The six-dimensional pictures of emperors of all dynasties were exposed, and the ancestors panicked

Chapter 381 The King Does Not Understand People’s Hearts

On the canopy.

Yanhe Hall.

Outside the hall, two rows of imperial guards wearing armor and helmets, holding spears and swords, marched from the foot of the Danchi straight to the front door of the main hall, looking very solemn.

A sea of ​​courtiers were already standing respectfully in the hall.

He was wearing a snow-white silk robe with a wide collar and a wide belt, and a black gauze official hat with flat wings.

Zhao Xu looked stern and said calmly:

"Mr. Wang, do you know Zheng Xia, the supervisor of the An family?"

Wang Anshi stepped forward and stated:

"Your Majesty, I want to ask Zheng Xia to come to your house."

"He was a Jinshi in the Zhiping period. He was originally a judicial officer in Guangzhou. After his term of office was over, he was transferred to Kyoto by me. He stayed under my tutelage for a year. He..."

Zhao Xu suddenly interrupted Wang Anshi and continued calmly:

"What is his character?"

The hall was silent, his majesty's expression remained unchanged, but his attitude was clear.

Something big is about to happen!
"Your Majesty, he is a man of profound learning, wisdom and intelligence. He is proficient in the theory of the interaction between heaven and man, and understands the theory of yin and yang and the five elements. He is more intelligent than ordinary people."

"So I strongly agree with the reform... but for the sake of human nature..."

"enough!"

Zhao Xu suddenly stood up with a roar, pointed his sword at Your Highness, and said sternly:

"What a connection between heaven and man! What a combination of yin and yang and the five elements!"

"The Five Elements are governed by Yin and Yang, and Yin and Yang are governed by Heaven!"

"Today, God is giving us a warning. Please have mercy on the people of the Great Song Dynasty!"

"I have something to show you!"

After saying this, he waved to the two servants beside the throne.

The ministers stared at the two eunuchs anxiously.

"Wow!"

The eunuch who was ordered to come before the ministers unfolded a scroll.

Yanhe Hall suddenly became a world of complete silence.

Refugees in chains.

The refugees on the roadside starved to death.

A refugee who cut off his arm with a knife.

The refugees gnashed their teeth.

Refugees who complain about the earth and the sky

Help the refugees who are blocking the road.

The blood-stained "Picture of Refugees" caught the eyes of the ministers in the palace.

……

[In 1073 AD, the Song Dynasty suffered from drought for nine months, and a large number of victims flocked to large cities such as Kaifeng.]

【Song Shenzong sighed all day long, and the old party members took the opportunity to submit a petition requesting the abolition of the new law. 】

[Zheng Xia, who served as the supervisor of Anshangmen in Kaifeng, was a student of Wang Anshi. He once told Wang Anshi directly about the many inconveniences of the Qingmiao, exemption from military service, Baojia, and Shiyi laws, but Wang Anshi did not respond.]

[In April 1074, Zheng Xia drew a picture of refugees, claiming it was an urgent document, and sent it to Emperor Shenzong of Song.]

[The next day, Emperor Shenzong decided to abolish eighteen new laws, including the Qingmiao system, hired labor, square fields, and Baojia.]

[It rained heavily the day after the decision was announced.]

[History records that the people cheered and congratulated each other.]

……

The period of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty
Liu Qi felt sad when looking at the painting "Refugees".

He looked at Liu Heng, hesitated a few times, but ultimately did not ask.

Was he wrong?

Fan Zhongyan proved through his actions that taking action against officials would not work, so Wang Anshi wanted to govern by the people.

However, the implementation of democracy cannot avoid the intervention of officials.

Liu Heng's face was as calm as water.

He had seen many scenes in this picture of refugees since he was a child.

"Wang Anshi's ideas are good, and his policies also take into account both enriching the country and benefiting the people."

"But he forgot one thing."

Liu Qi looked at him with inquiring eyes.

Liu Heng tapped the water glass and drew three times on the table.

"The main reasons for the Song Dynasty's poverty and weakness were the three redundancies: redundant soldiers, redundant officials, and redundant salaries."

"We don't know whether Wang Anshi solved the problem of redundant soldiers or not. Tianmu didn't say."

"Guanxi River opens the border... Well, let's just consider it as a solution."

