The emperor agreed, but Cai Que, the prefect of Kaifeng, disagreed. What a mess? The guards are just loyal to their duties. If they really want to be punished, who else dares to stand guard for you in the future? Although it makes sense, 10 guards were still beaten. In contrast, Wang Anshi's crime of riding a horse into the palace was left unresolved, and the emperor didn't care at all!

The above is the most widely circulated incident of Wang Anshi, the Xuande Gate of Shangyuan Night, riding a horse into the palace. To be fair: If this is the case, Wang Anshi has nothing to say. He is simply arrogant and shameless! But unfortunately, there are many versions of this incident, with various inside stories, and each one is completely different from this version!

First of all, it is a discussion about whether Xuandemen must be dismissed?

After the incident, Wang Anshi was injured in the Xuande Gate passage, and the followers were also injured. He did not have an attack at that time, but thought that maybe he had made a mistake, but when he saw the emperor, Wang Anshi began to recall the past. At that time, he was a political affairs officer and followed the Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang into the court. He always got off the horse after entering! During the years he was in power, he had been off the horse before entering. Why did no one make a mistake before? But on this day, the guards were looking for trouble, and they cursed the prime minister of the dynasty without saying anything, and they first scolded the prime minister, then whipped it. The soldiers and horses were injured? What was this?

Zhao Xu was also confused when he heard this. He also recalled: When he was the prince, the rank of the court seemed to have been riding the horse after entering the door after the prime minister. It can be seen that there is no charge of despising the imperial power at all! The monarch and ministers were both trying hard to think about things, so why did this group of guards suddenly go crazy? Privy Councilor Wen Yanbo (question: Lord Wen should have been the Privy Councilor as the Privy Councilor in April last year and became the Hedong Jiedushi! How could he be in the capital at this time? And he was still the Privy Councilor?) interjected the sentence next to him, the old minister had been working in the palace for decades, and he always dismounted outside the door... Just this sentence, nothing else!

The emperor and the prime minister were depressed together, which clearly meant: What routines do you two little kids know and what past events you remember? Even if you have been dismounted within the door, it only means that you have always been wrong!

At this point, there must be an explanation for who is who is. Otherwise, Wang Anshi would not only be scolded for nothing, setting a record of the prime minister being whipped, but also being labeled as an ugly name that he was ignorant and foolish and had no idea of ​​breaking the law! After coming down, Wang Anshi went through the records of various departments as vast as a sea of ​​records and finally found the working diary of the head office during the Jiayou period of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty. It recorded that all the ministers dismounted at the door (and dismounted at the door). With written basis, he went to find the sect

Feng Jing, the official of the political affairs. Feng Jing was a legendary figure in the Northern Song Dynasty. Lian got Jie Yuan, Hui Yuan, and the top scholar, which is commonly known as the "San Yuan of Lian", in the entire 1,000-year imperial examination history, and after precise calculations, there were 14 people who won this honor (Tang people, 6 people from Song, 1 person from Jin, 1 person from Yuan, 1 person from Ming, and qing people). This made Feng Jing far surpass all famous officials and ranked first in the officialdom. Such a young talent even Fu Bi was moved and betrothed his daughter to him.

At this time, Feng Jing thought carefully, thought about it and finally spoke, "An Shi, very regretful, I forgot." Lian Zhong Sanyuan's mind actually forgot the etiquette of attending court every day! The most amazing thing is that he added, "I vaguely remember that he had been riding outside the door" such a mature political cultivation! First set the principle "I forgot" and then pushed away all possible charges. Then he expressed his position: I agree with Wen Yanbo!

Wang Anshi had no choice but to find clues again. This time he got a very practical and useful first-hand information. An informant said that the Secretariat commander Wen Qigu had seen the guards on duty and beat people on Xuandemen that day chatting afterwards. One said, "I'm hurting the Prime Minister's horse and followers, this is a big charge." Another sighed, "Don't I know? It's just that the superiors were forced to force me, and I can't help it." After hearing this, Wen Qigu immediately reported it to another deputy minister, Wang Gui.

Wang Gui was a Jinshi in the same year as Wang Anshi, with a very profound qualification and worked in the Hanlin Academy for 18 years. His article was written very beautifully, "his writing is grand and magnificent, and he has become a family." In the Song Dynasty, which had countless masters of writing, he can imagine his ability. This person will be the prime minister of the Song Dynasty in the future, nicknamed "San Zhi Gong", and went to court to "get the imperial edict" and handed over the imperial edict. He was a good comrade who was very well-behaved.

