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順帝七
Shundi 7
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十五年春正月戊午朔，以中書平章政事搠思監提調留守司，宣徽使黑廝為中書平章政事，河南行省左丞許有壬為集賢大學士，遼陽行省左丞奇伯顏不花升本省平章政事。 壬戌，以宣政院副使忻都為太子詹事。 癸亥，享於太廟。 甲子，親王禿堅帖木兒歿於軍中，賜鈔五百錠。 江西行省平章政事道童加大司徒。 戊辰，太陰犯五車。 辛未，太陰犯鬼宿。 大斡耳朵儒學教授鄭咺建言：「蒙古乃國家本族，宜教之以禮，而猶循本俗，不行三年之喪，又收繼庶母、叔嬸、兄嫂，恐貽笑後世，必宜改革，繩以禮法。」 不報。 丙子，上都饑，賑糶米二萬石。 丁丑，徐壽輝偽將倪文俊復陷沔陽府，威順王寬徹普化令王子報恩奴等同湖南元帥阿思藍水陸並進討之。 至漢川，水淺，文俊用火筏燒船，報恩奴遇害。 庚辰，復設仁虞、雲需、尚供三總管府。 丙戌，大同路饑，出糧一萬石減價糶之。 是月，詔以湖廣行省平章政事乞剌班慢功，削其官爵，令從軍自效。 詔安置脫脫於亦集乃路，收所賜田土。 命河南行省參知政事洪醜驢守御河南，陜西行省參知政事述律朵兒只守禦潼關，宗王紥牙失裏守禦興元，陜西行省參知政事阿魯溫沙守禦商州，通政院使朵來守禦山東。 詔豫王阿剌忒納失裏與陜西行省平章政事搠思監從宜商議軍事。
In the fifteenth year, on the new moon of wuwu in the first month of spring, Suosijian, chief minister of the Secretariat, was ordered to take charge of the Chief Steward's Office; Heisi, commissioner of the Palace Provisionery, was appointed chief minister of the Secretariat; Xu Youren, left vice director of the Henan branch secretariat, was appointed grand academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies; and Qibayan Buhua, left vice director of the Liaoyang branch secretariat, was promoted to chief minister of that province. On the renxu day, Xindu, associate commissioner of the Court for the Spread of Governance, was appointed tutor of the Heir Apparent. On the guihai day, offerings were presented at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the jiazi day, Prince Toghan Temür died in the army, and five hundred ingots of paper currency were granted. Daotong, chief minister of the Jiangxi branch secretariat, was promoted to grand preceptor of state. On the wuchen day, the moon transgressed the Five Chariots constellation. On the xinwei day, the moon transgressed the Ghost mansion. Zheng Yan, professor of Confucian learning at the Great Ordo, submitted a memorial: "The Mongols are the root clan of the state and ought to be taught ritual propriety, yet they still follow their native customs, do not observe the three-year mourning, and take in succession their stepmothers, paternal aunts by marriage, elder brothers' wives, and sisters-in-law. This will surely invite ridicule from later ages and must be reformed and bound by ritual and law. No reply was made. On the bingzi day, Shangdu suffered famine, and twenty thousand shi of grain were distributed in relief sale. On the dingchou day, Ni Wenjun, a rebel general of Xu Shouhui, again captured Mianyang Prefecture; the Prince of Weishun Kuanchipuhua ordered the prince Bao'ennu and others, together with the Hunan marshal Asilan, to advance by land and water and attack him. When they reached Hanchuan the water was shallow; Wenjun used fire rafts to burn the boats, and Bao'ennu was killed. On the gengchen day, the three directorates-general of Renyu, Yunxu, and Shanggong were re-established. On the bingxu day, Datong Circuit suffered famine; ten thousand shi of grain were released and sold at reduced price. That month, an edict stated that Qiran, chief minister of the Huguang branch secretariat, had been dilatory in merit; his offices and ranks were stripped, and he was ordered to join the army and prove himself. An edict ordered Toghto placed at Yizhinay Circuit and the fields he had been granted confiscated. Hong Choulu, vice chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat, was ordered to defend Henan; Shulü Dorji, vice chief minister of the Shaanxi branch secretariat, was ordered to defend Tong Pass; the imperial prince Jayasili was ordered to defend Xingyuan; Arun Shah, vice chief minister of the Shaanxi branch secretariat, was ordered to defend Shangzhou; and Duolai, commissioner of the Bureau of Transmission, was ordered to defend Shandong. An edict ordered Prince Alatenashiri and Suosijian, chief minister of the Shaanxi branch secretariat, to consult and decide military affairs as circumstances required.
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閏月壬寅，以各衛軍人屯田京畿，人給鈔五錠，以是日入役，日支鈔二兩五錢，仍給牛、種、農器，命司農司令本管萬戶督其勤惰。 丙午，太陰犯心宿。 丙辰，太白經天。
In the intercalary month, on the renyin day, garrison soldiers of the various guards were ordered to farm the lands around the capital; each man was granted five ingots of paper currency, and from that day he entered service and received two liang five qian of paper currency per day; cattle, seed, and farm implements were also supplied, and the Agribureau was ordered to have the supervising commander of ten thousand households in each unit oversee diligence and sloth. On the bingwu day, the moon transgressed the Heart mansion. On the bingchen day, Venus crossed the sky.
