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《卷一百十一》
65 | 以尚寶少卿徐貞明字孺東,貴溪人。領墾田使,督治京畿水田。初,貞明為給事中,嘗請興西北水利,言神京雄據上游,兵食宜取之畿內,今皆仰給東南,豈西北古稱富彊地而不足以實廩而練卒乎?夫賦稅所出,括民脂膏,而軍船夫役之費,常以數石致一石,東南之力竭矣。又河流多變,運道多梗,竊有隠憂,聞陜西、河南故渠廢堰在在有之,山東諸泉引之率可成田,而畿輔諸郡或支河所經,或澗泉自出,皆足以資灌溉,北人未習水利,惟苦水害,不知水害未除,正由水利未興也。葢水聚之則為害,散之則為利,今順天、真定、河間諸郡,桑麻之區,半為沮洳,由上流諸河之水惟泄于猫兒灣,欲其不汎濫而壅塞,勢不能也。今誠於上流疏渠濬溝,引之灌田以殺水勢,下流多開支河,以泄橫流,其淀之最下者留以瀦水,稍髙者,皆如南人築圩之制,則水利興,水患亦除矣。至于永平、灤州抵滄州、慶雲,地皆萑葦,土實膏腴,元虞集欲于京東濵海地築塘捍水,以成稻田,若倣集意招徠南人,俾之耕藝,北起遼海,南濵、青齊,皆良田也,宜特簡憲臣,假以事權,毋阻浮議,需以嵗月,不取近功,或撫窮民而給其牛種,或任富室而緩其科征,或選擇健卒,分建屯營,或招徠南人,許其占籍,俟有成績,次及河南、山東、陜西,庶東南轉漕可滅,西北儲蓄常充,國計永無絀矣。 猫兒灣,今在雄縣東。時以財匱不能舉,及謫官南行,御史傳:應禎下獄,貞明入獄調䕶,坐貶太平府知事。又著潞水客談,論水利當興者十四事,畧曰:西北之地,旱則赤地千里,潦則洪流萬頃,惟雨𤾉時,若庻幾樂,嵗無饑,此可常恃哉?惟水利興而後旱潦有備,利一也。中人治生,必有常稔之田,以國家之全盛,獨待哺于東南,豈計之得哉?水利興,則餘糧棲畆皆倉庾之積利,二也。東南轉輸,其費數倍,若西北有一石之入,則東南省數石之輸,久則蠲租之詔可下,東南民力庶幾稍甦,利三也。西北無溝洫,故河水橫流而民居多沒,修復水田,則可分河流殺水患,利四也。西北地平廣,㓂騎得以長驅,若溝洫盡舉,則田野皆金湯利,五也。游民輕去鄉土,易于為亂,水利興則農業者依田里而游民有所歸利,六也。招南人以耕西北之田,則民均而田亦均,利七也。東南多漏役之民,西北罹重徭之苦,以南賦繁而役減,北賦省而徭重也。使田墾而民聚,則賦増而北徭可減,利八也。沿邉諸鎮有積貯,轉輸不煩利,九也。天下浮戸依富家為佃客者何限,募之為農而簡之為兵,屯政無不舉矣,利十也。塞上之卒,土著者少,屯政舉則兵自足,可以省逺募之費,甦班戍之勞,停勾欇之苦利,十一也。宗祿浩繁,勢將難繼,今自中尉以下,量祿之田,使自食其土,為長子孫計,則宗禄可減,利十二也。修復水利,則倣古井田可限民名田,而自昔養民之政漸可舉,行利十三也。民與地,均可倣古比閭族黨之制,而教化漸興,風俗自美利十四也既還朝,給事中王敬民薦之,㑹巡撫張國彥邯鄲人等方開水利于薊、永間有效,遂令貞明兼察御史,領墾田使,貞明先詣永平募南人為倡,及明年二月,已墾三萬九千餘畞,又遍厯諸河,周覽水泉分合,將大行疏濬,而閹人勛戚之占田者爭言不便,帝惑之,遂罷。夏四月,京師旱,大雩。 |
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