such as Lü Wenhuan and Fan Wenhu who came over with their armies — perhaps they could be placed in chancellor posts." He then turned to those beside him and said, "You can tell Yao Shu and the others: Jiangnan officials are far too numerous — this you all know, yet none of you has ever spoken of it; only Angir has told Me." Attendant Liu Temur then said, "Zhang Ding, a subordinate of Ali Haiya, is now also associate administrator." An edict immediately dismissed him. Thereupon Grand Councillor Haber and others were ordered to instruct the Central Secretariat, Privy Council, and Censorate, "Among the Hanlin Academy and various southern scholars now serving as chancellors and pacification commissioners, and darughachi of various routes bearing tiger tallies, there are many absurd appointments; discuss how to reduce and eliminate them. In all great and small government affairs, carry out what accords with the people's hearts and desires, and abolish what they do not desire." On yihai day an edict directed that all ministries, commissions, and bureaus reporting matters for imperial hearing must route them through the Daily Record. On dingchou day the ancestral temple hall columns had rotted; Vice Minister of Rites Barmas was ordered to report to the Supreme Chamber, and they were then replaced. On wuyin day twenty Yao stockades of the Xiyan Stream in Quan Prefecture submitted. On jimao day one thousand Mongol troops were sent with Jiangdong pacification commissioner Zhang Hongfan by sea route to suppress remaining Song forces. Associate Administrator Mongudai requested an edict to summon Song Prince Guang Zhao Bing and Zhang Shijie and others; the request was denied. On gengchen day Zhang Sanba, Zhang Yan, Ji Wenlong, and others of Chuzhou rebelled; the branch secretariat dispatched pacification commissioner Yizhili with troops to suppress them. On xinsi day Dashidu registered stray property in Zhongxing and other routes. King Chen Guangbing of Annam sent envoys bearing a memorial as tribute.
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調 西 便 西 西 西 西 祿 使 西 西 使使使
In the seventh month of autumn, on the renwu new moon, Hunan commissioner-in-chief Zhang Lieliang and chief prosecuting officer Liu Yinglong joined Zhou Long and He Shier in raising troops; the branch secretariat deployed troops to suppress them, captured Zhou Long and He Shier, and beheaded them. Lieliang and his entire household and remaining soldiers fled to the Wuluo Cave of Si Prefecture, were struck by government troops, and both men died fighting. On jiashen day 1,277 ingots of paper currency were granted to needy troops under Prince Ai-yachi's Jiandu garrison. The mobile Censorate added four investigating censor positions. Jiangnan Hubei Route, Lingnan Guangxi Route, and Fujian Guangdong Route each added chief prosecuting and surveillance commissions. On yiyou day among Jiangnan route general administrations, seven were changed to direct prefectures and one to a prefecture; two direct prefectures were changed to prefectures. On bingxu day, because Jiangnan affairs were numerous and branch secretariat officials included none versed in letters, which might harm administration, Cui Bin was separately ordered to the Yangzhou branch secretariat and Zhang Shouzhi to the Tanzhou branch secretariat. On dinghai day an edict directed that tiger tallies formerly cast in Uighur script should now be changed to the national script. On guisi day troops returning from garrison after Tachai's campaign in Kui, together with Yangzhou and Jiangxi river forces, were all placed under naval wanhu Zhang Rongshi to guard the river mouth. On bingshen day right associate Tachu, left associate Lü Shi'ao, and associate administrator Jia Juzhen were placed in charge of branch secretariat affairs at Ganzhou; Fujian, Jiangxi, and Guangdong were all placed under them. On dingyou day thirty men of the Jiangxi army who had fought hard against Zhang Shijie were each granted fifty taels of silver. Jiangxi associate administrator Li Heng was made chief commander-in-chief to lead Mongol and Han troops against Guang. The Yangzhou branch secretariat was ordered to detach three thousand troops for Li Heng. Two thousand Shangdu garrison troops were restored to civilian status. On renyin day the consort prince seal of Goryeo King Wang Zhen was recast. On bingwu day the Kaiyuan pacification commission was changed to a pacification commission, Taicang to the Imperial Granary, the Zicheng Storehouse to the Directorate of Imperial Use, and the hides bureau was absorbed into the general administration. Salaries and official fields for Jiangnan were fixed. On wushen day locusts struck Pu Prefecture. On jiyou day envoys were forbidden to pass through Naling Post. On xinhai day Jingzhao Prefecture was changed to Anxi Prefecture. An edict directed that Jiangnan, western Zhe, and other regions must not levy taxes unreasonably and disturb the people. A temple to the Orthodox Unity Celestial Master of Han was built in the capital. Associate administrator Li Heng was made Mongol and Han army chief commander-in-chief; Mangudai was made Fujian Route pacification commissioner; Zhang Rongshi and Zhang Ding were both made Hubei Route pacification commissioners; and Yeshimishi was made campaign commissioner.
