Chapter 560: Advance and Retreat

Because when the court was still deciding whether to be a reformist or a conservative, Lu Huiqing showed off a gorgeous move and had a head-on confrontation with Sima Guang, the best gunner in the world, using classics as weapons.

And, win!

Zhao Xu set up the Yiying Hall and the Chongzheng Hall to learn from the ministers and listen to political opinions.

So this is a natural battlefield for both sides. Every time you give a lecture, everyone must quote scriptures to demonstrate their opinions.

Sima Guang spoke first that day, and what he talked about was "Shang Shu": "It is against business and government, and the government is old."

The meaning of this sentence is that although King Wu established the Zhou Dynasty, he still followed the Shang Dynasty's strategy of governing the country. Therefore, the Zhou Dynasty lasted for eight hundred years.

Therefore, it is the right way to follow the ancestral family laws and not change easily.

Then Sima Guang took the Han Dynasty as an example. Xiao Gui and Cao followed. Although there were constant disputes, the country has always been stable and the people have become increasingly prosperous.

When Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty changed the family law of his ancestors without authorization, thieves broke out all over the world;

Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty resumed the use of ancestral family laws, and the country enjoyed long-term peace and stability;

Emperor Yuan of the Han Dynasty changed the family law without authorization, and the world fell into chaos again.

Lu Huiqing came on stage and gave a lecture on the same "Book of Secrets", but what he talked about was how "Book of Secretaries" asked everyone to reform.

"Shangshu" says: "The first month of the lunar month begins with peace, and the law is like that of Wei."

In other words, in the first month of every year, the emperor would announce the decree outside the palace gate. Since the decree must be announced every year, doesn't it mean that the decree must be changed every year?

There is a saying in "Shangshu": "A hunting tour will be conducted every five years to test the system among the princes."

Doesn’t this mean that the emperor’s decrees must be changed every five years? How can we say that the system remains unchanged?

Next, let’s start with the extension, let’s talk about the Han Dynasty.

Scholar Sima said that the laws of the Han Dynasty were immutable. As long as the laws were changed, the country would definitely be in chaos.

However, according to historical records, Emperor Hui of the Han Dynasty abolished the Demon Book Order and the Jiao Shu Order of the Emperor Gaozu's period; Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty also abolished the childbirth order of the previous dynasty. How can we say that this has not changed?

As for the problem of bandits during the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, it was not because of the reform, but because of militarism and the abuse of people's power.

During the period of Emperor Xuan of the Han Dynasty, the country became prosperous not because of the restoration of Xiao He's old laws, but because the emperor selected and appointed talented people and appointed wise ministers to govern the country.

During the Han and Yuan Dynasties, the country declined because the emperor favored treacherous ministers and killed meritorious officials indiscriminately.

It can be seen that the decline of the Han Dynasty has nothing to do with the reform.

"Shangshu" also says: "There is no cleverness to mess up the old rules."

But this sentence is not to tell future generations not to change the law, but not to be smart and change the law indiscriminately when the time is not ripe.

Now that our emperor is wise and powerful, he has participated in politics and formulated a series of feasible laws. The time is ripe, why don't we change the law quickly?

Su You couldn't help but sigh, Lu Huiqing is so solid in history and kung fu!

But if Lu Huiqing dared to quarrel with the Su family who were good at "warring states strategists", Su You would point out that Lu Huiqing's arguments were insufficient.

"The first month of the year begins with peace, and the law is like that of Wei." The law is obviously reiterated every year to show its importance, but it does not change every year.

"There will be a hunting tour every five years to test the system of the princes." Since it is a test, it is an assessment. It is to check the princes' implementation of the law. Does it have anything to do with the announcement of the new law?

Lao Lu, you are changing your concept!

However, Su You was not prepared to help Sima Guang this time because he was actually a reformist.

But he was even less prepared to help Wang Anshi because he was bullied again.

The "Green Crops Law" still did not reflect the suggestions he mentioned to Wang Anshi. At the local level, there was still suppression of distribution and forced apportionment!

Su You thought it would be a good idea to let the two stubborn donkeys learn a lesson each.

First, Li Chang and Sun Jue wrote: "Wang Guangyuan is messing around in Hebei and forcibly apportioning people. The people are noisy and don't think it's convenient, but Guangyuan comes in and says that the people are cheering, singing and dancing, praising the saintly virtues."

Zhao Xu immediately issued an edict: "The roads are in peace, and Guangcang gives money to scattered young crops. This is originally to benefit the poor, but now I am worried that the officials do not care about this, and they are restrained, which is turned into harassment. He ordered all roads to give some punishment to the prison officials.

The body is aware of it, and those who violate it will be famous, and those who dare to suppress it will do the same."

At the same time, various supervisory departments were dispatched, and the deputy capital officers Zhang Ruoshui and Lan Yuanzhen were sent in to spy on money matters within the government boundaries.

Because Hebei was so important, Han Qi became a fire extinguisher. He had just come out of Shaanxi and was sent to Damingfu to serve as the Hebei Road transfer envoy.

When the edict was issued, Han Qi immediately wrote tens of thousands of words, complaining that the Qingmiao method was inconvenient.

