Chapter 22 5. Great Song Dynasty
The talented and bold Zhao Kuangyin reviewed the millennium's ups and downs, and made a series of major decisions to bring the lost empire out of the quagmire.
The Zhao Kuangyin brothers easily knocked down the dynastic order established by Chai Rong.This does not mean that Chai Rong's efforts are in the wrong direction, but at least it shows that Chai Rong's ideas have not been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and the social foundation is still very fragile.
The so-called "Spring and Autumn has no righteousness, and the Five Dynasties have no perfect ministers".The troubled times of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms for more than fifty years not only destroyed social production, people's lives, and historical and cultural wealth, but also ruled order and moral values.Regime segregation, warlords fighting in chaos, whoever has a gun is the grass head king. After today, there will be no tomorrow. Today has the right to enjoy the present, and tomorrow will not know where to die. The whole society is full of short-sighted psychology and compromise. Faithful to speak of.
In that troubled world, the emperor was a dangerous job. If it was done well, it would take ten or eight years, but if it was not done well, it would be a pity for him in three to five years. His family would even be ruined, he would lose all his belongings, and his children and grandchildren would be wiped out.However, those small and medium-sized military leaders benefit the most. No matter who is the emperor, they can get promoted and make a fortune, shadow their children and grandchildren, and act as a domineering power.Therefore, it is not a good thing to compete to be the emperor, it is a gamble with huge risks.
The emperor takes turns to come to my house next year, how does the emperor feel?Whoever does it knows.The more powerful bosses are full of gambling with their lives, and embrace the mentality of seeking wealth and insurance.The upstarts who became emperors wanted to curb this turbulent and repeated situation, but there was no way, because they didn't believe in loyal ministers at all, and they didn't know how to treat loyal ministers.So the court was full of power struggles, suspicion and jealousy.No one knows when the balloon will burst, but they know it will.
In order to maintain the imperial power and stabilize the country forever, Zhu Quanzhong's method is to use both kindness and power, scheming, and decisive killing, so that his subordinates are in awe and can't figure out the truth.Li Siyuan's approach is to recuperate and rest in peace.Chai Rong's method is to be open and honest, and write a letter of guarantee between the emperor and his courtiers.However, these methods were not successful, and did not solve the problem ideologically and systematically. The grace and power of the imperial dynasty and empire were still very fragile, and the order of imperial power was still very short-lived.
The biggest problem that Zhao Kuangyin faced as emperor was not financial livelihood, the appeasement of arrogant soldiers, the invasion of foreign enemies, the restoration of social production, the administration of officials, and the reduction of feudal vassals.The biggest problem he faced was how to make the imperial power permanent.
Through his own hard work and crazy work, Chai Rong has brought an empire on the right track, and the whole country has shown a rare healthy atmosphere. If it continues to do so over time, the Zhou Empire is likely to become a prosperous dynasty.But there happened to be another change of imperial power.Although the cost of this change of imperial power is very low, Zhao Kuangyin strives to achieve the goal of changing the dynasty through a bloodless court coup and minimize the harm to society.But once sitting on the dragon chair, Zhao Kuangyin's thinking angle immediately took a 180-degree turn.He took away the throne from other people's family, but he never wanted others to take away his throne again.
To put it simply, how to maintain the Zhao family's world forever is Zhao Kuangyin's top priority.To put it more complicated, it is Zhao Kuangyin's historical responsibility to curb the evil habit of changing imperial powers in the world for more than 50 years.
How to solve this historical puzzle?
It requires great wisdom, great courage and great price.
Zhao Kuangyin is pretentious.Now he sat on the dragon chair to see if he could sit still.Once he makes a mistake, there will still be strong people emerging under his nose, and he will continue to stage the good show of adding a yellow robe.
Zhao Kuangyin replaced the Zhou family, not everyone was convinced, not everyone obeyed Zhao Kuangyin.The imperial guards of the Later Zhou Dynasty both commanded Li Chongjin and Zhaoyi Jiedu Li Yun did not buy Zhao Kuangyin's account.Li Chongjin was the elder brother of the Hou Zhou Empire's military circles and Guo Wei's nephew.Li Jun is very brave and can draw hundreds of bows. He originally belonged to the subordinates of Li Congrong, king of Qin in the later Tang Dynasty, and was transferred to Zhao Yanshou's tent. Yelu Deguang died of illness and killed Hu Lin, and the Khitan army returned north. He succeeded, and was later reused by Liu Zhiyuan and Guo Wei, who have been guarding Zelu.These two men have fought countless big and tough battles, and they have made outstanding achievements in battle, and they are among the best for a time.They refused to convince Zhao Kuangyin no matter what.
