Generally speaking, this matter is finalized. If the imperial edict is issued, what else can change? However, when it comes to national political laws, there must be a legal procedure to go, that is, the prime ministers must order and the two-system officials to formulate the edict before it can be promulgated and implemented nationwide. Just as all the opposition was celebrating each other, one of them had a small idea, which was his small idea that changed the entire historical process!

Zhao Yan, who was a political affairs officer at Wang Anshi, thought it was not appropriate to immediately announce the decree to abolish the Qingmiao Law, because of face issues. These new laws were all facilitated by Wang Anshi. Now Wang Anshi is destined to leave Beijing in the near future. When he leaves, we will promulgate the decree to abolish the decree. This is the way for a literati with cultivation and taste to do things...

Two prime ministers Zeng Gongliang and Chen Shengzhi looked at him, and they were really amused and laughed: Brother, when is it? The political arena is the battlefield, and you will die. How can you suddenly become perverted?

But no matter how the two prime ministers persuaded and ordered them, Zhao Yan just disagreed.

Time passed day by day in the prime ministers' arguments. How many days have passed in total? It was actually 10 days! Maybe Zhao Yan was really confident. He had all the imperial edicts, which was the highest instruction! So he just quarreled with confidence and boldness and dragged it out without any scruples...

Until 10 days later... these 10 days had a unique position in the history of the Song Dynasty, which determined the fate of the entire Northern Song Dynasty! Ten days later, Emperor Shenzong suddenly made a big turn of 180 degrees and turned to support Wang Anshi, no longer saying anything wrong with the new law. At the same time, Wang Anshi's "recovery from illness" ordered the three Regulations to refute Han Qi's memorial.

The opposition were shocked! What happened?

There are two answers given in the history of the Song Dynasty: 1. Lu Huiqing made trouble. He understood that all his future was related to Wang Anshi and was related to the new law, so he tried every means to instruct many people to say good things about Wang Anshi in front of the emperor. Those people were eunuchs. The most important of them were a confidant eunuch: Zhang Ruoshui and Lan Yuanzhen. It was said that the emperor had never left Kaifeng City, and the quality of the Qingmiao Law could only be analyzed from documents and investigated from memorials. At this time, he finally couldn't sit still and quietly sent these two eunuchs out of the capital to investigate secretly. The two eunuchs came back to say that everything was fine in the new law, especially without levy, and everything was voluntary. Shenzong had a clear idea and decided to promote the Qingmiao Law nationwide.

One person happened to come to Kaifeng at this time. This person unanimously recognized the "treacherous" in history books of history. His path to evil began with this entry into Beijing. His name was Li Ding.

Li Ding was a student of Wang Anshi. After passing the imperial examination, he became a judge in Xiuzhou. At this time, he was recommended by the judge Sun Jue, the chief judge. The first person he came into contact with after entering Beijing was the censor Li Chang. Li Chang asked, "You came from the south, what do the people think of Qingmiao Law?" Li Ding replied, "They all like it very much." Li Chang immediately shook his head and warned him, "Now this is a hot topic in the capital. You have to keep your mouth shut and don't talk nonsense."

Li Ding didn't say anything, turned around and looked for his teacher Wang Anshi and said, "I only know to speak according to the truth. I don't know that people can shut up in the capital at any time." Wang Anshi was overjoyed. At this time, he was worried that no one would support him. Suddenly, first-hand information came from the south, and he was simply happy from the sky! He immediately took Li Ding to the palace to meet Shenzong and introduced the situation of promoting Qingmiao Method in the south. After that, Shenzong was overjoyed and never doubted again...

Li Ding's name of evil was born like this. He was associated with Wang Anshi, confusing Emperor Shenzong, and causing the new law to harm the world from then on, and it was impossible to control it! Let's not talk about the effectiveness of the promotion of Qingmiao Law in the south for now, just say that Li Ding met Li Chang after entering Beijing. Li Chang was a censor of the Zhijianyuan, which was to prevent the emergence of powerful ministers, one-man sects, and maintain the political atmosphere of freedom of speech! So as a censor, what power do you have to shut up?

Moreover, there has been controversy about the time when Li Ding entered Beijing. Some say that he entered Kaifeng a year before the incident, that is, in 1069, and the Qingmiao Law was introduced in September 1069. Even if Li Ding entered the capital at the end of 1069, considering the speed of the implementation of ancient laws, he could travel across Jiangnan in three or four months? Then Li Ding had to go from Jiangnan to Beijing. Now he participated in the quarrel process in 1070. Such speed generally requires modern express equipment such as the Beijing-Guangzhou Line and the Beijing-Shanghai Line to complete...

