After Zhao Shu finished writing, he sighed unconsciously and couldn't help but shed tears. Zhao Shu immediately ordered the eunuch to carry it to the dragon bed and went to bed. Han Qi and others naturally hurriedly withdrew. Wen Yanbo said to Han Qi: "Did you see the emperor's color? At this point in life, father and son will be moved." Han Qi replied: "It seems that Julu was granted a title, but it seems that it is still the current situation in front of you. Unexpectedly, it's not long before we get away, and we have to ask for Jianzhang again, which is also a pity." After that, they went home.

Two days later, Zhao Shu enthroned the prince and immigrated the world. Since then, Zhao Shu's illness has not improved at all. He finally passed the New Year's Eve, and it was the fourth year of Zhiping. All civil and military officials respectfully promoted their titles and entered the court to celebrate on the New Year's Day. When the officials arrived at Funing Hall, Zhao Shu did not attend court, so everyone had to dance to the empty seats and then withdrew one by one.

Seven days later, an obituary was heard in the palace that Zhao Shu had passed away, only 36 years old, and reigned for four years. The crown prince Zhao Xu ascended the throne and issued an edict to both China and abroad. Zhao Xu was born in the palace of Pu'anyi, Mu's relatives. He was originally named Zhao Zhongcheng, and was the eldest son of Zhao Shu and Empress Gao. In the eighth year of Jiayou, he was named Duke Guangguo, and later became the Minister of the Secretariat of the Central Secretariat and was appointed Prince of Huaiyang. In the first year of Zhiping, he was promoted to King Ying. In the third year of Zhiping in the Northern Song Dynasty, he was made the crown prince.

Zhao Xu was fond of learning since he was a child, so he forgot to eat and sleep. When he was the crown prince, he liked to read "Han Feizi" and was quite interested in the Legalists' art of "enriching the country and strengthening the army". He read Wang Anshi's "Shishou Words and Affairs" by Emperor Renzong, and highly praised Wang Anshi's thoughts on financial management. In the fourth year of Zhiping, Emperor Yingzong of Song Dynasty, Zhao Shu died and he succeeded to the throne.

Zhao Xu respected Empress Dowager Cao as the Empress Dowager, Empress Gao as the Empress Dowager, promoted his younger brother Zhao Hao as the King of Chang, and Zhao Tai as the Prince of Le'an. He ordered Han Qi to be the Minister of Sikong and the Minister of Personnel. Zeng Gongliang was appointed as the Minister of Personnel and was appointed as the Duke of England. Wen Yanbo was appointed as the Minister of the Left Pushe, and was also the Minister of the Secretariat. Fu Bi was appointed as the Jiedu of Wuning Army and was appointed as the Duke of Zheng. Zhang Bi was appointed as the Jiedu of the Three Cities of Heyang. Ouyang Xiu was appointed as the Left Prime Minister and served as the Chief Political Affairs Officer. Chen Shengzhi was appointed as the Minister of Revenue and Lu Gongbi was appointed as the Minister of Justice.

In February, Zhao Xu first visited Zichen Palace and recruited all his ministers. He immediately enthroned the Yuan concubine Xiang as the empress. Empress Xiang was from Hanoi and was born in the sixth year of Qingli. The great-granddaughter of Prime Minister Xiang Minzhong and the daughter of the prefect of Qingzhou Xiang Jing. In the third year of Zhiping, Xiang married Zhao Xu, the King of Ying and was named the wife of Dingguo. In the fourth year of Zhiping, Emperor Yingzong passed away, and King Ying Zhao Xu ascended the throne, and Xiang was made the empress.

At this time, the censor Jiang Zhiqi wrote a letter to impeach Ouyang Xiu, saying that Ouyang Xiu had an affair with his "niece" Zhang. In fact, the two parties had no blood relationship. She was born to Ouyang Xiu's brother-in-law's ex-wife. Zhang married Ouyang Xiu's cousin and later had an affair with his servant in the family.

After reading it, Zhao Xu asked the former palace minister Sun Sigong. Sun Sigong tried his best to defend Ouyang Xiu. Zhao Xu summoned Jiang Zhiqi to confirm. Jiang Zhiqi had no way to obtain evidence, so he had to say a Peng Siyong. Jiang Zhiqi was originally recommended by Ouyang Xiu to serve as a Taiwanese official. Since the Puyi dispute, Ouyang Xiu advocated being a relative, but was refuted by Lu Hui and others. Only Jiang Zhiqi agreed to Ouyang Xiu's opinion. Ouyang Xiu therefore recommended him to serve as the censor.

