"Little benevolent and big unkind!"

Zhao Xu snorted coldly in his heart, extremely dissatisfied with Sima Guang, and greatly inclined to Wang Anshi in his heart, after all, Wang Anshi was bent on changing the law to become strong.

However, Fan Zheng sneered: "Sima Guang is a small benevolence and a big indifference, while Wang Anshi is a big benevolence and a small indifference. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Zhao Xu frowned.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Wang Anshi's change of law, its original intention is to enrich the country and strengthen the army, it is indeed the great benevolence of the world, but his change is extremely stubborn, ignoring the actual situation of the Great Song Dynasty, and insisting on his own implementation of the change, even if it has caused harm, he is still unrepentant, but it is a small indifference to ordinary people." ”

Zhao Xu couldn't help but sigh, Wang Anshi's change of law is indeed beneficial to the national level, but it has aroused the opposition of the whole people, and it is indeed not very friendly to the people.

If the two can cooperate sincerely, it is really a match made in heaven, check and fill in the gaps, and revitalize the Great Song Dynasty is just around the corner.

Both of them have flaws in their personalities, Wang Anshi is reluctant, does not listen to people's persuasion, and resolutely does not change even if the new law is wrong, and Sima Guangqiang! would rather retire to Luoyang than be an official in the same dynasty as Wang Anshi.

The fight between the two is also forgotten, and at the same time it drives the party struggle between the old and new parties, which makes the Great Song Dynasty miss a good opportunity for revival, which makes people sigh.

Zhao Xu has a headache, today it seems to be a dispute over names, but in fact it is a dispute between the ideas of the old and new parties, if one is not done well, the tragedy of Shenzong will be staged again.

Fan Zheng said solemnly: "Since the old and new parties are arguing endlessly, it is better to give these two old enemies who have been entangled all their lives the most fair trial, and conclude the coffin for the merits of the two and end this decades-long struggle." ”

"Closing the coffin!"

Zhao Xu nodded slightly, knowing that this matter must be cut through the mess quickly, otherwise there will inevitably be a momentum of party struggle between the old and new parties again.

The second day of the pilgrimage.

"Enlightening the official family, Sima Guang did not respect the official family, and abolished the new law of the first emperor without authorization, so that the first emperor's decades of efforts came to naught."

"The Ayun case Sima Guang will be avenged, he is really a hypocrite!"

"Sima Guang dedicated the land to Western Xia, and ruined the good situation of my Great Song Dynasty."

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The New Party really impeached Sima Guangdao again, seized Sima Guang's pain points, and fiercely attacked him.

Yang Wei did not hesitate to fight back: "Qi Qi official, Sima Xianggong abolished the new law, just following the example of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to abolish the harsh government in the later period. ”

"Harshness?"

Zhao Xu looked at Yang Wei and couldn't help but have a cold look in his eyes.

The new law was a policy that his father, Emperor Shenzong, had painstakingly implemented for 16 years, which made the situation of the Great Song Dynasty slightly better, but in the eyes of Sima Guang, it turned out to be a harsh government that harmed the people.

Yang Wei felt a void in his heart, and immediately understood that he had said the wrong thing, and immediately changed the topic: "Wang Anshi changed the law for his own use, the cool law harmed the people, and the people have been resentful for sixteen years, and they have already reached the point where they have to change. ”

Zhao Xu took a deep breath, looked around at the tense new party and the old party, and showed a hint of playfulness at the moment: "Since the court has its own opinions, from my point of view, why don't you judge the merits and demerits of the two ministers in public?" ”

"Judge the merits and demerits in public!"

The old and new parties were suddenly startled and looked at Zhao Xu in surprise.

For a long time, judging the rights and wrongs of predecessors is usually recorded in historical records, but it is the first time that it is publicly judged in the imperial court, not to mention that now above the court, the two prime ministers have a group of loyal supporters.

The officials of the two parties glanced at each other, and they couldn't help but feel a raging war.

