Interesting talk about the Eighteenth Emperor of the Song Dynasty: The Reformer whose heart is higher than the sky but ends with regrets
Song Shenzong
2. Merge with Wang Anshi's love and hate
Fifth, Wang Anshi resigned
In April of the seventh year of Xining (1074), Wang Anshi was deposed from his post as chancellor, left the imperial court, and served as the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture (江宁府, in modern Nanjing, Jiangsu) as a scholar of Guanwendian University and an official of the Shangshu Official.
Wang Anshi was deposed because of the opposition of courtiers, the natural defects of the "Xining New Law," the reasons for "deviation" in the implementation, and the factors of Wang Anshi's own personality and style.
(1) People who oppose Wang Anshi
Tang Jie.
At the beginning of the second year of Xi Ning, Song Shenzong "initially wanted to use Wang Anshi as a counselor for political affairs", and Tang Jie, the counselor of the political affairs, said: "An Shi is afraid that it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility. Song Shenzong said, "Qing said that literature cannot be renegendered? Can't be done by the scriptures? Qing believes that Wang Anshi is not able to take on a big responsibility in culture and scholarship, or is he incompetent and insufficient in governing the country and administrative ability? Tang Jie said, "It is not so." Anshi is studious and old-fashioned, and the discussion is broad. If the government is made, I am afraid that many changes will disturb the world. Tang Jie retreated, returned to Zhongshu Menxia Province, and said to Zeng Gongliang and others: "The words of anshi on a different day are fruitful, the world is troubled, and the princes should know their own ears." At that time, the "ruling" presented Song Shenzong with a list of appointed officials, and Song Shenzong was "indecisive for a long time", and only after a few days did he say: "Ask Wang Anshi, I think it is true, but it can be implemented immediately." Tang Jie said, "Your Majesty chooses a minister and pays for the affairs of the world." His Majesty has not yet believed in this small removal of the Letter, and although it is widely consulted and visited, it is advisable to be careful. Now that I understand this, I will make the Decision on The Politics of Zhongshu to be able to make a decision on whether it can be done by Hanlin Bachelor. Every time his majesty heard an edict, he said: If something is asked by An shi, it will be carried out; if something is thought to be impossible, it will not be carried out. In this case, what is the use of governing? He who is a subject shall be dismissed first. This word spread to the world, I am afraid that it is not a trust body. ”
In February, Wang Anshi was promoted to the position of Counselor and Governor, and he said to Emperor Shenzong of Song: "Zhongshu uses zazi to punish things, and all words are said to follow the holy will, and those who do not pay attention are often eighteen or nineteen." If you do not make the Zhongshu come out of itself, you do not have to call it a holy will. Song Shenzong was "stunned." Tang Jie said: "During the reign of Emperor Taizong, Kou Zhun used Zhazi to move Feng Zheng and other officials inappropriately, and he sued him. Emperor Taizong said: "The previous Zhongshu had a tang commander, but the powerful ministers pretended to be here to bless the world. Taizu chao Zhao Pu as a phase, tang mu is more important than the edict, looking for orders to cut it. Now that zazi is restored, why should he be different? Zhang Huanyin said: "Zazi is a small matter in Zhongshu, and if it is abolished, there is no other formula." Emperor Taizong said: "Great things are descended, and they should be used as a zhazi, and they must also be judged, so this is called the Holy Will." 'Now anshi does not want to claim the holy will, but the government does not come from the Son of Heaven. Let all the rulers be loyal and virtuous, and they are as good as men and men, and their righteousness will be difficult. Or is it not harmful to the government of the country? Song Shenzong said, "Emperor Taizong has taken this matter very seriously. "Emperor Taizong handled this matter extremely appropriately.
Later, Emperor Shenzong of Song instructed Wang Anshi to discuss with his courtiers the "Murder and Wounded Xu Shou", that is, someone premeditated the murder of a person, but only killed and injured a person, and took the initiative to confess during the interrogation of the officials, whether it could be considered a voluntary surrender, Tang Jie and Wang Anshi argued several times in front of Song Shenzong. Tang Jie said: "This fa is thought to be unsubjudicated in the world, and Du Zeng Gongliang and Wang Anshi think that they can be headed. Wang Anshi said: "Those who think they cannot be the first, they are all friends and the ears of the party." Wang Anshi's statement, divorced from specific matters, labels the opponents as "friends of the party" and is obviously a political trap, but Wang Anshi "argues strongly" and has super ability to debate, and Song Shenzong "dominates his words" and "endorses" Wang Anshi. Tang Jie was "overwhelmed with indignation", the time was not long, "gangrene and back and pawn", and he died of sores on his back.