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是月，上都路饑，詔嚴酒禁。 命河南行省參知政事塔失帖木爾領元管陜西軍馬，守御河南。 二月己未，劉福通等自碭山夾河迎韓林兒至，立為皇帝，又號小明王，建都亳州，國號宋，改元龍鳳。 以其母楊氏為皇太后，杜遵道、盛文郁為丞相，羅文素、劉福通為平章，劉六知樞密院事； 拆鹿邑縣太清宮材建宮闕，遵道等各遣子入侍。 遵道得寵專權，劉福通疾之，命甲士撾殺遵道，福通遂為丞相，後稱太保。 丙寅，以中書平章政事黑廝、左丞許有壬並知經筵事。 戊辰，命太傅、御史大夫汪家奴為中書右丞相，中書平章政事定住為左丞相，詔天下。 庚午，以河南行省平章政事咬咬為遼陽行省左丞相。 壬申，立淮東等處宣慰使司都元帥府於天長縣，統濠、泗義兵萬戶府並洪澤等處義兵，聽富民願出丁壯義兵五千名者為萬戶，五百名者為千戶，一百名者為百戶，仍降宣敕牌面。 丙子，以達識帖睦邇為中書平章政事，提調留守司； 平章政事黑廝兼大司農。 是月，命刑部尚書董銓等與江西行省平章政事火你赤專任征討之務，便宜從事，遣使先降曲赦，諭以禍福，如能出降，釋其本罪，執迷不悛，克日進討。 三月庚寅，太陰犯五車。 癸巳，徐壽輝兵陷襄陽路。 甲午，命汪家奴攝太尉，持節授皇太子愛猷識理達臘玉冊，錫以冕服九旒，祗謁太廟。 丙申，太陰犯房宿。 辛丑，以監察御史言，安置脫脫於雲南鎮西路，也先帖木兒於四川碉門，脫脫長男哈剌章安置肅州，次男三寶奴安置蘭州，仍籍其家產。 己酉，命知樞密院事眾家奴知經筵事，知樞密院事捏兀失該提調內史府。 癸丑，太白經天。
That month, Shangdu Circuit suffered famine, and an edict strictly forbade the sale of wine. Tash Temür, vice chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat, was ordered to lead the Shaanxi military forces under his former command and defend Henan. On the jiwei day in the second month, Liu Futong and others, coming from Dangshan along the river, welcomed Han Lin'er and installed him as emperor; he was also styled the Lesser Bright King; the capital was established at Bozhou; the state was named Song; and the era name Longfeng was adopted. His mother, Lady Yang, was made empress dowager; Du Zundao and Sheng Wenyu were made chief ministers; Luo Wensu and Liu Futong were made associate chief ministers; and Liu Liu was made director of the Bureau of Military Affairs; Timber from the Taiqing Palace in Luyi County was dismantled to build palace halls, and Zundao and the others each sent their sons to attend court. Zundao won favor and monopolized power; Liu Futong resented this and ordered armored soldiers to beat Zundao to death; Futong then became chief minister and later styled himself grand preceptor. On the bingyin day, Heisi, chief minister of the Secretariat, and Xu Youren, left vice director, were both appointed directors of the Classics Colloquium. On the wuchen day, Wangjianu, grand preceptor and censor-in-chief, was appointed right chief minister of the Secretariat; Dingzhu, chief minister of the Secretariat, was appointed left chief minister; and an edict was issued throughout the empire. On the gengwu day, Yaoyao, chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat, was appointed left chief minister of the Liaoyang branch secretariat. On the renshen day, a grand marshal's headquarters under the Huaidong and other circuits commissioner's office was established at Tianchang County to command the righteous-army commands of ten thousand households of Hao and Si and the righteous militia of Hongze and other places; wealthy households who volunteered to furnish five thousand able-bodied righteous militiamen were made commanders of ten thousand households, those furnishing five hundred were made commanders of a thousand households, and those furnishing one hundred were made commanders of a hundred households; appointment patents and plaques were also issued. On the bingzi day, Dash Temür was appointed chief minister of the Secretariat and ordered to take charge of the Chief Steward's Office; Heisi, chief minister of the Secretariat, was additionally appointed director of the Grand Agribureau. That month, Dong Quan, minister of the Ministry of Justice, and Huonichi, chief minister of the Jiangxi branch secretariat, were ordered to devote themselves exclusively to punitive campaigns and authorized to act as circumstances required; envoys were first sent with a partial amnesty, instructing them in blessings and calamities; if they surrendered, their original crimes would be pardoned; if they stubbornly refused to repent, attack would begin on a set day. In the third month, on the gengyin day, the moon transgressed the Five Chariots constellation. On the guisi day, Xu Shouhui's forces captured Xiangyang Circuit. On the jiawu day, Wangjianu was ordered to act as grand marshal, bearing the staff of authority to confer upon the crown prince Ayushiridara the jade register, grant him the nine-tassel cap and robes, and pay reverent visit to the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the bingshen day, the moon transgressed the Fang mansion. On the xinchou day, at the memorial of the investigating censors, Toghto was placed at Zhenxi Road in Yunnan, Yeshan Temür at Diaomen in Sichuan, Toghto's eldest son Qara Jam at Suzhou, and his second son Sanbaonu at Lanzhou; their household property was also registered and confiscated. On the jiyou day, Zhongjianu, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was appointed director of the Classics Colloquium; and Niuwushigai, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was ordered to take charge of the Inner Secretariat Office. On the guichou day, Venus crossed the sky.
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夏四月壬戌，中書省臣言：「江南因盜賊阻隔，所在闕官，宜遣人與各省及行臺官以廣東、廣西、海北、海南三品以下通行遷調，五品以下先行照會之任，江浙行省三年一次遷調，福建等處闕官亦依前例。」 從之。 命彰德等處分樞密院添設同知、副使、都事各一員。 癸亥，以中書平章政事達識帖睦邇知經筵事，命樞密院添設僉院一員、判官二員，直沽分樞密院添設副使一員、都事一員。 以御史中丞紥撒兀孫同知經筵事。 乙丑，以中書右丞臧卜、左丞烏古孫良楨分省彰德。 辛未，命御史中丞伯家奴同知經筵事，中書參議成遵兼經筵官。 癸酉，以左丞相定住為右丞相，平章政事哈麻為左丞相，太子詹事桑哥失裏為中書平章政事，雪雪為御史大夫。 丁丑，加知樞密院事眾家奴太傅。 辛巳，親王脫脫薨，賜鈔二百錠。 是月，車駕時巡上都。 詔翰林待制烏馬兒、集賢待制孫撝招安高郵張士誠，仍賫宣命、印信、牌面，與鎮南王孛羅不花及淮南行省、廉訪司等官商議給付之。 御史臺劾奏中書左丞呂思誠，罷之。 詔四川等處立宣化鎮南軍民府，改四川忠孝軍民府為忠孝軍民安撫司； 罷盤順府，改立盤順軍民安撫司； 罷四川羊母甲洞、臭南王洞長官司，改立忠義軍民安撫司，立汴梁等處義兵萬戶府。
In summer, on the renxu day of the fourth month, a minister of the Secretariat said: "Because bandits and robbers have cut off communication in Jiangnan, offices everywhere lack incumbents; people should be sent to consult with officials of the provinces and branch censorate so that officials below the third rank in Guangdong, Guangxi, Haibei, and Hainan may be transferred by general reassignment; those below the fifth rank may first be notified and sent to their posts; the Jiangzhe branch secretariat should rotate assignments once every three years; and vacant offices in Fujian and other places should follow the same precedent. This was approved. The branch Bureau of Military Affairs at Zhangde and other places was ordered to add one associate director, one vice director, and one administrative aide each. On the guihai day, Dash Temür, chief minister of the Secretariat, was appointed director of the Classics Colloquium; the Bureau of Military Affairs was ordered to add one vice director and two administrative judges; and the branch Bureau of Military Affairs at Zhigu was ordered to add one vice director and one administrative aide. Jasaghursun, vice censor-in-chief, was appointed associate director of the Classics Colloquium. On the yichou day, Zangbu, right vice director of the Secretariat, and Wugusun Liangzhen, left vice director, were sent to branch administration at Zhangde. On the xinwei day, Bojianu, vice censor-in-chief, was appointed associate director of the Classics Colloquium; and Cheng Zun, deliberator of Secretariat affairs, was additionally appointed a Classics Colloquium official. On the guiyou day, Dingzhu, left chief minister, was appointed right chief minister; Hami, chief minister of the Secretariat, was appointed left chief minister; Sangge Shili, tutor of the Heir Apparent, was appointed chief minister of the Secretariat; and Xuexue was appointed censor-in-chief. On the dingchou day, Zhongjianu, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was promoted to grand preceptor. On the xinsi day, Prince Toghto died, and two hundred ingots of paper currency were granted. That month, the imperial carriage made its seasonal tour to Shangdu. An edict ordered Hanlin awaiting-edict Umar and Hall of Gathered Worthies awaiting-edict Sun Hui to win over Zhang Shicheng of Gaoyou, and still sent them bearing appointment patents, seals, and plaques to consult with the Prince of Zhennan Boluo Buhua and officials of the Huainan branch secretariat, the surveillance commission, and others on bestowing them. The Censorate impeached Lü Sicheng, left vice director of the Secretariat, and he was dismissed. An edict ordered the establishment of the Pacification and Southern Garrison Military-Civilian Prefecture in Sichuan and other places, and the conversion of the Sichuan Loyal and Filial Military-Civilian Prefecture into the Loyal and Filial Military-Civilian Pacification Commission; Panshun Prefecture was abolished and the Panshun Military-Civilian Pacification Commission was established in its place; The Yangmujia and Chounanwang native offices of Sichuan were abolished and the Loyal Righteousness Military-Civilian Pacification Commission was established in their place; and the Righteous Militia Command of Ten Thousand Households of Bianliang and other places was established.
