Answers to Yang Bochuan's Translation of Classical Chinese in Ming Dynasty

Bai Yang is from Zhou Pu, and his words are only about 100 words. His father, Yang Zhan, an imperial consultant, died in Sichuan. Bai Yang was admitted to the list of scholars in the eighth year of Jiajing (1529), was appointed as ... Bianzhi County, and moved to Chang 'an. He was recruited as the director of the armory of the Ministry of War as a professional doctor.

College student Zhai Luan visited Jiubian and asked Bai Yang to follow him. All the mountains and rivers, customs and the number of foot soldiers that passed by were recorded in different categories. When they arrived in Suzhou, hundreds of people belonging to ethnic minorities blocked the road and demanded rewards. Zhai Luan is worried that more people will ask for compensation, so he can't finish it alone. Bai Yang asked Zhai Luan to be a guard and called the ethnic minorities outside Yuanmen. He reprimanded him, saying that Prime Minister Tianzi had arrived, but not all of them had come from afar, and he planned to tie them up and hand them over to the responsible officials. People from ethnic minorities form a circle to bow down and repent. Zhai Luan will give a little reward to those who come first, and the rest will not dare to come again. When Zhai Luan comes back, I recommend Bai Yang to take the post. At the end of the year, Jin 'ang and Anda harassed the border, and Zhang Zan, the minister of history, relied on Bai Yang to deal with it. Sometimes the emperor gives orders in the middle of the night, and Yang Boyi analyzes things in detail, which is in line with the emperor's wishes. After Mao Bowen replaced Zhang Zan, Bai Yang should have been transferred, but Mao Bowen deliberately tried to stay. Soon, he was transferred to Shandong as an assistant minister to study and became a grain supervisor.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jiajing (1546), he was promoted to Youdu and became the governor of Gansu. Take the opportunity of reclamation in Daxing, ask the emperor to recruit people to reclaim the sea, and never levy rent tax. In his spare time, he also built piers in Yushu Spring in Suzhou and Dalu Spring outside Pingchuan in Ganzhou, and excavated the dragon head and other channels. At first, Han Dongshun's ethnic minorities fled from Turpan and moved to Suzhou, where they often clashed with local residents. Guo Jian student Shi Li therefore issued a statement and the matter was sent to Chen Shou for handling. Therefore, Bai Yang built seven castles, including Baicheng, summoned their leaders and ordered them to lead their men to live there. Ethnic minorities moved more than 700 accounts, so the country was purged. Wang Jizu, the company commander, repelled the enemy in Yongchang, and Cai Xun, the town commander, fought in Fan Zhen and Shandan, winning all three wars and killing more than 40 people. Bai Yang was promoted to the right vice capital. Go home because of my mother's funeral. Qiu Luan was guarding Gansu. The governor impeached him, and the emperor arrested him and sentenced him. Bai Yang also exposed 30 cases of corruption and fraud. Luan named him a general and repeatedly vilified him, but the emperor ignored him. When Bai Yang's mourning period expired, Qiu Luan was put to death, and the emperor summoned him and made him the right assistant minister. Immediately appointed Zuo as assistant minister, in charge of Suzhou and Baoding.

At first, Anda approached the capital and entered the customs from the Tide River, and the admonisher asked to be prepared. The wall can't be built because of the rapid current. Bai Yang built stone piers according to the water potential, arranged troops and guards, and returned to Beijing to guard the Nine Gates in Beijing. At that time, because of the enemy's alarm, soldiers were assigned to guard the battlements in July of that year. Bai Yang warned: "When the enemy comes, you must be calm. How can you disturb yourself in advance! " The county magistrate was removed from his post. Soon transferred to the governor of Hebei and Liao, in charge of Baoding military affairs. Bai Yang believes that Jizhou is close to Kyoto, so it is very important to protect the Kyoto area and the imperial tomb, and it is necessary to send people and delimit the land for fortification.

