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殿 簿 簿 使 西 使 使 使
In the twenty-first year, on yimao day of the first month of spring, the Emperor took the throne in Great Brightness Hall. Right grand councillor Huluhuosun led all officials in presenting jade registers and seals and offering the honorific title Emperor of Observing Heaven and Expounding the Way, Humaneness, Culture, Righteousness, Martial Grandeur, and Great Filial Brightness. Princes and officials offered congratulations as on a new-moon morning, and an amnesty was proclaimed throughout the empire. On dingsi day an edict said, "From now on, whoever memorializes must first tell his colleagues what is to be memorialized. After memorializing, whatever imperial rescript was received must be made known to colleagues before it is written in the register; whoever writes in the register without clearly informing others shall be flogged by the bichur guards." On jiwei day the Yunnan chief marshal command was abolished, and its military and civilian population was placed under the branch secretariat. On jiazi day the auditing officials of Yangzhou and other places were abolished, and the matter was transferred to the branch secretariat. Jiang-Zhe branch secretariat grand councillor Manghudai presented 100 jin of pearls. On bingyin day Kuoniyadun said, "Two thousand troops garrison-farming at Shaobo Pond were sown with 2,000 shi of seed and harvested more than 25,000 shi of long- and glutinous-grain rice; I ask to add 2,000 newly submitted troops." This was approved. On dingmao day the Prince of Jiandu, Wumeng, and twelve places including Jinchi all submitted. Jiandu had first been controlled by Burma and wished to submit but could not. At this time Prince Xiangwudaer, branch secretariat right vice censor Da Bu, and associate administrator Yehan Dejin campaigned against Burma by separate routes. At the Axi and Ahe rivers they built 200 boats, attacked downstream, took Jiangtou City, and ordered commander-in-chief Yuan Shi'an to garrison it. Envoys were then sent to summon and instruct the king of Burma; he did not respond. Taigong City of Jiandu was their stronghold. Government forces advanced by land and water, attacked Taigong City, took it, and hence all now submitted. On gengwu day traveling privy councils for Jiang-Huai, Jing-Hu, Jiangxi, and Sichuan were established at Jiankang, Ezhou, Fuzhou, and Chengdu. The Tamna Kingdom pacification commission was established. On xinwei day Xiangwudaer sent envoys to present pearls, coral, exotic silks, and seven-treasure belts offered by Burma. On jiaxu day one Mongol official and one Hanlin Academy official were sent to sacrifice at the mountains, rivers, and earth altar. Wang Jiweng was dispatched bearing an edict as envoy to Japan and granted brocade robes, jade rings, and saddle gear. Jiweng sailed from Qingyuan by sea to the vicinity of Japan and was killed by boatmen. Censorate officials said, "Persons dismissed for crime are long forgotten by name yet again memorialized for employment; we ask that this be forbidden and regulated." The Emperor said, "What you say is indeed right, yet are there not among them some whose offenses were light and who may be employed?" Censor-in-chief Yusutemür replied, "Let each person's criminal circumstances be clearly set forth in memorial; whether to employ them should await imperial decision." This was approved. On bingzi day the Jianning rebel Huang Hua killed himself. On dingchou day surveillance officials of the various Yunnan routes had farewell audience at court. An edict instructed them, "When you arrive there, clearly announce my intent: do not seek goods and wealth. When reputation is established, goods and wealth follow; if you pursue wealth you will surely lose your reputation, and your lives also cannot be preserved." On jimao day the kingdom of Ma-ba dispatched envoys to offer pearls, exotic treasures, and silk cloth as tribute.
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使 西 西 使 西 西西 竿 調
In the second month, on xinsi day, Fujian pacification commissioner Guan Rude was made associate administrator of the Quanzhou branch secretariat to campaign against Burma. The Yangzhou canal was dredged. The building of Japan expedition ships by Goryeo was halted. On dinghai day Hanlin Academician-in-Chief Sariman was ordered to sacrifice to the First Farmer at the sacred field. On renchen day the wives and children of Jiangxi rebel bandits were granted to the hawk office keepers of tigers. More than 700 deserting troops under Biesudai were assigned to the Prince of Anxi for garrison-farming and given oxen and implements. Commoners Huang Dacheng and others of Yongzhou and Binzhou rebelled, and commoners of Wuzhou, Shaozhou, and Hengzhou rose one after another. Hunan pacification commissioner Sariman led troops to suppress them. On jiawu day the herd pasturage offices were abolished. On jihai day Ruizhou captured 32 rebel commoners including Yan Shun, together with their wives and children, and sent them to the capital. Abaqchi's river-opening project was halted; his army and 10,000 sailors each were assigned to transport grain by sea route. 500 gold-washers of Tanzhou were released to return home. On dingwei day Jiangnan musicians were registered and levied. Atahai was ordered to dispatch 15,000 troops and 200 ships to assist the campaign against Champa; ships were insufficient and Jiangxi Province was ordered to supply more. On wushen day the Jiang-Huai branch secretariat was moved to Hangzhou, the Zhe-xi pacification commission to Pingjiang, and the Huangzhou pacification commission was abolished and merged into the Huai-xi circuit. A dharma wheel pillar was erected at Longevity Mountain within the palace precinct, 100 chi high. Bandits rose in Zhangzhou; the Jiang-Zhe branch secretariat was ordered to mobilize troops to advance and suppress them. Qinzhou prefect Liu Fa was guilty; he had wished to join Huang Hua. When the affair was discovered he was executed, and former Song imperial clan members and ministers who had entered service were moved to the interior.
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輿 殿 使
In the third month, on xinhai day, an edict directed that officials managing military and civilians in Si and Bo circuits should not be transferred from now on. On dingsi day the imperial son, Prince of Beiping Namuhe, arrived from the northern frontier. The prince had in the eighth year of Zhiyuan built a camp at Alimali north of Karakorum, remained seven years, and only now returned; right grand councillor An Tong arrived afterward. Zhang Hongfan and others were placed in command of newly submitted troops. On renxu day tiger tallies were redesigned. On bingyin day the imperial carriage traveled to Shangdu. On dingmao day the main hall of the Imperial Ancestral Temple was completed and spirit tablets were installed. On jiaxu day garrison troops were placed at Chao, Gan, Ji, Fu, and Jianchang. On yihai day King Wang Chun of Goryeo, because the ceremony for the Emperor's honorific title was completed, sent envoys to offer congratulations.
