《明史·列传·卷一百九十三》
皇上说： 近年来一些无耻臣僚，尽将珠宝买来献给张、冯两家，使珠宝价钱骤然上涨。 
帝曰： 年来无耻臣僚，尽货以献张、冯二家，其价骤贵。 
The emperor said, “In recent years, some shameless ministers have bought up all the jewels and presented them to Zhang and Feng’s families, causing jewel prices to skyrocket.”
<s>[INST] Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 帝曰： 年来无耻臣僚，尽货以献张、冯二家，其价骤贵。  Updated: 皇上说： 近年来一些无耻臣僚，尽将珠宝买来献给张、冯两家，使珠宝价钱骤然上涨。  [/INST] The emperor said, “In recent years, some shameless ministers have bought up all the jewels and presented them to Zhang and Feng’s families, causing jewel prices to skyrocket.”</s>
Take each pair of old and new sentences and unite them into a single translation that captures the core meaning: Archaic: 帝曰： 年来无耻臣僚，尽货以献张、冯二家，其价骤贵。  Updated: 皇上说： 近年来一些无耻臣僚，尽将珠宝买来献给张、冯两家，使珠宝价钱骤然上涨。
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The emperor said, “In recent years, some shameless ministers have bought up all the jewels and presented them to Zhang and Feng’s families, causing jewel prices to skyrocket.”
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