Zhao Xu was appointed by Zhao Xu to be the Heyang Army, and soon entered the court to be promoted to the Central Taiyi Palace, and was transferred to the Hanlin Scholars to inherit the imperial edict, Duanming Palace Scholars, and Zhiguan Academy. Zhao Xu and Lu Gong discussed the way of governance, involved the study of Buddhism and Laozi, and asked, "Yao, Shun knows this way?" Zhao Xu said, "Don't Yao, Shun know?" Lu Gong said, "Although Yao, Shun knows it, he only thinks it is difficult to know people and the people, so he becomes Yao, Shun." Zhao Xu also said that Emperor Taizong of Tang could control his ministers with his power and wisdom, and Lu Gong replied, "The virtue of Emperor Taizong of Tang is to be able to surrender himself to his advice." Zhao Xu praised him.

In the first year of Yuanfeng, Lu Gongzhu and Xue Xiang, the direct scholar of the Privy Council, were in charge of the Privy Council. Some people planned to restore corporal punishment and suggested that death row prisoners be sentenced to test the punishment and sentenced. Lu Gongzhu said: "If you try these and don't die, then corporal punishment can be implemented." So they all stopped this. At that time, the Empress Dowager Liang of the Western Xia imprisoned the Xia Huizong Li Bingchang, and the court wanted to launch a large-scale conquest for Xixia. Lu Gongzhu said: "If you want to be punished, you should first choose the right commander. If there is no suitable person, it is better not to raise troops." When the army was raised, the people in Qin and Jin were in great difficulty, and the ministers did not dare to speak out. Lu Gongzhu reported the harm of raising troops many times, which was recognized by Zhao Xu. In the third year of Yuanfeng, Lu Gongzhu was appointed as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council.

Cheng Hao's courtesy name was Bochun and lived in Zhongshan for generations. His great-grandfather Cheng Xizhen was appointed as the Yuanwailang and moved to Kaifeng Prefecture. His grandfather Cheng Yu moved to Henan Prefecture and was appointed as the Minister of Personnel of the Three Sessions of Kaifu Yitong Sansi. His father Cheng Yu served as the magistrate of Huangpi County and was known as Gong, Feng, Ci, and Han prefectures. Later, he became a doctor of Taizhong. He was influenced by family education since he was a child and was deeply influenced by his father Cheng Yu. Cheng Hao was extraordinary in character, well-educated, and harmonious in spirit. His disciples and friends had been with him for decades, but he never saw him being timid.

In the second year of Jiayou, Cheng Hao was appointed as the Jinshi. He served as the chief clerk of Guanye County, the chief clerk of Shangyuan County, the ruling of Jincheng, the prince Zhongyun, the supervisor of the censor, the supervisor of Ruzhou Jiushi, the judge of Zhenning Army, and the chief clerk of Zongning Temple. During the reign of Zhao Xu, Cheng Hao served as the censor. Because he had disagreements with Wang Anshi, he was not valued and devoted himself to academic research. So he and his younger brother Cheng Yi founded Luoxue, and successively set up academic schools in Songyang, Fugou and other places, devoted themselves to education and research, and wrote a lot of discussions, forming a set of educational thought systems.

Cheng Hao believed that the purpose of education was to cultivate sages: when a gentleman learns, he must become a saint before he can stop himself. Those who do not become a saint but will abandon them. He believed that the educated should follow the principles of heaven, be kind to the people, love things, and be cautious in the principles of heaven. Education must take Confucian classics as textbooks and Confucian ethics as the basic content of education. Cheng Hao proposed to read in order to "explain the meaning and reason" and pay attention to reading methods. "Reading will explore the principles and apply them to them." He should not "stagnate at the end of the chapters and sentences", and this is a "great trouble for scholars". Like his Neo-Confucian thoughts, Cheng Hao's educational thoughts have a profound impact on future generations.

During the Xining period, Cheng Hao, who served as the censor of the censor, once cracked a blackmail case in just a few words. At that time, a rich man died of illness. The day after the coffin was buried, an old man came to his doorstep and said to the rich man's only son: "I am your father. Now I am old. I have no support and come to live with you." Then, the old man explained the origin to the rich man's son in a singular way.