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西 西 使 涿 使
In summer, the fourth month, on renwu day, military and civilians were ordered jointly to build dikes and dams to benefit the five guards' garrison fields. On yiyou day the Treasury Bureau was abolished and merged into the Ministry of Revenue; the Dadu capital intendant's office concurrently managing the Palace Manufactories Directorate was established; the Dadu Route prefectural command was established; and revenue commissions for West Sichuan, Yan'an, Fengxiang, and Xingyuan were established. Following the memorials of Mirhuozhe, Misili, and others, 10,000 ingots of paper currency were assigned for markets at Bieshili, Hexi, and Shangdu. Qohochi was retained as Yangzhou salt transport commissioner; 800,000 shi of salt were purchased annually to atone for past offenses. On jihai day the Juma River at Zhuozhou burst its banks and scoured more than 30 li. On gengzi day Huguang branch secretariat grand councillor Ala Haiya asked to go in person to the seacoast to gather Champa's scattered troops, send them south again on campaign, and urge those who had not yet departed; this was granted. On renyin day the Jiang-Huai branch secretariat presented 100 boys and girls from each wing. Hudutemur's army campaigning against Burma was routed by bandit attack. On wushen day King Wang Chun of Goryeo and the princess came to court with their heir Yuan. An edict ordered 2,000 troops of the Tian and Yang families of Si and Bo dispatched to join the Burma campaign. Jiangnan salt laborers and troops were registered; those who concealed themselves were punishable. The households under Huo'erhu and others reported famine; the Emperor said, "If famine victims are not relieved, what are stored grains for? 10,000 shi were issued for relief. The Kaiyuan and other routes pacification commission was ordered to build 100 boats and assign them to the Gou Kingdom garrison troops. The Yunnan branch secretariat, for capturing Jiangtou City in Burma, presented 80 boys and girls together with silver vessels, silks, and cloth.
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禿禿 西使調 西
In the fifth month, on jiyou day, following Tutugh's memorial, 2,000 households were established to govern Qipchaq and Kangli youths who wished to serve the state. On renzi day the seal of the Eastern Expedition branch secretariat was confiscated. On guichou day privy council officials said, "Suodu's routed troops have already been ordered collected by Li Heng; for routed troops of the Jiang-Huai and Jiangxi branch secretariats, separate envoys should be dispatched to summon and instruct them; all who arrive are to be given grain; damaged boats are to be repaired, to await Ala Haiya's deployment." This was approved. On wuwu day an edict to the Central Secretariat said, "Memorial headings and document registers must not use Uighur script; imperial commands and official letters must all use Mongol script. On jiwei day the Jinghu-Champa branch secretariat said, "Huduhu, Umar, and others led troops against Champa; the vanguard naval force reached Shumei Lian Harbor and did not know where to go; wanhu Liu Junqing advanced the army and camped at Xin Prefecture; Champa tribesmen were captured, and only then did they learn that our army had already returned. Champa tribesmen were immediately sent as guides to the Champa border; the king dispatched Abulan with a letter of surrender, saying also that his kingdom had been plundered by Suodu's armies and horses, state resources were exhausted, and he would wait until next year to send his eldest son with local products as tribute. His grandson Luosili Lezhe and others were subsequently dispatched bearing a memorial to court. On yichou day iron produced by Goryeo was requisitioned. Two tenths of this year's land tax in Jiangnan was remitted; all arrears before the eighteenth year that had not yet been collected were entirely exempted. Aruhunu said, "Formerly 300,000 artisan households were selected from Jiangnan commoner households; many lacked craft skills; craftsmen of various trades have now been chosen; the remaining 199,000 and more households should be released to become commoners." This was approved. An edict instructed the various surveillance and judicial commissions on matters of their sub-bureaus. On gengwu day the Jinghu-Champa branch secretariat advanced troops and occupied Wuma territory, land near Annam; additional troops were requested; Ezhou darughachi Zhao Zhu and others were ordered to bear the imperial sealed letter to instruct Annam. Li Yizhu, a commoner of Renqiu County in Hejian, plotted rebellion; when the affair was discovered he was executed. Private collections throughout the empire of astronomical charts, prognostications, the 《Great Unity Thunder Formula》, the 《Seven Luminaries Calendar》, the 《Back-Pushing Chart》, and the 《Inspector Miao Calendar》 were registered and seized; those who privately studied or concealed them were punished. On dingchou day Huduhu, Umar, Liu the wanhu, and others led 20,000 Yangzhou branch secretariat troops to Suodu's army front; they encountered wind and ships scattered, and the army was entirely routed. An edict ordered recovery of commission documents, tiger tallies, and imperial appointment letters granted to Umar and others and to their subordinate generals; Boluheda'er of Hexi and others were substituted in their place, subject to Ala Haiya's command.
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西 西使沿 使
In the intercalary fifth month, on jimao day, Prince Falila was enfeoffed as commandery prince and granted a tiger tally. Si and Bo prefectures were placed under the Shunyuan Route pacification commission; the Southwestern Barbarians pacification commission was abolished and a prefectural command established. Paper currency was granted to the Mongol army of West Sichuan to equip armor and weapons; they were to farm vacant riverside land in Suining for food; holdings below four qing were exempt from land tax. Commander Wang Weizheng was ordered to register Sichuan commoner households. On xinsi day the spirit of the Xiaoqing River in Weihui Route was given the added title King of Overflowing Aid, Majestic Favor. On renwu day Mongol Palace Guard chief commander Bihuodai, returning from campaigning against Huang Hua, presented 171 persons. On yiyou day Hong City and Chahan Zhang within Yunnan territory were placed under the crown prince. On bingxu day the traveling censorate moved from Yangzhou to Hangzhou. On gengyin day 18 submitted cave Man officials were granted clothing and sent back. On guisi day the Prince of Beian was granted a gold seal with dragon knob. The fur goods office was abolished. An audit was conducted of concealed fraud in building Japan expedition ships by the various Jiangnan branch secretariats; an edict directed that surveillance commissions must not obstruct it. On jiachen day Annam heir Chen Rixuan dispatched his palace secretary Chen Qianfu to offer jade cups, gold vases, pearl collars, gold gorgets, white apes, green doves, silks, and cloth as tribute. On bingwu day 10,000 palace guard troops were assigned to repair the Dadu city wall.
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使
In the sixth month, on renzi day envoys were sent along separate routes to seek out and measure gnomon shadows, solar and lunar eclipses, and calendrical methods. Official salaries were increased; calculating by tenths, those receiving less than one ingot received a five-tenths increase. On jiayin day an edict enfeoffed Prince Tuohuan as Prince of Zhennan, granted him a gilded silver seal, and stationed him at Ezhou. On gengshen day the Mongol grand marshal's office was made the Mongol chief ten-thousand household office, the artillery marshal's office the artillery ten-thousand household office, and the chief artillery marshal's office the Muslim artillery army artisan ten-thousand household office. On jiazi day 60 troops under Yesudai'er were ordered to pan for gold at Shuangcheng. At Handasun's request, Alatai and the Helin garrison farm troops were transferred and combined with his command to farm at Wuhe. On yichou day the Zhongwei garrison farms suffered locusts. On jiaxu day 21,643 ingots of paper currency were granted to Prince Aiyachi's keshig guard Zhejie and others and to the households under Wulahai, and 10,246 ingots to Prince Namuhe's keshig guard and keling retainers. 10,195 horses and 10,060 sheep were granted to the impoverished troops under Dorokhai Zhalaier.
