蒋溥，雍正八年（1730）中二甲第一名进士后，改庶吉士，入南书房，受封为一等轻车都尉。后先后担任翰林院编修、侍讲、左春坊庶子和侍讲学士等职。乾隆四年（1739），蒋溥担任会试同考官，还没有结束，就出任内阁学士，不久又升为吏部侍郎兼刑部侍郎。乾隆七年（1742），蒋溥担任经筵讲官，不久署理湖南巡抚。

史书上记载了蒋溥很多政绩。蒋溥在任湖南巡抚时，提倡蚕丝业。此前湖南地方不知道养蚕之法。蒋溥到达时，长沙一带到处都有野蚕在树上做茧，大的像鸡卵，却没人加以利用。蒋溥就叫人利用这些茧抽丝，每颗茧多的可以抽出数铢的丝（古代重量单位二十四铢为一两）。于是，蒋溥下令让当地老百姓广泛收集，并教习乡民养蚕练丝的方法。第二年，当地蚕丝业大兴，促进了当地经济的发展。

当时，湖南省标准货币（即“制钱”）一直缺乏，民间私自铸钱的现象非常严重，钱币薄而且小，份量不足，官府严禁不止。蒋溥注意到当地辰州、永州的山谷里盛产铜矿，让人去采样，发现可以炼铜。于是他上奏朝廷批准，设炉开局，铸造铜钱。同时，他还派人购进贵州、广东等省多余的铜，大量储存，以备不足。铜钱大量铸出后，他按实际发生的费用配拨各部门，剩下的发到市场平卖。本地市场日常流通用的非标准小钱，也都用官钱更换，回炉统一铸制。这样，私自铸钱的风气就从此自然而然的止住了。

洞庭湖边的文洲，旧时属于政府所有。但随着时间推移，本地势力之家都争相抢夺，占为私产，用来种茭、养鱼，获利十分丰厚，也因此经常发生争执的纠纷。蒋溥亲自前往勘察，筑堤防固，把肥沃的万余亩田分给贫民耕种，并规定三年之后开始征税，此后争执渐渐停息。

岳麓有南轩书院，年久失修，蒋溥命人重新整修，并奏请乾隆皇帝书“道南正脉”匾额悬挂在讲堂上，同时延请有名望的人讲学，择选优秀的人进学堂读书，文风大盛，为世称道。

乾隆九年（1744），蒋溥入朝为吏部侍郎，军机处行走。乾隆十三年（1748），他充当会试总裁，进户部尚书，加太子少保。乾隆十八年（1753年）七月，淮扬发生水灾，皇帝下诏截留江苏漕米四十万石，加上本年秋拨银两用来赈济。蒋溥考虑到秋拨册档到部的时间比较晚，于是请求将春拨留下的，用来帮助邻省的款项先尽本省用，保证了赈务没有出差错。不久蒋溥兼署礼部尚书、协办大学士，掌翰林事。乾隆二十四年（1759年）正月，蒋溥晋升东阁大学士兼户部尚书，次年又担任会试总裁。当时他已抱病在身，并日渐加剧，乾隆皇帝十分关心他的健康状况，曾经多次亲临探视。乾隆二十六年（1761）四月，病逝于任上。

蒋溥去世后，乾隆皇帝亲临祭奠，十分哀恸，悲感万分，加赠蒋溥太子太保，入祀贤良祠并礼乡贤祠。谥曰文恪。乾隆皇帝南巡时，追念蒋溥，多次派人到墓地祭奠。蒋溥还是蒋派花鸟画艺术的重要代表。他的花鸟画得其家传，随意布置，多饶生趣。树石小帧，墨气清逸，灵秀之致，毕集毫端。雍正皇帝曾经在蒋溥的画作上题诗“师承家法闲图出，右相丹青有后生”。

 《月中桂兔图》轴，清乾隆，蒋溥绘，纸本，设色，纵99.3cm，横43.5cm。

本幅自识：“臣蒋溥恭绘。”下钤：“臣”、“溥”朱文方印。下裱工钤有古物陈列所藏印：“宝蕴楼书画续录”朱文方印。按乾隆皇帝御题可知，该作品绘于乾隆二十三年（1758年）中秋。上、下诗堂有乾隆皇帝、刘统勋、董邦达、刘纶、介福五家题诗，以及蒋溥自题诗。