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椿使 沿使 使 西
In the eighth month, on the renzi new moon, appointment patents received by former Song officials were recalled and destroyed. Because Jiading, Chongqing, and Kuifu had been pacified, Palace Guard troops were returned to their original bureau. Minister of Rites Chai Chun and others were sent as envoys to Annam with an edict sternly rebuking the king and ordering him to come to court. On dingsi day Liu Shen, mobile left deputy commander-in-chief of the coastal frontier commission, reported, "Fuzhou pacification commissioner Wang Ji'ang had already submitted but again plotted with Zhang Shijie." Ji'ang memorialized, "Our forces are weak; unless I temporarily go along, I fear disaster for the entire prefecture's people." An edict pardoned his crime. On renxu day an informer reported someone hiding Song gold; an edict ordered the matter not pursued. Fifty thousand shi of grain was transported from the Two Huai to relieve Quanzhou military and civilians. On yichou day Jinan chief administrator Zhang Hong, because he had once substituted for the people's tax payments, had borrowed 550 ingots of silver from Ali and Adachi and could not repay; an edict ordered collection suspended according to precedent. On xinwei day the confiscated property of Zhangzhou pacification commissioner Shen Shilong was restored. Shilong had formerly defended Jianning Prefecture; Guo Zan, having received Zhang Shijie's dispatch, tried to win Shilong over; Shilong seized Zan and beheaded him. Mongudai, because Shilong had executed someone on his own authority, registered his household property. The Emperor said, "What crime did Shilong commit? Restore it to him." He was also appointed chief civilian administrator of the route. Central Secretariat officials said, "There was recently an order to recall the gold tiger tallies granted to civilian administrators on all routes; Jiangnan route officials should keep those granted them." This was approved. By decree the Quanzhou sea goddess was titled Protector of the State, Bright Manifestation, Harmonious Rectitude, Good Blessings, Manifest Aid, and Heavenly Consort. On jiaxu day the Anxi Prince's chancery reported, "With Chuan-Shu entirely pacified, there are eighty-three walled cities, stockaded towns, and caves; of these, thirty-three places such as Liyi City in Qu Prefecture should be garrisoned, and the rest altogether dismantled." This was approved. On jimao day chief prosecuting and surveillance commissions were first established in Uighur territories. On gengchen day, because Sichuan was pacified, troops were rewarded with 21,339 ingots of paper currency. On xinsi day Luoci was promoted to Guangping Route Prefecture. Investigating censor Han Bing impeached associate administrator of the Dadu Route general administration Sherifudin for beating a subject to death; an edict ordered him beaten with the staff, removed from office, and two-tenths of his household property confiscated. An edict to branch secretariat officials Sudu, Pu Shougeng, and others said, "The various foreign states on the southeastern islands all harbor sentiments of admiration for righteousness; through persons on tribute ships you may announce Our intent — if they can truly come to court, We shall honor them. In mutual trade coming and going, each may follow his wish." An edict instructed civilian administrators before the army and below the branch secretariat to pacify the people and see that they devote themselves to farming and their occupations; military and civilian officials were forbidden to seize civilian property or press good people into slavery. Central Secretariat left associate Dong Wenbing was made privy council signatory; associate administrators Sudu and Pu Shougeng were both made left associates of the Central Secretariat.
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西 調
In the ninth month, on the renwu new moon, an edict directed that the 2,200 soldiers Zhang Ziliang had mustered be made Palace Guard troops, with Zhang Heng and Chen Jin to command them. On guiwei day the Eastern and Western Sichuan mobile privy councils were abolished; pacification commissions were established at Chengdu, Tongchuan, Chongqing, and Lizhou. An edict directed sorting of troops registered on all routes: those verified as exhausted in strength were made civilians; those who relied on powerful families to evade service were restored as soldiers. Sorting officials dispatched and officials of the local prefectures and counties who could verify correctly without injustice were promoted one rank. Half of the 30,000 troops registered in the ninth year of Zhiyuan were reduced to civilians; merchant household surplus-male troops were all removed. On wuzi day the Eastern Campaign Marshal's Headquarters was established at Tokyo. On gengyin day Zhao Prefecture darughachi Li Hailasun reported that he wished to join Zhang Honglue in taking the two Song princes and requested Han and naval troops be assigned for him to command. Central Secretariat left associate and Jiangdong Route pacification commissioner Lü Wenhuan was made right associate of the Central Secretariat.
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鹿 西西西
In the tenth month of winter, on jiwei day, sacrifice was performed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple; apart from the standing offerings, sheep, deer, pigs, and grape wine were added. On gengshen day the imperial carriage arrived from Shangdu. On xinyou day 2,500 ingots of paper currency were granted to relieve famine among the people of Bieshibali, Rihusi, and other places. Two thousand Han troops and one thousand new troops from Kuifu were assigned to Tachai to command. Two thousand bolts of cloth and silks as horse-price payment were granted to Qatagachi's troops; soldiers who had fought hard were rewarded in varying amounts. On yichou day the Orthodox Unity temple was completed; an edict directed Zhang Liusun to reside there. On dingmao day the prohibition on cutting firewood in mountain preserves was relaxed. On jisi day the branch secretariat was urged to build sea vessels and deliver them to Umar and Zhang Hongfan; four thousand additional troops were assigned for them to command. On gengwu day the Censorate was directed: wherever military officers privately employ soldiers, guilt shall be fixed according to the number. An edict directed, "Records and documents of pacification commissions in Hexi, Western Capital, Southern Capital, Western Sichuan, Northern Capital, and other places should, following the recent Jiangnan precedent, be audited by the chief prosecuting and surveillance commission." The Henan and Hebei Route chief prosecuting and surveillance commission was moved to govern at the Southern Capital. Censorate officials reported, "Ala, brother of Shilibo, together with Wang Quanfu and others, captured and plundered good people; Shilibo allowed it and did not investigate. When an investigating censor's clerk was sent to question him, he would not confess." An edict ordered him seized and tried.