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西 調 使 便 西
In the seventh month of autumn, on the dingchou new moon, an edict ordered Jinghu and Xichuan to combine forces and suppress the Chaba and Sanmao cave barbarians. Yunnan provincial officials said, "Tengyue, Yongchang, and Luobidan have disloyal populations; Yesudai'er or Commander-in-Chief Wang should be sent with troops to suppress them." The rescript said, "Approved." The Privy Council was ordered to dispatch troops to repair Dadu city. On jimao day the Yanfu Office was established. Central Secretariat officials said, "The title of chancellor should not be lightly bestowed. Champa provincial officials already number seven; they should be cut." An edict forbade military officers from holding concurrent chancellor titles. The Prince of Beian seal was granted to the imperial prince. The Yangzhou crafts supervisorate was restored. On dinghai day the Jianghuai branch secretariat sent Tabanda Lianzha, dispatched by Champa, to court and submitted Champa's territorial map. Talachi said, "When King Tounaike went out to garrison Goryeo, 400 troops under Wangsu and others were mobilized; now Tounaike has returned but 400 troops remain on Tamna, separated from their wives and children for a long time; other troops should be rotated to garrison there." Bayan and others deliberated that 1,000 Goryeo troops should garrison Tamna and the 400 left behind be released to return home; this was approved. On wuzi day an edict ordered Prince of Zhennan Tuohuan to campaign against Champa. The detained Annam envoys Li Ying and others were sent home; Ri Xuan dispatched his Central Grandee Ruan Daoxue and others to present local products. Commander-in-Chief Wang Weizheng said, "Many brothers of one family serve in office; I ask that the convenient chief commanderate be reestablished at Qin and Gong prefectures, still using the marshal's seal, with one of four brothers chosen as commander-in-chief who would also concurrently hold the prefectural office under the commander-in-chief. Of the two Wang clansmen commanding troops in Xichuan, one should be chosen as wanhu and the rest transferred according to regulation." This was approved. Paper currency totaling 7,480 ingots was granted to the impoverished Aruhun, Yulong Temur, and others.
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使 調 西 西 使
In the eighth month, on dingwei day, Yunnan branch secretariat officials said, "At Huatie, Baishui River, and Yanjing the native Lao barbarians rebelled and killed princes and branch secretariat envoys." 1,000 troops were mobilized to suppress them. Regulations for military officers were fixed: Heixi, Muslim, and Uyghur persons according to rank would serve as darughachi of ten-thousand household offices, the same as Mongols; Jurchen and Khitan the same as Han. If Jurchen or Khitan born in the northwest did not understand Chinese, they would be treated the same as Mongols; Jurchen raised in Han territory would be treated the same as Han. On jiyou day censorate officials said, "Unregistered troops wishing to join the army for looting were initially lent to bolster the crossing-the-river military prestige; now each holds bow and arrow and plunders civilians; if they are not assigned to separate wings, other disturbances may arise." An edict sent them back to their homes. On xinhai day Eastern Expedition pacification commissioner Nie Gudai said, "There was an order to advance against Guwei, but the three armies of Ala Haiya, Duoladai, and Yudian all arrived late. After the seventh month winds at sea are high and supply ships heavy; deeply fearing the unforeseen, it should temporarily be delayed somewhat." This was approved. The king of Champa asked that Suodu's army be withdrawn, pledging annual tribute of local products; 11 persons including Taipan Yaluorijiayi and Daban sent a memorial to court and presented three elephants. On jiazi day the Fujian She troops were discharged, their weapons collected, and their chiefs transferred to civil offices in nearby prefectures and counties. On gengwu day the Emperor returned from the Upper Capital. On jiaxu day Shuowan memorialized, "Jiandu woman Shazhi Zhidao had merit establishing relay stations; she had already been granted a tiger tally and put in charge of households her father originally received upon submission as wanhu. She is now made prefect of Jianchang Route and still wears the tiger tally." This was approved.
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便
In the ninth month, on jiashen day, the capital suffered an earthquake. The maritime trade offices were merged into the salt transport commission and the Fujian salt tax and maritime trade chief transport commission was established. Central Secretariat officials said, "Fujian branch secretariat military provisions are extremely scarce and must be transshipped from Yangzhou, causing many delays. If the two provinces are merged into one and provincial officials are separately charged with governing Quanzhou, it would be convenient." An edict made Central Secretariat right vice chancellor and branch secretariat minister Mangudai pacification commissioner of the Jianghuai and other places branch secretariat; branch secretariat left vice chancellors Hulachu and Pu Shougeng and associate administrator Guan Rude were separately to govern Quanzhou. On guisi day Venus transgressed the Southern Dipper. On bingshen day Yang Lianzhenjia, chief controller of Jiangnan, was ordered to use gold, silver, and precious objects taken from Song imperial tombs to repair the Tianyi Temple. On jiachen day Hainan presented a white tiger, lions, and peacocks.
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使 使使
In winter, the tenth month, on dingwei day, offerings were made at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On wushen day Sichuan branch secretariat officials said many Jinchi survivors had not yet submitted; Yaolihai was ordered to lead 2,000 tamma cavalry to suppress them. On jiyou day an edict said, "Wanhu who serve as branch secretariat pacification envoys shall not concurrently command military affairs; Those who remain wanhu shall not concurrently administer civil government." On renzi day regulations for garrison farms at Lianhai and other places were fixed. On xinyou day the Eastern Expedition pacification commission sent troops to campaign against Guwei. Song had hand-tattoo troops who upon death were succeeded by brothers or sons; an edict ordered them registered like Han troops, without marking their hands. On dingmao day Huluhuosun requested establishing the civil service examinations; an edict ordered the Central Secretariat to deliberate; when Huluhuosun was dismissed the matter was dropped. Pacification commissioner Zhang Wan was made Burma expedition pacification commissioner and granted a three-pearl tiger tally. On wuchen day an Ever-Normal Granary was established, funded with paper currency worth 500,000 shi. On jiaxu day an edict instructed branch secretariats that ships and veteran boatmen for the Japan expedition were to be recruited at increased rates paid by the state. Paper currency of 14,003 ingots was granted to the impoverished Yashi, Xinducha, and others.
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西 使 西使 使
In the eleventh month, on jiashen day, Nanmuli and Manggechi were enfeoffed as commandery dukes. On wuzi day the Beijing pacification commission was ordered to repair the Luan River channel. On jichou day Jiangxi branch secretariat associate administrator Yedeshimi captured the pirate Li De and induced 133 remaining followers to surrender; Li De was executed on the spot as a warning, and Li De's brother Li Hao and the false pacification commissioner Wu Xing were caged and sent to the capital. Officials listed for transfer who did not take up their posts were ordered to return to farming and corvée duty. On gengyin day the king of Champa dispatched envoys including Daluopan Yaluorijiayi to present a memorial congratulating the Emperor's birthday, offering ceremonial gifts and two elephants; the former Champa old-district chief Baojialou also submitted a memorial and came to submit. On gengzi day Fan Wenhu was made left vice chancellor to deliberate on privy council affairs. The moon transgressed the Heart constellation. On xinchou day Huluhuosun, Maishuding, Zhang Xiongfei, and Wendihan were all dismissed. Former right chancellor Antong was restored as right chancellor; former Jiangxi tea monopoly transport commissioner Lu Shirong as right vice chancellor; former censor-in-chief Shi Shu as left vice chancellor; Buluosihaiya and Sadeshimi as associate administrators; former minister of revenue Baijiang as deliberator of Central Secretariat affairs. An edict ordered the Central Secretariat to rectify paper currency law, fix gold and silver prices, forbid private exchange, and punish officials who did not diligently enforce it. On renyin day Antong and Lu Shirong said, "Officials great and small employed during Ahmad's monopoly on power were all dismissed by memorial; among them were surely not lacking capable men? Those who can be used should be selected and still employed." An edict ordered selection and reduction as stated, without favoring personal connections. On guimao day the Fujian branch secretariat dispatched envoys into Baherusi to induce the four countries of Nanwuli, Bielili, Lilun, and Dali to submit; each sent its chancellor with a memorial and local products as tribute. As between the Yangzi and Huai there were many abandoned fields from Xiangyang to the Eastern Sea, the Ministry of Agriculture was ordered to establish garrison farm regulations, recruiting people to open and cultivate them, exempting them from six years of land tax and all miscellaneous corvée. Paper currency of 124,722 ingots was granted to the impoverished Mongols Yeligu, Xieliehai, Chajier, and others.