"But what about redundant officials and redundant salaries?"

"Rather than decreasing, it has increased."

"I don't know why he only increases revenue and doesn't cut costs."

"But for poor people, cutting costs and reducing burdens is much clearer and easier than shouldering the high and far-reaching burden of increasing revenue."

Liu Qi touched the history book beside him.

Those were Qin bamboo slips rescued from the Xianyang Palace, and they were the history of Qin.

"Wang Anshi was born at the wrong time."

Liu Heng also looked at the history book.

"Yeah, I was born at the wrong time."

"Talents like Shang Yang are common, but people like Qin Xiaogong are rare."

“But the people are the foundation of the country.”

……

On the canopy.

In a simple courtyard.

A scholar in a white gown and a scholar in a blue silk shirt sat opposite each other.

The sycamore leaf above his head fell onto the stone table between them. The scholar in green clothes picked up the sycamore leaf, revealing the chessboard pattern carved on the stone table.

Focusing on the fallen leaves, the man in green looked across and said in a suppressed tone:
"Jiefu promoted the new law, but he recruited some villains."

"Some may place him in a high position, or grant him the post of supervisor."

"Jiefu... why is this?"

Wang Anshi looked at the leaves that were blown down by the wind and said calmly:
"Junshi, when the new law is first implemented, we should prioritize talent and execution when hiring people."

"After the laws have been successfully implemented, they will be replaced one by one, and guarded by people who are both virtuous and talented, stable and trustworthy."

“It is said that the wise practice it, and the benevolent keep it.”

Sima Guang threw away the leaves in his hand, shook his head and sighed:

"You are wrong! Jiefu, you are totally wrong!"

"A gentleman is hard to advance but easy to retreat, while a villain is easy to advance but hard to retreat!"

"If a villain gains power, how can he be easily dismissed?"

"Once you leave, you will become enemies, and it will be too late to regret it later!"

……

[In April 1074, Wang Anshi submitted a letter of resignation, and Song Shenzong accepted his resignation and appointed him as the governor of Jiangning Prefecture.]

[According to Wang Anshi's proposal before he left, Song Shenzong punished Zheng Xia and appointed Han Jiang as prime minister again. Lu Huiqing was promoted from Hanlin scholar to vice minister.]

【The new law continues to be implemented.】

[However, Lü Huiqing was too power-hungry, and the power struggle within the New Party was centered around him, including disputes between Lü Huiqing and Zeng Bu, Wang Anshi, and Han Jiang.]

[In order to be promoted to the position of prime minister, he was afraid that Wang Anshi would return to the position of prime minister, so he tried to frame Wang Anshi. Lu Huiqing created the cases of Zheng Xia and Li Shining to ruin Wang Anshi's reputation. He also banished his brother Wang Anguo from the capital.]

[In February 1075, Emperor Shenzong of Song reappointed Wang Anshi as prime minister.]

[Wang Anshi rushed back to the capital from Jiangning in just seven days. At this time, he was no longer thinking about reform. He just wanted to kill Lu Huiqing.]

……

{New Party, Old Party, and the New Party is further divided into factions...}
{The Song Dynasty once again returned to the vortex of chaotic party struggles from the new legal reforms.}
{It should be said that Wang Anshi and Sima Guang were irreconcilable enemies in terms of political views. They often argued with each other in the court, but their friendship had not yet broken down.}
{Sima Guang had always been very skeptical about Wang Anshi's selection and appointment of personnel.}
{However, in fact, Sima Guang also won in terms of judging human nature.}
{Jing Gong is worthy of the name of stubborn prime minister. He knocks down all those who oppose him and promotes all those who support him. He really does not understand human nature.}
{Wang Anshi's reforms were theoretically correct and feasible. At least Wang himself had verified them with actual actions in the early stages of his career, and they produced results.}
{However, in the middle period, Wang wanted to get results as soon as possible to prove that this method was correct, so he made the wrong choice of people and failed to cultivate a group of talents who were firm in their own ideas. In the later period, it completely turned into a party struggle and was no longer in the reform.}
{So it is really hard to say the real reason why Wang Anshi's reform failed. There were various unfavorable factors.}
{So everyone should broaden their horizons and not limit themselves to high school knowledge (dog head)}