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五月壬辰，復襄陽路。 監察御史也裏忽都等劾奏河南行省左丞相太不花慢功虐民，詔削其官職，仍令率領火赤溫，從總兵官、平章政事答失八都魯征進，答失八都魯管領太不花一應軍馬。 庚戌，倪文俊自沔陽陷中興路，元帥朵兒只班死之。 是月，命淮南行省平章政事咬住、淮東廉訪使王也先叠兒撫諭高郵。 六月丙辰，命御史大夫雪雪提調端本堂。 癸亥，太白經天。 丁卯，監察御史哈林禿劾奏脫脫之師集賢大學士吳直方及其參軍黑漢、長史火裏赤等並宜追奪，從之。 監察御史歪哥等辯明中書左丞呂思誠，給付元追所授宣命、玉帶。 戊辰，命中書平章政事搠思監兼大司農，桑哥失裏知經筵事。 己巳，靖安王闊不花薨，無後，命其侄襲封靖安王。 癸酉，以四川行省平章政事答失八都魯為河南行省平章政事。 乙亥，命將作院判官烏馬兒招安濠、泗等處，章佩監丞普顏帖木兒招安沔陽等處。 諸王倒吾沒於軍中，賻鈔二百錠。 丁丑，保德州地震。 己卯，陜西行省平章政事禿禿加答剌罕。 庚辰，征徽州隱士鄭玉為翰林待制，不至。 江浙省臣言：「至正十五年稅課等鈔，內除詔書已免稅糧等鈔，較之年例，海運糧並所支鈔不敷，乞減海運，以蘇民力。」 戶部定擬本年稅糧，除免之外，其寺觀並撥賜田糧，十月開倉，盡行拘收； 其不敷糧，撥至元折中統鈔一百五十萬錠，於產米處糴一百五十萬石，貯瀕河之倉，以聽撥運，從之。 癸未，中書參知政事實理門言：「舊立蒙古國子監，專教四怯薛並各愛馬官員子弟，今宜諭之，依先例入學，俾嚴為訓誨。」 從之。 是月，大明皇帝起兵，自和州渡江，取太平路。 自紅巾妖寇倡亂之後，南北郡縣多陷沒，故大明從而取之。 荊州大水。 命湖廣行省平章政事阿魯灰領軍，與淮南行省平章政事蠻子海牙、淮西道宣慰使完者不花以兵攻和州等處。 命郡王只兒啖伯、湖廣行省右丞卜蘭奚攻討河南。 以湖廣行省平章政事咬住為總兵官，領本省軍馬並江州楊完者、黃州李勝等軍，守禦湖廣。 江浙行省參知政事納麟哈剌統領水軍萬戶等軍，會本省平章政事定定，進攻常州、鎮江等處。 命將作院判官烏馬兒、利用監丞八十奴招諭濠、泗，淮南行省左丞相太平助之； 章佩監丞普顏帖木兒、翰林修撰烈瞻招諭沔陽，四川行省平章政事玉樞虎兒吐華等助之。 以怯薛丹潑皮等六十名從江南行御史臺大夫福壽守御集慶路。 國王朵兒只薨於揚州軍中，命郡王只兒啖伯管領其所部軍馬。
In the fifth month, on the renchen day, Xiangyang Circuit was recovered. Investigating censors Yelihudu and others impeached Taibuhua, left chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat, for dilatory merit and oppressing the people; an edict stripped him of his offices and ranks and still ordered him to lead the Huo Chi Wen guard and follow the overall commander, Chief Minister Dashibadu'er, on the punitive advance; Dashibadu'er was to take overall command of all of Taibuhua's military forces. On the gengxu day, Ni Wenjun advanced from Mianyang and captured Zhongxing Circuit; the marshal Duo'erzhiban died in the fighting. That month, Yaozhu, chief minister of the Huainan branch secretariat, and Wang Yexian Dier, surveillance commissioner of Huaidong, were ordered to comfort and instruct Gaoyou. In the sixth month, on the bingchen day, Xuexue, censor-in-chief, was ordered to take charge of the Duannben Hall. On the guihai day, Venus crossed the sky. On the dingmao day, investigating censor Halintu impeached Wu Zhifang, grand academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies and teacher of Toghto, together with his staff officer Heihan and chief secretary Huolichi, saying they all ought to have their honors revoked; this was approved. Investigating censors Waige and others cleared Lü Sicheng, left vice director of the Secretariat, and restored the appointment patent and jade belt previously revoked. On the wuchen day, Suosijian, chief minister of the Secretariat, was additionally appointed director of the Grand Agribureau; and Sangge Shili was appointed director of the Classics Colloquium. On the jisi day, the Prince of Jing'an Kuobuhua died without heirs; his nephew was ordered to inherit the enfeoffment as Prince of Jing'an. On the guiyou day, Dashibadu'er, chief minister of the Sichuan branch secretariat, was appointed chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat. On the yihai day, Umar, administrative judge of the Directorate of Palace Manufactures, was ordered to win over Hao, Si, and other places; and Puyan Temür, supervisor of the Insignia Office, was ordered to win over Mianyang and other places. Prince Daowu died in the army; two hundred ingots of paper currency were granted as funeral gifts. On the dingchou day, Baode Prefecture was struck by earthquake. On the jimao day, Tutu, chief minister of the Shaanxi branch secretariat, was granted the title of Qara Qan. On the gengchen day, the recluse Zheng Yu of Huizhou was summoned as Hanlin awaiting-edict; he did not come. Provincial officials of Jiang-Zhe said: "For the tax levies and other paper currency of the fifteenth year of Zhizheng, after deducting the tax grain and other paper currency already remitted by edict, compared with the annual precedent the sea-transport grain and paper currency disbursed are insufficient; we beg that sea transport be reduced to relieve the people's strength. The Ministry of Revenue fixed the tax grain for that year; apart from what was remitted, the grain of temples and monasteries and of fields granted by allotment was to be opened from storehouses in the tenth month and fully confiscated; For the shortfall in grain, one million five hundred thousand ingots of Zhiyuan notes converted at Zhongtong value were allocated to purchase one million five hundred thousand shi at places producing rice, to be stored in riverside granaries for dispatch as needed; this was approved. On the guiwei day, Shilimen, vice chief minister of the Secretariat, said: "The former Mongol Imperial College was established specifically to teach the sons of the four keshig and the officials of the various beloved-horse guards; now they should be instructed to enter study according to the former precedent, so that strict training and admonition may be enforced. This was approved. That month, the Great Ming Emperor raised an army, crossed the river from Hezhou, and captured Taiping Circuit. After the Red Turban demon bandits first stirred rebellion, commanderies and counties north and south fell in great numbers; therefore the Great Ming took them in succession. Jingzhou suffered great flooding. Aruhui, chief minister of the Huguang branch secretariat, was ordered to lead troops; together with Manzi Haiya, chief minister of the Huainan branch secretariat, and Wanzhebuhua, commissioner of the Huai-Xi Circuit Commissioner's Office, he was to attack Hezhou and other places with an army. Prince Zhierdanbo and Bulanxi, right vice director of the Huguang branch secretariat, were ordered to campaign against Henan. Yaozhu, chief minister of the Huguang branch secretariat, was made overall commander and ordered to lead the military forces of that province together with the armies of Yang Waner of Jiangzhou and Li Sheng of Huangzhou to defend Huguang. Nalin Hala, vice chief minister of the Jiang-Zhe branch secretariat, was ordered to take overall command of the naval command of ten thousand households and other forces, join Chief Minister Dingding of that province, and advance to attack Changzhou, Zhenjiang, and other places. Umar, administrative judge of the Directorate of Palace Manufactures, and Bashinu, supervisor of the Directorate of Palace Use, were ordered to win over Hao and Si; Taiping, left chief minister of the Huainan branch secretariat, was to assist them; Puyan Temür, supervisor of the Insignia Office, and Liezhan, Hanlin reviser, were ordered to win over Mianyang; Yushu Huer Tuhua, chief minister of the Sichuan branch secretariat, and others were to assist them. Sixty keshig guards including Danbo were ordered to follow Fushou, grand censor of the Jiangnan branch censorate, in defending Jiqing Circuit. King Duo'erzhi died in the army at Yangzhou; Prince Zhierdanbo was ordered to take overall command of his military forces.
