Chapter 30 The Seven Little People Overturned the Prime Minister

After some tossing, Wang Anshi still sat firmly in the position.After the new law was fully implemented, he initiated the expansion of the territory.Select officials and conquer the minority areas in the southwest and northwest.In this military operation, he took three approaches in parallel. On the first road, Zhang Dun, the book inspector, was ordered to be the inspection envoy of Hubei to conquer Dongman; Qiang, marched into the various tribes of Tubo. The southwest is mountainous, and many ethnic groups live together. It has been regarded as a foreigner in the past dynasties.Due to the complex terrain and multi-ethnic mix, management is very difficult, so the past dynasties did not set up government offices there, but let the chiefs of each tribe manage and exercise self-government.

In the early Song Dynasty, there was a man named Qin Zaixiong from Chenzhou who was resourceful and skilled in martial arts. He conquered the aliens there.Emperor Taizu summoned him in Bianliang, Tokyo, comforted him with kind words, and appointed him as the governor of Chenzhou.In addition to rewards, he is also given autonomy, the internal organization is set up by him, officials are appointed by him, and the taxes collected are not handed over to the court. Taizu's meaning is very clear, as long as he guards his own side and doesn't make trouble. Qin Zaixiong thanked the map and sent his cronies to recruit and surrender the tribes respectively, which made thousands of miles away in the early Song Dynasty.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong, Peng Shixi, the governor of Xizhou, called himself the Great King of Ruyi, gathered a crowd to cause chaos, and after being conquered by the officers and soldiers, he surrendered to the imperial court. After Zhao Xu ascended the throne, the southwest was divided into rivers and ruled, the north of the river was under the jurisdiction of Peng Shiyan, and the south of the Yangtze River was divided into the three clans of Shu, Tian, ​​and Xiang, all of which were ordered by the Song Dynasty.In the fifth year of Xining (1072), the Shu family in Xiazhou extorted violently, and the tribes were dissatisfied, and civil strife broke out.

Wang Anshi chose to send troops to Dongman at this time. After Zhang Dun led his army to Hubei, he first recruited Peng Shiyan in Jiangbei, conveyed the emperor's edict to him, and appointed him as a deputy envoy of protocol and concurrently the governor of Jingdong Prefecture.Beijiang was settled without bloodshed.Then he issued an appeal to all ethnic groups in the south of the Yangtze River, with good words to persuade them to surrender.The Xiang family and the Shu family knew that the imperial court was going to be courteous before soldiers, and they knew that it was difficult to be an enemy of the imperial court, so they made a petition to surrender and return the sword seal bestowed by the previous court.But Tian's clan, relying on their bravery, refused to follow orders.Zhang Dun led the army to conquer, and the soldiers suppressed the border. The Tian family didn't have much ability to resist, and they were defeated in the first battle.

Zhang Dun successfully pacified the southwest and returned in triumph. Luyi is on the southwest border, and it is named Luyi because it is adjacent to Lushui River and close to Luzhou. There is an abandoned Yaozhou city near Lushui.In the early years of Renzong, King Wuman, the chieftain of the Yi nationality, had to cover up with the court of the Song Dynasty, asking for the name of the state, and said that he was willing to lead all the tribes to submit to the court.Emperor Renzong agreed to his request, established Yaozhou, and granted Degai the governor of Yaozhou.After Degai's death, when his grandson Puye succeeded him, he called himself "Luoshi Ghost Lord".

After Zhao Xu succeeded to the throne, the power of the Luo family's ghost master gradually declined, and he could not convince the crowd. The leaders of the tribes openly challenged him, and even led the crowd to harass the border of the Song Dynasty. The Luo family's ghost master could not restrain him. Wang Anshi could never tolerate Luyi's provocation, so he ordered Rongzhou General Judge Kumamoto to lead his troops to conquer Luyi. The governor of Rongzhou, Kumamoto, had been guarding the border for a long time and was very familiar with the situation of Luyi. He led his army to use various tactics to defeat Luyi, and quickly pacified Luyi, making Luyi's tribes return to the Song court.

Taohe appeasement envoy Wang Shao recruited Xiqiang, but encountered strong resistance from the Fan people. In the fourth year of Xining (1071), Zhao Xu set up the Taohe appeasement department, appointed Wang Shao as the chief, and began to manage the Hezhou and Huangzhou areas.In the Hehuang area, the Tubo tribe was the most powerful and had always been the target of the Song, Liao and Xixia wooing.After Wang Shao arrived in Qinzhou, he learned that Yu Longke from Qingtang City was the largest tribe in Xiqiang, and both Qiang people in Weiyuan and Xixia wanted to win him over.Wang Shao only brought a few people to Yu Longke's camp, told Yu Longke the pros and cons, persuaded him to submit to the Song court, and stayed in his camp to show his sincerity.

