《资治通鉴·梁纪·梁纪三》
阳固回答说 大人把百官的俸禄扣去四分之一，各州郡收缴的赃款和赎金，也全部运到京师，以此来充府库，不足为多。
固曰： 公收百官之禄四分之一，州郡赃赎，悉输京师，以此充府，未足为多。
Yang Gu replied, “Your Honor reduced officials’ salaries by a quarter and transported all the confiscated money and ransoms from various prefectures and counties to the capital and used all this to fill the treasure house. Such effort cannot be said to be small.”