Zhao Ji once wore a golden armor costume to the harem to see the Empress Dowager Cao, "Grandma, I'm good dressed like this" Empress Dowager Cao, who was born in the first place, was surprised, and for a while, she was full of flavors, and she couldn't speak...

At this time, Zhao Ji asked Fu Bi: In Yiqing's opinion, how should the side matter be punished?

Fu Bi, who had just said those wise words, slowly replied, "Your Majesty has not been in the palace for a long time, when Bude is beneficial, I am willing to be silent for 20 years"

Shenzong was stunned for a moment, this... Is that the answer? With the loyalty of Fubi, he will never say anything, but this is the ultimate answer? He fell silent for a moment, and it was only long after Fu Bi left that two question marks formed in his mind:

1 For what ministers know the Tao but don't do it? This refers to Sima Guang, I believe that there must be more than one person who can see the country's problems clearly, so why don't you come out to worry about the country?

2. Bud Xinghui. This refers to the domestic and foreign policies pursued by the Zhen and Ren dynasties. Whether it is for the internal scholar class, or for the external Daliao and Western Xia, they must be both gentle and rewarding, and be a good man endlessly. Doesn't that change?

These questions bothered Zhao Ji, in the final analysis, he was an emperor, a person who set the general policy and direction, and now he pointed out the way forward - reform! But how to change it, you need a big shopkeeper!

That person has to have a deep understanding of the current state of affairs and be aware of every problem. This is only the first step, and it is even more necessary to turn the situation into a concrete plan for every step, so that every ordinary official and ordinary person can understand and implement it. It must not be like the Qingli New Deal more than 20 years ago, accurately point out the problem, but vaguely solve the problem, and achieve nothing in the end, the only bright spot is to stop quickly, no sequelae!

Where are such people? Check all over the Kaifeng Imperial Capital, all the officials and elites that have been raised for a hundred years are here, and they are all disappointing... Where the hell is this person?

Sum up. Song Shenzong did not choose Wang Anshi from the beginning, but under the condition of equal opportunity, except for Wang Anshi, everyone was avoiding it, forcing Shenzong to choose Wang Anshi. But even so, Wang Anshi still can't immediately gain trust and power. Shenzong is not an ordinary person, this 20-year-old young man is far from the hairy boy who is in a hurry to achieve everything and does things in everyone's impression, he is terrifyingly cautious. It can even be said that a large part of the reason why the change later turned out to be like that was his "prudence"

Shenzong and Wang Anshi had many individual conversations. On the 4th, the first conversation between the two recorded in the history books (before that. I think it should have been talked about, just like Liu Bei can't worship Zhuge Liang from now on just because of a "Longzhong Pair". Of course, the content of the conversation is no longer available) The emperor asked how to govern the world? Wang Anshi replied with 4 words: "Choose technique first"

The emperor asked, "How is Tang Taizong," and Wang Anshi replied, "Your Majesty is Fa Yaoshun, what is Li Shimin?" Yao Shun's way is simple but not annoying, important but not detouring, easy but not difficult. It was only later that the scholars did not learn, so they thought that the "emperor" had too high expectations for me, and we worked together to achieve this wish."

The emperor asked, "The ancestral world has been peaceful for a hundred years, and there has been no great change." How did they do it" This time Wang Anshi did not answer directly, but went home and wrote a super long recital. The governing techniques of the Taizu Dynasty, the Taizong Dynasty, the Zhenzong Dynasty, the Renzong Dynasty, and the Yingzong Dynasty are listed one by one, and then the current problems are pointed out. After the most concluded, "There has been nothing in the world for more than a hundred years, although it is said that personnel, God also helps." But please don't rely on heaven's help. Today is the day of great success."

This is to talk about ideals and repay each other's losses. Shenzong took Li Shimin as his idol. Unexpectedly, Wang Anshi was directly promoted to the legendary emperor Yao Shun, which surprised the young emperor.

Then came the most famous debate before the reform. It originated from the earthquakes and floods in Hebei in July and August. On August 13, Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang proposed: At present, the financial situation is tight, and all efforts will be made to provide disaster relief. The reward for the outskirts ceremony that the rulers are about to receive. It's all saved. This opinion was sent to the Hanlin Academy, and the scholars and adults were asked to write the draft. As a result, Bachelor Sima and Bachelor Wang expressed their own opinions, which were completely opposite.

Sima Guang agreed. Thrifty starts with officials, and that's good!

Wang Anshi objected, this is simply a drop in the bucket and an image project. At that time, Chang Gon, the prime minister of the Tang Dynasty, saved his working lunch, and was ridiculed, it was better to resign than to resign, and he was not worthy of being the prime minister at all! What's more, the real problem now is not the lack of national use!

Sima Guang shook his head, Chang Gon reduced his salary, it was better than the waste of the corpse vegetarian meal. And now the most important problem of the country is the lack of national use!