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秋七月辛卯，享於太廟。 壬寅，倪文俊復陷武昌、漢陽等處。 是月，命親王失裏門以兵守曹州，山東宣慰馬某火者以兵分府沂州、莒州等處。 命知樞密院事答兒麻監藏及四川行省左丞沙剌班、湖南同知宣慰使劉答兒麻失裏，以兵屯中興，招諭諸處，有不降者，與親王禿魯及玉樞虎兒吐華討之。 命湖廣行省平章政事桑哥、亦禿渾及禿禿守禦襄陽，參知政事哈林禿及王塔失帖木爾守禦沔陽，如賊徒不降，即進兵討之。 升臺州海道巡防千戶所為海道防禦運糧萬戶府。
In autumn, on the xinmao day of the seventh month, offerings were presented at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the renyin day, Ni Wenjun again captured Wuchang, Hanyang, and other places. That month, Prince Shilimen was ordered to hold Caozhou with troops; and a certain Huo Zhe of the Shandong Commissioner's Office was ordered to divide troops and garrison Yizhou, Juzhou, and other places. Da'er Ma Jianzang, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and Shala Ban, left vice director of the Sichuan branch secretariat, together with Liu Da'erma Shili, associate commissioner of the Hunan Pacification Commissioner's Office, were ordered to encamp at Zhongxing with troops, win over the various places, and with Prince Tulu and Yushu Huer Tuhua attack those who would not submit. Sangge, Yituhun, and Tutu, chief ministers of the Huguang branch secretariat, were ordered to defend Xiangyang; Halintu, vice chief minister, and Wang Tash Temür were ordered to defend Mianyang; if the bandits would not submit, they were immediately to advance troops and attack them. The Thousand-Household Office for Coastal Patrol on the Taizhou Sea Route was promoted to the Ten-Thousand-Household Office for Coastal Defense and Grain Transport on the Sea Route.
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八月庚申，命南陽等處義兵萬戶府召募毛胡蘆義兵萬人，進攻南陽。 戊辰，以中書平章政事達識帖睦邇為江浙行省左丞相，便宜行事，賜鈔一千錠。 甲戌，以大宗正府紥魯忽赤叠裏迷失為甘肅行省平章政事。 戊寅，太白經天。 雲南死可伐等降，令其子莽三以方物來貢，乃立平緬宣撫司。 四川向思勝降，以安定州改立安定軍民安撫司。 是月，車駕還自上都。 詔淮南行省左丞相太平統淮南諸軍討所陷郡邑，仍命湖廣行省平章政事阿魯灰以所部苗軍聽其節制。 立吾者野人乞列迷等處諸軍萬戶府於哈兒分之地。 命親王寬徹班守興元，永昌宣慰使完者帖木兒討西番賊。 以淮南行省平章政事蠻子海牙與同知樞密院事絆住馬等，自蕪湖至鎮江南岸守禦，同阿魯灰所部軍馬協力衛護江南行臺。 命答失八都魯從便調度湖廣行省左丞卜蘭奚所領苗軍，江浙行省平章政事卜顏帖木兒守禦蘄、黃、蘭溪等處。 九月癸未，命搠思監提調武衛。 以知嶺北行樞密院事紐的該為中書平章政事。 乙酉，立分海道防禦運糧萬戶府於平江路。 己丑，太白犯太微垣。 辛卯，命秘書卿答蘭提調別吉太后影堂祭祀，知樞密院事野仙帖木兒提調世祖影堂祭祀，宣政院使蠻子提調裕宗、英宗影堂祭祀。 己亥，倪文俊圍岳州路。 壬子，命桑哥失裏提調宣文閣，呂思誠知經筵事，集賢大學士許有壬兼太子諭德。 是月，移置脫脫於阿輕乞之地，命答失八都魯移軍住陳留。
In the eighth month, on the gengshen day, the Righteous Militia Command of Ten Thousand Households of Nanyang and other places was ordered to recruit ten thousand Mao Hulu righteous militia and advance to attack Nanyang. On the wuchen day, Dash Temür, chief minister of the Secretariat, was appointed left chief minister of the Jiang-Zhe branch secretariat with authority to act as circumstances required; one thousand ingots of paper currency were granted. On the jiaxu day, Dielimishi, jarquchi of the Grand Imperial Clan Court, was appointed chief minister of the Gansu branch secretariat. On the wuyin day, Venus crossed the sky. In Yunnan, Sikewa and others submitted; his son Mangsan was sent with tribute goods, and the Pingmian Pacification Commission was established. In Sichuan, Xiang Sisheng submitted, and Anding Prefecture was reorganized as the Anding Military-Civilian Pacification Commission. That month, the emperor returned from Shangdu. An edict ordered Taiping, left chief minister of the Huaidong branch secretariat, to command all Huaidong forces in recovering fallen prefectures and counties; Aruhui, chief minister of the Huguang branch secretariat, was further ordered to place his Miao troops under Taiping's command. Military household commissions for the Wuzhe Barbarian, Qielimi, and other regions were established at Ha'erfen. Prince Kuancha'erban was ordered to hold Xingyuan; Wanzh Temür, pacification commissioner of Yongchang, was ordered to suppress the Western Barbarian rebels. Manzi Haiya, chief minister of the Huaidong branch secretariat, and Banzhuma, associate director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, and others were ordered to hold the line from Wuhu to the south bank of Zhenjiang and, together with Aruhui's forces, jointly protect the Jiangnan branch censorate. Dashibatu'er was ordered to deploy the Miao troops under Bulanxi, left vice director of the Huguang branch secretariat, at his discretion; Buyan Temür, chief minister of the Jiangzhe branch secretariat, was ordered to defend Qi, Huang, Lanxi, and other places. In the ninth month, on the guiwei day, Suosijian was ordered to take charge of the Martial Guard. Niudigai, who directed the affairs of the Northern branch bureau of military affairs, was appointed associate chief minister of the Secretariat. On the yiyou day, a branch sea-route defense and grain-transport military household commission was established at Pingjiang Circuit. On the jichou day, Venus transgressed the Supreme Palace Enclosure. On the xinmao day, Secretary Director Dalan was ordered to supervise sacrifices at the spirit hall of Empress Dowager Biej; Zhixian Temür, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was ordered to supervise sacrifices at the spirit hall of Shizu; and Manzi, commissioner of the Bureau of Buddhist Affairs, was ordered to supervise sacrifices at the spirit halls of Yuzong and Yingzong. On the jihai day, Ni Wenjun besieged Yuezhou Circuit. On the renzi day, Sangge Shili was ordered to take charge of the Hall of Propagating Culture; Lü Sicheng was appointed lecturer to the Classics Colloquium; and Xu Youren, grand academician of the Hall of Gathered Worthies, was additionally appointed tutor to the crown prince. That month, Toghto was relocated to Aqingqi, and Dashibatu'er was ordered to move his army to Chenliu.