What's even more terrible is that the petition also includes several notices issued by states and counties, which clearly contain the content of forced apportionment!

Han Qi's original words were: "The purpose of this imperial edict is to protect the people and not to allow annexers to take advantage of the situation and ask for double interest, while the public has nothing to gain."

"However, for every one thousand borrowed today, the order will be paid one thousand three hundred. This means that the officials will release the money to collect interest. It is not intended to restrain annexation and help the poor. If you want the people to believe you, you can't get it."

"Although the new edict cannot be suppressed, the upper households will not be willing to ask for it. Although the lower households may be willing to ask for it, it will be difficult to collect it. Then there will be the problem of execution, supervising and responsible, and co-guarantors will all accompany it!"

"After all begging, all roads are lifted, officials are promoted, and the old laws of Changping are implemented."

Fan Zhenjin, the director of Zhitong Jinyintai, said: "Young seedlings and money are what they did during the decline and chaos of the Tang Dynasty. When the young seedlings are in the fields, they first estimate their straightness, and before they are fully restrained, they have already paid for it. This is the method of robbing the planters."

The reason why Su You's suggestions were not adopted by Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing was actually Su You's fault.

There is no other reason than that this kid is so profitable.

Zhao Xu allocated a total of 600,000 guan to Su You, long before the Ordnance Supervision was established, and 24 million guan to Wang Anshi after he took office as a counselor for political affairs.

Over the course of a year, Su You not only made the Ordnance Supervision a mess, but also paid a tax of 300,000 guan, repaid one-third of his principal, and received an interest of 50,000 guan, and also received a lot of money.

Weapons!

In comparison, the Ordinance Department is somewhat lackluster.

So Lu Huiqing, Wang Yu and others thought that this was the purpose of Su You's suggestion to Wang Anshi to change the Green Crop Law, so that they could only do business of 6 million guan with 24 million guan, and also cut interest rates and provide interest-free support to the four

No matter how you calculate the fifth-class households, they can't achieve any political achievements.

Six million guan, even if all three points of interest are recovered, it will only be 1.8 million guan. This, this, this...

As for farmland water conservancy, it is difficult to see benefits in the short term. Even if Zhao Xu was biased, he would probably have opinions when comparing the two sides.

With Zeng Bu's encouragement, Lao Wang decided that it would be better to be more radical and achieve immediate results.

So history returned to its old ways.

In March, Su You returned to Bianjing to see Lao Zhang off.

Zhang Fangping and Zhao Pian were appointed as counselors and political officials at the same time, but they were not too hot, so they went away to worry about their father and returned from serving. Zhao Xu appointed him as a bachelor of Guanwen Palace and a judge of the province.

Zhang Fangping and Lao Su were close friends, and they were not very fond of Wang Anshi. He told Zhao Xu several times about the harm of the new law, which made Zhao Xu very unhappy.

So Lao Zhang was sentenced to go out to Chenzhou.

Not long after the old man arrived in Chenzhou, Zhao Xu regretted it, called the old man back again, and appointed him as the envoy of the North Academy of Xuanhui, still wanting to keep Lao Zhang in the capital.

Wang Anshi went to Zhao Xu personally and claimed that Lao Zhang had great influence in the Third Division. With him in the capital, the work of the Regulations Division would not be easy to carry out.

The old man also knew that he could not cooperate with Wang Anshi, so he tried to be released, so Zhao Xu changed the sentence and the old man went out to Zhi Yingtian Mansion again.

When the old man went to Chenzhou, there was one more person beside him - Su Che.

The nominal real eldest brother of the Regulations Department, Tong Zhongshu's disciple Ping Zhangshi, Chen Shengzhi, a bachelor of Jixian Palace, had long since parted ways with Wang Anshi.

When Han Qi was an official in Yangzhou, a peony plant in the back garden of the official office had red petals up and down, but had a circle of yellow in the middle. It was called the "golden belt circle". Legend has it that if this flower bloomed, the city of Yangzhou would be flooded with flowers.

Out of the prime minister.

It happened that the flowers were blooming, and four of them were in bloom, so Han Qi invited Wang Gui, Wang Anshi and Chen Shengzhi to enjoy the flowers, plucked the four "golden belts" and put them on their heads.

This is the allusion to the "Four Phases of Hairpin Flowers". Later, all four of them became prime ministers.

Unfortunately, the old friendship was no match for the new situation. Chen Shengzhi and Wang Anshi's views on the new law soon reached an irreconcilable point. Seeing that the new law was opposed by the courtiers, Chen Shengzhi made a happy decision - resigned and ran away.

After lying in bed for more than a hundred days due to illness, Shenzong urged and advised him several times before returning to the court, but he became a puppet.

Chen Shengzhi just lost power, but Su Che simply couldn't stay in the Ordinance Department. Because he opposed the new law, he sat on the coldest bench.

The last position Wang Anshi assigned him was that of a left-behind promotion officer in Henan Prefecture.

They are all written in the third division's Jianxiang script. The Jianxiang script like Lu Huiqing's is now the official document of the fifth house in the Zhongshu. "But not doing anything is the same as being in power."
Chapter completed!