The situation of internal and external difficulties caused some of the more enlightened rulers to demand reform of the law, and the society of the Northern Song Dynasty tended to be stable during the period of Renzong, Yingzong and Shenzong, the economic scale was unprecedented, and the culture was even more prosperous. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Song Shenzong ascended the throne and was determined to change the law, and Wang Anshi was summoned to Kaifeng to preside over the work of changing the law. Wang Anshi was appointed as the governor of the government and the new law was implemented, and the reformers formed a system in which Lu Huiqing, Zhang Dan, and Cai Qu were the backbone of the reformers, and the new policies of Zhao Ji and Wang Anshi were implemented one after another.

Generally speaking, the content of the new law can be broadly divided into two aspects, namely, enriching the country and strengthening the army. In terms of rich countries, the Green Seedling Law, the Farmland Water Conservancy Law, the Recruitment Law, the Municipal Easy Law, and the Fangtian Tax Law. In terms of strengthening the army, the law of placing generals and protecting armor is the law. However, due to the overpowering conservative forces, Wang Anshi twice implemented the new law, both of which ended in failure.

Wang Anshi doesn't pay attention to personal hygiene, he doesn't even wash his face when he gets up in the morning, not for a day or two, but for many months of adulthood, and he is unkempt all day long, like a flower child. Not to mention taking a bath, the sour smell on his body can be smelled from afar, and the people who rub shoulders with him cover their noses every time they breathe, as if they are facing a great enemy.

This problem has not changed since Wang Anshi got married, and the two quarreled a lot over this matter. Mrs. Wu is a southerner, loves cleanliness, and has a little cleanliness fetish, she has to clean up her home every day, and wipe and wipe the table, vases and other household furniture, so bright that she can see people.

A person who is so particular about life naturally can't look down on that kind of sloppy style, so Mrs. Wu persuaded Wang Anshi and said: "Husband, discuss things, is it okay for us to engage in personal hygiene? ”

Wang Anshi didn't think so, twisted his head, wrinkled his dirty nose, and said: "I'm so busy with business every day, how can I have time to do that, and I'll have to go to the countryside to investigate later, even if I wash it, I have to get dirty, why bother so much?"

Mrs. Wu was unwilling, and continued to persuade: "If it is dirty, wash it again, and it will not be troublesome." ”

Wang Anshi ignored it, went to the stable to lead the horse, and left without looking back. Mrs. Wu was so angry that she didn't get rid of her anger until Wang Anshi came back in the evening.

For a while, Wang Anshi's face was dark and his condition was not good, and Mrs. Wu was worried that he would be sick, so she called a doctor for consultation. After some observation, the doctor finally shook his head and sighed, and said to Mrs. Wu: "Judging from the complexion, the adult has no symptoms, but ......."

Seeing that the doctor wanted to speak and stopped, Mrs. Wu thought that her husband really had some terminal illness, and asked eagerly: "Just what?"

"It's just...... This one...... Alas......"

The doctor slurred, his expression embarrassed and weird. Mrs. Wu was even more anxious: "What the hell is going on?

"What do you say? Your Excellency...... It's really time to take a shower. After the doctor finished speaking, he ran away from the door.

Mrs. Wu couldn't cry or laugh, her cheeks flushed, and after standing for a long time, she immediately ordered her subordinates to get some bath beans, ready to let Mr. An Shi take a bath thoroughly. At this time, Wang Anshi was in the study, holding the long scroll in his hand, shaking his head and saying Shiyun, he had reached the realm of selflessness, and he didn't hear his wife's shouting at all. Mrs. Wu raised her voice and shouted again, and An Shi twisted her dark neck and looked directly at Madame with blank eyes, as if asking Madame what had happened.

After learning that he was going to take a bath, Wang Anshi threw the book on the table and said angrily: "What kind of bath do you take in the daytime? I was born so dark, so what can the bath beans do? You go out quickly, don't affect my reading." ”

Angry, Mrs. Wu stomped her feet and turned away, there are always a few quarrels like this every month, Mrs. Wu knows Wang Anshi's temper, and every time she can't bear it anymore. can be said to be done, doing and doing, Wang Anshi is like nothing has happened, and he still goes his own way. In the end, Mrs. Wu said that she was tired, so she stopped talking.

In addition to this shortcoming, Wang Anshi is the best in other aspects, Jin Wuzu is not perfect, and her husband stays in the study most of the time and does not come out, Mrs. Wu persuaded herself, and she was slowly relieved.

Wang Anshi doesn't like to take a bath, let alone change clothes, and lets his clothes be tattered and unaware. When he was a herd judge, he became friendly with his colleague Wu Chongqing and Han Wei, who served in the pavilion, and the three often got together to talk about poetry and books. Wu and Han admired Wang Anshi's talent, but they couldn't stand the smell on his body, and they didn't listen to him when they persuaded him to change his clothes, and scratched their heads for this matter.

Once the two went to take a bath in the Dingli Courtyard, and they couldn't help but talk about it again. Wu Chongqing sighed and said, "How can I make Brother An Shi change his clothes? ”

"Yes, Brother Anshi is good everywhere, but he doesn't know how to clean and hygienic. Han Wei was also helpless.

