The Land of the Song Dynasty (volume 6): Provoking Xining
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In the first year of Jiayou's reign, there was a flood in the capital. Wang Anshi was appointed as an official in Beijing. He was dissatisfied with his empty position and did nothing, so he resigned four times. In the first year of Xining, Shenzong carried out the political reform and Wang Anshi returned to Beijing. The powerful people crowded out and framed him, and his former friend Sima Guang turned against him. Wang Anshi pushed forward the reform against all opinions, and the reformists rose up for a time. However, Sima Guang did not miss his old feelings, and Su Shi and others impeached him one after another, which finally allowed the conservatives to regain power. This volume takes the old and new party struggles as the main line, narrates the ups and downs of a reformist prime minister's life, and also presents a secret image of the rise and fall of the Song Dynasty.
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