The rich man's son was very surprised, so they went to the county government together and asked the county magistrate Cheng Hao to make a judgment. The old man said first: "I am a doctor. Because my family is poor, I wander around and treat people's illnesses, and I rarely go home in the year. My wife gave birth to a son.

He was unable to raise his son, so he had to give his son to Zhang Qianzhu. On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, Li from the village was taken away, and his neighbor A Mao saw it with his own eyes." Cheng Hao asked him, how could he remember such details after many years. The old man said, "I just heard about this when I returned to the village from a distance. I recorded it behind the prescription book at that time." He took out the prescription book from his arms and handed it to Cheng Hao, and wrote with a brush: On a certain day of a certain month of a certain year, someone took the child away and gave it to Zhang Sanweng.

Cheng Hao asked in detail and found out that the rich man's son was 36 years old, and the dead rich man was 76 years old. So he decided the authenticity. Cheng Hao said to the old man: "When the rich man's son was born, his father was only 40 years old. How could others call him Zhang Sanweng at such an age?" After hearing this, the old man could not argue and had to admit that he had pretended to be his son and wanted to blackmail the money and property of the rich man's family.

Wang Anshi's implementation of the reform was opposed by many scholars and officials. Hanlin scholar Sima Guang, right counselor Sima Guang, Hanlin scholar Fan Zhen, Censor General Lu Gongzhu and others clearly expressed their opposition to the new law. Sima Guang was the most intense. He once said to Zhao Xu: "I am the one who is to Wang Anshi, but I am not as good as ice and charcoal, but not as good as cold and heat." Sima Guang's power to Wang Anshi was as strong as water and fire, and was as strong as the sky.

As a member of the opposition camp, Cheng Hao was much gentler and kinder. As a hot figure in the court, Wang Anshi also showed unusual respect for Cheng Hao, although Wang Anshi was eleven years older than Cheng Hao. Wang Anshi discussed reform matters with his ministers. Whenever he encountered some disagreement in his thoughts, he would be harsh and furious, and those who were serious were demoted. One time, Cheng Hao happened to be ordered to come to discuss matters. When Wang Anshi was angry, he calmly advised Wang Anshi: "The world is not a private discussion, and I hope to listen to it." Wang Anshi saw that it was Cheng Hao's words, and it was all right, so "I, Anshi, felt ashamed of it."

Cheng Hao spoke and did things with reason and integrity, and did not move his true energy. He served as the censor for more than ten times and wrote a letter to Zhao Xu, pointing out the reasons why it is not possible to change the law. He believed that there were too many opponents of the reform, and there were always reasons to oppose the law. There were no reforms that could be successful by the number of opponents in the world. He predicted the success or failure of the reform by the number of people who supported and opposed the reform. This was different from other scholars and officials who criticized Wang Anshi's appearance or belittled Wang Anshi's character. Cheng Hao was gentle and honest in the reform, and had the style of a gentleman. People who were strong and fierce and fierce, also respected him very much.

In the second year of Xining, Zhao Xu accepted the recommendation of the Censor General Lu Gongzhu, promoted Cheng Hao to the Crown Prince Zhongyun, and temporarily supervised the Censor. The Censor was a censor, and his duty was to persuade the emperor and inspect all officials. For the Censor, it was easy to persuade all officials, but it was not easy to persuade the emperor. Therefore, many Censors performed their duties, whether they were in circumstance or were afraid of attacks, and they were often a formality, but they were just asking the emperor to show their attitude of accepting advice. As for whether to accept it, what or how to accept it, they would not go into intensive investigation.

Cheng Hao was rather stubborn and serious. He often spoke frankly about Zhao Xu with a tireless attitude, never tired of it. He was never tired of it, but Zhao Xu's servant was very annoyed. One day, lunch time had passed, and Cheng Hao was still nagging. Zhao Xu was so hungry that he couldn't speak out clearly. The servant said to Cheng Hao seriously, "The Censor still doesn't know that the emperor hasn't eaten yet, right?" Cheng Hao then retreated reluctantly.

Shortly after Cheng Hao entered Beijing, Li Ding came to impeachment, and He Zhengchen impeached him for his academic stubbornness and tended to be strange. Zhao Xu was therefore confused again

When he got up, he ordered Cheng Hao to return to his original official. Lu Gong submitted a memorial to persuade him, but he did not get approval. Zhao Xu also promoted Cai Que to the Chief Secretary of the Shishi to be a political leader. Cai Que was recommended by Wang Anshi to serve as the censor.