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使 使 使 調 使 沿 使 西使 祿 禿
In the eleventh month, on the gengchen new moon, the Zaoyang wanhu headquarters reported, "Li Jun, in winning over Dafu Mountain stockade, was killed by Song commander Zhu." An order granted one thousand taels of silver to succor his family. On dinghai day because Chen, Yuan, Jing, Zhenyuan, and other prefectures bordered Miao and Liao peoples and the people could not settle to their occupations, Tachai and Cheng Pengfei were both made Jingbei Hubei Route pacification commissioners; headquarters were established at Changde Route, remaining officials stayed at Jingnan Prefecture, and grain and military supplies were provided. On renchen day Jiangdong Route pacification commissioner Nangadai reported, "With Jiangnan now pacified, military and civilian affairs should each have their own officials; Mongol troops should be posted north and south of the Great River, with surplus males organized into units, to end the scourge of plunder. Sorting officials was originally meant to remedy Ahmad's abuse of excessive appointments. Yet meritorious officers and commanders are being purged by routine—how will that encourage those who come after? Newly attached soldiers should receive clothing and grain from the branch secretariat so they are not left wanting." The Emperor praised and accepted this. Song grand councilors Ma Tingluan and Zhang Jian were summoned to court. On jiawu day the ban on alcohol was lifted. The offices of Ahmad's sons Husin, Asanxian, and others were restored. Earlier Husin and the others had been dismissed after Cui Bin impeached them; now, at Zhang Hui's request, they were restored. Hui also asked to restore his son Masu Hu and his nephews Baiduludin and Shamsuddin to their former posts; the Emperor distrusted Hui and refused. An edict ordered officials who had been appointed but never took office struck from the register and made farmers. On dingyou day Chen Yan was summoned to court for audience. On jihai day two thousand ingots of notes were loaned to Imperial Guard garrison-farming troops to buy cattle and farm tools. On xinchou day Huang Hua of Zhenghe County in Jianning gathered salt laborers, linked up with people in Jianning, Kuocang, and nearby towns, and with a woman calling herself Madam Xu raised rebellion; troops were ordered out to suppress them. On dingwei day the mobile Central Secretariat moved from Yangzhou to Hangzhou; a Huai-east pacification commission was set up at Yangzhou, with Alaghan as pacification commissioner. An edict instructed coastal offices to allow Japanese merchant vessels to trade. Associate administrator Cheng Pengfei was ordered to conduct Jinghu north circuit pacification commissioner affairs. In the intercalary month, on the gengxu new moon, the lord of Luoshi Ghost Country A Zha and the southwestern tribal chief Wei Changsheng both submitted; an edict made A Zha and Wei Changsheng pacification commissioners of their respective territories, each with a tiger tally. On xinhai day Venus, Mars, and Saturn gathered in the Room mansion. On jiayin day the Emperor visited the directorate of foodstuffs. On bingchen day an edict ordered Tulüchi, together with one Tanzhou branch secretariat official, to investigate prefectures and counties that had failed to care for garrison troops returning sick along their route. On jiazi day Mongol and Han army grand marshal Zhang Hongfan attacked Zhang Prefecture, taking one hundred fifty mountain stockades and 1,010,000 households. That same day scouts reported Wen Tianxiang encamped at Chaoyang Harbor; vanguard Zhang Hongzheng and zongguan Nangadai were urgently sent with five hundred light cavalry, overtook him at the foot of Wupo Ridge, routed his force, beheaded more than seven thousand, and escorted Wen Tianxiang and four of his commanders to the capital.
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西西使使 使使 使 禿使 西
Twelfth month, jimao day: Zan Shun, signatory of the Western Sichuan branch privy council, induced Duzhang barbarians and one hundred ten of their dependents to submit; their leader A Yong was made southwestern tribal pacification commissioner, Delanniu was made Duzhang barbarian pacification commissioner and granted a tiger tally, and the rest received patent edicts and gold and silver tallies in graded amounts. On gengchen day Sizhou pacification commissioner Tian Jingxian and Bozhou pacification commissioner Yang Bangxian asked to return Zhenyuan and Huangping, two cities formerly borrowed from Song, and to withdraw garrison troops; the request was denied. Jingxian and the others asked for an edict forbidding garrison troops from harassing the people of Sizhou and Bozhou; the request was granted. One thousand newly attached southern-campaign troops under Qincha, pacification commissioner of Yachi and other places, who could not support themselves were ordered to garrison-farm at Jingzhao. On yiyou day Bayan submitted the names of meritorious soldiers and surrendered officials from the Yangzi crossing pacification of Shayang, Xincheng, Yangluo Fort, Min, Zhe, and other commanderies; those granted tiger tallies were ordered to court; ranks below qianhu were all to receive appointment from the branch secretariat. On bingxu day the Yangzhou branch secretariat submitted one hundred thirty-four officers and commanders for military merit; appointments were granted in graded amounts. On bingshen day, at Bozhou pacification commissioner Yang Bangxian's request, Dingshan was again placed under Bozhou. On gengzi day Changchun Palace was ordered to perform a seven-day-and-night Golden Register grand jiao. On bingwu day logging, gathering, fishing, and hunting at Jade Spring Mountain were forbidden. On wushen day, because the Tulao barbarians of Xuzhou and other places had killed envoy Sariman, troops were ordered out to suppress them. Boyi was enfeoffed as Duke of Manifest Righteousness and Clear Grace; Shuqi as Duke of Honored Forbearance and Benevolent Grace. The calendar for the sixteenth year was granted to Goryeo. Hail at Ganyu County in Haizhou damaged the crops; this year's land tax was remitted. Nanning, Jiyang, and Wan'an—the three commanderies—submitted. A garrison-farming commissionerate was established on Kaicheng Route; Guang'an County was placed under it. Linzi, Linqu, and Qinghe were restored as counties. The Fei River was channeled into Xi; silted ponds all became good farmland. The princes were assembled at Dadu; captured Song treasures, jades, vessels, and silks were divided and granted to them. The princes and others received gold, silver, coin, and silk as in the annual custom. That year in Fengsheng Prefecture of the Western Capital and Zhangde and other places, flood and drought left the people hungry; relief of eighty thousand eight hundred ninety shi of rice, thirty-six thousand forty shi of millet, and more than twenty-four thousand eight hundred eighty ingots of notes was issued. Fifty-two persons were sentenced to death.