Yu Longke was very moved and felt that Wang Shao treats people with sincerity and is trustworthy.He led 120,000 subordinates to join him. Yu Longke admired Zhao Song's loyal minister Bao Zheng very much, and asked the emperor to give him the surname Bao. Bao Zhongcheng is Bao Zheng.All his life, he was utterly loyal, stern and selfless, an upright official, not a powerful man, good at breaking strange prisons, and even childish women knew his name.He was called Bao Zhongcheng because he had served as Yushi Zhongcheng.He also worked as Tianzhangge Daizhi and Longtuge Zhiba, so he is also called Baodaizhi or Baolongtu.Renzong Jiayou died of illness in the seventh year (1062). After his death, he was awarded the Minister of Rites and posthumously named Xiaosu, so he was also called Bao Xiaosu.

According to Yu Longke's request, Zhao Xu gave him the surname Bao and the name Shun.Yu Longke changed his name to Bao Shun. With the support of Bao Shun, Wang Shao went deep into various ministries of Tubo, paving the way for recovering the Hehuang area. In May of the fifth year of Xining (1072), Zhao Xu promoted Guweizhai to the Tongyuan Army and ordered Wang Shao to manage the military.It is planned to use this as a basis to consolidate the Longyou area and attack Xixia.While training the army, Wang Shao reclaimed wasteland, developed border trade, and managed the place well. In July, Wang Shao led troops westward to attack Tubo, aiming at Wu Sheng.The chieftain Murshuiba and other tribes, each guarding a dangerous point, resisted the Song army.Seeing that Fanbu was defending a dangerous position, the generals were a little timid and wanted to set up camp on the flat ground and wait for the enemy to attack.

However, Wang Shao believed that the Song army had set up an formation in Pingchuan, and if the Fan soldiers did not come out, they would have to spend it, and the final result would be to return empty-handed.This was not the result he wanted, let alone the result the court wanted.Now that the Song army has reached a dangerous place, it should start a decisive battle with Fanbing and win in danger.Therefore, he ordered the Song army to choose a favorable terrain to deploy, fearing the enemy but not the former, and killing without mercy. Seeing that the Song army chose a dangerous formation and rushed down from a high place, Fanbing was unstoppable.

Seeing the ferocious approach of Fanbing, Song Jun was timid before fighting, and he couldn't resist it.Seeing this, Wang Shao personally led his own soldiers into the enemy's formation.Seeing that the lord will take the lead, the soldiers' morale was greatly boosted, and they rushed to kill them with all their strength, smashed the crowd, took advantage of the momentum and captured the enemy's stronghold, set a fire, and burned the enemy's tents. Xiqiang Muzheng and his subordinate chief Xia Yao led the troops to help.Defeated by Wang Shao's troops, the Song army took advantage of the victory to occupy Wusheng, chose the danger to build the city, built it as the Zhentao Army, and then submitted a table to the court for victory. When Zhao Xu learned of the great victory on the western front, he ordered to set up Xihe Road, lead the Xihe, Tao, Minzhou and Tongyuan Army, promote the Zhenchi Army to Xizhou, and appointed Wang Shao as the economical appeasement envoy and also known Xizhou.In fact, the three prefectures of He, Tao, and Min were not recovered at this time. After Wang Shao conquered Wu Sheng, he led his troops to drive straight in. It took 54 days, traveled 1,800 miles, killed thousands of enemies, captured more than 10,000 cattle and horses, and recovered Hezhou, Taozhou, and Minzhou in one fell swoop. When the good news spread to Tokyo, Zhao Xu couldn't help being overjoyed, and came to the Zichen Palace to accept the congratulations from the officials. Zhao Xu told the officials that this great victory on the western front was due to Wang Anshi. He untied the jade belt he wore around his waist and gave it to Wang Anshi, and issued an edict to promote Wang Shao as a doctor of Zuojianyi and a bachelor of Duanmingdian. Wang Shaogang returned to court in class.Fan Jiang Muzheng collected the remnants and defeated generals, and seduced Dong Zhan's subordinate Qing Yi to form a ghost Zhang, etc., and defeated the Song army with a fraudulent plan. Jing Sili, the magistrate of Hezhou, died in battle.Mu Zheng took advantage of the victory to attack Minzhou, was repelled by Bao Shun's troops, and turned around to besiege Hezhou. Wang Shao was on his way back to Beijing when he suddenly received an order from the court saying that Mu Zheng had rebelled and ordered him to return to his teacher immediately to quell the rebellion.When he arrived in Xingping, news came that Hezhou was besieged.He led the army to Xizhou day and night, selected 20,000 elites, ordered them to go into battle lightly, and rushed to Dingqiang City. Hezhou was besieged, hoping to save the soldiers, but instead of saving Hezhou, the army rushed to Dingqiang City.The generals were puzzled by Wang