"The Song Dynasty in Progress (Volume 3): The Storm of Reform" Author: Wild Fox Publisher: Yuelu Publishing House

Introduction
The Song Dynasty lasted for 300 years. Its military achievements were not as heroic as those of the Han and Tang Dynasties, and its political struggles were not as turbulent as those of the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it had a different humanistic style. This series of books aims to make that dusty history alive with popular and humorous writing, just like it happened around us, in the "present tense" rather than the "past tense".
The third volume, "The Storm of Reform", mainly talks about the history of the four dynasties of Shenzong, Zhezong, Huizong and Qinzong. In this volume, facing internal and external troubles, Shenzong was determined to govern the country and appointed officials against all odds; the stubborn prime minister Wang Anshi relied on his extraordinary talent to step forward and take charge of the matter, pushing forward the reform with all his strength, but he was fiercely criticized by his close friend Sima Guang and his mentor Ouyang Xiu. Shenzong, Zhezong and Huizong, the debate on reform led to the struggle between the old and new parties. The vitality of the Song Dynasty was exhausted in the endless debate. The life of the great writer Su Shi was also pushed to the top of the wave and fell to the bottom in the era of reform. When Huizong came to power, the crisis continued to deepen in the midst of the civil and military playfulness, and finally led to the Jingkang Shame.