Li Buqi has been thinking about why since the Song Dynasty, not only has the Han declined militarily, but also began to lose its leading edge economically and culturally. Why is that?

Li Buqi had thought about this matter for a long time before and had no answer, but when he remembered a conversation with Fan Dashen, he remembered the things that the Great Song civil officials had done, and suddenly had an epiphany. The original problem is in these literati and Confucian scholars! It's these people who have completely ruined China!

What is the biggest difference between the Han and Tang dynasties and the Song dynasty? Li Buqi felt that the literati group dominated by Confucianism completely occupied a dominant position.

Now that the literati clique has a dominant advantage and can live a good life lying down, does it still need to constantly introduce the best people in order to compete with other groups for leadership, absorb fresh blood, and adapt to social development? Do we need to constantly remove the internal filth to ensure the advancement? Do you still need to work hard to do things and show your ability?

If there is no pressure, there is no motivation, and this kind of thing is done by fools. On the contrary, they are unscrupulously arrogant, sabotage, embezzlement, and looting the people.

Of course, the literati group also saw that the power of this group came from complete accident, from the brainless Song Taizong, so their position was actually very unstable, so they did everything to defend their dominance. In order to achieve this goal, they did not hesitate to train the emperor to be a pig-like existence, and they always thought about educating everyone in the world to be pigs. They made both the emperor and the people believe that "the Great Song Dynasty does not kill scholars and doctors", but in fact, both Song Taizu and Song Taizong have killed corrupt civil officials.

Li Buqi has to admire this method, it is only less than 80 years of history, Li Buqi can find a lot of examples of the Great Song Dynasty emperor killing corrupt officials by flipping through the various records of the dynasty, but these literati turned history upside down with their red mouth and white teeth. So far, "the Great Song Dynasty does not kill scholars" has become politically correct, and no one can challenge it.

It's horrible. With the connivance of Song Taizong, in just a few decades, the literati clique brainwashed the whole world, turning the literati clique into a transcendent existence, and the law did not apply to them at all. Even a person with first-class intelligence like Fan Dashen did not have any sense of disobedience to this.

But what is even more terrifying is that the pursuit of the literati does not stop there. Soon after, they finally created the ultimate weapon "Confucianism" through the Cheng brothers, and turned Confucius into a god who competed against the morality of heaven and earth, and since then they have become the spokesmen of the gods and completely obtained the status of clergy.

Only they can interpret God's will, and the emperor can only have the legitimacy of ruling if he has their approval in order to obtain "God's approval". At this time, even the imperial power cannot compete with them in many cases.

As for how they stifled China's positive culture, look at medieval Europe.

All of a sudden, Li Buqi thought that he had completely understood the reason for the decline of China, so a large number of people on the school field were surprised to see Li Buqi laughing on the roof.

Fortunately, Li Buqi was not a wild person, and he laughed for a while and quickly got off the roof, so as not to make people think that he had a mental problem. But back in the house, he continued to think about his thoughts.

Traveling back in time to this era, will he be able to prevent the tragedy from happening again? Li Buqi thinks it is very difficult. The power of the literati clique had already taken shape, and now it was only one last step away from completely controlling all aspects of society, and Li Buqi had so far been unable to find a reliable ally. If he wants to challenge the entire literati Confucian group with his own strength, it is absolutely impossible even if he is a traverser.

But it's not hopeless. After all, the literati clique is still one step away, and it is still possible to interrupt this process if it has not yet completely consolidated the status of Confucianism as the state religion and has taken root in the hearts of the people.

It's just that the idea that Li Buqi relied on constant slaps in the face to wake up the civil officials and doctors was too ridiculous, and the scholars and doctors who were immersed in complacency and narcissism needed a more unforgettable sting to change their ways. Li Buqi decided to take a more iron-clad approach.

What if you become the emperor and forcibly change the law?

The idea was only a flash of thought and he was strangled in the bud. Because Li Bu's goal is to lead China to the sea of stars, not just stick to a great Song Dynasty. But to go to the sea of stars, you need a cornerstone, and this cornerstone must be, and there is only the Great Song Dynasty. Therefore, the Great Song Dynasty can't be messed up!

