Chapter 45 Section fifteen

Volume 12 of "Chronicle of All Events in the Year of Xining": In the winter and November of the third year of Xining, I bestowed Zijin Fish Bag, Mige Xiaoli, Zhuo Lang, and Baishuitan Mountain feldspar Yue Jindui, and talked about the advantages and disadvantages of the green seedling method and the discussion of improvement, which is the best.I retreated to write the "Regulations on the Improvement of the Young Crop Law and the Letter to the Farmers' Mutual Aid Cooperative", which I read for a long time, and I called it "a genius in the world".Xia Zhongshu, Privy Council, Sansi, Hanlin Bachelor, Yushitai Yixing.At that time, Anshi was in charge of Tong Zhongshu's sect, and Feng Jing was in charge of political affairs. They discussed the matter for ten days, and there were many discussions but could not be resolved.An Li strongly persuaded An Shi to Xu Zhi, saying, "This is also a law reform, which is beneficial to the imperial court but not harmful, and can also suppress the mouth of the old party." In this way, An Shi could not make a decision for a long time. Chang Zhang, but the heart is kind.Zeng Bu persuaded him to do it again, and Lu Huiqing stayed in mourning, and the book arrived, urging An Shi to be discouraged.

Yimao, Shangyu Chongzheng Palace, was unable to make a decision for a long time due to public opinion, and was angry.Anshi and Feng Jing are exempted from the crown.At the beginning, Zhao Zhan, a magistrate of the Kaifeng Prefecture and a doctor of the temple department, was admitted to Khitan as an envoy, and asked about the Qingmiao Law.An Shi also finally said that selfishness should not be used to damage state affairs, so he advocated Shi Yue's proposal.After the decision was made, the Zhongshu said: "All the methods of Shiyue are feasible, and the improvement of the green crop method can be tried first on Jingxi Road, Liangzhe Road, and Hebei East Road. Prohibition of forcible matching, and listening to the voluntary of the people. It will be successful in three years, and it will be implemented nationwide. The Farmer's Mutual Aid Cooperative will promulgate it all over the country, and the governors of all states and counties will implement it." The three-way experimenter used Anshizi Tianzhang Pavilion to teach Wang Yu's plan. .Wang Yu privately said that An Shiyun, Daming Mansion, Yingtian Mansion, and Hangzhou were all under the leadership of famous officials of the old party, and their implementation of the new law was not effective. If it was not beneficial to practice the stone law, the two tigers would fight. The emperor knew that the other generation was not enough Reliance, if we gain benefits, we are old enough to seek the country's merits.The situation is also beneficial to the country, but not harmful to the new law.Gai Anshi's party, although he was attacking the old party and Shi Yue, his heart was also selfless, and he was quite concerned about state affairs, so Shi Yue's method could be implemented.

At that time, Han Qi was in Daming, and Su Shi was in Hangzhou, both of whom were good at Shiyue.Han Qi admired Shi Yue. Although he had never met him, he read his books and sighed as "a young hero".The improvement of the Green Crop Law depends on the strength of the two. The rest of Shiyue's friends, such as Tang Di, Li Dunmin, Chai Guiyou, and Chai Guiyi, are mostly county magistrates in this three-way, and they also fully assist.Therefore, Shi Yue's proposal finally succeeded. Later, Zhongshu formulated the "Regulations on Promoting the Law of Promoting Young Crops and Asking Matters" and "The Law of Qianzhuang", both of which were proposed by Shi Yue.This is also the beginning of the so-called "civil law" in later generations.At that time, Shi Yue used a secret pavilion to collate the principles, went in and out of the forbidden center to serve as a student, and used the emperor's special edict to go in and out of the Zhongshu Province to discuss with the ministers. The world is proud of it.After finishing the work, he resigned from the honorary award and retreated to Baishuitan to give lectures day and night, which is the highest in the world.When he was in Zhongshu, whenever An Shi and others argued sharply, they would not give up for a long time, or if there was any disagreement, they could speak out calmly, never spoke loudly, and only used theory to do things, not as good as others.Feng Jing retreated and said that it was a private cloud, the more he had the tolerance of a prime minister, but unfortunately his calligraphy was very ugly, which was laughed at by all the ministers.

However, when the various methods were implemented, there were quite a few people who criticized them, but there were many pedantic theories.An Shi not only advocates his discussion, but also maintains it.At this time, Lv Huiqing is not there, and Shi Yue and An Shi are quite able to help each other. ... Shi Faxing has only been in the world for two years, and it is very convenient to talk about the three ways, so he went to the whole country one by one.The prosperity of the world's banks began at this time.Ten years later, every county has a money bank, and farmers benefit from it.Later, some merchants borrowed money to make profits. The banks had insufficient savings, and the merchants wanted to make profits. During the ten years in Xining, Chengdu, Hangzhou Tang’s Bank and Jingshi Sangji Bank paid interest to those who saved money in the banks, and they followed suit.Today's scholars don't know that ten years ago in Xining, anyone who saved money in a bank not only failed to earn interest, but had to pay a deposit.This is also an important event during the Xining period, and it is attached here.For this reason, Guozijian and various colleges teach accounting, financial auditing, and statistical reports. The source of the style also originated from Shi Yue's improved green crop method.

According to Sang Chongguo's posthumous manuscript "Baishuitan Jiwen", there was Pan Zhaolin in the Shiyue shogunate at that time, and he also anticipated it.When the Zhongshu had been discussing for a long time, Pan Zhaolin urged Shi Yue to meet Wang Anli and Zeng Bu as soon as possible, hoping that the two sons would help him, and also advised Anshi to report to Anshi with a letter, saying that Anshi really had a heart of public loyalty and could be persuaded by words.The more he paid homage to Anli and Bu, but he did not repay Anshi with a book.Sang and Shen Kuo assisted Shi Yue in presiding over the affairs of Baishuitan College, and Shi Yue's plan was well anticipated.What he said is true.Therefore, later generations doubted that Shi Yue was at odds with An Shi at this time.

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