《资治通鉴·唐纪·唐纪八》
太宗大怒，将他召进宫中责备道： 中男中魁梧壮实的，都是那些奸民虚报年龄以逃避徭役的人，征召他们有什么害处，而你却如此固执！ 
上怒，召而让之曰： 中男壮大者，乃奸民诈妄以避征役，取之何害，而卿固执至此！ 
Taizong was enraged and summoned him to the palace and reprimanded him: Among the boys, the taller and stronger ones are the swindlers who falsely report their ages to evade corvee, what harm is there in conscripting them, and yet you are so stubborn! 