So some people in the court regarded them as cliches and sarcastically mocked Jiang Zhiqi. Jiang Zhiqi couldn't hear it, so he wanted to draw a clear line with Ouyang Xiu to block the mouths of everyone. It just so happened that Ouyang Xiu's wife Xue Liangru had a rift with Ouyang Xiu, so he fabricated rumors and slandered Ouyang Xiu. Xue Liangru's words were heard by the Chief Secretary Peng Siyong, and he told Jiang Zhi.

Qi. Jiang Zhiqi didn't ask whether it was true or not, and immediately impeached Ouyang Xiu.

When Jiang Zhiqifeng was questioned by Zhao Xu, he had no choice but to submit the flower that Peng Siyong told him to Zhao Xu. Zhao Xu then asked Peng Siyong, but Peng Siyong could not obtain the real evidence. So the two were sentenced to false accusation and resignation. Zhao Xu general Peng Siyong and Jiang Zhiqi were all demoted. Ouyang Xiu was originally requesting punishment behind closed doors and identified the false accusation, but still requesting abdication. So he was dismissed as a scholar of Guanwen Hall and served as the governor of Bozhou.

Zhao Xu had great ambitions, but when he saw that there was no special talent among his ministers, he invited a famous person. The man was named Wang Anshi, whose courtesy name was Jiefu and his pseudonym Banshan, and he was from Linchuan, Fuzhou. In the fifth year of Tianxi, Wang Anshi was born in Linchuan. His father Wang Yi was the judge of the Linchuan Army at that time.

Wang Anshi was smart since childhood, loved reading, and never forgot about it. He wrote a book. After growing up, he followed his father to travel around the world, came into contact with reality, and experienced the sufferings of the people. His articles were profound and beautiful, and he had the ambition to change customs and customs. In the fourth year of Jingyou, Wang Anshi followed his father to Beijing and met his good friend Zeng Gong through his writing. Zeng Gong recommended his article to Ouyang Xiu, which was greatly appreciated.

In the second year of Qingli, Wang Anshi ranked fourth in Yang and was awarded the title of the judge of the Jiedu of Huainan. After his term of office, Wang Anshi gave up the opportunity to enter the museum and was transferred to the magistrate of Yin County. Wang Anshi was in office for four years, developing water conservancy and expanding schools, and initially showed his political achievements. In the third year of Huangyou, Wang Anshi was appointed as the magistrate of Shuzhou, working diligently and loving the people, and had remarkable achievements in governance.

Prime Minister Wen Yanbo recommended Wang Anshi to Zhao Zhen for his calm fame and fortune, abiding by the rules and regulations, and asked the court to praise him to inspire customs. Wang Anshi refused on the grounds that he did not want to arouse the trend of promotion beyond the level. Ouyang Xiu also recommended him as a censor, and Wang Anshi also refused on the grounds that his grandmother was old. Ouyang Xiu appointed Wang Anshi as the judge of the herds on the grounds that Wang Anshi needed a salary to support his family. Soon, Wang Anshi became the governor of Changzhou and was able to get to know Zhou Dunyi, and his reputation grew.

In the third year of Jiayou, Wang Anshi was transferred to the magistrate of the vassal branch. Wang Anshi went to Beijing to report his work, wrote the ten thousand words "The Emperor's Words" and systematically put forward his reform proposal. In this memorial, Wang Anshi summarized his years of experience in local officials, pointed out the reality of the country's weakness and poverty: economic difficulties, social atmosphere, and national defense security are worrying. He believed that the root cause of the crux of the ruling people does not understand the laws, and the fundamental solution is to follow the ways of ancient sages and wise men, reform the system, and then put forward his own basic ideas of talent policies and plans, and suggested that the court reform and select talents and attach importance to talents.

Wang Anshi advocated a comprehensive reform of the laws since the early Song Dynasty, to eliminate existing shortcomings, and to reverse the situation of poverty and weakness. He also took the fact that Emperor Wu of Jin, Sima Yan, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang Li Longji and others only wanted peace, but did not seek reform, and finally collapsed as an example, and demanded that the reform of laws be immediately realized. However, Emperor Renzong of Song did not adopt Wang Anshi's proposal for reform.

Since then, the court appointed Wang Anshi as a minister and a palace many times, but he refused to give in. The scholars and officials thought that Wang Anshi had no intention of fame and fame, did not seek official career, and unfortunately they had no chance to get to know each other. The court repeatedly wanted to entrust important tasks, but they were worried that Wang Anshi would not want to become an official. The court appointed Wang Anshi to practice "Daily Notes" with others, and Wang Anshi resigned many times before accepting it. Soon, Wang Anshi was appointed as the Jixian Court, and was a master of imperial edicts and investigated the case of criminal prisons in the capital. The sergeant and officials in the court were all the grand events.

