章节2

The Sus arrived at a time political storms were brewing in the capital.

A series of radical reforms were stirred up by Wang Anshih, who persuaded then emperor Shentsung, under whose regime Wang Anshih came to power, to embrace an era of a strong government in the name of people. Despite great and outspoken opposition from all ministers of proved ability and respected character, Wang Anshih managed to make the emperor see the turmoil in the light of a desperate struggle between the Emperor himself and the wicked ministers who dared to oppose his will.

At that time, the government constantly ran into financial deficits, and Wang Anshih believed that he was a great financial wizard who could raise money for the imperial treasury. 

Among the staff of the planning bureau was Su Tungpo's brother, Tseyu. In his memorandum Tseyu pointed out that when the government took over the national trade, free enterprise would at once be paralyzed, for local dealers would be handicapped in competition with the government. It was inevitable that the government and the businessmen would be treading on each other's toes. Moreover, he denied that the imperial treasury stood to gain.一定会受益

At the same time we're trying to make clear to Iran and its people what they stand to gain if they change course.现阶段，我们正试图让伊朗及其人民明白，如果他们改弦易辙，他们会得到什么好处。

These were started in 1069 and ended disastrously about eight years later when both Wang Anshih himself and the Emperor were thoroughly sick of them and of each other,

The government's absorption of small business was one of the worst features of the regime, and private business came almost to a standstill.陷于停顿

bring sth to a standstill,  come to a standstill, at a standstill

( traffic/work/car)

In place of "private monopoly" the state set up its own monopoly; small businessmen were thrown out of jobs, and farmers, unable to repay the compulsory loans or keep up the interest, sold their wives and children or fled.

Determined to carry his socialistic program through, by silencing in particular, the imperial censors, whose official duty was to criticize the policies and conduct of the government and act as the "channel of public opinion.

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Thus the two poles of political thought stood, each unmoving and immovable to the end.