Jin Fu 靳輔

CHIN Fu 靳輔 (T. 紫垣), 1633–1692, Dec. 26, official and specialist in river conservancy, was a member of the Chinese Bordered Yellow Banner and a native of Liao-yang where his ancestors had migrated from Tsinan, Shantung, in the early Ming period. His father, Chin Ying-hsüan 靳應選, was a secretary in the Transmission Office. After completing his studies in the Government School Chin Fu was selected (1652) a compiler in the Kuo-shih Yüan 國史院. In the following nineteen years (1652–71) he rose rapidly in his official career and by 1671 was appointed governor of Anhwei, a post he held until 1677. During this period Wu San-kuei [q.v.] revolted in South China and Chin Fu assisted the government by quelling local uprisings in Shê-hsien, by improving the defenses of Anhwei and by devising plans to finance the troops in the south. In 1677 he was appointed director-general of Yellow River Conservancy to cope with the menace of floods which had caused serious damage in Kiangsu province. In this post, which he held for the next eleven years, he made his most important contribution to the country. The control of the Yellow River was regarded by Emperor Shêng-tsu as one of the three most pressing problems of the time—the other two being that of grain transport to the capital via the Grand Canal, and the rebellion of Wu San-kuei.

Taking office on May 7, 1677, at Su-ch'ien, Kiangsu, Chin Fu immediately made a comprehensive personal survey of the Yellow River in general and of the flooded areas in particular. After two months of intensive study he submitted to the throne on August 4, 1677, a far-reaching memorial embodying the following eight points: (1) deepening of the lower reaches of the Yellow River from Ch'ing-chiang-p'u 清江浦 to the sea and making use of the silt to erect dikes on both sides of the river; (2) repairing and deepening the canals linking Lake Hung-tsê 洪澤湖 with the Yellow River in order thus to accelerate the current and carry the silt to the sea; (3) improving the embankments on the east shore of Lake Hung-tsê, particularly at Kao-chia-yen 高家堰 (or Kao-yen), by making them more sloping and so mitigating the force of the waves and their consequent damage; (4) repairing thirty-four breaks in the dikes between Chou-ch'iao Water Gate 周橋閘 and Chai-chia-pa 翟家壩 south of Kao-chia-yen; (5) deepening a section of 230 li in the Grand Canal between Ch'ing-k'ou, near Huai-yin, and Ch'ing-shui-t'an 清水潭 in the district of Kao-yu; (6) increasing local taxes for financing these undertakings; (7) reorganizing the management of personnel; and (8) insuring maintenance of the dikes by stationing guards at suitable intervals. His plan was adopted by the government with few alterations, and the gigantic project was ordered to begin in 1678.

By 1681, after three years of labor, floods in some parts of the Yellow River had not yet abated. For this failure Chin Fu offered to shoulder the responsibility and in consequence was deprived of his official title, but was permitted to supervise the work. In 1683 he reported the return of the River to its course, with the result that early in the following year his title was restored. Emperor Shêng-tsu, being at this time (1684) on his first tour of South China, took occasion to laud the work of Chin Fu by honoring him with a poem and showering him with gifts. Apparently at this time Chin Fu brought to the attention of the emperor the name of a subordinate, Ch'ên Huang 陳潢 (T. 天一[%E8%A3%94], H. 省齋, 有齋, d. ca. 1688), who had helped him draft most of his plans. Ch'ên Huang was granted an audience with the emperor and was later (1687) given a minor rank and made an assistant in river control. Late in 1684 Chin recommended the construction of fifteen water gates on the Yellow River from Tang-shan to Ch'ing-ho to control the lower reaches of that stream. His plan was adopted early in the following year.

