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Volume 12 Annals 12: Shizu 9

Chapter 12 of 元史 · History of Yuan
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1
西
In the nineteenth year, on the renxu new moon of the first month of spring, King Wang Chun of Goryeo sent his general-in-chief Jin Ziting to offer congratulations. On bingyin day the Japan expedition branch secretariat was abolished. On dingmao day Prince Zhalahu arrived from the army. At that time the imperial son, Prince of Beiping, had troops garrison Alimali to guard against Kaidu. Prince Sheraqi, together with Tuotuo Mier, Qimuhuer, Sariman, and others, plotted to seize the Prince of Beiping and rebel, hoping to ally through Zhalahu with Kaidu; Kaidu refused. Sariman repented, seized Sheraqi and the others, and the Prince of Beiping sent Zhalahu to report it. The sorcerer-subversive Zhang Roundong was executed. The Grand Stable Office was established. 408 Xinzhou households were assigned to Prince Bomuer. On bingzi day the imperial carriage hunted near the capital. On dingchou day the king of Goryeo presented 400 bolts of silk cloth as tribute. On bingxu day Keshig Naqun, Prince of Xiping, and others were granted 11,521 ingots of paper currency.
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西使 調 使 使 使 使西
In the second month, on the xinmao new moon, the imperial carriage visited Willow Grove. Raozhou route intendant Yao Wenlong said Jiangnan revenue could supply 500,000 ingots of paper currency annually; an edict made Wenlong Jiangxi Route pacification commissioner and put him in charge of tea law. Grand Steward Anige and acting minister of works Naqun were ordered to make and decorate copper wheel instruments, clepsydra, and sundial. An edict ordered the seal of imperial son-in-law Changji reissued. The palace city, Imperial Ancestral Temple, and Astronomical Bureau were repaired. On guisi day 15,000 troops and 5,000 horses were mobilized to campaign against Yiqibuxie. Envoys were sent to sacrifice at the mountains, rivers, and earth altar in the Emperor's stead. On jiawu day 2,200 deserting troops of Ganzhou came forward, saying they wished to bring 4,940 family members back to garrison duty; an edict granted them 10,620 ingots, 4,940 bolts of cloth, and 4,940 donkeys. Campaigning against Burma was discussed; Da Bu was made right vice censor and Yehan Dejin associate administrator to lead troops on the expedition. On wuxu day military supplies were issued to commander-in-chief Qi Gongzhi at Bie Shibali. Envoys were sent to Qianshan to build 1,000 Jiangnan war vessels. On gengzi day Prince Talahai was granted 50 confiscated households but accepted only 12. Boluohuan's audit found 270,000 shi of grain not yet levied; an edict ordered it collected. On renyin day the Armory Directorate was raised to rank three. An order directed that when military officers fell in battle their sons inherit the post, that those who died of illness receive an office one rank lower, and this was made regulation. Tiger tallies were granted to stream-cave pacification commissioner Guo Ang and eight others; Zhang Wen and Yan Yixian were also rewarded with 1,000 liang of silver each. 953 artisan households of Huangwu'er Tahai were taken into government registration. On yisi day the Guangdong surveillance commission was established. On wushen day the imperial carriage returned to the palace. On jiyou day redundant officials in the ministries were reduced. The Shangdu revenue collection supervisor was changed to a revenue collection commission. An iron smelting commissionerate was established and the collection commission abolished. Tax bureau officials of the Great Capital were reduced from 14 to 10. The Luorosi pacification commission was placed under Yunnan Province; the East Zhe pacification commission was moved to Wenzhou. Troops were divided to garrison Jiangnan from Guizhou through Jiangyin to Sanhaikou, 28 posts in all. On gengxu day six associate administrators including Tang Wudai were stationed at Huangzhou, Jiankang, Jiangling, Chizhou, and Xingguo. On renzi day an edict mustered Yixi Busi troops and the armies of Bo, Si, and Xu prefectures to campaign against Burma. On guichou day Daliangping commander-in-chief Pu Yuangui sent his son Shineng to audience. On jiayin day the imperial carriage proceeded to the Upper Capital. The prohibition on Han people's military weapons was tightened. On dingsi day Zhang Aolü of Anzhou, for forging an edict and falsely using Chancellor Boluo's seal, was executed. On wuwu day silver notes and clothing in graded amounts were granted to Yunnan envoys and those below Bashiba of the Shaanxi branch secretariat. Fujian households were registered.
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沿
In the third month, on the xinyou new moon, Wumeng people rebelled; an edict ordered Naqun and Qorqas Timish to lead Mongol and newly submitted Han troops to suppress them. Cattle, sheep, and horses were granted to reward the battle merit of Qutuq Dar and others. Yidu qianhu Wang Zhu, because Ahmad had corrupted the state and harmed the people, joined Gao Heshang in a plot to kill him. On renwu day Wang Zhu, Zhang Yi, and Gao Heshang were executed in the market and their bodies pickled; all remaining accomplices were executed. On jiashen day Dejin Telin used his own funds for garrison-farm expenses; Prince Ajiji reported it; an edict compensated him at fair value. On bingxu day hunting by military and civilian officials of Yidu, Dongping, and commanderies along the Huai was forbidden. On wuzi day Tatarbaqani Station was established, supplied annually with gelded horses from Wumeng Amu. Beshbaligh protector-general Abishaq was made censor-in-chief, conducting branch censorate affairs.
