Chapter 31 Eight friends are worst enemies

After Wang Anshi left Beijing, Han Jiang was appointed as Tongping Zhangshi, Lu Huiqing was appointed as Political Advisor, and Han Jiang, Lu Huiqing and others were in charge of the reform movement.At the beginning, the two felt the kindness of Wang Anshi's promotion, and they continued to implement the principles and policies formulated by Wang Anshi.Therefore, some people in the capital gave them two beautiful titles: Han Jiang called them "Dharma preaching monks", and Lu Huiqing called them "Dharma protectors and good gods". However, after a while, they took different paths for their own interests.

Lu Huiqing is a very ambitious person. When Wang Anshi was in power, he was the most powerful assistant of Wang Anshi's reform. After Wang Anshi left, he tried to replace Wang Anshi. Forces, attack other members of the reform faction, and act recklessly under the name of reform. After Lu Huiqing came to power, because he had a rift with Zeng Bu, the envoy of the third division, he wanted to remove this thorn in his side.Just at this time, Zeng Bu made a statement saying: "The law of market change disturbs the people. This kind of bad politics never existed when Qin and Han were in decline; , wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

Lu Huiqing impeached Zeng Bu for the crime of obstructing the new law, expelled Zeng Bu from the capital, and demoted him to Raozhou to be a prefect.Lu Jiawen was also dismissed because Zhao Xu hated him. Lu Huiqing adopted Lu Heqing's suggestion and created a practical method. The specific content is: order the private land, houses, homesteads, livestock and all assets to be appraised and reported to the government according to the actual value. Those who report will be punished heavily, and those who report will be rewarded.This is actually a property tax.As a result, the folks have to pay taxes for every inch of land and rafters, and they have to pay taxes for raising chickens and cattle, and the common people are miserable.

What Lu Huiqing did aroused Zheng Xia's indignation, and he drew another scroll titled "The Career Map of Gentlemen, Gentlemen, and Villains". In this picture, he classified the prime ministers of the Tang Dynasty, among them Wei Zheng, Yao Chong, Song Jing, etc. are called gentlemen; Li Linfu, Lu Qi, etc., are called evil villains; they compare Feng Jing to a gentleman and Lu Huiqing to a villain, and present it to Zhao Xu by using the past to satirize the present.And attach a memorial to impeach Lu Huiqing. Lu Huiqing would never tolerate Zheng Xia's attacks on him. Under his single-handed arrangement, Zheng Xia was relegated to the remote Yingzhou.Originally, Lu Huiqing wanted to put Zheng Xia to death, but was stopped by Zhao Xu.Zhao Xu said that Zheng Xia seeks the country but not his life, his loyalty is commendable, and he should not be severely punished.The emperor said so, and Lu Huiqing could only accept it as soon as he saw it.

After Zheng Xia was demoted, Feng Jing was also dismissed from participating in politics and became the magistrate of Bozhou.Because he was compared to a gentleman by Zheng Xia, and the villain corresponding to a gentleman is Lu Huiqing. Of course Lu Huiqing couldn't swallow this breath, so it's not surprising that Feng Jing was dismissed. Wang Anshi's younger brother, Wang Anguo, has always disapproved of his brother's new law. He once reminded Wang Anshi that Lu Huiqing is a sycophant and a liar, and he should beware of this person. Once, Wang Anshi was discussing political affairs with Lu Huiqing, but Wang Anguo was playing the flute outside. Wang Anshi shouted to his younger brother outside: "How about stopping the sound of Zheng?"

Wang Anguo responded and said: "How about a sycophant from afar?" Confucius once said, "Keep away the sound of Zheng, and stay away from sycophants." The questions and answers of the two brothers actually quoted Confucius' words. Although Lu Huiqing didn't say anything at the time, she held a grudge.After Zheng Xia was exiled in Yingzhou, Lu Huiqing dismissed Wang Anguo and Zheng Xia because he had a close relationship with him, and demoted him back to his hometown in Sichuan. After Lu Huiqing expelled Feng Jing, Zheng Xia, and Wang Anguo from the capital, he became more arrogant and acted arbitrarily, and did not discuss with Prime Minister Han Jiang at all.He was worried that Wang Anshi would come back and rob him of the lottery, so he simply didn't do it, and kept on doing it against his mentor Wang Anshi.