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使 西
In the twelfth month, on the jiachen new moon, Central Secretariat officials said, "Much Jiangnan official land has been concealed by powerful families, temples, and monasteries; accumulated income should be remitted, a deadline set, and confession permitted; those reported after the deadline should pay half to the informer." This was approved. An Ever-Normal Salt Office was established. On yisi day Cui Yu said Lu Shirong should not serve as chancellor; contradicting the imperial will he was dismissed. 10,000 able-bodied men were used to open the Shenshan River and a ten-thousand household office established to oversee it. On xinhai day the Ceremonial Music Office was placed under the Court of Imperial Regalia. On guihai day Lu Shirong said, "Wealthy households in the capital brew wine that is costly and thin-flavored, causing tax not to be paid on time; all private brewing should be forbidden and the state should sell wine itself; the former annual tax could be raised in one month." This was approved. On jiazi day the Goryeo supervisorate was placed under the Ministry of Works. On yichou day the Grand One was sacrificed to. On bingyin day the Jinghu-Champa branch secretariat sent Liu Jichang of the Eight Banners to induce Longchangning, Longyanwan, and others to come to court; they presented sheep, horses, and white felt as tribute and each was granted the pacification commissionership of his locality. A pacification commission was established to win over chieftains of the southwestern barbarians and other places. On guiyou day Hanlin Academician Sariman and Hanlin and Academy Grand Academician Xu Guozhen were ordered to gather medical professors from all routes to revise and enlarge the Materia Medica. That month Prince of Zhennan's army reached Annam, killed its garrison troops, and advanced in six columns; the Annam Prince of Xingdao resisted at Wanjie; advance troops defeated him; wanhu Ni Run died in battle at Liucun. Jing Prefecture was placed under the chief commanderate and 2,885 ingots of paper currency and 40 ingots of silver were granted to the impoverished Mongol Wumaer and others.
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使 使 西 宿 宿 西 便 使 西 使 殿
In the twenty-second year, on wuyin day of the first month of spring, an edict announcing the appointment of chancellors was issued throughout the realm. Private buying and selling of gold and silver, bamboo goods of the Huaimeng routes, and river and lake fishing profits south of the Yangzi and Huai were all relaxed from prohibition. Food and drink at relay stations everywhere was supplied by the state. Officials were dispatched on all routes to review prisoners; those guilty of light offenses were released. 6,000 households of newly submitted troops garrisoned at Weihui were moved, provisioned at the capital, to fill the granaries. The five guard armies and newly submitted troops were sent to dredge the canal at Mengcun. On gengchen day the Bieshili courier relay was established. The Song suburban altar terrace was demolished. Sangge said, "Yang Lianzhenjia says that Kuaiji has Taining Monastery, which the Song demolished to build the temporary mausoleum for Emperor Ningzong and others; Qiantang has Longhua Monastery, which the Song demolished for the southern suburban altar. Both are fine sites and should be restored as monasteries to pray for the long life of the Emperor and the heir apparent." By then the temporary mausoleum for Ningzong and others had already been demolished and a monastery built; an edict ordered the suburban altar terrace demolished and a monastery built there as well. On renwu day an edict established the maritime trade general transport bureau. The Shangdu and other routes pasture general transport commission and the various routes ever-normal salt, iron, mining, and smelting general transport commission were established. On jiashen day envoys were sent to sacrifice at the Five Sacred Peaks, Four Streams, Eastern Sea, and Earth Altar in the Emperor's stead. On wuzi day Kuoniyadun said, "An earlier order had dispatched 2,000 troops to garrison-farm at Shaobo Pond; after testing the soil's fertility, last autumn more than 20,000 shi of rice were harvested; I ask to add 2,000 garrison-farming soldiers." This was approved. 800 Jiangnan musicians were moved to the capital. Imperial son-in-law Suolangge was enfeoffed as Prince of Ningchang Commandery and granted a silver seal with tortoise knob. In West Sichuan a monk Zhao claimed to be Prince Guang, son of Song Emperor Fuzong, to deceive the people, and some believed him; In Zhending a commoner Liu Lu'er had three nipples, took it as a portent, and plotted sedition; When the plots were discovered, all were torn apart and displayed as warning. 500 Wutiao River garrison-farming troops were moved to Ushiman and Zhashiman. On xinmao day 6,800 guard troops were dispatched for Huoguo Monastery renovation. The censorate confiscation and fine treasury was expanded. On guisi day privy council officials said, "Under the old system each of the four guard corps selected one man to participate in deciding privy council affairs; we ask that Teliebo be made vice administrator." This was approved. An edict ordered vacant land in the capital surveyed and guard soldiers assigned to farm it. On yiwei day central secretariat officials asked that censor-in-chief Yusutemür be made left chief councillor and secretariat associate Liman censor-in-chief. The traveling censorate was abolished, its surveillance commissions placed under the censorate, and traveling censorate chief councillor Boruhan made associate administrator of the central secretariat. The Emperor said, "I must think about Yusutemür; Boruhan is too lax and unsuitable." An Tong replied, "What about Abichige?" The Emperor said, "I will handle this matter myself. Abolishing the traveling censorate should proceed as submitted." Lu Shirong asked to abolish the Fujian branch secretariat, establish a pacification commission, and place it under the Jiangxi branch secretariat. He also said, "The Jiangnan branch secretariat's business is heavy and may stall; it would be convenient to establish a traveling privy council alongside the branch secretariat to command troops and divide the work." The Emperor said, "The traveling bureau was discussed the other day; it was stopped because Ahmad wanted his son Husin to hold military power as well; now the proposal is to be carried out." Twenty-three generals who had returned from the Champa campaign without authorization were banished to distant places. On bingshen day the Emperor hunted near the capital. The directorate of military stores was promoted to bureau of military stores, the directorate of palace physicians to the grand medical service—both rank three—and the six ministries were raised to rank two. Kebichige was made associate administrator of the central secretariat, and the Ministry of Rites was ordered to oversee the Hall of Joint Audience. Formerly foreign envoys were usually handled by the Hanlin Academy; that arrangement was now changed. The Jinghu-Champa branch secretariat pacified 166 rebel Man cave communities. An edict prohibited private distillation of wine. On jihai day Nanchang, under Jiangzhe branch secretariat jurisdiction, was placed under Jiangxi Province. On xinchou day Yang Uludai was made pacification commissioner for the Guwei campaign and granted a two-pearl tiger tally. On renyin day a great wine vessel was made for the hall—wooden, silver-lined and gold-clad, carved with cloud-dragons, one zhang and seven cun high. That month on renwu day Umar led troops and met Prince Xingdao of Annam, defeated them, and halted north of the Fu River. On yiyou day Annam heir Chen Rixuan led more than 1,000 warships to resist. On bingxu day they fought and routed them; Rixuan fled, and they entered the city. They returned to encamp north of the Fu River; Suodu, Tangudai, and others led troops to join the Prince of Zhennan.
