The next morning, just as the sky was dawn, Li Zhigang got up.

He is an extremely self-disciplined person, and his work and rest time has not changed since he was a child.

After getting up, rinse your mouth first, then a cup of tea that is extremely thick, then pick up the already rotten Zizhi Tongjian, sit next to the table, use strong tea with dessert, and read while eating.

He doesn't remember this book for many times he has read it. But every time he read it, he will have different insights.

He read it very carefully and happened to read the Mengchangjun volume!

That's right, it's Mengchangjun who was crowing and robbing.

Suddenly, Li Zhigang put down the book in his hand, thinking about something.

"Zizhi Tongjian is the product of Sima Guang's political disagreement with the party dispute!" Li Zhigang said in his heart, "Song Shenzong agreed with Wang Anshi's opinion and wanted to reform. Sima Guang opposed the reform countless times and even opposed Song Shenzong!

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"When Zhezong ascended the throne, he immediately wrote a letter to impeach him. Wang Anshi was not in the political system, and he used his own private opinion on the old chapter of the rebellion, and mistakenly appointed an envoy for the late emperor, and Suimin was mostly unemployed..."

Thinking of this, Li Zhigang stood up, walked to the window with his hands behind his back, and looked at the hazy scene outside the window.

"Is Wang Anshi's reform good?"

He has read the book countless times, but he has never thought about it seriously.

He read to find solutions to problems from the vast historical records, find corresponding countermeasures, and find shortcuts to how to reach the peak of power.

Just as the Emperor of Ming Dynasty wants to reform, Li Zhigang never thought that this method would become right. There was only one thought in his mind, that is, if the emperor wants to reform, I must meet his preferences.

And now, he began to face this problem.

Because he suddenly discovered that if he could not face the reform, he would not understand it, and if he did not understand it, he would not promote it. If he did not know the hidden dangers, he would not be able to face the difficulties in the future.

"Wang Anshi's reform of the imperial examination, education, administration and agriculture... is very similar to this dynasty. The reason why the conservative ministers opposed Wang Anshi's reform was because Wang Anshi's new policy violated the interests of officials and gentry!"

"This is somewhat similar to this dynasty!"

Li Zhigang's personal entourage came in outside and saw his master standing by the window and pondering. He quickly retreated silently and closed the door.

"Former Song was afraid of violating the interests of officials and gentry because he was inherently inadequate. He could not win the battle outside, but was to emphasize civilians and suppress military generals at the inside. From the very beginning, Zhao Song promoted officials and gentry scholars too high!"

Suddenly, he suddenly thought of something, an old thing he heard many years ago.

When the emperor was still the crown prince, he studied in Wenhua Palace, and Liu Sanwu taught the lectures on the tutoring of the Tongjian. The words of the crown prince in the Song Dynasty were that in the pre-Song Dynasty, the scholars and officials were in charge of the country, making all the scholars and scholars in the world above all tens of thousands of people and extraordinary.

Therefore, there were constant struggles between the Song Dynasty, from kings to ministers, and it was difficult to become a great man with a piece of loose sand!

"About that time, the emperor saw the hidden danger of becoming bigger and gaining voice!"

Li Zhigang thought to himself, "So, since the new policy was planned, an iron-fisted strategy has been set up, and he will never compromise with officials and gentry!"

"Song Shenzong later compromised with officials and gentry should be one of the reasons why Wang Anshi failed in the reform!"

"The second reason should be that Zhao Song's friendship was arguing with too many constraints and Wang Anshi could not support himself!"

"The third reason, Wang Anshi... thought things too well, and it was a bit out of reality!"

As a scholar, especially a scholar of Li Zhigang's level, he would not be able to see those controversial historical figures and things.

Can an official be at the level of being a member of the government affairs? Is there any fool? How can he not be able to do it?

Wang Anshi has mixed praises and criticisms!

The so-called destruction is a variety of things.

But praise is the same.

Su Shi, the political enemy of Wang Anshi, met after Wang Anshi stepped down and smiled to eliminate his grudges. He also praised Wang Anshi's moral integrity.

Even Master Zhu Xi accused Wang Anshi of the disaster of changes, he had to admit that Anshi took his writing and conduct more integrity than the world, and especially took morality and economy as his responsibility.