From the perspective of allegiance to the Zhou Empire, Li Chongjin and Li Yun should say that their feelings for the Zhou Empire are far greater than their feelings for Zhao Kuangyin.It is impossible for Zhao Kuangyin to have the opportunity to make friends with and treat these two people favorably, no matter in terms of age, qualifications and ability.Therefore, from a historical point of view, the fate of these two people can only belong to the Zhou Empire that has become the past, and it is impossible to get together with the newly rising Zhao Kuangyin, let alone establish a relationship of trust with Zhao Kuangyin.
That being the case, only you live and die.
Zhao Kuangyin will promote all those who submit to him, and will mercilessly attack those who oppose him.In the Song Dynasty, Shi Shouxin and others were the vanguard generals, and then Zhao Kuangyin led the imperial conquest, launched the Zelu War and the Huainan War successively, finally defeated Li Yun and Li Chongjin, and carried out large-scale hunting and killing of their accomplices.
Zhao Kuangyin temporarily stabilized his position.
When the new emperor comes to power, it is inevitable to wipe out some disobedient ones, which is also common, but Zhao Kuangyin does not feel that these two things have any discomfort.On the issue of dealing with the world, Zhao Kuangyin inherited Chai Rong's philosophy and strategy, and continued to implement the ambition of leveling the world and unifying the country. His strategy was still "first south and then north" once proposed by Wang Pu.History has come to the present, and all countries in the world have evolved independently.After the capable emperor Zhou Shizong Chai Rong in the Central Plains, another more capable Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin stepped onto the stage of history.The other separatist regimes have come to the end of their lives one after another, and their successors are not as good as each other.
Since the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Wuyue Kingdom were very acquainted, they immediately continued the friendly relationship with the Great Song Dynasty. Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin couldn't find a reason to conquer the Southern Tang Dynasty and the Wuyue Kingdom for a while.In the fourth year of proclaiming himself emperor (the first year of Qiande), Zhao Kuangyin found another way and sent veteran Murong Yanzhao in command to conquer Jingxiang and expand the territory to 14 states and 66 counties.In November of the second year of Qiande, Jiaxu, Zhao Kuangyin sent Zhongwu Jiedu envoy Wang Quanbin to deploy the soldiers and horses before the Xichuan camp, and led 30,000 soldiers and horses to dispatch troops from Fengxiang by land, and also sent Jiangning Army Jiedu envoy Liu Guangyi to deploy as the deputy capital. He led 20,000 troops to send troops from Guizhou Waterway.The two armies went hand in hand and launched a war against Shu.Later Shu Emperor Meng Chang surrendered, and 45 prefectures, 198 counties, and 534,39 households belonged to Song Dynasty.
In February of the second year of Song Kaibao, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin sent Li Jixun, the Jiedu envoy of Zhaoyi Army, to deploy the former army capital of the Hedong camp, and lead the army to start the war against the Northern Han Dynasty.But the attack on Taiyuan was still not smooth, almost the same as that of Chai Rong back then. The surrounding prefectures and counties were captured one after another, but Taiyuan could not be attacked for a long time, and Zhao Kuangyin had to withdraw his troops three months later.
The Northern Han Dynasty failed, so turning around, the Song Dynasty continued to launch a unification war to the south.In September of the third year of Kaibao, Pan Mei was the commander-in-chief, and led the soldiers and horses of ten states to attack the Southern Han Dynasty.Half a year later, the Song Army captured the Southern Han Emperor Liu Wei, occupying 60 states, 214 counties, and a population of 170,263 households throughout the Southern Han Kingdom.
Most of the world entered the Song Dynasty. In the end, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin finally set his sights on the Southern Tang Dynasty and Wuyue Kingdom.In September of the seventh year of Kaibao, the Song Dynasty sent Cao Bin as the marshal and Pan Mei as the capital supervisor, commanded 100,000 troops from Wuchang, Hubei, and went east along the river to conquer the south of the Yangtze River.One year later, Cao Bin conquered Shengzhou, captured King Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty, and destroyed the country in the Southern Tang Dynasty. The Great Song Dynasty expanded its land to 19 states, three feudal towns, 180 counties, and 655,600 households. population.
