《明史·列传·卷一百一十八》
陛下说和议通贡难以依靠，辅臣则说通贡二十年，使百万生灵得以存活。
陛下言款贡难恃，则云通贡二十年，活生灵百万。
His Majesty said it’s hard to rely on negotiating peace and offering tribute, while the assistants said offering tribute for 20 years could save millions of people.
<s>[INST] First, translate the Classical Chinese text into modern Chinese and then into English. Classical Chinese: 陛下言款贡难恃，则云通贡二十年，活生灵百万。 [/INST] 陛下说和议通贡难以依靠，辅臣则说通贡二十年，使百万生灵得以存活。 Then, His Majesty said it’s hard to rely on negotiating peace and offering tribute, while the assistants said offering tribute for 20 years could save millions of people.</s>
First, translate the Classical Chinese text into modern Chinese and then into English. Classical Chinese: 陛下言款贡难恃，则云通贡二十年，活生灵百万。
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陛下说和议通贡难以依靠，辅臣则说通贡二十年，使百万生灵得以存活。 Then, His Majesty said it’s hard to rely on negotiating peace and offering tribute, while the assistants said offering tribute for 20 years could save millions of people.
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