Shao's marching intention. Wang Shao explained that the reason why Mu Zheng dared to besiege Hezhou was because he had Dingqiang City as foreign aid. If he conquered Dingqiang City and cut off his foreign aid, the siege of Hezhou would not be rescued. Sure enough, when Wang Shao led his troops to kill Bending Qiang City, broke through Xifan, made peace with the Sichuan people, and cut off Muzheng's return route.Mu Zheng hastily led his troops back, and stepped on Baicheng conservatively.The siege of Hezhou will not be saved. Wang Shao returned to Xizhou, sent Qingqi out of Tabai City, and by surprise, entered the Qiang camp, burned 80 tents, and killed 7,000 enemies.Mu Zhengji was poor and had no way to escape, so he had to lead more than 80 chiefs to beg for surrender in front of Wang Shao's army. Wang Shao ordered Li Xian to send Mu Zheng to the capital to report victory and offer prisoners. When Jing Sili was defeated and killed, and Mu Zheng became powerful, the government and the public were shocked, and many people advocated abandoning Xihe.Zhao Xu was also anxious to eat and sleep restlessly because of this, and issued several edicts to warn Wang Shao to fight steadily and not to advance rashly. Wang Shao, however, dressed lightly and went straight to the enemy's nest, offering to capture the capital.The courtiers were amazed and said that Wang Shao had made extraordinary achievements. Zhao Xu was even more overjoyed. Yudian was captured, and he was especially kind. He ordered Mu Zheng to be the training envoy of the Yingzhou regiment, and gave him the name Zhao Sizhong.He was conferred on Wang Shao as a bachelor of Guanwendian, and also served as a minister of the Ministry of Rites. Soon after, he was called as a deputy envoy of the Privy Council. Wang Shao Qingyun went straight up and was appointed exceptionally.At that time, someone gave Wang Shao a good name, called the deputy envoy of three wonders: presenting strange tricks, performing wonderful victories, and receiving wonderful rewards. Wang Anshi felt that he knew people with his eyes, and he was also very energetic. Thousands of miles of land, including Xi, He, Tao, Min, Die, and Dang, have been occupied by various tribes of Tubo since the Anshi Rebellion in the Tang Dynasty, and have all been under the jurisdiction of the Song Dynasty.This is undoubtedly a great victory for the Northern Song Dynasty for decades.The battle of Xihe not only prevented Xixia from invading southward, but also inspired Zhao Xu's confidence in regaining lost ground and revitalizing the country. In the sixth year of Xining (1073), a landslide occurred in Huashan Mountain in Nanyue, and people with ulterior motives took the opportunity to criticize the new law, saying that it was a warning from heaven to the world.Zhao Xu was even more flustered. According to the custom, he moved to live in another palace to show his admiration to the gods, and ordered to eat coarse grains in order to ask for forgiveness from heaven. Wen Yanbo publicly stated in the court that the collapse of Huashan Mountain was caused by public grievances and alarmed the heavens.Wang Anshi accused Wen Yanbo of slandering the new law, and the two had a fierce quarrel in the court.Wen Yanbo asked to resign in a fit of anger. Zhao Xu saw that he had made up his mind to go, so he ordered him to be the Jiedu envoy of Hedong, sentenced Heyang, and moved to Daming Mansion. In July of the sixth year of Xining, a severe drought occurred in the north, with thousands of miles of desolate land, and the cracks in the paddy fields could hide a child.Inside and outside the court, the ruling and opposition parties all blamed this on the new law, saying that it was the fault of the new law.Zhao Xu was worried and sighed, and he also began to believe that this was some kind of warning from heaven.And reflect on a series of new laws implemented since he took the throne. When Wang Anshi heard the news, he quickly went to the palace to comfort him, saying that drought and waterlogging were natural disasters, and they happened frequently during the time of Yao Tang. Since His Majesty took the throne, he has had a bumper harvest year after year. Now that there has been no rain for several months, it should be no serious harm.All we can do is to practice good governance. Zhao Xu frowned and said: "This is what I'm worried about. I'm afraid what we report is not good governance. I heard that the business tax is too heavy, and there are complaints from outside. The government and the opposition, inside and outside the palace, are full of ups and downs. Even the Queen The Empress Dowager knows about this. They all say that this is a bad government. In my opinion, it is better to dismiss it!" Feng Jing, who participated in politics, was also present, and he echoed: "I also heard about this." Wang Anshi saw that Feng Jing was blatantly against him in front of the emperor, and said angrily: "Why didn't I hear about it? The reason why mosquitoes bite rotten eggs is because it smells that smell. The reason why Mr. Feng heard