At this time, the Song Dynasty was already the largest and most powerful dynasty since the Five Dynasties.The Great Song Dynasty watched the world as a tiger, and there was a great momentum to restore the atmosphere of the Li and Tang Dynasties.At this time, the Liao Kingdom did not dare to underestimate the Central Plains anymore. Instead, after repeated defeats, it changed its diplomatic strategy and changed to a way of communicating with the Song Dynasty.
Things like cutting down Jingnan, destroying Houshu, Pingnan Han, and Dingjiangnan seem to be like a broken bamboo.But these large-scale wars were not easy. Even Zhao Kuangyin, who was very talented and general, had to go through several twists and turns, and it took seventeen years to complete these major events.But just after the unification war completed Pingnan, which was "first south and then north", Zhao Kuangyin died suddenly at the age of fifty.
During the seventeen years of Zhao Kuangyin's reign, he went all out to raise his troops and waged wars almost every year in order to unify the world.In addition, he also did many major events, fundamentally laying the foundation and direction of the Song Dynasty for hundreds of years.
The most famous and well-known in history is "a cup of wine releases military power".In fact, the folks have spread this matter too miraculously. The release of military power with a glass of wine is not really about depriving the general of military power through a banquet.Such a big event overturned the established pattern of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms and even the middle and late Li and Tang Dynasties for one or two hundred years.
While relying on the army to carry out the grand strategy of leveling the world, Zhao Kuangyin was also thinking about how to suppress or even deprive the power of the army, especially to deprive the power of the big shots in the military circle.This is a dilemma, and it is extremely dangerous to implement it. If it is not done well, it will cause fire, or even be lost.
In order to relieve the general's military power, Zhao Kuangyin would be happy to drink a hundred glasses, let alone a glass of wine.This is by no means what a glass of wine can do, but a series of thrilling confrontations between the emperor and the military chiefs.Since then, the Song Dynasty has relieved the worry of "how can others sleep peacefully on the side of the couch", but it has carried another heavy burden on its back for hundreds of years.
When conquering Jingxiang, Zhao Kuangyin tried his best to let his good friend Murong Yanzhao, who had always been known as the big brother, take command of the expedition.Murong Yanzhao was old and ill at that time.Zhao Kuangyin told him a lot of ideal pursuits and spirits, and finally carried Murong Yanzhao on his shoulders to the battle.Why did Zhao Kuangyin force Murong Yanzhao to fight?Is there no one available for him?No, this is Zhao Kuangyin's imperial strategy to kill two birds with one stone.
At this time, Murong Yanzhao's job was to inspect the front of the hall.This is a dangerous position. The prophecies and rumors of "checking to be the emperor" will not necessarily disappear with Zhao Kuangyin's proclaiming emperor, and its subsequent influence will still exist faintly.Taking advantage of this opportunity to dispatch troops, Zhao Kuangyin gave Murong Yanzhao the position of Marshal, but he was removed from the position of inspector.Murong Yanzhao is ten years older than Zhao Kuangyin, and has always had a close relationship with Zhao Kuangyin.But Murong Yanzhao was not in good health, so Zhao Kuangyin was more at ease when he sent Murong Yanzhao to the expedition this time.At the same time, it also relieved a piece of Zhao Kuangyin's heart disease.What is more beneficial to Zhao Kuangyin is that Murong Yanzhao died of illness and fatigue soon after returning from the victory.From then on, the position of "all inspectors" was completely eliminated from the official position sequence of the Song Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin's other good friend and buddy Han Lingkun has not been serving as the commander of the guards and army for a long time.Following Zhao Kuangyin's conquest of Yangzhou and destroying Li Chongjin, Han Lingkun went to Yunzhou to take up the post of Tianping Jiedu envoy, and the commander of the bodyguards and all the troops transferred this post to Zhao Kuangyin's younger brother Shi Shouxin.
Since then, the Hou Zhou generals who once ranked above Zhao Kuangyin and even sat on an equal footing with Zhao Kuangyin were either cut off by Zhao Kuangyin such as Han Tong, Li Yun, and Li Chongjin, or exempted by Zhao Kuangyin from their real positions in the Central Army such as Murong Yanzhao, Han Lingkun, and several others. Smart people with knowledge of the situation obeyed Zhao Kuangyin early, such as Xiang Xun and Zhang Yongde.
