As a Ming Jun, the standards are very high, externally we must protect the territory of one side, internally we must develop production, stabilize the situation, stabilize the people, love the people, etc. The standards are complex, as long as one does not meet, it may be stamped with the hat of the emperor by the scholars. The benevolent see the wise and the wise see the wise, and the others you approve of are not necessarily recognized, and the controversy of views is very normal.
Song Shenzong devoted his life to reforming and changing the law and returning to the prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and the implementation of the new law for more than ten years, the country was renewed, the national treasury was full, and the military was at its peak, which greatly suppressed the bureaucracy and the landlord class. The opening of the Outer Xi River was very successful, expanding the territory by more than 2,000 miles, if it were not for the defeat of the two wars against Xia, the merits of Shenzong would be recognized by most people.
It is easy to see zhuge liang in hindsight, for example, it can be said that the change of the law of the Divine Sect has made the people unhappy, and the foreign war is said to be a poor soldier, and the scholar and doctor complain about this. In fact, the Shen sect has been trying to revitalize the country, although the change of law has failed to a certain extent, but we cannot deny the efforts and efforts of the Shen Sect.
In the early stages of implementing the change, it was not only difficult, every step was like a man's back, but Shenzong persevered, for the future of the country, for his own ambitions. Since the death of Emperor Shenzong, everything has been turned upside down, the old party has returned to the political stage, the empress dowager has commanded indiscriminately, the endless party struggle has begun, the government has been in a mess, and the merits of Emperor Shenzong have been erased at one time.
Yuanyou is more refined
When Emperor Zhezong succeeded to the throne, he was only nine years old, so Empress Dowager Gao Taotao became the actual head of state, and we will see what Comrade Gao Taotao did.
"The light and the public are supreme, and the order is made, so that the same heart will assist the government, and for a time the well-known scholars will come into the court." Those who have been in charge of political affairs since The Beginning of the Reign of the People's Republic of China shall be dismissed in the second order. Therefore, he changed his old style to Qingmiao in the old style of Changping, participated in the recruitment of Jiayou messengers, and in addition to the law of the city' easyness, the prohibition of tea salt was given to Xi Rong in the barren land of the border, and Uchiha was restored. ”
Sima Guang, Lü Gongzhuo, and other old party officials returned to Beijing one after another and began a huge campaign to abolish the new law; not only that, they also restored the old system to the relevant officials of the new law, those who were demoted to degraded officials, those who were dismissed from their posts, and the Law on The Law of The Young Seedlings, the Law of Immunization, the Law of Municipal Changes, the Law of Armor Protection, and so on. The most heinous thing is that the four villages of Western Xia, which were exchanged for blood, were unconditionally returned to the People of Western Xia, which was really a loss of power and humiliation.
Sima Guang also came up with a ridiculous slogan of "changing a mother to a son", which made the "Zizhi Tongjian" also dim three points.
In the eighth year of the Yuan Dynasty (1093 AD), Gao Taotao died, and Zhezong finally came to the foreground from behind the scenes and began to march personally. For 8 years, Zhezong witnessed his grandmother's crazy style, and he was angry but did not dare to attack, and could only endure. Once, Empress Dowager Gao was sick in bed, and Lü Dafang and 3 other Zaizhi entered the palace to visit.
Gao Taotao said:
"The wife is waiting to die too." Years of blessing the holy bow, rough heart, simple heart, just want not to fall martyrs. Tso Shi PingTai, I don't know if the official family knows it? Does the world know about it?"
My old wife waited for death when she was old, assisted the emperor for many years, did her best, only hoped that the world would be peaceful, I don't know if you understand, does the world know?
Lü Dafang and the others did not respond, and the little emperor Zhezong spoke: "Dafang is waiting!" "It is to let Lu Dafang and others hurry up, and the rhetoric is fierce." Why? Gao Taotao has made the country a miasma for 8 years, all the new laws have been abolished, and the finances cannot make ends meet again, is this what the empress dowager should do? These ministers were only concerned about party strife and the state, and Zhezong was really indignant before saying this.