At that time, there was a treason case in Shandong, the principal culprit was a prince, and one member of the criminal gang was a friend of Wang Anshi.Originally, this matter had nothing to do with Wang Anshi.Lu Huiqing wanted to put Wang Anshi to death, and falsely accused Wang Anshi of being involved in the treason case. Lu Huiqing's actions aroused the dissatisfaction of the court ministers including Prime Minister Han Jiang. Many people strongly demanded Wang Anshi's comeback. They believed that only Wang Anshi could control Lu Huiqing. Han Jiang sent a secret letter to Zhao Xu, asking the emperor to dismiss Lu Huiqing and appoint Wang Anshi. At the same time, he sent someone to send a secret letter to Wang Anshi, saying that Lu Huiqing wanted to accuse him of treason and asked him to leave the palace within seven days. to the capital.Within seven days, he can guarantee that this matter will not erupt.

The crime of treason is a serious crime to exterminate the Nine Clans. If anyone is involved in this crime, not only will his own head fall to the ground, but his relatives within the Nine Clans will also suffer. After Wang Anshi received Han Jiang's secret letter, he knew that the problem was serious. He set off from Jiangning overnight, rode a fast horse day and night, and arrived in the capital within seven days.After entering Beijing, he visited Zhao Xu overnight. Since Wang Anshi left Beijing, Zhao Xu seemed to have lost his backbone. In addition, after Lu Huiqing came to power, he was out of order, so he began to miss Wang Anshi.Han Jiang told him that Wang Anshi would go to Beijing in the near future, so please suspend the processing of the memorial that Lu Huiqing accused Wang Anshi of having an affair with the treason case.Zhao Xu didn't believe it at all, so he suppressed Lu Huiqing's memorial and didn't publish it.

On the day Wang Anshi entered Beijing, Zhao Xu met him. After a long talk between the monarch and his ministers, Wang Anshi returned to his post the next day. Wang Anshi was reinstated, but Lu Huiqing did not give up his ambition. Not only did he not assist Wang Anshi in implementing the new law, but he set up obstacles everywhere, becoming Wang Anshi's constraints, trying to bring down Wang Anshi and replace him. The praying mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole follows behind.Lu Huiqing never dreamed that when he was scheming others, someone would already point the finger at him, and this person was Deng Wan, who had been his political ally.

After Wang Anshi came back, many people wanted to flatter him, among which Deng Wan, the censor Zhongcheng, was the most typical character. Deng Wan was originally an assistant to Wang Anshi's political reform. After Wang Anshi dismissed him, he turned to Lu Huiqing and became Lu Huiqing's political ally. It was very embarrassing, he knew that Wang Anshi and Lu Huiqing had a rift between them, and he could not have a good relationship between the two, so he had to choose one of them as the object of his allegiance.Deng Wan is a smart person. He knew that Lu Huiqing was not Wang Anshi's opponent, so he chose Wang Anshi.In order to make up for previous mistakes and regain Wang Anshi's trust, Deng Wan decided to fight back and betray Lu Huiqing.Behind Wang Anshi's back, he secretly discussed with Wang Anshi's son, Wang Yu, and accused Lu Huiqing of extorting five million copper coins from the Huating businessman.

