Chapter 41 Section Eleven

In the eyes of ordinary people, the winter solstice of this year is no different from previous years.It is still buying back vegetables for the winter, or transporting winter goods into the city on all the roads around Kaifeng... But for the civil and military officials of the Song Dynasty, because of the turmoil in the Jiying Hall, this winter solstice will not be So easy. Everyone secretly speculated in their hearts, did the emperor really listen to Shi Yue's advice and let it go? "Impossible, Wang Xianggong will never let it go!" "Thinking about that Shi Yue, it's not impossible to be favored so much."

"Shi Yue is favored, and Wang Anshi is favored?" "I just can't get used to Deng Wan, and Lao Liu was wronged this time..." ... All kinds of whispers were quietly circulated at the personal gatherings of fellow villagers in the same year, but Liu Xiang remained indifferent as if nothing had happened. He himself is indifferent, but others will inevitably care about him.Su Shi and Liu Xiang were colleagues and had similar political views. Regardless of his current troubles, he went to see Shi Yue several times, hoping that Shi Yue could excuse Liu Xiang in front of the emperor.Everyone is a smart person, and they fully understand that the most unlucky person this time is probably Liu Xiang, and perhaps the only one who can speak in front of the emperor is Shi Yue.

But the punishment a few days later was harsher than anyone expected. Deng Wan is still the school manager of Jixian, Liu Xiang is relegated to Chenzhou county magistrate, and Fan Zhen becomes an official! Everyone knows that Wang Anshi forced it out. Wang Anshi asked for severe punishment of Liu Xiang and Fan Zhen several times in order to establish the prestige of the new law.But at this time, Fan Zhen also submitted a statement of defense, and said in a statement: "Your Majesty has the ability to accept advice, and the ministers advance to reject advice; Your Majesty has the nature of loving the people, and the minister uses the art of remnants of the people." Wang Anshi was so angry that he personally refuted it one by one. fan town.The conflict intensified so far, Zhao Xu had no choice but to follow Wang Anshi's advice on how to deal with it. As a result, Liu Xiang was dispatched to Chenzhou far away. None of the rewards due to retirement will be given to him.

The matter did not end there. After the punishment was announced, led by Su Shi, many officials, scholar-bureaucrats, and some nerds who sympathized with the old party or hated the new law, went to Fan Zhen's house to pay tribute and protest to Wang Anshi.Su Shi even publicly congratulated Fan Zhen, saying that although he was forced to retire, his reputation has become even louder.Within a few days, these words reached Wang Anshi's ears.So Su Shi passed the sentence in Hangzhou, went to the prosperous place in the south of the Yangtze River, and became a colleague of Zhao Yan, the former political adviser.

Within a month, including Sima Guang, there were four famous officials of the old party, three were kicked out of the court, and one was forced to resign. Before that, Shi Yue and Pan Zhaolin even thought that Liu Xiang was just admonishing and punishing him.They underestimated Wang Anshi's influence on the emperor, and also underestimated the insistence of those famous officials on their principles.