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卷四十八

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錢若水,字淡成,一字長卿,河南新安人。父文敏,為官有風節。若水幼聰悟,十歲能屬文。雍熈中舉進士,授同州觀察推官。以辨小女奴獄平,反得情知州,欲奏論其功,若水固辭曰:「若水但求人不寃耳。論功非本心也」。淳化初,寇準掌選,薦五人文學髙第,召試翰林,若水最優,擢秘書丞,累官翰林學士。嘗草賜趙保忠詔》云:「不斬繼遷,存狡兎之三窟。潛疑光嗣,持首䑕之兩端。太宗覽之甚悅。至道初,以右諫議大夫、同知樞密院事李繼隆與轉運使盧之翰有隙,欲陷之,乃期八月出塞,令辦芻粟調發。方集復言八月不利出師,更待十月運司散芻粟,復檄進軍,即日取辦芻粟,而倉卒不可復集,繼隆遂奏之。太宗大怒,立命中使驛取盧之翰、竇玭等首,兩府皆不敢言,惟若水爭之,帝拂衣起入禁中,若水留廷中不去。久之,帝出詰曰:「朕所以擢用,以爾為賢,乃不才如是耶?」對曰:陛下不知臣無狀,使待罪二府,臣嘗竭愚慮,不避死亡,補益陛下以報厚恩。李繼隆外戚貴重莫比,陛下據其一幅,奏書誅三轉運使,雖有罪,天下何由知之?鞫騐明白加誅,亦何晚焉。獻可替否,死以守之。臣之常分,臣未獲死,固不敢退」。帝意解,呂端等因請如若水議,先令責狀,許之。旣而事皆虛誕,繼隆坐貶。初,呂䝉正罷相,帝謂左右曰:「䝉正布衣,朕擢至宰相,今罷退,想目穿望復位矣」。及劉昌言罷,帝問趙鎔等曰:「頻見昌言否?」鎔等曰:「見之」。帝曰:「涕泣否?」曰:「與臣等談,多至流涕」。若水曰:「昌言實未嘗涕泣,鎔等迎合上意耳」。若水因念上待輔臣如此,葢未有秉節高邁,不貪名勢,能全進退之道,以感動人主者,遂將以滿歲移疾,㑹太宗晏駕,不果上。真宗即位數月,即以母老上章,求解機務,詔不許,若水請益堅,遂以本官充集賢院學士、判院事,詔修《太宗實錄》,成八十卷,判吏部流內銓,從幸大名,若水陳禦敵安邊之策,其禦敵策曰:「傅潛領雄師數萬,閉門不出,坐視邊冦俘掠生民,上孤委注之恩,下挫鋭師之氣,葢朝廷未能用法使然也。今若加法于潛,然後擢如楊延朗、楊嗣者五七人,增其爵秩,分授兵柄,使將萬人,間以強弩,分路討除,孰敢不用命哉?其安邊策曰:太祖朝制置最得其宜,其時郭進在邢州,李漢超在關南,何繼筠在鎮定,賀惟忠在易州,李謙溥在隰州,姚內斌在慶州,董遵誨在通逺軍,王彥昇在原州,但授緣邊廵檢之名,不加行營部署之號,率皆十餘年不易其任,立邊功者厚加賞賚,位皆不至觀察使,葢位不高則朝廷易制,任不易則邊事盡知,然後授以聖謀,來則掩殺,去則勿追,所以十七年中,北邊、西蕃不敢犯塞,以至屢使乞和,此皆陛下之所知也。茍能遵太祖故事,慎擇名臣,分理邊郡,罷部署之號,使不相統轄,置廵檢之名,俾遞相救應,如此則出必擊冦,入則守城,不數年間,邊烽罷警矣。知開封府陳備邊五策:一曰擇郡守,二曰募鄉兵,三曰積芻粟,四曰革將帥,五曰明賞罰。改知天雄軍。時言事者請城綏州,以備党項邊城互言利害不能決,詔若水馳往視之,若水上言:綏州頃為內地,民賦登集,尚須旁郡轉餉。自賜地趙保忠以來,人戶凋殘,若復城之,卽須增戍,芻糧之給,全仰河東,其地隔越黃河、鐵碣二山,無定河在其城下,緩急用兵,輸送艱阻。且其地險,若修葺未完,邊冦奔衝,難于固守,況城邑焚毀,片瓦不存,所過山林,材木匱乏,城之甚勞,未見其利」。上嘉納之,遂罷役。初,若水率衆過河,分布軍伍,咸有節制,深為戌將推服,帝謂左右曰:「若水,儒臣中知兵者也」。是秋,遣廵撫陜西緣邊諸郡,令便宜制置。還,拜鄧州觀察使、并代經畧使、知并州事。六年春,以疾歸京師,卒,年四十四,贈戶部尚書。若水美風神,有器識,能斷大事,事繼母以孝聞。雅善談論,輕財好施,所至推誠待物,委任僚佐,總其綱領,無不稱治,汲引後進,推賢重士,襟度豁如也。有集二十卷。初,若水為舉子時,見陳摶于華山,有一方,外人熟視若水,曰:「急流勇退人也」。後若水為樞密副使致仕,年未四十,云論曰:若水之才,雖未究其用,然其清勁正直,終始無瑕玷。是時宋初開國,節義之風未振,如若水者,顧安可少也。至于爭盧之翰事,尤關國體,洞曉邊務,規畫可施而行。帝以為儒臣知兵,信夫。

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