The censor Cai Chengxi also wanted to please Wang Anshi, and he impeached Lu Huiqing, saying that he deceived the emperor and formed a party for personal gain. Zhao Xu hated Lu Huiqing already, and after reading the memorial made by Deng Wan and others horrifying Lu Huiqing, he demoted Lu Huiqing from the capital and became the magistrate of Chenzhou. Zhang Dun, the envoy of the third division, was also impeached by Deng Wan and demoted from the capital to serve as the magistrate of Chaozhou. Han Jiang was the hero of Wang Anshi's comeback, but after Wang Anshi's comeback, because of disagreement with Wang Anshi, he wanted to leave, so he asked to leave on the pretext of illness. Zhao Xu approved his request and appointed him as the prefect of Xuzhou. Wang Anshi regained the monopoly of prime minister power. Since the Khitan beat the Song Dynasty once in the second year of Qingli (1042) and the two countries signed a peace treaty, the two countries have lived in peace for more than 30 years.In the second year of Renzong Zhihe (1055), the Khitan leader Zongzhen died of illness, and his son Yelu Hongji succeeded to the throne. In the seventh year of Xining (1074), Xiao Xi, an envoy sent by Emperor Yelu Hongji of the Liao Kingdom, came to Bianliang, Tokyo, and demanded to redefine the border with the Song Dynasty, claiming that the watershed between Wei, Shuo, and Ying should be used as the basis. He also said that the camp built by Song Dynasty in Hedong had invaded the border of Liao State. Song and Liao have lived in peace for decades, and they have always guarded their borders. There has never been a dispute on the border issue. This time, the Liao Kingdom suddenly proposed to redefine the border, which is obviously an excuse to provoke and find fault. Zhao Xu sent Taichang Shaoqing Liu Chen and others to Daizhou to negotiate with the Liao State. The negotiator of the Liao State was Xiao Su, the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.Xiao Su insisted that the boundary between Song and Liao should be defined by the soil ridges on the watershed, but after field surveys, there was no soil ridge on the watershed at all.Xiao Su changed his tone again, saying that it generally refers to the watershed as the boundary. No matter what kind of mountain there is, there is a watershed where there is a mountain. The watershed is not a definite place name. Xiao Su's request to use the watershed as the dividing line between the two countries is really nonsense. Liu Chen argued hard, but Xiao Su insisted on not obeying.Liu Chen then sent someone back to Beijing to report the negotiation to the imperial court. On the one hand, Zhao Xu ordered the Privy Council to hold a meeting to discuss, and on the other hand, he personally wrote letters to several former prime ministers, Han Qi, Sikong Fubi, Wen Yanbo of Henan Province, and Zeng Gongliang of Yongxing Army, asking them for advice. Han Qi was the first to reply.In his letter, he said that in order to fight against the outside world, the new law must be abolished, and the country must be united as one;If the frontier is sufficient, even if the covenant is broken, the country can be recovered by force. Fu Bi, Wen Yanbo, and Zeng Gongliang also replied one after another, and the content was basically the same as Han Qi's point of view. Zhao Xu hesitated and couldn't make a decision. Seeing that Liu Chen, the negotiator of the Song court, refused to budge, he sent Xiao Xi to Bianliang again to present the letter of credence, claiming that Liu Chen had no sincerity in negotiating and was deliberately delaying the time, so he asked the Song court to send someone else to negotiate. Zhao Xu then ordered Tianzhang Pavilion to wait for Han Zhen and Xiao Xi to continue negotiations, but the two sides still insisted on their opinions, to no avail. Seeing that the search for land would not work, Xiao Xi simply stayed in the posthouse and said that if Song could not meet his request, he would not return to China. Why is the Liao envoy so unscrupulous?Because they bet that Song would not dare to turn against Liao, and with decades of experience in dealing with Song, they dared to bet on this one. Seeing that the Liao envoy was playing tricks, he could neither meet his request nor expel him. He felt very embarrassed, so he asked Wang Anshi for his opinion.Wang Anshi was not familiar with the historical situation of the border demarcation between Song and Liao, so he suggested to check the historical data before processing.He also recommended Zhizhigao Shen Kuo to take charge of this