Under his reign there was a brief end to the hereditary jiedushi, as Xianzong appointed his own military officers and staffed the regional bureaucracies once again with civil officials.
Di bawah kekuasaannya sistem jiedushi sempat berakhir karena Xianzong mengangkat perwira militernya sendiri dan menempatkan pegawai-pegawai negeri di birokrasi regional.