Why did the Song Dynasty's military strength become weaker and weaker, and it was repeatedly defeated in foreign wars? Obviously, the army is getting more and more numerous, the equipment is getting better and better, and the money and food are becoming more and more abundant. There are various views on this issue, but it is difficult to reach a consensus. Most of those who are anxious and actively want to promote military reform are civilian officials, and most of them are not in charge of the army, and it is difficult to systematically sort out the army, especially the forbidden army. Even Liu Ji and Yang Jin, who were converted from civilian to military officials, were mostly military commanders, who did not specifically manage the army, and did not understand the middle and lower levels of the army.

As a result, the civilian officials in charge of the government, including the border commanders, intuitively felt that the forbidden army was becoming more and more unable to fight. On Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road, the cost of the forbidden army is high, but it is not stronger than the local army, and it is inconvenient to command. At the local level, the same problem occurred, the forbidden army was not as cost-effective as the teaching and reading army. In the end, this trend developed into a reform in which the army was replaced by armor and the army was used to serve the people.

Historically, the reform of the Song Dynasty's military was led by civilian officials and was full of idealization. In this process, the generals passively accepted, basically did not take the initiative, and did not participate. It was only at the turn of the Song Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, in the face of a grim situation, that the power of the commanders of the military was unprecedentedly expanded, and the military changes led by military generals took place. With the killing of Yue Fei and the negotiation of peace between the north and the south, military reform was interrupted again.

Du Zhongxiao was able to sort out this general context, but he couldn't explain the deep reasons for the military shortcomings of the Song Dynasty. He really didn't know, so he could only slowly get involved, summarize little by little, and find a solution little by little.

Due to historical and practical reasons, the study of Chinese history is very crude, and most of the specific historical issues are basically blank. There are even some major issues of direction that are debated, and there is a great lack of specialized research. In the case of the Song Dynasty, most historians prefer to publish the question of whether the Song Dynasty was a unified dynasty, whether this era should be called the Song Dynasty, or the Liao Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty. They are unwilling to study why the political, economic, and military systems of this era are the way they are, what consequences they have, what are their advantages and disadvantages, and what experiences and lessons they have. What are the people of this era thinking, why did they choose such a path and not that path.

Du Zhongxiao once thought that his education had always grasped the context of Chinese history, and he was familiar with all kinds of shortcomings. I don't know how many questions I did in history class, what events illustrate what questions, and even many of them gave answers. As long as we follow the prescription and carry out reforms, governing such a country is simply a piece of cake. When I really got in touch with specific issues and thought about them carefully, I found that there was only one context in history class, and I didn't say much.

One of the most important classics now is "Spring and Autumn". In my previous life, I had heard that "Spring and Autumn" was edited by Confucius based on the historical books of the time, resulting in the lack of a large number of historical materials. Now that I have read these books and taken the Jinshi examination, I know that these statements are specious and lack basic common sense. "Spring and Autumn" is a scripture rather than history, and taking a scripture book as a history book is like holding a political textbook to learn history.

The basic background of the history of the past life, whether it is in textbooks or other studies, is that China was in danger of losing the country in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and intellectuals were looking for a way out to save the country and save the people. There are two major directions of historical research, one is to find answers from history, and at the same time, to combine the reality of the time, to learn from the middle school and to use Western learning. The other direction is to think that the entire history of Chinese literature and Chinese is full of garbage, and the more thoroughly cleaned up, the better. They don't care much about what history itself is like, and if they are wrong, they will be wrong. There is a lot of contradictory arguments in these conclusions, and it is a hodgepodge. According to different positions, a variety of conclusions are drawn.

It is easy to develop the productive forces, but in reality the contradictions between the productive forces and the relations of production are not as acute as in books. As soon as the productive forces develop, the relations of production will be shaken, great turmoil will occur, and they will be stifled by the conservative forces with all their might. The benefits of the development of the productive forces are there, and everyone can see them, and strong governments tend to slowly change and adapt to the new productive forces. The industrial revolution will definitely be sweatshops, there will be craftsmen smashing machines, fierce contradictions will break out, and the world will be in chaos. This is often not the case, especially in East Asia.

