"System, didn't you say last time that your expectations for the Battle of Weishui should not be too high or something, and you also analyzed a lot of inevitable reasons for the outcome of the Battle of Weishui or something? Why does it seem that Xie An's attributes are still so high now? Bao Hong wondered.

"Is Xie An's attribute called high?" The system asked rhetorically, "The 80,000 soldiers of the Northern Mansion of the Eastern Jin Dynasty defeated the 300,000 soldiers of the former Qin Dynasty, plus 500,000 other troops. If it weren't for the ones I analyzed earlier, wouldn't this record be justified by a command of 100? ”

"Obviously, the current command is already discounted data." The system laughed, "You can't completely ignore the role of subjective factors just because there are objective factors." ”

"The main battle faction of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Xie An and others, remained in danger and resolutely resisted the war, with a resolute attitude and will. It also played a very big role. Promote the military force of non-governmental organizations to fight against the former Qin, and the people's will can be used. The system continued, "Being able to organize resistance in such a disparity situation, organizing the people, the army without collapsing, has shown his ability." ”

"Well, it's up to you anyway. I don't bother to care about you! Bao Hong shrugged, agreeing with the system's statement.

"The second military general, the founding father of the Sui Dynasty, the Gao Gong of the Nine Elders of the Sui Dynasty - 78 in force, 95 in command, 100 in intelligence, and 99 in politics."

Gao Gong Sui is famous. The word Zhaoxuan, a sensitive ...... His father, Gao Bin, was the assistant of Yang Jian's wife's father, and the official was a assassin. Gao Gong attacked the county magistrate of Wuyang, and the official doctor. Because of the level of work, worship the house.

Yang Jian was an assistant to the government, knew Gao Gong and was strong, knew the military affairs, and had many strategies, so he was appointed as the secretary of the prime minister's office. Xiangzhou Governor Wei Chi Hui raised troops against Yang Jian, and Gao Gong asked himself to supervise the generals to march into the army, and soon pacified Wei Chi Hui. Therefore, he moved to the Zhu State and moved to the Prime Minister's Mansion Sima and became Yang Jian's most powerful assistant. The Sui Dynasty was established, and Gao Gong was appointed as the left servant of Shangshu and accepted the words, and was the prime minister of the dynasty. He was well versed in world affairs, and after he became prime minister, he tried his best to assist Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian in handling court affairs. The size of the political punishment is all planned; Recommend civil and military talents to contribute to Sui; synthesized the old laws of the previous dynasties and presided over the revision of the Sui law; The establishment of the lost nationality sample, the recruitment of a large number of floating customers, and the increase of the national household number.

In the eighth year of the emperor's reign, Sui sent troops to attack Chen. Gao Gong was the marshal of the long history, commanded the whole army to destroy Chen in one fell swoop, completed the unification of the north and the south, and conferred the title of Duke of Qi with merit. When Emperor Wen of Sui planned to abolish the crown prince Yang Yong and set up his second son Yang Guang as the crown prince, Gao Gong opposed it and was gradually neglected by Emperor Wen and the empress; In the nineteenth year of the emperor's reign, he was falsely accused and dismissed.

Emperor Yang of Sui ascended the throne, and Gao Gong was reinstated as Taichangqing. Because of his criticism of Emperor Yang's extravagance and political affairs at the time, he was denounced and killed on the same day as He Ruobi.

"The nine elders of Kai Sui have officially all entered the chaos, and there should be applause here!" Bao Hong said with a smile, "Having said that, this guy's attributes are so fierce, it is estimated that the Romance version of Zhuge Liang has similar attributes." ”

"After all, he is also one of the main contributors to the reign of the emperor, such an attribute is not too much!" The system laughed.