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滿 滿 調 調滿 西 使 使 使 使 滿滿
In summer, the fourth month, on xinmao day, an edict ordered Huluhuosun to convene officials of the Central Secretariat and ministries, Censorate, Military Affairs Bureau, Hanlin Academy, and others to deliberate on the revenue Ahmad had managed, first sealing and registering the treasuries. On dingyou day Huluhuosun was made right grand councillor of the Central Secretariat; right grand councillor Wengjiladai was demoted to capital intendant while still concurrently associated with the Military Affairs Bureau. On wuxu day barbarian-suppression commander-in-chief Wanzhedu and others pacified Chen Diaoyan's stronghold and returned; their army was rewarded with paper currency and ordered home to rest. Yangzhou archers were dispatched to garrison Quanzhou. Chen Diaoyan's father Wen Gui and his brothers Guilong and Man'an submitted; an order directed them escorted to the capital. His followers Wu Man and Zhang Fei welcomed the enemy and were executed on the spot. An edict ordered Dadu patrol troops placed under the capital intendant's office. On renyin day an exchange treasury was established. Left vice chancellor Geng Ren and others said, "The darughachis established on princes' and princesses' allotted fiefs are by precedent not transferred, to the people's hardship. Following regular transfer, upon completing a term, replacements should be selected from their original rank; this would be appropriate." The request was granted. The capital intendant's office was also placed in charge of the Ministry of Works. An edict directed that from this year official carts not be levied on the people; they could be built promptly on the Luan River, with grain costs supplied. On jiachen day Ganzhou and Zhongxing garrison-farm troops who had deserted returned to Taiyuan; four who resisted orders were executed and those who did not desert were rewarded. On yisi day because Ahmad's household slaves Qutuq Dar and others had long held military authority, Bodun and others were ordered to replace them, still subordinate to the Dadu capital intendant's office. The prohibition on fuelwood and charcoal from the Western Hills was relaxed. Because Ahmad's son Husin, left associate of the Jianghuai branch secretariat, was guiltier than his father, investigation was discussed. Stabilization treasuries everywhere were audited and warehouse officials cut. Censorate officials said, "Confiscated fines amount to 30,000 ingots of paper currency, with gold, silver, pearls, jade, and silks commensurate." An edict directed these retained to supply the impoverished. On bingwu day the overall army silver seal of Prince Betemür was collected. An edict directed Nestorian Christians receive grain rations by the monk precedent. On wushen day Ningguo Circuit Taiping County suffered famine; the people gathered bamboo seeds for food, and more than 300 households survived. An edict directed that when envoys returned from missions, if they did not promptly turn in the travel tallies they had been given, or turned them in but officials did not promptly receive them, all were to be punished. All documents required memorial approval before the imperial seal could be used. On jiyou day the 《Zizhi Tongjian》 written in Mongol and Uighur script was published. An edict announced Huluhuosun as right grand councillor to the empire. On gengxu day the branch censorate said, "Ala Haiya took submitted people as slaves and claimed them as booty from campaigns." An order directed submitted people returned to the responsible offices; booty from campaigns was to be registered by quantity and granted to meritorious subjects. Because raising troops to punish overseas states made empire-wide supply heavy, an edict comforted troops and people; all overdue money and grain and official embezzlement were temporarily suspended. Huai-Meng Route river conservancy director and deputy, one each, were established. Jiangnan powerful families concealing deserters were rounded up. On renzi day Jiangnan bureaus' self-issued relay vouchers were abolished. On bingchen day an edict directed dismissal of those who gained office by offering wives, daughters, or sisters to Ahmad. Ahmad's seized commoners' fields were returned to their owners; those protected by powerful households who paid taxes at those households were still to pay to the government. Beijing pacification commissioner Alawadin had indiscriminately promoted unqualified persons as civilian administrators; an order directed replacement officials selected. Establishing salt transport offices to sell salt certificates was discussed; the method benefiting the people was to be chosen and implemented, and surveillance commissions were still directed to audit transport office documents. The law for private moneylending interest was fixed at three percent. It was fixed that officials within and without be examined on a three-year cycle; those completing a term were transferred and ranked, and those not completing a term were not permitted extraordinary promotion. Tibetan monks receiving relay passes too frequently and troubling the people was forbidden; from now on none were to be granted except by imperial order. 15,000 ingots were granted to the Crane Controllers, and their officials in graded amounts.
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西 西 使 沿 使
In the fifth month, on the jiwei new moon, the Wan'yi Treasury and Nanjing pacification commission were audited. Secretariat and ministry officials were purged; 714 of Ahmad's faction were found, 33 already dismissed, and the remaining 581 all dismissed. Luzhou military commander Li Cong, for accepting bribes from soldiers and letting them return privately, causing wanhu Zhuanan and others to be killed by bandits, was executed. 3,758 horses, camels, cattle, sheep, and donkeys belonging to Ahmad were registered; Ahmad's crimes were pursued, his coffin opened, and his corpse exposed outside the Tongxuan Gate. The Nanjing pacification commission and Jiangnan revenue commissionerate were abolished. On dingmao day an edict was issued to the provinces regarding relay seal documents. On wuchen day the Jiangxi and Fujian branch secretariats were merged, redundant Jiangnan officials were cut, commercial levies on Fujian mountain counties and market towns were remitted, and private persons on the routes usurping control of prefecture, zhou, bureau, and county offices were forbidden. The She cave people were summoned to submit and their crimes remitted. The practice of detailing garrison troops for prisoner escort was forbidden. Craft commissioners were forbidden to recruit artisan households on their own authority. On jisi day Liu Xuan, associate commissioner of the Zhexi Route pacification commission, and others were sent to audit receipts and disbursements of each salt transport commission and the tea transport bureaus of the revenue offices. The assets operated by Ahmad's wife, children, and kin were registered, and their slaves were released as commoners. The concurrent ranks attached to pacification commissioners were abolished. On renshen day Geng Ren was shackled and brought to Dadu; the Central Secretariat was ordered to try him. On gengchen day deliberation was held on building ships at Pingluan Prefecture; 9,000 troops and civilians combined were mobilized, with temechi Bieyadai placed in command to cut timber in the mountains and also take it from temples, monasteries, and graves, the state paying fair value; Sangge was also ordered to send men to supervise. On guiwei day summer clothing was issued to the Dadu Badu'er regular troops. Huluhuosun said, "Among the 714 superfluous officials in the secretariat and ministries, 581 without fault may temporarily be retained." Left associate coastal commander-in-chief Shi Guoying asked that tax households support the army, with those whose soldiers deserted or died required to make up the numbers; relay household seed tax, where rich and poor were uneven, should be equalized. He also asked to implement the salt law, cut officials, and abolish hunting households. An edict ordered the Central Secretariat to deliberate and implement these measures. Zhang Hui and Ali were dismissed. Gansu branch secretariat left vice minister Maitingding was made right vice chancellor of the Central Secretariat, and branch censorate censor-in-chief Zhang Xiongfei was made associate administrator. On yiyou day commander-in-chief Qi Gongzhi said, "I ask that deserters be branded and still made to serve in the army, and that smelting works be established at Bie Shibali to cast farm implements." The request was granted. On bingxu day locusts 300 li east of Bie Shibali destroyed the wheat crop.
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使 婿 宿 使
In the sixth month, on the jichou new moon, there was a solar eclipse. Auspicious fungus appeared in Meizhou. On jiawu day Ahmad had arbitrarily established 204 offices; an edict retained 33 and abolished the rest. Of the 15 Jiangnan pacification commissions, four that already had branch secretariats were abolished. On yiwei day 770 garrison-farm troops from Liupan Mountain were dispatched to fill out Liu En's army. An edict forbade pacification commissioners and other officials to employ regular troops as corvée. On bingshen day 100 archers were dispatched to guard the chancellor; others were not permitted to cite this as precedent. On wuxu day, because Champa had submitted and then rebelled again, 5,000 troops from Huai, Zhe, Fujian, and Huguang, 100 sea ships, and 250 war vessels were dispatched under Suodu to suppress them. Former Song troops, whether with hand marks or without, were all permitted to become civilians. On jihai day He Zizhi was made army-commanding wanhu and sent as envoy to Siam. On xinchou day the property of Ahmad's wife, children, sons-in-law, and slaves was registered. On guimao day the indiscriminate certification of battle merit was forbidden. On yisi day unregistered troops were recruited and given clothing and grain. On jiyou day the crown prince's household guard troops were rewarded for repelling thieves, granted paper currency and horses in graded amounts, and those without wives were matched with confiscated widows. Ahmad's residence was granted to Huluhuosun. On renzi day an edict ordered all officials within and without to decide cases within fixed time limits. On guichou day, following Huluhuosun's recommendation, the Minister of Education's office and the Agriculture Directorate were abolished. Husin was shackled and sent to Yangzhou for trial. On dingsi day Yixibuxue was attacked and his territory entirely pacified; three-route darughachis were established, garrison troops were left to hold it, Yarlaq Hai was ordered to command overall, and Yesudai'er was made grand commander and pacification commissioner.