matter. Shen Kuo was ordered to go to the Privy Council to check the historical files. After a few days of browsing, he found out that Yingzong signed a border treaty and map with Khitan in the second year of Emperor Yingzong.This map clearly shows that the border between Song and Liao is bounded by the ancient Great Wall, and the current disputed watershed between Song and Liao lies in Huangwei Mountain, which is more than 30 miles away from the original boundary.Shen Kuo immediately explained the situation to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu said pleasantly that the two governments almost misunderstood state affairs by not checking the facts.When he was ordered to show the treaty and the map to Xiao Xi, the envoy of the Liao Kingdom, Xiao Xi's arrogance was restrained. Zhao Xu rewarded Shen Kuo with a thousand taels of platinum, and ordered Shen Kuo to be an envoy to Liao to negotiate on the border issue. After Shen Kuo was ordered to arrive in the capital of Liao, Liao Prime Minister Yang Zunxu received him and formally negotiated on the border issue. According to the Old Testament, Shen Kuo resolutely disagreed with the unreasonable demands of the Liao Kingdom. There were six rounds of negotiations before and after, but Shen Kuo only argued based on reason and had no intention of letting go.Yang Zunxu said in a threatening tone: "I don't want to give up even a few miles of land. Do you want to break up the relationship?" Shen Kuo protested: "The Southern Dynasty abided by the agreement, but the Northern Dynasty wanted to abolish the former alliance. You are the ones messing around. How can we say that we want to break off the diplomatic relationship?" Yang Zunxu saw that Shen Kuo was upright and confident, so he changed his mind to Tianchi as the boundary. After getting Shen Kuo's denial, he left Shen Kuo in the post house and didn't see him for many days. Seeing that the Liao Kingdom was not sincere, Shen Kuo said goodbye and returned home.He is a caring person. On the way back to the country, he painted a picture of the mountains and rivers along the way, the dangers and customs of the people, and presented it to the emperor after returning. Zhao Xu thought that if the negotiations with the Liao Kingdom failed, there would be a war between the two countries. He solicited opinions extensively. The Liao Kingdom reported to the Empress Dowager Cao about the re-drawing of the border, and said that if the negotiation failed, he was going to send troops to the Northern Expedition to sweep away the troubles of future generations in one fell swoop. Empress Dowager Cao asked: "Have you prepared enough food and supplies? Are you ready for the battle of the soldiers?" Zhao Xu said disapprovingly, "These things are easy to handle." Empress Dowager Cao's expression changed drastically, and she said reproachfully, "War is the most difficult thing to do, but you say these things are very easy. How can you win a battle if you underestimate the enemy?" Seeing that the Empress Dowager Cao was so strict, Zhao Xu froze on the spot. Empress Dowager Cao went on to say: "Emperor Taizong's several northern expeditions were defeated because the food, grass, and equipment were not up to date, and the soldiers were not well-organized. It was just after the severe drought that there was a shortage of food and salaries. You must know that war is an unavoidable event for the country. If it is not a last resort, you must not talk about war. Even if there is a glimmer of hope for peace, you must try to avoid war. Defeat will cost a lot of manpower, material resources, financial resources, and countless soldiers will be killed or injured. As a ruler, you must be cautious about wars. The Liao Kingdom violated the old covenant and fought for borders. The envoys negotiated with them and told them the pros and cons. It is best to resolve it peacefully. Everyone guards the old frontiers and reconciles with each other. They should not talk lightly. However, the original defense must be strengthened, in case the negotiations fail and the Liao Kingdom suddenly Using light cavalry to sneak attack will cause you to be in a hurry and it will be difficult to deal with the enemy." Zhao Xu made no noise. Empress Dowager Cao said earnestly: "If the Liao Kingdom was easy to conquer, Emperor Taizu and Emperor Taizong would have recovered it long ago. Why wait until today?" After hearing this, Zhao Xu said that he would never fight unless he had to. After Zhao Xu came out of Cishou Palace, he wanted to seek Han Qi's opinion.Because when Han Qi was in