Zhao Xu looked at Su Zhe on the side and said, "Su Xianggong, you are here to preside over the evaluation of Wang Anshi and Sima Xianggong's merits and demerits." ”

Su Zhe is a neutral faction, and he is responsible for presiding over the coffin of the old and new parties, which can be regarded as the most fair and just.

"Wechen obeys!"

Su Zhe frowned, these are the two most controversial prime ministers in the Great Song Dynasty, and a slight carelessness will cause criticism, but Zhao Xu personally named him, and he could only reluctantly accept his order.

Su Zhe looked around at the old and new parties, took a deep breath and said: "Since ancient times, judging a person's merits and demerits usually includes personal ethics, official and political affairs, internal and external policies, and so on. ”

The old and new parties bowed slightly, and what Su Zhe said was indeed true.

"In terms of personal ethics, whether it is Wang Anshi or Sima Guang, they are both honest and honest, and they are models of people and ministers." Su Zhe is colorful.

The officials of the old and new parties nodded one after another, they attacked each other, they were all above the official and the government, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang had no one to blame in terms of character.

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "You Aiqing can speak freely. ”

Wang Di took the lead in the list and said: "Qiyu official family, grandfather Wang Anshi devoted himself to the country, in order to revitalize the Great Song Dynasty, he worked hard, regardless of the criticism of the world, presided over the great cause of changing the law, enriched the country and strengthened the army internally, suppressed the Western Xia externally, and recovered several states in Xihe, worthy of the imperial court, meritorious to the community, and worthy of the title of Wenzheng!" ”

"Your Ministers agree!"

Zhang Tun and other New Party ministers seconded the motion.

Lu Dafang sneered: "Wang Anshi is worthy of the country, but he is ashamed of the people, as soon as the new law comes out, the people are full of complaints, with the "Diagram of the Displaced People" as evidence, how can Wang Anshi be guilty." ”

"There have been doubts about the law changes in the past dynasties, and the Wang Xianggong changed the law for the sake of the country's prosperity and the people's strength, although there are objections, but it does not damage the great virtue." Cai Bian said firmly.

The new party and the old party quarreled incessantly, but on the whole, they believed that Wang Anshi's original intention of changing the law was good, and his radical change caused a certain amount of public resentment.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu quickly cut through the chaos and said: "From my point of view, Wang Xianggong is dedicated to the country, although there are flaws, but the flaws are not concealed, it is better to set in seven points of merit and three points, the merit is greater than the fault, and it is worthy of enjoying the temple court of the first emperor, and the nickname is 'Wen'." ”

"The nickname is 'Wen'."

The new party and the old party couldn't help but be stunned.

The nickname 'Wen', although not as top as 'Wenzheng', is also a rare good nickname, and the new party officials bowed slightly, especially Zhao Xu let Wang Anshi deserve to enjoy the temple court of Shenzong, which is already an affirmation of Wang Anshi.

"Weichen for my grandfather, thank you for the grace of the official family." Wang Di sobbed and thanked him.

The old party officials were also slightly relieved, at least the officials thought that Wang Anshi still had three points, and it was also good news for them to break Wang Anshi's golden body of law change.

Moreover, Wang Anshi's nickname is 'Wen', but it is one level lower than Sima Guang's 'Wenzheng'.

"Please judge the merits and demerits of Lord Sima." Su Zhe continued.

"Weichen thinks that Sima Guang is not worthy of the name of 'Wenzheng'." Zhang Dian sneered and said, Wang Anshi's nickname is 'Wen', and Sima Guang's nickname is 'Wenzheng', wouldn't that crush the New Party.

The New Party directly spread out what Sima Guang did little by little, especially the cases of the original dedication of Western Xia and Ayun, which were repeatedly attacked.

Even the old party officials were extremely speechless, there is no double punishment for one crime, sixteen years have passed since the Ayun case, and the sentence has been served, why does Sima Guang still want to kill a weak woman.

