Seeing that no one stood up to answer his question, Cao Yue continued: "My Huaxia national strength began to weaken, starting from the Song Dynasty. In order to avoid the chaos of the division of feudal towns at the end of the Tang Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, began to implement the policy of advocating literature and suppressing the military. The status of civilian officials has been further improved, the status of military generals has been lowered and lowered, and the status of military personnel has also fallen to a historical low. ”

"In fact, the country's civil and military affairs are like a person's two feet, and if one of them is stunted or lagged in development, it will bring huge trouble to the body and become a lame person. The same is true of the state; if we blindly worship literature and suppress the military and suppress the status of military generals and soldiers, who will want to enlist in the army? All soldiers in the army are forced to enlist, and the army will lose its combat effectiveness. The army's combat strength is low, and not only can it not suppress internal strife, but it is also difficult to calm down external troubles. The tragedy of the last years of the Northern Song Dynasty, I don't think I need to talk about it, everyone knows it. ”

At this time, a classmate stood up and refuted Cao Yue's statement: "Squad leader, I saw on the Internet that in fact, the combat effectiveness of the army in the Song Dynasty was very good, and the Song Dynasty's victory rate in foreign wars was also very high, reaching more than 70 percent, while the Tang Dynasty was less than 30 percent. How can you say that the Tang Dynasty was strong and the Song Dynasty was weak?"

"Idiot theory," Cao Yue couldn't help but scold: "If the army of the Song Dynasty was very strong in combat and had a victory rate of 70 percent, then why couldn't even the sixteen states of Yanyun be recovered? Why did the Liao Dynasty pay tribute every year, and when there was no civil strife and the state taxes were sufficient, the Jurchens perished, and the Southern Song Dynasty regime could only survive in the south?"

Cao Yue continued: "If the combat effectiveness of the Tang Dynasty army was really so unbearable, with a victory rate of only 30 percent, then why were they able to defeat Goryeo, Baekje, Green Ridge, and the Eastern and Western Turks, and the territory could reach as far as the Aral Sea, the Arctic Ocean, present-day Iran, and Vietnam? How could it be that at the end of the Tang Dynasty, any army of feudal towns could defeat the foreign Yi to the ground? During the Tang Dynasty, there was constant internal strife, but the threat of foreign tribes was never strong, and they were not hurt by the foreign people, and even if the Tubo was lucky enough to break through Chang'an, they could quickly recover their vitality. ”

"If the Song Dynasty army has such a high victory rate, the earth will be unified by the Great Song Dynasty. ”

There was a burst of laughter in the classroom, and the classmate who stood up to refute Cao Yue was a little embarrassed, but he still stubbornly continued to argue: "The Song Dynasty is weak, and that is because the Tang Dynasty lost its horse land. If there is no horse grazing, there is no way to raise horses, there is no way to build horses, there is no way to build cavalry, and there is no way to compete with the Hu people. This is the fundamental reason why the Song Dynasty has never been able to recover the sixteen states of Yanyun. ”

"Classmate, you're wrong," Cao Yue was a little ridiculous at this point of view, and immediately refuted, "No matter which dynasty it is, it can be said that it was built from the ruins." The Han, Tang, Song, and Ming dynasties were all the same. You said that because the Tang Dynasty lost its horse grazing land, the Song Dynasty had no place to raise horses, so the army's combat effectiveness was poor, and there was no large number of cavalry, so there was no way to resist the iron cavalry of the Hu people. Then let me ask you, at the time of the Chenqiao Mutiny, how many 10,000 Northern Zhou troops were in the hands of Zhao Kuangyin?"

"More than 400,000" didn't need that classmate to answer, Zheng Hongbing, who was familiar with the history of the Song Dynasty, rushed to answer.

"When Li Yuan raised troops in the Tang Dynasty, how many troops did he have?" Without waiting for others to answer, Cao Yue gave the answer himself. "Certainly not four hundred thousand. According to historical records, when Li Yuan raised his army, the cavalry could not be gathered by 10,000, and the total strength was less than 50,000. Li Yuan is based in Taiyuan, does he have any horse grazing land in his hands? Definitely not. Comparing the two, we can find that Li Tang's strength when he raised his army was far less strong than when Zhao Kuangyin and Chen Qiao mutinied. The Tang Dynasty later had so many horse grazing land, of course, it was not left to them by the previous dynasty, it was all based on the strength of the army under its command. And Zhao Song, who was more powerful when he started the army, was unable to seize the horse land. ”

After hearing Cao Yue's words, the classmate had nothing to say and sat down in a daze.

