The emperor agreed, but Yin Cai of Kaifeng Mansion did not agree. What mess? The guards are just loyal to their duties, if they really want to be punished, who will dare to stand guard for you in the future? Although it is reasonable, there are still 10 guards who have been beaten, and on the other hand, Wang Anshi's crime of trespassing into the palace on horseback is not solved, and the emperor doesn't even ask!

The above is the most widely circulated Shangyuan night Xuandemen Wang Anshi riding into the palace incident. To be fair: If you really want to do this, Wang Anshi has nothing to say, he is simply arrogant and shameless! But unfortunately, there are many versions of this matter, with all kinds of insider stories, and each one is completely different from this version!

First of all, is there a discussion about whether Xuandemen must be dismounted?

After the incident, Wang Anshi was injured in the Xuande Gate passage, along with the people. At that time, he didn't have a seizure, but thought that maybe he had really made a mistake, but when he saw the emperor, Wang Anshi began to recall the past. At that time, he was involved in political affairs, and followed Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang into the court, and he always dismounted after entering the door! During the years he was in power, he always entered the door before dismounting. For what has no one found fault before? On this day, the guards were looking for trouble, and they couldn't help but say that they first scolded the prime minister of the current dynasty, and then whipped them, and the weight of the shot was so heavy that both people and horses were injured? How is this going on?

Zhao Ji was also puzzled when he heard it. He also recalled: When he was the prince, after the prime minister, it seemed that he always got off the horse after entering the door? It can be seen that there is no such thing as contempt for the imperial power! Both of them are trying to think about things, why are these guards suddenly crazy? Privy Counsellor Wen Yanbo (Question: Lord Wen should have been dismissed as a privy envoy in April last year. I'm going to do the Hedong Festival! How could he be in the capital at this time? And still a privy councilor? interjected a sentence on the side, the old minister has been working in the palace for decades, and he has always dismounted outside the door... That's it, nothing else!

The emperor and the prime minister were depressed together, which clearly said: What practices do you two little hairy children know and what past events do you remember? Even if you have been dismounted from the door all the time, it only means that you have been wrong all along!

At this point, there has to be an explanation of who is who. Otherwise, Wang Anshi will not only be scolded for nothing and set a record of the prime minister's whipping, but also be labeled as an ignorant and stupid person who doesn't know what to do! After coming down, Wang Anshi went to the vast records of various departments, and finally found the work diary of the head of Song Renzong Jiayou's reign. There is a written basis for the record that all the ministers dismounted (and dismounted inside the door). He went to find Feng Jing, the governor of the council. Feng Jing is a legendary figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. Liande Xie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and Zhuangyuan, that is, the folk commonly known as "Lianzhong Sanyuan", in the entire 1,000-year history of the imperial examination, after accurate calculation, a total of 14 people (2 people in Tang. Song 6 people. Kim 1 person. 1 Yuan, 2 Ming, 2 Qing) This made Feng Jing far surpass all the famous ministers. Second to none in officialdom. Such a young talent, even Fu Bi was tempted and promised his daughter to him.

At this time, Feng Jing thought about it carefully, thought about it again and again, and finally spoke, "An Shi, it's a pity, I forgot" Lian Zhong Sanyuan's brain actually forgot the etiquette of going to court every day! The most wonderful thing is that he added the sentence "I vaguely remember that I once dismounted outside the door", what a mature political cultivation! Set the principle first, "I forgot", and then push away all possible charges. Then make your position clear: I agree with Wen Yanbo!

Wang Anshi had no choice but to look for clues again. This time he got a very useful first-hand account. An informant said that Wen Qigu, the provincial envoy of Zhongshu, had seen with his own eyes that the guards who were on duty at Xuande Gate that day were beating people chatted afterwards. One said, "Wounding the prime minister's horse and servants, this is not a small crime," and the other sighed, "Don't I know what to do?" It's just that the top is pressing, and there is nothing to be done" After Wen Qigu heard this, he immediately reported it to another governor, Wang Qi.

Wang Qi is Wang Anshi's jinshi in the same year, and his qualifications are quite profound, and he has worked in the Hanlin Academy for 18 years. The article is very beautifully written, "its writing is extravagant and magnificent, and it is a family of its own", and it can be so evaluated in the Song Dynasty, where there are countless masters of writing, and its ability can be imagined. This person will be the prime minister of the Great Song Dynasty in the future, nicknamed "Three Decrees", that is, the last dynasty "takes the holy decree", and the next dynasty "receives the holy decree", and the next dynasty "obtains the holy decree", and is a good comrade who is very well-behaved.

