Bai Minzhong ruled Chengdu in the Tang Dynasty and began to dredge the ditches around the streets. The source of other small ditches cannot be verified. The tributaries are separated but the main streams are connected, and they flow to the big ditch together. After a long time, we slacked off (management) and the river was blocked. In the winter of Daguan Dinghai, my father is guarding Shu, and the streets of Chengdu are full of sewage. In the spring of Wuzi, people began to pay attention to the important task of dredging field waterways, and residents were happy to prepare dustpans and wait for dredging rivers.
Shallow people without foresight in the village criticized: "What can we do if we just dig and dredge ditches and the accumulated silt blocks the smooth road?" Father didn't stop digging ditches because of these comments. After the mud was dug out of the ditch, the people rushed to choose the land for fertilization, and there was nothing left on the road. In the autumn rain, people no longer complain about the muddy roads.
Scholars who praise together are mostly people who have talked about gossip before. Thirty years later, I held the same office as my father, and it was late spring. It rains heavily in summer, and the ditches in the city are flooded, so there is no place to store the flood. The levee outside the city has long been in disrepair. At night, the river overflowed at the west gate and poured into the city. Two streams of water meet inside and outside the city, rising tide lifts all boats to form waves and rapids, and residents all run to Gaotu Mountain (to avoid floods).
Moreover, there was a great plague at the turn of spring and summer, and most residents died of illness, which was considered to be caused by pollution and evaporation of dirty things. In the early spring of the following year, I followed the law of the Year of Wuzi (digging ditches in the city). Chinese people knew the convenience of digging ditches in the past and had no other comments. At the same time, build the outer dike of Daximen, draw the river into the city, and build three Doumen to control the water flow. There used to be a pool, and the water was getting deeper and deeper every day. Pedestrians accidentally step into the pool, and people drown every year.
Dig this pool, scoop up the full water in the pool, pour it into a big ditch, and build a short wall to protect the embankment, and such a disaster will be eliminated. This year, the plague stopped, the rainy season came in summer and autumn, and there was no muddy water on the road, so the people of China were happier. Dredging ditches and waterways without blocking obstacles is an urgent task for people to be good at governing.
A ditch in the town is like a man with a pulse. If there is a little blockage, the whole body will get sick. Control the fruit according to the drawing, then even the smallest things will accumulate and stay. I drew a road map of ditches for the next official. If any official intends to cater to public opinion, this picture is really convincing, which will be verified.
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