"Of course, the topic is a bit far, I'm not a Tang fan, let alone Song Hei, I'm only proud of the powerful era in Chinese history, and sad for the decline. I say so much today just to prove that Confucianism is not terrible, nor is it the cause of the decline of China, and I do not support this view that Mr. Lou said. There are many reasons for the decline of China, but I think the most important one is the self-castration policy of advocating literature and suppressing military force. ”

"Although the combat effectiveness of the army is not the full manifestation of the strength of the country, it is the most important manifestation. Chinese men have been full of enthusiasm since ancient times, and in the Han Dynasty and Tang Dynasty, so many ministers could get on the horse as a general and get off the horse as a phase, and even scholars like Li Bai like to travel the world with a sword. During the Han and Tang dynasties, the sergeant's individual combat ability was no worse than that of the Hu people, but after the Song Dynasty, the status of the literati was infinitely promoted, and the world respected all the inferior products, only the high concept, the blood of the Han family men was slowly eliminated, castrated, and people became scholars who were powerless. Without a strong army, without good men who are full of blood and passion and willing to fight for their country, the country is doomed to decline. That's my point, thank you. ”

After saying the last few concluding words loudly, Cao Yue sat down.

After a slight pause, thunderous applause rang out in the classroom, everyone was shocked and impressed by his wonderful speech and the passion on his face contained in those words, even Li Xiaoyu and other classmates who had different views from him, and the teacher Lou Shuguang applauded him desperately.

About half an hour after this class, Cao Yue received a message from Zheng Han: "Senior brother, I didn't expect you to be so knowledgeable, it's shocking." ”

"What?" Cao Yue was a little puzzled.

"Your statement on the political culture of ancient China just now is very wonderful, and I am shocked to see it, and I applaud you. Behind Zheng Han's news, there were several expressions of raising fists.

"How do you know?"

"Someone sent the video, and I found the full video later, hee-hee, I didn't expect you to be so passionate in class. ”

"Someone actually took a video and posted it on the Internet?" Cao Yue was surprised, "Which rabbit cub is so boring?"

Looking at the series of surprised expressions behind Cao Yue's news, Zheng Han, who was holding his mobile phone and waiting for Cao Yue's information, couldn't help but laugh again.

"Senior brother, you are very good, very enthusiastic, senior sister praises you, and is ready to invite you to dinner tonight to reward you. Would you like to appreciate your face?"

When this message was edited, Zheng Han was sitting in a classroom.

It's still a class she doesn't like to listen to, it's the history of Western development, so she deserted and chatted with Cao Yue.

Cao Yue's wonderful speech in class, she first saw the video of Zhu Xiaopin's circle of friends forwarded, and found the complete video on Tudou.com, of course, it was done at the end of class.

After watching Cao Yue's video, she was shocked, she didn't expect this guy to have a lot of research on history, and the opinions he published shocked the entire classroom. Of course, she was happy for Cao Yue, so she couldn't help but send a message to Cao Yue during class.

As a result, her act of sending a message was seen by Zhu Xiaopin, who was sitting next to her.

"Hanhan, and Cao Yue sent a message again, so happy?" Zhu Xiao lowered his voice and asked Zheng Han curiously.

She saw the video of Cao Yue in class from another friend, so she forwarded it for Zheng Han, and she knew that Zheng Han must be interested.

Zheng Han glanced sideways at Zhu Xiaopin and did not answer her inquiry.

"Hanhan, that Cao Yue must be a rich second generation, right?" Zhu Xiaopin didn't give up, and asked again. 、

When she saw it that day, Cao Yue was sitting in a Range Rover, and she knew how much the car was worth.

A student, who drives such a luxury car, is undoubtedly a rich second generation. It's just that Zhu Xiaopin knows that Zheng Han is not a money worshipper, and she is not interested in the rich second generation and the second generation of officials.

"You're so interested in him, can't you be tempted?" After reading a message that Cao Yue had just sent, Zheng Han quipped, "Do you want to tell you his WeChat ID?"

"Hanhan, is he really good?" The fire of gossip in Zhu Xiaopin's heart began to burn. "I don't dare to snatch a boyfriend with you, but let's tell me his WeChat ID, I'll add him, I can help you keep an eye on him, so as not to be snatched away by others. ”

"Tonight, I'll invite him to dinner, do you want to go with him?" Now that Zhu Xiaopin knows about her relationship with Cao Yue, Zheng Han will not hide it.

"Huh, you took the initiative to invite him to dinner?" Zhu Xiaofeng was shocked, this goddess-level school flower, who is known as the most popular in Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, would take the initiative to invite the man who pursued her to dinner? "Forget it, I'm not going to be a light bulb, I'm just wondering, why did he attract you? He's only been here for a few days, why did you fall so easily?"

"He is very good, in the entire Jiangsu and Zhejiang University, there is no male student who can compare. ”

"Really?"