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Summary of the main contents of Wang Anshi's political reform
1, the law of rich countries

Young crop method

Content: In February and May every year, when crops fail, the government will give farmers loans and grain loans, with interest of two or three cents every six months, which will be returned with summer and autumn taxes respectively.

Recruitment law (also known as exemption law)

Content: The official government will hire people to take charge of the service, instead of taking turns by households. Private households who are unwilling to undertake the service will pay a certain amount of money according to their wealth, which is the so-called exemption money. Bureaucratic landlords are no exception.

Square field average tax law

Content: Ordering the whole country to clean up the land, verifying the land owner, and dividing the land into five grades according to the soil quality as the basis for collecting land tax.

Farmland water conservancy law

Content: Encourage land reclamation and water conservancy construction. The cost of water conservancy construction is funded by local residents according to the level of wealth, and can also be loaned to state and county governments.

Yi Shi Football Association

Content: establish e-commerce in Tokyo, buy unsalable goods with money, and then sell them when the market is short.

Equal loss method

Content: Set up a courier, master the production situation of Southeast Sixth Road and the needs of the government and the imperial court, and purchase and transport in a unified way according to the principle of "moving expensive and using near easy".

2, the method of strengthening the army

The northern song government carried out the policy of raising soldiers, with many soldiers, but the good and the bad were mixed. Centralized military forces and more defensive laws directly weaken the combat effectiveness of the army. Ignorant soldiers, unpredictable soldiers and generals have too many restrictions on their command, and their enthusiasm cannot be fully exerted. Soldiers often change their posts, lack training and have low quality.

Jiabao method

Content: the number of rural households will be compiled, with 10 households as a guarantee, and more than two households will choose one household as a guarantee, and they will concentrate during the slack season and receive military training.

Cutting art

Content: Rectify the Xiang Army and the Imperial Army, and stipulate that soldiers must retire after the age of 50. In the trial, those who failed the imperial army were changed to Xiang army, and those who failed Xiang army were changed to citizens.

Sun Tzu's Art of War (also known as the method of placing generals)

Content: Abolish the garrison law enacted in the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, and divide the garrison into several units through gradual popularization, with a lieutenant in charge of the training of the troops in each position, so as to improve the quality of the troops.

Horse protection law

Content: the original horse herding supervised by the government was changed to the raising of horses by the Jiabao family. The Jiabao family voluntarily raises horses, which can be supervised by the government, can also pay for themselves, and can be exempted from some taxes. It was soon abolished and turned to the system of people grazing.

Military equipment supervision law

Content: Supervise the manufacture of weapons, strictly manage and improve the quality of weapons.

3. Take the method of scholars.

While carrying out political, economic and military system reform, Wang Anshi also attached great importance to the selection, training and use of talents, mainly to create public opinion for political reform. There are three specific measures: reforming the imperial examination system, rectifying imperial academy and appointing people on their merits.

Reform the imperial examination system

Content: The Gong Ju Law was promulgated, which abolished the Ming Classics, while the Jinshi examination focused on Confucian Classics and strategic theory, and added legal subjects.

Three-shed method: imperial academy implements the three-shed method system, which is divided into upper, middle and lower classes for different degrees of teaching. Replace the imperial examination with the daily examination of the school, and those who have excellent grades can directly serve as officials without passing the imperial examination; Ascending the bureau of classics and righteousness, compiling classics and compiling new meanings of three classics; Set up martial arts, medicine and law colleges to train specialized personnel.

Meritocracy is the promotion.

Attaching importance to the promotion and appointment of middle and lower-level officials has given many low-level officials and lower-level literati opportunities to display their talents.