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西 使 使西 西 使 西使 使 西 西 使
In the sixteenth year, on the jiyou new moon of the first month of spring, King Wang Chŏm of Goryeo sent his privy council associate director Kim Panggyŏng to offer congratulations and present the annual tribute. On renzi day the Five-Wing tümens' heavy-service scout cavalry were abolished. On guichou day Wang Liangchen said, "Western Sichuan military officers who inherit posts from father to son have served diligently for forty years; I ask that their ranks and titles be conspicuously advanced." An edict granted his request. An edict, because Hainan, Qiongya, Dan, Wan, and all commanderies were fully pacified, ordered Ala Haiya to court for audience. Luzhou surrendered subjects Zhao Jin, Wu Dacai, Yuan Yusheng, and others had joined the campaign against Chongqing; their families were killed by rebels; an edict granted notes in graded amounts and handed the rebels' wives and children to Jin and the others. An edict ordered Goryeo to establish relay stations at Dahui'ai Prefecture, Dongjing, Liushi, and Beluo—four in all. On jiayin day unregistered troops plundered civilians, and the troops under Prince Jibitenemür were especially violent; the ringleaders were ordered captured and punished by law. An edict ordered the Ganzhou branch secretariat moved back to Longxing. Goryeo sent tribute goods. On xinyou day Hezhou pacification commissioner Wang Li surrendered the city. Earlier Wang Li had sent a secret envoy to surrender to Anxi King's chancellor Li Dehui; the Eastern Chuan branch privy council and Dehui disputed credit; Dehui came alone in a single boat to the foot of the walls, called for Li to come out and surrender, and Chuan-Shu was thereby pacified. The Eastern Chuan branch privy council thereupon reported that Li had long resisted the royal army and had once denounced Möngke Khan; he should be executed. The Privy Council reported the matter; and the surrendered subject Li Liang also sued Li for having earlier killed his wife and children and seized his property; an edict was thereupon issued to execute Li and confiscate his estate to compensate Liang. Afterward the Anxi King's full account of Li's surrender was submitted, stating also that Eastern Chuan privy council officials, angered that Li Dehui had received the surrender, had falsely reported to procure Li's execution. Privy Council officials also held the earlier memorial to have been wrong. The Emperor angrily said, "Do you treat human life as a jest? The envoy to execute Li was dispatched long ago—what good is regret now? You have killed a man recklessly—return and await punishment." They were dismissed and expelled. It happened that the Anxi King's envoy came again, reporting that Li had not been killed. Li was immediately summoned to court and appointed pacification commissioner of Tongchuan Route, with charge of Hezhou affairs. On renxu day Chuan-Shu was divided into four circuits: Chengdu and other routes as Sichuan Western Circuit, Guangyuan and other routes as Sichuan Northern Circuit, Chongqing and other routes as Sichuan Southern Circuit, and Shunqing and other routes as Sichuan Eastern Circuit, with pacification commissions established in each. Mongol and Han troops from Chongqing and elsewhere who had joined the campaign were rewarded with thirty-nine thousand nine hundred fifty-one ingots of notes. Dingshan County of Bozhou was renamed Bochuan County. On dingmao day associate administrator Zan Shun was granted one hundred eighty farming households in Jiangjin County. On wuchen day Hexi garrison farming was established; farm implements were supplied and officials dispatched to supervise. On jiaxu day Zhang Hongfan led troops pursuing the two Song princes to Yashan stockade; Zhang Shijie came to resist and was defeated; Shijie fled; Prince of Guang Zhao Bing together with his officials all went to their deaths at sea; their gold and treasures were captured and presented. On bingzi day an edict instructed the tribal chiefs of the four cave-dwelling barbarian domains of Youba, Sanmao, and others to submit. Left associate of the Central Secretariat Begirmish was made associate director of the Privy Council. The Central Secretariat was forbidden to use Uighur script in official documents, memorials, and reports. Officials, clerks, and craftsmen of the Miscellaneous Manufactures Bureau and related offices were granted two thousand taels of silver. Graded gifts of clothing and notes were granted to Prince Orluk, soldiers under Prince Beg Qaghan, and the troops under Sizhou's Tian Shixian.
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Second month, on the wuyin new moon, the Former Farmer was sacrificed to at the registry field. On renwu day Li Prefecture was promoted to a route. Envoys were dispatched to seek descendants of Poyang Zhu Bi, who had mastered the Imperial Ultimate number; his nephew Fu Li came bearing Bi's books; ten thousand commoner households were assigned to Mingli's gold panning. Old grain from Jiangnan grain transport was used to relieve hungry soldiers and civilians. On guiwei day five guard command offices were added. An edict ordered Taqamaqar and Sartai to register households in Zhongxing. Director of astronomy Wang Heng and others said, "In building the observatory at Dadu, the armillary sphere, clepsydra, and sundial gnomon are all made of bronze; the bronze gnomon should be raised to forty feet in height, so the shadow will be longer and more accurate. They also asked that instruments be placed separately at five locations—Shangdu, Luoyang, and others—with observatory officers selected at each." This was granted. On jiashen day grand councillor Alibo asked that the branch Central Secretariat review branch Censorate documents, and also that the branch Censorate submit to the branch secretariat on the model of censors submitting to the Central Secretariat; the request was granted. In preparation for the campaign against Japan, an edict ordered Yangzhou, Hunan, Ganzhou, and Quanzhou—four branch secretariats—to build six hundred warships. The Shaoxing pacification commission was moved to Chuzhou. On jichou day five thousand Tanzhou branch secretariat troops were mobilized to garrison coastal prefectures and districts. On gengyin day Zhang Hongfan, because surrendered subject Chen Yi and his brothers had merit in defeating bandits and had provided one hundred warships for the campaign against the two Song princes, asked that Yi be made pacification commissioner and concurrently commander-in-chief of Chaozhou Route military and civilian affairs, and his brothers Zhong, Yi, and Yong be made army commanders; qianhu Talqai had merit in capturing Wen Tianxiang and was asked to be made commander qianhu with tally—all granted. On renchen day Master Zhang Liusun was instructed by edict to take full charge of Daoism in Huai-east, Huai-west, Jing-Xiang, and other regions. On yiwei day Yusut Temür said, "Having branch Censorate documents reviewed by the branch secretariat is inconvenient in practice." An edict changed the arrangement; transport commission documents were left to Censorate review. Yüguren, darughachi of Raozhou Route, misappropriated four thousand four hundred shi of surplus grain; he was beaten with the staff and his property confiscated. An edict ordered the Hunan branch secretariat that along garrison troops' return route, at every forty or fifty li an Ease-and-Comfort Hall was to be established—to treat the sick, feed the hungry, and coffin-bury the dead, with costs supplied by the government. Officials were dispatched to verify lands of escaped commoners in Yidu, Zilai, and Jinan that had been made into mobile camp pasture. Among all ordo households and Han people, possession of bows and arrows was forbidden; weapons carried on campaign were to be turned in to the government arsenal afterward. On renyin day the directorate of astronomy was granted one thousand seventy-eight taels of silver. On guimao day one thousand newly attached troops from Jiading were sent to garrison-farm at Tuoli North. On jiachen day the Dadu cavalry and infantry command was raised to rank four. An edict ordered Dadu, Hejian, and Shandong salt transport offices also to manage wine, vinegar, commercial taxes, and other revenue items. The Central Secretariat asked to appoint Zhending circuit darughachi Mongol-tai as darughachi of Baoding circuit; the emperor said, "This is an upright man; I shall give him another great task." Wang Liangchen's Mongol and Han troops were rewarded with 50,000 ingots of notes for receiving submission in Sichuan. It was ordered that newly submitted prefectures and districts west of Jiading, and the sons of eminent officials of the Tian and Yang families, all serve as hostages at court. The imperial carriage went to Shangdu. On yisi day Guo Shoujing, associate director of the Imperial Astronomical Bureau, was ordered to seek out experts in astronomy and calendrical computation. A judicial inspection commission was established for the Western Sichuan circuit. On bingwu day envoys were dispatched to perform sacrificial rites on the emperor's behalf to the mountains, rivers, and earth deity. An edict placed revenue items of Henan, Western Capital, Northern Capital, and other circuits under their respective circuit pacification commissions. Western Sichuan newly submitted troops were rewarded with 3,850 ingots of notes. Because Mongol troops in Hotan territory were depleted, Mongol, Han, and newly submitted troops were granted horses, cattle, and sheep, plus paper currency for horses and donkeys, clothing, bows and arrows, and saddles and bridles, each according to rank.