about it is probably because all the hair Surround yourself with those who complain!" Seeing Wang Anshi comparing him to a rotten egg, Feng Jing's expression changed drastically. Zhao Xu didn't seem to want to be entangled, so he got up and went into the inner hall without saying a word. Wang Anshi and Feng Jing each retreated with hatred. A few days later, Zhao Xu publicly issued an Edict of Guilt, in which he scolded himself, saying that because of his ineffective governance, he had offended the heavens and caused frequent natural disasters.He called on all civil and military officials to make suggestions to the imperial court, and his words were extremely sincere. According to legend, this imperial edict was written by Han Wei, a Hanlin scholar. When the ministers were discussing the emperor's sinful edict, a small person appeared, and the appearance of this small person changed the political situation of the court.His name is Zheng Xia, a door official of the palace, that is, a guard. Zheng Xia is a native of Fuqing, Jinshi and the first degree. He once served as a judicial officer in Gwangju and joined the army. All the cases he tried in Gwangju were reported to the court, and all of them were approved by Prime Minister Wang Anshi, and none of them were rejected for retrial.Therefore, he regarded Wang Anshi as his confidant and wanted to serve Wang Anshi very much.After Gwangju's term of office expired, he went to Beijing to listen to the media, which was the time when Wang Anshi vigorously promoted the new law.Since he introduced Wang Anshi as his confidant, he wanted to speak to Wang Anshi.Wang Anshi asked him what he heard.He said that the Young Crop Law, the Exemption Law, the Baojia Law, the Market Change Law, and the use of troops on the border all have disadvantages, and the officials and the common people have great opinions. Wang Anshi was taken aback when he heard this, but didn't say anything. After Zheng Xia withdrew, he did not see Wang Anshi again, but only wrote to Wang Anshi, repeatedly saying that the new law would sicken the people.In this way, Zheng Xia offended Wang Anshi.Wang Anshi originally wanted to assign Zheng Xia a good position, but seeing that this man was ignorant and blindly opposed to the new law, he appointed him as a palace clerk, a clerk is a guard. Zheng Xia knew that this was Wang Anshi's trouble, but he had to bow his head under the eaves. Although he was not convinced, he still wanted to take up the post, otherwise, his job would be gone. After Zheng Xia became a guard, he often wandered around the gate of the palace. In official terms, this was called patrolling.When he was on patrol, he often saw some refugees pouring into the capital from the northeast, and these refugees filled the streets and alleys of the capital.He thought it was the fault of Wang Anshi's new law.If the emperor sees this scene, it will definitely be more useful than watching a hundred memorials.It's a pity that the emperor lives in the palace and cannot see these.On a whim, he drew a few pictures of refugees and sent them to the palace, which must be more useful than articles. Zheng Xia did what he said, and he spent a few days drawing a few pictures of refugees and writing a memorial.After all the work was done, he came to Zhongshu Province with the memorial and the refugee map, and asked them to forward it to the emperor.Unexpectedly, the porter there kicked him out on the grounds that his official position was too small and his rank was too low, so he had no right to directly submit materials to the emperor. Zheng Xia was also in the officialdom at any rate, so he thought of another unit - Yintai Division. The Yintai Division is an official station outside the capital city, a specialized agency that submits confidential documents to the emperor. The documents sent here are directly submitted to the imperial court without going through the cabinet. Zheng Xia entrusted his relationship with the memorial and the refugee map to the Yintai Department, and the Yintai Department sent it to the palace via a special line in secret.Because it was delivered by special line, it avoided the sight of cabinet ministers. Zhao Xu was worrying about the harm caused by natural disasters. Suddenly, the director of Yintai presented a rush report. Not knowing what happened, he hurriedly opened the file bag. There was a memorial and a picture scroll inside. He opened the memorial first, and saw It was a memorial written by a palace official named Zheng Xia. He omitted the front and back, and only looked at the main things in the middle, and saw that it read: Last year, the plague of locusts and drought were severe, the crops in the fields failed to harvest, and the famine was severe in various places. I ask Your Majesty to open warehouses to relieve the victims and abolish unreasonable policies.Now that the South and the North have won a great victory, and the court is full of praises, no one will report to the court the tragic situation of the people pawning their wives and selling their children, and demolishing