《明史·列传·卷二百一十》
胡宗宪将此情况上报朝廷，兵部上奏说： 汪直等人本是中国的编户之民，既然声称效顺朝廷，应即刻放下武器。
宗宪以闻，兵部言： 直等本编民，既称效顺，即当释兵。
Hu Zongxian reported this situation to the imperial court. The Ministry of War submitted a memorial saying: Wang Zhi and others were originally Chinese households, since they claimed to be obedient to the imperial court, they should immediately lay down their arms.