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冬十月丁巳，立淮南行樞密院於揚州。 己未，太陰犯壘壁陣。 甲子，命兵、工二部尚書撒八兒、王安童，以金銀牌一百六十五面，給淮東宣慰使司等處義兵官員。 命哈麻領大司農司。 帝謂右丞相定住等曰：「敬天地，尊祖宗，重事也。 近年以來，闕於舉行，當選吉日，朕將親祀郊廟，務盡誠敬，不必繁文，卿等其議典禮，從其簡者行之。」 遂命右丞斡欒、左丞呂思誠領其事。 以中書右丞拜住為平章政事。 庚午，以襲封衍聖公孔克堅同知太常禮儀院事，以克堅子希學為襲封衍聖公。 癸酉，太陰犯軒轅。 哈麻奏言：「郊祀之禮，以太祖配。 皇帝出宮，至郊祀所，便服乘馬，不設內外儀仗、教坊隊子，齋戒七日，內散齋四日於別殿，致齋三日，二日於大明殿西幄殿，一日在南郊祀所。」 丙子，以郊祀，命皇太子愛猷識理達臘祭告太廟。 己卯，以翰林學士承旨慶童為淮南行省平章政事。 立黃河水軍萬戶府於小清口。
In winter, the tenth month, on the dingsi day, the Huaidong branch bureau of military affairs was established at Yangzhou. On the jiwei day, the moon transgressed the Ramparts. On the jiazi day, Sabu'er and Wang Antong, ministers of the Ministries of War and Works, were ordered to issue one hundred sixty-five gold and silver plaques to righteous-militia officers of the Huaidong Pacification Commission and other offices. Hami was ordered to head the Grand Agribureau. The emperor said to Right Chief Minister Dingzhu and others: "Revering Heaven and Earth and honoring the ancestors are weighty matters. In recent years these rites have been neglected. A propitious day should be chosen; I shall personally sacrifice at the suburban altar and the ancestral temple, striving for utmost sincerity and reverence without needless elaboration. You should discuss the ritual code and follow the simpler procedures." Right Vice Director Walan and Left Vice Director Lü Sicheng were then ordered to take charge of the matter. Baizhu, right vice director of the Secretariat, was appointed associate chief minister. On the gengwu day, Kong Kejian, hereditary Duke Yansheng, was appointed associate director of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices; Kejian's son Xixue was appointed hereditary Duke Yansheng. On the guiyou day, the moon transgressed Xuanyuan. Hami memorialized: "In the suburban sacrifice, Taizu should be the associated spirit. When the emperor leaves the palace and reaches the suburban sacrificial site, he should ride in ordinary dress on horseback, without inner or outer guard of honor or court entertainers; he should observe seven days of abstinence — four days of general abstinence in a separate hall, and three days of strict abstinence, two in the western tent hall of the Great Bright Hall and one at the southern suburban sacrificial site." On the bingzi day, because of the suburban sacrifice, Crown Prince Ayushiridara was ordered to announce the sacrifice at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. On the jimao day, Qingtong, academician-expositor of the Hanlin Academy, was appointed chief minister of the Huaidong branch secretariat. The Yellow River naval military household commission was established at Xiaoqingkou.
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十一月甲申，熒惑犯氐宿。 庚寅，填星犯井宿。 壬辰，親祀上帝於南郊，以皇太子愛猷識理達臘為亞獻，攝太尉、右丞相定住為終獻。 甲午，以太不花為湖廣行省左丞相，總兵招捕湖廣、沔陽等處，湖廣、荊襄諸軍悉聽節制，給還元追奪河南行省丞相宣命，仍給以功賞宣敕、金銀牌面。 戊戌，介休縣桃杏花。 己亥，太陰犯鬼宿。 戊申，右丞相定住以病辭職，命以太保就第治病。 庚戌，賊陷饒州路。 辛亥，賜高麗國王伯顏帖木兒為親仁輔義宣忠奉國彰惠靖遠功臣。 是月，答失八都魯攻夾河賊，大破之。 賊陷懷慶，命河南行省右丞不花討之。 以湖廣歸州改隸四川行省。
In the eleventh month, on the jiashen day, Mars transgressed the Di mansion. On the gengyin day, Saturn transgressed the Jing mansion. On the renchen day, the emperor personally sacrificed to the Supreme Lord at the Southern Suburb; Crown Prince Ayushiridara served as secondary offerer, and Acting Grand Commandant and Right Chief Minister Dingzhu served as final offerer. On the jiawu day, Taibuhua was appointed left chief minister of the Huguang branch secretariat to command forces in recruiting and suppressing Huguang, Mianyang, and other regions; all Huguang and Jingxiang armies were placed under his command; the originally confiscated appointment patent for chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat was restored, and merit-reward patents and gold and silver plaques were also granted. On the wuxu day, peach and apricot blossoms appeared in Jiexiu County. On the jihai day, the moon transgressed the Ghost mansion. On the wushen day, Right Chief Minister Dingzhu resigned on grounds of illness; he was ordered to remain at home as grand preceptor and receive medical treatment. On the gengxu day, rebels captured Raozhou Circuit. On the xinhai day, the King of Goryeo, Boyan Temür, was granted the title of Meritorious Minister Who Is Kind, Assists Righteousness, Proclaims Loyalty, Serves the State, Displays Grace, and Pacifies the Distant. That month, Dashibatu'er attacked the rebels at Jiahe and routed them utterly. Rebels captured Huaiqing; Buhua, right vice director of the Henan branch secretariat, was ordered to suppress them. Guizhou in Huguang was transferred to the jurisdiction of the Sichuan branch secretariat.