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西 使 便 便
In autumn, the seventh month, on the wuwu new moon, there was a solar eclipse. Mobile privy councils were established at Yangzhou and Ezhou. On gengshen day the branch censorate was ordered to weed out surveillance commission officials on each route. On xinyou day Hao Zhen's coffin was opened and his corpse exposed. On renxu day an order directed that official funds supply garrison expenses, while levies collected by each orlu office were to be returned to the state. Princes and others were forbidden to employ corvée troops to escort money and goods they operated for profit. The king of Goryeo asked to build 150 ships himself to assist in the campaign against Japan. On wuchen day troops returning from the Yachi campaign were ordered to garrison-farm in Anxi and were granted paper currency. On gengwu day Mongol troops garrisoning Jiangnan were ordered to rotate home in turns. On renshen day 1,000 troops from Chaghan Na'ur were dispatched to repair the Jinshan road. The Ma Hu Route general administration was established. On guiyou day King Wang Chun of Goryeo was granted a gold seal. On guiyou day pacification commissioner Meng Qingyuan and wanhu Sun Shengfu, returning as envoys from Java, were imprisoned by Mangudai; an edict ordered them released. On dingchou day chief commander Wang Zha'er was dismissed and his patent of appointment and tiger tally were confiscated. Gongchang Route darughachi Biesu Temür was made darughachi of the Gongchang-Pingliang and 23 other places field headquarters for military convenience. The Mongol Boluo was placed in charge of gold-washing in Chen, Yuan, and other prefectures of Hubei. On wuyin day deliberation was held on building the Ashadabusu imperial city; the Privy Council said, "It would require 120,000 timbers, and the distance makes them hard to obtain; it would be better to build earthen walls as at Chaghan Na'ur." The proposal was granted. On yiyou day princes Tahai Temür, Hudutemür, and others received gold, silver, and fabrics in graded amounts. Java sent tribute of a gold pagoda. Grain was issued in relief to the poor among the Kirghiz.
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殿
In the eighth month, on the dinghai new moon, winter clothing was issued to shipbuilding craftsmen at Qianshan, and paper currency to newly submitted troops. On gengyin day Mangudai returned from campaigning against Luoshi Ghost Country, still wore a tiger tally, and was made army-commanding wanhu. On xinmao day Abaqchi was ordered to supervise grain transport. On guisi day Luorosi and other troops were dispatched to assist in the campaign against Burma. On xinhai day the Tian and Suo stockades of Zilai Route were merged, and a new Xincheng County seat was established at Yitai. The imperial procession halted at Longhu Terrace. Flooding in Jiangnan left many people starving; south of Zhending drought drove many people to flee; Huluhuosun asked that local offices open granaries for relief; the request was granted. The prohibition on gilding carriages, horses, and apparel was strictly enforced. Directorate officials were also forbidden to have artisans privately make utensils. On jiayin day, the emperor's birthday, the court returned to the palace that day. On yimao day the emperor held court in the main hall and received New Year's greetings from the crown prince, princes, and all officials. On bingchen day Nie'udienn was banished to garrison Champa to redeem his crime.
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使 使使 使 使 使 使 使 使 使 使 婿 簿
In the ninth month, on the dingsi new moon, starving people in Zhending were relieved; those who had fled to Jiangnan were given grain by the state to return home. An edict ordered the Central Secretariat to thoroughly investigate Ahmad's faction. Biesudai asked to establish relay stations at Luobo and Zhelihui; the request was granted. Ahmad's confiscated fields were made garrison farms, and Ali's household was registered. On wuwu day Ahmad's third son Asan was executed, and his skin was flayed as a public warning. On gengshen day redundant officials were cut. You Xian asked to abolish the Lian and Haizhou garrison farms and place their affairs under civilian officials; his request was granted, and You Xian was additionally made grand councillor and sent to administer the branch secretariat at Yangzhou. The Fujian pacification commission captured a Japanese spy; an edict ordered him detained. On xinyou day Geng Ren, Sadurudin, and Ahmad's fourth son Xindu were executed. Campaign commissioner Yang Tingjian won over the overseas countries, and the southern fan all sent envoys with tribute. The lord of Jolan sent envoys with a memorial, presenting precious objects and one black ape. The lord of Nawan, Mang'ang, because his country had no literate persons, sent four envoys without presenting a memorial. The lord of Sumudusu also sent two envoys. Sumuda chancellor Nali Bahala Tanchi, being in Jolan on business, on hearing the edict sent envoys in place of his lord Dagur with a memorial, presenting rings, printed brocade, and 20 sets of brocade quilts. The Nestorian chief residing in Jolan, Wuzan'er Pielima, also sent envoys with a memorial, presenting one seven-jewel neck plaque and two bottles of medicine. Mahama, overseer of the Musuman, also sent envoys with a memorial, arriving at court the same day. On renxu day all persons were forbidden to obstruct tax collection. An edict ordered: "Officials who accept bribes and granary officials who embezzle, if surveillance officials know but do not impeach, shall be punished according to the gravity of the offense. Officials within and without who commit corruption: lighter cases shall be beaten and decided, heavier cases shall be put to death. Remonstrating officials who keep silent shall be punished the same as those who accept bribes." An edict was also issued proclaiming this throughout the realm. On yichou day troops were levied in Yixibuxue and other places. On dingmao day Annam sent tribute of rhinoceros, elephants, gold and silver vessels, incense, and medicines. Additional winter-clothing paper currency was granted to the army of commander-in-chief Qi Gongzhi. On jisi day military relay households were ordered to contribute money to assist the people's corvée purchases and labor hires. Newly submitted households in Yunnan were registered. Since Uriangqadai garrisoned Yunnan, household rolls had been taken eight times and land rolls four times, and the people found it oppressive. At this time it was ordered that those already registered be left alone and only the newly submitted registered. Yunnan taxes and levies were fixed with gold as the standard, payable in cowrie shells at twenty strings per mace of gold. The Yunnan pacification commission was abolished. On renshen day an edict ordered Pingluan, Goryeo, Tamna, Yangzhou, Longxing, and Quanzhou jointly to build three thousand large and small ships. North of Yixi Busi, Xiang Shixiong and his brothers of Man Cave and the various Sanmao caves rebelled; the Sichuan branch secretariat was ordered to send Yixi Busi troops to pacify them and bring them in with their lord. On guiyou day Ahmad's nephew Zainuding was executed. Ma Lin of Husin's faction was dismissed as left associate of the Jianghuai branch secretariat. On dinghai day envoys were sent to register gold produced in Yunnan; Boluo was made darughachi of the gold-mining district. On wuyin day clothing and grain were issued to the newly submitted soldier Jia You. You said he was the son-in-law of Marshal Jiao of Japan, knew Jiangnan shipbuilding, and had been sent to watch developments; with the army at the border, he wished to submit first. On xinsi day an edict ordered each branch secretariat to use only one seal and confiscate the rest, and also confiscated seals held by the various princes. Thirty thousand ingots of notes were issued to purchase ninety thousand shi of grain at Longxing, Dexing Prefecture, and Xuande. On renshen day Prince Azhiji was granted five thousand liang of gold and fifty thousand liang of silver. Selection law was corrected; a black register was established to list members of Ahmad's faction; each route was ordered to submit one Confucian scholar and one clerk annually, and each circuit surveillance commission was to recommend the incorruptible and capable for promotion and transfer.
