《新唐书·列传·卷七十四》
适逢当时物价猛涨，百姓饥馑，怨声载道，非议者认为是他的过错。皇帝于是下诏将他贬为忠州长史。
会物价腾踊，饿馑相望，议者以为非是，诏贬忠州长史。
It happened to coincide with a period of soaring prices. The people were starving and famished, and complaints were rife. The critics believed that it was his fault. The emperor thus issued an imperial edict to demote him to Prefect of Zhongzhou.