《宋史·列传·卷七十八》
一次，经过朝廷，神宗召见了他，对他慰劳问候，十分宠爱，于是留判三班院。
皇太后闻之，亦大喜。
He submitted a memorial to solve the financial issues. The emperor said: “Zeng has put frugality as the key to financial management. No one who discusses financial issues in the current era has proposed such a good idea.” Emperor Shenzong saw that “The National History of the Three Reigns” and “The National History of the Two Reigns” were written separately, so he wanted to merge the two books. Zeng was appointed to the position of Bureau of Historical Compilation, and he worked on the project without supervision. The writing was completed soon after.