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西 西 使使 使 便
In winter, the tenth month, on the dinghai new moon, Zhejiang salt prices were raised. An edict ordered paper currency rectified. On jichou day an edict ordered Buddhist monks, Daoists, and Nestorian Christians in Hexi who had wives to pay taxes like commoners. On gengyin day, because the harvest failed, all armies were permitted to hunt south of Bianliang. On xinmao day Yelü Zhu, co-administrator of state affairs and overseer of the dynastic history, was made left grand councillor of the Central Secretariat. On renchen day sacrifice was offered at the imperial ancestral temple. The Xijing pacification commission was abolished. On bingshen day the court of the heir apparent was first established; Wanze was made right court administrator and Saiyang left court administrator. From Dadu to Central Luan, and from Central Luan to Guazhou, north and south grain transport commissions were established. Five salt transport offices were established: Lutai Yuezhi Sangcha, Hejian Cangqing, Shandong Bin, Lean, and Jiaolai, Ju, and Mi. An edict ordered fine confiscated goods and gold, silver, and silks into the inner treasury, with the rest handed to the Ministry of Justice for later distribution. Palace receipts and disbursements were divided among three treasuries: imperial jade and rare objects from distant lands in the inner storehouse, gold and silver and jisun silks in the right storehouse, and regular tribute silks, gauze, and cloth in the left storehouse. Thirty-two key-holding officials were appointed, with twenty-two eunuchs supervising them. Grand Court office officials were reduced. On guimao day Cui Yu and others were ordered to audit Military Affairs Bureau documents. On jiachen day the Champa envoys who had submitted returned; clothes were granted them. On yisi day Ada was dispatched to induce Farlang, Aru, Ganbo, and other countries to submit. The garrison-farming commissionerate was abolished; its affairs were placed under the Military Affairs Bureau, and military wanhu were ordered to hold the posts concurrently. On bingwu day Wang Weixiao was made commander-in-chief. On dingwei day the Jurchen Liushi volunteered to build ships and transport grain to Ghost Country to supply the army; the request was approved. Campaigning against Chaba Cave was discussed. On gengxu day, because Sichuan had only 120,000 households but more than 250 government offices, the Sichuan branch secretariat was ordered to discuss reducing them. The Chengdu pacification commission was moved to Diaomen, and the Lizhou and Shunqing prefecture pacification commissions were abolished. Wine was forbidden in Dadu and Shanbei prefectures. An edict ordered officials below rank five in Guangdong, Guangxi, and Fujian appointed at the branch secretariat's discretion. Yelü Zhu said, "Officials gathering palace women seize the occasion to harm the people; if large prefectures take three per year and small prefectures two, choosing those suitable, generously compensating their parents, and otherwise sending them back, that would be appropriate." This was approved. Concealed farmland in the capital region was registered and taxed by measured acreage. You Xian was placed solely in charge of Jiang-Zhe branch secretariat grain transport. On yimao day Jiantong was placed solely in charge of memorials. Ahmad's eldest son Husin and second son Masuhu were executed at Yangzhou and their bodies pickled.
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祿 沿 使 使
In the eleventh month, on wu day, a utilization treasury was built at Shangdu. 1,200 ingots were granted to 260 households of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, ceremonial music, sacred field cultivation, and the like. On jiazi day clothing was issued to Qianzhou garrison-farming troops. On dingmao day silver notes and silks were issued to officers returning from the Karakorum garrison. Kong Shu, hereditary Duke of Confucius from Jiangnan, came to audience; he was made chancellor of the National University and concurrently overseer of Zhedong schools, with salary and a seal to maintain the forest temple granted on the spot. An edict proclaimed Ahmad's crimes at home and abroad; whatever harmed or benefited the people was to be remedied or instituted. On renshen day, because powerful families acting as merchants blocked official and private vessels, river patrol troops were established along the waterways; violators' families were forfeited. On guiyou day part of Marshal Qi Gongzhi's army was garrisoned at Quxian. On jiaxu day Central Secretariat officials said, "Among serious criminals empire-wide, apart from treason, great sedition, killing grandparents or parents, wives killing husbands, slaves killing masters, and killing husbands through adultery—all punished by proper statute—those who committed other capital crimes are to serve as soldiers in Japan, Champa, and Burma." This was approved. Provincial seals were recast. On bingzi day the Sichuan branch secretariat induced the chiefs of Dapan Cave, including Xiang Chouyou, to come to court. On wuyin day Yelü Zhu said, "Earlier an edict ordered murderers put to death and still pay fifty liang of burning-burial silver; later only two ingots of notes were collected—the penalty is too light. We propose that, following Mongol custom, the offender forfeit a daughter to the victim's family, and if there is no daughter, four ingots of notes be collected." This was approved. Yuan Prefecture, Rao Prefecture, and Xingguo Army were again placed under Longxing Province. Ma'bar sent envoys with a gold-leaf letter and local products as tribute. Chief merit commissioner Tuolie was dismissed; Buddhist rites he had arranged at government expense were all recovered. Notes for sheep and horses were granted to the poor among Henanar, Bazi, and others.
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使 調 西
In the twelfth month, on dinghai day, Alahai was ordered to take charge of three hundred sea ships belonging to Fan Wenhu and others. On renyin day Zhang Wenqian, left associate of the Central Secretariat, was made deputy commissioner of the Military Affairs Bureau. On yiwei day Central Secretariat officials said, "Duke of Pingyuan Zhao Yourui, Duke of Ying Zhao Qi, and Hanlin direct academician Zhao Yubiao should all reside at Shangdu." The Emperor said, "Yourui is old; he should remain in Dadu; the rest as proposed." An edict then ordered supplies given and Zhao Qi sent off; only Zhao Yubiao was not to go. Because Zhongshan Xue Baozhu submitted an anonymous letter denouncing treason, Song chancellor Wen Tianxiang was executed. On guimao day censor-in-chief Cui Yu said, "Censorial officials, regarding the gains and losses of state affairs, the welfare and hardship of the people, and the upright and corrupt among officials—even princes, dukes, generals, and ministers—should all impeach and investigate. Recently only censors have spoken; I hold that all censorial officials should offer advice, so that the state may benefit. In selecting censorial officials, if done by the Central Secretariat there will surely be partiality. Censors should be chosen from the censorate itself; initially sixteen Han officials were used, but now sixteen Mongols are used—mixing them on circuit tours would be appropriate." This was approved. The Jichuan River was dredged. The guard of the heir apparent was reduced back to rank four, and its tiger tally was again collected. The Hubei-Guangdong branch secretariat gold, silver, and iron smelting bureau was abolished; its affairs were placed under the various route chief offices. The Jiankang gold-washing commissionerate was placed under Jiankang Route. Right associate of the Central Secretariat Zhachan was made co-administrator. The Jie salt office and the various salt offices were abolished; transport officials were ordered to dispatch salt certificates in person. The Nanjing garrison-farming commissionerate was abolished; its affairs were placed under Nanyang Prefecture. Ali Haiya restored the Zhenyuan Army; one thousand troops were dispatched to garrison it, and because the place adjoined the West Sichuan branch secretariat it was placed under it. An edict established Imperial Preceptor Dharmapala Raktajita, holding the jade seal and overseeing Buddhist clergy of all countries. A stupa for Imperial Preceptor 'Phags-pa was built. Accumulated land rent, tax, and levies owed in Gongchang and other places were remitted. Horses, cattle, and sheep were granted in graded amounts to Tachar and others under Prince North An.
