《明史·列传·卷七十》
加以湖广征讨蛮族，山西、陕西边防，给军队供应粮饷的又不知有多少。
加以湖广征蛮，山、陕防边，供馈饷给军旅者又不知凡几。
Add to this the fact that Huguang was suppressing a rebellion by the barbarians and Shanxi and Shaanxi were on the border, and who knows how much grain and supplies were being issued to the army?