《宋史·列传·卷一百六十五》
皇上说 ：内外制从前委托数人，现在陈居仁一人承担，不见他有什么为难。 陈居仁请求下诏让大臣深入广泛地讨论有关 停止浪费，裁减冗兵，统计应当节省的费用数，确定免掉的租税项目。 这些都是官民的要求。
帝曰： 内外制向委数人，今陈居仁一人当之，不见其难。 乞诏大臣博议 绝浮费，汰冗兵，计当省之数，定蠲除之目，此富民之要术也。 
The emperor said: The internal and external systems used to be entrusted to several people, but now Chen Juren bears the responsibility alone, and he is not embarrassed. Chen Juren asked to issue an edict to allow the ministers to discuss extensively on the issues of eliminating waste, cutting redundant soldiers, counting the amount of expenses that should be saved, and determining the tax items to be exempted. These are the requests of officials and civilians.