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Chapter 109 Live Witnesses
  Unity is strength kept echoing in Wang Anshi's mind, and he seemed to be gradually gaining insights.

But what it was specifically, he couldn't tell. He just had a vague feeling that he couldn't explain.

Wang Anshi was thinking deeply about what the anchor said, but the anti-reform alliance sneered at the anchor's words and dismissed them.

The anti-reform alliance believes that the anchor is too whimsical and that even if he unites the common people, he cannot be their opponent.

They are big landowners, and the common people are just lambs to be slaughtered. It is nonsense to want to unite to defeat them.

"The second reason for the failure of the reform was improper recruitment of personnel, which led to the intensification of old and new party disputes."

"Although you have a noble character, you are not good at judging people. Although the reformers you recommended, such as Lu Huiqing, Cai Jing, Cai Que, Zeng Bu, Deng Wan and others, are outstanding in talent and learning, they have low moral character and are flattering and bullying. The focus on power and gain and the wanton exclusion of dissidents have intensified the contradiction between the old and the new parties, resulting in the new law being frequently obstructed by conservative officials during local implementation, making it impossible to achieve reasonable results."

"In order to get promoted, some reformist officials blindly implemented the new law regardless of local conditions and lied about the results to Wang Anshi."

"Because you were deceived by villains and optimistically estimated the reform situation, you carried out large-scale reforms across the country in just a few years and were eager to seek results. As a result, there were serious deviations in the implementation of the reforms, and the policies that benefited the people turned into harming the people. The government has caused unspeakable misery to the officials and the people."

Lu Huiqing:......

Cai Jing:......

Cai Que:......

Zeng Bu:......

Deng Wan:......

When Wang Anshi heard that his colleagues from the reform faction were reprimanded by the anchor for their poor moral character, Wang Anshi's face turned pale with shock. He turned his head and looked at Lu Huiqing and others to one side, as if he was meeting them for the first time.

He always thought that these colleagues who supported the reform were selfless and worked hard for the reform.

But now listening to the anchor, it seems that this is not the case.

Wang Anshi: Anchor, are these all true?

He still couldn't believe it, was his vision so bad?

It would be fine if one or two people missed him, but there were so many of them, which really chilled him.

Su Chen knew that Wang Anshi was not feeling well at this time, and the feeling of being betrayed by his allies could easily break a person.

But he still wanted to tell the truth. He only hoped that after knowing the truth, Wang Anshi could see the people around him clearly and choose reliable people as allies in the reform.

"Of course it's true. These are all recorded in history books. They can't be wrong at all!"

Lu Huiqing: Anchors can eat randomly, but they can’t talk nonsense.

Cai Jing: We have worked hard and diligently for the reform. All the officials have seen it. There is absolutely no such thing as frame-up as the anchor said.

Zeng Bu: A kind word will warm you in the winter, but a bad word will hurt you in six months. Please think twice before speaking.

Several people named immediately refuted Su Chen's views and expressed their dissatisfaction.

Seeing that what Lu Huiqing and others said was true and did not look like lies, even Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi couldn't tell who was right and who was wrong.

On one side is an ally of the reform, and he sees everything he does, and indeed he does not notice the evil deeds of bullying his subordinates and his superiors. On the other side is the anchor from later generations. What the anchor said are things recorded in history, and it should and cannot be false.

Zhu Di: @lvhuiqing, @caijing, @caique, @zenbu, @丁绾, you guys formed a clique for personal gain and attacked dissidents. This is history that has been sealed, and it is useless to deny it.

When Zhao Xu and Wang Anshi heard what Zhu Di, the founder of the Ming Dynasty, said, they immediately believed it and glared at Lu Huiqing and others angrily.

The Ming Dynasty was the dynasty after the Song Dynasty, and the history of the Song Dynasty is very clear.

Now that Emperor Yongle has come out to testify on the spot, there can't be any lies!
  Good guy, the bad guy is around!
  Zhao Xu: Lu Huiqing, Cai Jing, Cai Que, Zeng Bu, and Deng Wan, the five of you are of low moral character, flattering superiors and bullying inferiors, forming cliques for personal gain, and rejecting dissidents. I am sending you to Qiongzhou now. Come and drag me down.

No matter how loudly Lu Huiqing and others cried out for injustice, they could not prevent them from being dragged down by the guards.

Wang Anshi watched his former ally being dragged down with complicated eyes, feeling very uncomfortable in his heart.

He was deceived by these people, thinking that they were allies of the reform, but he did not realize that they were treacherous ministers who flattered their superiors and bullied their subordinates. He had misjudged them before.

But fortunately, I can see the faces of these people clearly in time, and there is still room for maneuver.

Now that there are no constraints from these treacherous ministers, the possibility of the reform's success has risen to a higher level.

After watching the excitement of Song Shenzong's handling of traitorous ministers, Su Chen continued to talk about the third root cause.

"The third reason for the failure of the reform was the internal divisions within the reform faction."

"In the seventh year of Xining, a severe drought occurred in the Song Dynasty that had never happened in a century. At that time, the conservatives took the opportunity to attack Wang Anshi's reform and angered God, which caused disasters. In view of the outrage among the people inside and outside the government, Wang Anshi was forced to resign his position and was transferred to the prefect of Jiangning."

"After Wang Anshi left Beijing, he recommended his confidant Lu Huiqing to continue presiding over the reform. After Lu Huiqing was promoted to prime minister, he was greedy for power and did not want Wang Anshi to return to the court to preside over the overall situation, and repeatedly set up traps to frame Wang Anshi."

"In February of the eighth year of Xining, Wang Anshi was re-appointed prime minister by Song Shenzong. Lu Huiqing was dissatisfied with the loss of power and presented Wang Anshi's private letter to Song Shenzong. In the letter, Wang Anshi once wrote "Don't let the superiors know" Words.”

"Although Song Shenzong did not blame Wang Anshi, he no longer supported Wang Anshi and Wang Anshi's reform as before."

"At the same time, the internal struggle for power within the reform faction became increasingly fierce, and they framed and attacked each other. After Wang Anshi became prime minister for the second time, he faced the dilemma of having no one to help him. The reform faction was weak and could not continue to compete with the conservatives who opposed the reform."

Wang Anshi:......

He smiled mockingly to himself, seeing that after Lu Huiqing was recommended as prime minister by him, he was greedy for power and framed himself. No wonder the anchor said that he didn't know people well.

Fortunately, Lu Huiqing and others have been demoted, and there will no longer be internal divisions.

But there was another problem before him. These reform allies who were fighting for power were kicked out of the court. Who else could he use to support the reform?
  The most urgent task now is to solve the dilemma of no one available, otherwise the conservatives' criticism will not be stopped.

Zhao Xu, Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, noticed the words "Don't let the superiors know" and gave himself a shot in his heart.

We cannot reduce our support for Wang Anshi's reform just because of trivial matters.

He now fully understands that the only way out for the Song Dynasty is to reform and strengthen itself, otherwise the history of the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty will repeat itself.

So no matter what, he will support Wang Anshi's reform.

And because he knows what will happen if the reform fails, he will give Wang Anshi firm support this time.

(End of this chapter)