When Wang Anshi came, it was a wishing stone, which fulfilled all the wishes of Song Shenzong; when Wang Anshi left, he turned into a piece of soap. After repeated scrubbing, he himself became smaller, mixed with a lot of dirt and sand. What was left to Emperor Shenzong was a relatively clean and healthy Song Dynasty. Faced with such a situation, Song Shenzong showed a very superb mind.What he did really showed what it means to be a pure Chinese.Evidence is two concepts. First, who is the most thoughtful person in the workplace?Funny, not number one, usually number two.They are hidden under one person, and the vast and wonderful sky outside is separated behind a piece of window paper, which has nothing to do with them.The longer the process, the more ideas they will have.

I feel that the boss is too stupid, and I am buried. So as long as the opportunity comes, they will express themselves crazily.Whether it is release after many years of suppression, or the unstoppable explosion of talent, its behavior is a blowout effect. But Song Shenzong is not like this. His behavior is very consistent with the most traditional and profound Chinese aesthetic point of view, that is, the second point, the flowers are not fully bloomed and the moon is not yet full.It is a kind of cultivation, a kind of realm. After the flower is fully bloomed, it is withered, and after the full moon is full, it is eroded.Only when it is about to open and about to be full is the most beautiful, longest and most memorable moment.

"The flowers are not fully bloomed and the moon is not yet full" These seven characters are the lifelong creed of Zeng Guofan, the Han official who saved the fate of the Manchu Qing Dynasty at the end of the Qing Dynasty. ingrained. For example, the idea of ​​the mean. Don't "leave to the left" to take risks, and don't lean to the extreme "to the right". You can't be sharp, and you can't think well. After that, the world will be harmonious and life will be happy.Referring to this point, Song Shenzong did an excellent job. He had been the second head behind Wang Anshi for nearly eight years. When he suddenly faced a huge sky, what he thought of was not to publicize himself, but to balance.

In his opinion, Wang Anshi had done too much and too hard before. Eight years later, the Song Dynasty needs to make some fine-tuning in the overall situation.How to implement it?The most urgent task is to find a new prime minister. Given the size of China, there are so many heroes that it is impossible to count them, but among tens of millions of people, only this one is the most correct choice-Wu Chong, the son and daughter of the former Prime Minister Wang Anshi. Wu Chong is a veteran official, a standard high-ranking official in the Song Dynasty, but also an exception in the workplace.In life, there will always be such a kind of person, they are highly educated, have a good character, and smile at anyone, but no one can come within three feet of him.In them, indifference and politeness are integrated, and among a large group of people, they show a personality that is hidden in the needle.

Wu Chong was like this. When he faced Sima Guang, he showed respect, but he didn't want to cling to him; when he faced Wang Anshi, he dared to express his thoughts and openly explained the inconvenience of the new law.Such a person was born to come to power at this time, and gently pour some clear water on the contradictions in various parts of the Song Dynasty. The leadership team with Wu Chong as the main team is serving this idea, but no one thought that Wu Chong, who became the prime minister, would suddenly change.The former modest gentleman, the unfulfilled full moon and unbloomed flowers have become sharper.

He suggested to Shenzong that Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu, Han Wei, Su Song and other opposition parties be recruited back from other places, and dozens of people including Sun Jue, Li Chang, Cheng Hao, who were at odds with Wang Anshi back then, should also return to Beijing. Discuss state affairs together and try to cheer up. Brace yourselves, these people get together and return to Beijing, and there will only be one result—abolish the new law and go back. Shenzong was very disappointed, Wu Chong, why are you like this?The self-cultivation of the previous decades was all fake?He was also a privy envoy, so he can be regarded as a person with work experience. How could he suddenly lose his mind?

In fact, there is no need to be surprised, this is the number one effect.Whoever becomes the prime minister will show his true colors, and the authentic things in his character that have been restrained by self-cultivation, restraint, and morality will spontaneously pop out and completely restore himself. But the world is wonderful, it has its own periodic changes, unless you are a person who can turn your hands into clouds and your hands into rain, otherwise, you don't need the emperor to suppress you, the reverser will hit the rock by himself. The piece that Wu Chong hit was called Cai Que.

Cai Que, everyone should still remember that in the event of Wang Anshi riding a horse into the palace on Yuanye, he taught Prime Minister Wang a lesson, and even pushed the emperor hard enough.Standing up to people is a very difficult skill in officialdom and life. Everyone can take a look around. Regardless of the level of topping skills, as long as they dare to stand up to people, they are all respected. At least no one dares to provoke easily. Cai is indeed a top master during the Shenzong period of the Northern Song Dynasty. Being the Prime Minister of the King made him a good impression, and being the Prime Minister of Wu made him have a bright future.He said: "The first two prime ministers of the Han Dynasty, Xiao He and Zeng Shen, were enemies. When Zeng Shen took over, he did not change Xiao He's established law. Now the new law is established by His Majesty himself, with the assistance of the previous prime minister Wang Anshi, and the next prime minister Wu Chong. What kind of morality is it to corrupt with personal enmity? Not to mention changing back and forth, how will the common people below adapt to it?"

In a word, Wu Chong has a problem with your character! Wu Chong dismissed get out of class and was replaced by Wang Gui.Wang Gui is a living treasure in Shenzong's court. This person is known as the "Prime Minister of the Three Edicts", that is, he "takes the imperial edict" at the upper court, "receives the imperial edict" at the next court, and "obtains the imperial edict" at the next court. He is a very rare personal secretary. , As for the authority, responsibilities, and obligations of the prime minister, he threw them all aside. The rest of the officials are similar to him, they are basically trash, and they don't know where to start if they want to introduce them.Why is this so?

After the birth of the sage Zhu Xi in the Southern Song Dynasty, there was a sentence that was the classic answer.At that time, Zhu Xi's disciples asked: Why did Wang Anshi fail to worship the prime minister for the third time and continue to reform, but let a group of mobs stand in the court instead? Zhu Xi smiled.This sage has a hobby. He was in the Southern Song Dynasty, and he doesn't have much information, but he has thoroughly commented on every emperor and every minister in the Northern Song Dynasty, including the comment that the whole court is useless at this time. He said: "Shenzong has already tried the tricks of Duke Jing, so why use them again? After ten years in Xining, he will do everything by himself, no matter how big or small. The so-called ministers just keep a group of mediocre people around and order them around at any time."

This is the truth of the political situation of the Song Dynasty after Wang Anshi left.At the same time, it is also an irrefutable truth in Chinese history-except for the founding emperor and the first prime minister, there is no way for any powerful emperor to have an iron-blooded prime minister at the same time. Even Wang Anshi is no exception. Once Song Shenzong's feathers are full, he will no longer have a foothold.This point is the biggest difference between the Song Dynasty from the Xining period to the Yuanfeng period, and it dominated the fate of the entire Northern Song Dynasty. After Shenzong became the master of the family, things became much easier.Wang Anshi began to live in seclusion in Jinling, and Sima Guang retreated in Luoyang... Oh, no, he wrote books half buried underground.The party members of the old and new factions, together with their party leaders, took a collective rest, and the rest became dedicated clerks, working honestly in the various new laws created by Wang Anshi. It's just that no matter how hard they tried, Shenzong looked left and right, and always felt that they were not pleasing to the eye. This world is really too chaotic. Looking down from a high place, the three provinces, the six ministries, and the twenty-four divisions are in order and fully functional, but countless office workers are running around and wandering around in various offices. It is not clear who is in which department and what work should be done.If anyone is in the mood to grab one of them and ask: Where are you from?