Such a wonderful person will only have one reaction when he encounters the incident of the prime minister of Xuandemen being pumped. That is, Wang Anshi has to run quickly, it is best to appear in front of Wen Qigu in an instant, and hurry up and ask. Otherwise, Wang Jue would have the ability to assimilate the witnesses.

As expected, when Wang Anshi arrived, Wen Qigu looked demented and frustrated, and he couldn't wait to slap his mouth. How can there be so many mouths! What a fire pit it it was, and jumping into it yourself would be doomed to be gone! No matter how Wang Anshi asked him, he replied only one: I can't remember which two guards were talking at that time... Wang Anshi stared at him for a while, then left without saying anything...

This version also stopped there, should Wang Anshi dismount outside the door? After checking through the historical materials, no one had a correct explanation, and it became a headless public case. Let's take a look at the second version:

In this version, Wang Anshi did not enter the Xuande Gate alone, but was half-dragged and half-pulled by His Royal Highness the Prince of a prominent position. This prince is the aforementioned King of Qi, Zhao Hao. On the night of Shangyuan, the monarchs and ministers gathered to enjoy the lanterns, and not only the prime minister and important ministers were invited, but also the prince, the queen mother, and the queen mother also attended. When Wang Anshi came, he happened to meet King Qi, no matter whether Wang Anshi wanted to dismount in the door or outside the door, King Qi "carried Anshi" to enter first. The prince admires his face, he has to continue, right? This is how Wang Anshi was dragged into the city gate cave. Then there was the horse pumping incident. Considering the process of grandma, mother, and younger brother forcing the emperor to demote Wang Anshi in the depths of the palace, was King Qi's "support" move premeditated? The results of the incident also confirmed this - King Qi was sent to Kaifeng Mansion to wait for processing, and Wang Anshi automatically asked to resign!

Yay—the goal has been achieved! The prime minister of the Song Dynasty had to be gentle and courteous and behave modestly. When the two prime ministers quarrel with each other, they both have to be demoted! What's more, there was a fight scene in front of the prince!

If it's really a lose-lose situation, that's it. What's funny is that King Qi waited for it to be dealt with but waited for other tricks, not only was he not guilty. It can also turn bad things into good things, paving a way for another person to be promoted!

The matter was handed over to Kaifeng Mansion, and Yin Cai, who was busy with all kinds of official affairs every day, was suddenly summoned by the emperor. Shenzong asked, "Is King Qi's crime convicted, how to deal with it?"

Cai Cheng was suddenly angry! He said indignantly, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. The purpose of this lantern festival is to make the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother happy, to love brothers by the way, and to set an example for the subjects of the world. Wang Anshi is the chief minister and should take the lead. Now because he injured a few servants, he will treat the prince's crimes, so how can the queen mothers be happy" and the last sentence of this "If you must make a mistake with the servant." Straighter with the Prince. The minister is afraid that once His Majesty's power is gone, he cannot recover it" He is saying that no matter whether Wang Anshi has a grievance or not, he cannot punish King Qi! Otherwise, the emperor's own position will be threatened, and it will reach a bad level of losing his supreme status from now on!

Shenzong was taken aback. Because what Cai did say is too logical! with his arguments. This time the prince was punished. Wang Anshi will be doubly arrogant. You Song Shenzong can't govern him anymore, and the imperial power is no longer authoritative! Think about it from another angle? If King Qi is not punished, how will the status of this prince change? Even the prime minister of the country dared to bully. And no responsibility, how good is he? Will you still be afraid of your brother, Emperor Shenzong?

You must know that the prince and the emperor are only a thin line apart! It's all the same bloodline, to usurp the throne, is it easy for the prince or the prime minister? What's more, this prince is still the Empress Dowager Gao's favorite! "Female Zhong Yao Shun" likes Zhao Hao far more than Zhao Hao!

It can be seen from this that Cai is indeed purely reversing black and white! But back in the history books, the emperor's surprise was very intriguing, and after being shocked, he was very happy, "Qing Nai dares to say this about An Shiye" Cai Aiqing, you dare to say this about Wang Anshi? Song Shenzong greatly admired Cai Qu, thinking that he was courageous and knowledgeable, loyal to the imperial power, considerate of the royal family, and a rare good courtier! From then on, it was decided to reuse him!

