The illiterate life in the Northern Song Dynasty

The Wang Anshi reform was a social reform movement launched by Wang Anshi during the Song Shenzong period to change the poor and weak situation since the founding of the Northern Song Dynasty.With the purpose of developing production, enriching the country and strengthening the military, and saving the political crisis of the Song Dynasty, it was a huge reform movement centered on "financial management" and "army consolidation", involving politics, economy, military, society, and culture.

Wang Anshi's reform changed the poor and weak situation in the Northern Song Dynasty to a certain extent, enriched the government's finances, improved the national defense force, and also cracked down on and restricted the illegal profiteering of the feudal landlord class and big businessmen.

However, during the implementation of the reform, due to some untimely measures and poor operation in the actual implementation, the interests of the people were also damaged to varying degrees. In addition, the new law touched the fundamental interests of the big landlord class, so it was strongly opposed by them.

Not only that, because the interests were touched, the ministers in the court also launched reforms against Wang Anshi.As a result, two factions were formed in the imperial court, one was the new faction, the reformist faction, and the other was the old faction, the conservative faction.

Song Shenzong wanted to reform, otherwise he would not have called Wang Anshi back.Although the Song Dynasty was thriving on the surface, it was already in danger inside—heavy financial expenditures left the treasury empty for a long time, the corrupt bureaucracy became a burden that could not be shaken off, and there was an army that could never win.

Song Shenzong felt that only reform can save the country and the decline of the Song Dynasty.He insisted on reform even when the people and officials opposed it, and even promoted Wang Anshi to be prime minister.

However, due to the lack of perfect preparations and improper implementation, the road to reform became more and more difficult. In the later period, when Wang Anshi needed support most, Song Shenzong began to doubt whether the reform was correct, and retreated. lead to failure of reformation.

It can be seen from this that in order to succeed in the reform, in addition to implementing it properly, it also depends on the support of those in power at the time, and Song Shenzong, who lacked perseverance, also had an unshirkable responsibility.

Moreover, the side effects of the reform go far beyond this.Although the reform had been declared a failure, the old and new party struggles brought about by it continued for many years after Shenzong's death.The dispute between the old and the new among the ministers not only made the court a mess, but also planted the root of disaster for the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty in the future.

Therefore, the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty really did not happen overnight, and there were already signs a long time ago.

Wei Shiyi once remembered that when he was studying, he read the evaluation of Wang Anshi. Some people said that he was a generation of monsters, while others said that he was an advanced man.

From the perspective of later generations, Wang Anshi's move was correct. After all, if he wanted to save a declining dynasty, he could only carry out reforms, but he failed, so he left his infamy in history.

However, if Wang Anshi's reform was successful, could the Northern Song Dynasty be able to get rid of the result of its demise?

Wei Shiyi didn't think about it before, he just analyzed it from the military point of view, and felt that the combat power was not enough.But when he met Wang Anshi, the confused things in his mind immediately became clear.

The fall and extinction of a dynasty cannot be due to a single reason, but due to the overlapping of many reasons. The Northern Song Dynasty was poor and weak, and Wang Anshi's reform was only carried out partly, and that part only changed the situation of poverty in the Northern Song Dynasty.' Weakness' has not yet been involved.

Wei Shiyi doesn't remember the specific "laws" in Wang Anshi's reform, whether it only reformed the finances, but not the army, but he knew that if only the finances were reformed and the army was left alone, the end of the Northern Song Dynasty would still be the same. will not change.

There were too many troops in the Northern Song Dynasty, and there were big problems with the system in the army.The Northern Song Dynasty's system of preventing military rebellion and rebellion has already restrained the army from becoming stronger. The army is not established for offense, but for defense. How can such a system bring out the original strength of the army.

The Northern Song Dynasty has become rich, and the people have become rich, absolutely cannot change the situation of the army being weak, maybe it will attract more enemies.The Northern Song Dynasty looks peaceful and peaceful now. The big reason is that the Northern Song Dynasty paid Xixia and Liao the old coins. When the Northern Song Dynasty became rich, those countries would become more unscrupulous and demand property.

It seems that during the reform period, the young and energetic Song Shenzong appointed famous generals to recover the lost land and stationed troops here. Wei Shiyi can't remember whether it was successful or not. He remembered that the Northern Song Dynasty and Xixia started the war, but the reality hit the Song Dynasty fiercely. Shenzong's face.

Therefore, if you want to fundamentally prevent the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty, you can only carry out fundamental and institutional reforms.

Thinking of this, Wei Shiyi couldn't help but stood up and wanted to shake the emperor's head to make him reform, but he held back the next moment.Song Shen. Zong will let Wang Anshi reform, and will support Wang Anshi's reform. This is a historical process and cannot be avoided.

Wei Shiyi has long discovered that although this is a parallel world, most of it is still the same as his original history. The only difference is that if the history is changed here, the history of his original world will not have any impact.

Therefore, what he needs to focus on is to try his best to help Wang Anshi's political reform succeed. Of course, he is just a commoner, and it is impossible for ordinary people to influence politics, but now that he can get in touch with Wang Anshi, he will use his own strength to help.