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十二月壬子朔，熒惑犯房宿。 給湖廣行省分省印。 丁巳，命中書參知政事月倫失不花、陳敬伯分省彰德。 癸亥，立忠義、忠勤萬戶府於宿州、武安州。 己巳，以諸郡軍儲供餉繁浩，命戶部印造明年鈔本六百萬錠給之。 壬申，以平章政事帖裏帖木兒、右丞斡欒並知經筵事，參議丁好禮兼經筵官。 乙亥，以天下兵起，下詔罪己，大赦天下。 是月，答失八都魯大敗劉福通等於太康，遂圍亳州，偽宋主遁於安豐。 立興元等處宣慰使司都元帥府於興元路。 是歲，薊州雨血。 詔：「凡有水田之處，設大兵農司，招集人夫，有警乘機進討，無事栽植播種。」 詔浚大內河道，以宦官同知留守野先帖木兒董其役。 野先帖木兒言：「自十一年以來，天下多事，不宜興作。」 帝怒，命往使高麗，改命宦官答失蠻董之。 以中書平章政事拜住分省濟寧，設四部。 是歲，察罕帖木兒與賊戰於河南北，屢有功，除中書刑部侍郎。
In the twelfth month, on the new moon of renzi, Mars transgressed the Fang mansion. A branch-province seal of the Huguang branch secretariat was issued. On the dingsi day, Yuelun Shibuhua and Chen Jingbo, vice chief ministers of the Secretariat, were ordered to branch out to Zhangde. On the guihai day, the Loyalty and Righteousness and Loyalty and Diligence military household commissions were established at Suzhou and Wu'an Prefecture. On the jisi day, because military provisions and supplies for the various prefectures were heavy and numerous, the Ministry of Revenue was ordered to print six million ingots of next year's paper currency notes for distribution. On the renshen day, Tieli Temür and Walan, associate chief minister and right vice director, were both appointed lecturers to the Classics Colloquium; Deliberator Ding Haoli was additionally appointed a Classics Colloquium officer. On the yihai day, because warfare had risen throughout the realm, an edict of self-reproach was issued and a general amnesty was proclaimed. That month, Dashibatu'er utterly defeated Liu Futong and others at Taikang, then besieged Bozhou; the false Song ruler fled to Anfeng. The Xingyuan and other pacification commissions' commandant-in-chief's office was established at Xingyuan Circuit. That year, blood rained in Jizhou. An edict said: "Wherever there are paddy fields, a grand military-agribureau should be established to recruit laborers; when there is an alarm, troops should advance and attack at the first opportunity; when there is no alarm, they should plant and sow." An edict ordered dredging of the canals within the Inner Palace; the eunuch Yexian Temür, associate director of the Capital Garrison, was ordered to supervise the work. Yexian Temür said: "Since the eleventh year, the realm has been troubled by many affairs; construction projects should not be undertaken." The emperor was enraged and ordered him sent as envoy to Goryeo; the eunuch Dashiman was instead ordered to supervise the work. Baizhu, associate chief minister of the Secretariat, was ordered to branch out to Jining and establish four departments. That year, Chahan Temür fought rebels north and south of Henan with repeated merit and was appointed vice minister of Punishments in the Secretariat.
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十六年春正月壬午，改福建宣慰使司都元帥府為福建行中書省。 戊子，親享太廟。 命中書平章政事帖裏帖木兒提調國子監。 己丑，太陰犯昴宿。 丁酉，太保定住以病辭職，太尉、太宗正府紥魯忽赤月闊察兒以出軍中傷辭職，皆不允。 乙亥，詔命太尉阿吉剌開府設官屬。 乙巳，以遼陽行省左丞相咬咬為太子詹事，翰林學士承旨朵列帖木兒同知詹事院事。 丙子，以知樞密院事實理門兼大府監卿。 戊申，雲南土官阿蘆降，遣侄腮斡以方物來貢。 庚戌，左丞相哈麻罷。 辛亥，御史大夫雪雪亦罷，以搠思監為御史大夫。 復以定住為右丞相。 是月，薊州地震。 倪文俊建偽都於漢陽，迎徐壽輝據之。
In the sixteenth year, spring, first month, on the renwu day, the Fujian Pacification Commission Commandant-in-Chief's Office was reorganized as the Fujian branch secretariat. On the wuzi day, the emperor personally offered at the Imperial Ancestral Temple. Tieli Temür, associate chief minister of the Secretariat, was ordered to take charge of the Directorate of the Imperial Academy. On the jichou day, the moon transgressed the Mao mansion. On the dingyou day, Grand Preceptor Dingzhu resigned on grounds of illness, and Grand Commandant and Chief of the Grand Imperial Clan Yuekuo Cha'er resigned on grounds of wounds received on campaign; neither request was granted. On the yihai day, an edict ordered Grand Commandant Ajila to open his own office and establish a staff. On the yisi day, Yao Yao, left chief minister of the Liaoyang branch secretariat, was appointed director of the Household of the Heir Apparent; Duolie Temür, academician-expositor of the Hanlin Academy, was appointed associate director of the Household of the Heir Apparent. On the bingzi day, Shili Men, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was additionally appointed director of the Grand Storehouse. On the wushen day, the Yunnan native official Alu submitted; he sent his nephew Saiwo with tribute goods. On the gengxu day, Left Chief Minister Hami was dismissed. On the xinhai day, Censor-in-Chief Xuexue was also dismissed; Suosijian was appointed censor-in-chief. Dingzhu was again appointed right chief minister. That month, Jizhou was shaken by earthquake. Ni Wenjun established a false capital at Hanyang and welcomed Xu Shouhui to occupy it.
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二月癸酉，禿魯帖木兒辭職，不允。 搠思監糾言哈麻及其弟雪雪等罪惡，帝曰：「哈麻兄弟雖有罪，然侍朕日久，與朕弟懿璘質班皇帝實同乳，且緩其罰，令之出征自效。」 甲寅，命右丞相定住依前太保，中書一切機務，悉聽總裁，詔天下。 丙辰，以鎮南王孛羅不花自兵興以來率怯薛丹討賊，累立戰功，賜鈔一萬錠。 定住及平章政事桑哥失裏等復奏哈麻兄弟罪惡，遂命貶哈麻惠州安置，雪雪肇州安置，尋杖殺之。 壬戌，詹事伯撒裏辭職。 乙丑，禁銷毀、販賣銅錢。 丙寅，命翰林國史院、太常禮儀院定擬皇后奇氏三代功臣謚號、王爵。 甲戌，命六部、大司農司、集賢翰林國史兩院、太常禮儀院、秘書、崇文、國子、都水監、侍儀司等正官，各舉才堪守令者一人，不拘蒙古、色目、漢、南人，從中書省斟酌用之，或任內害民受贓者，舉官量事輕重降職。 命蠻蠻為靖安王，賜金印，置王傅等官。 己卯，命集賢直學士楊俊民致祭曲阜孔子廟，仍葺其廟宇。 詔諭：「山東鹽法，軍民毋得沮壞。」 賜定住篤憐赤、怯薛丹三十名，給衣糧、馬匹、草料。 是月，高郵張士誠陷平江路，據之，改平江路為隆平府，遂陷湖州、松江、常州。
In the second month, on the guiyou day, Tolu Temür resigned his post. The request was not granted. Suosijian impeached Hami and his brother Xuexue for their crimes; the emperor said: "Although the Hami brothers are guilty, they have long served me and shared the same wet nurse as my brother, Emperor Yilin Zhiban; for the time being, let their punishment be deferred and send them on campaign to redeem themselves by merit." On the jiayin day, Right Chief Minister Dingzhu was ordered to remain as before in the post of grand preceptor, with full authority over all Secretariat affairs; an edict was issued throughout the realm. On the bingchen day, because since the rise of warfare Boluohua, Prince of Pacifying the South, had led keshig guards in suppressing rebels and repeatedly achieved battle merit, he was granted ten thousand ingots of paper currency. Dingzhu and Sangge Shili, associate chief minister, and others again memorialized the crimes of the Hami brothers; Hami was then ordered exiled to Huizhou for resettlement, Xuexue to Zhaozhou for resettlement, and soon afterward both were beaten to death. On the renxu day, Bosali, director of the Household of the Heir Apparent, resigned his post. On the yichou day, melting down and selling copper cash was prohibited. On the bingyin day, the Hanlin Academy of the National History and the Court of Imperial Sacrifices were ordered to determine posthumous titles and princely ranks for meritorious ministers of three generations of Empress Qi's clan. On the jiaxu day, the chief officials of the Six Ministries, the Grand Agribureau, the two halls of the Hall of Gathered Worthies and Hanlin Academy of the National History, the Court of Imperial Sacrifices, the Secretariat, the Office for the Veneration of Culture, the Directorate of the Imperial Academy, the Directorate of Waterways, the Office of Ceremonial Attendants, and other offices were each ordered to recommend one person capable of serving as prefect or magistrate, without restriction to Mongols, semuren, Han, or southerners; the Secretariat was to appoint them after deliberation; if any appointee harmed the people or accepted bribes in office, the recommending official would be demoted according to the gravity of the matter. Manman was made Prince of Jing'an; a gold seal was granted, and tutors and other officials were established. On the jimao day, Yang Junmin, erudite of the Hall of Gathered Worthies, was ordered to perform sacrifices at the Confucian temple in Qufu and also to repair the temple buildings. An edict proclaimed: "The salt laws of Shandong must not be obstructed or undermined by soldiers or civilians." Dingzhu was granted thirty dulanchi and keshig guards, with clothing, provisions, horses, and fodder supplied. That month, Zhang Shicheng of Gaoyou seized Pingjiang Circuit and held it; he changed Pingjiang Circuit to Longping Prefecture, then seized Huzhou, Songjiang, and Changzhou.