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使 祿便 使使 使 西西西 禿禿
In the twentieth year, on the bingchen new moon of the first month of spring, King Wang Chun of Goryeo sent his grand general Yu Hongshen to offer congratulations. On jiwei day the empress of the Hongjira clan was installed. On xinyou day a seal was granted to Prince Chubo, and army notes were granted as rewards to Prince Bichitemür and consort Changji. An edict ordered princes, princesses, and imperial sons-in-law who held Jiangnan appanages to pay one hundred ingots from the rent of ten thousand households, equivalent to the Central Plains five-households silk quota. On guihai day Yao Lahai was ordered to lead an army against Burma. On yichou day King Wang Chun of Goryeo sent the envoy Wuladai to present four hundred bolts of felt cloth, thread silk, and the like as tribute. Helü Huosun said, "Last winter the villain Xue Baozhu of Zhongshan Prefecture submitted an anonymous letter, foolishly imitating Dongfang Shuo's style, deceiving the court and hoping for an official reward." An edict ordered him executed. He also said, "From now on, anyone who wishes to lodge a complaint must write his real name and the facts of the case and present the petition at the secretariat or censorate. Whoever dares report by anonymous letter—severely punished with death, lightly punished with exile to a distant place; Those who exposed such matters were to receive the offender's wife and children and also be rewarded with paper currency. He also said, "During Ahmad's monopoly of power, government offices were excessively numerous and salaries were wasted; it would be best to merge and reduce them according to what Liu Bingzhong and Xu Heng had established." All were approved. An agriculture-promotion office was established. An edict ordered that all matters be taken to the provincial offices for petition; where judgment was deemed unfair, one was permitted to go to the Petition Drum Court and beat the drum to be heard. To prepare grain for the Japan expedition, Goryeo was ordered to supply 200,000 shi. Atahai was retained as chief minister of the Eastern Expedition Branch Secretariat. On bingyin day 20,000 troops of the Five Guards were dispatched on the Japan expedition. Three thousand ingots of notes were issued to buy grain at Chaghan Na'ur for military artisans. Because Yannan, Hebei, and Shandong prefectures had suffered drought the previous year, land tax grain owed by the people was temporarily suspended; an instruction also stated, "From now on, local officials who fail to report disasters in time, and surveillance commissions that do not immediately inspect, shall all be punished." Minister of Justice Cui Yu spoke on eighteen matters of current policy; an edict ordered the Central Secretariat and censor-in-chief Yusutemur to discuss and carry them out. The Shangdu exchange treasury was abolished. On dingmao day Boyao'dai and others cut ship timber at Lieguodu Mountain and Gan Mountain, totaling more than 142,000 units, and 5,000 attached-household troops of age and 3,000 labor conscripts were mobilized to transport it. On jisi day the moon transgressed the Maid of the Charioteer in the Charioteer. The princes Yeligan, Tanahe, and Numuqi were each granted fifty taels of gold and one gold-lined coat. On gengwu day, because building ships at Pingluan required transporting timber from afar and exhausted the people with corvée labor, shipbuilding was moved to the Yang River. On renshen day the Censorate said, "Yannan, Shandong, and Hebei suffered drought disaster last year; the surveillance commissions have already inspected, yet the Central Secretariat did not memorialize for exemption — how can the people bear it? We request a temporary suspension of tax grain." The decree said, "Approved." The Gongchang Surveillance Commission was moved to administer Ganzhou. Right vice chancellor Jelitemur, thirty-five wanhu, 2,000 Mongol troops trained as naval forces, 10,000 tamma chi, and 500 trained in water warfare were ordered on the Japan expedition. On dingchou day pacification commissioner Yang Tingbi was made pacification commissioner, granted bow, arrows, saddle, and bridle, and sent to instruct the lands of Zhulan and others. On jimao day all armies were ordered to practice boats and oars; 8,000 ingots of notes were granted at Longxing, Xunde, and other places for coordinated grain purchases to sustain them. On gengchen day the moon entered the Southern Dipper. On renwu day the imperial carriage hunted in the near suburbs. Yang Wen'an, a surrendered official of Sichuan, was made pacification commissioner of the Jingnan circuit. The Guangdong judicial surveillance commission was renamed the Haibei-Guangdong circuit; the Guangxi surveillance commission the Guangxi-Haibei circuit; the Fujian surveillance commission the Fujian Minhai circuit; the Gongchang surveillance commission the Hexi-Longbei circuit. On guiwei day 4,000 households of Hulan and Talbuhan and others were assigned to the crown prince's appanage. On renxu day an edict ordered that 600 oxen be lent from wealthy households such as Tuliutu to supply the poor of Qiligusi.
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Second month, wuzi day: garrison troops of the Two Guang and Sichuan were fixed to rotate every two or three years; their families were given rations, and officers salaries to maintain them. King Wani of Zhulan was granted a gold tally. The imperial son-in-law Atu was granted 1,000 Jiangnan commoner households. On the wuxu days of the second month of spring and autumn, sacrifices were made to the soil-and-grain altars and Lord Wucheng. On gengyin day the moon occulted the Pleiades. On guisi day an edict ordered that otok money remain as before. On dingyou day padded battle coats were issued to the garrison-farming troops of Bie Shibali. On gengzi day an edict ordered that among lands occupied by powerful nobles, beyond what was allotted to each household, the remainder was all to be given to keshik retainers and others for cultivation. Sichuan government offices were reduced, including the Eastern, Western, and Northern Western Sichuan pacification commissions, the Tongchuan and other route garrison wanhu headquarters, the new army commander-in-chief offices, and fourteen pacification commissions of Wei, Guan, Mao, and other prefectures. That night Venus transgressed the Pleiades. On xinchou day regulations for selecting military officers were fixed, and a law on official corruption was established. On renyin day Venus transgressed the Pleiades. On yisi day the Longxing branch secretariat was ordered to dispatch troops to escort Champa grain ships. The moon transgressed the Heart. On dingwei day the chieftain of Ding'an Cave sent his brothers to court; an edict granted relay horses. On jiyou day the rank of the Lan-yi Supervisor was raised to Grade 5A. On guichou day the Central Secretariat was instructed, "Report major matters; handle minor ones at discretion — do not cause delay." On jiayin day the Imperial Medical Academy was reduced to the Directorate of Imperial Physicians, given a copper seal instead, and official medical supervisory offices were established in Jiangnan and elsewhere. Japan expedition officers Baghutai and soldiers were granted silver notes in varying amounts. An edict dispatched officials to review prisoners at Yangzhou.