Xiang Xun was a famous general of the Hou Zhou Empire, he had always held a grand position, held a heavy army, and was above Zhao Kuangyin in power.But because Xiang Xun was not Chai Rong's direct line of troops, after the Huainan War, Chai Rong alienated Xiang Xun by ascending and descending secretly, and let him leave the central government and go to Henan as a magistrate.Xiang Xun has experienced the world for a long time, and he has long seen through the strange turmoil of the warlords' melee and the emperor's change of ownership.After Zhao Kuangyin became emperor, Xiang Xun showed no nostalgia for the Hou Zhou Empire and the Chai Rong royal family, and soon expressed his loyalty to Zhao Kuangyin, and he offered Zhao Kuangyin a strategy to pacify Li Yun.More importantly, Xiang Xun concealed his ambitions. A generation of famous generals Xiang Xun spent his time in Henan, specializing in search and accumulation, and showed Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin that he only liked money and had no interest in military exploits and power.Zhao Kuangyin knew that Xiang Xun was gathering and disturbing the people, but in order to gather military power, Zhao Kuangyin endured it. He let Xiang Xun stay comfortably in Henan for ten years.
The second wise man is Zhang Yongde.Zhang Yongde was originally the first to be inspected, not to mention that he was the uncle of Zhou Taizu Guo Wei, and also a relative of the emperor, and his status was as important as Li Chongjin.But Zhang Yongde was thought by Chai Rong to be simple-minded and careless, and he was worried that he would be used by others, so he was removed from the post of inspector.After losing power, Zhang Yongde didn't complain, nor was he negative. He took refuge in Zhao Kuangyin early.Zhang Yongde has a problem, he firmly believes in all kinds of rumors of God's destiny. In his early years, he believed that Guo Wei could be the emperor, and later he believed that Zhao Kuangyin could be the emperor.Not only did Zhang Yongde have no resistance to Zhao Kuangyin, but he also took the initiative to support and assist this old subordinate.After Zhao Kuangyin became the emperor, Zhang Yongde also used Wanguan's family wealth to help the army, and even helped the emperor marry a wife.Zhao Kuangyin loves this old superior who has recommended and promoted him many times, and he likes Zhang Yongde's awareness of taking the initiative to show his favor.Therefore, Zhang Yongde lived comfortably in the Song Dynasty for decades, and died in his seventies.
Zhao Kuangyin once felt very safe after dealing with the former bosses of the Later Zhou Empire.But Prime Minister Zhao Pu's words once again provoked Zhao Kuangyin's suspicion.
In the second year of Song Taizu Jianlong, Shi Shouxin, Wang Shenqi, and Gao Huaide, Zhao Kuangyin's younger buddies, took charge of the main force of the Central Army.Zhao Pu advised Zhao Kuangyin several times not to let these people hold such great power.Zhao Kuangyin said disapprovingly: "Zhao Pu, you worry too much. These are my good brothers. They will not betray me." Zhao Pu was very smart, and he did not directly tell the truth between Zhao Kuangyin and these heavyweights. He said cleverly: "I'm not worried that these people will betray you. It's just that I don't think these people are talented people. Once a few guys who don't know the heights of the sky and the earth appear under them and put yellow robes on them, they will not be able to help themselves at that time." It's gone." After hearing this, Zhao Kuangyin suddenly realized, and broke out in a sweat.
One day, after a dinner party, Zhao Kuangyin took Shi Shouxin and others out of the imperial city to a secluded jungle.Zhao Kuangyin said to these generals: "There is no one here, let's treat each other honestly. If you think I am not suitable to be emperor, you can kill me now."
Shi Shouxin and the others were drinking happily, but were stunned by Zhao Kuangyin's bombshell question.Everyone said: "Now that the world has been settled and the names of monarchs and ministers are clear, who would have such ambitions?"
Zhao Kuangyin pressed step by step and asked: "If a subordinate puts a yellow robe on you, can you get rid of it?"
Shi Shouxin and the others were so frightened that they "gulu" rolled off their horses, kowtowed like a chicken eating rice, and shouted in unison: "Please show us a way out, Your Majesty."
Zhao Kuangyin looked up to the sky and sighed: "Life is like a white horse passing by. Don't you go through life and death to pursue glory and wealth? I will give you a lot of money and a lot of land and farms. How good would it be to go home and raise your children and grandchildren?"
