《明史·列传·卷一百六十三》
朝廷增收练饷原本出于迫不得已，以后朝廷明文规定裁减军队，节减军饷开支，天下都知道此事，可是练饷并没减征，是什么原因呢？
练饷之加，原非得已。乃明旨减兵以省饷，天下共知之，而饷犹未省，何也？
The imperial court originally increased the military provisions due to no other choice, in the future, it is clearly stated in imperial court regulations that the army should be cut and military provisions should be reduced. Everyone in the world knew about this, but why haven’t provisions been reduced? 