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西 宿沿 西 穿西 西 使使 使 西使 宿 西便 西使 西 滿
In the second month, on yisi day, the imperial carriage halted at Willow Grove. Jizhou's transport fleet was increased by 3,000 vessels, with 12,000 corvee laborers assigned. At first Huai-Jiang annually transported 1 million shi of grain to the capital: 100,000 shi by sea, 600,000 via Jiao and Lai, and 300,000 via Ji; the water was too shallow for large boats, so 100-shi boats were substituted, each needing four men, and corvee numbers increased. A breach in the Hun River dike was closed with 4,000 corvee laborers. An edict changed the Huai-Jiang and Jiangxi marshal pacification commissions into upper, middle, and lower wanhu commands; Mongol, Han, and newly submitted troops were combined in 37 wings. Upper wanhu: seven wings—Suzhou, Qixian, Zhending, Yitai, Yidu, Gaoyou, and Coastal; Middle wanhu: eight wings—Zaoyang, Shizilu, Pizhou, Dengzhou, Hangzhou, Huaizhou, Mengzhou, and Zhenzhou; Lower wanhu: 22 wings—Changzhou, Zhenjiang, Yingzhou, Luzhou, Bozhou, Anqing, Jiangyin Naval Force, Yidu New Army, Huzhou, Huai'an, Shouchun, Yangzhou, Taizhou, Crossbowmen, Baojia, Chuzhou, Shangdu New Army, Huangzhou, Anfeng, Songjiang, Zhenjiang Naval Force, and Jiankang. Each wing had one darughachi, one wanhu, and one vice wanhu, placed under the local traveling bureau. The remaining followers of the Jiangxi bandit Li De were all pacified. Guard troops from the five guards due for rotation leave were assigned to excavate the Hexiwu River. Under the old rule, every ten guard soldiers were divided into shifts of seven and three; those seven released in the tenth month returned to service in the first month, and those three released in the first month returned in the fourth month, alternating rest. On bingwu day the Eight Fan and Luodian under the Jinghu branch secretariat were placed under the West Sichuan branch secretariat, and Lan and Guan were split into two prefectures. The Sanggan River god Lord Hongji was promoted to Lord Manifest Response Hongji. On jiyou day a bureau of extended blessings was established for imperial grandson Anandapati, rank four, with one commissioner, vice commissioner, and deputy commissioner each. On xinhai day Guangdong pacification commissioner Yediemishi suppressed 45 stockades of Chaozhou and Huizhou bandits including Guo Fenggui; more than 10,000 households and 3,610 soldiers surrendered; he asked to bring captured chieftains to court to report in person, and this was approved. On bingchen day an edict abolished the new canal at Jiao and Lai; 10,000 troops were assigned to the Jiangzhe branch secretariat for naval training, and 10,000 men transported Huai-Jiang grain by sea via Lijin to the capital. On xinyou day censorate officials said, "Recently the central secretariat memorialized to abolish the traveling censorate, change surveillance commissions into criminal-transport commissions with revenue and grain added, abandoning investigation and impeachment. Please have An Tong deliberate with senior ministers." This was approved. On renxu day the moon transited the Heart asterism. Central secretariat official Lu Shirong asked to establish a planning bureau to manage revenue and grain, rank five, staffed by skilled traders without rank restrictions; the Emperor approved. Associate administrator Buluosimishihaiya and others then memorialized that Lu Shirong's affinal kinsman Niu, formerly an intendant, was proposed as Zhexi transport vice commissioner given rising revenue; this was also approved. An edict ordered that old-city residents moving to the capital be prioritized by wealth and office, with eight mu of land set as one share; Anyone holding more than eight mu or unable to build a dwelling could not falsely claim land; commoners were allowed to build. The imperial belt store was promoted to the bureau of insignia and girdle pendants. The apportioned land of right chiliarch Zhierhaimishi was moved to Quanzhou. 5,000 newly submitted households were granted to Qaljasudar; Qalchi, Asud, Atachi, Sibachi, Guichid, and others who had campaigned were also granted households. 80 households were granted to crown prince guard officers who had campaigned. Following Lu Shirong's proposal, Jiangnan commoners' land was bought back by the state. An edict ordered copper cash confiscated throughout the realm. Private manufacture of brewing malt was again prohibited. On wuchen day the imperial carriage proceeded to Shangdu. The Emperor asked secretariat officials, "Why was the traveling censorate abolished?" An Tong said, "Bandits have repeatedly risen in Jiangnan; the traveling censorate has chiefly checked them; I hold it should not be abolished. Yet it sits together with the Jiangzhe branch secretariat in Hangzhou, a very remote spot; moving it to Jiangzhou, centered among Jiangzhe, Hunan, and Jiangxi, would be convenient." This was approved. Pacification commissions also serving as general transport commissions were established at Zhending, Jinan, Taiyuan, Gansu, Jiangxi, Huai-Jiang, Huguang, and other places to administer revenue, and regulations were also established. All offices were forbidden to summon revenue officials without authorization; anyone who obstructed was to report names. Jizhou grain transport commission troops were increased by 12,000. Jiangxi, Huai-Jiang, and Huguang shipbuilding intendant commissions were established. Feng Gui of the Jiangzhe branch secretariat, Huguang right associate Yaosumu and associate Pan Jie, and Longxing left associate Bayan, associate Yang Jukuan, and secretariat secretary Chen Wenfu were ordered to oversee revenue exclusively. Önggiradai was made left chief councillor of the central secretariat. On jisi day surveillance commissions were reestablished. 27,000 households were assigned to imperial son-in-law Suolangge. Qutluq was made associate administrator. An edict stated, "On each circuit's criminal-surveillance commission, those who observe regulations and succeed shall be promoted at term's end; the corrupt and unfit shall be dismissed and stricken from the rolls." An edict also established the provision bureau, rank five, with one darughachi, director, and vice director each. Rongzhou general administration prefecture was reduced to a prefecture.