Although Emperor Shêng-tsu was satisfied with the conservancy work on the river he was distressed by the extent of the damage in the flooded area of the lake region in central Kiangsu. On January 21, 1685, Yü Ch'êng-lung [q.v.] was placed in charge of the drainage of these areas, under the general supervision of Chin Fu. Yü favored the plan of deepening the beds of the streams to enable the water to flow to the sea; but Chin Fu, believing these areas to be below sea-level, recommended the construction of water gates at Kao-yu and Shao-po 邵伯, near Chiang-tu (Yangchow), and by means of dikes diverting the water to the sea by way of Hsing-hua. In order that both plans might be presented to the throne, Chin and Yü were summoned (November 19, 1685) to the capital. Upon their arrival in Peking about a month later they found that opinions at court were likewise divided. A commission headed by Samḥa 薩穆哈 (clan name 吳雅氏 d. 1704), and including T'ang Pin [q.v.], was appointed to ascertain the wishes of the people in the districts concerned. The commission made its report early in 1686, advising that both plans be dropped as impracticable. But on June 11, 1686 T'ang Pin, returning from the governorship of Kiangsu, had an audience with the emperor in which he described the seriousness of the flood in central Kiangsu and at the same time expressed a preference for Yü Ch'êng-lung's plan which Samḥa had opposed when he was head of the commission. Samha was in consequence dismissed and Sun Tsai-fêng (see under K'ung Shang-jên) was ordered to supervise the deepening of the rivers according to Yü's plan. Later Sun asserted that in order to carry out the project it was necessary to shut off the water gates on the Grand Canal south of Huai-an—a plan Chin at first strongly opposed but later assented to after attending an audience with the emperor early in 1687. But when Chin returned to his post he again made an intensive study of the problem, and with the help of Ch'ên Huang drafted a new plan for the release of the waters in central Kiangsu. This involved the construction of a new dike parallel to the one on the eastern shore of Lake Hung-tsê in order to divert the flood waters northward to Ch'ing-k'ou and southward to the Yangtze. His proposal was, however, again opposed by Yü Ch'êng-lung. Nevertheless, late in 1687, a commission headed by Fo-lun 佛倫 (clan name 舒穆祿氏, d. 1701) was appointed to study Chin's proposal. When the commission returned from its survey, early in 1688, the majority of its members reported in favor of Chin's plan, but action was delayed by the death of the Empress Dowager (Hsiao-chuang Wên Huang-hou, q.v.) on January 27, 1688. About a month later (February 24, 1688) Kuo Hsiu [q.v.] submitted a memorial denouncing Chin and Ch'ên Huang for inefficiency and for frustrating Yü's plan of deepening the river beds. Chin was further accused of forming a clique with Mingju [q.v.] and other high officials for corruption and mutual protection. In order to settle the dispute, once for all, a conference was called to meet in Peking on April 8 and 9, 1688, together with all those involved in the case, including Chin Fu, Yü Ch'êng-lung, Fo-lun, Sun Tsai-fêng, and Kuo Hsiu. On April 12 it was decided that Chin's new proposal be dropped and that Chin and Sun Tsai-fêng be dismissed. Ch'ên Huang was also deprived of his rank and was ordered to be imprisoned in Peking, but before the sentence could be carried out he fell ill and died.

In the meantime the Chung-ho 中河, a new canal constructed under the supervision of Chin Fu, was completed. Extending about 300 li parallel to the Yellow River north of Ch'ing-ho, it mitigated the danger to grain transport in that section of the Yellow River. The people were so benefited by the canal that Chin Fu's work was heralded as equal to that of Sung Li 宋禮 (T. 大本, d. 1422) and Ch'ên Hsüan 陳瑄 (T. 彥純, posthumous name 恭襄, 1365–1433), in the Ming period. Two imperial commissions were appointed to inspect the new canal, both of which reported that it facilitated grain transport and that the improvements made were excellent. Those who had opposed Chin's plan, including Yü Ch'êng-lung, were reprimanded; and Wang Hsin-ming 王新命 (T. 純嘏), Chin's successor, was ordered to follow closely Chin's system.

In the course of his second tour to South China in 1689 Emperor Shêng-tsu realized what acclaim Chin Fu's achievement had among the people. Hence upon his return to the capital (April 8, 1689) he ordered the restoration of Chin's official rank. In the ensuing three years he several times directed him to supervise conservancy projects and on March 18, 1692 reappointed Chin director-general of Yellow River Conservancy. Taking office April 30 he began to supervise the transport of grain along the Yellow River to famine-stricken areas in Shensi. On September 6 he fell ill at Ying-tsê, Honan, and died three months later. Early in 1693 he was given the posthumous name, Wên-hsiang 文襄, and later his name was entered in the Temple of Eminent Officials at Shan-yang (present Huai-an), Kiangsu. In 1707 he was given the additional posthumous rank of Grand Preceptor; and the minor hereditary rank of Ch'i-tu-yü was granted to his son, Chin Chih-yü 靳治豫, who in 1725 was appointed by Emperor Shih-tsung as assistant in the work of river control. On June 23, 1727, Chin Fu was posthumously given the rank of a president of the Board of Works. Two years later (March 6, 1729) Emperor Shih-tsung ordered Yin-chi-shan [q.v.], then governor of Kiangsu, to erect a temple at Ch'ing-chiang-p'u in honor of Chin Fu and Ch'i-su-lo (see under Kao Pin). When the Temple of Eminent Statesmen was completed (1730) in Peking, Chin Fu's name was among those there honored.

