The real problem of the Song Dynasty was that the emphasis on literature over military force was that extravagance prevailed throughout the country. In fact, in the history of China, the social, economic, and cultural development of the Song Dynasty belonged to a heyday. But at the same time, the Song Dynasty was a period of extreme military weakness. The reasons for the fall of the Song Dynasty are very complex, and they are far from being able to be summarized in a few words.

But if I have to sum it up, one is the lack of a northern barrier. The loss of strategic places such as Youyun and Sixteen Prefectures during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period made the Song Dynasty congenitally deprived of a barrier against the attacks of the northern peoples. The Song Dynasty tried to solve this problem at the beginning of its founding, but both times the use of troops ended in failure.

Second, the defects of the military system of the Song Dynasty. In order to prevent the eventual demise of the Tang Dynasty due to the growth of local warlords, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, deprived the military generals of their military rights by "releasing the military power with a glass of wine" and led the troops with civilian officials, resulting in an absurd situation in the army in which "the soldiers do not know the generals and the generals do not know the soldiers", which inevitably weakens the combat effectiveness of the army.

Third, the defects of the financial system of the Song Dynasty required all local fiscal revenues to be transferred to the central government, and the local governments had no accumulation. In this way, when a foreign enemy invades, the local people have no money or food to organize resistance, so they can only sit and wait for the central government's rescue.

Fourth, the decline of the scholar system. After the Tang Dynasty, the scholar system can be said to have fundamentally declined, replaced by the imperial examination, and anyone who wants to enter the officialdom must first go through ten years of hard study. The scholar system has its congenital defects, but it also has certain advantages, and most of the children of the scholar family have certain political experience before entering politics. However, the imperial examination made some of the children of the poor families with no political experience occupy high positions overnight, and it is inevitable that they will be short-sighted, resulting in chaos in the administration of officials.

Fifth, the vicious circle caused by the New Year's coins, the Song Dynasty lost foreign wars one after another, and had to export a large number of New Year's coins, and a large number of New Year's coins undoubtedly increased the burden of the people, leading to the continuous outbreak of peasant uprisings. Frequent peasant uprisings continued to deplete the army's combat strength, leading to new defeats in foreign wars. Defeat in the war - reparations - increased burden on the people - outbreak of peasant uprisings - suppression of peasant uprisings - weakening of combat effectiveness - defeat in foreign wars, in such a continuous vicious circle, the national strength and army of the Song Dynasty were exhausted, and they were bound to perish.

The above five points are just the most obvious causes of failure. In addition, the problems involved in all aspects are far from being solved in a short period of time. Therefore, from the very beginning, Xiao Baiye did not think about helping the Song Dynasty reform and reform, but decided to use a simple violent method to directly assassinate the rulers of the two foreign forces, Jin and Mongolia.

With the death of the ruler, what the two foreign powers need to face is bound to be an endless struggle for power. This will undoubtedly greatly weaken the pace of invasion between the two major forces.

It was especially important that the Mongol generation of Tianjiao Temujin had to solve it. In addition, among the upper echelons of power in Mongolia, all visionaries had to be assassinated.

Perhaps by doing so, it can also continue the national fortune of the Song Dynasty for a hundred years.

As for whether the Song Dynasty was overthrown and a new state power was established, or whether it was a repeat of the mistakes of the past and encountered foreign invasions, it was not a question that Xiao Baiye needed to consider.

Wu Mu's suicide note obtained from Tiezhang Peak, Xiao Baiye finally chose to hand it over to Hong Qigong, I believe that with Hong Qigong's experience and understanding of the Song Dynasty, he will definitely be able to hand over this Wu Mu suicide note to the right person.

In addition, Xiao Baiye also vaguely proposed to Hong Qigong, suggesting that he accept Guo Jing's stupid big man as an apprentice. Although Guo Jing is not smart enough, he has nothing to say about his chivalrous heart. If he takes over the beggar gang and develops the beggar gang wholeheartedly, it will not be worse than when Hong Qigong was in power.

In the months that followed, Xiao Baiye was basically struggling with how to break through the innate problem from the acquired congenital.

Of course, in addition to dwelling on the problem of breaking through the innate nature. In the past few months, Xiao Baiye also took Li Mochou back to the ancient tomb. The two didn't talk nonsense with Grandma Sun, and ran away after robbing the little dragon girl who was only five or six years old. As for what the Tomb Sect should do after abducting the little dragon girl, what does that have to do with him?

Approaching the eve of the second Huashan Sword Debate, Xiao Baiye also took Huang Rong to Peach Blossom Island. The purpose of this trip is to visit Huang Yaoshi, and the second is to release Zhou Botong and get the complete Nine Yin True Scripture from him by the way.

The trip to Peach Blossom Island did not have any accidents. Huang Rong met her father Huang Yaoshi as she wished, and Xiao Baiye also got the complete Nine Yin True Scripture from Zhou Botong as she wished.

After obtaining the complete Nine Yin True Scripture, Xiao Baiye copied a copy and gave it to Huang Yaoshi, so naturally Huang Yaoshi had no reason to continue to detain Zhou Botong.

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In the eleventh month of coming to the Condor World, Xiao Baiye took Huang Rong and Li Mochou to the desert.

Nowadays, the cultivation of the two women seems to have reached the level of first-class masters in the rivers and lakes. Even compared to the four uniques, it is not far behind. The purpose of this trip was to assassinate the founder of Mongolia, a generation of Tianjiao Temujin.

However, before assassinating Temujin, Xiao Baiye first went to the Mongolian Esoteric Vajra Sect. He didn't forget that in the Esoteric Vajra Sect, there was a top-level body refining divine skill "Dragon Elephant Prajna Gong".

The sect master of the Esoteric Vajra Sect, that is, the Golden Wheel Dharma King of the Mongolian National Teacher, was naturally not Xiao Baiye's opponent. Under the battle between the two sides, the Golden Wheel Dharma King was defeated without any suspense, and the Dragon Elephant Praruo Gong was also successfully won by Xiao Baiye.

At this point, Xiao Baiye's luck value has accumulated once again to as much as 7,000.

After winning "Dragon Elephant Prajna Gong", Xiao Baiye took Huang Rong and Li Mochou to launch a planned assassination operation.

On that day, a cry of sorrow came from Temujin's tent in the Mongolian steppe. The great Han of Mongolia, the eagle of the steppe, Temujin died.

This sudden occurrence caused great confusion in the hearts of the Mongolian army.

However, the chaotic situation has not eased as a result. In the days that followed, four of Temujin's sons were assassinated.

At this time, the Mongolian steppe can be said to be really leaderless. For a time, the leaders of the major tribes revealed their ambition to become kings. As a result, in the middle of a month, the entire Mongolian steppe was full of war, and the situation developed towards an uncertain future.

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