Chapter 43 Section Thirteen
In the following days, the situation between the DPRK and China maintained a period of false calm.Shi Yue also devoted his energy to the school affairs of Baishuitan College. With the help of Sang Chongguo and Shen Kuo, the teaching of Baishuitan College gradually matured, and the number of students continued to increase.It's just that Shen Kuo seems to be appreciated by Wang Anshi according to the rumors, and I don't know how long he can help Shi Yue.
Time soon entered November, and a wave of opposition to the Young Crop Law attacked the capital from the local area, and the short-term calm was immediately broken.
Inspired by Shi Yue's metaphor of "a blind man touches an elephant", the old party who had been relegated to the local area declared in unison that their place was not suitable for implementing the Green Crop Law; while some conservative ministers in the DPRK took the opportunity to demand the complete abolition of the Green Crop Law .The more than 40 officials sent to supervise the implementation of the new law, because the local officials refused to actively implement the Youth Law, and the local officials attacked each other, and the documents for the lawsuit were piled up in the political affairs hall.Although the Zhengshitang has one phase and three counselors in name, in fact Chen Shengzhi, Ding You, and Han Jiang are in the Shaanxi army. All government affairs are presided over by two counselors. To the emperor, without any advice on how to deal with it, Wang Anshi, who was hesitating to abolish the garrison law, implement the general law and the Baojia law, and comprehensively reform the military system of the Song Dynasty, was out of breath.
Faced with this situation, in order to show his position, Zhao Xu resolutely sent envoys to the Shaanxi army to worship Han Jiang as Tongzhong Shumenxia Pingzhangshi and Zhaowenguan University Bachelor (Prime Minister); Zhang Shi, supervised the revision of national history (second chancellor); at the same time, he used Wang Gui, a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, as a counselor for political affairs, and soon Wang Yu as a lecturer for Tianzhang Pavilion. Through his favor to the Wang family, he showed to the world his determination to insist on implementing the new law .
However, the determination on the surface is not exactly the same as Zhao Xu's inner thoughts.The young emperor had too many doubts about the Qingmiao Law in his heart - from Han Qi's letter saying that the Qingmiao Law was implemented in the city, to countless ministers writing letters against it, to the turmoil in the Jiying Hall, and Shi Yue's metaphor of the blind man touching the elephant... With all these things, he couldn't help wondering whether the effect of the young crop method was really that good.
But he can also see that the Young Crops Law has increased the national treasury's income by several million guan every year, and he can't help noticing this huge benefit.He is the king of a country, and his ideal is to reproduce the glory of the Han and Tang Dynasties, but if he wants to use troops abroad, he must fight, and wars will cost money, and the national treasury can't even balance the annual income and expenditure.He does not want to be a tyrant who increases the burden on the people and harms the interests of the people. Only Wang Anshi can give him the promise of "no tax increase and the country's full use".If the Green Crop Law did not disturb the people, but only harmed the interests of some wealthy families and made some people unable to lend usury, then if he listened to the slander and abolished the Green Crop Law, wouldn't he become the laughing stock of future generations?
"What should I do?" Zhao Xu really didn't know what to do, "The Empress Dowager and the Queen Mother only know that women don't understand state affairs, and I hope that the officials will ask Han Qi, Fu Bi, Sima Guang, etc. about everything." People', these three people have already been demoted from the court by myself, and if I listen to them, I can do nothing, just guard the foundation of my ancestors, be a mediocre monarch, and watch the country decline day by day Go down—this is something I can't be willing to do anyway!"
"Officials, Shi Yue is here." Li Xiangan interrupted the emperor who was in deep thought.
Zhao Xu suddenly raised his head and said, "Quickly pass him in."
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