The Summoner of the Battle of All Realms

"Hey, there are still two summoning opportunities. I hope I won't summon someone like Qin Hui again." Liu Tao sighed silently.

Ji Xiaolan, He Shen, Liu Luoguo, Li Taibai, Gongsun Auntie, Sima Qian, Zhuo Wenjun, Zhang Zhongjian, Lu Yu, Qin Hui, a total of ten people.

After summoning it twice more, Fusu no longer intends to summon it again.

"Start", Fusu nodded, praying to summon a fierce man.

Following Liu Tao's actions, a character was summoned again.

"Husband, this is Wang Anshi." Liu Tao's eyes lit up as he looked at the summoning card in his hand.

He knew Wang Anshi. When he was in middle school, his name was in the history textbook. The most famous one was "Wang Anshi's Reform".

After the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty, in order to prevent local separatism, administrative power, financial power, and military power were taken back, centralized in the central government, and divided into administrative powers to maintain centralization of power. Politically, the country was governed by civilians, and militarily, the country was governed by civilians and the military was conservative.

The most famous incident is - "Release military power over a glass of wine".

This is Zhao Kuangyin's masterpiece.

In the early years of the Song Dynasty, in order to weaken the power of officials, multiple officials were implemented. Unfortunately, the disadvantages were too great, and the harm outweighed the benefits. The number of imperial edicts on officials' appointment to official positions increased day by day. By the time of Song Renzong, , and even more frequently.

Moreover, because of the popularization of imperial examinations, the adoption of the favor system, and the policy of "favoring hundreds of officials for fear of their inadequacy," many officials were greedy for power and the bureaucracy was large and bloated. This is the so-called "redundant staff."

In order to stabilize the social order and resist the southern invasion of northern peoples, the early Song Dynasty implemented the strategy of "raising troops" and formed a huge military system; at the same time, in order to prevent military generals from taking power, they implemented the "more garrison method", so that the soldiers and generals were not familiar with each other. Although there were many soldiers But if they are not refined, they will be at a disadvantage in foreign operations. This is called "redundant troops".

The surge in troops and officials led to an increase in fiscal expenditures, which made the already tight government finances even more difficult to make ends meet. In addition, the rulers carried out large-scale construction projects, built temples, etc., resulting in "redundant expenses." The three were closely linked, eventually forming a situation of poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty.

After Song Shenzong came to the throne, although the Song Dynasty seemed prosperous on the surface, it actually contained profound contradictions and problems internally. Due to the serious phenomenon of land annexation, a large number of farmers lost their land, and the rich concealed their land, resulting in a sharp decline in fiscal revenue and a rare fiscal deficit since the founding of the country. "A hundred years of accumulation only left an empty book."

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All these reasons led to the emergence of "Wang Anshi's Reform".

Of course, reforms have never gone smoothly since ancient times.

Therefore, Wang Anshi's reform was also full of turmoil.

During the reign of Renzong of the Song Dynasty, Wang Anshi understood the shortcomings of the court system, so he went to Beijing to report on his work, and systematically proposed reforms, advocating a comprehensive reform of the laws since the early Song Dynasty, eradicating the long-standing disadvantages of the Song Dynasty, and reversing the situation of poverty and weakness. , suggested that the imperial court reform the recruitment of scholars, pay attention to talents, and requested that the reform of the regulations be implemented immediately.

Unfortunately, because the policies and systems at that time were already deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, they were not adopted by Renzong.

It was not until later, after Song Renzong passed away and Song Shenzong succeeded to the throne, that the situation changed.

Chapter 898 Wang Anshi’s Reform Paving the Way for the Future

Before Song Shenzong became the emperor, he had heard of Wang Anshi's name. Later, after Song Shenzong came to the throne, he hoped to change the situation of poverty and weakness, eliminate ills, and overcome the crisis of governance, so he summoned Wang Anshi from the local government to the central government and sealed him. As a Hanlin scholar and lecturer, he trusted and respected Wang Anshi very much.

In April, Wang Anshi once again put forward the idea of ​​comprehensive reform, pointing out that "the way to govern a country must first imitate the ancestors and innovate the existing laws." He also encouraged Shenzong to imitate Yao and Shun and simplify the legal system.

Wang Anshi then wrote "A Hundred Years of Nothing in Our Dynasty", explaining the situation and reasons of peace and tranquility in the early Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years, pointing out the crisis-ridden social problems at that time, hoping that Shenzong would make political achievements, and believed that "a time of great promise" , today." Shenzong adopted Wang Anshi's relevant ideas and asked him to fully assist.