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西 綿 西 使 西 西
Third month, dingsi day: three princely household officials were established for Prince Senaghe'er. Wanhu Buduman was ordered to garrison Jingchi. Jurchen shipbuilding for the Japan expedition was halted; the Hexi Branch Censorate was abolished; a branch Works Ministry was established at Gongchang and elsewhere. The Fujian maritime trade commissioner-in-chief office was abolished, retaining only the supervisory office; the Quanzhou branch secretariat was merged into the Fujian branch secretariat; and uncollected seedling tax since Fujian's submission was remitted. Kuokuonitudun was put in charge of the Jiang-Huai branch secretariat; when faults were reported against him, Unuhudai and Bayan were ordered to assist him. On wuwu day a newly submitted cave Miao chieftain was made qianhu. On jiwei day Jupiter transgressed Jianbi. The Jingzhao branch secretariat was abolished and a branch Works Ministry established. Censorate officials said, "Shipbuilding at Pingluan, timber-cutting on Wutai Mountain for temple construction, and building a new temple south of the city — in all 40,000 laborers are conscripted; we request these be halted." The edict said, "Timber-cutting for temples is to cease immediately; on shipbuilding, discuss with provincial officials." Among front and rear guard troops who volunteered for Japan, more than 1,000 Han soldiers of the Five Guards were selected to remain; all newly submitted troops were ordered to go. On gengshen day the moon transgressed the Well. On xinyou day battle merit of troops under Prince Heban's younger brother Mangudai was rewarded with silver notes, silks, and clothing in varying amounts. Notes were issued to Ganzhou garrison troops. On renxu day the moon transgressed the Ghost. On yichou day Unuhuludai was ordered to Yangzhou to review prisoners; heavy criminals from north of the Yangzi were banished to the Japan expedition. The Yunnan Surveillance Commission was established to audit branch secretariat documents. Gold-washing offices at Huai'an and elsewhere were abolished; gold was to be levied only by household count. Ahmad's cotton silk and thread were given to impoverished artisan commoners. A seal was granted to royal tutor Unaqutipch; relay horses were granted to officials taking posts in Western Sichuan, Fujian, and the Two Guang. Because Hunan pacification commissioner Zhang Dingxin, branch secretariat associate administrator Fan Ji, and others had fawned on Alihaiya, they were ordered dismissed. On bingyin day the imperial carriage went to Shangdu. Jiangxi branch secretariat administrator Wanyan Nahua'i was dismissed for exceeding precedent in sudden promotion and improperly recommending 198 persons for office. The Hexi revenue-collection supervisory office was abolished. On dingmao day six Mongol supervising censors were added. On yisi day Jupiter transgressed Fang. On guiyou day Jupiter occulted Fang. Lin Guifang, Zhao Liangqian, and others of Xinhui county, Guangzhou, gathered a crowd, falsely styled themselves the Luoping State, and proclaimed the Yankang reign title; government troops captured them, they were executed, and the remaining followers were all pacified. On yihai day corvée laborers everywhere were dismissed. Atahai was dispatched to garrison Quxian; Handulu Shimi led newly submitted Ganzhou troops to Wandan. On jimao day paper currency for horse prices was issued to guard troops on expedition. On xinsi day four Uighur relay stations and note exchange treasuries were established. On renwu day Taiyi was sacrificed to. The Fujian circuit pacification commission was abolished; a branch secretariat was re-established at Zhangzhou; Central Secretariat right vice chancellor Zhang Hui was made grand councillor and censor-in-chief Esentemur left vice chancellor; both directed branch secretariat affairs. Notes were granted to Mili Zaman and Hebasi. Relief was given to the impoverished of the Balu keshik, Balakachi, and others. Horses, cattle, and sheep were granted in varying amounts to troops under Prince Beiping.
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Summer, fourth month, bingxu day: a pacification commission was established at Bie Shibali, Hezhou, and elsewhere. On gengyin day Yalihai was ordered to garrison and guard Yixibuxi. Grand marshal Yesu'er returned from Yixibuxi, encamped at Chengdu, requested an audience, and was granted it; men were still dispatched to garrison strategic passes. Twenty thousand imperial guard troops were assigned to assist the Japan expedition. On xinmao day Privy Council officials said, "Mongol imperial guard troops farming at Xincheng and elsewhere find gravel unsuitable for planting; we request reassignment to good fields." Approved. On renchen day Atahai requested naval-trained army officers for the Japan expedition; marshals Zhang Lin, pacification commissioner Zhang Xuan, and supervisor Zhu Qing and others were ordered to go. The king of Goryeo was put in charge of the branch secretariat to plan Japan affairs. On jiawu day medical supervisory offices in Jiangnan circuits were reduced; one was kept in each of the four provinces. Two-thirds of old tax and one-third of new tax on powerful-estate lands registered in the capital region were remitted. King Wang Chun of Goryeo requested that Mongols serve jointly in branch secretariat affairs. Court attendants were forbidden to seek offices for others and disrupt the selection system. The alcohol prohibition was strictly enforced: private distillers' property and female dependents were confiscated by the state and offenders were assigned to corvée. The private salt prohibition was enforced; surveillance commissions were permitted to investigate salt offices. On jihai day the moon transgressed Fang. On renyin day the moon transgressed the Southern Dipper. On guimao day King Wang Chun of Goryeo was appointed left grand councillor of the Japan expedition branch secretariat, retaining the titles of imperial son-in-law and King of Goryeo. On yisi day the Privy Council was ordered to assemble military officers to deliberate on the Japan expedition; Cheng Pengfei asked that rewards and punishments be made clear, that the meritorious receive verification credentials at the front and be formally appointed upon return, and the request was approved. On gengxu day right vice chancellor Yesudai'er pacified the peoples of Junlian, Ding, Ayong, Duzhang, and other places; the Dushan Duzhang people would not submit, so he advanced against them, captured their chief Delanniu alive, and withdrew. Muslim catapults made at Dadu and their artisans Zhang Lin and others were sent to the Japan expedition branch secretariat. On xinhai day, for the campaign against Japan, clothing and armor were granted to the Rear Guard Army and paper currency to the newly submitted armies of Daming and Weihui. Maishuding and others audited the Treasury of Myriad Myriads; because many persons imprisoned on charges were involved, they asked that the case be transferred to Mongol officials. An imperial instruction said, "Mongols tainted by profit are no longer as in former days; let those fit for appointment be selected and entrusted."
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In the fifth month, on yimao day, summer clothing was issued to the garrison troops of Ganzhou. On wuwu day Chancellor Bayan, Prince Xiangwada'er, and others said, "The army campaigning against Burma should employ both Mongol and newly submitted troops." The request was approved. On jiwei day the five guard armies were exempted from the Japan expedition and 10,000 men were sent to Shangdu. Pingluan shipbuilding troops were released to return to farming, and troops under Dadu's direct command were assigned to take their place. On gengshen day ninety-nine salt-administration officials of Gaili Saltworks in Chang Prefecture of Longxing were cut, and the affair was placed under Longxing Prefecture. Official fields for Jiangnan civil officials and transport commissioners were fixed. On jiazi day gold-washing laborers of Yangzhou were transferred to Yidu. The Japan expedition branch secretariat was established; the King of Goryeo and Atahai were to serve together, and clothing and armor for Goryeo's Japan expedition army were granted. Censor-in-chief Cui Yu said, "Bandits in Jiangnan have risen one after another, all because sailors are conscripted and sea ships are built until the people cannot survive; the Japan expedition should for the time being be halted. The four Jiangnan provinces supplying military needs should measure the people's strength, not force them to supply what their lands do not produce, and whenever prices or goods are taken from the people they must be paid in full. When recruiting sailors, their wishes should be followed. When the people's spirits have somewhat revived and our strength is roughly prepared, another eastern expedition in two or three years would not be late." The request was denied. On bingyin day the moon eclipsed the eastern star of Heart. Two-thirds of Jiangnan grain tax was remitted. An edict ordered Ala Haiya to deploy 7,000 Han troops and 8,000 newly submitted troops and assign them to Suodu for the campaign. On xinwei day the Champa branch secretariat had already broken Champa; its king Budi fled, and an imperial letter was issued to summon him to submit. On jiaxu day heavy criminals from the Japan expedition were sent to Champa, Burma, and other places to join the campaign. Four agriculture-promotion officials were established for Goryeo. On bingzi day an edict instructed Prince Xiangwada'er, "Formerly serious criminals in Yunnan were allowed summary execution at convenience for fear of implicating the innocent; from now on all capital crimes must still await imperial confirmation." The prefectures and districts of Jianghuai and Yunnan were also consolidated. Yelü Laoge was made associate administrator of the Central Secretariat. Corvée tax on garrison troops was remitted. Princes' ordu officials were forbidden to levy exactions on military households. Because southwestern barbarians were plotting rebellion and had not yet submitted, the Sichuan army campaigning against Burma was exempted and ordered to guard exclusively, and funds were disbursed for each relay station to supply them. On wuyin day all memorialists were gathered for deliberation at the metropolitan secretariat; what was feasible was reported upward, and what was not was clearly explained to the memorialists. Surveillance commissioners were permitted to use bows and arrows. Supervising censor Alahun was dismissed on charges of arbitrarily remitting fine money and failing to investigate private brewing. Following censor-in-chief Cui Yu's memorial, the selection of maidens in all routes was abolished. The small-capacity hu of the Song Wensi Court was promulgated for use. An edict ordered that fine money from the Shaanxi surveillance commission be delivered to the Prince of Qin. One associate deputy commissioner and one registrar of the Beijing circuit surveillance commission were cut. The Maritime and Eastern Liaodong circuit surveillance commission was established to investigate the Jurchen and Sushen tribes. On jimao day Prince Zhibietemu'er was compensated with 100,000 ingots of paper currency for sheep and horses supplied to the army. Hainan Four Prefectures pacification commissioner Zhu Guobao asked for additional troops to campaign against the King of Champa; an edict granted him 15,000 men from Ala Haiya's army. Following Wang Jiweng's memorial, an edict directed that Jiangnan grain be transported by the two routes of Abaqchi's newly opened Shenshan River and by sea. The Otrot headquarters was established. On xinsi day bows, arrows, and armor were granted to Suodu of the Champa branch secretariat.