Such a wonderful person will only have one reaction when he encounters the incident of the prime minister of Xuande Sect being shot. That is, Wang Anshi has to run away quickly, and it is best to appear in front of Wen Qigu in an instant and ask at the right time. Otherwise, Wang Gui would have the ability to assimilate the witness.

It turned out to be like this. When Wang Anshi arrived, Wen Qiguji looked despairy and looked depressed, wishing to slap himself. Why did he just talk so much? What a big fire pit that was, and he jumped in and was destined to be dead! No matter how Wang Anshi asked him, he had only one answer: I can't remember which two guards were talking to at that time... Wang Anshi stared at him for a while, and left without saying anything...

This version was stopped here. Should Wang Anshi dismount outside the door? After checking all the historical materials, no one has a correct explanation, and it has become a headless case. Let's see the second version:

In this version, Wang Anshi did not enter Xuande Gate alone, but was brought in by a prominent prince. This prince was Zhao Hao, the King of Qi mentioned above. On the night of the Yuan Dynasty, the monarch and ministers gathered to enjoy the lanterns, and not only invited the prime minister and important ministers, but also the prince, the queen mother, the queen mother, and the queen mother attended. When Wang Anshi came, he happened to meet King Qi. Whether Wang Anshi wanted to dismount at the door or outside the door, King Qi "helped" Anshi first. The prince admired his face, so he had to continue? Wang Anshi was dragged into the city gate hole. Then a horse was pulled. Considering the process of grandma, mother, and brother in the deep palace forcing the emperor to demote Wang Anshi, wasn't the "support" behavior of King Qi had been planned? The result of the incident also confirmed this point - King Qi was sent to Kaifeng Prefecture to wait for processing, and Wang Anshi automatically requested to resign!

Yes - the purpose has been achieved! The prime minister of the Song Dynasty must be gentle and polite, and behave dignifiedly. The two prime ministers quarreled with each other and each other had to be demoted! What's more, there was a fight scene in front of the prince!

If both sides are really hurt, it would be fine. What's fun is that King Qi is waiting for the handling but has made other tricks. Not only will he be guilty, he can also turn bad things into good things, paving a way for another person to get promoted!

The matter was handed over to Kaifeng Prefecture. Cai Que, the prefect of Kaifeng who was busy with all kinds of official duties every day, was suddenly summoned by the emperor. Shenzong asked, "Is the charge of King Qi determined? How to deal with it?"

Cai Que suddenly became angry! He said indignantly, "Your Majesty, you are wrong. This Lantern Festival is held to make the Empress Dowager, the Empress Dowager, and befriend your brothers, and set an example for the subjects in the world. Wang Anshi is the chief minister and should take the lead in responding. Now, because he injured a few followers, he will punish the prince's crimes, so how can the empress dowagers be happy?" And the last sentence "If the followers make mistakes and are more upright than the prince, I am afraid that Your Majesty will not be regained." He said that no matter whether Wang Anshi compromises or not, he cannot punish King Qi! Otherwise, the emperor's own status will be threatened and he will reach the terrible level of losing the supreme position from then on!

Shenzong was shocked. Because Cai Que said it was too logical! Based on his argument, if the prince was punished this time, Wang Anshi would be more domineering. You, Shenzong of Song, could not control him anymore, and the imperial power was no longer authoritative! But from another perspective, if you do not punish King Qi, how would the status of this prince change? Even the prime minister dared to bully him and had no responsibility. How good is he? Will he be afraid of his brother, Emperor Shenzong?

You should know that the prince and the emperor are just a line of separation! They are both of the same bloodline. To usurp the throne, is it easy for the prince or the prime minister? What's more, this prince is still the favorite of Empress Dowager Gao! "Yao and Shun, the daughter" likes Zhao Haoyuan more than Zhao Xu!

From this we can see that Cai Que is simply turning black and white! But when he returned to the history books, the emperor's surprise was very intriguing. After being shocked, he was very happy, "You dare to say Anshi like this." Cai Aiqing, how dare you say Wang Anshi like this? Song Shenzong then greatly appreciated Cai Que, believing that he was brave and knowledgeable, loyal to the imperial power, and caring about the royal family. He was a rare and good minister! From then on, he decided to reuse him!

