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Yong-le: Year 6, Month 6, Day 10
3 Jul 1408
3 Jul 1408
The Xin-cheng Marquis Zhang Fu, regional commander of Jiao-zhi, and the Xi-ping Marquis Mu Sheng returned with the army to the capital. Fu and so on presented a map of Jiao-zhi. The territory from East to West measured 1,760 li and from South to North 2,800 li. The Emperor was pleased and praised them. Fu, Sheng and all the generals were banqueted in the Central Military Commission, while five ding of paper money was conferred upon each of the platoon commanders.
Tai-zong: juan 80.2a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 11, page 1067
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Geoff Wade, translator, Southeast Asia in the Ming Shi-lu: an open access resource, Singapore: Asia Research Institute and the Singapore E-Press, National University of Singapore, http://epress.nus.edu.sg/msl/reign/yong-le/year-6-month-6-day-10, accessed January 22, 2019