This created a terrible situation. After the split, Tubo was a mess. For the Song Dynasty, it was not only no longer a barrier to resist the southward advance of Western Xia, but also a force that restrained Li Yuanhao's descendants, but a disaster.

Wang Shao said in "Pingrong Stories" that if we want to take Xixia, we must first restore He and Huang. If we get Hehuang first, the people of Xixia would be worried about being attacked from both sides. This is profit. If the people of Xixia would get Hehuang first, the consequences would be unimaginable. At that time, the Western Xia cavalry would have no worries and the strength to send troops to the Song Dynasty would be stronger than during the period of Li Yuanhao. Qin and Wei prefectures were the first to be hit, Lan and Huizhou were cut off first, and the ancient Wei prefectures were paralyzed. This caused a bad situation that Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Di Qing and others had never faced before.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong, even if Li Yuanhao broke through the Shaanxi Road, there was only one way to go, that was, to continue to advance and advance into the heartland of the Song Dynasty. This seemed to be a bright road, but it would arouse the fierce resistance of the Song Dynasty after the death of the people. Unless Li Yuanhao could fight to the Central Plains in one battle, he would not get any specific benefits. But if the Xixia people got Hehuang, the situation would be different. They could develop southwest and build a fortress in Wusheng County, Sichuan, and then they could send troops to invade Tao, He and the Song Dynasty and other prefectures and counties within the attack range. What should the Song Dynasty do at that time? It was equivalent to facing a large new battlefield. If troops were sent to rescue, the troops near Kaifeng in Shaanxi would be dispersed. Being alert would be loose everywhere, and it would be unprepared. The Dangxiang people would choose where to advance at will, which would make the Song Dynasty overwhelmed...

The situation was so bad that the Song Dynasty was basically dead. The reason was very simple: if you want to resist, you only need to increase your army and increase your army? You need to increase your food and pay more food and pay more? The only weapon that can stand around the surrounding barbarians and maintain survival - the economy, is destined to collapse! At that time, there is no way to save you and rot from the root... The huge civilizational country, the Song Dynasty, which has a vast territory of thousands of miles, was actually killed by the Xixia people, a small barbarian tribe. It makes people hate it to the wall!

And this all originated from the initial point - whether Hehuang can be preserved! This is the biggest controversy over Wang Shao's "Pingrong Ceremony". The opposition said that the Hehuang tribe of Tubo has always been friends who are "not rebellious and uncontested". If you let the enemy not fight, you attack your friends first and cause them to betrayal and divorce your relatives. What are the benefits? To put it in a good way, if you win and grab Hehuang, then just talking to the Xixia people directly is equivalent to opening up a battlefield. If you can't win or fight it, then the Song Dynasty would be like a lot of enemies to appear in the air. This is not a problem of more battlefields, but a problem of more battlefields and enemies!

And unfortunately, this became a fact in the future. But it must be pointed out that the reason why the Song Dynasty and Hehuang Tubo kept pinching each other was completely the fault of the opposition! The opposition leaders led by Empress Dowager Gao and the old bastard Sima Guang repaid the land that Emperor Shenzong, Wang Anshi, Wang Shao and others had to fight back for years of bloody battles, forcing Song Zhezong, who was in power and Song Huizong, who was very ambitious and talented, had to send troops to rob him!

History has proved that as long as the Hehuang tribe goes to grab, the Song Dynasty will win! After getting it, although there are more battlefields, the number is the same as the number of wars that the Xixia tribe has started in the Sichuan tribe of the Song Dynasty after the Xixia people robbed Hehuang. However, the nature is completely different! In Sichuan, the Song Dynasty was overwhelmed with enemies from both sides and overwhelmed with enemies from both sides. When the war started in Hehuang, the Xixia people were overwhelmed with enemies from both sides and overwhelmed with enemies from both sides. This is the most fundamental and most significant difference!

I can’t see this clearly. If the old party members were either a group of stupid pigs or were talking nonsense with their eyes wide open! In order to eliminate dissidents, they even ignored the national economy and people’s livelihood and national safety!

