《旧唐书·本纪·卷十四》
请诏令吏部和兵部的侍郎、郎中、给事中、中书舍人各一人，交错综合地比较怎么样好，怎么样不好，审慎周密地决定哪些该撤销，哪些该设置，可以精简的官员就精简，可以合并的州县就合并，每年里可以停止或减少录用新官吏就停止或减少录用。
伏请敕吏兵部侍郎、郎中、给事中、中书舍人各一人，错综利病，详定废置，吏员可并省者并省之，州县可并合者并合之，每年入仕者可停减者停减之。
Please order one each of the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War, the Zhongshu Sheren, to compare each other comprehensively, how good and how bad, and carefully and thoroughly decide which ones should be abolished and which ones should be set up. Officials who can be streamlined can be streamlined, and prefectures and counties that can be merged can be merged. In each year, new officials can be stopped or reduced.