Two works by Chin Fu were copied into the Ssŭ-k'u Manuscript Library (see under Chi Yün): 靳文襄奏議 Chin Wên-hsiang tsou-i, 8 chüan, a collection of memorials to the throne compiled by his son, Chin Chih-yü; and 治河奏績書 Chih-ho tsou-chi shu, 4 chüan, a work on river control. An alleged dialogue between Chin Fu and Ch'ên Huang on problems of river control was prepared by a contemporary, Chang Ai-shêng 張靄生 (留埜), under the title 河防述言 Ho-fang shu-yen, 1 chüan. It, too, was copied into the Manuscript Library and was later reprinted in the 青照堂叢書 Ch'ing-chao t'ang ts'ung-shu (1835). The most significant work by Chin Fu himself on river conservancy is the 治河方略 Chih-ho fang-lüeh, 8 + 2 chüan, submitted to the throne in 1689 under its original title, Chih-ho shu (書), this title being altered by imperial edict in 1727. The Chih-ho fang-lüeh, however, was not printed until 1767 when it was re-edited by Ts'ui Ying-chieh 崔應階 (T. 吉升, d. ca. 1780) and published together with the above-mentioned Ho fang shu-yen and a work by Ch'ên Huang, entitled Ho-fang tsê-yao (摘要), 1 chüan. In 1799 the Chih-ho fang-lüeh was reprinted with serious omissions by Chin Fu's great-grandson, Chin Kuang-tou 靳光斗 (T. 煥章).

[1/285/4a; 2/8/31b; 3/155/1a; 4/75/1a, 76/11b; 7/5/18b; 9/7/19a; 11/26/1a; 18/5/1a; Hou Jên-chih 侯仁之 , 靳輔治河始末 Chin Fu chih-ho shih-mo in 史學年報 Shih-hsüeh nien-pao, vol. II, no. 3; Tung-hua lu, K'ang-hsi, passim.]

J. C. Yang

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靳輔，字紫垣，漢軍鑲黃旗人。順治九年，以官學生考授國史館編修，改內閣中書，遷兵部員外郎。康熙初，自郎中四遷內閣學士。十年，授安徽巡撫。疏請行溝田法，以十畝為一畘，二十畘為一溝。溝土累為道，道高溝低，澇則洩水，旱以灌田。會三藩亂起，不果行。部議裁驛站經費，輔疏請禁差員橫索、騷擾驛遞，歲終節存驛站、摃腳等項二十四萬有奇。上獎輔實心任事，加兵部尚書銜。

十六年，授河道總督。時河道久不治，歸仁隄、王家營、邢家口、古溝、翟家壩等處先後潰溢，高家堰決三十餘處，淮水全入運河，黃水逆上至清水潭，浸淫四出。碭山以東兩岸決口數十處，下河七州縣淹為大澤，清口涸為陸地。輔到官，周度形勢，博採輿論，為八疏同日上之：首議疏下流，自清江浦至雲梯關，於河身兩旁離水三丈，各挑引河一道，俟黃、淮下注，新舊河合為一，即以所挑土築兩岸大隄，南始白洋河，北始清河縣，並東至雲梯關。雲梯關至海口百里，近海二十里，潮大土濕，不能施工；餘八十里亦宜量加疏濬，築隄以束之，限二百日畢工，日用夫十二萬三千有奇。次議治上流淤墊，洪澤湖下流自高家堰西至清口，為全淮會黃之所。當於小河兩旁離水二十丈，各挑引河一道，分頭衝洗。次議培修七里墩、武家墩、高家墩、高良澗至周橋閘臨湖殘缺隄岸，下築坦坡，使水至平漫而上，順縮而下，不至怒激崩衝。隄一尺、坦坡五尺，夯杵堅實，種草其上。次議塞黃、淮各處決口，例用埽，費鉅且不耐久；求築土禦水之法，宜密下排樁，多加板纜，用蒲包裹土，麻繩縛而填之，費省而工固。次議閉通濟閘壩，濬清口至清水潭運河二百三十里，以所挑之土傾東西兩隄之外，西隄築為坦坡，東隄加培堅厚，次議規畫經費，都計需銀二百十四萬八千有奇。宜令直隸、江南、浙江、山東、江西、湖北各州縣預徵康熙二十年錢糧十之一，約二百萬。工成後，令淮、揚被水田畝納三錢至一錢；運河經過，商貨米豆石納二分，他貨物斤四分；並開武生納監事例，如數補還。次議裁併冗員，明定職守，并嚴河工處分，諱決視諱盜；兼請調用官吏，工成，與原屬河廳官吏並得優敘。次議工竣後，設河兵守隄，里設兵六名至二名，都計五千八百六十名。疏入，下廷議，以方軍興，復舉大工，役夫每日至十二萬餘，召募擾民，應先擇要修築。上命輔熟籌。

