In the first year of Jiaqing, Su Shi went to Beijing for the first time. The following year, he was as famous as Di Zhezhong and won the appreciation of Ouyang Xiu, the examiner. After his mother died, he returned to Shu. Four years later, Jiayou returned to Beijing along the Yangtze River and through Jiangling. Jia _ six years, third in the examination, was awarded the judge of Fengxiang Temple by Dali. During this period, Su Shi wrote a lot of strategies for the political disadvantages at that time, such as lack of money, weak soldiers and too many officials, demanding reform.
When Su Fengxiang's term of office expired, his father Su Xun died in Bianjing, so he helped his funeral home. In the second year of Xining, he went to work in North Korea. At that time, God used Wang Anshi to reform, and Su Shi's reform thought was different from Wang Anshi's. For example, Wang Anshi advocated "Dafa" and managed his finances in various ways, and soon spread the new law to the whole country. Su Shi emphasized the election of officials, but opposed "taking legislation as a matter"; Advocate "economy is cheap", but disagree with "the door to help the people out of trouble"; He also put forward that "haste makes waste" and "slow development leads to more losses", and insisted on maintaining stability in the process of promoting the revolution. Therefore, he wrote against political reform. As his opinion was not adopted, he asked for a transfer. From the fourth year of Xining to the first year of Yuanfeng, it was sent to Hangzhou, Mizhou, Xuzhou and Huzhou. During this period, he punished officials, killed locusts, fought floods and protected dikes, and carried out some reforms in urban management, achieving the effect of "benefiting the people by law"
Su Shi was very dissatisfied with the reform, especially when he saw the shortcomings in the implementation of the new law. He "didn't dare to look" and always "accepted the poet's intention and made irony". After Wang Anshi was arrested, He, He, He came to power, profoundly wrote the crime of He from Su Shi's poems, and impeached Su Shi for "harboring resentment" and "having ulterior motives". In the second year of Yuanfeng, he was arrested and imprisoned from Huzhou, and on the grounds of libel, he led to the famous literary prison in the Northern Song Dynasty-Wutai Poetry Case. After months of torture, Su Shi was released and relegated to Huangzhou. In Yuan Feng's relegated life, although he was forced to think behind closed doors, he did not stop writing. He still cares about reality, sympathizes with the people and writes many valuable works. In the seventh year of Yuan Dynasty, Su Shi was demoted to Ruzhou. He left Huangzhou for the north, passed through Jinling and met Wang Anshi, the retired prime minister. Although they have different political views, they have maintained personal relations, been to Shan Jiang and reconciled with each other.
In the eighth year of Yuanfeng, Zongshen died of illness, Zhezong was young, and the Queen Mother came to Korea. In the second year, Yuan You transferred Ren Yuanyuan, and the old Party Sima Guang came to power. Su Shi was transferred back to Ren Zhongshu, Kyoto, where he was a scholar, a bachelor of Hanlin and a master of knowledge. He disagreed that Sima Guang "especially wanted to change Xi Ning's method, rather than taking advantage of his advantages." Disagree with the old party on the legal issue of abolishing and exempting military service. Su Shi believes that "the lesser of the two evils is easy now, and the people may not be happy", which has aroused the suspicion of the old school. Four years later, Yuan You went to Hangzhou. During the six-year recall, Jia Yi and others falsely accused Su Shi of being sent to Yingzhou, Yangzhou and Dingzhou to beg for help to avoid Jia Yi's death. When Su Shi was in Hangzhou, he reduced or exempted taxes, helped the hungry and dug lakes and dikes. In Dingzhou, it is necessary to rectify military discipline and strengthen border defense preparations. In the era of conservative atmosphere in Yuan You court, he continued to travel for many years.
During Shao Shengyuan's period, the philosophers were in charge, the new party seized power and belittled the old ministers. Su Shi became the target of these nouveau riche and was relegated again and again, from Yingzhou and Huizhou to Danzhou. Despite the extremely difficult conditions, Su Shi was able to "eat taro, drink water and write books". Express deep sympathy to Huizhou people and Li people. It was not until three years after his recovery that Song Huizong acceded to the throne that he was pardoned. Yuan died in Changzhou in July.