During an Imperial progress, to which he was attached in a subordinate capacity, three boxes of books were missing.
However, he was able to repeat the contents of each so accurately that upon the recovery of the books, they were found to tally exactly with his description.
As the President of the Board of War, he came to know that Emperor Xuan had promoted his son Yanshou.
Anshi then attempted to resign his position, but was refused by Emperor Xuan.
With Liu Ju's suicide after his failed rebellion, Zhang He was implicated and sentenced to death.