Chapter 664: The New Party splits

Another year passed in a blink of an eye, and although Zhao Yan was a little hesitant about Zhao Yan's proposal to emigrate to Luzon, he finally agreed to immigrate to Luzon thinking of Zhao Yan's support for him. Speaking of which, the Great Song Dynasty court has an innate advantage over immigrants, because according to the scale of the imperial court, whenever there is a catastrophe, the imperial court will recruit the victims to form an army, so that the victims can have something to eat, and secondly, the victims will not rebel due to hunger.

It is precisely because of the above regulations that those displaced people formed by the drought were quickly recruited into the box army, although this kind of box army must not be used to fight, but at least it is also an army, and it is also subject to the transfer of military orders, and like this kind of box army formed by the disaster people will generally be mobilized to other places to garrison, so after these displaced people formed a box army, they were immediately transferred to several major ports along the coast of the Great Song Dynasty, and then went to sea by sea boat.

Speaking of which, when these homeless soldiers first got on the boat, they all expressed great horror, and some even secretly prepared to resist, because they always felt that the imperial court actually let them go to sea on the boat, and they must have no good intentions, and there were even rumors that the imperial court was planning to transport them to the sea, and then directly sink the ship and drown them all.

Zhao Yan also expected the rumors to come out, after all, most of the homeless people grew up inland, and they have never seen the sea in their lives, and they don't even have many opportunities to take a boat in normal times, at most, someone has taken a small boat in the river, and now they are going to sea in a huge sea boat, which will naturally make them frightened, and it is normal for some rumors to appear.

The best way to deal with this kind of rumor is to ignore it, but you must not do nothing, first of all, Zhao Yan asked people to try to improve the conditions on the migrant ship, although the accommodation is a little crowded, but the food and drink are fully supplied. Moreover, the food at sea is abundant, at least it can ensure that there are fish to eat at every meal, and with such delicious and delicious hospitality, those victims are not stupid, knowing that if the imperial court really wants to kill them, there is no need to waste so much food. So they all slowly settled down.

After arriving in Luzon, these homeless people learned that they had come to a place far away from the Great Song Dynasty, although it was very hot and the climate was a little unsuitable, but the land was fertile and abundant, even if they did not cultivate, they could get enough food from the forest, such as sweet fruits and countless prey, so it can be said that the climate here was a little unsuitable. There are more poisonous insects and beasts in the forest, and they are even stronger than the Great Song Dynasty in other aspects, and these lands can be occupied and cultivated at will, and they only need to go to the stronghold set up by the imperial court to register.

It was precisely because of the abundant natural conditions of Luzon that those immigrants quickly settled down and began to open up land around the stronghold to grow rice. But it is impossible for people to eat only fruits, and prey cannot be caught every day. In addition, the people of the Central Plains have carved hard work in their bones, so no matter where they go, they will not only eat white food, but use their own hands to create a more splendid civilization.

A year is not a long time, but it is not a short time, and Zhao Yan has migrated nearly 200,000 immigrants from the Great Song Dynasty. Although it seems to be a lot of numbers, it is not a lot to spread out among the various strongholds in Luzon, some of which have only a few hundred people, but with these strongholds and immigrants. The Great Song Dynasty finally had a relatively stable foundation in Luzon, and even Zhao Yan had begun to plan to set up prefectures and counties in Luzon to facilitate management.

Originally, Zhao Yan also wanted to move some more people from the Great Song Dynasty to Luzon, because according to his estimates, the total population of the Great Song Dynasty should be close to 100 million, and the growth rate is extremely fast, which has caused some burden on the land of the Great Song Dynasty, and many places are turning grasslands and forests into arable land, although this can feed more people, but it will greatly damage the ecological balance within the Great Song Dynasty, so it is time to reduce the population pressure of the Great Song Dynasty.

It's just that Zhao Yan doesn't think so, because according to the traditional thinking of the Central Plains, population is the foundation of a country, no matter when, a large population represents the strength of the country, so after he moved out of 200,000 people, he no longer refused to let Zhao Yan move outward, although Luzon is also the territory of the Great Song Dynasty, but it is too far away from the Great Song Dynasty, so in Zhao Ji's heart, he always feels that the people on the Luzon side can no longer be regarded as the people of the Great Song Dynasty.