Seeing this, Zhao Xu immediately said: "Sima Xianggong has a noble character and is conscientious and conscientious as an official, but Yuan You was in power in the first year, ignoring the good situation of the Great Song Dynasty, abolishing the new law without authorization, and dedicating the land to Western Xia, so that the efforts of the first emperor for more than ten years came to naught, and there is a suspicion of taking revenge on Ah Yun with personal gain." Its three points of merit and seven points of excesses. ”

"Three points of work, seven points of work!" Su Zhe couldn't help but be stunned, he didn't expect Zhao Xu to judge Sima Guang, a gentleman recognized by the government and the opposition, so much.

"Take the word 'Wen' from its nickname, and the nickname is 'Zheng'! Remembering the dead is great, and leaving the monument that I gave back then. Zhao Xu said solemnly.

"The nickname is 'positive'"

The old party officials were in an uproar, and in the nickname, Wen Ke was a little higher, so Sima Guang was a head lower than Wang Anshi.

Yang Wei wanted to argue again, but Lu Dafang shook his head slightly.

Although the official family has a bad impression of Sima Guang, after all, they still have a trace of face, and they give him three points of credit, and keep the monument in person.

Moreover, the merits and demerits of Sima Guang and Wang Anshi are three or seven points and the other is seven or three points, which is too much of a coincidence.

And one of the two is 'Wen' and the other is 'Zheng', which together happens to be the top nickname of Renchen 'Wenzheng', which has no deep meaning, I'm afraid no one believes it.

"If Sima Guang and Wang Anshi can cooperate sincerely, they may be able to change the disadvantages of the Great Song Dynasty for thousands of years, but unfortunately because of their different ideas, the two eventually went to opposition, otherwise why would there be today's dispute." Zhao Xu looked around at the ministers and said solemnly.

Dividing Wang Anshi and Sima Guang equally into Wenzheng's nicknames, both of which are divided into merits and demerits, is a countermeasure for Zhao Xu and Fan Zheng's secret consultation.

First, it is very in line with the merits of the two, and second, it warns the old and new parties not to repeat the old path of Sima Guang and Wang Anshi.

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Hundreds of officials gave up their hands.

The officials of the new party and the old party are all elites among the people, so they naturally understand the significance of Zhao Xu's move, and they all bow their heads at the moment.

And Fan Zheng looked at this scene and couldn't help sighing, the new party and the old party have different positions and different interests, can they really cooperate sincerely?

As a neutralist, Su Zhe has a soft personality, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to reconcile the struggle between the new party and the old party.

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"Wang Anshi is more than three points and seven points of merit! The nickname is the text! ”

"Sima Guang has three points of merit and seven points, and his nickname is positive!"

As soon as this news came out, the people immediately boiled.

Without him! When the law was changed, Wang Anshi's reputation was not good, and he was called a bad minister, especially when the old party was in power for many years, constantly suppressing the new party, and Wang Anshi's reputation was even more of a traitor.

On the contrary, Sima Guang, who is known as a moral model, has been praised as a generation of virtuous ministers after the propaganda of the old party and his own fame.

However, the court closed the coffin in public and settled the merits and demerits, and Wang Anshi's changes and Sima Guang's evaluations were reversed, Wang Anshi's merits were greater than his faults, and Sima Guang's merits were greater than his merits.

"The official family shouldn't be taking revenge on the old party!" Some people also questioned.

After all, Sima Guang's reputation has always been too good, and he is known as a model for courtiers, but it represents the old party, and it is not impossible for the official family to use the new party now, suppress the old party, and belittle Sima Guang.

"Nope! Sima Guang may have impeccable character, but his ability to govern the country is not brilliant. There are also people of insight who shake their heads and deny.

"Yes, I heard that this time it is above the imperial court, and the conclusion of the coffin for the two is publicly sealed, presumably the Di Bao will definitely publish the specific process, I can wait for the news." A Kaifeng common man seconded.

"Di Bao is here!"

Sure enough, it didn't take long for the new issue of Di Bao to soon appear on the streets of Kaifeng.

Since the use of movable type printing, the imperial court's newspaper has become more and more convenient, whenever there is a major event, it is urgent to print, the first time to let the newspaper be published.