In addition, he felt that Wang Anshi's reform must also include military reforms, but it was not implemented due to some reasons.Wei Shiyi was not an official in the imperial court, and he also knew that his brain was not as smart as those who rolled around in the court, and his brain was not even as fast as theirs, so he could do nothing to change the military.

If he gets in touch with Wang Anshi, knows the content of the reform, and finds that there is nothing about the military, maybe he can also make suggestions. In this way, there will be no defects in the content of the reform, and the next thing to pay attention to is to make the reform successful.

They tried their best to solve the problems encountered during the reform, and if there were people who opposed the reform, they would come up with things that would not allow them to oppose.If so, those people should have no reason to object, and Song Shenzong also has no reason to retreat.

Thinking about it now, the reason why Song Shenzong died at a young age, and the reason why Wang Anshi died after the failure of the reform and was demoted, seems to be because of the failure of the reform and depression.

Therefore, fundamentally speaking, if the Northern Song Dynasty is not to perish, the reform must be successful, and Shenzong should not die.

But getting close to Mr. Wang is not an easy task.

In the lobby of the Zhou Mansion, a handsome and cold young man sat on a stool, holding a book in his hand, watching quietly with lowered eyes, and occasionally took a sip from the teacup next to him. The lobby was very quiet.Just then, light footsteps came from outside.

Zhou Pu is a martial artist, and he doesn't make much noise when he walks.But in Zhou Yun's ears, the voice was not small.

"Marquis Yu." Zhou Pu came in and saluted Zhou Yun, with a strange expression on his face.

Zhou Yun slightly raised his eyes and said, "What's the matter?"

After thinking for a while, Zhou Pu said, "Yuhou, Brother Wei is here and said he has something to discuss with you."

"Wei Shiyi?" Zhou Yun was stunned for a moment, then he covered his face and asked, "Did he say he wanted me?"

Zhou Pu shook his head, saying he didn't know.It was precisely because Wei Shiyi didn't say why he came to Zhou Yun that he found it strange.

Zhou Yun put down his teacup, nodded to Zhou Pu, and said, "Bring him in."

"Yes."

Zhou Pu responded, turned around and left.After Zhou Pu left, Zhou Yun also put down the book in his hand, and couldn't help thinking why Wei Shiyi came to him.Wei Shiyi came to the Zhou Mansion twice, but each time he went to find Wei Shiyi. He took the initiative once before, but that time was to repay his kindness.

What about this time?

Zhou Yun couldn't help thinking that he had a good impression of Wei Shiyi. He was capable, had a good personality, and was serious in his work.Most importantly - he is not afraid of him.

Zhou Yun was an orphan. He was picked up by the royal family and adopted since he was a child. Later, the master and the young master became emperor one after another, and his status also increased. This made people around him afraid to walk in or talk to him.

In fact, his personality has not been like this since he was a child, but such a life experience, as well as his status, are destined to make others unable to treat him as a friend and get along with other people normally.

Over time, he got used to being reticent and indifferent to others.

But Wei Shiyi was a little different, Zhou Yun remembered all of Wei Shiyi's reactions when he saw him.

The first time they met, it was he who rescued Wei Shiyi who had fallen into the water. The two of them didn't talk at all. He only thought that he was a person who had no courage and committed suicide by jumping into the river.

The second time we met, Wei Shiyi saw him, there was only surprise in those black eyes, but no fear. Zhou Yun remembered that he was very indifferent to Wei Shiyi at that time, and the boy was only embarrassed, but not afraid. Then he knew that the boy was not It's not suicide, it's not accidentally falling into the river.

When we met for the third time, there was still no fear in Wei Shiyi's eyes, only the embarrassment caused by his mistaken address, he was still very indifferent to him, but the boy took the initiative to find a topic to chat with, and Zhou Yun felt that the boy was still Very chatty.

The fourth meeting, that meeting shattered his unique impression of the young man, the young man talked about the current form of the Song Dynasty, and even gave him the gunpowder formula under the pressure of violating the law, which was very courageous.

The fifth time they met, Wei Shiyi rescued him, and during the few days in the hospital, the relationship between the two of them became very close, not only that, but the boy would even tease him.

These few meetings, although not many times, each time the youth left a deep impression on Zhou Yun.Also because of these few meetings, Zhou Yun knew that Wei Shiyi was not afraid of him at all, not only not afraid of him, but also teased and ridiculed him, which was very bold.

Zhou Yun thought that he and Wei Shiyi should be friends.

Zhou Yun has never made friends. Since he was a child, he has lived alone and lived alone. This is the first time he has tasted what friends are like.

Zhou Yun's attitude towards friends is different.He put down the book and the teacup, and then he couldn't help but think about what kind of influence his only friend would have on him in this meeting.

Zhou Yun seemed indifferent, but in fact he was waiting curiously. He kept looking at the door with his cold eyes. When he saw the familiar figure walking in, he never thought that Wei Shiyi came here to recommend himself, and he also recommended himself as a takeaway boy. .

Isn't it his responsibility to deliver food?Why did Wei Shiyi come to him?

"Um... Yuhou, can I ask you something? Can you help me find a way to deliver food to Mr. Wang?"

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