The Struggle of the Reborn Prince

The Song Dynasty staggered forward for a hundred years. Zhao Kuangyin's good policies brought great benefits to the Song Dynasty. At the same time, the price was that the country maintained a huge bureaucratic team, consumed a lot of national wealth, wasted taxpayers' money and food, and generated

The disadvantages of redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses. However, the "three redundant" problems are related to the "foundation of the country" and "the foundation of governance" of the Song Dynasty. They affect the whole body with one blow. If the handling is improper, it will shake the foundation of the country and affect the survival and death.

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Let’s talk about redundant soldiers first. The Song Dynasty was the only dynasty in Chinese history that had long adhered to the recruitment system. This was the most advanced military service system in the world at that time. The Song army can be called the world’s first true standing mercenary, and its treatment is

It is extremely generous, which reminds people of today's US military. At that time, only the Song Dynasty had the strength to implement the recruitment system, which required a strong economic foundation.

The most original measure of the recruitment system of the Song Dynasty was to recruit soldiers in the "recruitment in the years of desolation". Whenever a place is in trouble, the government will recruit a large number of soldiers there. "Every time a person is recruited, the court will have one more army, and the mountains and fields will be

One less thief." One person joins the army, and the whole family will have no worries. In the Song Dynasty, peasant uprisings were few and not large in scale, so it was indispensable to recruit soldiers in a deserted year! But the consequences of this policy were redundant soldiers and huge military expenditures.

The country's population is less than 100 million, but the proportion is nearly one million mercenaries, and the cost is indeed amazing. The large-scale recruitment of imperial guards has not been carried out, and the retirement system is not available, and the old age is still supported for life, and more frequent garrisons have caused huge military expenditures.

However, without this system, it is hard to say whether the Song Dynasty could maintain internal stability and prosperity that was unattainable in the past dynasties. In a sense, this policy has the nature of social security, which is "the government is turning from agricultural society for the country toward the country."

The industry and business society pays the bill. "To eliminate the disadvantages of redundant soldiers, we must sacrifice social stability. How can we be careless?

Having said that, what kind of army was supported by the Song Dynasty with a large amount of money?

Due to the implementation of the civil servant system of "using culture to suppress martial arts" in the Song Dynasty, a concept of contempt for military personnel was cultivated in the Song Dynasty. Yin Zhu once compared: "Even the top scholar, even though he was in charge of hundreds of thousands of soldiers, he restored Youji and chased the powerful enemy.

In poverty, the triumphant songs returned to the Taimiao, and the honor of the Taimiao was not reached." The folk proverb also says: "A good iron does not make nails, and a good man does not join the army", which fully reflects the attitude of ordinary people towards joining the army.

Although the Song Dynasty government had the richest treasury revenue in the world at this time, and also had the strong bow and armor with the highest technology and superb technology equipped with millions of standing troops in the world, it lost more than won in many foreign wars, and

This kind of listless national mentality is quite relevant. Imagine a society that everyone is ashamed of joining the army and can only obtain troops through high-paying recruitment. They also need to engrave letters on the faces of soldiers to maintain the stability of the army. There is no dignity or a sense of honor.

How can the army have strong combat effectiveness? No matter how many people there are, it is just a waste of rice and food.

When civil servants are used to command the army, "the army has no constant command, and the command has no constant command. The internal and external control is mutually coordinated, and the upper and lower control is mutually in harmony, and the level is mutually in conflict", the defense of warriors is more than that of preventing thieves. In addition, there are many soldiers and weak, and lack of training, so the soldiers are forbidden.

Frequent dispatch. The local wing soldiers were weak, which made the national strength of the Song Dynasty weak. The martial arts were weak and they were unable to resist external troubles. The Song Dynasty fought with powerful neighbors such as Liao, Xixia, and Jin. They suffered repeated failures and were almost destroyed today. This is actually money.

It was also spent, but it was abandoning the money and chasing the end...

Similarly, the disadvantages of "redundant officials" are related to the expansion of the imperial examination in the Song Dynasty. The expansion of the imperial examination allowed various classes, including outstanding talents from ordinary people, to participate in the regime, thereby strengthening the ruling foundation and maintaining social stability, which is related to the "bad year"

Recruiting troops is similar to the work. Moreover, we will also find that the literati and middle class formed thus became the elites and mainstays of society, and the backbone of the prosperity of the Song Dynasty.

The literati and doctors from this class trusted and entrusted to state affairs by the rulers of the Song Dynasty. This large number of intellectuals from poor families were able to enter the core leadership class, become generals and ministers, and truly shoulder the historical mission of "governing the country and pacifying the world".

They relied entirely on the vigorous promotion of the court. Therefore, they were grateful to the Song royal family and swear to be loyal to the death. Even if Ren Tu suffered repeated setbacks, their intentions remained unchanged.

The most important point is that these literati and doctors are from humble origins and have no power as their social background, so they do not have a deep social foundation and strength. Their honor, disgrace, prosperity and decline are in the hands of the emperor. Even if they are at the top, they will not treat Zhao Song.

The dynasty poses a potential threat. The experience of the common officials of the ministers and ministers determined that they were loyal to the Zhao Song Dynasty and were extremely dependent on the royal family. Once they were dismissed, they would no longer have an impact on the government!

In short, every time the political situation changed during the Song Dynasty, the political situation fluctuated. It was relied on the power of the scholars and officials to stabilize the situation, balance various political forces, and ensure the long-term governance of the country. In order to maintain this "harmony", the imperial examination was continuously expanded.

