《太平广记·卷三十二·神仙三十二》
宰相元载，私立朋党，他担心朝臣们揭发他的问题，就向皇帝奏请：文武百官凡是要向皇上汇报事情的，都要先向自己的长官说明，长官再向宰相说明，然后再奏明皇上。
宰相元载，私树朋党，惧朝臣言其长短，奏令百官凡欲论事，皆先白长官，长官白宰相，然后上闻。
Prime Minister Yuan Zai was forming his own clique and was worried that the court officials would expose his issues, so he petitioned the emperor: All civil and military officials shall first report the matter to their supervisors, and then the supervisors shall report to the prime minister, and then report to the emperor.