So Li Ding only at most emphasized that Emperor Shenzong restarted the Qingmiao Law, 100% of the weight of supporting the new law.

As for sending two eunuchs to secretly find out the news, this is absolutely true. It is said that this is a major terminal illness of the Shenzong Dynasty. When the Northern Song Empire was closest to the perfect revival, it was a time-honored eunuch that ruined a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. The Song Empire took the sky further and took a step back and suddenly fell down. Originally, the Song Dynasty had captured the victory in its hands...

The two eunuchs sent at this time were first named and surnamed, and the second Shenzong also admitted it personally. Wen Yanbo came forward to speak for the opposition, while the emperor personally told him that he sent two eunuchs out of the capital, and said that they did not disturb the people. This led to Wen Yanbo's seemingly sad and angry rebuttal, "Han Qi, the prime minister of the three dynasties, did not believe it, but believed the two eunuchs."

But I think: what really changed Zhao Xu's mind should be the dream - the country is prosperous and strong, defeating the Western Xia, regaining Yanyun, subjugating the Liao Kingdom, and restoring the glory of the Han and Tang dynasties! That was the direction of the Song Dynasty that Wang Anshi and him conspired to determine, and it was also the secret purpose of this reform! If the Qingmiao Law was denied and the process of the new law was suspended, there would be no question... The country would return to the decadent and corruption situation in Renzong's later years, and even worse than that at that time. At least it was not as good as the current state of ministers being divided into two factions and incompatible with each other.

From this incident, we can also see the hesitation that Song Shenzong of the young has always existed in his determination. This is actually a disease that people with high minds and great ambitions usually get - the pursuit of perfection. It is reflected in Zhao Xu, which is to look forward to the beautiful results of reform and strengthening, while thinking about being as stable as possible, not causing major conflicts, and not causing the country to get hurt.

But when he was young, he didn't realize what reform was. It was to let the country shaving hair and cleanse the marrow and transform it, which was a hundred times stronger than being hurt! If this were not the case, how could he change the customs of succession for more than 100 years and regain the state-owned assets monopolized and occupied by various privileged classes... He never understood this, because he was always pursuing perfection...

The moon, Sima Guang, who was furious and could not bear it, decided to launch a general attack. This time he bypassed the minions of Lu Huiqing and others and wrote a letter to Wang Anshi. The letter began like this: "...I saw that Jiefu (Wang Anshi's name) was the only one who was famous in the world for more than 0 years. He was talented and well-educated, and it was difficult to advance and easy to retreat. People from far and near knew it or not. They all said that Jiefu would not arise, and would be peaceful and stable, and all the people would be born and born." This passage is very famous and is quoted in almost every book written by Wang Anshi. Sima Guang means: Wang Anshi has been famous all over the world for more than 0 years, and his moral abilities are too high. Everyone believes that unless he is not the prime minister and becomes the prime minister, a happy and peaceful harmonious society can be realized immediately...

This letter is very long and very famous. It is included in Sima Guang's personal collection, called "The First Book with Wang Jiefu". The number of words exceeds 4,000 words. There are three arguments in it, which can be said to be very clear and very important. The only thing that can be exchanged for Wang Anshi is a small reply that does not exceed 100 words. So the conservatives were filled with indignation and shouted loudly that our leader was despised, and Wang Anshi was so arrogant!

So Sima Guang continued to work hard, never giving up until he achieved his goal, and wrote the "Second Book with Wang Jiefu". This time, the focus was on the Qingmiao Law. He warned Wang Anshi: If you continue like this, within a few years, there will be a tragic situation of "father and son not meeting each other and brothers are separated", and the country will be out of power.

When it comes to Qingmiao Method, Wang Anshi can no longer remain silent. Some historians say that Wang Anshi is eloquent. Unfortunately, no! Top people can make the opposition become a support faction through conversation and turn the enemy into friends and subordinates. Wang Anshi can only say nothing about his opponent and say it to death (such as Tang Jie). The consequences of this are even worse. The opponents just have nothing to say for a moment, but the more they think about it, the more angry they become, and they become more and more serious in finding faults. Moreover, some people are never convinced by Wang Anshi, such as Sima Guang.

Now, even though Wang Anshi knew that he could not communicate, he still replied to the letter of more than 100 words. It is also very famous in history, which is the letter of "Answering the Sima Jingbing". In response to the five articles mentioned in Sima Guang's letter, "Invading officials, causing trouble, pursuing profits, refusing advice, and causing resentment and slander in the world", Wang Anshi defended one by one:

——Assigned by the emperor, the central government to determine laws and handed over to relevant functional departments for implementation. This is not an invasion of the official.