However, in this year, some things happened again between the new party and the old party on the side of the court, after Wang Anshi was deposed, the new party still controlled half of the court and the country, among which Lu Huiqing and Han Jiang carried the great cause of law change left by Wang Anshi, and continued to implement the law change under huge pressure. And made some achievements, which made Zhao Ji also a little impressed by them, and at the same time gave birth to some hope for the change, after all, he had put too much effort into the change, and it was impossible to give up all of them with a ruthless heart.

However, when there was a hint of recovery in the reform, there was a problem within the reformer, when Wang Anshi was still there, no one in the reformer could compete with him, so Wang Anshi was a well-deserved leader in the reformer, but with Wang Anshi being ousted, Lu Huiqing and Han Jiang and others were in power, these people had some differences with each other, some were in the reform, some were in politics, and when Wang Anshi was in the past, they could still suppress them, but when he was together, the differences between these people became bigger and bigger. In addition, the old school led by Sima Guang was not a vegetarian, and they were openly and secretly stirring up the relationship between several main figures of the Fa Reform School, which led to a split within the Fa Reform School.

Of course, it is not easy to split the law-changing faction, after all, Lu Huiqing, Han Jiang and others are also extremely shrewd, knowing that if they really fall out, it will only make the old faction gain power, so they can still maintain harmony on the surface, but secretly they are constantly making small moves.

Other differences are not enough, the biggest disagreement within the law change faction is actually Wang Anshi, although Wang Anshi is the prime minister, but his reputation in the law change faction is still no one can shake, among them, the law change faction led by Han Jiang has been trying to persuade Zhao Ji, hoping to let Wang Anshi return to power, but Lu Huiqing and a few others are worried that after Wang Anshi returns, it will affect their power, and after the previous change. They were also a little unimpressed with Wang Anshi's tough methods, thinking that they could do better than Wang Anshi, so Lu Huiqing and others did not want Wang Anshi to come back, which became the biggest disagreement within the Fa-changing faction.

Soon after Lu Huiqing came to power, Zheng Xia, who had presented a picture of the exiles, wrote to Zhao Hui again, and this time he took Lu Huiqing as the object of the performance. However, Lu Huiqing was not a soft persimmon, and he actually put Zheng Xia on the crime of "slander", and then demoted to Tingzhou to be a petty official in charge.

Originally, although Zheng Xia was famous, his official position was not big, so it was not a big deal for Lu Huiqing to degrade him to go out as an official, but Lu Huiqing has always been ruthless, and he has always done anything to combat political enemies. Wang Anguo persuaded Wang Anshi, he thought that Lu Huiqing was a treacherous villain, and asked Wang Anshi to be careful, but unfortunately Wang Anshi didn't take it to heart, after Lu Huiqing knew about it, he also hated Wang Anguo very much, so this time with the help of Zheng Xia's matter, he actually framed Wang Anguo as Zheng Xia's comrade. Then he was given his official position.

Wang Anguo is Wang Anshi's younger brother, although the two have different political views on the law. But Lu Huiqing, as a member of the law-changing faction, actually attacked Wang Anguo, and a discerning person knew at a glance that it was aimed at Wang Anshi. What is even more unexpected is that Wang Anguo was not in good health, and this time he encountered such an unjust case, and as a result, he became seriously ill in a fit of anger. He died of illness soon after, which made Wang Anshi, who was his brother, very sad, and at the same time made a complete break between him and Lu Huiqing.

Although Lu Huiqing has a problematic character, his ability is extremely strong, and he is good at scheming. Originally, when Wang Anshi dismissed the prime minister, he recommended Han Jiang to inherit his phase, and Lu Huiqing was Han Jiang's deputy, but it was only a year, and Han Jiang couldn't suppress Lu Huiqing, and the power to change the law actually fell into the hands of Lu Huiqing.