After discussing the necessity of the war, Wang Shao also talked about the follow-up after obtaining the Hehuang region. Fighting Hehuang is different from fighting Xixia. The Xixia area, except for a small piece of Hetao Plain, is full of poor mountains and bad waters, deserts and Gobi. To be honest, that kind of broken place is not spared by the Song Dynasty for nothing! But Hehuang is different!

First of all, the concept of fighting Hehuang is wrong! It should be the "recovery" because this land was always Han people. Before the Anshi Rebellion, it was the territory of the glorious Tang Dynasty. The Tubo people took advantage of the Anshi Rebellion and took advantage of the opportunity to steal it! After 00 years, the Han people were too busy to take care of themselves, and over time, they forgot it. Now during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song Dynasty, the "Great Confucian and gentlemen" who were full of knowledge had naturally abandoned it!

The land in Hehuang area is fertile. "The so-called Huangzhong, Haoya, Xiaoyu, Xiaoyu, Baiyu, and fertile land. Five types are suitable for it." It can be completely self-sufficient, and there is no need for the central government of the Song Dynasty to allocate funds to transport grain. In fact, it is so simple, and you can understand with your toes: this land can support Yusilu successfully against Li Yuanhao. In any case, it has rich products and stable production!

At this point, we have already known what the follow-up will be after winning. Wang Shao further elaborated on the fundamental principle of conquering Hehuang. He was not a warlike person, and did not want to kill all the Tubo people there, and then send a large number of Han people to immigrate. That is not realistic. The Han people are a special population. When necessary, they can indeed make their homes all over the world, even if they cross the ocean, they can reproduce and survive on the other side of the ocean. But if they have planted their own land and are forced to immigrate and open up land, things will be a big deal...

Wang Shao's proposal was to conquer Hehuang, incorporate the Ye family, and then to recruit the Qiang people through them. The ultimate goal was to even the Tubo and Qiang people return to Wusheng in the southwest or Weiyuan in the northwest, so that they could use Han methods and become like Li Shibin in Yanzhou's "Iron Wall Gong" and Mu En from Huanzhou. Although they were aliens, they were loyal elite troops to the Song Dynasty!

Getting the strength and not being afraid of changes is the most appropriate way to weigh the pros and cons!

As for the Hehuang local area, the Han people must take charge of the overall situation, the army moves in, and be self-sufficient. Wang Shao summarized the "Six Structures of Herong". It will be reflected in subsequent military operations.

On the 1069th month of the Xining year (1069), Fu Bi was appointed as prime minister. On the 19th day, Wang Anshi was promoted to the position of Chief Political Affairs and Deputy Prime Minister of the Song Dynasty.

The last conversation before the reform. Shenzong asked Tang Jie, "How is Wang Anshi the prime minister? Is he not allowed to be literature? Official affairs? Is it impossible to be subject to classics? What is the point that does not meet the standards?" Tang Jie replied, "Wang Anshi is very [31 Novel Network                                                                                          �

Turning around to Shenzong, he asked Wang Anshi, "Others say that you only understand the scriptures and techniques, but not the worldly affairs, what do you think?" Wang Anshi replied, "The scriptures are the magic medicines and prescriptions used to govern society. Some so-called scholars in later generations are pedantic and stupid, and have not learned them at all, so they say that the scriptures and techniques are useless."

Shenzong asked again, "So what do you need to do first when you want to govern the country?" Wang Anshi said firmly, "Change customs and legislate laws."

The conversation ended, and from then on, Emperor Shenzong followed Wang Anshi's will and the reform officially began! What is this? What is the magic of the six words "change customs and legislative regulations"?

The magic is super powerful! This is the most amazing academic in ancient times. This academic achieves that whenever a country wants to be prosperous and strong during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it must follow it. Even if Qin Shihuang eliminated the six kingdoms and unify the world, he took it as the foundation!

That is the Legalist who shines on future generations but can only be hidden in the shadow of Confucianism!

When looking through history books, no matter who has any opinion, we have to admit the fact that the world was conquered by the children of the Legalists, but it was picked by Confucianism. There is no way, the Legalists pay attention to effectiveness, so they can create the world. Confucianism teaches people to be polite and likes those who have vested interests. The Legalists' huge power to govern the world makes the rulers deeply fear, and at the same time makes them unable to give up, which leads to a phenomenon: many promising monarchs are "Confucianism outside and law inside". Emperor Shenzong is one of the typical examples.