……

【Wang Anshi's reappointment as prime minister caused the internal relations of the reformists to deteriorate.】

【First, Wang Anshi and Han Jiang disagreed, and Han Jiang was dismissed from his position as prime minister.】

【Then Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing fought each other, and Lu Huiqing was dismissed from office and sent to govern Chenzhou.】

【Wang Pang, Lu Jiawen and others continued to retaliate against Lu Huiqing, and as a result, Song Shenzong began to feel dissatisfied with Wang Anshi. 】

……

Song Shenzong Period
Zhao Xu, with his hands behind his back, suddenly remembered a poem written by Wang Anshi:

"At this time, young men are self-confident and ambitious, striving for glory with the sun."

"I took the opportunity to play with the beauty of spring, and was careless and unaware of others' ridicule."

Poetry is the expression of the heart, and writing is like the person.

Being indifferent and unaware of others’ ridicule, what a vivid portrayal!
Almost all the disturbances since the reform were caused by this careless and stubborn mind.

Ouyang Xiu, Han Qi, Fan Zhen and others were conservative, but they were also cautious and afraid of chaos.

And Su Che, Sun Jue, Liu Fu, Liu Shu and a group of censors and imperial censors were not just opposed to the reform?
Isn't it because I am dissatisfied with his self-righteousness?

There is no room for a Sima Guang, and there is no room for a Su Shi.

That stern face appeared in my mind again.

"Your Majesty, reform is like cooking a soup. If you add a little fire or a little water as you please, you will mess it up."

"When will this soup be cooked?"

I humbly seek advice, listen to his words, respect him as a teacher, and regard him as the ruler!
But he compared me to a foolish woman who only added a spoonful of water to the soup when cooking!
Wang Anshi, are you a god riding on my neck? !
Do you really think that reform cannot be done without you?
snort!
……

[In 1076 AD, a comet appeared in the sky, and the opposition once again used "celestial change" to attack the new law. ]

[In June of the same year, his son Wang Pang died. Wang Anshi suffered a severe mental blow in many aspects and resigned from the position of prime minister again.]

[In October, Wang Anshi was dismissed from his post again and was sent to Jiangning Prefecture.]

【From then on, Wang Anshi never returned to Bianjing. 】

[On the sixth day of the fourth month in 1084 AD, he died of illness at Zhongshan Mountain in Jiangning, and was posthumously named Wen.]

……

{An idealist practices his ideals, maybe his road is bumpy, maybe he is buried by stigma. But there will always be people who see the brilliance of the ideals, whether it is a thousand years or a few decades, it has always been so!}

{The policy had good intentions and achieved its purpose, but the pile of bones in the middle is... hard to describe.}
{When Lenin said that he was the greatest reformer in a thousand years, I didn’t understand it at that time. Now I understand it a little bit. He may not have thought it through, or implemented it well, but he was determined! }

{No wonder Fan Zhongyan and Wang Anshi said, "To correct a wrong, one must go too far, but going too far is not enough to correct a wrong!"}
{Your statement... actually needs to be analyzed based on the specific situation.}
……

Great Qin.

"To correct a wrong, one must go too far, but going too far is not enough to correct a wrong..."

"That's... a good point..."

Ying Zheng narrowed his eyes and savored the words in his mouth.

Thinking about Shang Yang's reforms and the laws he would decree after unifying the six kingdoms.

The hands that were supporting the table exerted force involuntarily.

"To correct a wrong... you must go too far!"

"The responsibility of carrying out the burden is to correct the wrongs!"

"If you don't correct it, you can't make it straight!"

Everyone in the hall was stunned by these words.

Liu Bang's heart skipped a beat.

He had no doubt that the man was ambitious.

But he is too ambitious!
Is there any reason to overcorrect?
Of course there is! Isn’t it an overreaction every time a dynasty ends and a new one begins?

But the three paths of no construction without destruction, destruction before construction, and ordering the world after chaos are different!

"In your Majesty's heart, which is more important, the Qin Dynasty or the Qin people?"

The other four people all looked sideways.

Ying Zheng did not move, but slowly turned his gaze to Liu Bang.

Silent pressure gradually filled the Zhangtai Palace.

And this time Liu Bang made the decision.

The dragon is in front of the emperor!

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(End of this chapter)