Abstract: Wang Anshi was neither corrupt nor perverted the law. Even his clothes were worn out. Lice crawled on the neckline and made Song Shenzong laugh.

In hundred schools of thought, Mozi advocated the politics of sages, and "Shang Xian" and "being virtuous" were his main ideas. The political philosophy thought in history is almost the political philosophy of sages. But Laozi's thought is obviously different and even contrary. He advocated: "No Shang Xian, so that the people do not dispute;" Expensive and rare goods, so that people do not steal; If you can't see what you want, you won't be chaotic. "

The "No Shang Xian" advocated by Laozi is equally puzzling. However, just as Confucius said, "overcorrection", overcorrection exceeds the positive measure and then deviates. The good thing about Shang Xian's politics is that it emphasizes education. The education and culture of the society have reached the highest level, the society is stable, and there are no criminals. Therefore, "the sage is in office, while the able is in office" is the major principle of China's ancient politics, and the final result is that "giving to others makes all people love virtue", so that the whole people can get the benefits generated by this kind of politics.

On the other hand, it is sometimes difficult to tell the difference between virtuous people and non-virtuous people, and between good people and non-good people. Once they go astray, good people and bad people often form a party, such as the famous "party disaster" in history, which was very serious in Han and Song Dynasties. In the Song Dynasty, even a party monument was once set up, and even Sima Guang and Ouyang Xiu, the gentlemen recognized in history, were listed on the party monument, and almost everyone fell to the ground! And today we see that none of them are bad people. The same is true of Wang Anshi of another school. Historically, there have been different comments on him, and even denigrated him from time to time, but he could not tell the so-called bad facts, but only said that his policies were wrong, or that his policies were good but out of date.

Wang Anshi loves reading and is good at writing articles. Free from vulgarity, with strong self-confidence. When he was the magistrate of Yinxian County, he lent Guan Gu to farmers, trying to reduce the exploitation of usury, which was very effective. When he was in Song Renzong, he was promoted to Judge Du Zhi. He used to write tens of thousands of books to explain what was going on in the world, advocated political reform, and showed his ambition to change the world. When he came to Shenzong, he became a prominent figure. He served as a bachelor and lecturer of Hanlin, and served as a political governor in Xining for two years. He set up the "Regulations Division of the Three Departments" (signed by the official, in charge of formulating the regulations of the Three Departments of Salt, Iron, Spending and Household Affairs), which is the general institution of comprehensive reform centered on rectifying finance. For three years, Xi Ning was appointed as the prime minister of Pingzhang. For seven years, I became a university student and learned about jiangning house. Later, he became prime minister and was named Jing Guogong, so people also called him "Wang Jinggong".

Wang Anshi, from being involved in political affairs to being prime minister, has successively carried out political reform and innovation, and actively promoted new laws such as young crops, equal loss, easy market, exemption from service, farmland water conservancy and so on. During the period of carrying out the new law, he waged a fierce struggle between reform and anti-reform with the so-called die-hards represented by Sima Guang. Wang Anshi praised Shang Yang's achievements in history, saying, "Today's people must be Shang Yang, and Shang Yang can make politics necessary.". At the same time, he denounced Cheng Hao and Cheng Yi's retro-ism, saying that they were "vulgar and ignorant of change". In the struggle against the so-called die-hards, Wang Anshi has three famous sayings: "The weather is not fearful, the ancestors are not legal, and people's words are not compassionate." That is to say, the variation of astronomical phenomena is not worth fearing, the tradition of ancestors cannot be used as a basis, and there is no need to worry about other people's comments.

This famous slogan of "Three Shortcomings" showed Wang Anshi's spirit of daring to break through the traditional thought, which caused the fear and anxiety of the die-hards at that time. They besieged Wang Anshi and attacked him personally by any means. Sima Guang wrote to Wang Anshi again and again, trying to defend the old system, demanding to stop the political reform, saying that adjusting the administrative structure of the country was to seize the functions and powers of the original officials; Sending people to various places to implement the new law is a nuisance; Sorting out the national fiscal revenue is to compete with the people for profits; If you don't accept advice, you refuse to give advice. He also accused Wang Anshi of "abandoning the sage's way and violating the heart of the world", which made the world "disturb one after another and live in seclusion". Some people even described the drought as a violation of heaven and Wang Anshi's fault in implementing the New Deal, saying that "drought is caused by Anshi, and it will rain if we go to Anshi". In fact, Sima Guang at this time has been used by people with ulterior motives.

Wang Anshi didn't show weakness in this regard. He replied to Sima Guang: "Some people were appointed to the imperial court to discuss the statutes, so as to give them a division, not to invade officials; Take the administration of the former king to promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages, without making a living; Manage money for the world, not for profit; To ward off evil spirits, it is not to refuse to remonstrate. " Wang Anshi even pointed out that "the constant of flood and drought is inevitable for Yao Tang". He also used the fact that comets appeared several times during the reign of Emperor Wu of Jin to prove that "astronomical changes are endless, personnel changes are endless, orders are sent up and down, far or near, and there is no coupling, so it is not credible."

Su Shi's brothers first supported the political reform, but later wavered. They attacked Wang Anshi from behind and scolded Shang Yang. They advised Wang Anshi not to do "things against human feelings" but to "restore the way of being a saint to the world."

although Wang Anshi pushed through the crowd, due to fierce opposition from die-hards, he finally called a truce and ended in failure. After the death of Song Shenzong, Sima Guang and others came back to power, and Wang Anshi's political reform measures were completely cancelled. In his later years, Wang Anshi ended his official life, lived in Jiangning (now Nanjing) and died soon. Just after Wang Anshi's death, Shao Bowen, a Daoist of the Cheng-Zhu Taoism School in the Southern Song Dynasty, also wrote an essay "Argument on Traitors" under the guise of Su Xun, and made a personal attack on Wang Anshi: "Those who are unkind in everything are rarely big traitors." And by using the ancient to satirize the present, he cursed Wang Anshi as "a person who has misunderstood the whole world", as "a sinister thief who has different interests with others", and even said that "this person is successful, and my descendants are all alike".

In fact, Wang Anshi was neither corrupt nor perverted the law. Even the clothes he was wearing were worn out, and lice crawled on the neckline, which made Song Shenzong laugh. I don't pay attention to eating. I have three meals a day and only eat a dish closest to the front. However, in the Song Dynasty, such a large clique was formed. As long as the political opinions were not the same, it became a very serious political problem. People with the same political opinions cover up each other, and everyone recommends their trusted friends to pull their own relationships. As a result, the public is abolished and the private is turned into a big group, which is held hostage inside and outside and used by the bad guys. They regard good people as signs, sit on them safely, and good people become puppets of bad people ―― this is the opposite of sage politics.