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In the third month, on bingzi day, astronomical bureau observers Zhang Gongli, Peng Zhi, and others were sent to Champa to observe the sundial. On guiwei day the Ganzhou branch secretariat was abolished, a pacification commission established, and placed under the Ningxia branch secretariat. The Jinghu-Champa branch secretariat requested reinforcements: Chen Rixuan's forces at Tianchang and Chang'an had regrouped, Prince Xingdao had more than 1,000 ships at Wanji, and Ruan'an held Yongping, while government troops fighting far from base were isolated and Suodu's and Tangudai's forces had not arrived on time. The Emperor regarded travel by water as dangerous and ordered troops to proceed by land. On gengzi day an edict restored the old system: each salt certificate was 400 jin, priced at ten liang of silver or twenty guan of notes at current rates; merchants going to Shangdu paid tax at one-sixtieth. The contract deed fee was increased to three cash. A planning-office exchange treasury was established at Shangdu, and the worn-note replacement fee was increased from two fen to three fen per ingot.
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禿
Summer, fourth month, guimao day: the Mobile Privy Council Chief Pacification Office was established, and six Uighur relay stations were set up. On bingwu day ships for the Japan expedition were used to transport grain between Jianghuai and to train troops in naval warfare. On gengxu day surveillance censor Chen Tianxiang impeached right vice chancellor Lu Shirong for crimes; an edict ordered both Shirong and Tianxiang to proceed to Shangdu. On renzi day Zhang Er of Jiangling's wife Dame Deng gave birth to three sons at one delivery. On guichou day an edict ordered pursuit of the Song Prince of Guang and Chen Yizhong. One official each from the Central Secretariat, Privy Council, and Censorate was dispatched to adjudicate criminal prisoners in Dadu and the various routes. Locusts struck Dadu, Bianliang, Yidu, Luzhou, Hejian, Jining, Guide, and Baoding. On xinyou day 100 Japan-expedition ships built in Tamna were granted to Goryeo. On renxu day censor-in-chief Alat'temur and Guo You, attendant censor Bai Tultemur, associate administrator Sadishimi, and others memorialized the confessed crimes of Lu Shirong. Alat'temur and the others confronted Shirong before the Emperor, and Shirong fully confessed. The Six Ministries were restored to third rank as before. An edict said, "Let An Tong and the elder ministers deliberate on what Shirong had implemented — what should be abolished, abolish it; what should be changed, change it; as for those he employed who are truly innocent, I shall decide myself." On guihai day an order directed that Maishuding's upright conduct be combined with An Tong's administration of secretariat affairs.
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西西 使 西 祿
Fifth month, jiaxu day: censor-in-chief Guo You was made associate administrator of the Central Secretariat. On dingchou day commercial taxes at Shangdu were reduced. On wuyin day drought struck Guangping, Bianliang, Jun, and Zheng. Because almanacs for distant regions were supplied from the capital and did not arrive on time, those used by the four branch secretariats in Jinghu and elsewhere were printed at Longxing, and those used in Hala Zhang, Hexi, Western Sichuan, and elsewhere were printed at Jingzhao. An edict fixed grain tax at three shi per qing of land in Ganzhou. On renwu day 1,000 troops were assigned to repair the Ashi salt-field warehouse. Xindu was made campaign commissioner of Kiril and granted a tiger tally; an order said, "Do not launch distant campaigns; pacify only those nearby who do not submit." The Right Ba and other cave tribes were pacified. On jiashen day the Bianliang Pacification Commission was established; following the precedent of the Prince of Anxi, from south of Bianliang to the Yangtze a princely kin was stationed to govern it. On dinghai day Central Secretariat officials said, "Six Ministry posts are excessively numerous; the quota should be fixed at 68, and the rest all cut." An edict ordered that those who were incorrupt and capable be retained. Bows, arrows, and weapons seized in Han territories and Jiangnan were divided into three grades: lower grade destroyed, middle grade granted to nearby Mongols, and upper grade stored in armories; Routes with branch secretariats, branch armies, or branch censorates were to manage them; where there were none, darughachi, Uighurs, or Muslims holding office were to manage them; Han Chinese and newly submitted officials, even if in office, were not to participate. On wuzi day the prefectures of Jiang, Wuding, Duolimiegai, and others were upgraded to circuits. Yunnan branch secretariat official Totemur spoke on more than ten matters — remitting arrears, collecting concealed property, garrisoning rebellious peoples, clarifying promotions and demotions, abolishing transport offices, provisioning princes, taxing wealthy households, removing heavy levies, judging bandits, increasing relay horses, taking hostages, fixing salaries, promoting agriculture and sericulture, favoring scholars, caring for those who died in service, and capturing fugitives; the Central Secretariat was ordered to consider and implement what was feasible. On gengyin day silkworm disaster struck Zhending, Guangping, Hejian, Enzhou, Daming, and Jinan. One additional captain and deputy captain was added at each gate of Dadu. An order directed Doreji to gather displaced famine refugees in Gan, Sha, Su, and other prefectures. The Mobile Censorate was moved back to Hangzhou. On dingyou day the Mobile Privy Council was moved to Jiankang. On wuxu day drought struck Bianliang, Huaimeng, Puzhou, Dongchang, Guangping, Pingyang, Zhangde, and Weihui. The Jiangnan shipbuilding intendant office was abolished. Chen Rihuan fled to a sea harbor; the Prince of Zhennan ordered Li Heng to pursue and attack, defeating him. As summer rains brought epidemic, the troops wished to return north to Siming Prefecture; Suodu and others were ordered back to Wuli. Annam pursued with troops, and Suodu died in battle; Heng brought up the rear to protect the Prince of Zhennan; struck by a poisoned arrow in the left knee, he reached Siming, where the poison took effect and he died.
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使 使
Sixth month, gengxu day: the Jurchen and Suiyede were ordered to build 200 ships and Japan-expedition wind-facing vessels. On xinhai day Yangzhou presented auspicious lingzhi fungus. On bingchen day Masuhu and Ali were dispatched with 1,000 ingots of notes to Mabatu to seek rare treasures; Masuhu was granted a tiger tally and Ali a gold tally. Goryeo sent envoys to present tribute. On gengwu day an edict reduced commercial taxes, abolished broker houses, and merged the maritime trade office into the transport commission. Left vice chancellor Lü Shiqing requested five months' leave to visit his mother in Jiangzhou; the Emperor granted it and said to An Tong, "You Mongols would not know of such matters; I have no Han Chinese close at hand either — approval or refusal is all my own decision. You must devote yourselves wholeheartedly to governing the people well and not let them be heavily burdened into rebellion, to my shame." Associate administrator Zhang Derun presented his 400 household dependents to the crown prince. Field mice in the Mahu department ate the crops nearly to extinction; its commissioner prayed at a shrine, and all the mice went into the water and died.