During Wang Anshi's tenure in Beijing, the court stipulated that the Sherenyuan would not apply to delete and modify the text of the edict. Wang Anshi believed that legislation should not be legislated.

In this way, he argued with reason and offended the princes and ministers. In the eighth year of Jiayou, Wang Anshi resigned from his post because his mother died of illness and returned to Jiangning to mourn. When Zhao Shu was in power, he repeatedly summoned Wang Anshi to Beijing to serve. He refused to enter the court on the grounds of obeying his mother's mourning and being sick.

Although Anshi's father Wang Yidu was appointed as the Minister of the Wailang, there was nothing special about it. He was humble and made friends with Han and Lu clans. Han Jiang and his younger brother Han Wei and Lu Gongzhu both liked Wang Anshi very much and praised him widely. Han Wei was once Zhao Xu's record room. Whenever he talked about scriptures, he had unique insights. It must be said that this was the latest explanation of his old friend Wang Anshi, and it was not something that Han Wei could invent. Zhao Xu remembered it in his heart and promoted Han Wei to the right son. Han Wei recommended Wang Anshi to replace him. Although it was not implemented in the end, it was already famous for Zhao Xu. Therefore, Zhao Xu ascended the throne and summoned Wang Anshi to the capital.

Wang Anshi was still lying high and not waiting for him. Zhao Xu wanted to summon him again, so he said to his close ministers: "Wang Anshi has experienced the late emperor's court, but he has not been summoned many times. Many people in the court said he was disrespectful. He did not come today. Could it be that he was really sick or intentionally requested?" Zeng Gongliang replied: "Wang Anshi is a true assistant, and he will never be deceitful."

Zhao Xu nodded just now, and a person came out to report: "I used to lead the herds with Wang Anshi, but I felt that he was stubborn and self-righteous and had a traitor. If he was given more, he would be in chaos." Zhao Xu saw that he was the new chief political officer Wu Kui. Zhao Xu said unhappily: "You are too much." Wu Kui said again: "I know but don't say anything, which is to let Your Majesty down." Zhao Xu said silently. After retreating from the court, Zhao Xu issued an edict to appoint Wang Anshi and ordered him to be the prefect of Jiangning Prefecture. Wang Anshi finally accepted this time, but did not refuse and rushed to the post immediately.

Zeng Gongliang also strongly recommended Wang Anshi, saying that he was worthy of great responsibility. In addition to appreciating Wang Anshi, he had another hidden story: he was both prime minister and Han Qi, but his talent was far away from Han Qi. Han Qi made arbitrary decisions on all major national affairs, and he was useless. So he was unwilling to accept Wang Anshi and wanted to use Han Qi. Coincidentally, Zhao Xu also liked Wang Anshi, and also called Qi as a ruler for three dynasties, and was a little stubborn when he encountered problems.

The scholar Shao Yuan and the chief minister Wang Tao were originally Zhao Xu's old ministers, and he slandered Han Qi from it. Han Qi was excluded from both inside and outside and had to write a letter to resign as prime minister. Zhao Xu got Han Qi's resignation letter, but it was difficult for him to submit a letter to report it for a while, so he had to issue an edict to keep it. When Zhao Shu was buried in Yonghouling, the temple posthumous posthumous and other matters were completed, Han Qi requested to be dismissed. Zhao Xu did not reply, but summoned Wang Anshi and ordered him to be a Hanlin scholar.

Han Qi had seen Zhao Xu's intentions, so he simply submitted memorials one after another, requesting retirement, and submitted a chapter every other day. Sure enough, Zhao Xu issued an edict to be appointed as the Minister of Han Qi and the Minister of the Secretariat, and served as the governor of Wusheng Army and the judge of Xiangzhou. Han Qi said goodbye by the order, and Zhao Xu cried and said, "The Minister of the Secretariat must have wanted to leave, and I have no choice but to agree. But who can be a state affairs after you?"

Han Qi replied, "Your Majesty's Holy Majesty, there must be someone." Zhao Xu said, "Who is Wang Anshi?" Han Qi said, "Wang Anshi is a Hanlin scholar and has more knowledge. If he goes on to be a minister of assistantship, it seems that he is not capable enough." Zhao Xu did not answer, and Han Qi immediately said goodbye. Soon, Wu Kui also went to Qingzhou and died of illness the following year. Wu Kui's courtesy name was Changwen, and was from Beihai, Weizhou. He had a strong memory and read a lot of books. He passed the "Five Classics" Quotation Examination and became the chief minister of Dali Temple and supervised the work of Jingdong Paian Department.
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