《新唐书·列传·卷四十五》
朝廷却耗尽官府财物，驱使、率领百姓去受蛮夷役使，以致悲惨丧生。
而空竭府库，驱率平人，受役蛮夷，肝脑涂地。
However, the court exhausts official funds, drives the people, and leads them to be enslaved by the barbarians, resulting in miserable deaths.
<s>[INST] Render the following Classical Chinese text into fluent English: 而空竭府库，驱率平人，受役蛮夷，肝脑涂地。 [/INST] However, the court exhausts official funds, drives the people, and leads them to be enslaved by the barbarians, resulting in miserable deaths.</s>
Render the following Classical Chinese text into fluent English: 而空竭府库，驱率平人，受役蛮夷，肝脑涂地。
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However, the court exhausts official funds, drives the people, and leads them to be enslaved by the barbarians, resulting in miserable deaths.
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