There is no doubt that every emperor will inevitably have social unrest. Unless Li Buqi can control the army of the Great Song Dynasty like Song Taizu. But it may take decades to do that.

Even if an emperor is changed without blood, like Song Taizu, in most cases, in order to avoid turmoil, the new emperor will have to compromise with the Confucian scholars, who were important in the Great Song Dynasty, and that is not the same as not changing the emperor. If the new emperor does not compromise, then he will have to fight until a winner is decided, maybe ten years, maybe twenty years.

In that case, the Confucian literati would go around dismantling the stage, and the emperor would have to focus almost all of his energy on maintaining stability, and I am afraid that the new emperor would not be able to do anything until the battle was won. But how many years can Li Buqi live in this era? It's really hard to say.

Therefore, Li Buqi made up his mind to continue to mix in the Great Song Dynasty and use the resources of the Great Song Dynasty to do his own thing. In this position, Li Buqi can dismantle the stage at any time, and leave the task of maintaining stability to the literati and Confucian scholars, isn't it happy? It would be good to wait until Li Buqi had accumulated enough strength in the process of guiding the Song people to the sea of stars, and then turned back to solve the problem of the Great Song Dynasty.

After making up his mind, Li Buqi could finally sleep peacefully.

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In March, the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty visited Jinmingchi as usual. According to the emperor's orders, the new army will also be reviewed by the emperor at Jinmingchi. The three nobles were more concerned about this matter than Li Buqi, and brought brand-new military uniforms, armor and weapons to the new army early on, and dressed the soldiers up beautifully. Li Buqi doesn't have to worry about these face-saving efforts, he just needs to do a good job of training.

On the first day of the first month of March, the appearance of the new army in Bianliang completely shocked the emperor and a group of ministers.

Originally, the new army stood behind the guards of the emperor's shifts, which was inconspicuous, but after the privy envoy Han Qi gave an order, as the herald passed down the order, the drums sounded, and the ministers saw that a team behind the shifts immediately took action, from static to running and walking. Even if the shifts were running, it was inevitable that they would be scattered, but these 500 people shouted the trumpet and pushed it flat to the right side of the school review table like a door panel.

After Wang Zhaoming's order, five hundred pairs of feet suddenly stopped at the same time, and the sound of thunderous footsteps stopped abruptly, and five hundred men stood on the school field like a forest, not only did not shake, but also formed a horizontal row and vertical column, and there was no need to adjust the spacing at all.

Not only were the emperors and civil and military ministers dumbfounded, but even the arrogant guards were dumbfounded: Is this, is this still human?

Next, the columns were carried out, and Li Buqi's fancy actions such as putting on a gun once again made everyone addicted. Zhao Zhen was about to reward him immediately, but Han Qi said with a cold face: "Your Majesty, this army looks good, but if you want to go into battle to kill the enemy, it is indeed not enough to walk neatly, it also depends on the martial arts." Why don't you let them practice their weapons and see how it goes? ”

Zhao Zhen also wanted to see how his new army was, so he agreed, and Han Qi immediately ordered the new army to practice the ordnance and formation one by one. As a result, what the emperor who was originally interested did not expect was that the following drill suddenly became boring.

The first to come up were the pikemen, that is, a hundred people lined up in three rows to advance a few steps and then stab, a few steps back and then stabbed, and they didn't make the spear disc like a windmill like a parade of the forbidden army, and there was no way to look at it.

Next is the appearance of the shield hand and the axe hand, which is also a few steps forward, splitting, taking a few steps back, splitting, and it is not ornamental at all.

Then there is the appearance of the crossbowman, which is archery, which is not unusual at all.

But the emperor still had a smile on his face that was very dedicated, and even said, "Good, good." ”

Just as the Emperor was about to end this tedious performance, suddenly the privy deputy envoy Fu Bi suddenly said: "Your Majesty, those crossbowmen seem to be a little strange. ”