In the eleventh month of the eighteenth year of the Hongzhi reign, the sky cleared up after a heavy snowfall.
The clouds dispersed, the sky was clear, but the north wind became colder.
At the morning court session, the emperor issued an edict to the Hanlin Academy, ordering scholar Liu Ji to be the president, to re-edit the book "The Great Edict to Military Officials", reprint it and distribute it to the military schools in the capital and the various guards outside the capital, ordering the children of military officials to read it carefully.
"Encourage good and avoid evil, practice diligently, and study the art of war thoroughly, in preparation for the military selection."
On the same day, the imperial decree promoting Dylan Xie to be Langzhong of the Ministry of War and Gu Jinchen to be Director of the Imperial College was issued to the Hanlin Academy.
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