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In the sixth month, on bingxu day, the prohibition on private exchange of gold and silver was strictly enforced. Ganzhou branch secretariat associate administrator Wang Yi was made associate administrator of the Central Secretariat. This year's silk tax of Dadu and Pingluan routes was remitted. Transferred Jiangnan officials who failed to take up their posts were caned and their received patents and commissions were revoked. On wuzi day, because of the Japan expedition, the populace was disturbed and bandits broke out; Hudutemur and Mangudai asked for additional troops to suppress them, and an edict assigned them the armies of Xingguo and Jiangzhou. On jichou day officials' salary allotments were increased. On gengyin day maritime trade assessment rates were fixed: one-tenth on fine imported goods and one-fifteenth on coarse goods. Five guard army troops were assigned to repair the outer wall of the travelling palace. Prince Huyadu was ordered to establish judges of cases. On bingshen day troops were dispatched to repair and complete Dadu city. On xinchou day troops were dispatched to build and repair dikes and weirs. On wushen day, following Bayan and others' memorial, the 83,600 Song troops conscripted by hand-tally were organized under commanders and officials with registers and armor, and clothing and grain were still granted. On gengxu day Chen Diaoyan's uncle, the rebel Chen Guilong, was exiled to Handasun's territory. On xinhai day Sichuan branch secretariat associate administrator Qurugjin and others pacified the Nine Streams and Eighteen Caves, brought their chiefs to court, fixed their territories, established prefectures and counties, and placed them under Shunyuan Route pacification commission. Xiang Shixiong and others were made grand pacification ambassadors and pacification commissioners of the Cha-ba caves.
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In autumn, the seventh month, on the guichou new moon, unpaid seedling tax of Jianning Route before the seventeenth year was remitted. On bingchen day military levies of the Guwei tribe were remitted. It was instructed that Atahai's Japan expedition ships should be built somewhat more slowly; and all detained merchant vessels should be fully returned. Alisha was executed for using false words to mislead the crowd. Venus transgressed Well. On dingsi day pearl garments were granted to Niegudai and others. On gengshen day troops were transferred to reinforce the Yunnan garrison. On bingyin day the Yixibuxue pacification commission was established and additional troops were garrisoned. Yunnan relay routes were opened. Yixibuxue territory was divided into three parts and officials were established to pacify and govern them. On guihai day the moon transgressed the Southern Dipper. On yichou day Venus transgressed Well. On dingmao day the Huainan Gold-Washing Office was abolished and its households were returned to the commoner register. On gengwu day Mars transgressed Office of Strangeness. The newly submitted official Tong Wenying came to audience with tribute of 10,000 taels of silver and 40 ingots of gold; Tiemu'erbuhua concealed them as his own, and an edict ordered a search of his house and confiscation to the state treasury. An edict ordered the arrest of Ahmad's father-in-law, Minister Cai Zhongying, and recovery of 200,000 ingots of government paper currency he had borrowed. Abaqchi and Yao Yan, for opening the Shenshan River bridge and canal, misappropriated 2,400 ingots of government paper currency and fraudulently registered 730,000 shi of grain; an edict ordered recovery and further deliberation of their offenses. On renshen day Song Tianfu, military-civilian qianhu of Yixibuxue, and Ali, military-civilian zongguan and pacification commissioner of Shunyuan Route, and others submitted; the army withdrew, and Luo-gui chief Ali and his followers were brought to audience. The Yixibuxue headquarters was established and Ali was ordered to serve as zongguan. On bingzi day Jiangnan's ten-route pacification commission posts were reduced from 140 to 93. An edict fixed Shangdu merchant tax at one-sixtieth. This year's salary paper currency of Dadu and Pingluan routes was remitted. The General Preceptorship was established at regular rank three. On dingchou day surveillance commissions were ordered to audit the documents of the Tibetan pacification commission. Relay-station troops were established to capture bandits in Huai-xi. Huai-dong pacification associate commissioner Song Tingxiu privately impressed 40 soldiers; he was caned and dismissed. On gengchen day impoverished troops under Hudutemur and others received relief. Paper currency was paid as price for sheep and horses to Qie'erhesi and others.
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In the eighth month, on guiwei day, Minglicha was made privy councillor with charge of state affairs and deliberated on public business. The Huailai Gold-Washing Office was established. On jiawu day an edict ordered newly submitted armies garrisoned on the Daming, Zhending, Beijing, and Weihui routes to garrison-farm at Dongjing. Annam sent envoys bearing local products as tribute. On bingwu day Venus transgressed Xuanyuan. On dingwei day Jupiter transgressed Gou Qian. Zhe-xi Route pacification commissioner Shi Bi said, "Recently 500 Japan expedition ships were levied from the people, to their distress; it would be better to take the ships Abaqchi already has, repair them, and assign them to Atahai, thereby easing the people's burden, and also grant paper currency along the coast to recruit sailors." The request was approved. The new canal at Jizhou was completed, and the capital transport commission was established. On gengxu day palace guard troops returning from duty were rewarded. Paper money, sheep, and horses were granted to the troops under the Prince of Bei'an.