"You have to find a way, it's not a way to go on like this. Wu Chongqing was thoughtful.

"Otherwise...... Han Wei was inspired by the bath and came up with an idea: "Let's find a way to pull him to take a bath and take the opportunity to let him change into clean clothes." ”

Wu Chongqing's eyes lit up, and then dimmed: "This method is good, but his brother doesn't even want to change his clothes, how can he take a bath?"

"Also, I'm afraid it's harder to let him take a shower than to change his clothes, how can that be good?"

"It's not completely impossible. Wu Chongqing seemed to suddenly think of something, and slapped his thigh excitedly.

"What's the solution, tell me quickly. Han Wei also got in good spirits.

"The three of us are friendly because of our preference for poetry and books, so it is better to change the place to talk about poetry in Dingli Yuan, take a bath and then talk about poetry and books. Wu Chongqing spoke faster because of excitement: "This has two benefits, one is quiet and comfortable, and the other is that it can also allow Brother Wang to change out of that old clothes." ”

"It's a good idea, bathing and fasting, it is a respect for the sages, and I think that Brother Wang has no more excuses to excuse himself, so it's decided. Han Wei also slapped his thigh.

The two agreed that every month, no more than two months, no matter what, they would drag Wang Anshi to Dingli Courtyard once. Even if he was talking about poetry and books, Wang Anshi naturally went happily and did not raise any objections to the way of bathing and discussing poetry, but every time he took a bath, Wang Anshi never brought new clothes, and he still wore that tattered shirt after washing. Seeing that this trick didn't work, Wu and Han discussed it together.

Wu Chongqing said helplessly: "Why don't we be good people to the end, take turns to take new clothes from home for Brother Wang to change into every time we take a bath, and then take his old clothes back to disassemble and wash." ”

"It seems that this is the only way to go. ”

Han Wei also lost his previous spirit, this time the two of them achieved the purpose of letting Wang Anshi change into new clothes, but Wang Anshi came out of the shower, and when he saw the clothes, he put them on his body, and never realized that the clothes had been changed, and Wu and Han only had a wry smile.

Wang Anshi's sloppiness is well-known in the circle of friends, and even after becoming the prime minister, he has not changed in the slightest. Due to not paying attention to hygiene, Wang Anshi has a lot of lice on his body, once with the prime minister Wang Qi to report to Emperor Shenzong, there is a lice do not know whether to penetrate the wind, or want to witness the demeanor of the emperor with their own eyes, actually quietly climbed on Wang Anshi's beard and looked around.

Shenzong couldn't help laughing when he saw this, and Wang Jue couldn't help laughing on the side, so he had to turn his head to hide his face so as not to lose his temper. Wang Anshi didn't realize it, he didn't know why the two of them suddenly had such expressions, and thought that he had said something wrong.

When he got out of the palace gate, Wang Anshi asked Wang Jue: "Why did the emperor laugh just now?"

Wang Jue couldn't hold back anymore, the laughter was like water opening the floodgate, and he couldn't stop leaking out, and he almost fell to the ground without laughing. After breathing a sigh of relief, he pointed to Wang Anshi's beard and told the truth.

Wang Anshi shook his head and immediately ordered the servants to catch lice, while Wang Jue deliberately joked on the side: "You can't take it off easily, this is not an ordinary lice, it is a lice that was once appreciated on the prime minister's beard, and was fortunate to be inspected by the Holy Emperor, it's amazing." Wang Anshi couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Wang Anshi is unkempt, completely immersed in his own spiritual world, with a very low sensitivity to external objects, which is extremely unlikable. However, people have gains and losses, Wang Anshi's sloppy problem of not paying attention to hygiene has also left others with a handle for verbal criticism, Su Xun, who is also a member of the Tang and Song dynasties, once made a big fuss about him and wrote a "Theory of Distinguishing Treachery" that has been praised through the ages.

One of them said: "It is normal for people to wash their faces and change their clothes, but now there are people wearing tattered clothes, eating pig and dog food, and talking about poetry and books unkempt. Disdain jumped on the page, as if he was holding his nose and splashing ink.

During the reign of Zhezong Yuanyou, Empress Yingzong Gao's completely abolished the new law, and the Song Dynasty resumed its original way of rule, so the Northern Song Dynasty began to decline.

Objectively, the new law conformed to the interests of the peasants and small and medium-sized landlords, and relatively suppressed the big bureaucrats, landlords, and wealthy businessmen. However, this struggle was ultimately defeated, and later turned into a struggle for power by the bureaucracy, which completely lost the meaning of reform, and the dispute between the old and new parties continued until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty.

In order to alleviate the contradictions within the ruling group, Song Shenzong weakened the content of measures to suppress bureaucratic landlords, paid more attention to measures to increase the income from servitude and strengthen armaments, and tried to change the weakness of being passively beaten externally and win the Liao and Xia wars.

Since the Northern Song Dynasty's two wars against the Western Xia ended in failure, Song Shenzong died of grief. After the death of Shenzong, his ten-year-old son Zhezong ascended the throne, Zhezong's grandmother Empress Dowager Gao listened to the government, and used Sima Guang as the prime minister. After Zhezong came into power, he re-established the law change sect and restored the new law.