their houses for sale.I drew a picture of the scene I saw at Anshangmen recently, and presented it to the imperial court. Just looking at it will make me cry. Is there anything worse in the world than this?If your Majesty follows the advice of a humble minister, abolishes the new law, and if it does not rain within ten days, please push the minister out of the Xuande Gate and behead him, so as to investigate the crime of deceiving the emperor. Zhao Xu put down the memorial and took the pictures, only to see that the pictures were full of tragic scenes of refugees: some were crying cold, some were hungry, some were chewing grass roots, some were eating bark, and some were selling Women, some were wearing shackles, some fell dead by the side of the road; another group of tough officials, holding whips, glared at them fiercely, and all these dying people were frowning and weeping.Whether they are refugees or cruel officials, all of them are painted so vividly that it feels as if they are actually there. Zhao Xu looked at the picture of the refugees, and suddenly felt sad, and couldn't help crying. He tossed and turned on the dragon bed at night, sighed, and didn't close his eyes all night. Zhao Xu originally wanted to make the common people live and work in peace and contentment through reforms, but he never imagined that it would end like this. On the second day, 18 decrees including Qingmiao, Immunity, Fangtian, and Baojia were suspended Zhao Xu ordered the suspension of the new law without consulting Wang Anshi, which marked the beginning of a rift between him and Wang Anshi.For the reformers, this is cold water; for those who oppose the reform, it is good news. After the news of the emperor's abolition of the new law came out, there was joy inside and outside the court, and those who opposed the reform clapped each other's hands to celebrate. Coincidentally, on the day when the new law was suspended, the sky suddenly became stormy, with thunder and lightning, and immediately it rained cats and dogs. It rained all day and all night until the river was full. It was a great joy to see rain after a long drought, and all civil and military officials congratulated the emperor one after another.Zhao Xu asked everyone if they knew the reason for the rain.All the officials said that it was the emperor's great virtue that moved the heavens and the earth, that's why the rain fell from the sky to save the common people in the world. Zhao Xu took out the refugee map from his sleeve and showed it to the officials, saying that it was the refugee map submitted by Zheng Xia.He said that after seeing the refugee map, he realized that the new law has made people complain. In the past, he only heard that the new law is convenient for the people, and no one has ever said that there is such a thing.After I saw this picture of refugees, I gave the order to suspend the new law.As soon as the edict was issued, rain fell from the sky, Zheng Xia was right. After Wang Anshi heard this, he protested angrily. He said that Zheng Xia deceived the emperor and presented this picture in vain.He only heard that after the implementation of the new law, the people applauded. How can there be such a situation as refugees? Zhao Xu shook his hand and said, "Go and investigate, and I'll talk back after checking clearly." Wang Anshi withdrew angrily.Opponents of the reform certainly did not miss such an opportunity, and they continued to criticize Wang Anshi and his new law.Under such tremendous pressure, Wang Anshi submitted his resignation to Zhao Xu, but Zhao Xu did not approve it. Although Zheng Xia's picture of refugees encouraged the opposition, it offended reformers, and these people wanted to vent their anger on Zheng Xia.From a legal point of view, it is illegal for Zheng Xia to send memorials through the Yintai Division. Therefore, Zheng Xia will be tried at Yushitai. The results of the interrogation are not recorded in history, but shortly thereafter, he appeared again, and continued to appear on the list, which at least proves that he was not severely punished, at most he was criticized and educated, and he was recorded once. Zhao Xu dismissed the new law for the time being, and Wang Anshi had conflicts in his thinking. Lu Huiqing and Deng Wan went to the palace to play Zhao Xu and asked to continue to implement the new law.Zhao Xu hesitated. Lu Huiqing said tearfully: "In the past few years, Your Majesty has achieved great results in implementing the New Deal without sleeping or eating, and the people all over the world are praising it. How can you abolish it just by saying it? Isn’t the years of hard work in vain?” Deng Wan echoed Lu Huiqing and persuaded Zhao Xu to continue to implement the new law. It was Zhao Xu's ideal to reform the law and make it stronger. He ordered the temporary suspension of the new law, but it was only a momentary impulse after seeing the pictures of the refugees.Seeing that the two ministers tried hard to persuade each other, the consciousness of reform and striving for improvement gained the upper hand in