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殿 西 使 西
Autumn, seventh month, renshen day: warm-stone bathhouses and changing halls were constructed. On guiyou day an edict forbade hunting. On jiaxu day an order directed the Secretariat Directorate to compile the Geographic Treatise. On yihai day the surrendered Annam officials Prince Zhao and the four marquises Wudao, Wanyi, Zhangxian, and Zhanghuai came to court. On wuyin day locusts struck the capital. 300 newly submitted garrison-farming troops of Ganzhou were divided off to farm in Yijinai. On jimao day 1,000 shi of rice was issued from the granary to the poor of Onggirat. On renwu day left vice chancellor Wang Weizheng of the Shaanxi-Sichuan Branch Secretariat had an audience. On jiashen day the great and small ten cave tribes pacified by Kölügis and others were reorganized into prefectures, subprefectures, and counties. The walls of Bianliang were repaired. On dinghai day Guangdong pacification commissioner Yuedimishi had an audience; with the surrendered chieftains Guo Fenggui and others he arrived at the capital and reported that more than 150 mountain stockades had submitted. The Emperor asked, "Did they submit only after fighting, or did they submit as soon as summoned?" Yuedimishi replied, "Those chiefs who resisted I have already quartered; the rest all submitted when summoned." He added, "After Tashu's troops passed, the people were never settled; prefecture and county officials again failed to arrive, so bandits each held territory and killed one another, and the population steadily declined; now good officials should be selected to go govern there." This was approved. On gengyin day the Privy Council said, "The troops campaigning against Jiaozhi under Prince of Zhennan Tuohan have fought long and are exhausted; request 1,000 Mongol troops from 30,000 orlu households of Orluchi and others, and 4,000 Han and newly submitted troops from the Jianghuai, Jiangxi, and Jinghu mobile armies; select good generals to lead them under Prince Tuohan and Ala Haiya to campaign against Jiaozhi." This was approved. Tangudai was again made left vice chancellor of the Jinghu Branch Secretariat. Tangudai requested that the Jiaozhi expedition troops be released home to rest; an edict ordered this handled by Tuohan and Ala Haiya. Farming tools, oxen, and seed were granted to the poor of Prince Ajigi's appanage to sow and cultivate on their own. On yiwei day the Yunnan branch secretariat said, "This year we cannot yet campaign against Burma; after the autumn harvest, please first attack the Luobeidian and other tribes." This was approved. On gengzi day the three prefectures of Kai, Da, and Liangshan were made subordinate to Kuizhou Circuit. 12,400 ingots of notes were granted as capital; interest was to sustain the impoverished garrison-farming troops of Gan and Su prefectures.
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便 西 西
Eighth month, xinyou day: officials were ordered to sacrifice to the Dipper for three days. On wushen day 10,000 Sichuan garrison troops were divided off to garrison-farm at Chengdu. On bingchen day the imperial carriage arrived from Shangdu. On jiwei day an edict restored the Currency Commission, rank 2b, with Dashman in charge. Initially Helü Huosun had argued that the Currency Commission's merchants were supplied food and drink and given military escorts wherever they went, which truly burdened and inconvenienced the people; he memorialized to abolish it. At this time Dashman again memorialized to restore it. On bingyin day 3,000 Mongol troops were dispatched to garrison-farm at Qing, Cang, and Jinghai. On wuchen day the ban on maritime merchants was lifted. The Hala Zhang and Jinchi pacification commissions were merged into one, based at Yongchang. The Lin'an Guangxi Circuit Pacification Commission was established. Central Secretariat officials memorialized, "We were recently ordered to register Jianghuai boatmen; all Jianghuai people can swim, and we fear many will be disturbed by this." This was approved. The wine monopoly was abolished. Initially private brewing was permitted; one shi of rice yielded one ingot in tax. Lu Shirong established a monopoly with 50,000 ingots of official notes as capital; one shi of rice yielded 10 ingots in tax, ten times the former rate. At this time the monopoly was abolished, private brewing was permitted again, and the tax increased from one to five ingots per shi. An order directed seizure of copper coins; other copper vessels the people were permitted to keep using. In Fujian, Huanghua She troops with fixed property were made commoners; those without fixed property or with wife and children were enrolled as city-garrison troops. Wang Weizheng said that garrison troops, relay households, and various people's slaves and maidservants who during famine years had fled into Shaanxi and Sichuan were there immediately registered as army relays. The Emperor said, "If it is truly as you say, they should be gathered and returned; if someone not the owner forcibly tries to take them, would those people not fear the law?"
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使 宿西 西
Ninth month, yihai day: the people were permitted to register and reclaim wasteland in the Two Huai regions, tax-free for three years. The Central Secretariat said that revenue and grain of various cities north of the Yangtze under Hang and E branch secretariats' control were too far on circuitous routes; they requested transfer to direct Central Secretariat jurisdiction, and this was approved. The cities of Yongchang and Tengchong between Burma and Jinchi were battered down and could not repel enemies; an order directed their repair. An order said, "From now on tribute shall be only what each region produces; what is not produced locally must not be submitted." On bingzi day Chenla and Champa presented 10 musicians and medicinal materials, crocodile skins, and other goods. On xinsi day craftsmen in hiding were rounded up. On bingxu day envoys from Samudra and Ma'dha came to court. On gengyin day an edict ordered the Jiaozhi campaign armies disbanded except for 100 Mongol and 400 Han troops retained as Prince Zhennan Tuohuan's bodyguard; Mongol troops under the Jiang-Huai branch privy council were separately assigned to garrison Jiangxi. On guisi day Yunnan presented local products as tribute. Wumeng rebelled; Yesudai'er of the Sichuan branch secretariat was ordered to lead troops against them, with Ma Hu prefectural magistrate Ruzuo supplying 300 tribal troops. More than 100 households under Xiyamen chief Aze and others submitted.