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月辛巳，復立酒課提舉司。 命中書平章政事帖裏帖木兒、參知政事成遵等議鈔法。 壬午，徐壽輝復寇襄陽。 癸未，臺臣言：「系官牧馬草地，俱為權豪所占。 今後除規運總管府見種外，余盡取勘，令大司農召募耕墾，歲收租課以資國用。」 從之。 丁亥，以今秋出師，詔和買馬六萬匹。 戊子，命宣讓王帖木兒不花、威順王寬徹普化以兵鎮遏懷慶路，各賜金一錠、銀五錠、幣帛九匹、鈔二千錠。 庚寅，大明兵取集慶路，江南行臺御史大夫福壽死之。 丙申，倪文俊陷常德路，總兵官俺都剌遁。 命搠思監提調承徽寺。 丁酉，立行樞密院於杭州。 命江浙行省左丞相達識帖睦邇兼知行樞密院事，節制諸軍，省、院等官並聽調遣，凡賞功、罰罪、招降、討逆，許以便宜行事。 大明兵取鎮江路。 戊申，方國珍復降，以為海道運糧漕運萬戶，兼防禦海道運糧萬戶。 其兄方國璋為衢州路總管，兼防禦海道事。 是月，有兩日相蕩。
In the third month, on the xinsi day, the Wine-Tax Intendant's Office was reestablished. Tieli Temür, associate chief minister of the Secretariat, and Cheng Zun, vice chief minister, and others were ordered to deliberate on the paper currency system. On the renwu day, Xu Shouhui again raided Xiangyang. On the guiwei day, censorial officials said: "Government horse-grazing pastures have all been seized by powerful families. Henceforth, aside from what the Guiyun Directorate is currently cultivating, the remainder should all be surveyed and turned over; the Grand Agribureau should recruit people to reclaim and cultivate them, and the annual rent and tax should be collected to support state revenue." The proposal was approved. On the dinghai day, because troops would march out this autumn, an edict ordered compulsory purchase of sixty thousand horses. On the wuzi day, Temür Buhua, Prince of Proclaiming and Yielding, and Kuancha Puhua, Prince of Weishun, were ordered to hold Huaiqing Circuit with troops; each was granted one ingot of gold, five ingots of silver, nine bolts of silks and fabrics, and two thousand ingots of paper currency. On the gengyin day, Great Ming troops took Jiqing Circuit; Fushou, censor-in-chief of the Jiangnan branch censorate, died in the fighting. On the bingshen day, Ni Wenjun seized Changde Circuit; Andu'la, overall military commander, fled. Suosijian was ordered to take charge of the Chenghui Temple. On the dingyou day, a branch bureau of military affairs was established at Hangzhou. Dash Temür, left chief minister of the Jiangzhe branch secretariat, was additionally ordered to act as director of the branch bureau of military affairs, to command all armies; officials of the secretariat, bureau, and other offices were all to obey his orders; in rewarding merit, punishing crime, accepting surrender, and suppressing rebellion, he was permitted to act at discretion. Great Ming troops captured Zhenjiang Circuit. On the wushen day, Fang Guozhen submitted again and was appointed commander of ten thousand for sea-route grain transport and grain-shipping transport, concurrently serving as commander of ten thousand for defending sea-route grain transport. His elder brother Fang Guozhang was appointed prefect of Quzhou Circuit, with concurrent responsibility for defending the sea routes. That month, two suns appeared to oscillate against each other in the sky.
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夏四月辛亥，以搠思監為中書左丞相。 丙辰，以資正院使普化為御史大夫。 丁巳，命左丞相搠思監領經筵事，中書平章政事悟良哈臺、御史大夫普化並知經筵事。 庚申，以河南行省左丞卜蘭奚為湖廣行省平章政事，答失八都魯加金紫光祿大夫。 丙寅，命阿因班太子與陜西行省官同討均、房、南陽。 遼陽行省平章政事奇伯顏不花加大司徒。 丁卯，以陜西行臺御史大夫朵朵為陜西行省左丞相，大司農咬咬為遼陽行省左丞相。 以知樞密院事實理門分院濟寧，翰林學士承旨脫脫同知詹事院事。 壬申，命豫王阿剌忒納失裏與陜西行省官商議軍機，從宜攻討。 己卯，命悟良哈臺兼太子諭德。 是月，車駕時巡上都。
In summer, on the xinhai day of the fourth month, Tosem was appointed left chief minister of the Secretariat. On the bingchen day, Puhua, commissioner of the Bureau of Rectifying Governance, was appointed censor-in-chief. On the dingsi day, left chief minister Tosem was ordered to direct the Classics Colloquium, while Wulianghatai, chief minister of the Secretariat, and Censor-in-Chief Puhua were both appointed associate directors of the Classics Colloquium. On the gengshen day, Bolanxi, left vice director of the Henan branch secretariat, was appointed chief minister of the Huguang branch secretariat, and Dashibadu'er was advanced to Grand Master of Golden Countersign and Purple Radiance. On the bingyin day, Prince Ayanban was ordered to join officials of the Shaanxi branch secretariat in a joint campaign against Jun, Fang, and Nanyang. Qibayan Buhua, chief minister of the Liaoyang branch secretariat, was appointed grand steward. On the dingmao day, Duoduo, censor-in-chief of the Shaanxi branch censorate, was appointed left chief minister of the Shaanxi branch secretariat, and Yao Yao, director of the Grand Agribureau, was appointed left chief minister of the Liaoyang branch secretariat. Shilimen, director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, was ordered to establish a branch office at Jining, and Tuotuo, academician-expositor of the Hanlin Academy, was appointed associate director of the Household of the Heir Apparent. On the renshen day, Prince Arad Temür was ordered to consult with officials of the Shaanxi branch secretariat on military affairs and to attack and suppress as circumstances required. On the jimao day, Wulianghatai was ordered to serve concurrently as tutor to the heir apparent. That month, the emperor made his seasonal tour to Shangdu.
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五月壬辰，太白犯鬼宿，癸巳，亦如之。 甲午，太陰入斗宿。 丙申，倪文俊陷澧州路。 丁酉，太陰犯壘壁陣。 乙巳，賊寇辰州，守將和尚以鄉兵擊敗之。 六月甲寅，江浙行省平章政事三旦八、參知政事楊完者以兵守嘉興路，禦張士誠。 乙丑，大明兵取廣德路。
In the fifth month, on the renchen day, Venus transgressed the Ghost mansion; on the guisi day, it did so again. On the jiawu day, the moon entered the Dipper mansion. On the bingshen day, Ni Wenjun captured Li Prefecture. On the dingyou day, the moon transgressed the Encampment Wall formation. On the yisi day, bandits raided Chen Prefecture; the defending general Heshang routed them with local militia. In the sixth month, on the jiayin day, San Danba, chief minister of the Jiangzhe branch secretariat, and Yang Wanze, vice chief minister, led troops to defend Jiaxing Circuit against Zhang Shicheng. On the yichou day, Great Ming troops captured Guangde Circuit.