蒋溥自题：“宸襟拈句发清芳，惭愧濡毫数点黄。恰遇山庄开寿宴，兔轮初上碧天凉。臣蒋溥恭和。”下钤：“臣”、“溥”朱文方印。

乾隆皇帝御题：“秋暖无端迟桂芳，缀枝初折几苞黄。玉㕙静守冰轮朗，画出人间满意凉。戊寅中秋御题。”下钤“乾”朱文方印、“隆”白文方印。

刘统勋题：“蕊珠颗颗领秋芳，风露连宵色染黄。驻景不烦寻玉杵，冰轮影现永清凉。臣刘统勋恭和。”下钤“歌咏太平”白文长方印。

董邦达题：“广寒高处落秾芳，颖暎金枝浥露黄。正是敷天开寿域，重轮无际一天凉。臣董邦达恭和。”下钤“邦”白文方印、“达”朱文方印。

刘纶题：“一株玉宇领巌芳，顾腹祥占抱珥黄。天咏题成广寒谱，云璈合与奏新凉。臣刘纶恭和。”下钤“臣”、“纶”白文方印。

介福题：“玉兔爰爰守桂芳，金波湛湛着花黄。普天恰祝如恒寿，风露先披上苑凉。臣介福恭和。”下钤“介福”白文方印。

此图以墨笔绘圆月，月中玉兔以干笔写皮毛，焦墨点睛，形象生动可爱。桂树以墨笔绘枝、叶，笔法细腻老道。桂花以桔黄色点染，其温暖的色调为冷月寒宫增添了几许暖意。全图布局紧凑，色墨运用巧妙，极富情趣。画作题诗中“冰轮”、“兔轮”、“广寒”、“重轮”等语，皆为月亮与玉兔的隐喻，以诗歌的形式烘托画面主题，从而巧妙的将诗、书、画三者紧密结合，把月中玉兔、桂树的优美传说演绎的美轮美奂，实为一件精美的风俗画作品。此幅上除了蒋溥的画及自题诗外，还有乾隆皇帝的御制诗和刘统勋、董邦达等大臣的应和诗，从中可见乾隆皇帝对汉民族传统习俗的承袭，和他与臣僚之间以诗画共度中秋的雅集场景。

 蒋溥，字质甫。雍正七年，赐举人。八年，进士，改庶吉士，直南书房，袭世职。廷锡卒，溥奉丧归，命葬毕即还京供职。十一年，授编修。四迁内阁学士。

乾隆五年，授吏部侍郎。疏言：“凡条奏发九卿会议，主稿衙门酌定准驳。会议日，书吏诵稿以待商度，其中原委曲折，一时难尽。请於会议前二日将议稿传钞，俾得详勘畅言。至命、盗案，刑部例不先

 定稿，俟议时平决；不关命、盗各案，亦宜先期传知，庶为审慎。”下部议，如所请。八年，授湖南巡抚。九年，疏言：“永顺及永绥、乾州、凤凰诸处苗民贪暴之习未除，城步、绥宁尤多狡恶。臣整饬武备，渐知守法。”谕曰：“驭苗以不扰为要，次则使知兵威不敢犯。此奏得之。”旋劾按察使明德不详鞫盗案，夺官；驿盐道谢济世老病，休致。给事中胡定奏请湖南滨湖荒土，劝民修筑开垦，令溥察议。溥奏言：“近年湖滨淤地，筑垦殆遍。奔湍束为细流，洲渚悉加堵截，常有冲决之虑。沅江万子湖、湘阴文洲围，士民请修筑开垦。臣亲往履勘，文洲围倚山面江，四围俱有旧堤，已议举行。万子湖广袤八十馀里，四面受水，费大难筑，并於上下游水利有碍。臣以为湖地垦筑已多，当防湖患，不可有意劝垦。”上韪之。

十年，授吏部侍郎、军机处行走。十三年，擢户部尚书，命专治部事。十五年，加太子少保。十八年，命协办大学士，兼礼部尚书，掌翰林院事。二十年，兼署吏部尚书。二十四年，授东阁大学士，兼领户部。二十六年，溥病，上亲临视。及卒，复亲临奠。赠太子太保，发帑治丧，赐祭葬，谥文恪。

子檙，进士。自编修累迁兵部侍郎；赐棨，初授云南楚雄知府，再至户部侍郎。并坐事夺官，左授光禄寺卿。复夺官，以世职守护裕陵。

 Jiang Pu (1708-1761), the eldest son of Jiang Tingxi, a scholar of the university, is known as Hengxuan, a Changshu of Jiangsu Province, a minister of the Qing Dynasty, a painter, and a good painter of flowers. Yongzheng was the first Jinshi in the 8th year of Yongzheng Dynasty. He went to Dongge University as a bachelor and household secretary. Being generous and alert, he served meticulously and diligently in government affairs after taking office. He was an important minister in the Qianlong period and an important representative of Jiang's flower and bird painting art.