Cai Que's courtesy name was Jizheng, and was from Jinjiang, Quanzhou. His father Cai Huangshang was over 70 years old when he was a military officer in Chenzhou. Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong was appointed as the governor of Chenzhou. He found that he could not handle government affairs and wanted him to resign. Cai Huangshang was unwilling to resign because his family was poor and wanted to support his family. Chen Zhizhong said: "If you don't ask for resignation yourself, I will also hand in the court to remove you from your post." Cai Huangshang had no choice but to resign. The family was wandering in Chenzhou and lived a very poor life. They often had no meals, and this situation continued until Cai Que passed the imperial examination and passed the imperial examination.

Cai Que was very smart, advocated integrity and was not careful. After he passed the Jinshi, he served as the military manager of Binzhou, and was accused of accepting bribes. Xue Xiang, the transferee of Shaanxi Road, inspected Shaanxi and wanted to punish him. However, seeing his appearance as Xiuwei, he summoned him to talk. He thought he was unusual, but he praised him even more.

When Han Jiang was appointed as the Xuanfu Envoy of Shaanxi, he inspected the local area. Cai Que held a banquet to entertain him and wrote a poem to praise Han Jiang: Ruyuan once recommended the Ministry of Personnel in the Tang Dynasty and now worshipped the Han Huaiyin. Han Jiang was very happy and thought he was talented, so he recommended him to his younger brother, Han Wei, the prefect of Kaifeng. He was appointed by Han Wei as the in charge of business affairs at the right wing. Soon Han Wei was impeached and was impeached by other counties. Liu Xiang, who opposed the reform, took over as the prefect of Kaifeng.

The new magistrate took office, and the officials in the yamen should perform the ceremony of participating in the court, that is, civil and military officials trot into the official hall and kneeled down to the new magistrate. If it is a civil servant, the magistrate would stand and accept the ceremony. If it is a military official, he would also have to report his official title and the magistrate sat down to receive the ceremony. Cai confirmed that the ceremony was inconsistent and refused to perform the ceremony of participating in the court. Liu Xiang asked him why he did not perform the ceremony, and Cai Que replied: "Why do you need to participate in the court?" Liu Xiang said: "For more than a hundred years, this has been done." Cai Que said: "Tang During the last Five Dynasties, the officials of the vassal states were all recruited by the governors themselves, so they had the etiquette of participating in the court. After Taizu founded the country, other places were abolished and no longer used. Before Taizong and Zhenzong ascended the throne, they both served as the prefect of Kaifeng. At that time, the officials in the prefectures were of great importance to them. Therefore, Kaifeng Prefecture also had this ceremony. Now they are ministers and serve the emperor together. Although it is a precedent, they cannot be used anymore." Liu Xiang could not refute, so he had to submit a memorial to impeach him, and Cai Que sought to remove his official position.

After hearing about this, Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi both admired him very much. Zhao Xu praised Cai Que for being familiar with allusions. Wang Anshi recommended Cai Que as the chief clerk of the third class, and was appointed as the supervisor of the censor because he was recommended by Deng Wan. In the sixth year of Xining, Wang Shao opened up the Xihe River and used too much public expenses. Guo Kui, the general manager of the Qinfeng Road Army and Horse Capital, impeached him for impeachment, and the court issued an edict to ask Du Chun to investigate the case.

After Du Chun checked, he submitted a memorial and said, "The public funds used by Wang Shao are unknown and cannot be investigated." Wang Anshi believed that what he said was untrue, so he sent Cai Que to review. Cai Que was ordered to handle the case and stated his injustice to Wang Shao. It was Cai Que's fair handling of the case that ensured that Wang Shao's affairs of opening up Hehuang were not interrupted. In the second year, he captured the five prefectures of He, Dang, Min, Die, and Tao, and 2,000 miles of land. When Zhao Xu accepted the congratulations of his ministers, he happily removed the jade belt and gave it to Wang Anshi. Soon, Wang Anshi rode a horse into Xuande Gate as usual, but was captured by the guards. Wang Anshi asked the emperor to deal with it according to law. Cai Que submitted a memorial to point out Wang Anshi's mistakes and was promoted to Zhijixian Courtyard. The Censor knew about miscellaneous matters.
Chapter completed!