——All laws are well documented and were done by the previous kings and sages, and are used to promote profit and eliminate disadvantages, not to cause trouble.

——Manage financial management for the world, the emperor did not abuse it, and the ministers did not report their own pockets, which was not profitable.

——The saying of warding off evil spirits is difficult for scholars to refuse advice.

After Wang Anshi's reply was sent, he immediately received the third letter from Sima Guang. This letter can be said to be a copy of the first letter, plus suggestions on Wang Anshi's future life direction. Sima Guang advised Wang Anshi as an old friend: Jiefu, you should retire here. Life is beautiful, Jiangnan is beautiful, and there is your destination...

So how should Wang Anshi respond to this third letter? Is it the same copy and paste the first text message of about 100 words? Or tell Sima Guang: Work is always more meaningful than leisure. Kaifeng is my second hometown, so I will never resign. No matter which one, it will cause a new round of quarrels and endless correspondence. Wang Anshi chose to remain silent this time and no longer write letters.

But in Sima Guang's heart, this is that Wang Anshi is not sincere enough. As he is the one who is kind and righteous, he has completed the "education" of Wang Anshi in both personal and official perspectives, how can you not listen to me? Now I have worked hard again and again, but you never listen. Then I must finally be assured and bold as I am struggling for justice with peace of mind!

On the 8th, the opportunity came. The three-year Jinshi exam was dismissed according to Wang Anshi's requirements, poetry, fu, and essay exams. The exam was changed. On the 1st, the emperor summoned the top scholar Ye Zuqia and other Jinshi, including Mingjing, and Jixian, and other Jinshi.

As a master of history, Sima Guang was a leader of the academy at that time and was appointed as a mission to preside over the examination of this class of museum staff. This is the legal power of all talented men from all over the country who passed the Jinshi and worked in local officials for one year. They could go to Beijing to take the exam again and move towards top senior officials such as the two systems and two governments. This time Sima Guang’s test question was - on the right or wrong of the "three shortcomings".

The so-called "three shortcomings" are the three famous sayings of Wang Anshi that are always mentioned in historical books, namely, "The changes of heaven are not worth fearing, the ancestors are not worthy of law, and people are not worthy of politeness." To be honest, these three sentences are 100% traitorous, destroying human ethics, and anti-social crimes. Generally speaking, as long as you say it out loud, this person is completely ruined from the root and has no salvation!

The change of the sky? This is the highest instruction of the gods in heaven! How many months of drought or more rain, a meteor flashes in the sky... The emperor must deeply reflect on whether there is a problem with his character recently? Can it be ignored here in Wang Anshi? Ignore it, not afraid?

Ancestor? This is a sensitive nerve that Chinese people cannot violate in modern society, let alone in ancient Chinese families. What is the ancestor? The ancestor is the god! What is disrespectful to ancestors? Pigs and dogs are not as good as...

People say? This is the place where Wang Anshi hated the most by the opposition. Even if His Majesty Taizu held a big axe in his hand at any time and knocked off someone's front teeth at any time, he did not shut up the literati and officials. "Free speech, no guilt for those who speak." This is the place that the Song Dynasty most yearned for in the future... Wang Anshi actually? Well, I'm sorry! Wang Anshi didn't say that he wouldn't let you say it, but he just didn't listen... But this is the unforgivable death penalty!

Faced with such accusation, Wang Anshi had to give an explanation to the emperor, "Your Majesty is busy with all kinds of things, without lingering in a word, and not greedy for pleasure. When encountering things, the first thing to think about the safety of the people is. Isn't this afraid of heaven's changes? Your Majesty listened to the opinions of his ministers widely. As long as he was right, he would not be rejected. How could he say that he would not care about others' words? As for the law of his ancestors, his Majesty himself thought that the last emperor of Renzong had been in power for more than 40 years and revised the law many times, how could he say that the law of his ancestors was passed down from generation to generation, and remain unchanged?"

After Wang Anshi responded, Sima Guang was silent because he could no longer find a new force point. Look carefully! What else can be enlarged on Wang Anshi?

Silent search... This is destined to be a very difficult task. Everyone knows: No matter how political achievements or popularity Wang Anshi is, his stains can almost be reduced to zero. This is enough to make Sima Guang achieve nothing even if he turns white...

The success or failure of the Qingmiao Law is a major dividing point between the decline of the reformist faction and the opposition. From then on, Sima Guang temporarily endured, Han Qi hid in the Daming Mansion of Beijing in the Song Dynasty, and Fu Bi retired and returned home. Only one famous minister of Renying dynasty who could be famous in Kaifeng City was left: Privy Councilor Wen Yanbo.
Chapter completed!