Lui.
Wang Anshi served as a counselor and governor, and "many times are said to be people". Lü Zhi, who was then the chief of the "Yushitai", one of the highest supervisory organs of the state, "Yushi Zhongcheng", "said that he did not understand current affairs, and it was not appropriate to use it." Subsequently, The Zhongshu Menxia provincial official Zhang Peiguang told Song Shenzong that Zhao Hao, the King of Qi, should "move to the outer residence", that Song Shenzong's mother, Empress Gao, was "angry", and Song Shenzong accepted his mother's orders to "order him to be punished for the crime of alienation", but Wang Anshi said that Zhang Peiguang was innocent. Lü Shi requested that Zhang Peiguang be handed over to the relevant departments for interrogation, but Wang Anshi "did not obey", lü Shi "went to the shu to impeach An Shi", and in "Shu", he said: "The great traitor is like loyalty, the great Yu is like a letter, An Shi shows Pu Ye outside, the Middle Tibet is clever, and His Majesty is pleased with his talent and appoints him." An Shi did not have a far-reaching strategy at the beginning, but he changed his business to a different place, recklessly deceived the inferior, adorned with words and words, misled the world, and the Bisi people also. If you live in a temple for a long time, there will be no reason for silence. The plot to break the light, directed by Ben Anshi and Lu Huiqing. He threatened, "If the court sins me deeply, I will not ignore these two people." 'Therefore, we will add to the rescue. May it be observed in the shadows, the qualitative judges, and then know whether the subjects should say it or not. ”
In April, Teng Fu (腾甫) of "Quan Zhi Kaifeng Fu" was reappointed to Zhi Prefecture (知州, in modern Hejian, Hebei), and Teng Fu resigned because of "Ying" and his father's name, and the imperial court approved him to be reappointed as zhi prefecture of Yun Prefecture (郓州, in modern Dongping, Shandong), and Li Suzhi , the former governor of Yingzhou Prefecture , took over as the prefect of Kaifeng Prefecture.
Previously, Sun Changqing of Dingzhou (定州, in modern Dingzhou, Hebei) had expired, and Emperor Shenzong of Song wanted Teng Fu and Sun Changqing to "change their posts". Prime Ministers Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang had not yet answered, and Wang Anshi "thought it was appropriate alone." Fu Bi requested that the discussion be suspended. The three retreated from Emperor Shenzong of Song, and Wang Anshi said to Fu Bi and Zeng Gongliang, "It is advisable to be outside the treacherous person." "Teng Fu is a traitor and is suitable for a post in the field. A few days later, the three of them entered song shenzong, and song shenzong wanted li suzhi to replace Sun Changqing, and Fu Bi praised Li Suzhi's talent, and Zeng Gongliang said: "Suzhi is not as good as Changqing." Wang Anshi said: "Changqing is meticulous, but both of them can try to do things." So he ordered Li Suzhi to replace Teng Fu, and Sun Changqing to re-appoint Dingzhou Zhizhou.
Teng Fu's departure from Kaifeng stemmed from song shenzong and Wang Anshi's dislike of him. Teng Fu was open-minded and discussed things in front of Song Shenzong, such as the father and son of the family, "without words, insight into the liver and diaphragm", Song Shenzong treated Teng Fu "very thickly", often sent small eunuchs to ask Teng Fu about things with "short seals", Teng Fu often boasted to people, some people saw that Yuzha used words incorrectly, and took the opportunity to enter into rumors to Song Shenzong, saying that Teng Fu was "short on the top", and Song Shenzong alienated Teng Fu because of this. Wang Anshi once "took the same exam" with Teng Fu, "the language is not compatible", there was a debate, and they did not disagree with each other, and Wang Anshi was "deeply evil, so he tried his best to expel it".
Before Teng Fu took office in Yun Prefecture, he bid farewell to Song Shenzong and said to Song Shenzong: "Your Majesty the Governor is only a minister, and he cannot do anything to the party." May His Majesty return to the family of the day less often, and if no envoy is pleased by the Party, then the affairs of the world will be gained, and the Affairs of the Party will be useless. After hearing this, Song Shenzong "changed his appearance" and was touched by it and changed his face.
