《明史·列传·卷一百零八》
难道这些人都是没有志气节操忍心辜负陛下吗？是有所惩戒而不敢作为呀。
然此诸人岂尽矩诟无节，忍负陛下哉，亦有所惩而不敢耳。
Were all those people so spineless and unprincipled as to bear to disappoint Your Majesty? There were punishments, and thus they did not dare to act. 