Chapter 32 Old Shen is not easy
"Sure enough, there is a specialization in the art industry,"
Sure enough, according to Zhang Huan's method, Shen Kuo himself could easily master the use of the abacus, Shen Kuo twisted his beard and laughed, and was in a happy mood, Zhang Huan could immediately judge that Shen Kuo was indeed obsessed with learning, not a disguise.
Alas, this person should serve in the Si Tian Prison, the Guozi Prison, and the Household Department, instead of getting involved in the dark and tumbling politics and getting into the wrong business.
Shen Kuo has argued a lot in history.
Some people say that he was greedy for profit, attacked his friend Su Dongpo, and concocted a Wutai poetry case, and his words about Su Dongpo's dissatisfaction with the new policy were used by the people of the new party to attack Su Dongpo's dissatisfaction with the emperor and Wang Anshi, and Su Dongpo was demoted to Huangzhou because of this.
Some people say that he is flattering, concealing and failing to report a series of problems that have arisen in the New Deal, and blindly touting the benefits of the New Deal.
Later, the powerful conservatives attacked the New Deal everywhere, saying that the decline of the Northern Song Dynasty and the destruction of the country by Jin were all the results of the New Deal.
Among them, Shen Kuo, as one of the backbones of the New Deal, is of course also the target of attack, almost to the point of being incomplete, and the political attack has reached the point of no bottom line.
Zhang Huan has always read history books by himself, and has never blindly followed everyone.
At the beginning of the reign of Renzong of the Northern Song Dynasty, in fact, the Northern Song Dynasty has formed a consensus from the emperor to the ruler, the important ministers to the ordinary scholars, and the Great Song Dynasty has reached a time when it has to change.
This is also the basis of the Qingli New Deal and the Xining New Deal, and without the recognition that it must be changed, these two reforms cannot be started in any case.
Therefore, the New Deal is necessary, and the difference is only a question of how to improve it.
First of all, the people in Fan Zhongyan's Qingli New Party and Wang Anshi's Xining New Party had the courage to change, and they insisted on their obsession and fought against the old party for decades, and some of them even had the courage to ignore their names before and after them.
Of course, it is also true that they were scolded for dictatorship and the use of non-people, and it is also true that they appointed cronies, the question is how to control the situation without dictatorship, so that the new deal can continue, if the people of the new party are not used, the people of the old party are not unused, one by one, they not only do not promote the new deal, but also set up obstacles everywhere, so they have to use some little-known officials, and there are some good and bad people, unscrupulous people for the sake of official positions, which is normal in any society, and the complexity of the ranks is incomparable.
But the two New Deals were doomed to failure, because they were fighting against the entire group of scholars and scholars, and these diehards who held vast acres of land, issued usury, and enjoyed privileges such as shade in their families united to fight back, so the New Deal was bound to fail.
However, even failure cannot overshadow the brilliance of Fan Zhongyan, Wang Anshi and others.
For example, Shen Kuo, this person's private morality is not good, but although his personal morality is at a loss, as long as he is in office, Yu Tian, formulates a new calendar, improves the three-division system, and sends the Liao State to steal the map of the Liao State, all of them are dedicated to their efforts, and they can be described as capable officials.
In contrast, Sansu, who went out of the woods, became a representative of the conservative forces.
Su Zhe devoted his life to destroying the New Deal, in short, how to make the New Deal collapse, what did he do, and even after the death of Shenzong, Sima Guang returned several border villages of the Western Thieves like a brain-dead, and he also voted in favor of the stupid traitorous act of hoping that the Western Xia would no longer detain the border.
Su Dongpo is not as radical as his brother, but he also expressed a lot of opposition to the new deal, Su Dongpo's poetry is heroic, and the glory shines on the Chinese millennium, but he is far less bold and bold in his poetry than he is worried about the country and the people, and he is stuck in political affairs.
Although he has done some things in Hangzhou and Guangzhou, which has a deep impact on the urban layout of Guangzhou and Hangzhou, small repairs and small repairs will not help the overall situation of the Great Song Dynasty.
Therefore, Shen Kuo has done his best to the New Deal in this era facing a turning point, and it can be said that he is worthy of admiration for his contribution to the Great Song Dynasty, but this person's political vision and emotional intelligence are too poor.
Therefore, Zhang Huan doesn't think that Shen Kuo is heinous, but his personal morality is at a loss.
As for private morality, there are many flaws in this aspect, Cheng Yi and Cheng Hao want to save people's desires, listen to what they want, the problem is that you clean up your own human desires first, you can not be shaded, do you accept whether there are human desires.
Huang Tingjian wrote an epitaph for Xu Xi, who bent on going his own way and causing more than 100,000 people to die in battle, complimenting Xu Xi for knowing the military affairs, that is, he complimented Xu Xi for not reserving enough water in Yongle City, so that tens of thousands of elites of the Western Song Army were buried here, why did a horse-like figure be praised by him, because the two are relatives, it's that simple.
And Shen Kuo was loyal to state affairs all his life, and there was basically no big mistake in political affairs, but no one even wrote an epitaph after his death, which is sad.
Therefore, Zhang Huan never accepted the record of the history books in its entirety, because it was written by the victors, and there was no justice in it, and only the victors of the conflict had the right to write.
In Zhang Huan's opinion, Shen Kuo is almost meaningless, but he is quite diligent and conscientious as an official, but this person's popularity is too poor because of the Wutai poetry case.
What he is thinking about now is whether he is too close to Shen Kuo, in this era, this is a matter of standing in line, it is not a trivial matter, and when the time comes, the artillery fire that attacks Shen Kuo will affect him, a small pond fish, and it will not be too wrongful to hang up in vain at that time.
"The two gentlemen don't know, this official is running for the army, and the general affairs are troubled and worried, if there is this thing to help, I don't have to worry about it,"
At this time, Shen Kuo thought that the battle situation was still chaotic.
Well, it's really not easy for Lao Shen to be special, okay, no matter how you praise him a few words, this person's ending is also pitiful.
'The adults have always been worried about the country and the people, diligent in political affairs, and admired by the students,'
Zhang Huan arched his hand.
"Oh, Zhang Gongzi knows what happened to me,"
Shen Kuo may have a lot of people who greet him on weekdays, but there are not many people who dare to talk about his past, so he asked excitedly,
Liu Yue and Mr. Jiang are a little nervous, they seem to have said some bad things about Shen Kuo on weekdays, this kid is a little confused, don't say it all,
"Wanchun in thousands of acres of fertile land, revise the calendar, restructure the three divisions, and draw the map of the Liao country are all from the hands of adults, and adults can be said to have contributed to the people's society,"
Zhang Huan said with a smile, he picked up what he knew about Shen Kuo's exploits and talked about it.
Shen Kuo's eyes were shining, and he took a good look at Zhang Huan up and down,
"Do you know that the world is full of voices crusading against the official, and even the excerpt on the official table to impeach the official is a few feet high, and no one dares to mention the official's merits now, so you are not afraid...
Shen Kuo said with a smile.
'How dare you not mention this great achievement, and the merit must be separated, this is the student's conduct,'
Zhang Huan said fearlessly.
'Hahaha, the good students taught by Mr. Liu will be the pillars of the future,'
Shen Kuo nodded slowly and smiled, his heart was very happy, Zhang Huan's words helped him to be right, this son obviously knew his merits, not to cover up and prevaricate.
Liu Yue smiled helplessly, but said in his heart, the kid is messing around, this is these words spread out, you will have the slightest luck in your life.