In the autumn of the thirty-third year of Jiajing (1554), he and more than 100,000 cavalry of Sun attacked Ji City and climbed the city wall. The emperor was so worried that he sent Bai Yang, a trotter detective, many times. Bai Yang, dressed in armor, was buried on the wall of Gubeikou, urging the company commander Zhou Yichang and others to fight bravely. The emperor was greatly comforted. Send a fast horse to send you clothes and reward the sergeant with two thousand pieces of silver. After four days and nights of attack, the enemy failed to break through, so they joined forces to capture the Gushan Pass and climb the city wall. The loyalist cut off an enemy's wrist, and the enemy retreated and stationed in Hutou Mountain. Bai Yang recruited death squads and disturbed enemy camps with firearms at night. The enemy and bandits were very worried and uneasy. They all left at dawn. Bai Yang was promoted to the right capital empire, and his son was sheltered by thousands of families. The next year, Sun called to attack Yichang and repelled them. The imperial court promoted Bai Yang to be the minister of the Ministry of War, recorded the meritorious military service in autumn defense, and made a prince of Shaobao.

Yan Song and his son solicit power, and the functions and powers of various departments are often disrupted. Bai Yang abides by his duty and does not allow any accommodation. Yan Song resented Bai Yang, who resigned after his father's funeral. The Minister of War promised to be dismissed, and the emperor began to replace him with Bai Yang. Bai Yang's funeral was not over yet, so he declined. But the emperor was anxious to besiege Datong Youwei, so he sent the governor Bai Yang to announce the government, Datong and Shanxi military affairs, and Bai Yang went through the customs in black mourning. Before Bai Yang arrived, Assistant Minister Jiangdong and other troops advanced, and the enemy had left. At that time, the right-back was besieged for half a year, the defender Wang De was killed, the food and grass in the city were exhausted, and the foot soldiers swore to guard against rebellion. Yang Boda added a pension and asked him to deal with ten aftermath. Due to the advice given to Zhang Xueyan, the emperor left Bai Yang as the town governor. Bai Yang asked for tax exemption in enemy-occupied areas, so he recruited able-bodied men as brave generals and obedient generals respectively. Bai Yang thought that people in the border areas were not familiar with car fighting and could not support when the enemy invaded, so he asked for the manufacture of 100 partial box cars. When giving an alarm, the right rear car is in the east and the left rear car is in the west, supporting each other. I also think that Datong city wall has been destroyed and needs to be repaired urgently; The second is to block the hills of Yinchai and Yima and cut off the enemy's way of spying on Bauhinia; Fortification in Juyongguan Nanshan, in order to cut off the enemy's way to spy on the imperial tomb of Gyeonggi; The purpose of building a city wall in Yang Shen is to plug this hole, thus cutting off the passage for the enemy to invade Shaanxi. So nine fortresses and ninety-two piers were built in Niuxinshan, Datong, connecting Zuo Wei Gaoshan Station to contact Datong Town. Two big ditches were dug, each eighteen miles long, and sixty-four small ditches were dug. It took 50 days to complete the project and get a reward.

The emperor wanted to recall Bai Yang several times, worried about the frontier, so he asked Yan Song. Yan Song has always disliked Bai Yang, so let him be the acting minister of Jiangdong. When the autumn defense is completed, he won't be called Bai Yang. After the autumn defense was completed, he was named Prince Taibao and remained as a bodyguard. Kou was thinking about both Song and Rebel Army, and waited several times before he captured the border. Bai Yang successfully designed and captured them. And sent cavalry to attack the enemy many times, and the enemy moved his camp a little. Therefore, Bai Yang proposed to build a side wall created by Weng Wanda, a former governor, to bring back 1600 mainlanders plundered by the enemy. Also, please dredge the water conservancy facilities in Fu Xuan and Datong wasteland and levy less rent tax. The court must play its role. As the governor of Hebei and Liaoning. After the autumn defense, Ting Yi planned to recall Bai Yang, but Wu Peng, the official department minister, disagreed. Zheng Xiao, who is in charge of the Ministry of War, argued: "Bai Yang is in Hebei, Liaoning, Hebei and Liaoning, and is in the Ministry of War." So he was recalled, and he was released on probation.

The emperor was very worried about the border. Bai Yang always deployed his defense in advance, and the emperor relied on him as his right-hand man. He once said to cabinet ministers, "Since Bai Yang entered North Korea, I have always been worried about the border issue. I talked to Bai Yang and asked him to plan ahead. " Yang said, "Jizhen is the first of the nine realms today. I asked the border guards to expel the bandits from Chase so that they could not get close to Yu Ji. General Xuan and General Da Er were asked to listen to the situation, guard against Huanghua and Gubei, and not to let one ride into the customs first. " The emperor called it.