Li Zhigang was a scholar like these ancients, so he also understood scholars. When these scholars praised Wang Anshi, they could also understand from another perspective that in fact, they also agreed with some of Wang Anshi's views on reform in their hearts.

Some, not all.

"As Sima Guang said, you cannot appoint someone who is good at making money!"

Li Zhigang continued to think in his heart, "Wang Anshi is not good at making money, but his reforms are to open up the source of the Zhao Song treasury! It is like the Qingmiao Law, which prevents landlords and officials from giving us loans to the people, but allows the government to lend money to the people!"

"Ha!" Li Zhigang smiled in his heart, "Landlords and officials are not good things, but officials are just? In this way, the income on the country's books has increased, and the officials have also had more gray income, but... the burden on the people...

I'm afraid it's heavier!"

"Wang Anshi, I must have thought things too well!"

Li Zhigang sighed again in his heart, "Just as he did read a post from Mengchangjun! Sima Guang praised Mengchangjun in Zizhi Tongjian for being good at winning people's hearts, while Wang Anshi said that if Mengchangjun was really good at winning people's hearts, why would he have a group of thieves under his command?"

"And if Mengchangjun was really talented, one Qi State would be enough to fight against Qin State. Why did he use the method of raising scholars?"

"In his opinion, what Mengchangjun calls winning people's hearts is just a manifestation of hypocrisy!"

"He said it very well, he said it right! But he just ignored or didn't see one thing clearly, reality!"

No matter how great your ambitions are, but reality is reality...

Reality means thinking well and doing poorly, reality means that life is in a life that has to settle for the second best and has to compromise and make concessions.

If you can't see the reality clearly, it is the most fatal trauma for officials of Li Zhigang.

If you think too well, but find that you can't do that well, it will be frustrating.

Once a person is depressed, he lacks fighting spirit.

Once you lose your fighting spirit, you will have no execution ability!

Wang Anshi's reform was defeated by reality! His so-called new party lacked fighting spirit and execution, and even more lacked indomitable perseverance.

"What's wrong with the imperial court's usury loan? As long as the country can be rich, it doesn't matter if it hurts the people!" Li Zhigang said in his heart, "Anyway, they have been suffering for several lifetimes!"

"The reality is that only the court is good and the country... the family is good, and the people can slowly make the people better! There has always been only a prosperous country and a strong people, and there is no saying that the people are rich and the country is strong! When encountering problems, we must solve the problem, and we cannot just because there is a problem.

Just shake it!”

"At the same time, we must believe that human nature is evil! The evil people are not just enemies, but sometimes they are their own people! No, most of the time, the evil people are their own people!"

"Wang Anshi may be a good person! But in order to implement the new law, he was suspected of forming a clique! The party struggles in the former Song Dynasty also began here, and laid a sign of destruction of the country!"

"His ideas and original intentions are good, but he appointed a large number of people who have bad intentions to cater to him. The new law has completely distorted in the local area, and these people have also allowed him to capture many measures to harm the country and the people!"

Li Zhigang was alert in his heart.

"I can do anything for the sake of my official position, but in the future, I will definitely not use someone like myself!"

"At the same time, I cannot selectively ignore the behavior of some people because of the new policy. If I can tolerate one, there will be countless!"

"And, they will also be arrogant!"

"Besides, we must strengthen the local governance..." Thinking of this, Li Zhigang gave a sudden pause, "Ah, I think the emperor has figured it out! That's why there is a saying that the new policy and reform go hand in hand!"

Thinking of this, he turned around and looked at the volume of Zizhi Tongjian on the table again, slightly ecstatic.

"The emperor is not Song Shenzong, and his ears are not that soft. My Ming Dynasty is not Zhao Song, and I am not so afraid of wolves in front and tigers in the back!"

"I am not Wang Anshi nor Sima Guang, but I must learn from their lessons..."

This is the role of history. China has been vast for thousands of years, and almost all the problems of future generations can be answered in the records of predecessors.

At this moment, the followers outside the door seemed to be unable to wait.

He opened the door and whispered, "Old man, Tie Buzheng has been waiting for you for half an hour!"
Chapter completed!