 For example, when Erzhu Shilong had the official Xing Zicai (邢子才) author Emperor Jiemin's general pardon edict, describing the death of Erzhu Rong in detail as an extremely wrongful act by Emperor Xiaozhuang, Emperor Jiemin refused to promulgate the edict as written, but instead wrote a brief edict himself, using humble language and not getting into details.He also removed the character "huang" (皇) from his title, going from "huangdi" (皇帝) to just "di" (帝).He treated Yuan Ye with honor, creating him the Prince of Donghai.