You must know that after the Wuhu Rebellion and so on, years of war have caused serious damage to China's culture and architecture, and many centuries of ancient civilizations have become ashes. How many cultural archives have been burned. The art of the Warring States period and the Qin and Han dynasties is basically gone. Foreign religious cultures gradually ruled China, and temples of all sizes were built everywhere in the Central Plains to worship foreign gods. Foreign Buddhism has far surpassed the Confucian doctrine advocated by the Han Chinese. Foreign music, dance, Buddhist sculptures, and paintings completely dominated China.

During the reign of Emperor Wen of Sui, he carried out a large number of reforms in the political and economic system, the most far-reaching of which was that he reduced the local prefecture, county, and county levels to the prefecture and county levels, so as to save expenses and streamline the administration. At the central level, the system of three provinces and six ministries was pioneered. In addition, Emperor Wen of Sui also abolished the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, which had been practiced in China for more than 300 years since Cao Wei, and established the imperial examination system.

After the establishment of the Sui Dynasty, in order to consolidate unification, Yang Jian determined a new system. A series of reforms have been carried out in the political system, taxation, land system, law, currency, and foreign relations between the central and local governments, and many far-reaching systems have been created and developed, creating a new situation for a generation. In particular, his reform of the political system, including the legal system, had a direct impact on the system of the Tang Dynasty.

Emperor Wen of Sui, Yang Jian, advocated frugality, saved a lot of government expenditures, abolished unnecessary miscellaneous taxes, and set up grain warehouses to store grain. Yang Jian succeeded in unifying China, which had been deeply divided for centuries, and since then China has maintained the political unity he established for most centuries. In view of the fact that 6.9 million households were left in the Northern Zhou Dynasty, but a large number of them were concealed, so since the ninth year of the emperor's reign, after Yang Jian unified the world, he took the prosperity of the country as the primary goal, lightly endowed the people with a small amount of money, and stabilized the people's livelihood while ensuring the country's tax revenue. Due to the unclear household registration and unstable taxation since the Northern and Southern Dynasties, Yang Jian opened the emperor for five years, that is, Da Suo Maung Yue, and accepted the suggestion of Shangshu Zuo Servant Gao Gong, implemented the law of losing nationality, conducted a nationwide household survey, increased national taxes, improved the economy, and swept away the disadvantages of concealing household registration since the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and contributed to the prosperity of the emperor.

At the beginning of the Sui Dynasty, after the war between the North and the South, and the people's livelihood was exhausted, Yang Jian accepted Sima Suwei's suggestion to boycott the monopoly of salt and liquor and the market tax, and then reduced taxes many times to reduce the burden on the people, promote national agricultural production, and stabilize economic development. The richness of the Sui Dynasty is not restrictive to the people, and the reason for this is related to the implementation of the equalization system throughout the country. This could not only increase taxes, but also stabilize the economic development, and the southern dynasty scholars gradually weakened to eliminated. The smooth implementation of the Juntian system greatly benefited the economic development of the early Sui Dynasty.

"As many people often say, the Kaiyuan Dynasty also has the foundation of Kaihuang in it to a certain extent." The system laughed.

"But it seems that Liu Bowen's attributes are not as good as him!" Bao Hong was puzzled, "This definitely doesn't match the reputation of the people!" ”

"What's this?" The system smiled, "When it comes to the attribute of 100, there are still differences between them, but the system is too lazy to distinguish them." As for politics or leadership, that's what it is. The Ming Dynasty also had Li Shanchang, Hu Weiyong and others to deal with government affairs, and the national strength of the Ming Dynasty could not be compared with the prosperity of the emperor, and this result was also reasonable. ”

"I know you're only struggling with intellectual performance." The system smiled, "Counting Liu Bowen's fame and other factors, it is estimated that there are about 105, and relatively speaking, Gao Gong may be one or two points lower." But this didn't show it, and you only knew it when you actually fought each other. ”

"Just like Pei Yuanqing has 100 forces, it is definitely impossible to be equal when he meets Li Yuanba."

"Oooh!" Bao Hong nodded, reluctantly accepting the statement.

"The third military general, the founder of the Northern Song Dynasty, the prime minister Zhao Pu - 62 in force, 75 in command, 98 in intelligence, and 96 in politics."