To sum up, it is very speechless. Putting aside whether Cai Que's remarks are correct or not, just looking at the reaction of Song Shenzong, you can tell the truth or falsehood of this version. In the past five years of reform, Song Shenzong has obeyed Wang Anshi's words and entrusted the rise and fall of the country. If you want to say that power is lost, you will have lost it long ago! Will you use this little thing to wake up after 5 years? It can only prove that this is a very common shameless act in the compilation process of Song history - fraud! It is used to destroy Wang Anshi's image. Let's look at the third version:

Wang Anshi brought the man to the left door of Xuande Gate of the palace. Just as he was about to walk in, the deacon of the guard appeared. He took something called Guduo and shouted Wang Anshi to dismount. This Guduo once appeared on the Liao people: it was Empress Xiao's lover Han Derang who used Guduo to break the head of a Liao royal family in the Golden Palace.

At this time, the guard brother walked towards Wang Anshi with this kind of thing and ordered him to dismount! Wang Anshi obviously did not realize what was going to happen. He had a personality attack and continued to move forward (the horse was not stopping). At this time, an important person appeared: eunuch Zhang Maoze. Do you still remember this person? Recalling that Song Renzong suddenly went crazy once, scattered his hair and rushed out of the palace, shouting "The Queen and Zhang Maoze plotted against each other" Zhang Maoze, and appeared again 18 years later. He suddenly appeared and shouted at Wang Anshi, and Wang Anshi immediately stopped.

Horse. This is not timid, but a rule! Most of the eunuch's words were not said by himself, but conveying the emperor's orders! At this time, Zhang Maoze used his eyes to arrest the guard officer who led the horse to Wang Anshi and beat him hard! There was no reaction from Wang Anshi in this version. He did not resist and was not sure whether he begged for mercy. The focus of the record was the man who beat the man. The guard officer suddenly changed his target while fighting and shouted, "What's wrong with the stallion?" He raised his bones and injured Wang Anshi's horse!

Zhang Maoze admired this move very much. He promptly issued a reasonable explanation for beating people and horses, "What's wrong with my husband? Isn't he a minister? Do you want to be Wang Mang if you despise the emperor like this?"

The dignified prime minister was suddenly insulted by a group of guards and an eunuch, and it was violently insulted, which was unbearable! But when the incident was discovered, Wang Anshi endured it. He chose to talk about it after seeing the emperor.

When he saw Zhao Xu, Wang Anshi said this and stated that Zhang Maoze and others had injured his mount and follower. Song Shenzong's answer surprised me. Of course, the most shocking thing was Wang Anshi himself. Song Shenzong actually said, "Oh, was injured? Really injured? Okay, I'll send someone to test the injury..." Wang Anshi immediately fell into an ice cellar. This was a greater insult than the Xuande Gate horse-beating incident. With the position of prime minister, the emperor didn't believe it even if he was bullied like this!

The third version ends here. Although the answer is not given, the answer is known to everyone, which is that Wang Anshi resigned! There is no clear and historical material to check whether Zhang Maoze was punished. Only when you think of the most widely circulated version can you have a guess: in addition to the guards who beat horses in Xuande Gate were punished by sticks, there was also an eunuch of the Imperial Medicine Academy who was unknown, but his name was not recorded. Then would this eunuch be Zhang Maoze?

Zhang Maoze has always been the Empress Renzong. Now the Empress Dowager's confidant. When it comes to the conversation between Empress Dowager and Shenzong, will there be many doubts rising - the money-free ruined the wealth of the royal relatives in the capital, and Cao was not spared. Before she stood up, her trusted eunuchs would first humiliate Wang Anshi? It would be better to drive it away, but if you can't drive it away, the Empress Dowager would come forward. What is the step of this plan?

This detailed introduction to the Xuande Gate incident is not to criticize Wang Anshi for his rebellion, but to talk about the reasons for Wang Anshi's failure. No matter which version is true, it conveys a message - the inevitability of Wang Anshi's failure! He was too careless! A strong enemy surrounded him and he was an enemy of all the old forces. He had already had a naked attack outside Xuande Gate, but he had not taken the initiative yet. At this time, the enemy was stolen. After the new law was abolished, he realized that there was a "Picture of Refugees"! Who would have failed if you fail?

When Zheng Xia went to "The Picture of Refugees", this person said: The emperor stopped the new law from raining within 10 days and beheaded him! What happened later made people who supported the new law for thousands of years, and stood on Wang Anshi's side extremely depressed: because on the day the new law was abolished, the heavy rain that had been in a row for more than 9 months was really pouring down! What else is there to say! Zheng Xia is right, the new law is wrong, and God has given the greatest truth!
Chapter completed!