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秋七月癸未，以翰林學士禿魯帖木兒為侍御史。 丁酉，太陰犯壘壁陣。 是月，張士誠遣兵陷杭州，江浙行省平章政事左答納失裏戰死，丞相達識帖睦邇遁，楊完者及萬戶普賢奴擊敗之，復其城。
In autumn, on the guiwei day of the seventh month, Tulu Temür, academician of the Hanlin Academy, was appointed attendant censor. On the dingyou day, the moon transgressed the Encampment Wall formation. That month, Zhang Shicheng dispatched troops and captured Hangzhou; Zuo Danashiri, chief minister of the Jiangzhe branch secretariat, died in battle, Chief Minister Dash Temür fled, and Yang Wanze together with Commander of Ten Thousand Puxiannu routed the enemy and recovered the city.
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八月丙辰，奉元路判官王淵等以義兵復商州，升淵同知關商襄鄧等處宣慰司事。 己未，賊侵河南府路，參知政事洪醜驢以兵敗之。 丁卯，太陰犯昴宿。 庚午，倪文俊陷衡州路，元帥甄崇福戰死。 甲戌，彗星見張宿，色青白，彗指西南，長尺餘，至十二月戊午始滅。 是月，車駕還自上都。 黃河決，山東大水。 九月庚辰，汝、潁賊李武、崔德等破潼關，參知政事述律傑戰死。 壬午，豫王阿剌忒納失裏、同知樞密院事定住引兵復潼關，河南行省平章政事伯家奴以兵守之。 丙申，潼關復陷，伯家奴兵潰，豫王阿剌忒納失裏復以兵取之，李武、崔德敗走。 戊戌，賊陷陜州及虢州。 詔以太尉納麟復為江南行臺御史大夫，遷行臺治紹興。 是月，察罕帖木兒復陜州及虢州，復襲敗賊兵於平陸、安邑，以功由兵部尚書升僉河北行樞密院事。
In the eighth month, on the bingchen day, Wang Yuan, assistant magistrate of Fengyuan Circuit, and others with righteous militia recovered Shang Prefecture; Yuan was promoted to associate director of the Guan-Shang-Xiang-Deng Pacification Commission. On the jiwei day, bandits invaded Henan Prefecture Circuit; Hong Choulü, vice chief minister, routed them with troops. On the dingmao day, the moon transgressed the Mao mansion. On the gengwu day, Ni Wenjun captured Heng Prefecture; Marshal Zhen Chongfu died in battle. On the jiaxu day, a comet appeared at the Extended Net mansion, bluish-white in color with its tail pointing southwest and more than a foot in length; it remained visible until the wuwu day of the twelfth month. That month, the emperor returned from Shangdu. The Yellow River burst its banks and Shandong suffered catastrophic flooding. In the ninth month, on the gengchen day, the bandits Li Wu and Cui De of Ru and Ying broke through Tong Pass; Vice Chief Minister Shulu Jie died in battle. On the renwu day, Prince Arad Temür and Dingzhu, associate director of the Bureau of Military Affairs, led troops and recovered Tong Pass; Bojianu, chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat, garrisoned it with troops. On the bingshen day, Tong Pass fell again and Bojianu's army was routed; Prince Arad Temür retook it with troops, and Li Wu and Cui De were defeated and fled. On the wuxu day, bandits captured Shaan Prefecture and Guo Prefecture. An edict restored Grand Marshal Nalin as censor-in-chief of the Jiangnan branch censorate and moved the branch censorate's seat to Shaoxing. That month, Chaghan Temür recovered Shaan Prefecture and Guo Prefecture and again routed bandit troops at Pinglu and Anyi; for his merit he was promoted from minister of the Bureau of War to vice director of the Hebei branch bureau of military affairs.
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冬十月丁未，大名路有星如火，從東南流，芒尾如曳篲，墮地有聲，火焰蓬勃，久之乃息，化為石，青黑色，光瑩，形如狗頭，其斷處如新割者，命藏於庫。 壬辰，太陰犯井宿。 是月，詔罷太尉也先帖木兒。
In winter, on the dingwei day of the tenth month, in Daming Circuit a fireball streaked from the southeast with a tail like a trailing broom; it struck the earth with a sound as flames blazed vigorously, and after a long while subsided into a lustrous bluish-black stone shaped like a dog's head, its fracture surface like a fresh cut; an order was issued to store it in the treasury. On the renchen day, the moon transgressed the Well mansion. That month, an edict dismissed Grand Marshal Yeshan Temür from office.
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十一月丙戌，以老的沙、答裏麻失裏並為詹事。 丁亥，流星大如酒杯，色青白，尾跡約長五尺餘，光明燭地，起自東北，東南行，沒於近濁，有聲如雷。 壬辰，太陰犯井宿。
In the eleventh month, on the bingxu day, Laodisha and Darimashi were both appointed superintendents of the Household of the Heir Apparent. On the dinghai day, a meteor as large as a wine cup, bluish-white in color with a tail trace of more than five feet, blazed so brightly as to illuminate the ground; it rose from the northeast, traveled southeastward, and vanished near the turbid quarter with a sound like thunder. On the renchen day, the moon transgressed the Well mansion.
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是月，河南陷，河南廉訪副使俺普遁。 置河南廉訪司於沂州，又於沂州設分樞密院，以兵馬指揮使司隸之。
That month, Henan fell; Aipu, vice censor of the Henan Surveillance Commission, fled. The Henan Surveillance Commission was relocated to Yi Prefecture, and a branch bureau of military affairs was also established there, with the commandery of horse-and-troop officers placed under its authority.
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十二月，倪文俊陷岳州路，殺威順王子歹帖木兒。 湖廣參知政事也先帖木兒與左江義兵萬戶鄧祖勝合兵復衡州。 是歲，詔：「沿海州縣為賊所殘掠者，免田租三年。 賜高年帛。」 河南行省左丞相太不花駐軍於南陽嵩、汝等州，叛民皆降，軍勢大振。 陜西行臺監察御史李尚絅上《關中形勝急論》，凡十有二事。 命大司農司屯種雄、霸二州以給京師，號京糧。
In the twelfth month, Ni Wenjun captured Yue Prefecture and killed Daitemür, son of the Prince of Weishun. Yeshan Temür, vice chief minister of Huguang, together with Deng Zusheng, commander of ten thousand of the Left River Righteous Militia, combined forces and recovered Heng Prefecture. That year, an edict proclaimed: "In coastal prefectures and counties ravaged and plundered by bandits, land rent shall be remitted for three years. Silks shall be granted to the aged. Taibuhua, left chief minister of the Henan branch secretariat, garrisoned troops at Nanyang, Song, Ru, and other prefectures; rebel commoners all submitted, and his army's strength greatly revived. Li Shangjiong, supervising censor of the Shaanxi branch censorate, submitted the "Urgent Discourse on the Strategic Advantages of the Guanzhong Region," twelve items in all. An order was issued for the Grand Agribureau to establish garrison farms at Xiong and Ba prefectures to supply grain to the capital, designated as capital provisions.