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Tian-qi: Year 6, Month Intercalary 6, Day 7
30 Jun 1626
30 Jun 1626
The Gong-shun Marquis Wu Ru-yin memorialized, advisin: "In Guang-dong there are still 'red yi' cannons (紅夷神器). We should obtain them to strengthen defences in the capital." An Imperial order was issued noting: "In Guang-dong, there are still 10 of the 'red yi' cannons. Have the grand coordinator and the regional inspector of that province send officials to forward them to the capital by a set date."
Xi-zong: juan 73.8a
Zhong-yang Yan-jiu yuan Ming Shi-lu, volume 132, page 3533
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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/tian-qi/year-6-month-intercalary-6-day-7, accessed January 22, 2019