Note 023 He represented to the emperor of the Moguls that the four provinces (Petcheli, Chantong Chansi, and Leaotong) which he already possessed might annually produce, under a mild administra-tion, 500,000 ounces of silver, 400,000 measures of rice, and 800,000 pieces of silk. Gaubil, Hist. de la Dynastie des Mongous, p. 58, 59. Yelutchousay (such was the name of the mandarin) was a wise and virtuous minister, who saved his country and civilised the conquerors. See p. 102, 103.

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