《新唐书·列传·卷十七》
开始进用士人，修造兵械，减轻赋税，废除殉葬之法，民犯奸盗之罪及官员贪赃枉法者，不分情节轻重，一律处决。
始进用士人，缮利兵械，薄赋敛，除殉葬法，民奸若盗及吏受赇，虽轻，皆杀无赦。
He began to employ literati, build armaments, reduce taxes, abolish the law of殉葬 (殉葬 was a funeral custom in ancient China in which the slaves and concubines of high-ranking officials were killed and buried with them), and execute civilians who committed the crimes of adultery and theft and officials who were corrupt and pervert the law, regardless of the severity of the circumstances.