The Study About Wang Shu

In the middle of the Ming Dynasty, the political situation is out of joint. The contraditions between various ethnic groups, regions, and classes become sharper. Thus it is a time calling talents. Wang Shu is just the talent in tune with the history trend. He serves the government for nearly forty years.According to official history of the Ming, Wang Shu is strict,upstanding and sticks on from first to last. During his serving the government. He always takes "governing the country and estabilishing peace throughout the country" as his responsibilities. He is mindful of the trend of social changes. During the regin of Emperor Cheng Hua, he assists Baie in putting down the uprising of Jing Xiang refugees, comforts them and finally matains social stability. When he serves as Yunnan provincial governer, he is active in planning and developing military affairs to consolidate the front defense and remove the hidden dangers of the border areas. When he serves as Nanji governer, he takes reforms to change the situation of the official lands. He carrys out "Quan Mi"policy. This has played a positive role in reducing the burden on the farmers and made them settle down. At that time, there is a famine in the east, resulting in wide spread deaths. Wang Shu loans all around to relieve the people in disaster, making 2,000,000 survive at last. During the regin of Cheng-hua, Wang Shu never flatters the emper, and ingratiate himself with the other colleges. Therefore he is not appreciated by Xian Zong emperor, and so he can't serve the central government. However, he is dedicated to his duties in local government and achieve remarkable success. In addition, he is known for forthright ingratiate. Faced with the confused situation which is packed with the officialdom towards political situation, which becomes a common practice, Wang Shu is righteous alone in a community where the general moral tone is low, and it is spoken that anything crops up, he impeaches the treacherous court official, saves the faithful and upright person. He advises the emperor to save section wealths, except that "it is for officer to spread ",etc. They all aim at the current social maladies. As a result,he is the only one famous for all these things. What deserves to be mentioned is that during the Ming Dynasty in middle and later periods, Eunuch's group does the policy in advance of policy, but the court officials either compromise surrenders, or absolutely repel. Nevertheless, Wang Shu takes the absolutely realistic attitude, with their best energy to safeguard national stability, which to a large extent also slowed the pace of the decline of the Ming Dynasty.