Chapter two hundred and eighty fifth retreat
What surprised Wang Anshi was that Wang Jinghui seemed to be here to play chess specifically. After leaving the first ball, he did not speak and focused on playing chess. In fact, Wang Jinghui was also looking for a suitable topic to introduce the direction of conversation he expected. The reason for supporting Wang Yun in advance was that Wang Yun was as stubborn as his own, but the starting point was indeed unsatisfactory. Sending Wang Yun away was also reduced to the difficulty of bargaining with Wang Anshi. At the end of the game, Wang Anshi lost without any suspense. However, Wang Anshi, who has always been impatient, unexpectedly said nothing, but he talked about the development of the game with Wang Jinghui. It seemed that the two of them were really obsessed with it.
In the end, Wang Jinghui was still the one who couldn't hold back his anger. In his opinion, Wang Anshi was too abnormal today, as if he had taken some special medicine and had reversed his previous style, but he couldn't wait. The situation in the court was on the verge of being fired. Conservatives led by Sima Guang kept handing over bullets to Emperor Zhao Xu, talking about the harm caused to the empire by the implementation of the new law. Wang Anshi naturally would not sit still and wait for death at this moment. According to the history known to Wang Jinghui, it would speculate that the current court situation would not break completely if there was no big deviation. Wang Anshi and Sima Guang broke up completely. Although Emperor Zhao Xu had reformed, he could not withstand so many bullets. He was on the verge of hesitation. At that time, Wang Anshi would not use his "unique trick" in order to reform the law - Cixiu!
Of course, Wang Jinghui would not tolerate things that would develop to this point. At this point, both the reformists and the conservatives had no way to retreat. There would be a "reform dispute" that Wang Jinghui knew. He knew very well what this political struggle that lasted for nearly forty years meant to the Song Dynasty. Wang Anshi's remarks must have attracted the retreat of Emperor Zhao Xu. Wang Anshi could use the trust given to him to achieve the purpose of purge the Censorate and drive Sima Guang and other conservatives out of the center of the court. Once this hatred was formed, it would be either you die or I live between the two factions. It was not until the Song Dynasty was destroyed that it ended one day.
Of course, there is another situation that will happen, which is a possibility that Wang Jinghui's student aides, Nirxin and Yansheng, imagined - the emperor gave up Wang Anshi and pushed himself to the front desk to preside over the internal affairs reform of this huge empire! Although Wang Jinghui refused to admit that this situation would happen. However, the development of history has become beyond recognition. In the eyes of Emperor Zhao Xu, Wang Anshi is not the only one who can help him reform and strengthen the country, but also Wang Jinghui! It seems that Wang Anshi's slight action will cause storms all over the city, and the small reforms he has implemented are much calmer, and the two have great differences in their respective achievements. It is hard to say that the emperor will not push himself to the front desk!
This situation is not what Wang Jinghui wants to see. The days when he faced Sima Guang, he left a deep sequelae. It was really not a matter of doing things - a confrontation with famous figures in history. Although Wang Jinghui has seen many great figures after coming to this era, there are still great obstacles in his heart. Moreover, it is difficult for future generations to understand what a relationship is like for a person to live in the court and enjoy a very high reputation in the Shilin era. This pressure is definitely not an easy thing for becoming Sima Guang's opponent. In Wang Jinghui's view, it is by no means accidental that Sima Guang can become the chief general of the conservative in history, and only Sima Guang can become an opponent with Wang Anshi - although decades ago they were colleagues and friends - and the kind of friends who were very close!
Wang Jinghui was unwilling to stand in the front, which was really unfavorable to him - not only to bear the pressure from Sima Guang, but once the reformists were disintegrated, the political forces he had worked hard to deal with would immediately collapse. His political allies such as Zeng Gongliang, Zhao Jie and others all had a deep conservative background. Wang Jinghui was really unsure of how powerful the power of money was for them. The most terrible thing was that his identity was a relative. As far as Wang Jinghui knew, the prince consort of the Song Dynasty had never been to the level of the Chief Minister or the Privy Councilor. Even the six ministers were their minefields. Have you ever seen a person who was not even a minister-level figure to do a job that was originally a prime minister?!
When Wang Anshi smiled bitterly and grabbed a black piece in the chess box, he put it on the chessboard to express his surrender, Wang Jinghui also took out a letter from his sleeve and handed it to Wang Anshi. This was a private letter written to him by Han Qi, who was far away in Hebei. He stated Han Qi's view on the new law in his heart, and listed some facts that proved that the new law was in the country. Among them, the very famous example in history was in this letter - Qingmiao Law was forcibly distributed to the city by local officials!
Wang Jinghui came to Wang Anshi when he was about to attack Li Qing. In addition to promising in the letter of dating Han Qi that he would interfere with the implementation of the new law, so that the Song Dynasty could return to the "normal track" as a condition for Han Qi to come forward to persuade Fu Bi, because he smelled a very bad smell from the content of this response - the conservative patience is about to end!
