《明史·列传·卷五十九》
命令他佩带平蛮将军的大印，充任总兵官，侍郎侯璀总督军务。
命佩平蛮将军印，充总兵官，侍郎侯琎总督军务。
He was ordered to carry a great seal as the General for Pacifying the Barbarians, and Hou Cui, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department, was appointed as the Protector of Military Affairs.
<s>[INST] Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 命佩平蛮将军印，充总兵官，侍郎侯琎总督军务。 [/INST] He was ordered to carry a great seal as the General for Pacifying the Barbarians, and Hou Cui, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department, was appointed as the Protector of Military Affairs.</s>
Kindly elucidate the central themes in this passage in English: 命佩平蛮将军印，充总兵官，侍郎侯琎总督军务。
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He was ordered to carry a great seal as the General for Pacifying the Barbarians, and Hou Cui, the Minister of the Imperial Household Department, was appointed as the Protector of Military Affairs.
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