To sum up, very speechless. Regardless of whether Cai Qu's remarks are correct or not, just looking at Song Shenzong's reaction, you can know the truth of this version. In the past five years of reform, Song Shenzong has obeyed Wang Anshi's words and entrusted the rise and fall of the country. If you want to say that the power has fallen, it has already fallen! Will you use this little thing to wake up after 5 years? It can only be proved that this is a very common shameless deed in the compilation process of Song history - falsification! used to ruin Wang Anshi's image. Now let's look at the third version:

Wang Anshi took the servants to the left door of the Xuande Gate of the palace, and was about to go inside, when the deacon of the guard appeared, he held a kind of honor guard called Guduo, and shouted at Wang Anshi to dismount. This Gu Duo was in the limelight once on the side of the Liao people: it was Han Derang, the lover of the Empress Dowager Xiao, who smashed the head of a Liao royal family with Gu Duo on the Golden Palace.

At this time, the guard brother walked towards Wang Anshi with this kind of thing and ordered him to dismount! Wang Anshi obviously didn't realize what was going to happen, and he had a bad personality attack, and continued to walk forward (the horse was not stopped) At this time, an important person appeared: the eunuch Zhang Maoze. Do you remember this man? Recalling that Song Renzong once suddenly went crazy, rushed out of the palace with his hair scattered, and shouted "The queen and Zhang Maoze conspired against each other" Zhang Maoze appeared again after 18 years. He suddenly appeared and shouted at Wang Anshi, who immediately stopped his horse. It's not cowardice, it's rules! When the eunuch spoke, the vast majority of them were not speaking by himself, but by conveying the emperor's orders! At this time, Zhang Mao ordered the guard officer to grab the servant who led the horse for Wang Anshi with his eyes and beat him hard! There is no reaction from Wang Anshi in this version, he didn't resist, and it is not clear whether he begged for mercy or not, the focus of the account is the old brother who beat people, the guard officer suddenly shifted the target, and shouted "Why can't the horse" raise the bone and injured Wang Anshi's horse!

Zhang Mao appreciated this move very much, and he promptly issued a reasonable explanation for beating people and horses: "What's wrong with Xianggong, isn't he a courtier?" Contempt for the emperor like this, do you want to be Wang Mang?"

The dignified prime minister was suddenly insulted by a group of guards and a eunuch, and it was a violent insult, which was unbearable! But when the incident was at the scene, Wang Anshi endured it. He chose to see the emperor before talking.

Seeing Zhao Ji, Wang Anshi told what had happened, stating that Zhang Mao and others had injured his mount and servants. Song Shenzong's answer stunned me. Of course, the most stunned was Wang Anshi himself, Song Shenzong actually said, "Oh, it's injured?" Really hurt? Okay, send someone to check the injury..."Wang Anshi immediately fell into the ice cellar, this is a greater insult than the Xuandemen horse beating incident, as the prime minister, being bullied like this, the emperor still doesn't believe it!

This is the end of the third version. Although no answer was given, the answer is known to the whole world, that is, Wang Anshi resigned! As for whether Zhang Mao was punished, there is no clear historical data to check. Only by thinking of the most widely circulated version can there be a guess: in addition to the guards who beat horses in Xuandemen were punished with rods, there was also an unknown eunuch of the Imperial Medicine Academy who was also punished, but his name was not recorded. Could this eunuch be Zhang Maoze?

And Zhang Mao has always been a close confidant of Empress Renzong and now the Empress Dowager, thinking of the conversation between the Empress Dowager and Shenzong, will there be many doubts rising - exempting money from ruining the financial route of the emperor's relatives in the capital, and the Cao family will not be spared. Before she came out, her cronies and eunuchs went out first to humiliate Wang Anshi? It's good to be able to drive it away, and if you can't drive it away, the Queen Mother will come forward. What are the steps in this plan?

In this detailed introduction of the Xuandemen incident, it is not to cry out for Wang Anshi and to be angry for reform, but to talk about the reasons for Wang Anshi's failure. No matter which of the 3 versions is true, they all convey a message - the inevitability of Wang Anshi's failure! He was so careless! Strong enemies around the side, themselves and all the old forces for the enemy, there has been a naked attack outside the Xuande Gate, but there is no preemptive strike, at this time let the enemy make trouble, after the new law is abolished, only to know that there is a "Wanderer Map"! You don't fail who fails!

When I went back to Zheng Xia's "Wandering People", this person said: If it doesn't rain within 10 days of the emperor's abolition of the new law, he will behead him! What happened after that made the people who had supported the new law for thousands of years and stood on Wang Anshi's side extremely depressed: because on the day when the new law was completely abolished, the heavy rain that had been held back for more than 9 months really poured down! What else is there to say about this! Zheng Xia is right, the new law is wrong, God has given the greatest truth!

Is this really the case? I have a question mark over that. Look at the results after heavy rains. What would a person like Song Shenzong, who was cautious and fearful of heaven and fear, really face such a real miracle from heaven? There is no doubt that he will remove the new law to the end, and from then on he will only please God! (To be continued......)