《韩非子·十过》
您不妨发出命令，让百姓自己留足三年的口粮，有余粮的收进粮仓；留足三年的用度，有余钱的收进宫府；剩下的闲散人员让他们去完成城郭的修缮。 
君其出令，令民自遗三年之食，有馀粟者入之仓；遗三年之用，有馀钱者入之府；遗有奇人者使治城郭之缮。 
You might as well put out an order to ask people to keep three years' worth of food for themselves, and hand in the surplus to the granary; keep enough money for three years, and hand in the surplus to the treasury; send the rest of the idle to repair the city and suburbs.