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Third month, wushen new moon: an edict forbade hunting at Guide, Bo, Shou, Linhuai, and other places. On gengxu day Guo Shoujing was commanded to travel from Shangdu and Dadu, through Henan prefecture to the Southern Sea, to measure shadow lengths. On renzi day Nangadai mustered 600 newly submitted artisan troops from the two Huai regions who made Muslim-style catapults, and all Mongols, Muslims, Han Chinese, and newly submitted persons who could make catapults were sent to the capital. On gengshen day plowing oxen and implements were issued to the batu troops and Tu-hun River troops under qianhu Ma-nai for garrison farming. On bingyin day the Central Secretariat was commanded that clerks whose documents were delayed one or two days were to be beaten, and three days' delay meant death. On jiaxu day the Tanzhou branch secretariat sent Liu Jichang of the Two Huai pacification command to recruit the southwestern barbarian peoples; Long Fang-ling and others were made pacification commissioners of Xiaolong fan and other places, with 3,000 troops garrisoned there. The Central Secretariat sent the matter to the Temple of Imperial Ancestors to study county and prefecture soil-and-grain altar systems; ritual officials weighed earlier ages, consulted the Book of Rites, fixed sacrificial ritual and regulations for altars and sacrificial vessels, illustrated them in a book titled General Rites for County and Prefecture Soil-and-Grain Altars of the Zhiyuan era, and submitted it. Because Baoding circuit suffered drought, that year's land tax was reduced by 3,120 shi.
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Summer, fourth month, jimao day: a Jiangxi tea monopoly transport office and circuit salt transport and commercial tax supervisory offices were established. On guisi day the supervising secretary was concurrently made recorder of imperial activity, in charge of memorials and reports from all offices at court. On wuxu day Chizhou circuit darughachi Atachi was promoted to pacification commissioner for battle achievements, concurrently commanding his army's wanhu. On guimao day Saturn infringed upon Jianbi. On yisi day Wang Liangchen said, "Formerly Zan Shun's troops attacked Chengdu and carried off its people. Now that Jiading has submitted, the people ought to be returned to Chengdu." The decree said, "Granted." Four thousand Shangdu troops were ordered to guard the capital, and all garrison forces that had come from elsewhere were sent back. Following Suodu's request, Quanzhou monks were ordered to pay taxes according to Song precedent to supply military provisions. An edict instructed the Yangzhou branch secretariat to select 20,000 elite southern troops for the imperial guard, send their families to the capital, and grant 16,000 ingots of notes for travel expenses. Locusts appeared in Dadu and 15 other circuits.
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Fifth month, jiyou day: the Central Secretariat asked to restore tiger tallies to pacification commission officials; the request was denied. They also asked each circuit to establish one supervisory commissioner, one associate supervisory commissioner, and one vice supervisory commissioner, each exclusively in charge of revenue items; granted. On xinhai day Pu Shougang asked for an edict to recruit overseas foreign peoples; the request was denied. An edict instructed officials, soldiers, and people of Zhang, Quan, Ting, Shaowu, and other places and 84 She settlements: if they could lead their groups to submit, officials would receive promotion and rewards by precedent, and soldiers and people would remain settled as before. Because Quanzhou had suffered Zhang Shijie's troops, this year's land tax and levies were reduced by half. On bingchen day, because Wutai monks often hid runaway slaves and tax-delinquent people, the Western Capital pacification commission and inspection commission were ordered to search them out. It was ordered that within Uighur territory taxes be paid by calculated mu. Because circuit inspection commissions covered wide territory with heavy business, agricultural encouragement officials were incorporated into the inspection commissions, with one additional vice commissioner and one additional judicial secretary each, concurrently in charge of agricultural encouragement and waterworks. On jiazi day censors memorialized, "Previously Secretariat official Ariboke said that when punishing offenders, censors and provincial officials should jointly intimidate and interrogate together; an edict granted this. We consider that branch secretariats decide guilt arbitrarily; how can the branch censorate correct them? It is appropriate for the branch secretariat to finish questioning first, and then for inspection to follow." The decree said, "Granted." Gao Xing had misappropriated 31,100-odd taels of gold and 250,600 taels of silver belonging to the two Song princes; an edict dispatched envoys to pursue recovery. An edict ordered Lian, Hai, and other prefectures to recruit people for garrison farming, establishing a general administration office and a supervisory office to direct it. On yichou day 10,000 batu households of Jiangling and other circuits were registered: for every qianhu one darughachi was placed, directly subordinate to the secretariat and ministries. On bingyin day Jiangnan Buddhist office documents were ordered not to be casually placed in the courier system. At ten relay stations including Lintao, Gongchang, and Tong'an, riding the courier network was forbidden without the sea-eagle tally. On dingmao day Baoshan and Langqu counties of Yunnan were changed to prefectures. On jisi day an edict ordered relay station households along the routes not to supply people, livestock, food, drink, or fodder to traveling envoys who should not ride the courier network. At Wandu and seven Henan relay stations the people were impoverished; they were granted 1,800 ingots of notes for horses, cattle, and sheep. On gengwu day Nemytai was rewarded for battle merit, and troops who besieged Chongqing and pacification commissioner Liu Jichang and others were granted notes and clothing, each according to rank. On renshen day Lü Hu came to submit; he was appointed prefect of Shunqing prefecture, granted a tiger tally, and given 50 ingots of notes. Ten