Jejong greatly admired his father and followed in the footsteps of Shinjong ever since, believing that his father's ideals and ambitions would one day come true. After Gao Taotao's death, Zhezong began his own ruling career, although he was only 17 years old, zhezong wanted to continue to reform his career and continue his father's unfinished mission.
Su Ru shang shu
Of course, things are not so simple, in the past 8 years, the old party has regained power, the new party has been demoted and decentralized, if it is not the enlightened political system of the Northern Song Dynasty, replaced by the Ming and Qing dynasties, I don't know how many heads will fall to the ground. A loyal supporter of the old party jumped out, and Su Rui, who was then The Right Hand man of Shangshu, entered the door and waited for the waiter.
Originally, Su Rui rarely expressed his opinions, and he did not know why after hearing that Zhezong was pro-government, he reacted fiercely, and successively went up to the top, resolutely defending the old system and opposing the new law. This was very common at that time, and the old and new parties used to scold each other, and Su Rui became famous in the content of the recital.
Historical records record that "since the Yuan Dynasty, it has been practiced up and down, and it has not been lost." As for the rest, things are improper, and there is nothing in the world. The Father does what is before, the Son saves what comes after, and the front and back are in harmony, and this is the filial piety of the saints. ”
During the Yuan Dynasty, it was very wise to restore the old system and abolish the new law, and it was the practice of the saints that the father made a mistake and the son helped to change and cooperate.
Su Rui supported the restoration of the old system and the abolition of the new law, and recorded Gao Taotao's actions on the head of Zhezong, and the abolition of the new law became the meaning of Zhezong. Ming Mingyuan Yu's change was done by Gao Taotao, and the denial of the Reform of the Divine Sect was done by Gao Taotao, and it was not nonsense to put this big hat on Zhezong's head?
"Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty had four conquests of foreign affairs, the inner xing palace, and the exhaustion of financial resources, so the government of salt and iron, the maple and the sour, and all lost, the people were overwhelmed, and there was almost chaos. Emperor Zhao appointed Huo Guang to remove the annoyance, and the Han Room was determined. ”
Su Rui's recital was not finished, and he continued to write that Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was conquest of the four sides and a large number of civil engineering projects, resulting in financial depletion, the return of salt and iron to the state, the people's livelihood, and almost turmoil. Emperor Zhao of Han appointed Huo Guang and abolished the harsh government to stabilize the situation. This is to compare Emperor Wu of Han with Emperor Shenzong of Song, and Emperor Zhao of Han to Emperor Zhezong.
Is Song Shenzong's reform and change of law harsh? Was it Jezong who repealed the new law and restored the old system? In short, if you do a good job, the new law of the Divine Sect should have been abolished long ago, and in 8 years, the country will be safe and secure, and you will not have to change it again! So obviously invert black and white, nonsense. In order to kill a hundred people, Su Rui was relegated out of the capital and could no longer jump out.
Su Ru Tang and Song Dynasty Eight are not false, and their literary skills are very deep, so can they erase the merits of the Divine Sect at will? The hard work of countless reform officials of Shenzong and Wang Anshi can be eaten dry and wiped clean by relying on only one article, and it is worthless, is this what the minister of Zaizhi should do?
An article negates the two emperors, or that sentence, it is good that Su Rui is really in the Northern Song Dynasty, otherwise the raid on the family is just around the corner. The feudal monarchy is absolute, the influence of the emperor is too large, and the rise and fall of the country is all pinned on one person, and the risk is too great.
Destruction was easy, construction was too difficult, the system that Shenzong had so hard to establish disappeared, although Zhezong continued to drive along his father's footsteps for a long time, but he died young, and after the blow of Yuan Yu's reform, the reform had long been weak and had no return to heaven. (Text/Nine Fish Pavilion)
References: "Song Shi Liechuan 98", "Song Shi Liechuan 1st"