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Old Book of Tang, Chapter 130 Volume 126 Biographies 76: Li Kui, Li Han, Chen Shaoyou, Lu Yue, Pei Xu · 11 passages
四年十月，駕幸奉天，度支汴東兩稅使包佶在揚州，尚未知也。
In the tenth month of the fourth year the emperor fled to Fengtian. Bao Ji, commissioner of the two taxes for Bian and the east, was in Yangzhou and had not yet heard the news.
佶判官崔沅遽報少遊，佶時所總賦稅錢帛約八百萬貫在焉，少遊意以為賊據京師，未即收復，遂脅取其財物。
Ji's aide Cui Yuan rushed word to Shaoyou. Bao Ji had some eight million strings in tax revenues on hand. Believing the rebels would hold the capital for some time, Shaoyou seized the funds by force.
先使判官崔就佶強索其納給文歷，並請供二百萬貫錢物以助軍費，佶答曰：「所用財帛，須承敕命。」
He sent his aide Cui to demand Bao Ji's payment records and two million strings for military expenses. Ji replied: "These funds require an imperial order."
長卿嘗任租庸使，為吳仲孺所困，崔眾供軍吝財，為光弼所殺，故言及之，佶大懼，不敢固護，財帛將轉輸入京師者，悉為少遊奪之。
Liu Changqing had once been transport commissioner and was ruined by Wu Zhongru; Cui Zhong had hoarded army funds and was executed by Li Guangbi. Ji was terrified and did not resist. All funds bound for the capital were seized by Shaoyou.
佶自謁，少遊止焉，長揖而遣，既懼禍，奔往白沙。
Ji came to call on him in person. Shaoyou received him with a formal bow and dismissed him. Fearing for his life, Ji fled to Baisha.
少遊又遣判官房孺復召之，佶愈懼，托以巡檢，因急棹過江，妻子伏案牘中。
Shaoyou sent his aide Fang Rufu to summon him again. Ji, more frightened still, claimed an inspection tour and rowed hastily across the river, his wife and children hidden among the document cases.
佶先有兵三千，守禦財貨，令高越、元甫將焉，少遊盡奪之。
Ji had left three thousand troops under Gao Yue and Yuan Fu to guard the treasure; Shaoyou seized them all.
隨佶渡江者，又為韓滉所留，佶但領胥吏往江、鄂等州。
Those who crossed the river with Ji were detained by Han Huang as well, and Ji went on to Jiang, E, and other prefectures with only a few clerks.
佶於彈丸中置表，以少遊脅取財帛事。
Ji hid a memorial inside a pellet, reporting Shaoyou's seizure of the funds.
會少遊使繼至，上問曰：「少遊取包佶財帛，有之乎？」
When Shaoyou's envoy next arrived, the emperor asked: "Did Shaoyou seize Bao Ji's funds—is that true?"
後包佶入朝，具奏少遊奪財賦事狀，少遊大懼，乃上表，以所取包佶財貨，皆是供軍急用，今請據數卻納。
Later Bao Ji reached court and reported the seizure in full. Shaoyou was terrified and memorialized that the funds had all been spent on urgent military needs and that he would repay the full amount.