Shi Shouxin and others fully understood that it was because the emperor did not trust us and wanted us to hand over military power.Taking advantage of the emperor's great tolerance and love, when will he not pay at this time?If you don't pay today, you may be punished.The emperor gave money, when should I not want it now?Expiration is even worse.These generals of the central army surrendered their military power one after another.
Zhao Kuangyin successfully confiscated the military power of the Central Army and firmly controlled the power of the army in the hands of the emperor.
After the central army is settled, what will the local army do?
The vassal towns were divided into separate regimes, and there were many princes, supporting their own self-respect. Although the efforts of several dynasties since the Five Dynasties have divided the vassal towns into smaller and smaller ones, the power of the vassal towns is no longer as strong as in the late Tang Dynasty.But these princes still have powerful energy after all.
The role of role models since ancient times is infinite.Zhao Kuangyin loves to drink, and many things are settled at the wine table.One day, Zhao Kuangyin hosted a banquet for a large number of Jiedu envoys of the feudal town.Zhao Kuangyin praised General Wang Yanchao by the way.Wang Yanchao was an all-powerful fighter in the later Han and later Zhou dynasties, with outstanding military exploits.But Wang Yanchao was very good at guessing the emperor's intentions, so he immediately kowtowed at the banquet and said: "I am ashamed to be a minister without virtue and incompetence, and to be in a great position." But the other Jiedu envoys were scrambling to talk about how they once attacked the city. How to charge forward.Zhao Kuangyin waved his hands and said contemptuously: "That's an old story of the previous dynasty, what contribution can it make to this dynasty!" Zhao Kuangyin chose Wang Yanchao as an example to restrain the arrogance of the feudal town.Later, Wang Yanchao took the initiative to ask to retire and go home to take care of himself. He spent his old age peacefully and lived to be in his seventies.
Confiscating military power is a high-risk operation. The so-called "drinking wine to release military power" is actually a series of exciting and thrilling game activities between monarchs and ministers.Specifically, how did you successfully implement this plan in a strategic and step-by-step manner?We will analyze the topic in the future.Since then, the power of the army has been transferred to the imperial court, to be precise, to the emperor, and there is no longer a permanent military president.According to the needs of each battle, the emperor temporarily appointed a general to lead the army.After the battle was over, the generals returned to their respective towns, and no longer ordered soldiers, only treatment but no military power.From then on, the general and the army were separated and managed separately.
Forging iron has to be hard.The emperor has been doing it for a long time, not only to eliminate external threats, but also to be strong enough in terms of culture and martial arts.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin's mother, Empress Dowager Du, died in the second year of Jianlong.Before she died, Empress Dowager Du called her son Zhao Kuangyin to the hospital bed and asked Zhao Kuangyin, "Son, how did you come to the world?"
Zhao Kuangyin choked up and replied: "It is the result of the audience's support."
Empress Dowager Du shook her head and said, "If Zhou Shizong is still alive, or if his successor is not a child, even if the generals support him, can you become an emperor?"
Zhao Kuangyin said, "No."
Empress Dowager Du said in a persuasive manner: "The master is weak and the ministers are strong. This is the main reason for the rapid collapse of the Later Zhou Empire and even the five dynasties. You can't repeat the same mistakes. You are still young, and your children are still young. You can't entrust your future affairs to your little ones." In the hands of the child. Your younger brother Zhao Guangyi is talented and capable, and has the ability to take on the great responsibility of the world. In the future, you will pass the throne to Guangyi."
Zhao Kuangyin nodded deeply, expressing that he would obey his mother's order.Empress Dowager Du was worried, so she asked Zhao Pu to write down her will and seal it in a golden box.In order to curb the trend of the vicious cycle of dynastic change, Empress Dowager Du thought for a long time, and even thought of the strategy of "brothers end up with younger brothers" to replace the old rule of "passing on from heir to heir".In this sense, the Great Song Dynasty was much luckier than Zhu Liang, Later Tang, Later Jin, and Later Zhou. The founding emperor had a capable younger brother, and the age hierarchy between the two was so reasonable.This is the famous "Golden Chamber Alliance" in history.But what is the full meaning of this rule?What other specific details constitute?Why do you want to build a secret reserve?Doesn't Zhao Kuangyin have a choice between his younger brother and his children and grandchildren? Will the implementation conditions of the "Golden Chamber" happen as scheduled?What strange connection does this have with the "Shadow of Ax and Candle" sixteen years later?We will discuss these questions later.In any case, Zhao Guangyi succeeded Zhao Kuangyin as the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, which had a huge positive effect on the Great Song Dynasty.