Wang Anshi's unfathomable side was revealed: "How can I know that the country is insufficient?" It's because the country hasn't found anyone who is really good at managing money."

Emperor Shenzong's eyes lit up, but Sima Guang was an immortal master of history, so don't try to deceive him in everything. He immediately pointed out: "What you said about being good at managing money is just to search for people's wealth according to the number of accounts and people." If the people are poor, they will become thieves, and this is not a blessing for the country."

But Wang Anshi said a sentence that no one has ever said from ancient times to the Song Dynasty, to tell the truth: the reason why he is Wang Anshi is because he can indeed do this, he is Wang Anshi, a magician who can let everyone witness miracles. Of course, the last sentence still falls short: "Those who are good at managing money, do not increase the amount of money and the country uses it enough", I can increase the country's income without raising taxes!

You can imagine the excitement of Emperor Shenzong and the anger of Sima Guang! Wang Anshi's sentence is simply challenging his IQ: "There is a fixed number of wealth in heaven and earth, there are only so many, not in the government, but in the people." What you said about not giving money and the country is enough, but you are secretly stealing people's wealth, which is worse than adding money, and at least there is a basis and specific figures! What's more, this trick has been used by someone a long time ago, and Sang Hongyang used it to confuse Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, when everyone hasn't read the "Historical Records"?"

The conversation reaches its climax here, but also... It's over. There is no Wang Anshi's answer to Sima Guang's words in the history books. Only Emperor Shenzong's conclusion: I agree with Sima Guang. However, as to whether the ministers of the two governments will reduce the reward, it is subject to Wang Anshi's opinion.

But with Wang Anshi's character and the importance of this matter that is greater than the sky, does the Xiang Guild choose to shut up and admit defeat? Never! But the record of history is gone... Aroused the infinite reverie of future generations: What kind of magic does Wang Anshi have? Why didn't Emperor Shenzong be attracted by magic?

What follows can only be my own speculation: to discuss Wang Anshi, it is necessary to link it with the viewpoint of modern economic regulation and control, putting aside "morality" and only "economy", Sima Guang's theory can be summarized as two words: "zero sum", that is, income and expenditure are equal, and if it is not in the government, it is in the people. Wang Anshi's so-called "value-added" uses the government as a business name, and uses various means, including government regulation and control, lowering interest rates, and other methods to stimulate the market and speed up turnover. It will generate a higher tax value at the same interest rate. To put it more complicated, in fact, it is just one sentence: like a small trader, as long as the goods go fast and the price remains the same, they will also make a lot of money!

It can be seen from this that Wang Anshi is more intelligent, but he has long exceeded the limits of the times, so he is not understood by the times. At least the emperor didn't understand it at this time...

On the 24th, Song Shenzong issued an edict to Zhongshu Province: The foundation of the Great Song Dynasty was created in Taizu, and it must not be forgotten. You choose from among the descendants of the Great Patriarch a person who is closely related by blood and who is of high moral character. I want to tear the earth and seal the king, and the generations will not be extinguished! On September 2, Song Taizu's great-grandson, the grandson of Zhao Defang, the king of Qin, the Jingzhou observer, and Zhao Congshi, the duke of Shuguo, entered the king of Anding County, and was also ready to let Zhao Congshi worship the temple, but the former prime minister Han Qi entered the court and made the decision to worship the temple.

On October 3, Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi continued their conversation. Shenzong "Li Shimin has Wei Zheng, Liu Bei has Zhuge Liang, and only then has his later achievements." But these two people are unborn," Wang Anshi continued to disdain, "Your Majesty can be like Yao Shun, and naturally there are virtuous ministers such as Gao, Kui, Ji, and Qi. As for Wei Zheng and Zhuge Liang, they are not worth mentioning. With the greatness of the world, the multitude of all peoples, there are many outstanding people. It just depends on how sincere you are. Otherwise, even if there are those virtuous ministers, they will be deceived by the villain and leave you."

Shenzong disagreed, "Where is there no villain?" Although Yao Shun was at the time, he couldn't do without the four murderers, "It is precisely because he can see who the four murderers are, and then kill them." That's why it's Yao Shun. If the four murderers are allowed to act arbitrarily, can Gao, Kui, Ji, and Qi still work normally" This is Wang Anshi asking Emperor Shenzong to support him like Yao Shun supported Gao, Kui, Ji, and Qi, and get rid of the so-called "four murderers" in order for him to let go of his work. Show off your talents...

On the 7th, Emperor Shenzong asked about the art of enriching the people. Sima Guang replied: "The art of enriching the people is first to win people." The closest to the people is naturally the county ordinance. If you want to know whether the county order is competent, the best way is to ask the superior of the county order, that is, to know the state. If you want to know whether Zhizhou is competent, the best way is to ask Zhizhou's superiors and transfer envoys. Your Majesty, as long as you choose a good and capable transfer envoy, and then let the transfer envoys supervise the governor, let the governor supervise the county commanders, why worry about the people not being rich."

