《旧唐书·本纪·卷五》
皇上因为谷价太贵，减少随驾扈从之兵，跟从的士子百姓大多饿倒在路上。
上以谷贵，减扈从兵，士庶从者多殍踣于路。
Because the price of grain was too high, the emperor reduced the number of soldiers escorting him, and most of the scholars and commoners who followed him starved to death on the road.
<s>[INST] First, translate the Classical Chinese text into modern Chinese and then into English. Classical Chinese: 上以谷贵，减扈从兵，士庶从者多殍踣于路。 [/INST] 皇上因为谷价太贵，减少随驾扈从之兵，跟从的士子百姓大多饿倒在路上。 Then, Because the price of grain was too high, the emperor reduced the number of soldiers escorting him, and most of the scholars and commoners who followed him starved to death on the road.</s>
First, translate the Classical Chinese text into modern Chinese and then into English. Classical Chinese: 上以谷贵，减扈从兵，士庶从者多殍踣于路。
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皇上因为谷价太贵，减少随驾扈从之兵，跟从的士子百姓大多饿倒在路上。 Then, Because the price of grain was too high, the emperor reduced the number of soldiers escorting him, and most of the scholars and commoners who followed him starved to death on the road.
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