"I know this, half of the Analects rule the world!" Bao Hong said with a smile.

Zhao Pu, a famous politician in the Northern Song Dynasty, was one of the masterminds of the Chenqiao Mutiny.

On the New Year's Day of the first month of the seventh year of Xiande, it is rumored that the Khitan colluded with the Northern Han Dynasty to enter the Kou. Prime Minister Fan Qin hurriedly sent Zhao Kuangyin to lead the army to the north, and when the troops marched to Chenqiaoyi, a key road forty miles northeast of Kaifeng, Zhao Pu and others made plans for Zhao Kuangyin. Launched the Chenqiao Mutiny. In the face of fait accompli, Zhao Kuangyin took over the "Zen position" book from the hands of Emperor Gong, the young lord of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and established the Song Dynasty for Song Taizu.

During his tenure as prime minister, he assisted Taizu in planning to seize the feudal towns, deposing the military generals and military powers, implementing the law of changing the military law, reforming the official system, and formulating many major measures such as guarding the border and defending Liao.

Zhao Pu said to him several times: "The ministers are not worried that they will betray Your Majesty, but if their subordinates are greedy for wealth and wealth, if there are evildoers who support them, will they be able to be independent?" These words actually reminded Song Taizu to remember the events of the Chenqiao Mutiny and avoid the recurrence of similar incidents.

It was with Zhao Pu's reminder that Zhao Kuangyin carried out the equally famous 'cup of wine to release military power' incident.

"Releasing military power with a glass of wine" is only the first step in resolving military power. Since the Tang Dynasty, the hidden danger of Fang Zhen's power and the issue of the new power in charge of the forbidden army are still the top priorities in front of Zhao Kuangyin. The key is to infiltrate the spirit of Zhao Pu's twelve-character policy and strategy into the establishment of officials in the imperial court and local governments, and change the independence in the power structure so that it must operate dependent on the monarchy. Under Zhao Pu's counselor, this system of mutual checks and powers was finally formulated. This is the effect of the central government setting up a deputy prime minister, a privy envoy and a deputy secretary of the three departments to divide the power of the prime minister and to involve each other. The privy envoy was directly under the command of the emperor, and the guards of the forbidden army, the horses, the infantry and the front of the palace were in charge of training and guarding.

With Zhao Pumou, Wang Yanchao and other local festivals made and gradually cut the power of dozens of kings with different surnames, arranged for other positions, and replaced the military positions with civil ministers, so the military ministers Fang Zhen lost the basis for power, on the other hand, the courage of the soldiers and the recruitment of strong soldiers in the famine year were forbidden troops, so the elite soldiers in the world were under the command of the Privy Council. Although there are no elite soldiers in the localities, the combination of local troops can still restrain the forbidden army. This has formed a system in which strong cadres and weak branches are mutually restricted.

In the local area, the literati were appointed as governors and deputy magistrates as administrative officials. Important documents must be countersigned and valid. The general judgment is the eyes and ears of the emperor's inspector Zhizhou. At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the state set up a regiment to train the deputy to be idle, and some of the Xining reforms became the supervisors in charge of righteousness and bravery.

Restricting their money and grain refers to a method of restricting the authority of the financial and financial salaries of the thrifty envoys. It is stipulated that most of the local money and grain will be transported to the central government, and a deputy will be appointed to take charge of the matter. In the Xining reform, the fiscal and tax revenues increased, and the local treasury was also very full, and at this time, the problem of temperance has been solved.

In essence, or in terms of the original purpose of the event, it is a very good thing in itself to establish a sound system that will last for generations to come, for the eternal theme of 'consolidating imperial power', or even for 'long-term peace and stability'.

It's just that the system is constantly evolving with the development of the times after all, and in general, the primitive society, the slave system, and the landlord bureaucracy are all eliminated with the evolution of the times.

Zhao Pu's system was not perfect for the situation at that time.