On the 29th, the Great Liao sent an envoy to canonize Li Bingchang as the king of Western Xia.

On December 12, the Great Song Dynasty issued an edict to Li Bingchang: As long as you reclaim the oath of ministerhood, we will canonize you, return Suizhou to you, and give you the same gifts. So: Hand in your vows! Let's have a face...

This year, when Song Shenzong had just ascended the throne for the first time, he "begged for words", and in the speeches of many top bigwigs at that time, there was an unknown small character who also wrote a chapter, which opened the most controversial and glorious military legend in the history of the Northern Song Dynasty!

If the soldiers of the Song Dynasty want to rank, the first person is undisputed, naturally Yue Fei! But when it comes to the Northern Song Dynasty, some people say it's Cao Bin, some people say it's Pan Mei, some people say it's Di Qing, some people say it's Guo Kui, and some people even say it's Zhao Kuangyin.

But in fact, there is another person in the Northern Song Dynasty, whose achievements are brilliant in the annals of history, and the sadness is even farther than Di Qing. It has even been selectively forgotten by the class of scholars and doctors who have written history for generations! His name is Wang Shao!

Wang Shao was born and took the orthodox road of the Song Dynasty. He was admitted to the Jinshi and became a petty official, he was very motivated, and then took the system examination, but unfortunately this time he fell off the list. At this moment, he made an unexpected decision, which can be called a classic of officialdom's unobtrusive behavior.

He abandoned his official position and went out to travel. And looking at the route he chose, it makes people wonder if he has a broken brain. As a southerner, he actually ran to Shaanxi. At that time, many people were wondering: Is this a psychopathic after failing the exam and failing to be promoted, abusing themselves to find a balance? N years later, those people were dumbfounded, and they personally confirmed a sentence - the bird knows the ambition of the bird!

Wang Shao wandered alone in the northwest frontier, always paying attention to the dynamics of Tubo, Western Xia, Qiang and other foreign races, this is the arrangement of fate, when the Song Dynasty replaced the young and ambitious emperor Song Shenzong, the situation on the northwest frontier also happened to be turbulent, pregnant with a storm that is about to be reshuffled and established who is big and who is small.

At this time, Wang Shao wrote down what he had observed into a seal and presented it to Song Shenzong. This piece is called "Ping Rong Ce", which has a very high status in history, and some people say that it is similar to Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Pair". During the Three Kingdoms, Zhuge Kongming was not a fledgling and divided the world into three parts, while Wang Shao was outside the officialdom at that time, but he saw international affairs clearly and understood. The identities and difficulties of the two are very similar. Looking at the significance again, "Longzhong Pair" established the development direction of the Shu Han Empire: to seize the benefits of Jing and divide the troops to the Northern Expedition to take the world. is very accurate, but the last link is a bad thing about Guan Yu, which makes the final setting of "Longzhong Pair" unable to be completed. Wang Shao's "Pingrong Policy" stipulated the development direction of the Song Dynasty during the reign of Shenzong, and its significance also directly affected the later Zhezong and Huizong decades, and every emperor of the Northern Song Dynasty regarded it as a golden rule. Regardless of Wang Shao's own treatment, the direction of the war he pointed out was always underway, even on the eve of the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty...

In this sense, "Ping Rong Ce" changed the fate of the Song Dynasty and even the entire Han people, how can its significance be compared with the civil war nature of "Longzhong Pair"? But when it comes to it, it's not recognized! At best, people compare it to Wang Pu's "Pingbian Ce" during the Chai Rong period of the Five Dynasties...

It's just a little bit of a local dispute, what's the big deal? What, you ask? The reason is very simple, Wang Shao is the New Party, he is not the only one in the History of the Song Dynasty, everyone around Wang Anshi, as long as they are sticky to the New Party, are synonymous with villains, despicable, insidious, and life...

Okay, let's take a look at what is written in "Ping Rong Ce"? There are three chapters in Pingrongce, and the theme of its discussion is rooted in a current situation—the division of the Tubo River.

Hehuang Tubo Zampu Siluo fell out of harmony with his two sons before his death, and the felt horns and blind felt left Zongge City and Niche Valley respectively, and the strength of Tubo was greatly damaged. After his death in 1065, he was succeeded by his third son, Dong Yu. The situation is more chaotic.

Dong Yu only owned the land of the river north of the Yellow River, and was a rather reluctant Zampu, and he could not subdue the two brothers who had split off, and he could not take in his subordinates until the death of the eldest brother Mo Yujiao. As for the second brother Blind Felt, he had no choice, and after the death of Blind Felt, his son Mu Zheng became completely independent and occupied Hezhou in the Hehuang Department. (To be continued......)