十七年，輔疏言：「以驢運土，可減募夫之半；初擬二百日畢工，今改為四百日，又可減募夫之半。」河工故事，大隄謂之「遙隄」，隄內復為隄逼水，謂之「縷隄」，兩隄間為橫隄，謂之「格隄」。輔疏請就原估土方加築縷隄，有餘量增格隄，南自白洋河，北自清河，上至徐州，視此興築。餘並如前議。疏入，復下廷議，允行。

上諭以治河大事，當動正項錢糧。輔疏言：「前議黃河兩岸分築遙、縷二隄，勘有舊隄貼近河身，擬作為縷隄，其外更築遙隄。前議用驢運土，今議改車運。前議離隄三十丈內不許取土，今因宿遷、桃源等縣人弱工多，改令二十丈外取土。前議河身兩旁各挑引河一道，今以工費浩繁，除清河北岸淺工必須挑濬。餘俱用鐵掃帚濬深河底。」下部議，從之。

是歲吳三桂死，上趣諸將帥進兵，輔欲節帑佐軍，又以興工後需費溢出原估，均頗改前議，先開清口引河四道，塞高家堰、王家岡、武家墩諸決口，築隄束水。如所議施行。顧下流未大治，伏秋盛漲，水溢出隄上，復決碭山石將軍廟、蕭縣九里溝。輔乃議設減水壩，於蕭、碭、宿遷、桃源、清河諸縣河南北兩岸為壩十三，壩七洞，水盛藉以宣洩。輔復察清口淮、黃交會，黃漲侵灌運河，乃自新莊閘西南開新河至太平壩；又自文華寺開新河至七里閘，復折向西南，亦至太平壩；改以七里閘為運口，由武家墩爛泥淺轉入黃河。運口距黃、淮交會處約十里，自此無淤墊之患。疏報，並議行。輔勘清水潭決口屢塞屢衝，乃棄深就淺，築東西長隄二道，並挑新河八百四十丈，疏積水。山陽、高郵等七州縣民田，至是皆出水可耕。

十八年，輔疏報，並請名新河曰永安河，報聞。翟家壩淮河決口成支河九道，輔飭淮揚道副使劉國靖等督堵塞，至是工竟，輔詣勘疏報，並言：「山陽、寶應、高郵、江都四州縣瀦水諸湖，逐漸涸出。臣今廣為招墾，俾增賦足民，上下均利。」屯田之議自此起。

漕船自七里閘出口，行駱馬湖達窯灣。夏秋盛漲，冬春水涸，重運多阻。輔議濬湖旁皁河故道，上接泇河通運。疏入，下廷議，上問諸臣意若何，左都御史魏象樞曰：「輔請大修黃河，上發帑二百五十一萬，計一勞永逸。前奏隄壩已築十之七，今又欲別開河道，所謂一勞永逸者安在？臣等慮漕運有阻，故議從其請。」上曰：「象樞言良是。河雖開，必上流浩瀚，方免淤滯。今雨少水涸，恐未必有濟。即已成諸工，亦以旱易修，豈得恃為永固耶？」十九年五月，輔丁憂，命在任守制。秋，河復決，輔疏請處分，上趣輔修築。二十年三月，輔疏言：「臣前請大修黃河，限三年水歸故道。今限滿，水未歸故道，請處分。」下部議，當奪官，上命戴罪督修。