thousand imperial guard troops stationed at Dingzi Valley were transferred to garrison farm at Changping. On guiyou day Uryangqadai said, "Both Beijing and Western Capital ox-carts have arrived; military grain can be transported." The emperor said, "You do not inquire into the people's hardship, but only know how to conscript the people. If everything is taken this year, how will next year's crops be planted? Stop it." On jiaxu day 2,000 oxen for craftsmen under Yao Suh he were issued, and they were ordered at once to transport 2,000 shi of grain for the army. An edict instructed Tu'erchi and others to manage commercial taxes of Ganzhou circuit; no one was to obstruct or harass them. The Tanzhou branch secretariat memorialized, "Qiongzhou pacification commissioner Ma Wang had already recruited four overseas prefectures to submit; soon local bandits Huang Weiyuan and three others made trouble, and have now been captured." An edict ordered the extreme penalty for them. On bingzi day the Hongji Duke of the Sanggan River was advanced in enfeoffment to Manifest Response Hongji Duke. Master Zhang Liusun was ordered to perform Daoist rites at the traveling palace, presenting red memorials to Heaven, for five days and nights in all. Princes Aoluchi, Boladai, and others and troops under qianhu Bayatu and Hezhou relay households were granted sheep, horses, and notes, each according to rank.
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西 西 使 便 使 西 調 西 西 禿 西西 祿 歿 使 使
Sixth month, dingchou new moon: Ahmad said, "Changzhou circuit darughachi Ma Shu reported forty illegal acts by Western Zhejiang inspection commissioner Gao Yuan; Yuan also impeached Shu." When the matter was reported, an edict ordered court debate. An edict ordered 500 newly submitted troops, 100 Mongol troops, and 400 Han troops dispatched to garrison Diaomen, Yutong, Li, and Ya. An edict instructed the prince's chancellery and Sichuan branch secretariat that four circuit pacification commissions were to soothe and govern the various Man tribes of southwestern Bochuan and Wuchuan; officials, soldiers, and people were each to follow their own customs without losing normal livelihood. On renwu day, because Eastern Zhejiang pacification commissioner Chen You died in royal service, his son Kui was made general troop commander and granted a tiger tally. On jiashen day 158 officers and commanders under Song Zhang Shijie came to Qiong, Lei, and other prefectures to submit. It was commanded to build warships to campaign against Japan; because materials and supplies came from Goryeo, they were to be manufactured there, and the King of Goryeo was ordered to consider convenience and report. On yiyou day at Yulin, Hongzan, and Diaowo relay stations, each station was supplemented with 150 horses and 200 carts, with oxen in the same number as carts issued. On bingxu day locust larvae appeared in the garrison farms of the Left and Right Guards. On gengyin day Jining prefecture was promoted to a circuit. On renchen day Vice Minister of State and Henan circuit pacification commissioner Husain was made left vice minister of the Central Secretariat and placed in charge of branch secretariat affairs. On guisi day 20,000 newly submitted troops were distributed among six guards for garrison farming. Cherem Temur said many of his unit's soldiers were robbed by bandits and property plundered, but the authorities did not promptly adjudicate; he begged officials be sent to investigate; an edict ordered Urudai to go and handle it. Buqa was placed in charge of Western Sichuan branch privy council affairs, gathering troops to enter Sichuan and pacify Song cities not yet taken. The Eastern Sichuan mobile privy council was still ordered to mobilize troops to garrison Diaoyu Mountain fortress. With Western Sichuan pacified, garrison farming was re-established; military officers were promoted by graded merit; in all 161 received appointment edicts and gold and silver tallies. An edict ordered newly submitted households of Tengchuan county, Gaozhou and Junlian prefectures to establish relay stations along roads maintained at Xuzhou and other places. Yunnan commander-in-chief Ailu and Nasir al-Din recruited southwestern countries to submit. Ailu led troops separately to pacify Yiqibuxie; Nasir al-Din led Dali troops to the borders within Jinch'i, Piao, Qucan, and Burma, recruiting 300 stockades including Mangmu and Jumutu, registering 110,200 households. An edict fixed land tax and rent, established relay posts, and set up escort guard troops. When the army returned, 12 tame elephants were presented. On wuxu day Longmen township of Xuande prefecture was changed back to a county. On gengzi day unregistered households of Hexi and Western Tibet were mustered and registered. On xinchou day, because the Tongzhou water route was shallow and transport by boat very difficult, the Privy Council was ordered to dispatch 5,000 troops, and salaried officials were also ordered to hire 1,000 laborers for dredging, to be completed in 50 days. On guimao day, because the ten relay stations including Lintao, Gongchang, and Tong'an suffered yearly famine and heavy corvee, with some pawning and selling children to meet service obligations, officials were selected to soothe and govern. On jiachen day 400 Xiangyang garrison-farming households were ordered to replace troops in performing relay service. Northern campaign Mongol troops including Kokebad who fought with merit were granted 50 taels of silver; families of those killed in battle received 100 taels of silver; those in the ranks received one ingot of notes; other clothing rewards varied by rank. Hunting was forbidden in the various valleys and stockades of Bayan Cher. An edict remitted Sichuan labor and tax levies. Vice Minister of State and branch secretariat affairs Bedruddin was made Henan circuit pacification commissioner. Ahmad's son Husain was made left vice minister of the Tanzhou branch secretariat; Husain Hajib and others were all restored to their former posts. Champa, Ma'bar, and other countries dispatched envoys presenting rare goods and one elephant and rhinoceros horn each. Princes' subordinates were granted silver, notes, clothing, silks and brocades, saddles and bridles, bows and arrows, and paper currency for sheep and horses, each according to rank. Buddhist rites were performed at Wutai Mountain.
