《明史·志·卷五十八》
大学士张居正竭力陈说收成不好人民疲困，不堪催促督责，纔允许。
大学士张居正力陈年饥民疲，不堪催督，乃许之。
Zhang Juzheng, the First Grand Secretary, tried his best to argue that the harvest was poor and the people were exhausted, and that they could not afford to be urged or supervised. Only then did the emperor agree.