二十一年五月，上遣尚書伊桑阿、侍郎宋文運、給事中王曰溫、御史伊喇喀勘工。候補布政使崔維雅奏上所著書，議盡罷輔所行減水壩諸法，大興工，日役夫四十萬，築隄以十二丈為率。上命從伊桑阿等往與輔議之。伊桑阿等遍勘諸工，至徐州，令輔與維雅議，輔疏言：「河道全局已成十八九。蕭家渡雖有決口，而海口大闢，下流疏通，腹心之害已除。斷不宜有所更張，隳成功，釀後患。」伊桑阿等還京師，下廷議，工部尚書薩穆哈等請以蕭家渡決口責輔賠修，上以賠修非輔所能任，未允；又議維雅條奏，伊桑阿請召輔詢之。十一月，輔入對，言蕭家渡工來歲正月當竟，維雅所議日用夫四十萬、築隄以十二丈為率，皆不可行。維雅議乃寢。上命塞決口，仍動正項錢糧。二十二年四月，輔疏報蕭家渡合龍，河歸故道，大溜直下，七里溝等四十餘處險汛日加，並天妃壩、王公隄及運河閘座，均應修築。別疏請飭河南巡撫修築開封、歸德兩府境河隄，防上流疏失。上均如所請。十二月，命復輔官。

二十三年十月，上南巡，閱河北岸諸工，諭輔曰：「蕭家渡隄壩當培薄增卑，隨時修築。減水壩原用以洩水，遇泛溢橫流，安知今日減水壩不為他年之決口？且減水旁流，浸灌民田，朕心深不忍。當籌畫措置。」上見隄夫作苦，駐轡慰勞久之，諭輔戒官役侵蝕工食。復視天妃閘，諭輔宜改草壩，並另設七里、太平二閘殺水勢。舟過高郵，見田廬在水中，惻然愍念。遣尚書伊桑阿、薩穆哈察視海口。還蹕，復閱高家堰，至清口，閱黃河南岸諸工，諭輔運口當添建閘座，防黃水倒灌；復召輔入行宮慰諭，書閱河堤詩賜之。

輔以上念減水淹民，因議於宿遷、桃源、清河三縣黃河北岸隄內開新河，謂之中河。於清河西仲家莊建閘，引攔馬河減水壩所洩水入中河。漕船初出清口浮於河，至張莊運口，中河成，得自清口截流，逕渡北岸，度仲家莊閘，免黃河一百八十里之險。伊桑阿等還奏，議疏濬車路、串場諸河至白駒、丁溪、草堰諸口，引高郵等處減水壩所洩水入海。上命安徽按察使于成龍董其事，仍受輔節制，奏事由輔疏報。

二十四年正月，輔疏請徐州迤上毛城鋪、王家山諸處增建減水閘，下廷議。上諭減水閘益河工無益百姓，不可不熟計，命遣官與輔詳議，若分水不致多損民田，即令興工。九月，輔疏報赴河南勘黃河兩岸，請築考城、儀封、封丘、滎澤隄埽，下部議行。成龍議疏海口洩積水，輔謂下河地卑於海五尺，疏海口引潮內侵，害滋大；議自高郵東車邏鎮築隄，歷興化白駒場，束所洩水入海，隄內涸出田畝，丈量還民，餘招民屯墾，取田價償工費。疏聞，上謂取田價恐累民，未即許。

尋召輔、成龍馳驛詣京師廷議，成龍議開海口故道，輔仍主築長隄高一丈五尺，束水敵海潮。大學士、九卿從輔議，通政使參議成其範、給事中王又旦、御史錢珏從成龍議，議不決。上命宣問下河諸州縣人官京師者，侍讀寶應喬萊等乃言：「從成龍議，工易成，百姓有利無害；從輔議，工難成，百姓田廬墳墓多傷損，且隄高一丈五尺，束水至一丈，高於民居，伏秋潰決，為害不可勝言。」上頗右成龍，遣尚書薩穆哈、學士穆稱額詣淮安會漕督徐旭齡、巡撫湯斌詳勘。二十五年正月，薩穆哈等還奏，謂民間皆言濬海口無益。尋授成龍直隸巡撫，罷濬海口議。四月，召斌為尚書，入對，上復舉其事以問，斌言濬海口必有益於民。上責薩穆哈、穆稱額還京時不以實奏，奪官。召大學士九卿及萊等定議濬海口，發帑二十萬，命侍郎孫在豐董其役。 工部劾輔治河已九年，無成功。上曰：「河務甚難，而輔易視之。若遽議處，後任者益難為力，今姑寬之，仍責令督修。」二十六年，輔疏言：「運隄減水以下河為壑，東即大海，濬海口似可紓水患；惟泰州安豐、東臺、鹽城諸縣地勢甚卑，形如釜底，若止就此挑濬，徒增其深。淮流甚漲，高家堰洩水洶湧而來，仍不能救民田之淹沒。臣以為杜患於流，不若杜患於源。高家堰隄外直東為下河，東北為清口，當自翟家壩起至高家堰築重隄萬六千丈，束減水北出清口，則洪澤湖不復東淹下河。下河十餘萬頃皆成沃產，而高、寶諸湖涸出田畝，可招民屯墾，以裕河庫。」上使以輔疏示成龍，成龍仍言下河宜開，重隄不宜築。上遣尚書佛倫，侍郎熊一瀟，給事中達奇納、趙吉士與總督董訥，總漕慕天顏會勘。佛倫等皆欲用輔議，天顏、在豐與相左。佛倫等還奏，下廷議，會太皇太后崩，議未上。

