On the Impeachment of Shi Hao by Wang Shipeng

The impeachment of Shi Hao by Wang Shipeng was a case of controversy over fighting or defending in the first year of Emperor Song-xiao.Wang Shipeng had gradually gained a high public status by talking about the politics or impeaching the minister repeatedly in the early stage of his political career.When the relationship between the Song dynasty and the Jin dynasty changed,Emperor Song-xiao conformed to the public and appointed Wang Shipeng as a proposal official.All of these became favorable for Wang Shipeng to impeach Shi Hao,the prime minister at that time.With a firm standpoint of fighting against the Jin dynasty,Wang Shipeng supported Zhang Jun to attack the enemy while he positively impeached the war resister,Shi Hao.As a result,Shi Hao lost his position and had to retire temporarily.However,it was a pity that Wang Shipeng fabricated many facts such as giving up war for peace negotiation,organizing party to usurp power and suppressing speech freedom in his book The Impeachment of Shi Hao.Defeated in Fuli,Emperor Song-xiao changed his mind for the proposal official and began to suspect Wang Shipeng's attitude before and after the impeachment of Shi Hao.To certain extent,it touched the faults mentioned above.