the Renzong Dynasty, he had guarded the border with Fan Zhongyan and had rich combat experience.Unexpectedly, at this time, news of Han Qi's death came, and Han Qi's relatives also came to the capital. Zhao Xu thought of Han Qi's efforts to establish the second emperor and his achievements in three dynasties, so he decided to stop the court for three days to express his condolences for Han Qi's death.Posthumously present the Minister's order, give the posthumous title Zhongxian, and deserve to enjoy the Yingzong Temple. Legend has it that on the night when Han Qi died of illness, a giant star fell from the sky outside the city of Xiangzhou, which shocked people from far and near. Later, when they heard that Han Qi died of illness that night, the people of Xiangzhou wept for him, which shows that Han Qi is deeply loved by the people. Zhao Xu had no choice but to seek Wang Anshi's opinion again. Wang Anshi thought that with Song's current national strength, it was not appropriate to go to war with Liao.If you want to conquer Liao, you must give him some sweetness first.This is called if you want to take it, you must first give it. So Zhao Xu agreed to the conditions of the Liao Kingdom, and the Song Dynasty lost seven hundred miles of land with the Liao River watershed as the boundary, which became a dispute over the rise of troops in the future. The border affairs in the north have just been dealt with, and the south is not calm again. There is a small country in the south of China called Jiaozhi Kingdom. In Taizong Dynasty, Li Huan destroyed the Ding family and usurped the country. Emperor Taizong named Li Huan the King of Jiaozhi County. After Li Huan's death, his son Li Longyue succeeded to the throne, but was killed by his younger brother Li Longting.Li Longting killed his brother and proclaimed himself king, and still paid tribute to the Song court. Emperor Zhenzong bestowed the name Zhizhong and ordered him to inherit the title of king. In the third year of Dazhong Xiangfu (1010), Senior Colonel Li Gongyun imitated Li Huan's story, killed Li until he became loyal and self-reliant, and sent envoys to pay tribute.Zhenzong also used the story of Feng Lihuan, and named Li Gongyun the king of Jiaozhi County.Li Gongyun's descendant Li Dezheng, Li Dezheng's descendant Li Rizun, Li Rizun's descendant Li Gande, who is now the king of Jiaozhi, has hereditary titles and tributes from all over the world. The Jiaozhi Kingdom was a subsidiary state of the Song Dynasty. Civil strife occurred repeatedly, and the regime changed several times. The Song Dynasty did not intervene, and they all recognized the new master after the change of dynasty.The only thing that has not changed is that Jiaozhi Kingdom still pays tribute every year and comes to court every year.The two countries have always lived in peace. Shen Qi, the magistrate of Guizhou, sees that the court will open the border, Zhang Dun will take over Dongman, Xiongmoto Ping Luyi, Wang Shaoke Hezhou, several people have been promoted to rank because of their establishment of frontier merits, and they can't help being moved, and they also want to send troops to fight each other. The capital to hunt for promotion.He sent people to Xidong to recruit strong men to form Baowu, stationed them in Guangnan, and sent 20 people to command them.He also forcibly set up a walled city in Rongzhou, massacred more than 1,000 Jiaozhi people to demonstrate to the Jiaozhi Kingdom. Cochin King Li Gande sent envoys to Bianliang, Tokyo, to comment with Song Dynasty, claiming that they had not offended the Celestial Dynasty, so why should they confront each other and kill their people. Zhao Xu knew that he was wrong, so he had to dismiss Shen Qi on the spot, and mediate Liu Yi, the governor of Guizhou, to replace Shen Qi as the governor of Guizhou. After Liu Yi arrived in office, although he canceled the Guangnan garrison, he stationed heavy troops in the border pass, built Ge ships, canceled the exchange with Jiaozhi, sent troops to patrol the border defense line, and cut off the communication between Jiaozhi Kingdom and Song Dynasty. Song's actions completely angered the Jiaozhi king Li Gande. He came to a pre-emptive strike and led the Jiaozhi army to attack Song from the three roads of Guangfu, Qinzhou, and Kunlun Pass. With the determination to die, the Jiaozhi soldiers fought fiercely. They attacked the city and pulled out the stronghold all the way, smashing Qinzhou and Lianzhou, killing more than 8,000 soldiers and civilians, and approaching the city of Yongzhou. Although Su Yan, the magistrate