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Autumn, seventh month, wushen day: Ningguo circuit newly submitted troops company commander Zhan Fu plotted rebellion; Fu was sentenced to death; informer He Shiqing was made zongba with a silver tally and granted 10 ingots of notes. The Western Sichuan branch secretariat was abolished. On gengxu day Tutuhe's grandsons were forbidden to search relay travelers for private goods. On yimao day officials were established at Yingchang Prefecture according to precedent. The Eastern Palace guard army was established. It was fixed that Jiangnan upper and middle circuits would have two darughachi each and lower circuits one each. An edict dispatched seven thousand Western Sichuan Mongol troops and three thousand newly submitted troops to Prince Anxi Wang. On dingsi day Jiaozhi sent envoys to present tame elephants as tribute. On jiwei day Samudo in Duogemasi territory was made Zhenxi Prefecture. An edict ordered two thousand Mongol troops, two thousand Yidu troops, one thousand troops from various routes, and five thousand newly submitted troops — ten thousand in all — under Li Ting's command. On renxu day Önggüd troops who fought hard were rewarded fifty taels of silver each; the families of those killed in action received one hundred taels each. Ala Haiya came to audience and presented 3,580 taels of gold and 53,100 taels of silver. The Tanzhou Branch Secretariat was ordered to stop building warships for campaigns against Japan and Jiaozhi. On bingyin day Saturn encroached upon Jianbi. On guiyou day the Southwestern Eight Fan, the Luo clan country, and others submitted — 1,626 cave stockades and 101,168 households in all. An edict sent Yanash and Cui Yu to Jiangnan to seek out persons skilled in arts and techniques. Central Secretariat left censor and acting Sichuan Branch Secretariat director Wang Liangchen was made chancellor to Prince Anxi Wang. Officers and commanders with merit under Prince Narihu received silver, notes, clothing, silks and cloth, sheep, and horses in graded amounts. Because of flood and drought at Zhao Prefecture and other places, this year's land tax was reduced by 3,181 shi. Sando was ordered to perform Buddhist rites for fifteen days.
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Eighth month, dingchou day: the imperial carriage arrived from Shangdu. On gengchen day the moon occulted the determining star of the Room. On wuzi day Fan Wenhu said: "Your subject, under orders to campaign against Japan, recently sent Zhou Fu, Luan Zhong, and a Japanese monk with an edict to instruct that country; they are expected back in the fourth month of next year — only once we know whether they consent should troops advance." He also asked that old warships be inspected and put to use. All were approved. The sea bandit He Wenda led his followers to submit to Fan Wenhu, who presented the three thousand taels of silver he had obtained. An imperial directive pardoned his earlier crimes, appointed forty-eight of his followers to office, and granted the silver to Wenhu. On jichou day Song submitted subject Wang Huchen presented seventeen practical proposals; Zhang Yi and others were ordered to deliberate, and feasible ones were implemented. On gengyin day an edict ordered Qadagh, Mongol troops chief controller of Yuanzhou Circuit, to subdue the unsubmitted barbarians of Tongmulong, Gelao, Bodong, and others. Five thousand newly submitted Jiangnan troops were posted at Taiyuan, five thousand at Daming, and five thousand at Weizhou. Because ceremonial expenses for the annual birthday and personal fortune day were levied on the people, an edict abolished the practice throughout the realm. On dingyou day forty-nine jade goblets and stands captured in Jiangnan were deposited in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On jihai day the sea bandit Jin Tongjing died and his nephew Wen was captured; the officials wished to punish him by law. The emperor said: "Tongjing is already dead — what has Wen to do with it?" His crime was specially pardoned. On gengzi day Jupiter encroached on the great star of Xuanyuan. On jiachen day an edict ordered that Han troops who fled on campaign be sentenced to death and their families confiscated. The Chief Directorate of the Great State-Protecting Benevolent Kings Temple was established, with Sanjar as darughachi and Li Guangzu as director-general. Twenty-one members of Fan Wenhu's staff received gold-patterned gauze and Western brocade clothing. Officers and commanders of the Chongqing campaign were rewarded with silks and cloth in graded amounts. Prince Ajiji received five thousand shi of grain, six hundred horses, and ten thousand sheep.
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Ninth month, yisi day, first of the month: Fan Wenhu recommended thirty persons suitable to serve as prefects and magistrates. An edict: "Recommendations hereafter — I shall choose among them myself. Any official negligent in his duties, whether Han or Muslim, shall be executed and his family confiscated." Female Jurchen and Udege troops who do not go on campaign are ordered to be registered as civilian households and pay taxes. On jiyou day the thousand ship-guard troops at Jin Prefecture were disbanded; a measured number were kept for supervision and the rest sent home. On gengxu day an edict ordered mobile Central Secretariat left censor Husin concurrently to oversee artisans of all categories in Hangzhou and other circuits; from Hangzhou tax revenue one hundred thousand bolts of silk were to be manufactured annually for presentation. Tax-collecting officials of Hangzhou, Suzhou, and Jiaxing circuits took extra commission beyond quota; henceforth they would receive monthly food allowances, and those who took more than prescribed would be punished. Ahmad said: "Prince Anxi's chancellery official Zhao Bing said Shaanxi tax revenue yields nineteen thousand ingots annually; if the responsible offices truly applied themselves, forty thousand ingots could be obtained." Zhao Bing was immediately ordered to take overall charge. Yangzhou associate prefectural commissioner Dong Zhongwei was guilty of corruption; while the regional office was investigating, Zhongwei falsely accused regional officials of other matters. An edict removed Zhongwei from office and confiscated two-tenths of his property. On wuwu day Prince Anxi's chancellery reported: "The Sichuan Pacification Commission has 17,308 persons on the rolls without actual military service who falsely received rewards." An order was issued to investigate and punish them. It was deliberated to abolish Hans serving as darughachi. Censorate officials reported: "Tax officials of the three Jiangnan circuits spent 1,900 ingots of notes beyond their allotted commission." An order was issued to recover all of it. An edict dispatched envoys to summon and instruct chieftains of southwestern barbarian tribes; those who led their followers to submit would keep their offices and their people would not lose their livelihoods. On yichou day Hubilai and Bessutai were made commander-in-chief, leading two thousand Mongol troops and one thousand Hexi troops to garrison Wandan city. On jisi day Privy Council officials reported: "Tangudai, in violation of prohibitions, led more than a thousand troops to plunder more than a thousand newly submitted persons plus cattle, horses, gold, silver, and silks at Chenxi, Yuanzhou, and other places, while Mayang County darughachi Wobuhua served as their guide." An edict ordered Tangudai and Wobuhua beheaded; the rest received reduced death sentences, and plunder was returned to the people. Ten thousand ingots of notes were issued to the Hexi Branch Secretariat for expenses.