In May, Zheng Yu, a scholar of Hanlin, was appointed as the governor of Hangzhou Zhizhou, Wang Gongchen was appointed as the prefect of Ying Tianfu (判應天府, in present-day Shangqiu, Henan), and Qian Gongfu was appointed as the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture. The departure of the three from the court was also related to Wang Anshi's wishes. Zheng Feng and Teng Fu were "good to each other", and Wang Anshi had always hated the two, regarding them as "Teng Tu" and "Zheng Gu", that is, Teng Butcher and Zheng Liquor Merchant, and once said to Song Shenzong: "Zheng Badger is extremely sinister, and it is not appropriate to let him be in the middle of the dynasty." According to the old practice of the Song Dynasty, when appointing "two officials" Hanlin Scholars and Zhizhi Zhi to the new positions, the prime minister must write the "Edict", that is, the letter of appointment. However, at that time, the prime minister Fu Bi was "suing" that is, asking for leave, Zeng Gongliang sent an envoy to Luoyang, The Western Capital, and after obtaining the consent of Emperor Shenzong of Song to drive Zheng Hu and others out of the court, Wang Anshi, who was then a suffragist and did not have the qualifications, "took the pen as a pen" and hurriedly wrote the appointment letter himself, "all the speakers suspected that An Shi was acting in his own selfish intentions", and the people who discussed the discussion suspected that Wang Anshi had belittled Zheng Hu and others with selfish intentions.
Lü Zhi saw that Zheng Jiu and others were degraded, and immediately played the Song Shenzong: "Servants, Gai is close to the honor, and his majesty is also the rank of Lian Longjun." Entering with courtesy and retreating with courtesy is the division of kings and subjects, and the courtesy of the kingdom. Emperor Shenzong of Song showed Lü Xue's recital to the ruler and said, "Wang Gongchen waited out, and there was confusion outside, do you know?" Zhao Yu and Wang Anshi, the counselors of the government, said, "I don't know." Song Shenzong then said to Wang Anshi, "I am the messenger of others, but I don't know Qing's intentions." Wang Anshi said: "These three people are out, but the subject is ashamed that he cannot fulfill his theoretical feelings, and he has violently accused them of their crimes, so that the villain knows that he is afraid." This is true of those who do not speak! ”
Later, Lü Shi again wrote to Song Shenzong: "The courtiers steal as if they were loyal, and the great deception is like faith." Only its use of the house, the country is close. Knowing the talent of the young and the righteous, the words are false and firm, the non-conformity is not the right, the strong and the broad, who can go to the non-great sage? Tang Luqi, the world's so-called adulterous male, only Dezong did not know, and eventually became a great trouble. Therefore, knowing the difficulty of people, Yao Shun is sick. At the beginning of His Majesty's reign, Wang Anshi knew jiangning province, and before he could do so, he was summoned as a bachelor, and his majesty was honored. And participate in the aircraft maintenance, the numerology is not allowed. Chen's case: An Shi showed Park Ye outside, Zhongzang was clever, arrogant and slow, and the evil of the yin thief was well known. Ten things are slightly neglected today. The subject accused Chen of being obscene, annoying and clever, sincerely fearing that His Majesty would not be able to distinguish between him, and that he would not be able to distinguish between him for a long time, that he would not know about his feelings and hypocrisy, and that there would be no retribution for evil and righteousness. When the great adulterer gets the way, and the yin merges, the sage fades away, and chaos is born. The traces of the subject's investigation of anshi are not far-sighted, but they are changed and different from others. Words that are not in vain will be deceived from above. The subject is worried. Misleading the world, the People of Bisi, His Majesty's desire to rule the people, should be scrutinized. Natural disasters are common, and people's feelings are not harmonious, but they are clarifying, and it is not appropriate to scratch the turbidity. If An Shi dwells in the temple for a long time, there will be no reason for quietness, so the subject will not worry about the disaster. His Majesty is determined to be just judged, to be hidden, to be confronted by scholars, and then to know whether his subjects are in the midst of their words. However, the sin of slandering the minister did not dare to be reckless, and he was lonely and dangerous, and his office was difficult. When the chapter is revealed, please avoid resentment. However, "the emperor focused on An Shi", Song Shenzong was single-mindedly relying on Wang An Shi and returned Lü Shi's recital to Lü Shi. Lü Zhi "begged to go" and asked to leave the court.
