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崇祯十二年(1639年),农民起义已是遍地烽火,明朝统治摇摇欲坠。在这种形势下,崇祯皇帝把扑灭农民军的希望寄托在礼部尚书兼东阁大学士杨嗣昌身上,“特旨命嗣昌督军,赐尚方剑,以便宜诛赏”[1]。杨嗣昌权衡了当时形势,决定集中优势兵力专剿张献忠:“嗣昌以贼势?
Chongzhen twelve years (1639), the peasant uprising is everywhere flames, the rule of the Ming dangling. Under such circumstances, Emperor Chongzhen pinned his hopes of suppressing the Peasant Army on Yang Si-chang, a scholar of the ceremony and a fellow of the East Pavilion, “who specially ordered the warlord Duchang to give Shangfangjian a favorable reward.” Yang Sicheng weighed the situation at the time, decided to focus on superior forces to suppress Zhang Xianzhong: "heir to thieves potential?