When Wang Anshi read the letter, his brows frowned, but he still read the letter very seriously. He had no good feelings for Han Qi, and Han Qi was also Wang Anshi's old boss. More than 20 years ago, Wang Anshi was awarded the position of signing books in Huainan and conducting official business after he was a Jinshi in high school. Han Qi was the prefect of Yangzhou at that time. Wang Anshi, as a deputy chief clerk of the General Office of the Yangzhou Municipal Government, studied very hard at that time, and often went to work all night long. Mayor Han Qi thought that Wang Anshi was successful at a young age and often indulged in all nights, so he advised: "You are young, you have no waste of books, and you must not give up!"
Han Qi misunderstood Wang Anshi, but this was obviously Han Qi's kindness. However, Wang Anshi did not defend himself. He only told his friends that Han Qi did not appreciate him when he left office for three years. Later, Wang Anshi became famous in poetry and writing, and Han Qi realized that he had misunderstood, so he treated Wang Anshi as his old subordinate and promoted him, but Wang Anshi did not buy it and always alienated Han Qi.
Wang Jinghui knew this allusion, and he also knew that Wang Anshi had the habit of writing diaries. In Wang Anshi's diary, he commented that Han Qi was "Han Qi had no other strengths, but had a beautiful face"! - This evaluation made it difficult for Wang Jinghui to believe that it was spoken from Wang Anshi's mouth. You should know that Han Qi's life's merits and demerits were not comparable to those of him in his life.
Even though he knew that Wang Anshi had no good feelings for Han Qi, he still showed him Han Qi's letter - he was Han Qi's adopted son. The private letters of the two had no secret to slander others, and they all told the truth - the current Hebei routes have caused riots in a short time since the implementation of the Qingmiao Law, which should not have happened. If Emperor Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi were not so anxious, the Qingmiao Law should have been promoted nationwide after three years of implementation of the Qingmiao Road, Huainan East Road and Liangzhe Road. As a result, it has been promoted in just over a year, which has caused such serious consequences.
"Han Zhigui is too worried!" After seeing the irregular letters, Wang Anshi did not have the look of frowning just now, but just said to Wang Jinghui with a calm face.
After hearing this, Wang Jinghui felt a deep heart: "It seems that some of the evaluations of Wang Anshi in history are indeed correct. In order to achieve the success of the reform, Wang Anshi would rather sacrifice the interests of the people for the time being!" However, he also knew that even if Wang Anshi used the method of "sacrificing the car to protect the commander" to force the reform, in the end it would be a waste of money. Instead, it caused the senior ruling leaders of the Song Dynasty to start internal disputes for more than 40 years, accelerating the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty.
Then again, why did the people end up living in poverty and even losing their families in order to achieve your eternal wisdom?! Wang Jinghui's heart was rumbling in his heart. It was not that he did not understand this truth. In his original time and space, China was also carrying out unprecedented reforms. Although it was harmful to the interests of some people, it was a minority after all. Most Chinese people still benefited from reform and opening up, which could at least make the 1.2 billion people no longer hungry. However, the consequences of the current Wang Anshi reform were not only to cause the upper levels of the state to fight each other, but even the people were self-harm to evade the law of service. The reform at this time was to exchange the interests of most people for the development of a few people - "to harm the interests of most people with a lofty purpose", which was something that Wang Jinghui could not accept, and the path to enrich the country and strengthen the army was not the only one chosen by Wang Anshi!
"The Qingmiao Law was implemented decades ago by officials of Shaanxi Road. Someone also implemented it when he was a local official. The people all called it convenient. Did the prince-consort use the Qingmiao Law when he was in Chuzhou? What Han Zhigui said in his letter was just one-sided words. Of course, there may be some problems when it was implemented, but overall it is needed by the people and is for the benefit of the people! The implementation of the Qingmiao Law in Liangzhe and Huainan East Road last year was very effective. Only these two Qingmiao Laws not only helped the people, but also added nearly one million guan of taxes to the court! As for the officials who said in Han Zhigui's letter, the officials distributed the Qingmiao money to the cities, didn't Su Xiangzhi and Li Shen also lend the Qingmiao money to merchants in Chuzhou and Hangzhou? Of the million guan of Qingmiao money income, at least 400,000 of them were collected from here!" Wang Anshi said calmly.
If it weren't for Han Qi's letter, Wang Anshi would not have known that local officials had also distributed the money of green rice into the city. This was the reason why he frowned at the beginning. The Qingmiao Law in his mind was to help the people resume production and to curb local tycoons to merge land through usury. In other words, the Qingmiao Law was established for agricultural production. When he knew that the money of green rice into the city was brought to the city, he felt a little angry. However, Wang Anshi was quick-thinking. He thought about the reason why Qingmiao Law was able to achieve such great results on Huainan East Road and Liangzhe Road, where agricultural production was very developed, was because Satoshi and Li Shen lent the money of green rice to merchants in Chuzhou and Hangzhou. Thinking of this, he felt relieved.
