《贞观政要·卷十·论慎终》
朝廷不为民造福，却奢望国富民强，很显然这是办不到的。
末作滋兴，而求丰实，其不可得亦已明矣。
It is obvious that the court does not do anything to benefit the people, but it expects the country to be prosperous and the people to be strong.