彭泽与甘肃之变

Peng Ze and the Gansu Incident

成化至嘉靖初年 ,明朝所面临的最严重的边疆危机是西北边疆地区的哈密危机 ,甘肃之变是该危机日益加剧的集中反映。彭泽举措失当与甘肃之变有着密切的关系。在正德末年和嘉靖初年 ,明廷就彭泽在甘肃之变中的责任问题发生了两度激烈的争论 ,最后皆以彭泽受惩处而告终。特别是嘉靖前期对彭泽等人责任的再讨论 ,是解决哈密危机的必要步骤。对彭泽等人的惩治为解决哈密危机和安定西北边疆扫清了障碍。

From the Chenghua reign to the beginning of Jiajing reign, the most serious border crisis Ming Dynasty encountered was Hami Crisis that occurred in the northwestern frontiers and resulted in Gansu Incident at last. Peng Ze had much to do with the incident because of his improper behaviors. The Ming government debated drastically on his responsibility for the incident two times, respectively at the end of the Zhengde reign and the beginning of the Jiajing reign. The two debates all resulted in punishment to Peng Ze. The dicussion on the responsibility of Peng Ze and other people in the second debate was a necessary step to settle the Hami Crisis. The punishment to Peng Ze and other ones involved in the incident cleared away the obstacles for the settlement of the Hami Crisis and even for the stabilization of the northwestern frontiers.