of Yongzhou, led his troops to resist, he was still defeated by the desperate army of Jiaozhi Kingdom.With no food and grass inside and no reinforcements outside, Yongzhou fell to the enemy.Zhizhou Su Jian led his family of thirty-six to commit suicide.Yongzhou was massacred by Jiaozhi people, and more than 58,000 soldiers and civilians in the city were massacred. Zhao Xu ordered Guo Kui, the envoy of Xuanhui, to recruit Annan, and Zhao Xie, who was waiting in Tianzhang Pavilion, was his deputy, and led his troops to conquer Jiaozhi. The notice of Jiaozhi spread to Bianliang, saying that the Prime Minister of Song Dynasty implemented the new law and disrupted people's livelihood, so he sent troops to rescue him. After Wang Anshi read these notices, he was so angry that he ordered Guo Kui to lead more troops to the expedition, allowing him to mobilize the old ministries of Fu, Yan and Henan to join the expedition, and ordered to call in troops from Champa and Chenla to attack. After Guo Kui led his troops to Changsha, he ordered Zhancheng and Chenla to attack Qinzhou and Lianzhou.Guo Kui and Zhao Xie led their troops westward.The army went to Fuliang River, and news came from Qinzhou and Lianzhou that the two states had been recovered. In the eighth year of Xining (1075), Guo Kui and Zhao Xie led their troops to a decisive battle with the Jiaozhi soldiers on the Fuliang River.The Jiaozhi soldiers were defeated, Li Hongzhen, Prince of Jiaozhi, was killed by an arrow in the rebellion army, and the remnant soldiers fled back to Jiaozhi.The Song army captured dozens of warships, killed thousands of enemies, and lost more than ten thousand soldiers. Most of the soldiers of the Song Dynasty led by Guo Kui were from the north. They refused to accept the water and soil in the south, and because of the miasma, many soldiers died of illness.Guo Kui and Zhao Xie did not dare to advance lightly, and divided their troops to occupy Guangyuan Prefecture, Menzhou, Silang Prefecture, Sumao Prefecture, and Guanglang County, and reported the battle situation ahead to the imperial court. Li Gande was also very scared when he saw the soldiers pressing down on the border. He sent someone to inform the commander of the Song army, and sent envoys to Bianliang to ask for peace talks. Because the Song army had already attacked the Fuliang River, Zhao Xu was angry, and the war was provoked by the Song border generals, and Jiaozhi was not at fault. Later, Guo Kui and Zhao Xie were ordered to return to the court; Guangyuan Prefecture was changed to Shunzhou.Soon, Li Gande sent envoys to pay tribute and returned the captured soldiers and civilians.Zhao Xu saw that he was sincerely repairing, so he returned Shunzhou to Li Qiande, and later returned the two prefectures and six counties to Jiaozhi. After that, Jiaozhi never rebelled. The battle of Jiaozhi was settled, but Wang Anshi was in trouble. After Lu Huiqing was demoted from the capital, he became the magistrate of Chenzhou.Wang Anshi's son, Wang Yu, has always been brooding about Lu Huiqing's harming his father. He wanted to put Lu Huiqing to death and then act quickly. It happened that Deng Wan, the censor Zhongcheng, also wanted to please Wang Anshi. Together, the two decided to submit separate reports and request the emperor to re-trial The case of Lu Huiqing. Lu Huiqing was not a fuel-efficient lamp either. When he learned that Wang Yu and Deng Wan were planning to put him to death, he struck ahead of schedule and dealt a fatal blow to Wang Anshi. Lu Huiqing and Wang Anshi have been friends for many years, and the two had exchanged many letters in the past. In these letters, of course, they said some things that are not humane.Lu Huiqing is a caring person, he kept these letters intact, and prepared to come in handy one day.When he learned that Deng Wan and Wang Yu were behind his writing, he thought of these letters.So, he submitted these letters to the emperor, and accused Wang Anshi of plotting behind the scenes. Among these letters, several of the letters have the sentences "If you don't let your superior know this post", "If you don't have your superior known, don't let your whole year know it", that is to say, don't let the emperor know the content of this letter.As for who "Qi Nian" was, it was not investigated at that time. Zhao Xu was already tired of these chaotic things. After reading these letters, he lost his temper with Wang Anshi for the first time. After Wang Anshi returned home, he scolded his son, scolding him for provoking Lu Huiqing behind his back.The father and son had