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使 使 使使 西 調 使 使 使 使 使 禿
In winter, the tenth month, on jihai day 5,000 ingots of paper currency were used to purchase grain equitably at Yingchang Prefecture. The Hejian and Shandong salt tax transport commissions were again divided in two. Hesen Haiya was dispatched as envoy to Annam. Xuexuedejin was dispatched to lead 1,000 Uighur households to garrison Helazhang. On gengzi day sacrifice was offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On jiachen day the Southern Peak Temple was repaired. On yisi day privy council officials said, "Tuotuomu'er sent word that the Asha, Anü, and Aze divisions wished to rebel; envoys should summon them, and if they did not come, attack when an opportunity arose." The request was denied, and an edict instructed them, "Matters not deliberated with Prince of Yunnan Yesun Temur must not be carried out on one's own." An edict ordered Eastern Campaign pacification commissioners Tatardai and Yang Uludai to lead 10,000 men against Guwei; Yang Uludai received a triple-pearl tiger tally and was made Eastern Campaign pacification commissioner and commander-in-chief. On renzi day Changge and Yancheng each presented auspicious fungus. On guichou day the Eastern Expedition branch secretariat was established; Atahai was made left grand councillor, Liu Guojie and Chen Yan were both left vice councillors, Hong Chachiu was right vice councillor, to campaign against Japan. Seals were granted to Tuolichaan, Dajiguasan, and others to audit the Central Secretariat at rank equivalent to grade three. On bingchen day councilor Timur was made associate administrator of the Central Secretariat, ranking above Guo You, and charged, "From now on all affairs are your responsibility." The Kingdom of Ma-fa sent tribute. On wuwu day Jiang-Huai branch secretariat grand councillor Mangudai was made left grand councillor of the Jiang-Zhe branch secretariat. Initially Western Sichuan had only four circuits; Ahmad had abusively expanded offices to nine; censorial officials said the region had too few people — Guangyuan, Chengdu, Shunqing, Chongqing, and Kuizhou were retained and the rest abolished. Later, because of strategic valleys and mixed barbarian settlement, Jiading Route and the Xuzhou pacification commission were re-established to control the area. The Court of Review was promoted to the Office of the Chief Defender of Justice at subordinate rank two. The Chief Defender's Office reported famine in Helahe Prefecture; each household received two oxen and two shi of seed grain, plus 116,400 ingots of paper currency to buy 60,400 shi of rice as four months' relief. On guihai day Dajiguasan's audit of accumulated revenue and grain, which had set up a separate agency at odds with the secretariat and disturbed government affairs, was merged back into the secretariat. On dingmao day the privy council was ordered to account for transport ships at Jiao, Lai, and elsewhere, sea vessels built in Goryeo and Jiangnan, and requisitioned civilian ships from Jiang-Huai for the Japan expedition. It was further ordered that those trained in open-sea sailing should recruit sailors — groups of 1,000 to be qianhu and groups of 100 to be baihu. Ta Hai's younger brother Liushi said, "Commoners and peoples of various appanages are all ordered to build ships in Jurchen territory while Jurchen are again conscripted as soldiers — corvée labor is extremely heavy. The eagle-hunting and gold-mining households of the appanages of Nayan and Shennahe'er alone are not being levied." An imperial instruction ordered envoys dispatched to levy their people. Wumeng tribal pacification commissioner Ameng rebelled; an edict halted the Luobidan campaign and ordered the Yunnan branch secretariat to join in suppressing him. Guo You said, "Since the pacification of Jiangnan, revenue and grain affairs have been audited eight times in ten years. Now Dajiguasan and others are auditing again; they should be dismissed immediately." The emperor commendably accepted this. In the eleventh month, on the jisi new moon, Guangdong pacification commissioner Yuedeshimi said Yingde, Xun, and Mei circuits had too few people and asked they be changed to prefectures; he also asked garrison commander Yuyue be made Huizhou zongguan and Weizhou prefect Mubala be made Chaozhou darughachi. The emperor suspected him of acting arbitrarily and denied the request. Censorate officials said, "The censorate and surveillance commissions exist to investigate officials; those now auditing revenue and grain fear exposure of their wrongdoing and have gathered unruly elements to obstruct the work — we ask Your Majesty to instruct them according to the old regulations." The edict said, "Approved." On gengwu day Prince Ayachi was granted a silver seal. On renshen day, for the campaign against Japan, Abachi was dispatched to oversee Jiang-Huai branch secretariat military supplies and Chahu to oversee Liaodong branch secretariat military supplies. On jiaxu day relay stations were established at Helazhang, Sichuan, Jiandu, and elsewhere. On wuyin day envoys informed Goryeo to raise 10,000 troops and 650 ships for the Japan expedition and to build more ships nearby. On jichou day 123 households of the Bufahua family in Chongqing Prefecture were registered as commoners. Censorate officials memorialized, "Formerly the Song enlisted unmarried strong men as salt troops, 5,000 in all; 1,122 remain today, habitually violent and a burden on the people — they should be given clothing and grain and made to garrison-farm for self-support." An edict ordered deliberation and implementation. On guisi day an edict ordered 1 million shi of Jiang-Huai grain transported by canal and sea to Hap'o in Goryeo; Tokyo and Goryeo were each also to store 100,000 shi for the Japan expedition. All armies were to depart in sequence from the third month of the next year and assemble at Hap'o in the eighth month. On yiwei day Tulughuan was made associate administrator of the Central Secretariat and Lu Shirong was executed. On bingshen day prisoners were pardoned and tattooed, and Song-era private salt smugglers skilled at sea routes were recruited as sailors for the Japan expedition.
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In the twelfth month an edict reduced sentences of prisoners throughout the realm. Because they had fled back from Champa, Huduhu, Liu Jiu, and Tian Er were restored to their former posts for the Japan expedition. 10,000 additional campaign troops and 50 Muslim catapult specialists were added to Atahai's Japan expedition force. On jihai day, acceding to the privy council's request, military register regulations were strictly established and strong men and powerful households were selected for service. An edict to the privy council said, "Formerly the Five Guard armies were sent home to prepare equipment for the Japan expedition; now select strong men in full to reach the capital by the first day of the first month." The Jiang-Huai branch secretariat drilled naval combat on the river with 1,000 warships. On xinchou day Dajiguasan's associates Cai Zhongying and Li Xi were executed. On dingwei day the crown prince died. On wuwu day 4,000 Central Guard troops felled 58,600 trees for repairs at Wan'an Temple. On jiwei day the pillars of the Imperial Ancestral Temple were painted red. On yiyou day the Academy of Gathered Worthies was established under Jariman. On wuzi day the Helazhang gold-washing supervision office and commander-in-chief post were abolished. An edict ordered Helazhang chiefs' sons sent as hostages to the capital and qianhu and baihu sons left as hostages with Prince of Yunnan Yesun Temur. Central Secretariat officials memorialized, "Nasuding said reducing superfluous Helazhang officials could save 946 liang of salary gold annually; and appointing dedicated overseers of garrison-farm revenue could yield 5,000 liang of gold annually." All were approved. Zhibige and others were dispatched to audit the Yunnan branch secretariat. On gengyin day an edict forbade transfer and rotation of artisan officials. On xinmao day an edict ordered the relevant offices to sacrifice to the Northern Dipper.
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西 使 西 綿綿
That year the Jiang-Zhe transport commission was ordered to administer all tax items comprehensively. 40,000 monks from all routes were gathered at Pu'en Temple in the Western Capital for a seven-night ordination assembly. Prefectures and counties at Chongqing and elsewhere were consolidated. Champa branch secretariat associate administrator Yiqihumishi and others, returning with the army, were stationed at four overseas prefectures; they sent messengers to report, and an edict released their army to return. Prince Tuohuan, princes Arugui and Jijibuhua, Princess Nangiazhen, and others received 7,732 ingots of paper currency, 629 horses, 100 bolts of cloth, 1,000 bows, and 20,000 arrows. Princes Azhiji, Hé'erlu, Mangudai, Songhu'er, Asha, Hedan, Biehela, and others, and official households scattered in Hexi, received 37,757 ingots of paper currency as price for sheep and horses, 4,000 bolts of cloth, and 2,000 bolts of silk. Because Bapala and others were impoverished, 76,502 ingots of paper currency were granted. Princes Azhiji, Xiaosi, Commander Wang, Biesudai, Yesun, and others, and the Burma and Champa campaign armies, were rewarded with 53,541 ingots of paper currency, 8,197 horses, 16,634 sheep, 11 oxen, 22,100 shi of rice, 81,000 bolts of silk cloth, 530 jin of cotton, 27,279 bolts of cotton cloth, 1,000 suits of armor and bedding, 1,000 bows, and 179 sets of clothing. The imperial preceptor Yelianbaheshili, Luosi'erba, and others were ordered to conduct Tibetan Buddhist rites in rotation at Wan'an, Xingjiao, Qingshou, and other temples — 19 assemblies in all. 271 persons were sentenced to death.
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