In April, 1761, Emperor Qianlong died of illness. Emperor Qianlong paid a personal memorial service to Taibao, Prince of the Emperor of the Qianlong Dynasty.

Jiang Pu, the first scholar in Yongzheng's eighth year (1730), was awarded a first-class light vehicle captain after he changed to an ordinary scholar and entered the South study. He has successively served as editor, lecturer, Zuo Chunfang commoner and lecturer of Hanlin Academy. In the fourth year of Qianlong (1739), Jiang Pu served as the co-examiner for the general examination. Before he finished, he became a Bachelor of cabinet, and soon became a waiter of the official department and a waiter of the Ministry of Criminal Justice. In the seventh year of Qianlong reign (1742), Jiang Pu served as a lecturer of Jingyan and soon acted as governor of Hunan Province.

Many achievements of Jiang Pu have been recorded in historical books. When Jiang Pu was governor of Hunan Province, he advocated silk industry. Before that, Hunan did not know how to raise silkworms. When Jiang Pu arrived, wild silkworms made cocoons on trees all over Changsha. They were big like chicken eggs, but nobody used them. Jiang Pu asked people to use these cocoons to draw silk, each cocoon can extract several baht of silk (ancient unit of weight 24 baht for one or two). Therefore, Jiang Pu ordered the local people to collect widely and to teach the villagers how to raise silk and practice silk. In the second year, the local silk industry was booming, which promoted the development of the local economy.

At that time, the standard currency of Hunan Province (i.e. "money-making") had been lacking. The phenomenon of private money-making was very serious. The money was small and insufficient, and the Government prohibited it. Jiang Pu noticed that there were abundant copper deposits in the valleys of Chenzhou and Yongzhou. So he went up to play the court and approved it. He set up a furnace and started casting copper coins. At the same time, he also sent people to buy extra copper in Guizhou, Guangdong and other provinces, a large number of storage, in case of inadequate. After a large amount of copper money was cast, he allocated the departments according to the actual cost, and the rest was sold on the market. Non-standard small money for daily circulation in the local market is also replaced with official money, which is uniformly cast in the furnace. In this way, the custom of making money by oneself has naturally stopped.

Wenzhou, on the edge of Dongting Lake, was owned by the government in the old days. But as time went on, the local power houses competed for private property to grow stubble and fish. The profits were very rich, and disputes often arose. Jiang Pu personally went to investigate, built embankments, allocated more than 10,000 mu of fertile land to the poor for cultivation, and stipulated that taxes should be levied three years later, and the dispute gradually ceased.

Yuelu has Nanxuan Academy, which is in disrepair for a long time. Jiang Pu ordered people to renovate it. He also asked the plaque of Emperor Qianlong's book "Daonan Zhengmai" to hang in the lecture hall. At the same time, he invited renowned people to lecture and select excellent people to study in the school. It has a great literary style and is praised all over the world.

In the ninth year of Qianlong (1744), Jiang Pu entered the dynasty as an official waiter and walked in the military aircraft. In the thirteenth year of Emperor Qianlong (1748), he served as the president of the interview, went to the household office to publish books, and added Prince Shao Bao. In July of 1753, the eighteenth year of Qianlong, Huaiyang suffered from floods. The emperor ordered the interception of 400,000 stones of rice in Jiangsu Province, together with the allocation of silver this autumn for relief. Considering the late arrival of the autumn album files, Jiang Pu requested that the funds left by the spring album be used to help the neighboring provinces to make the best use of their own funds, so as to ensure that there were no errors in relief work. Not long after, Jiang Pu concurrently took charge of the affairs of Hanlin. In the first month of Qianlong's twenty-four years (1759), Jiang Pu was promoted to a Bachelor of Dongge University and a household secretary, and then became president of the conference examination the following year. At that time, he was already sick and getting worse and worse. Emperor Qianlong was very concerned about his health and had visited him many times. In April, 1761, Emperor Qianlong died of illness.

After the death of Jiang Pu, Emperor Qianlong came to pay a memorial service. He was very sad and very sad. He also presented Taibao, Prince Jiang Pu, to worship the ancestral hall of virtue and to worship the ancestral hall of Xianxiang. The language is strict. When Emperor Qianlong visited the south, he remembered Jiang Pu and sent people to the cemetery many times to pay homage. Jiang Pu is also an important representative of Jiang's flower and bird painting art. His flowers and birds are painted by his family, arranged at will, and interesting. Small frames of trees and stones, elegant ink, clever and beautiful, Biji milli-terminal. Emperor Yongzheng once inscribed poems on Jiang Pu's paintings: "Teachers and Chengjiafa draw idly, right-handed Danqing has descendants".