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Ninth month, on renzi day, Venus transgressed the Maiden of Xuanyuan. On wuwu day Heladai and others induced submission of the Xiangshan County sea bandits You Zongzu and 9,592 others, and the sea routes were pacified. The moon transgressed Dipper. On renxu day Li troops were mobilized for the campaign against Japan. On bingyin day the country of Gudanu, through merchants including Alawei, declared its wish to submit. The Champa and Jinghu branch secretariats were merged into one. The old city's market bureaus, guild offices, and tax offices were all moved into Dadu, and tax collection was reduced to one-fortieth. Zhu Yunlong was rewarded for grain transport merit, made a rank-seven chief supervisor, and given silks. On jisi day Venus transgressed Right Law. On xinwei day, because the harvest was good, wine prohibitions in all routes were lifted. Bandits rose in Guangdong, and ten thousand troops were dispatched to suppress them. On renshen day the moon occulted Well. On guiyou day Mars transgressed Ghost. On jiaxu day the moon transgressed Ghost, Mars transgressed Accumulated Corpse Qi, and Venus transgressed Left Law. On wuyin day Shi Bi proposed a plan to suppress banditry: ringleaders and co-conspirators were to die, and the rest were to garrison-farm on the Huai; the Emperor approved. An edict entrusted the matter to Bi; bandit followers were to farm on inner territory, and their wives and children were sent to the capital to supply the hawk offices and others.
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Tenth month of winter, on gengyin day, 30,000 ingots of paper money were granted to newly submitted troops on the Japan campaign. On renchen day the imperial carriage returned from Shangdu by the Gubeikou road. On gisi day Wanduan pacification commissioner Liu En presented fine grain, one stalk each of nine-, seven-, and six-ear grain growing from a single spike. On jiawu day Grand Councillor Zharsan was made vice director of the Privy Council. An edict stated, "The Five Guard armies each year in the tenth month of winter may have five-tenths return home to prepare equipment; in the first month those on duty shall rotate and half return; by the fourth month all enter service." At that time each guard proposed sending seven men first while three substituted for themselves; this was approved. On yiwei day sacrifice was performed at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On bingshen day the moon transgressed Pleiades. On dingyou day Champa troops who had fled back were executed. Mangudai requested increasing Mongol and Han troops garrisoning the frontier; the request was approved. Huduhu was put in overall charge of Suodu's newly increased troops in the Yangzhou branch secretariat. On gengzi day Asudai troops were permitted to substitute service with brothers. Jianning Route military commander Huang Hua rebelled with nearly 100,000 followers, styling himself the Head-Tonsure Army and falsely declaring the fifth year of Song Xiangxing; he attacked Chong'an, Pucheng, and other counties and besieged Jianning Prefecture. An edict ordered Bolinjidai and Shi Bi and others to lead 22,000 troops to suppress and pacify them. Yelü Zhu was dismissed. On renyin day land and water relay stations from Dong'e to the Imperial Canal were established to facilitate transport. The Tanzhou relay station of Jizhou was moved to Luqiao town on the new canal. Paper money was granted to impoverished households in Ganzhou delivering sulfur. On guimao day Prince Jibitemür requested a census of civilian households on his appanage in Changde Prefecture; the request was denied. Central Secretariat officials said, "At two places on Abaqchi's new canal there are granaries; small boats should be built to divide sea transport." This was approved. Central Secretariat officials said, "Yiyimisi once requested instructing all Jiangnan commanderies to recruit people to plant fields in Huainan. Now he goes to each commandery collecting civilian households; branch secretariat official Kuku Nitudun said this was unsuitable — they should be recruited at his seat of administration and the people must not be forced." This was approved. On wushen day 1,000 bolts of silk and 300 ingots of paper money were granted to widowers, widows, orphans, and the solitary among the Udege. The Karakorum price-stabilization treasury was established. Officials were dispatched to investigate fraud in Yidu's gold panning. The Zhongxing revenue superintendentate and Beijing salt-and-iron revenue superintendentate were abolished. On jiyou day hostages' troops in Hexi of age and adult enough were enrolled as soldiers. On gengxu day two additional vice commissioners were added to each route's prosecuting and surveillance commission.
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Eleventh month, on renzi day, Dabuhua, Toghan, and others were rewarded for battle merit with silver and silks. On guichou day commander Chen Yi volunteered thirty sea ships for the campaign; an edict made Yi a wanhu and granted him a tiger tally. Yi was originally named Wuhu, rose from sea banditry, and after submission his elder brother became pacification commissioner while Yi became commander. An order directed that all bandits must be tried by civilian officials and private settlements were forbidden. On dingsi day all provinces were ordered to print the Granting the Seasons Calendar. Prince Jibitemür requested setting up revenue officials himself in twenty-four cities on his appanage; the request was denied. He also requested establishing monopoly tax offices whose chiefs would be appointed by the metropolitan secretariat and whose subordinates would be assigned by the princely house; the request was approved. An edict stated, "Land in Dadu shall all pay tax; newly surveyed land in Ganzhou shall pay three sheng rent per mu." On jiwei day Minister of Personnel Liu Haoli presented customary matters of the Kirghiz. On renxu day the Nanjing pacification commission was re-established. On yichou day the Kaicheng Route garrison-farming command was abolished and merged into Kaicheng Route under the Jingzhao pacification commission. On wuchen day the Directorate of Agriculture was established to manage official fields, lodges, and people. Sheep and horses were granted to Saga'er, Ulug, and others under the princes to relieve their want. Han were employed alongside others in Hexi government offices. Gansu Shazhou civilian households were moved back to restore their occupations. Gate wardens were established at Dadu's city gates. On dingchou day Yunnan revenue officials were forbidden to collect surplus cash beyond the fixed quota. On wuyin day powerful persons in Yunnan were forbidden to extract excessive debt interest; enslaving persons by seizure and tattooing their faces were also banned. Venus and Jupiter mutually transgressed. On jimao day, at the request of princes Tubai and Monggol Dai and others, Yetügu and others were rewarded with silver and paper money to honor battle merit. One thousand ingots of paper money were granted to the crown prince. Fined paper money from the Censorate was granted to qielian retainers.
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Twelfth month, on gengchen day, clothing was granted to Prince Qundu Temür, and silver, paper money, and silks to Hudur's command. On jiashen day 7,000 sets of clothing and silks and 2,000 horses were granted to Besudai's command. Xifan army officers including Ainabasi were rewarded for battle merit. On xinmao day 6,000 troops under Chahu were prepared for the Japan campaign. On renchen day cattle prices were granted to Prince Ajiji. Because Central Secretariat deliberator Undeken Tuluhua was honest though poor and did not flatter the powerful, he received one hundred ingots. The prohibition on Jurchen mining and exporting gold and silver was lifted. On jiawu day 40,000 ingots were granted for government grain purchases at Shangdu. Impoverished gate guards each received twenty ingots. On xinchou day silver was granted to Prince Xiliemen and others. Sea-route grain transport pacification commissioner Zhu Qing was made a mid-level wanhu and granted a tiger tally; Zhang Xuan's son Wenhu was made a qianhu and granted a gold tally. Newly submitted officials were transferred to serve in inner commanderies. Li Prefecture was returned to subordination under Zhending Route. On guimao day grain was distributed to relieve forty-nine Udege relay stations. On jiachen day the moon occulted Mars. On bingwu day Yunnan's gold-foil manufacture-and-sale planning office was abolished. Yunnan's grand marshal's headquarters was abolished and officials were re-established. Regulations for hostages were fixed: children of high officials were to be sent to the capital. On wushen day the youth Tong raised troops in rebellion in Shizhou, Yunnan; associate administrator Aqa Bashi was ordered to lead troops, and together with Luolosi Tuo'ershihe to suppress them; 10,000 bolts were granted to relieve 1,000 famine-stricken Jurchen households. That year 278 persons were sentenced to death.
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