In February of the following year, Song Shenzong appointed Wang Anshi as the counselor of political affairs. Wang Anshi proposed that the top priority was to change customs and establish laws, and proposed reforms, which Shenzong agreed with. In order to guide the implementation of the reform, three departments, the Ordinance Department, were established to coordinate finance. In April of the same year, people were sent to inspect farmland, water conservancy, taxes and servitude on various roads; in July, the Huai, Zhejiang, and Huliu Roads were enacted; in September, the Green Crops Law was established; in November, the farmland water conservancy treaty was issued.

The purpose of Wang Anshi's reform was to enrich the country and strengthen the army, so as to reverse the situation of poverty and weakness in the Northern Song Dynasty. However, the reform violated the interests of conservatives and was opposed by them.

Less than a year after the law was promulgated, fierce debates and struggles began between the supporters and opponents of the reform.

In the end, after a series of reasons, Wang Anshi's reform failed.

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Fusu also knew Wang Anshi's name.

I knew he had great talent, but it was a pity that he was born in the wrong era.

Fusu looked at the Wang Anshi summoning card in his hand until he found a great talent.

It just so happened that after he became the "First Emperor", he had to carry out a major reform, which happened to involve Wang Anshi.

Fusu directly crushed the summoning card in his hand.

Wang Anshi was a famous thinker, politician, writer, and reformer in the Northern Song Dynasty.

In the second year of Qingli, Wang Anshi became a Jinshi and served successively as Yangzhou Signing Magistrate, Yin County Magistrate, Shuzhou Tong Magistrate, etc., with remarkable political achievements.

In the second year of Xining, he was appointed as the counselor of political affairs. The following year, he became the prime minister and presided over the reform.

Due to opposition from the conservative faction, Xining resigned as prime minister in seven years.

A year later, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty took up the post again, then dismissed him and retreated to Jiangning.

In the first year of Yuanyou, the conservatives gained power and all new laws were abolished. Yu Ran died of illness in Zhongshan and was given posthumously to the Taifu. In the first year of Shaosheng's reign, he received the posthumous title of "Wen", and his old name was Wang Wengong.

Wang Anshi devoted himself to the study of Confucian classics and wrote books. He was known as a "Tongru Confucian" and created "Jinggong New Learning", which promoted the formation of the ancient style of study in the Song Dynasty.

In philosophy, the use of the "Five Elements Theory" to explain the formation of the universe enriched and developed the simple materialist thought of ancient China; its philosophical proposition "the new and the old are eliminated" pushed the ancient dialectics of China to a new height.

Wang Anshi has made outstanding achievements in literature. His prose has clear arguments, strict logic, and strong persuasiveness, giving full play to the practical function of ancient prose; his essays are concise, sharp, short and concise, and he is ranked among the "Eight Great Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties". His poems "learned from Du's thinness and toughness", and he was good at reasoning and rhetoric. In his later years, his poetry style was implicit, deep, profound and unobtrusive. His style of richness, spirit and far-reaching rhyme made him unique in the poetry circle of the Northern Song Dynasty, and he was known as "Wang Jinggong Style" in the world.

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Following Fusu's movements, a figure gradually solidified in the summoning space. After a while, a real person appeared in the summoning space.

Fusu raised his head and looked at the summoned figure in front of him, with a smile on his face.

"Wang Anshi, pay homage to the eldest son and pay homage to the madam." Although Wang Anshi paid homage to the prime minister, he was still wearing gray cloth.

It looks very simple and frugal.

"Please get up quickly." Fusu stepped forward and helped Wang Anshi up.

If Qin Hui were here, he would definitely cry, because Fusu treated him differently from Wang Anshi.

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"Okay, attack Wei State, and I will let you and Liu Yong govern it together." Fusu looked at Wang Anshi with a smile on his face.

Once the territory is established, of course it must be governed by someone. Wang Anshi and Liu Yong govern the Wei State, while Ji Xiaolan governs the Yan State. If Ji Xiaolan fails, Fusu will start summoning again. Anyway, there are summoning quotas, so we are not afraid.

Fusu looked at Wang Anshi with a smile on his face.

Then, Fusu sent Wang Anshi out and asked him to take the assessment of the "Recruitment Hall".

Through the recruitment center, different positions will be given based on performance.

Liu Tao stood aside with a smile on his face, looking at Fusu and Wang Anshi.

This summons was good for her.