With a qualified heir and the elimination of external threats, can Zhao Guangyi replicate Zhao Kuangyin's success?Even if Zhao Guangyi is smart enough and talented enough, can the descendants of the royal family of the Song Dynasty understand and implement the fundamental concept of the founding of the country?Zhao Kuangyin adopted a very unique method for this, and left his last words of iron law as the general program of the founding of the Song Dynasty, asking his children and grandchildren to remember them.
Zhao Kuangyin not only imitated Guo Wei by wearing a yellow robe, but also imitated Guo Wei in the education of future generations.After Guo Wei's death, a tombstone was erected in front of the mausoleum, engraved with his last words to warn Chai Rong.Zhao Kuangyin's approach is similar to this.In the third year of Jianlong's reign in the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin had just become emperor when he thought of what would happen after his death, and the long-term stability of the foundation of the Song Dynasty.Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin secretly engraved a stone tablet eight feet high and four feet wide, with three lines of oath written on it: the first sentence is "Be kind to the descendants of the Chai family, and do not punish them even if they are guilty. You can only commit suicide secretly in the prison, don't beheaded in the street, and don't implicate the nine clans."The second sentence is "Do not punish and kill scholar-bureaucrats and those who give advice and advice."The third sentence is "If the descendants of the Zhao family violate these oaths, they will be punished by heaven."
The meaning of the oath on this stone tablet is clear at a glance, and it established the three-hundred-year-old program of the Song Dynasty.Zhao Kuangyin ordered people to place this stone tablet in the side hall of the Taimiao Temple, and ordered people to strictly guard and watch it, and preserve and pass it on as a top-secret, noble and sacred secret document.The Taimiao is the place where the ancestors of the royal family are placed, which is equivalent to the ancestral hall of the common people.Every year when the emperor offered sacrifices to his ancestors, he would go to the double wall, kneel in front of the oath monument, recite the oath carefully, and conduct self-reflection against the oath.On the day the new emperor ascends the throne, he must also come here to learn and remember this oath.Zhao Kuangyin's oath on the stele is as secret and solemn as the president handing over the nuclear button in today's society.
When the emperor paid homage to the oath stele, only one illiterate eunuch was allowed to follow the emperor and stand and wait on him from a distance.This oath tablet has been standing in the middle wall of the Taimiao for more than a hundred years.After the Jingkang Incident, the Jin people invaded Bianliang, the Zhao Song Taimiao was destroyed, and the stele was exposed, and people saw the three oaths on the stele.
The first sentence in the three paragraphs of oath expresses Zhao Kuangyin's tolerant attitude towards the descendants of the royal family of the Later Zhou Dynasty, showing his magnanimity to the world.In this regard, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin is similar to Liao Taizu Yelu Abaoji.Yelu Abaoji seized the throne of the Khan family of Shende, and later he listed the descendants of the Khan family of Shende as the nine tents, giving them a special and lofty status.Yelu Abaoji's decision was praised by "Liao History" as one of the three qualities of a great hero.It can be seen that all great heroes have the courage and tolerance.The most meaningful part of the oath to the Song Dynasty is the second sentence, treat literati well.This determined the basic national policy of the Great Song Dynasty to suppress martial arts and cultivate culture, and promoted the prosperity of an era, but it also buried the hidden danger of the weak national defense of the neighboring tigers.This basic national policy has a far-reaching impact, and it has been lamented for future generations, whether it is praised or criticized, and has been debated for thousands of years.
Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin successfully opened a new era, effectively curbed the chaos and wars of the Five Dynasties, rebuilt the unified social order, and created a revived and rising new dynasty. In the new prosperous empire, the common people have enjoyed peace for more than two hundred years.
A history of bloody wars, decay of people's livelihood, moral decline, and system collapse has finally come to an end, and the people finally look forward to the day when they can live in peace.
Any strongman, good or evil, who has been ups and downs and made waves in the past fifty years has now turned into dust and smoke and become a permanent past.
This is the law of human nature and the law of nature. Those who follow will prosper, and those who go against will perish.
The story ends and history continues.The author sighed and said:
How many heroes returned to their hometowns, how many princes became dung.
How much fame and fortune melt into clouds, how much joy hides sorrow.
How much success or failure is in an instant, and how much ups and downs are determined by others.
How many truths follow the wind and rain, and how many legends are passed down through the ages.
Is for the conclusion.