Edit the English: 太祖 (paragraph 195)
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Original paragraph 195 of 225
八年春正月甲戌朔，以出師，不御殿。丙子，知池州樊若水敗江南軍於州界；田欽祚敗江南軍於溧水，斬其都統使李雄。乙酉，御長春殿，謂宰相曰：「朕觀為臣者比多不能有終，豈忠孝薄而無以享厚福耶？」宰相居正等頓首謝。庚寅，曹彬拔昇州城南水砦。
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In the eighth year, in the spring, the first month, on the first day, jiaxu, because the army was on campaign, the emperor did not hold court in the hall. On bingzi, Fan Ruoshui, acting Prefect of Chi Prefecture, defeated the army of Jiangnan at the border of the prefecture; Tian Qinzuo defeated the army of Jiangnan at Lishui and beheaded its Commander-in-chief, Li Xiong. On yiyou, the emperor, in the Changchun Hall, said to the chief ministers: "I see that of late most of those who serve as ministers cannot keep to the end. Is it that their loyalty and filial piety are thin, so that they have no means to enjoy great blessings?" The chief minister Juzheng and the others kowtowed in apology. On gengyin, Cao Bin took the water stockade south of the city of Sheng Prefecture.