a big fight over this. Wang Yu obviously didn't know that Lu Huiqing had these letters in his hands and that he had his father's handle.I deeply regret that my reckless actions have brought disaster to my father.After being reprimanded by his father, he held his breath in his heart, became depressed and became ill, and fell ill immediately. Soon, a malignant sore appeared on his back. Wang Anshi asked doctors and doctors to treat him all over the place, but in the end his son's life was not saved, so Wang Yu let go and went back to the west. Losing a child in old age is a great misfortune in life.The sudden death of his son was a heavy blow to Wang Anshi. He was heartbroken and wanted to retire, so he submitted a petition to resign. Yushi Zhongcheng Deng Wan was worried that if Wang Anshi left, he would lose his backing and his salary would not be guaranteed, so he asked Zhao Xu to keep Wang Anshi. Zhao Xu believed that Deng Wan, as the censor, actually begged for the minister's favor, removed Deng Wan from his post, and demoted to Guozhou to be the magistrate.Wang Anshi was more determined to leave, and urged him to be relieved of his post. In October of the ninth year of Xining (1076), Zhao Xu dismissed Wang Anshi for the second time. Wang Anshi left the capital with regrets of unfulfilled ambitions and full of sadness, ended his political career, retired to Jinling, and devoted himself to learning, not politics. Since Wang Anshi retired to Jinling, he often wrote the three characters "Fujianzi".Fujian Zi refers to Lu Huiqing, because he deeply regrets being mistaken by Lu Huiqing. After Wang Anshi was dismissed as Prime Minister, Zhao Xu promoted Wu Chong and Wang Gui to the same level, Feng Jing was in charge of the Privy Council, and Cai Que was in charge of political affairs. Wu Chong and Wang Anshi are relatives. He always disapproved of Wang Anshi's actions and often told Zhao Xu that Chen Xinfa was bad. Zhao Xu liked him for not being attached to Wang Anshi, so he was promoted to prime minister.Feng Jing and Wang Anshi were in the same year, and the phrase "Don't let Qi Nian know" in Wang Anshi's private letter to Lu Huiqing refers to Feng Jing.Zhao Xu found out about this incident afterwards, and thought Feng Jing was a sage, so he called him to know about the affairs of the Privy Council. After Wu became prime minister, he wanted to make some changes to the new law, but he thought he had little talent and learning, so he asked Zhao Xu to recall Sima Guang, Lu Gongzhu, Han Wei and others, and recommended dozens of people including Sun Jue, Li Chang, Cheng Hao, etc. . Zhao Xu adopted Wu Chong's suggestion, summoned Lu Gong to write Tongzhi Privy Council affairs, and Cheng Hao judged martial arts. Cheng Hao came to Beijing from Fugou County, and he had only been in office for a few days. Li Ding and He Zhengchen accused him of being too academic and tending to be out of the way. Zhao Xu still ordered him to return to Fugou County to serve as the former official.Lu Gong's remonstrance did not change Zhao Xu's decision. Sima Guang was in Luoyang. After learning that Wu Chong was prime minister, he had the ambition to correct the bad government, so he wrote a letter to Wu Chong, introducing some methods to remedy the current problems, and suggested that he abolish the new law in an all-round way. Wu Chong did not adopt Sima Guang's opinion. Cai Que once attached himself to Wang Anshi, and after Wang Anshi was dismissed, he talked about Wang Anshi's fault everywhere, showing that he was different from Wang Anshi.Wu Chong wanted to abolish the new law, but he also said that Xiao Guicao should follow and abide by the previous law.Therefore, after Wang Anshi dismissed as prime minister, the new law he promoted was still being implemented. In the second year of Wang Anshi's resignation, Zhao Xu changed his reign name to "Yuanfeng", and went from behind the scenes to the front desk to personally preside over the reform.However, there is still great resistance to reform, and many people are still chattering about the new law.Losing Wang Anshi, he was already very sad, but now he has to face the huge pressure alone, he can't help but feel a little upset, and he is more likely to get angry when he encounters something that doesn't go his way.He decided to implement tougher measures to implement the new law and severely punish officials who opposed the reform.Su Shi, who was demoted from the capital due to dissatisfaction with the new law and is now the prefect of Huzhou, unfortunately became a victim of this political struggle.