Du Zhongxiao built a men's camp and a railway supervisor, and everything went well. In this process, he did not offend other forces, there was no chaos, the economy developed more industrial products, everyone got benefits, and everyone said it was good.

To really build an army that can stand the test, the difficulty suddenly increases, and everything is different.

After talking with Liu Ji, Yang Ji and others for nearly two hours, Du Zhongxiao's head was buzzing, and there was still no clear conclusion. They each have their own opinions. What was the army of Taizu like, 200,000 forbidden troops, sweeping the world. What is the ban now, and I can analyze how the various phenomena are different from those at that time. What is the nomadic army in the north, there are many cavalry, they can endure hardships, and their combat effectiveness is strong, how can the forbidden army not be compared.

But why is this happening? No one could say it, and Du Zhongxiao couldn't sum it up, so he had to give up.

Seeing the early lights, Du Zhongxiao said: "It's not early, you go to rest first." These days, you will stay here for a while, and you will first learn about the camp and the field. What is done right and what is not done well, say it and we will refer to it together. ”

Several people were tired, nodded yes, and took their own leave.

After bidding farewell to everyone, Du Zhongxiao returned to the study and sat for a while, only to feel that his head was as big as a fight. I couldn't make a coherence and fell asleep.

At Xiangyang Railway Station, Kang Yuanwai, Li Yuanwai, Jiang Yuanwai and others stood on a high place, sweating profusely, directing their subordinates to load the train.

Looking at the mountains of tea boxes, Kang Yuanwai said hoarsely: "The train will leave when the hour comes, and there will be no wait, you can load the goods quickly!" Which one is lazy, I will punish him heavily! Listen clearly, there is an empty box inside, and I will lose the shipping cost of one box in vain! ”

Li Yuanwai pulled Lakang Yuanwai, gasped and said, "Brother Kang, forget it, I can't stand still." Let's take a break and let them go. ”

Kang Yuanwai glared and said, "How can it! We paid for the construction of this road! These carriages allocated to us are the court's repayment! Outside Li Yuan, if you miss it, it will be gone, and the court will not make it up to us! ”

Li Yuanwai's face turned pale, he shook his hand, couldn't speak, and sat on the ground.

The first few were all wagons, which were distributed to the tea and salt merchants who paid for the transportation of goods. Transporting tea from Xiangzhou to the north and transporting salt from Kaifeng Mansion just happened to be not empty. This kind of bulk tea business, the quality requirements are not high, whoever can transport it to Kaifeng Mansion will be able to make more money. The merchants of Xiangzhou were anxious to earn their money back, and they were eager to fill every carriage to the brim, and they were all here to supervise the work themselves.

It's a pity that everyone has no experience, this is already the third car, and it's still a mess. Neither did the goods be transported to the platform early, nor did they plan carefully, and as soon as the car came, it was crowded in a chaotic manner, and the efficiency was frighteningly low, and several people were about to fall ill. The people at the station watched coldly, ignored it, and would not come to help. Anyway, how much money is paid, how many trucks and carriages are allocated, and it has nothing to do with the station if they can't load the goods. There is a vacant space inside, and the station behind can also be loaded with some private goods.

With a whistle, the train started slowly, and Kang Yuanwai sat on the ground, panting heavily. Before I knew it, my body was soaking wet. Once you load a car, it's like fighting a war. Looking at the mountains of tea boxes around him, Kang Yuanwai scolded: "Straight lady thief, these wastes raised, usually eat more than one eat, and act like a girl!" But I saw that there was still a large area left in the car that was not loaded. Alas, the autumn tea has been harvested, and now is the time to transport the new tea to the capital, and you will make an extra day of money if you arrive a day early! ”

Li Yuanwai comforted: "That's it, with the train, we have transported a lot more than in previous years." In the future, there will be cars every day, and it will cost nothing more than money. ”

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