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Winter, tenth month, jimao day: offerings were made at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On xinsi day river relay stations were established from Xuzhou and Kuifu to the Jiangling border. On yiyou day the emperor attended at the Incense Pavilion. Grand Music Office director Wanyan Chun and others were ordered to rehearse civil and military music. On wuzi day Zhang Rong complained that in corvée purchases and labor hires for Western Capital military households, the responsible offices concealed price notes totaling more than eighteen thousand ingots; the officials were punished and Rong was made zongba of the guard army. Qianhu Tuolüe and zongba Hudai unauthorized led troops into Yongkang county of Wuzhou, killing and plundering officials and people; when discovered, they pleaded service on campaign with the former emperor and begged commutation of death. An edict confiscated half their family property and exiled them after beating. On xinmao day notes were issued to relieve the poor of He Prefecture. On yiwei day a jade-green goblet was deposited in the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On bingshen day the moon transgressed the western rampart general of the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On xinchou day, because the month aligned with his personal fortune day, Five Patriarchs Perfect Man Li Jushou was ordered to perform a jiao rite and submit a red memorial for five day-nights. When the rite was complete, Jushou requested a private audience and said: "The crown prince is in the prime of youth — he should participate in state affairs." The emperor said with pleasure: "That will come soon." The next day an edict ordered Crown Prince Prince of Yan to participate in deciding court affairs; all matters of the Central Secretariat, Privy Council, Censorate, and the hundred offices were to be reported to him first, then to the emperor. On jiachen day the King of Goryeo received the Zhiyuan seventeenth-year calendar.
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Eleventh month, wushen day: an edict ordered that robbers captured on various routes — first offense with large booty — die; second offense with small booty — receive lighter punishment. Ahmad said: "There was a thief who exchanged old notes for one hundred forty ingots of new notes from the government treasury; deliberators said the crime should not warrant death — yet the thief's father serves in my household; if not punished according to law, how would he not fear?" An edict ordered execution. On renzi day Minister of Rites Chai Chun was sent with Annam envoy Trung Nhan to bear an edict instructing Annam heir Chen Nhat Hoang and demanding he come to court. On guichou day the moon transgressed Mars. On yimao day newly enlisted troops of Taiyuan, Pingyang, Western Capital, and Yan'an circuits were disbanded and returned to their registers. The unregistered troops under pacification commissioner Liu Wannu who wished to follow the main army on campaign were disbanded. Zhao Bing reported that Shaanxi Transport Commission associate commissioner Guo and Prince Anxi's chancellery bureau director Guo Shuyun misappropriated government funds; an edict ordered Minister Toutuhu and supervising censor Guo You to inspect and verify. On wuchen day Hubei Circuit pacification commissioner Liu Shen was ordered to drill the newly submitted naval forces of Ezhou and Hanyang. An edict instructed the Sichuan Pacification Commission to register military and civilian household counts. On jisi day, because Wuzhou sorcerer Wu Fashou incited the Longshui Yao barbarians of Teng Prefecture and Deqing Prefecture to rebel, his father was captured and executed. The Music Bureau was merged into the Palace Guard Bureau.
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Twelfth month, wuyin day: grain and notes were issued to relieve poor salt-works households. Ganzhou households were registered. On gengchen day Annam presented medicinal materials as tribute. On jiashen day the sun was worshipped. On bingshen day an edict ordered Privy Council and Hanlin Academy officials to join the Central Secretariat in deliberating with Suodu on attracting and submitting the various overseas fan. On dingyou day Baligai presented sea hawks as tribute. Muslims and others, when passing through, had food supplied but would not eat sheep unless self-slaughtered — the people suffered from this. The emperor said: "They are my slaves — how dare their diet not follow our dynasty's ways?" An edict forbade it. An edict instructed the rulers of various fan countries within and beyond the seas. Right censor Zhang Hui received five thousand four hundred taels of silver. An edict ordered that from the first day of the first month next year jiao rites be established at Changchun Palace for seven days, to be made an annual precedent. Li Jushou was ordered to announce and sacrifice for the new year. An edict instructed the king of Champa to come to court in person. Zhao Yu, the Java envoy of associate administrator rank whom Sudu had dispatched, returned. Shan Prefecture and Yan Prefecture were placed under Jining Route; Wanquan County was restored and placed under Hezhong Prefecture; Yuanqu County was transferred to Jiang Prefecture; Guizhou Route was demoted to a prefecture; Mianyang and Anlu were each promoted to fu; Jingzhao was changed to Anxi Route; Huizhou, Jianning, Wuzhou, Liuzhou, Xiangzhou, Yongzhou, Qingyuan, Binzhou, Hengzhou, Rongzhou, and Xunzhou were all promoted to routes. The Great Sage Longevity Wan'an Temple was built in the capital. Imperial Preceptor 'Phags-pa died. An edict ordered one hundred eight teachers and chan masters from all countries to hold a feast and full precept ceremony at Wan'an Temple in the great capital, and granted them robes. That year one hundred thirty-two persons were sentenced to death. Baoding and more than twenty other routes suffered flood, drought, wind, and hail damage to crops.
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