The beginning of the whole thing was indeed for this purpose.

At the end of the first year of Jianlong, one day after Song Taizu put down the rebellion of Li Yun and Li Chongjin, he summoned Zhao Pu and asked: "Why has the emperor changed eight surnames and twelve monarchs in the past few decades since the end of the Tang Dynasty, and the war is endless?" I want to destroy the soldiers of the world from now on, and build a long-term plan for the country, is there any good way? ”

Zhao Pu is proficient in governing the Tao, and has already considered these problems, and after listening to Song Taizu's question, he said: "The crux of this problem is that the feudal town is too heavy, the monarch is weak and the minister is strong, and there is no ingenuity in the way of governance. Before Zhao Pu's words were finished, Song Taizu said repeatedly: "You don't need to say it anymore, I understand everything."

Of course, the purpose of the founder and the intention of the founder are not the key, and there are many cases of good intentions doing bad things. A series of undesirable consequences have been caused by your relationship. Well, no matter what your original purpose was, you're going to have to bear the infamy more or less.

Just like Master Confucius, it may be a bit of an exaggeration to say that he is a 'saint', but in fact, it is not too different. Then because the black cauldron of Confucianism of various deformed developments in later generations was carried on his head, it was really infamous a lot.

Not to mention Dong Zhongshu, the author mentioned several of Dong Zhongshu's theories earlier, and there is absolutely no problem with the purpose, and then later generations of Confucians insisted on distorting his thoughts, which led to such a result, which is also a helpless thing.

To put it bluntly, even if people often say that heroes are not judged by success or failure, at that time, how many people looked at the problem from the perspective of absolutely not being affected by success or failure?

Just like the Yuanmeng and the Manchu Qing, there is not much difference at all in the sense, just because of the achievements of the Yuanmeng or the so-called Great Mongol Empire, which was touted in various ways, while the Manchu Qing was complained about because of various treaties in the later period.

In fact, is it really like many people complain?

Even to be honest, Yuanmeng and Outer Mongolia are there, and the Manchu Qing Dynasty has really integrated into the Chinese nation.

As for where Zhao Pu and Zhao Kuangyin's slots are, it is actually self-evident.

The term 'weak Song' is widely circulated.

In fact, the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun were not the black cauldron of the Great Song Dynasty.

The eloquent Song Taizu has been plotting to regain the lost territory, but the 49-year-old died unexplained, leaving the eternal mystery of "candle shadow axe" for future generations to sigh. If he had lived another ten years, he might have been able to reclaim the place he had fallen to the enemy. Zhao Guangyi, who succeeded to the throne of Song Taizong, led his troops to attack Liao twice, and also wanted to recapture the strategic place of the mountains and rivers, but the two northern expeditions ended in a fiasco.

Compared with Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty and Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, the Song Dynasty is regarded by many as one of the most unbearable and worst dynasties in Chinese history, and the "weak Song Dynasty" can be regarded as the dynasty that has enjoyed the country for more than 300 years, second only to the Han Dynasty for 410 years, and once ruled most or half of China.

In the face of the invasion of Liao, Jin, and even the weak Western Xia, the army of the Song Dynasty won less and lost more, and how many times was beaten by the other party, a thousand miles away, lost its division and lost its land, and ceded land and paid compensation, which is also the origin of the humiliation of the "year coin" after the alliance of Tanyuan. Every year, he buys peace for the wolf-like Liao "New Year's coin", and it is also called the imperial gift, which seems to be shaking hands and saying joy, stopping the war, communicating with each other, and warmth and affection, but in fact, it is also a last resort, and it can't beat others. After Liao was defeated by the more ferocious Jin, the nightmare of the Song Dynasty would come again. After several battles and many losses to the opponent, giving money, food, silk, and beauties, calling the lord and uncle did not work, and the rich coins were always beaten by the big golden cavalry. The Jin warrior Wushu led the army to Bianjing, and finally even the emperor, the crown prince and thousands of princes and nobles were captured by the Jin army, which is the famous "Jingkang Change" in history. King Kang, who survived, was also the Southern Song Dynasty Gaozong Zhao Gou, who established a ****** in Hangzhou, and lived in a corner of peace.