Wang Anshi saw Lü Shi impeaching himself, "begged for resignation", and asked for resignation, and Song Shenzong advised Wang Anshi in person. However, the next day, Wang Anshi still went to the Song Shenzong and asked to "remove the throne", and the Song Shenzong "immediately returned the title and made it as it should be", "and ordered the envoy to be interested in it, An Shi also called the sick begging, and then ordered the middle envoy to be interested", and said in the edict to Wang Anshi: "Yesterday I had already faced the edict of forgiveness, and I said that I would forgive it." Now I have to play it, I am very frightened, and now I am still playing it. When the affairs of the world change, it is not only two or three, but everything is like this, and xi zhengzhi is also doing it? Qing Qi reflected on his duties of course, without sympathy and incivility, and regarded the matter as it was. ”
After 6 days, Wang Anshi "entered the sight." Song Shenzong said to Wang Anshi, "I don't know anything about it, and I can't say anything about it. He also said: "Lü Zhiqing said that everything was good for the different, and he made more cross-cutting discussions, or wanted internal criticism, so as to cross-examine himself, and he also deceived and vainly hoped that he would be confused." This must be the book of someone with whom to say so. If emperor Gaozong and Fu said, should they not need the help of others? Wang Anshi said: "Emperor Gaozong used legend to say that it originated in the Pifu version of the building, so those who can become servants are listed in the throne of Shu. ”
In June, Emperor Shenzong of Song issued an edict that the Right Counselor AndiFu (御史中丞丞) was deposed from his post and made the governor of Deng Prefecture (陳州, in modern Deng County, Henan) with the official post of Right Counselor.
Regarding the expulsion of Lü Shi from the court, Song Shenzong once said to the chancellor Zeng Gongliang: "If you give a lesson, I am afraid that An Shi will not be at ease." "If Lü Shi is transferred out of the court, I am afraid that Wang Anshi will be uneasy. Wang Anshi said, "Your Majesty is righteous in his deeds, and how dare a subject be suspicious of himself in his own form." ”
Before Lü Shi's impeachment of Wang Anshi's "Ten Things" in the previous chapter, Sima Guang had "dissuaded him", and Lü Shi said: "Although An Shi is sometimes famous, he is good at clinging to prejudice, credulously believing in adultery, and pleasing others to himself. Listening to his words is beautiful, and if he uses them, he is neglected; if he leaves all his servants, the whole world will suffer from them. And the new heir to the throne, and the one who is in the position of the day and night, only two or three rulers, if they are not his own, they will lose the affairs of the state. This is a disease of the heart, but if it is not caught, can it be slowed down? ”
"Rebuke, Anshi Yiheng". Lü Yi was reviled, and Wang Anshi was even more transverse.
Lui
Liu Shu, Liu Qi, Qian Yan.
However, what Wang Anshi did not expect was that Lü Yi was degraded, but it led to a group of people who opposed him.
Lü Shi had just been demoted, and Liu Shu, a senior advisor and chief of the daily affairs of Yu Shitai, liu Shu, a servant of yu shi liu qi, and a trainee attendant yu shi, Qian Yan, who was "serving in the palace and serving yu shi li xing", wrote a letter to Song Shenzong and jointly impeached Wang Anshi, and the wording of the letter was even more fierce than Lü Shi's, denouncing Wang Anshi for being arbitrary and unscrupulous since he came to power, opposing Tang Yao Yu Shun's peaceful ways, using the technique of shang martingale Han non-power deception, abandoning the law of the ancestral benevolent people's loving things, and reforming the new proposal to fight with the people for profit and harm to the world, so that people's hearts were floating and uneasy. Therefore, he requested Song Shenzong to immediately remove Wang Anshi from his post as governor, zeng Gongliang, the chancellor who secretly supported Wang Anshi, and resisted the ineffective deputy chancellor Zhao Xuan, who should also be dismissed.
Wang Anshi's response to this was also more severe than that of Lü Shi, on the one hand instructing Wang Kechen, the governor of Kaifeng Province, to falsely accuse Liu Shu of fabricating charges and proposing to send Liu Shu to prison, while on the other hand asking Song Shenzong to demote Liu Qi and Qian Yan to other places to become "tax inspectors" in charge of salt and wine affairs. Eventually, Liu Shu was demoted to the post of Governor of Jiangzhou (江州, in modern Jiujiang, Jiangxi), and Liu Qi and Qian Yan were expelled from the court.
