ChineseTiger1986
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I think Wang Anshi's reforms had good intentions in strengthening the country ie relieving the tax from Northern districts,training militias,fighting corruption and income equality,granaries for disasters and curbing Song Shenzong's ambitions.
However at the same time the grass sprouts policy eroded the wealth of middle class peasants,corruption of the enforcers that tried to reform the monopolist market,shifting blame on the "engrossers" instead of acknowledging them and government officials charging high rates on loans.
The main issue with Wang Anshi's reform is that the one's who enforced his reforms were corrupt and ineffective ie harassing merchants,extorting the common people.arbitrary raising the service exemption fee.
In my opinion many of his reforms backfired benefiting entrenched landed gentry instead of the rural peasants.they were too reliant on theoretical models that there would be no famines,corruption etc.
In the end the reformist faction's zeal proved to be their undoing.
Agreed,this irredentist nonsense that Southern China used to belong to the Vietnamese is sickening.
The so called "Baiyue brotherhood".that we Southern Han are their long lost kin is hilarious just look at their conduct in Yongzhou .
I know, the idea was good, but the mismanagement has caused the backfire.
Some Annamese on YouTube are now calling the genocide against the Chinese because the South China is too crowded.
I don't think that they do care about the so-called "Baiyue brotherhood" with the South Chinese, they only want more lands from China.