《旧唐书·列传·卷一百零六》
朕心永念臣之勋绩，长久地虚位以待，发布成命，众口称善。
永念于怀，久虚其位，载扬成命，佥曰休哉。
My heart always remembers the minister's achievements, and I have long kept this position vacant, and issued an imperial decree, and all the people praised it.