《宋史·列传·卷一百八十三》
入朝应对，陈述六件事，说 ：清除浅陋的以起事功，昭示劝惩的以收权柄，清查班著以储备真才实学，重视藩辅以保护都邑，使用闽、越之地的水军以屏防海上，集合东南的全部力量来防守长江。 
入对，陈六事，曰： 洗凡陋以起事功，昭劝惩以收主柄，清班著以储实才，重藩辅以蔽都邑，用闽、越舟师以防海，合东南全力以守江。 上皆嘉纳。
He was summoned to the palace where he discussed six issues: giving relief to the starving and homeless, rewarding good deeds and punishing bad ones, in order to re-establish control, encouraging serious study and scholarship so as to secure genuine talent and expertise, stabilizing the imperial territories in order to protect the capital, using naval forces in Fujian and Guangdong to defend the seas, and unifying the military forces of the southeast in order to defend the Changjiang.