When Qian Yan received a new letter of appointment and left Yushitai, he publicly scolded Yushi Sun Changling, who had entered the hall of his colleagues in the supervision department because of Wang Anshi's recommendation: As a supervision official, you should be loyal to the country, why should you serve Wang Anshi like a slave? Do you think you have a plan, can you go straight up? I don't think you pig dog is as good! After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and got on the horse and left.
Sun Changling was inexplicably scolded with a split head and covered his face, so he had to come forward with a hard scalp to impeach Wang Kechen, the kaifeng official of Liu Shu, saying that he had colluded with the powerful and the powerful to deceive the emperor, and said that many of Wang Anshi's new laws were not, which cleared up the relationship with Wang Anshi and saved his face in the supervision department. As a result, Sun Changling was also degraded.
Fan Chunren.
Fan Chunren was the second son of the famous minister Fan Zhongyan, who was then the deputy chief of the "Tongzhi Zhiyuan", one of the highest supervision departments of the state. Earlier, Fan Chunren advised Song Shenzong: "Wang Anshi changed the ancestral law and plundered money, so that the people's hearts could not be at peace. The Book of Shang says, 'Where is the light of resentment, pay attention to those invisible places!' 'May His Majesty take note of those invisible resentments.' Song Shenzong said, "What is the invisible resentment that Qing said?" Fan Chunren replied, "This is what Du Mu called 'the man of the world.' Don't dare to speak up and dare to be angry'Ah! Song Shenzong expressed his approval, adopted Fan Chunren's opinion, and encouraged: "Qing Qing is good at analyzing political affairs, and should analyze for me the historical facts of stability and turmoil in the world that can be used as a reference since ancient times." Fan Chunren wrote a "Shang Shu Xie" dedicated to Song Shenzong.
Now seeing that Lü Yi, Liu Shu, Liu Qi, Qian Yan, Sun Changling, and others were degraded one by one, Fan Chunren wrote to Song Shenzong: People are loyal to their duties, and people are beautiful in accepting advice. Only in this way can the ruling ministers dare not do whatever they want, and the villains cannot bring calamity to the country and the people. If the system of supervision of speech and counsel created by the patriarchs is undermined, what will His Majesty rely on to ensure long-term peace and stability? Besides, Wang Anshi deviated from the scriptures and the party was in the same way, so wouldn't he have acted perversely and perversely, shouldn't he have been deposed? Zeng Gongliang was in the same stream, the late festival was not guaranteed, Zhao Wei knew what was wrong, and he was unable to turn the tide, so why should he stay in office?
Song Shenzong refused to adopt Fan Chunren's opinion, fan Chunren offered to resign, and Song Shenzong did not approve it. Wang Anshi quietly asked someone to bring a message to Fan Chunren: Please don't leave, you are already discussing arranging for you to do the zhizhi. Fan Chunren scoffed: How did this kind of words reach my ears? Is it to buy, or to scare? If the opinion is not adopted, what is the use of the high-ranking official Houlu? He then copied his recital to Zhongshu Province and made it public in the court.
Wang Anshi was very angry and asked Song Shenzong to punish Fan Chunren severely. Song Shenzong said: Chun Ren is not guilty, give him a good place to serve in other places! Later, Fan Chunren left the court and became the governor of Gyeongju (庆州, in modern Qingyang, Gansu).
Sima Guang.
Fan Chunren was degraded, and Sima Guang, who was then a scholar of Hanlin, wrote to Song Shenzong and said bluntly: Wang Anshi was originally unpopular, and now he is deposing Yushi because of him, which is a double disregard for the people's hearts. If the supervisory officials are loyal to their duties, they will also be punished, and I am afraid that from now on, everyone in the world will shut their mouths, and His Majesty will never hear the truth again.
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Fu Bi made important contributions to the country during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song and Emperor Yingzong, and at the beginning of Emperor Shenzong's succession to the throne, Fu Bi was still an official in the local area, and he consulted him on governing the country. In February of the second year of Xi Ning's reign, Emperor Shenzong of Song asked Fu Bi, who was then the governor of Zhi Prefecture (知州, in modern Ruzhou, Henan), to return to the imperial court.
