《资治通鉴·后唐纪·后唐纪四》
高季兴得到三州，请求朝廷不要任命刺史，自己派子弟去充当，后唐帝没有答应。
高季兴既得三州，请朝廷不除刺史，自以子弟为之，不许。
Gao Jixing got the three states and asked the court not to appoint governors but to send his own sons instead, but the Hou Tangdi did not agree.