The imperial court closed the coffins for the two most famous ministers of the previous dynasty, and Su Shi naturally would not miss such a major event, and immediately rushed to publish the Yin Di newspaper and publish it all over the world.

"Wang Anshi's intention to change the law to enrich the country and strengthen the army was good, and the results were remarkable, but he acted in a hurry, harmful to the people, and scored seven points of merit and three points of success."

Seeing the news in the Di newspaper, he nodded slightly, although the government and the opposition continued to oppose Wang Anshi, no one questioned Wang Anshi's intention to serve the country.

"That's fair!"

Seeing that the imperial court really pointed out that Wang Anshi's new law was in a hurry, many Kaifeng people nodded slightly, and I have to say that the decline of the Great Song Dynasty to the Western Xia began with Wang Anshi's reform.

Including the current Great Song Dynasty's successive defeats of the Western Xia offensive, it is still the remnant of Wang Anshi's changes back then.

"Wang Anshi's evaluation is also fair, but the old man doesn't believe that Sima Xianggong's conclusion that three points of merit and seven points can be fair." An old master said angrily.

In his opinion, Sima Guang's conclusion on the coffin is not higher than Wang Anshi, but at least the same, how can he have three points of merit and seven points.

However, when he saw Sima Guang's judgment in the newspaper, he suddenly fell silent.

"The state affairs of the Great Song Dynasty were in danger, but Sima Guang abolished the new law, but did not propose an effective way to govern the country."

"Dedicate the land of Western Xia, let Western Xia come back to life, and bring disaster to the northwest."

"The Ayun case is suspected of personal revenge."

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In the newspaper, Sima Guang's merits and demerits were listed one by one, and everyone couldn't help frowning when they saw this.

Before the use of movable type printing in Dibao, the mouthpiece of the people was in the hands of scholars, and Sima Guang was a model of scholars in the world, and was naturally praised by scholars as extremely great.

However, after the fair publicity of Di Bao, the people of the world suddenly realized that Sima Guang, who was known as the Confucian Sima Zi and was almost perfect, also had so many flaws.

Especially the Ayun case, Sima Guang was even more criticized, after all, as Sima Guang's identity as a supreme minister, it is simply incomprehensible to strangle a hard-working woman who has already served a prison sentence after many years.

"Sima Guang's retrial of Ayun's case more than ten years later is to uphold the laws of the Great Song Dynasty."

"Sima Guang dedicated the land of Western Xia in exchange for the captives of Yongle City!"

"Sima Guang abolished the new law because the new law harmed the people."

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Every time Sima Guang acts, he will find an excuse that he thinks is perfect, and one by one the scholars will keep defending Sima Guang.

"Humph! Sima Guang only insisted on what he thought was the law, and the Ayun case had already gone through layers of cases, and even more so, the first emperor himself had decided the case, and the case had already been closed and the verdict had been obtained, so what qualifications did Sima Guang have to overturn the judgment of the first emperor? ”

According to later generations, the Ayun case is already the final judgment, and the sentence has been served, so Sima Guang's move really cannot withstand scrutiny.

"As for the prisoners who sacrificed Mizhi Sizhai in exchange for Yongle City, then I and other Great Song Dynasty soldiers attacked Mizhi Sizhai and died countless battles, will their blood be shed in vain?"

"Since Sima Guang thinks that the new law will not work, he should implement the feasible law by himself, instead of abolishing it."

Sima Guang's excuse was just self-justification, and he was soon scoffed at by everyone, and in the midst of the people's discussions, Sima Guang's reputation dropped sharply.

"Three points of merit and seven points of success! The official's conclusion lives up to its name. ”

"In my opinion, the official family still gave Sima Guang some face, kept the monument, and reduced the name to positive."

"Wang Anshi's name is 'Wen', and Sima Guang's name is 'Zheng'

Neither of these thousand-year-old enemies has been given the nickname of Wenzheng. ”

With the release of the Di newspaper, Wang Anshi and Sima Guang, the old enemies who have been entangled in grievances for a lifetime, finally closed the coffin.

(End of chapter)