their minds, so they nodded in agreement with their suggestions and continued to implement the new law. The two led the way, and the new law continued to be implemented with greater intensity than before. Wang Anshi's reform movement caused a lot of trouble in the court and the public, and the empress dowager in the palace also heard about it.Their source of news is not civil and military officials, but relatives of the emperor. Wang Anshi's new law not only involves the common people, but also touches the interests of the clan and relatives.For example, the new law changed the official system for the sons and daughters of the clan, causing many distant families to lose the opportunity to be an official, which aroused their strong dissatisfaction.These clan children not only wrote to the court expressing their dissatisfaction with the new law, but even stopped Wang Anshi on the road to ask him for an explanation.Wang Anshi was firm and did not give in in front of these people.The imperial court confiscated part of the queen's father's property, and the younger brother of the empress dowager Cao was also accused of violating the law of the market.All these news spread into the palace, which made the empress dowager and empress extremely dissatisfied with Wang Anshi. On this day, Zhao Xu entered the palace to greet the Empress Dowager Cao, and Cao took the opportunity to say: "The laws of the ancestors should not be changed lightly. When the late emperor was alive, I should tell him what I heard. The late emperor listened to it. Now we have to follow suit." Only by following the law of the late emperor can disaster be avoided." Zhao Xu said lightly: "The world is peaceful now, and there is nothing wrong." "I heard that the young crops and the exemption laws have made people feel very painful. Why don't they abolish them at the same time?" Zhao Xu argued: "The new law is a policy for the benefit of the people, it is for the benefit of the people, and it has no intention of harming the people." "I'm afraid not!" The Empress Dowager said, "I know that Wang Anshi is very talented, but his implementation of the new law violated the wishes of the majority of people. There is great public grievance and too many enemies. For the purpose of protecting him, it is better to temporarily exonerate him." Get rid of his post of prime minister and transfer out of the capital!" Zhao Xu said: "Minister of Civil and Military Affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, only Wang Anshi can take on this important task. How can he be removed from the post of prime minister and transferred out of the capital? The court cannot do without him." The Empress Dowager said with tears, "Wang Anshi is messing up the world!" Zhao Xu has a very good relationship with his grandmother. Although he feels guilty seeing his grandmother so sad, he really does not want to give up the new law.Just when he was in a dilemma, his younger brother Chang Wang Zhao Hao came in. He took over the conversation and said: "The empress dowager's benevolent training is the most reasonable words, the emperor must listen to it!" Zhao Xu was annoyed, and after hearing King Chang's words, he scolded angrily: "I am ruining the world, I don't know how to govern the country, you can be the emperor." This is to vent the anger and pain in his heart on King Chang. Zhao Hao was scolded for no reason, shed tears, and said aggrievedly: "The country has something to do, we can discuss it together, I don't have any dissent, why is it so!" The Empress Dowager didn't expect Zhao Xu to have a dispute with his younger brother, and she was stunned on the spot for a while, and after a while, she said unhappily: "This is all caused by Wang Anshi, how to deal with it, the emperor, you can figure it out!" After all, he went straight in. Zhao Xu originally came to the palace to greet him, but they broke up badly. Wang Anshi had the intention of quitting after Zheng Xia went to the university. When he heard that the empress dowager, the emperor and the king of Chang had a quarrel about his going or staying, his intention to quit was even more determined. Under Wang Anshi's firm request, Zhao Xu finally accepted his resignation and asked Wang Anshi to recommend a candidate to replace him. It can be seen from this that although Zhao Xu removed Wang Anshi from the post of prime minister, he did not completely abandon the ideal of making the country rich and the army strong, but continued to implement the new law. Wang Anshi recommended two people, one is the former prime minister Han Jiang, and the other is the flattering Lu Huiqing. In April of the seventh year of Xining (1074), Wang Anshi officially dismissed as Prime Minister and left Jiangning Mansion. Great Prime Minister Wang Anshi has been in power for more than five years, and implemented the new law with great fanfare, setting off a huge reform storm in Chinese history. Many people were blown out of the political arena, out of the capital, and even lost their lives by this storm. A little-known little person overturned.