《元史·列传·卷八十一》
当时河南农民起义军兴起，湖广、荆襄都失守，两淮也骚动不安，朝廷便分出河南一部分地区设立淮南江北行省于扬州，任琏为参知政事。
出为山北辽东道廉访使。是时河南兵起，湖广、荆襄皆陷，而两淮亦骚动。朝廷乃析河南地，立淮南江北行省于扬州，以琏参知政事。
At that time, the peasant uprising army in Henan rose up, and Huguang, Jingxiang were all lost, and the two Huaihe Rivers were also in turmoil. The imperial court separated part of Henan to establish the Huainan Jiangbei Xing Province in Yangzhou, and Lian was appointed as the co-zhizhi of political affairs.