In the 42nd year of Jiajing (1563), in October, Japanese pirates and bandits swarmed into Jizhou, claiming to invade Liaoyang. Governor Yang Xuan led the division eastward, and Bai Yang told him to stop. He wrote him three letters himself, but Yang Xuan didn't listen to his advice in the end. Bai Yang stroked the box and sighed, "I lost it!" Emergency call for reinforcements, the enemy has defeated the defenders of Qiangziling and invaded Tongzhou. The emperor sighed: "The incident of Geng Weiwei (1550) appeared again." Several military forces arrived one after another. Xuan was appointed Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Jiangdong, stationed in the Imperial Capital and the Imperial Capital, and the town of Liao Hou allocated Beijing soldiers inside and outside the city. After the enemy disbanded, they went east, ravaged Shunyi and Sanhe, and retreated after looting. Without firing an arrow, the reinforcements scattered or disabled the enemy along the way, claiming to be first class. The emperor was very unhappy and told Bai Yang, "The enemy thief left with all the spoils. How to punish him in the future? " So he killed Yang Xuan. Bai Yang was worried about himself, and Xu Jie tried his best to protect him. The emperor remembered Bai Yang's previous achievements and got away with it. After a long time, he was appointed as an official.

In the first year of Qin Long (1567), please follow the testamentary edict of the first emperor and appoint ministers who have been admonished, and all the deceased will receive pensions. At that time, all the officials were counted, and no one in Shanxi was dismissed. Hu impeached and sheltered fellow villagers, and resigned successively. The court appeased and retained, refuting public opinion. After three full exams, I was promoted to be a young master and a teacher of Prince Edward. The emperor planned to cruise the South China Sea, and Bai Yang led his colleagues to protest. Bai Yang argued that Zhan Yangpi was dismissed for being outspoken. Pang discussed with him and suggested that Tunyan would remain in office. Against the divine will, so he claimed to be ill and returned home. Prime Minister Liu Tigan and others wrote to ask him to keep it, but they didn't listen. The college student Gao Gong was in charge of the official department and recommended Bai Yang as the general. The emperor ordered him to be the official minister and the Ministry of War affairs. State the principles and strategies of constant defense, saying, "I think guarding the city wall is timid, and my words are audible and ineffective." Fighting outside the wall, the damage accounts for 70%, and the income accounts for 30%; Fighting in the wall accounts for 10% of advantages and 90% of disadvantages. Leaning against the city wall, tell them to arrive at the battlefield first and wait for the opportunity. Nominally defending is actually fighting. When I was governor-general, I resisted Sun's call for 100,000 yuan, thinking that we should defend the city wall, no doubt. "Therefore, the statement clearly echoed and assisted, affirmed the garrison, arranged the Beijing camp, informed a few tribes, and revised internal governance. The emperor obeyed.

Bai Yang is big and fat. He can handle things calmly, and he has courage and measurement. He has been in and out of the imperial court for more than forty years and has always been famous for his military affairs. Qin Long six years (1572), high arch dismissed from office, so he reassigned Bai Yang to take charge of the official department, and was promoted to Shao Shi and Prince Taizi. The following autumn, he fell ill and repeatedly asked to resign and return to China. Died a year later. To Feng Taifu, Xiangyi, posthumous title.

When Gao Gong presided over the state affairs, he wanted to put Xu Jie in danger. Bai Yang visited Gao Gong and tried his best to save him. Gao Gong was also moved, and things just passed. Since then, he has pushed out the high arch, ready to fight resolutely against his charges. When the prison case arose, both Yu Shi and Ge Shouli went to Zhang and tried their best to release him. Zhang said indignantly, "You said I was biased against the high arch?" Bai Yang replied, "I dare not, but no one can save the world except you." When the emperor appointed Shouli and Governor Zhu to try together, he secretly planned for him and instigated a captain to threaten the king to retract his confession. He also instructed Gao Gong's servants to mix in the crowd and instructed the king to identify them, but he was at a loss to distinguish them, and things would be understood. Therefore, people call Bai Yang an elder.