Wang Jinghui never dreamed that Wang Anshi explained the reason why Qingmiao money entered the city as he was the culprit. Everyone in the Song Dynasty knew that Li Shen was his favorite disciple, and both teachers and students were from the top scorers, which was a good story in the Song Dynasty. And Xiangzhi was his deputy when he was in Chuzhou. Both of them were so close to him. According to Wang Anshi's meaning, Qingmiao money entered the city. Wang Jinghui was the first person to open the record. Why should we refute the reformists and oppose the new law?! Wang Jinghui did not entangle with Wang Anshi on this issue, but instead transferred the position to address the role of Qingmiao Law in agriculture: "The Qingmiao Law is definitely suitable for farmers' needs, especially in the time when the Qingmiao Yellow River is not in contact with him, which can better show the effectiveness of relief and aid. Rich families do not need assistance, but poor families need it. But the green seedlings in the fields must be used as credit guarantee or mortgage."
After hearing this, Wang Anshi nodded and said, "This is exactly the original intention of a certain family to formulate the Qingmiao Law!"
Wang Jinghui nodded and said, "Wang Xiangdi's idea is good. This cannot be said to be a good act! But has Wang Xiang ever thought about it? In this way, when the weather is good, everyone will naturally be very happy; and once there is a natural disaster, both the government and the farmers who issued the loan will immediately fall into panic at the same time. In order to reduce their losses and the responsibilities arising from this, the government can only force the farmers to one road. The farmers have to sell their responsibilities and repay the principal and interest of the loan. In severe cases, they need to sell houses, land, or even children. In the end, some farmers are displaced, and many farmers are even unable or dare to borrow money."
Wang Anshi was stunned for a moment and said, "This is probably a one-sided word from the prince consort..." Even Wang Anshi himself felt a little pale and powerless - a rare drought is happening in Hebei!
"Because local governments have set green seedling money, the principal of these green seedling money is issued together with the value-added mission that must be completed. If the loan cannot be issued, local officials will not be able to complete the 20% interest on the loan, namely the value-added land task. This will directly affect the image and promotion of officials in the eyes of their superiors. Therefore, local governments and officials have a variety of tricks. The most common practice is to divide them into different local levels according to the economic conditions of local farmers. The loan amount of farmers of different levels is stipulated, and then
, forcing local wealthy households to form a community of interests between other farmers of different levels, and the wealthy households provide guarantees or mortgages for the poor households of all levels. What's more, in order to improve their political achievements, several local government officials deceived their superiors and subordinates, and in public or disguisedly increased the loan interest to 30% or even higher! The Duke of Wei did not say it in the letter. This is the situation where students returned from business names across the country. Although the students have not seen it with their own eyes, I believe that the people below dare not deceive students!"
After hearing this, Wang Anshi adjusted his body unnaturally. He had been a local official in the local area for many years, and even the style and techniques of the officials at the bottom of the Song Dynasty. It is obvious. As Wang Jinghui said, this situation contains quite dangerous potential consequences. It means that once a famine occurs, all families will be caught in one place, and they will die together and have nowhere to escape. Only the government can ensure profits from drought and flood. As long as officials at all levels are stupid enough, they will naturally have outstanding political achievements. Therefore, a policy that is originally meritorious and is clearly full of political goodwill has become unrecognizable under the imperial political system and the actions of officials at all levels, and has become completely a devastating act of harming the people.
The most unfortunate thing for Wang Anshi was that he had just promoted the Qingmiao method nationwide, and he encountered a rare drought. The impact of this drought gradually showed a hideous face to him. The entire north of the river, including Jingji Road, is the disaster area. The drought becomes more severe as the northwards of the river, and the heavier the drought, and the Hebei roads are almost facing a scene of unfinished harvest. Although the drought in other places is not as serious as Hebei, grain production reduction has become a foregone conclusion!
"Now there is a severe drought in the north and there are signs of locust plagues. However, the court has already started to prepare in the second half of last year. Even if there is a slight shortage, it will not hurt the vitality of the Song Dynasty. However, this letter from Duke of Wei made students very worried. The disaster area was large and the disaster intensity was also strong, causing local officials in the north to immediately become real tigers, leopards and jackals. Under their merciless pursuit, the affected farmers lost their money and sold their children and wives. Moreover, wealthy families became targets for officials, forcing them to lose money and avoid disasters, or go bankrupt, and escape. The consequences caused by this became a complete disaster..."
"Do you think there is any good way to make up for the shortcomings in this?" Wang Anshi thought about it and became more and more scared. Although he had the idea of sacrificing his car to protect his handsomeness, moral conscience is not so easy. It is not that your heart is as hard as your mouth is. Wang Anshi asked himself that he had not reached such a ruthless level.
Chapter completed!