【Historical Live Broadcast】Watching videos and being seen by our ancestors

[Wang Anshi, at the age of 20, during the imperial examination, due to sleepiness, he angered Song Renzong and ranked fourth, missing out on the top prize]

[After serving as a local official, he performed well and was summoned to Beijing many times, but he refused every time.]

[Jing Gong's new learning, vigorous and sharp prose, listed as one of the "Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties"]

[Facing the situation of redundant officials, redundant soldiers and redundant expenses in the Song Dynasty]

[Wang Anshi made a firm decision and implemented the Xining New Deal at the age of 47, starting a reform to enrich the country and strengthen the military]

[However, the reform failed, and I have been labeled as a traitor for more than a thousand years. Sir, do you regret it?]

"When I was studying history, I learned about Wang Anshi's reforms. I thought he was a good person. In my opinion, the court was corrupt, and reforms were indeed a positive way. So I didn't think he was a traitor. I also felt sorry that he didn't succeed due to the limitations of the times."

"Helplessly bound by fame, helplessly delayed by his love, it's a pity that the romantic life is always idle. At the beginning, I left words on the Huabiao, but now I missed my appointment at Qinlou. When the dream ends, after waking up from the wine, I think about it."

"He did bad things with good intentions, but Wang Anshi himself was a good person. At that time, Emperor Shenzong of Song liked Wang Anshi very much, but the ministers collectively opposed Wang Anshi. Emperor Shenzong was reluctant to demote him too harshly, but Wang Anshi took the initiative to request to resign. In his later years, Ouyang Xiu and Su Shi, who had opposed the reform, came to Wang Anshi when they were demoted. Wang Anshi did not add insult to injury and pursue the past. Instead, he talked with them, wrote poems and painted. Even Su Shi was in awe of him.

If I only look at Wang Anshi's character, I still like him very much. He dared to reform and had a great ambition to serve his country by enriching and strengthening the military. He was also tolerant towards others. In terms of his talent in writing lyrics and poems, he was one of the Eight Great Masters of Tang and Song Dynasties.

In fact, between Wang Anshi and Sima Guang in the Northern Song Dynasty, I prefer Wang Anshi. Sima Guang gives me the feeling of a villain. "

"History is not a novel. There are no heroes or villains. Sima Guang is not a villain. So, Wang Anshi, a gentleman in the New Party, and the former reformers in the Old Party have a good personal relationship, but politics is politics, and personal relationships are personal relationships.

They were all reformists, but the difference between radicalism and moderation separated them. In addition, the feudal system was a life-and-death struggle, and not shedding blood was the greatest mercy. "

"When we talked about the reforms in the Song Dynasty in history class, we were relatively objective, with advantages and disadvantages, good and bad, so my impression of Wang Anshi is relatively positive. He just failed in his reforms. I didn't seriously learn about his history. It was only after reading the popular science in the comments that I learned that in some eras, he was regarded as a traitor."

“A failed reform would cause great harm to the country.

Wang Anshi's reforms may have been well-intentioned, but they did accelerate the demise of the Song Dynasty.

After Wang Anshi, the Northern Song Dynasty fell into a period of "uniting the party to attack the dissidents". The emperor and his ministers were suspicious of each other, and the ministers were also alienated.

Although it was wrong, Wang Anshi cannot be held responsible for it alone, but it was indeed he who started it.”

"Reformers should not fear natural disasters, should not follow the example of their ancestors, and should not worry about what others say. Just like Shang Yang, the benchmark hero of successful reform."

Song.

Wang Anshi, who was already middle-aged, stared at the failure of the reform and refused to look away until the end of the video.

He shook his head in disbelief, but he had no choice but to believe it when he saw future generations discussing the failure of his reform as history.

Not only did he fail to save the Song Dynasty, he also bore the infamy for a thousand years.

The eyes that had long been turbid stared at the sky. However, the reform failed, and he was labeled as a traitor for more than a thousand years. Sir, do you regret it?

Regret?

Wang Anshi lowered his head and took a rare moment of quiet contemplation alone.

After a moment, he still stubbornly stuck to his idea.

What if I am questioned by others? What if I am criticized? What if the ending is not ideal?

But as long as there is a little hope to save the Song Dynasty, he will not regret it even if he dies nine times!

Su Shi looked at the comments of later generations on Wang Anshi and could not help but sigh: Alas! How can the road to reform be so easy? Lord Wang was too eager to achieve success in his reform.