二十七年春，給事中劉楷，御史郭琇、陸祖修交章論輔，琇辭連輔幕客陳潢，祖修請罷輔，至以舜殛鯀為比；天顏、在豐亦疏論屯田累民，及輔阻撓開濬下河狀。琇旋劾大學士明珠等，語復及輔。輔入覲，亦疏訐成龍、天顏、在豐等朋比謀陷害。上曰：「輔為總河，挑河築隄，漕運無誤，不可謂無功；但屯田、下河二事，亦難逃罪。近因被劾，論其過者甚多。人窮則呼天，輔若不陳辨朕前，復何所控告耶？」三月，上御乾清門，召輔與成龍、琇等廷辨，輔、成龍各持所見不相下。琇言輔屯田害民，輔言屬吏奉行不善致民怨，因引咎，坐罷，以王新命代，佛倫、訥、在豐、達奇納皆左遷，天顏、吉士並奪官，陳潢亦坐譴。

時中河工初竣，上遣學士開音布、侍衛馬武往勘，還奏中河商賈舟楫不絕。上諭廷臣曰：「前者于成龍奏河道為靳輔所壞，今開音布等還奏，數年未嘗衝決，漕運亦不誤。若謂輔治河全無所裨，微特輔不服，即朕亦不愜。」因遣尚書張玉書、圖納，左都御史馬齊，侍郎成其範、徐廷璽閱工，遍察輔所繕治，孰為當改，孰為不當改，詳勘具奏。玉書等還言河身漸次刷深，黃水汎溜入海，兩岸閘壩有應循舊者，有應移改者，多守輔舊規。

十一月，上遣尚書蘇赫等閱通州運河，命輔偕往，請於沙河建閘蓄水，通州下流築隄束水，從之。二十八年正月，上南巡閱河，輔扈行。閱中河，上慮逼近黃河，水漲隄潰；輔對若加築遙隄即無患。還京師，諭獎輔所繕治河深隄固，命還舊秩。二十九年，漕運總督董訥以北運河水淺，擬盡引南旺河水北流；倉場侍郎開音布復疏請濬北運河。上諮輔，言南旺河水盡北流，南河必水淺，惟從北河兩旁下埽束水，自可濟運。上命偕開音布董理。

三十一年，王新命坐事罷，上曰：「朕聽政後，以三藩及河務、漕運為三大事，書宮中柱上。河務不得其人，必誤漕運。及輔未甚老而用之，亦得紓數年之慮。」令仍為河道總督，輔以衰弱辭，命順天府丞徐廷璽為協理。會陝西西安、鳳翔災，上命留江北漕糧二十萬石，自黃河運蒲州。輔疏言水道止可至孟津，親詣督運，上嘉之。輔疏請就高家堰運料小河培隄使高廣，中河加築遙隄，並增建四閘，堵塞張莊舊運口，皆前此繕治所未竟者。別疏請復陳潢官，並起用熊一瀟、達奇納、趙吉士。輔病劇，再疏乞解任，命內大臣明珠往視，傳諭調治。十一月，卒，賜祭葬，諡文襄。三十五年，允江南士民請，建祠河干。四十六年，追贈太子太保，予拜他喇布勒哈番世職。雍正五年，復加工部尚書。

子治豫，襲職。世宗以其侍父在官，知河務，命自副參領加工部侍郎銜，協理江南河工。