After all, for a long time, the Chinese have considered themselves to be the central country, and they have incomparable yearning and recognition for the vast borderless territory of great unification, and the vast "**** kingdom" in the Han and Tang dynasties has excited and reminisced countless Chinese people. In the Song Dynasty, the massive shrinkage of the land area made people frustrated, and frustration arose.

How does this mentality look like the mentality of the 'Manchu' closed off country, which people despise the most?

Military, economic, political, cultural, there is no absolute 'single indicator'.

Judging from the military as the only indicator, the Great Qin is just a foreign ethnic group, and the bloodline of the Sui and Tang royal families is not without explanation. Just to satisfy their own 'sense of superiority', people usually choose to recognize some of their own needs, while denying or ignoring some of the 'realities' that they avoid.

Just like in today's society, many people go abroad, or emigrate. Will the strength of the country be considered? Everyone has sharpened their heads to get a green card?

In fact, the economic level, cultural level, consumption level, and living standard are the focus of more people's attention.

So if we use such a standard of modern political economy to measure history, instead of only valuing the great achievements of princes and generals, such as "grand hegemony" and "opening up territory", and examine the social and economic development of the Great Song Dynasty under the grand narrative, and the living standards of all living beings, perhaps our evaluations and conclusions will be very different.

If the Song Dynasty more than 1,000 years ago had such a word as "GDP", then the GDP of the Great Song Dynasty would undoubtedly be the largest in the world, and it is even very likely that it is more than the sum of other countries. According to the relevant information, the annual fiscal revenue of the Northern Song Dynasty was as high as 160 million yuan, equivalent to 160 million taels of silver, which is undoubtedly extremely high.

Moreover, the development of this economy is not a tyrannical collection of taxes and miscellaneous taxes, nor is it a burden that the people cannot bear.

The Song Dynasty was one of the dynasties with the fewest peasant uprisings in Chinese history, and the uprisings of Fang La, Song Jiang, Li Shun, Wang Xiaobo, and Yang Qi in the Southern Song Dynasty did not form a spark and set the prairie on fire, and the scope of influence did not extend beyond one province or one place. Even in the late Northern Song Dynasty, in the era of Song Huizong, the dynasty was chaotic and traitors were in power, and there was no situation of dry firewood and smoke everywhere like the late Qin and Sui dynasties, because industry and commerce were developed, tax sources were abundant, and the contradictions between the government and the people did not seem to be acute, and there was also a lack of mass base that responded to every call. To put it bluntly, there is no situation where the people are not living in poverty.

As long as Lao Tzu bears hardships and stands hard work, farms with peace of mind, and does his job with peace of mind, he can eat enough and not starve, so why should he follow you to rebel?

Therefore, if you purely look at the results, expand the territory, and achieve great military achievements, then the word 'weak' is crowned on the head of the Great Song Dynasty, and it is also an indelible thing.

But to be honest, you're just a modern person looking at history, and it's not your business. If you are really the people at that time, all you care about is how you live your small life.

To put it mildly, according to that statement, or the meaning of various radicals on the Internet, it doesn't matter whether life is good or not, the key is not to be false to the outside world.

If you want to grab that island, don't do it!

If you want to take that sea, don't do it!

What is alone, don't be cowardly, just do it!

We can't say that the 'compromise' of the group of superiors in the Song Dynasty was for the sake of the people, but is this the reason for being hacked without brains?

Perhaps in the Han and Tang dynasties, there was no need to think so much about it, and the nomadic regime was not perfect at all. So it's not false at all, just do it.

But with the development of the times, things cannot be generalized after all.

Therefore, when looking at this issue, don't have too many prejudices, and what you need to look at is the matter itself, and you can't involve too many subjective factors in it. (To be continued.) )