朱镕基总理在谈到精简干部机构消肿的工作时，曾多次提到“十羊九牧”的典故。所谓“十羊九牧”典出《隋唐·杨尚希传》：“当今郡县，倍多于古，或地无百里，数县并置；或户不满千，二郡分领；县寮以众，资费日多；吏卒又倍，租调岁减；清干良才，百分无二……所谓民少官多， When talking about the work of reducing the swelling in the cadre institutions, Premier Zhu Rongji repeatedly mentioned the allusion of “nine sheep in ten grazes.” The so-called “ten sheep, nine animal husbandry,” Code of “Sui and Tang Yang Shang Xi Chuan”: "now counties, more than ancient, or without Barry, counties juxtaposed; Public, tariffs and more; bureaucrats and times, rented years of reduction; Qingzan Liangcai, percent of the ... ... the so-called minority officials,