In 1065, when he was still King Ying, he handed out a complete Legal classic book "Han Feizi", and after copying it, he showed it to his staff to check if there was any mistake. Unfortunately, he was seen by Sun Yong, the attendant at that time. The Confucian child immediately turned against him. Even if the other party was a prince, he sneered and said, "Han Fei is dangerous and weak, and has no view." Confucianism is profound and profound, and benevolence, righteousness and morality. Unfortunately, except for the quotations of life, there is no specific way to govern the country and start a business.

Shenzong didn't want to make things worse at that time, so he smiled, "I just added more books to the bookshelf, not like it."

At this time, he found resonance in Wang Anshi. Wang Anshi was a very wonderful person and was very good at playing tricks. He kept talking all the ancient sages Yao, Shun and Yu, but in fact they were all selling dog meat with sheep's heads, and what they did was the Legal act.

The greatest purpose of Confucianism "change customs" is to make customs simple and the people accept themselves regardless of their own conviction. "Legislation" Confucianism has always "governed the country" with general benevolence, righteousness and morality. Think about Wang Anshi's later specific laws, what is that?

This conversation made the king and his ministers have a deep understanding, and it also destined to have conflicts with all the court officials in the court later, including those who supported them in the early stage and became mortal enemies in the later stage.

Confucianism and Legalism have never been irreconcilable...

On the 9th, Sima Guang asked the emperor to dismiss his post and went to another place. The emperor refused.

On 7th of 1069, a new department called "Constitution of the Three Departments and Regulations" was established. As the name suggests, it is a special department that studies how to make money based on the Three Departments and Provinces of the State Administration of Finance. This department appeared out of thin air and directly took over all the affairs of reform and reform. The East Palace, the West Palace, the two systems, and the eunuchs, have no share, and you are there!

The Xining Reform officially began! History books of history will then introduce the contents of each specific decree, the time of promulgation and the difficulties encountered. But I would like to ask how such a earth-shaking change was just after Shenzong and Wang Anshi reached the concept of Legalism and ruled the country. Isn’t it too much to say?

From April 4, 1068, the first conversation between the monarch and minister recorded in historical records to the official start of the reform on 7, 1069. During this period, more than 10 months, Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi were together day and night. I believe that their discussion must be multifaceted and involved every corner of the Song Empire. At least three key points must be considered in detail:

1 That is a big secret, the purpose of this reform! If all measures are not based on this premise, then everything will lose its meaning. Unfortunately, after searching all the historical books, whether it is ancient or modern, it will not mention it at all! Maybe they didn't see it, or maybe they deleted it with ulterior motives...

The speed of reform. Is it rapid progress or slow change? This is a big problem. It is more important than specific reform measures. We know that whether a thing is successful is not only related to its intention, but also to its practices. It is as clever and knowledgeable as Wang Anshi, and cautious as Song Shenzong. This at least premise will be considered. It is only for the first point, the big secret and the big purpose that we cannot finally choose the irritable approach. Wang Anshi wants to make the country prosperous and strong quickly and increase the thickness of the treasury very quickly. This is helpless, but it also sets the foreshadowing for the final failure from the beginning...

The reform involves the level and specific laws. The reform involves a whole chain of interests that complement each other, prosper and lose a hundred losses. Any mistake will make the empire suffer an immeasurable blow...

After these three points were discussed, in the minds of Song Shenzong and Wang Anshi, the reform had a complete macro blueprint, and only then could the actual operation be carried out.

The actual operation allowed Deputy Prime Minister Wang Anshi to hide behind the scenes, promoted Fu Bi to prime minister, and used his prestige to pacify the situation and calm people's hearts. The "Constitution of the Three Divisions and Regulation Department" also allowed Wang Anshi to be the deputy, and the nominal person in charge was another prime minister Chen Shengzhi who was about to be promoted. Next, Wang Anshi's members of the "New Party" team became a controversial issue that had been controversial for nearly a thousand years...
Chapter completed!