Seeing that the power in his hands was taken away by Lu Huiqing little by little, Han Jiang was also unwilling, and he knew that only when Wang Anshi came back could he suppress Lu Huiqing, so he intensified his efforts to persuade Zhao Xu, but in the end, Zhao Wei was also a little shaken by what he said, and after thinking about it for a long time, he actually summoned Wang Anshi to Beijing again, and restored his phase.

Lu Huiqing didn't expect that Zhao Hui would agree to let Wang Anshi return to Beijing, and he was very anxious at the moment, thinking of persuading Zhao Hui to change his mind, but what he never expected was that Wang Anshi returned to the capital to accept the appointment in only seven days.

"Haha, it's okay now, Wang Anshi has entered the court again, but Lu Huiqing plans to stand on his own, coupled with the grievances between Sima Guang and these two, the capital is really going to be lively now!" In the box of a restaurant by the port of Guangzhou, Zhao Yan laughed and said, in addition to him, there are also Wang Shiyue, Su Shi, Cai Jing and others in the box, speaking of which Cai Jing is indeed treacherous, since he was caught by Zhao Yan, he has now completely taken refuge in Zhao Yan's side, and the change of law in Guangzhou has completely stopped.

"Alas, it was originally a good change, but because the king and the people were not clear, the people of the world were complaining, and now even the new party is split, and it seems that there is no possibility of success in this change." At this time, Wang Shiyue also sighed, although he has been living in Guangzhou, but he is very concerned about the change of the law in the capital, originally at the beginning, he also supported the change, but as time went by, he also saw the various problems of the change, and now he is completely disappointed in the change.

"What Wang Juma said is very true, when I first met Lu Huiqing, I felt that this person was a traitorous villain, and now it seems that it is true, but it is a pity that Wang Xiang only cherishes his talent, but he didn't expect to cultivate an enemy for himself!" At this time, Cai Jing also said with a sad face, but Zhao Yan next to him was a little speechless when he heard this, thinking that this Cai Jing's face is really thick, he himself was the biggest traitor in the world, and he still has the face to say others?

"Alas, I thought that with the resignation of the prime minister, the matter of changing the law was about to end, but now that the prime minister has entered Beijing again, will this bring some changes to the change of the law, and now the people of the world are very resistant to the new law, if the new law is implemented again as before, I am afraid it will cause chaos!" At this time, Su Shi also said, he was not optimistic about the change, and now he is most worried that after Wang Anshi is reinstated, the change will be restored to its original state, and I am afraid that the world will be really in chaos.

"There is no hope for the change of the law, even if the prime minister is in charge again this time, I am afraid that he will not be able to be fully trusted by His Majesty as before, but I am now worried about how the change of the law will end, if I am not careful, it may lead to political instability!" At this time, Su Zhe suddenly said, his vision in politics is much stronger than Su Shi, and he can see at a glance that even Wang Anshi is powerless to return to the sky now, so he is destined to go further than Su Shi in his career.

"What Ziyou said is that the matter of changing the law has no power to return to the sky, and now it depends on how the court ends, it's just ......" When Zhao Yan said this, he suddenly thought that Wang Anshi's second time in the original history was not long, and he resigned after only one year, but the follow-up impact of the change was far from over, and even in a broad sense, the old and new party struggles in the court continued until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, and the reason why it had such a far-reaching impact was because this change did not end in time. As a result, the party fought for strictness, and even accelerated the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.

Thinking of this, Zhao Yan couldn't help frowning, he was still happy that the law change had failed, but now that he thought about it, even if the law change failed, the impact of the law change had just begun, if Zhao Yan still handled it like in history, I am afraid it would only make the battle in the court more intense.

"What is Your Highness bothering about?" At this time, Su Shi saw Zhao Yan frowning, and couldn't help but ask.

"This ......" Zhao Yan naturally couldn't say that he had insight into history, so he had to change the topic, "It's okay, I just thought of the news that came from the capital a few days ago, saying that some ministers were using troops to the Liao State, but these people don't want to think about it, with the current situation of my Great Song Dynasty, how to use troops to the Liao State?" (To be continued......)