Let outstanding talents from all walks of life participate in the regime, thereby strengthening the ruling foundation and maintaining social stability.

But the result was that the number of imperial examinations in the Song Dynasty was "unprecedented" in the history of Chinese feudal society. But by this time the Song Dynasty was overwhelmed and reached the point where it could not be changed, but if it was to act against these vested interests, it would be a move.

The difficulty of the knife is imagined...

Besides, the Song Dynasty was the richest dynasty in Chinese history. For most of the time, the revenue and expenditure of the Song Dynasty were basically balanced. However, most of this money was used to pay huge military expenses and civil servants' head expenses, and used for people's livelihood and infrastructure.

The money is very small, and whenever there is something wrong, he can only make a name to plunder the people and relies on levying heavy taxes to solve the financial crisis. In the Song Dynasty, Zhao Ji, who is the best at spending money, he was extravagant and was extremely wasteful. Cai Jing and Wang Fu

There is a skill in making money, and taxes are one plus and another. The people are overwhelmed, and merchants go bankrupt one after another, causing a serious social crisis...

The emperors and knowledgeable people of the Song Dynasty did not fail to recognize the harm of the three redundant people, but also tried to change this state, but only achieved one effect. The vigorous reforms often ended in vain, and the situation not only changed, but became increasingly more

deterioration.

Zhao Qiong came to this world and deeply felt the three redundant harms, which made the contradiction between the "people" and the "morning court" rise to the main contradiction, and it has reached a point where it is unresolved. Otherwise, even if it is not destroyed by external troubles, it will be destroyed by

Civil strife, if this problem is not solved, there is no way to revive the Song Dynasty. So even if you know it is a minefield, you have to go there. Even if you attract thunder, you must not retreat, because he has no way out!

Now, after the battle to attack Liao, the Jin army went south three times, the capital was lost, and the two emperors headed north, it can be said to be a mess, and the entire Jiangbei area was uninhabited for a hundred miles, except for a few prefectures and counties.

Most officials fled, the regime was paralyzed, and thieves were rampant. It can be said that the entire bureaucratic system of the Song Dynasty was almost destroyed and fell into anarchy.

The situation in the court was not optimistic. Most of the officials in the war led the war to arrest the Jurchens and sent them to the north, and some people died for their rituals, and the people died. Most of the surrendered soldiers joined the pseudo-Chu regime or fled to Jiangbei.

After recapturing Bianjing, Zhang Bangchang was sentenced to death, the leader was imprisoned or exiled, and his subordinates were held accountable and expelled from the court, and were basically eradicated; at this time, the power in the court appeared in a vacuum.

The military forces of the Song Dynasty lost all the losses after a series of battles. The imperial guards, as the main force of national defense, collapsed completely. It can be said that they were in name only. They all rely on temporary recruitment of new troops and volunteers to support the situation. Although there are many people,

Lack of training, lack of weapons, shortage of equipment, and low combat effectiveness, and cannot take on the important task of defending the country.

The financial situation also deteriorated to an uncontrollable point. Under the transformation of Cai Jing's "Great Movement of the World" in the local treasury, there were only a few broken houses left, while the royal small treasury sealed pile warehouse and Yuanfeng warehouse were both robbed by the Jurchens.

The treasury was lost, and all the money was lost for a hundred years. The total loss of 5 million taels of gold and 50 million taels of silver was really cleaner than the face. At this moment, the new king had not been established, and the officials in the Jiangnan region who were not affected by the war were treated by the central government.

The imperial edict was implemented negatively, and it was falsely considered a snake, and it was evaded in every way. The taxes collected were reluctant to pay, which further exacerbated the financial difficulties of the court!

It is a very troublesome thing for the country to do this, but Zhao Qiong not only saw the difficulties in front of him, but also saw the opportunity to solve Sanhong...

Zhao Qiong looked out of the car, and the soldiers of the Zhongxing Army surrounded his chariots and rolled forward. In the eyes of the soldiers, they were their commander and support, while in the eyes of Zhao Qiong, these soldiers were his.

Brothers, relatives and guardians. For many years, I have built a world in this world with this army, and have gradually reached the peak of power. It can be said that I am the strongest support I rely on.

"Second Master, there will be rewards from Xijing!" At this time, Wangfu got into the car and said, "The princess and the princess set off together, and the leopard general and the guard brigade guards were guarded by Taiyuan toward Bianjing!"

"Well, our ZTE army is all together now!" Zhao Qiong said with a smile.

"Yes, there are 100,000 troops on the side. Let's see who in the court dares not listen to the second master. Just give them a command and let them be destroyed!" Wang Fu said intrigue.

"Haha!" Zhao Qi laughed out loud. With such a strong army on his side, what else can he fear? "Everything is difficult at the beginning, so let's start with transforming the army of the Song Dynasty!"

Zhao Qiong knew very well that the basis of the stability of all regimes was a powerful armed force. The ZTE was created by itself from scratch. They were loyal to themselves, agreed with their own ideas, took it as their responsibility to defend their country, and endured the baptism of the war and formed the

An army different from this era in its own unique style.

Now I not only want to change the weak state of the Song Dynasty, but also importantly, I want to change the world's discrimination against military men, revitalize the style of martial arts, and improve the status of the army, but there are still many difficulties to achieve this goal and there is a lot of work to be done. Although I know that

I will face countless difficulties, but Zhao Qi felt that the road back to Beijing this time seemed to be less heavy than the previous few times... (To be continued...)