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Chapter 227 Understanding Wang Anshi in one minute ([-])

[When talking about the Song Dynasty, you have to mention Wang Anshi.

Some people say that he was the culprit of the Jingkang Disgrace, and that he was the one who caused the Jin people to attack Bianliang in the Northern Song Dynasty.

Some people say that if his reforms are successful, he will be like Shang Yang of the Qin Dynasty, allowing the Song Dynasty to completely rise.

Wang Anshi was born in the fifth year of Emperor Zhenzong's reign in the Song Dynasty. Throughout his childhood and adolescence, he followed his father to travel around the world, getting in touch with reality and experiencing the sufferings of the people.

In March of the second year of Qingli, Wang Anshi became the fourth Jinshi.

After that, Wang Anshi served as the judge of Huainan Jiedu.

This is a low-level position, which also allows him to have a more realistic understanding of the sufferings of the people and social reality.

It was also at this time that he understood the shortcomings of the Song Dynasty and began to think about how to change the country.

In the third year of Jiayou's reign, Wang Anshi went to Beijing to report on his duties and wrote a book about the life of Emperor Renzong that was written tens of thousands times.

He summarized his many years of experience as a local official, pointed out the reality of poverty and weakness in the country, and systematically proposed reforms, hoping to reverse the situation of poverty and weakness.

It's just a pity that Song Renzong did not adopt his ideas, and his ideas were not adopted until the Song Shenzong period.

In the second year of Xining, Shenzong appointed Wang Anshi as the counselor of political affairs, implemented the New Deal, and enabled Wang Anshi's reforms.

However, Wang Anshi's reform methods were too radical and inappropriate, and were strongly opposed by many conservative officials. The two groups who supported and opposed the reform launched fierce debates and struggles.

In the spring of the seventh year of the Ximing Dynasty, there was a severe drought, the people were displaced, and the society was in turmoil.

Many ministers took the opportunity to express their dissatisfaction and strongly suggested that Wang Anshi's position as prime minister should be abolished.

The two empress dowagers also cried to Shenzong that Wang Anshi's misbehavior had caused chaos in the world. Under pressure, Shenzong abolished Wang Anshi's position as prime minister.

Although it was reused later, it did not last long.

After Shenzong died and Zhezong ascended the throne, Empress Dowager Gao listened behind the curtain, appointed the conservative Sima Guang as prime minister, completely negated the new law, and also began to negate and criticize Wang Anshi's academics.

It can be said that Wang Anshi's reform ultimately ended in failure. 】

political reform?

Countless people from all dynasties trembled when they saw these two words.

Although they don't know whether this word is good or bad for the country, for them, whenever the country changes, it is when those officials deprive them of it.

They can always use the name of the court to plunder their property in disguise.

Their biggest hope is that their lives will be trouble-free, and they do not want this reform to be implemented on their heads.

After all, they have never received any benefits and are just cannon fodder in countless reforms.

Scholars from all dynasties saw Wang Anshi's reforms on the sky screen, and they wanted to know the contents of Wang Anshi's reforms.

After all, China has had reforms since ancient times, regardless of Shang Yang's reforms.

Whether it is Li Kui's reform in Wei, Wu Qi's reform in Chu, Zou Ji's reform in Qi, Shen Buhu's reform in Korea, Shang Yang's reform in Qin, Wang Mang's reform in Han Dynasty, Wang Anshi's reform in Song Dynasty, Zhang Juzheng's reform in Ming Dynasty Reform, the Qing Dynasty’s Reform Movement of [-] and other reforms.

They all hope that the country will be strong, but not many of them actually succeed.

Not only because of the immaturity of the reform, but also because some people did not meet the enlightened master, so their reform was finally shaken.

However, when they saw the results of Wang Anshi's reforms, they sighed.

After all, reform is never easy, even when one person is working against the entire court.

Of course, this cannot be said to be who is right or wrong. It is more about the fact that this reform seems to be beneficial to the country.

Qin Dynasty. Qin Shihuang watched the video on the sky screen and saw the results of Wang Anshi's reforms in the Song Dynasty. He was also full of disappointment.

It was because of Shang Yang's reforms that the Great Qin Dynasty gradually became stronger, laying the foundation for him to unify the six countries.

It's just that his changes offended the interests of those nobles, and in the end he could only die from a broken car.

However, with such a lesson learned from the past, Wang Anshi was still able to carry out reforms, which shows that he risked his own death.

However, what may make Wang Anshi even more sad is that all his reforms were completely overturned.

The Song Dynasty, which failed in such a reform, would definitely be severely damaged, and countless people would be more likely to lose their homes.

Qin Shihuang somewhat believed that Wang Anshi caused the disgrace of Jingkang, but he could not completely blame Wang Anshi.

After all, the Song Dynasty at that time was already in need of reform. Just like an old man on the verge of death, changes only made him more decadent.

At the same time, Qin Shihuang thought of the reforms he had asked Li Si to implement. After all, after the curtain appeared in the sky, Qin Shihuang gradually realized that the current Qin Dynasty was in need of reforms.

Although the previous laws made Great Qin gradually stronger, they were not very applicable to the Great Qin after the unification of the six kingdoms.

Especially after seeing the prosperity of later generations and obtaining the high-yielding crops of later generations, Qin Shihuang felt that this reform was the only way to go.

Only by implementing reforms can the people of Great Qin truly settle down and avoid the death of the Great Qin Hui II.

Li Si watched the video on the sky screen and saw the results of Wang Anshi's reform. He felt very silent in his heart.

He knew the results of the reform and also knew the results of his future. After all, Shang Yang was a lesson learned from his mistakes.

But as a minister of Qin Shihuang, he was even more aware that Qin Shihuang knew that he would tamper with the imperial edict in the future.

He could only implement reforms based on Qin Shihuang's ideas, otherwise his life would not be saved.

At the same time, he also hopes that after his reform, the country will truly stabilize and the Qin Dynasty will not be destroyed.

After all, the establishment of Da Qin cost him countless efforts.

Han Dynasty.

Liu Che, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, watched the video on the sky screen and remembered his own reforms.

Although the country has gradually become stronger since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there is still too little money needed to attack the Xiongnu.

In order to change this situation, he implemented many measures so that he could have enough money and materials to attack the Huns.

new dynasty.

Wang Mang looked at the video on the sky screen and sighed deeply.

Reform has always been done knowing that it is impossible, even though tens of thousands of people have gone there!

He knew that the New Deal he implemented would infringe on the interests of many nobles, but he always had his own ideas in establishing a new dynasty.

He even hoped that he could change the original system of the Han Dynasty, so that his heart could become richer and stronger, and the people could live richer.

In order to get results as early as possible, he used administrative power to implement them. He believed that the country would change because of his changes.

He believed that his new dynasty was gradually becoming more powerful.

However, the actual result slapped him hard.

The New Deal he implemented was not only opposed by the nobles, but also by the common people.

In the end, Wang Mang was killed when the Green Forest Army invaded Chang'an. All his administration was abolished and the country he founded was also destroyed.

(End of this chapter)