Fu Bi already had an opinion on Wang Anshi. Fu Bi was summoned back to Beijing from Ruzhou, when Emperor Shenzong of Song "avoided the main hall with catastrophes and reduced his meals and pleasures." Due to disasters and famines everywhere, the sky changed frequently, "avoiding the main hall instead of the imperial palace, reducing the provincial regular meal", and the music was withdrawn to show the intention of repairing the province. Wang Anshi said to Song Shenzong: "Disasters and differences are all days, not caused by the gains and losses of people. "Fu Bi" sighed in the Tao: "He who is feared by men is feared by heavenly ears, and if he is not afraid of heaven, he who cannot do anything." This adulterer wants to enter into heresy, in order to shake his heart, so that the auxiliary counselor will have no power, which is an opportunity to control chaos, and it is not possible to save it without haste. That is, thousands of words are written, and the spring and autumn, Hong Fan, and ancient and modern biographies are quoted, and the physics of human feelings is clear that it is absolutely not. "Man is in a lofty position, and he is fearless, but the heavens are above, and every move is followed by misfortunes, and it is fearable." If the sky is not enough to be feared, then it is arrogant and lascivious, why not do anything? This must be the traitor's desire to enter his heresy in order to confuse the world, and he is afraid that the courtiers will reject his wrongdoing, so he advocates this statement to shake the heart of the superior, so that the auxiliary and slanderous ministers will have no power to save their ears. It is an opportunity to control chaos, the relationship is not small, and it is not possible to save it quickly. That is, on the way, thousands of words were written, and the corresponding principles of heaven and man were discussed, and the miscellaneous quotations of the "Spring and Autumn" disasters, the five elements of "Hong Fan", and the theory of Xiu Zheng's accusations, and the ancient and modern biographies, human physics, and chiseled unhappiness, were proved to prove that Wang Anshi's theory was absolutely not correct. "And he said, 'It is not difficult to govern, it is difficult to employ people.' If the gentleman then retreats, the king's way will grow day by day; and if the gentleman retreats, the king's way will fade. May Your Majesty be deeply discerned. He who hears will be humble, and shall not be pleased with those who are with me and angry with those who are different from me; and those who employ shall be despised by the multitude, and shall not be used by those whom I like, and shall be discarded by those whom I am angry. And His Majesty is good for men to probe foreign affairs, and intends to spread their wisdom, and those who do not know the dangers of treachery must do their disgrace because of what they are, and be deceived. Now that the affairs of Chinese and foreign government affairs are gradually becoming more and more open, this will be a villain who sacrifices his heresy, and His Majesty cannot think deeply about it. In the case of the villain, but if you like the imperial court to act and cause trouble, you can be pampered and have some hopes. If the imperial court keeps quiet and does nothing, then everything will be successful, no merit will be visible, no favor will be hoped, and the villain will not look forward to it! Therefore, whoever speaks more openly must be a villain who wants to fulfill his selfish intentions, and especially wishes that His Majesty will be deposed early by the candle of his adultery, and there will be no regret for the failure in the future. ’”
This time, fubi saw that there was a serious dispute in the court, and invited the officials and supervisory officials to the government, hoping that everyone would work together and help each other. Unfortunately, he did not sympathize with his idea of "peacemakers," and Lü Gongzhuo, the chief of the "Court of Counseling," who succeeded Fan Chunren, said unceremoniously: If the imperial court does the right thing, who dares to disapprove of it? If you don't do it right, even if you want to approve of it, you can't do it! Fan Chunren even said: Fu Bi was generously favored by the Three Dynasties, but he could not take the world as his own responsibility, and it was inappropriate to be public or private. Since Fu Bi and Xianchen (Fan Zhongyan) were old friends, and the ministers were also officials, they did not dare to give him advice in private. Therefore, I implore His Majesty to show him the folds of his subjects and to let him reflect on them.
Fu Bi was helpless and offered his resignation. Song Shenzong agreed. In October, Fu Bi was appointed as the official post of "Envoy of Wuning Army (治徐州, in present-day Xuzhou, Jiangsu) and Tongping Zhangshi(同平章事)", or "Judge Bo Prefecture (筑亳州, in modern Bozhou, Anhui)", or Bozhou Zhizhou. When Fu Bi left his post, Song Shenzong asked Fu Bi: Who can replace Qing when he leaves his post? Fu Bi answered: Wen Yanbo. Song Shenzong was "silent" and asked after a while: How is Wang Anshi? Fu Bi didn't say a word.
After that, Fu Bi left the court and went to Bozhou to take up a post.
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References: "Biography of Song Shi Wang Anshi", "Biography of Tang Jie", "Biography of Lü Jie", "Biography of Fan Chunren", "Biography of Fu Bi", "Biography of Dongdu Shiluo Wang Anshi"