Chapter 464 Dreaming Back to Song Dynasty

"The Song Dynasty has enjoyed the country for a hundred years. At first glance, the world is peaceful and peaceful. However, there are Khitans in the north, party affairs in the west, and redundant officials, soldiers, and waste. If the law does not change, the Song Dynasty may be in danger. The heavy responsibility and the power to reform the law, but there are many obstacles, and finally fell short, An Shi is really unwilling..." A middle-aged voice came from Shen Long's mind.

This is Wang Anshi? Are you going to Da Song this time? Shen Long immediately realized that the one who made a wish to him this time was Wang Anshi, a famous reformer in Chinese history and presided over the Xining Reform.

During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, in order to get rid of the bad government, Zhao Xu, the new successor, summoned the long-renowned Wang Anshi to join the court. Wang Anshi then published "Zhizi of Nothing in the Dynasty for a Hundred Years", explaining the situation and reasons for the peace and tranquility in the early Song Dynasty for more than a hundred years. Point out the social problems that were perilous at that time, and hope that Shenzong will make some achievements in politics.

Shenzong adopted Wang Anshi's relevant propositions and asked him to assist him wholeheartedly. He appointed Wang Anshi as a political adviser and let him lead the reform. Wang Anshi started the reform drastically, and he reformed the imperial examination system. New laws such as the Recruitment Law, the Baojia Law, the Fangtian Average Tax Law, the Market Change Law, and the Exemption Law were successively introduced.

The 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 attacked and restricted the old interest groups; The poor operation in the implementation also caused the interests of the people to be damaged to varying degrees (such as the law on horse protection and the law on young crops). In addition, the new law touched the interests of too many people, so they were strongly opposed by them, and it ended with the death of Song Shenzong. .

Shen Long is quite familiar with this period of history. He learned it in history books when he was in middle school, and read it in many classic online novels. Every time he thinks about it, he must regret it.

The Song Dynasty gave birth to a brilliant culture, but lacked the force to protect it. Since the founding of the country, it has been bullied by barbarians such as Khitan, Dangxiang, Jurchen, and Mongolia, and finally died in the hands of Mongolia.

After the Five Husbands, the Sima family traveled south in full clothes, at least they kept half of the country and continued the Chinese civilization. The Yashan in the Southern Song Dynasty was the first time that China was completely lost to a foreign race. If you can help Wang Anshi reshape the Song Dynasty, then is this tragedy true? Can it be avoided?

This task must be accepted, but before that, I need to make more preparations. Shen Long made up his mind and began to think about how to complete this task.

When he woke up the next day, he first invited a group of experts on Song history to come to his home for a party tomorrow. He planned to talk to them about the gains and losses of Wang Anshi's reform and see if there was any way to make up for it. Then he ordered a lot of related books , there are not only historical materials of the Song Dynasty, research monographs on Wang Anshi's reform, but also research materials on Shang Yang's reform and Zhang Juzheng's reform, and even some successful cases of foreign reforms. I hope these materials can help me.

After chatting with those experts, Shen Long had a deeper understanding of Wang Anshi's failure.

Compared with the situation facing Shang Yang, Wang Anshi's trust is far inferior, and Qin Xiaogong's control over the country is far from comparable to that of a peaceful monarch like Song Shenzong.

Compared with Zhang Juzheng, Wang Anshi's political ability is far inferior; Zhang Juzheng was able to take power only after witnessing or experiencing the tragic struggles of Yan Song, Xu Jie, Gao Gong, etc., but Wang Anshi lacked this kind of experience. Moreover, when Zhang Juzheng was in power, Wanli was young, and he had the support of the Queen Mother and Feng Bao inside, and the support of his disciples outside, so that the New Deal could be implemented.

Wang Anshi’s methods of political struggle are not as good as Zhang Juzheng’s. The empress dowager in the harem is on the opposite side of him. The new party attached to him is also inconsistent with his ideas. Coupled with the opposition of the old party and the inherent flaws in his new policy, it is simply impossible to succeed in reform. Difficult to ascend to heaven.

And even if the reform is successful, so what? Zhang Juzheng was much more successful than Wang Anshi's reforms. Sixty years after his death, isn't the Ming Dynasty still dead? Compared with the failure of Wang Anshi's reform until the fall of the Northern Song Dynasty, it took less than 20 years longer to persist.

If you want to help Wang Anshi's reform succeed, it is obviously not enough to just follow Wang Anshi's inherent strategy. You must come up with a new strategy, but what kind of strategy should you adopt?

I found a few groups of experts on Song history, and then invited a group of experts who specialize in historical reform issues, and then some historical Internet celebrities, and even historical Internet novel masters. Shen Long wanted to hear more about the opinions of different groups of people. analysis of this problem, and then find the optimal solution from their analysis.

It's not that he doesn't know anything about politics. After all, he was also the governor of a province. Shen Long could hear that the results of these people's discussions were either absurd and not implementable at all, or inappropriate. Time may still be useful, but it is not very reliable to put it on the Northern Song Dynasty and Wang An stone.

However, panning for gold in the sand can always yield something. Some of these people have real materials, and the solutions they give sound at least much better than Wang Anshi's original strategy.

After a period of preparation, Shen Long synthesized the opinions of all parties and came up with his own plan, so there was only one last question left, this time, how should he get in touch with Wang Anshi and obtain Wang Anshi's trust?

Maybe it’s time to pretend to be a magic stick this time, Shen Long smiled, and after thinking about the solution, he changed into the Taoist robe he wore in the world of "Swordsman", a feathered star crown, and a Tai Chi gossip on his chest It's kind of like that.

After making all the preparations, Shen Long chose to go to Song Dynasty, a light door appeared in the room, he walked through the light door, and went from his courtyard to another world.

Shen Long landed on a small hill, and could vaguely see a huge city sitting on the plain from a distance. He took out the binoculars to look at the words on the city gate, and Shen Long wondered if he landed outside the city of Kaifeng this time. up.

Although Kaifeng is located in the plains, according to the "Song Dongdong Kao", there are forty-six hills within 60 miles outside Kaifeng City. "Tokyo Menghualu" also has "Fifteen miles east of the city, the people of the capital lived here on nine days. Ascending" record.

I don't know what time it is now, has Wang Anshi arrived in Kaifeng, and if not, how long will he have to wait? If he does, what position is he now?

Why don't you go to the city to inquire? Shen Long looked around, and a corner of the eaves was exposed on the top of the hill behind him. Not far from the hill was the avenue leading to Kaifeng. It was a mile ahead, and it seemed that a large group of people was rushing towards this side.

Shen Long raised his binoculars and aimed at the crowd, wanting to see who they were.