Lu Qing asked in surprise: "The Chenqiao Mutiny also happened here?" ”

"That's true, it was here that Zhao Kuangyin was in the yellow robe and created the Song Dynasty for more than 300 years. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info," Liu Guangzu said

Cheng Chong said: "Zhao Kuangyin is really not a thing, Chai Rong is his sworn brother, and he is so good to him, but as soon as he dies, he will take away his country." Chai Rong is really blind to treat such a person as a brother. ”

"The same cannot be said. If there was no Zhao Kuangyin, the orphans and widows left behind by Chai Rong would not be able to support the Great Zhou Dynasty, and maybe they would die. Lu Qing said analytically.

Glancing at Liu Guangzu, Zhao Guohua asked, "What does Guangzu think?" ”

"I agree with Staff Officer Lu. The situation at that time was indeed the case, without Zhao Kuangyin coming out, others would not have the ability to unify the south. It's just that I have some opinions about his release of military power with a glass of wine. Liu Guangzu said.

"Tell me what you think." Zhao Guohua said.

After glancing at everyone, Liu Guangzu said: "Although the release of military power with a glass of wine has solved the problem of separating feudal towns since the middle and late Tang Dynasty, it has brought another big problem. ”

"What's the big problem?" Lu Qing asked. Zhao Guohua also looked at him encouragingly and listened to his explanation.

Seeing that Zhao Guohua was listening attentively, Liu Guangzu was very happy, knowing that this was an opportunity to show himself, so he took a sip of tea to moisten his throat, and then said: "Civilian officials command the army." However, most of the civil officials did not know the military strategy, they commanded blindly when they were fighting, they were not brave enough, and they were the first to flee when they had setbacks, which was the basic reason why the two Song Dynasty won fewer victories and lost more when they faced Liaojin. ”

"Bang bang." Zhao Guohua applauded, and praised while applauding: "What Guangzu said is good, but it is not comprehensive. ”

"Please advise the General." Liu Guangzu arched his hand.

Seeing that everyone was looking at themselves, Zhao Guohua did not shirk, took a sip of tea and said: "Guangzu only said one aspect of the problem just now, in fact, there are many problems, such as the problem of three redundancy. ”

"What is the three-look problem?" Lu Qing asked.

Looking at everyone, Zhao Guohua said: "It's not three looks, but three redundancy, that is, redundant officials, redundant soldiers, and redundant expenses." ”

In the Song Dynasty, in order to avoid repeating the mistakes of the fall of the Tang Dynasty, the work of collecting and decentralizing power was carefully carried out in both the official and military aspects. In the central government, the power of the prime minister was divided, with the prime minister only in charge of the province (the so-called 'Zhongshu main people') and the privy envoy (the chief of the privy council) in charge of the military (only the power to send troops on orders, but not the actual command of the army)

And the three divisions of the main wealth do not need to be responsible to the prime minister, but directly to the emperor. Under the prime minister, there is also a 'governor of the government' who is actually the deputy prime minister, which further restricts the power of the prime minister.

In the appointment of magistrates, one must be appointed by the imperial court, and the other is mostly civil officials. Almost all important state capitals were directly sent by the emperor, and thirdly, there were general judgments that could be directly reported to the emperor.

Any centrifugal behavior of the magistrates required to take a much greater risk than in the Tang Dynasty. In most cases, the official position only represents the amount of money, and the power is often granted to the necessary officials by means of temporary appointments.

At the same time, due to the widespread implementation of the three-year promotion system, the number of redundant personnel who 'seek no fault and do not seek merit' has expanded indefinitely, and all this has resulted in redundant officials at the head of the three redundancies.

After pondering for a while, Liu Guangzu agreed, nodded and asked, "What did the redundant soldiers say?" ”

Zhao Guohua said in detail again......

Not only did the forbidden army be under the direct command of the emperor, but the elite soldiers were often collected by the central government, and at the local level, most civilian officials were used to restrain military attachés, and all officials involved in military power were frequently rotated, so that 'soldiers do not know the generals, and the generals do not know the soldiers', and the training is lax and the combat effectiveness is low.

Xia Liao and other countries were quite powerful during the same period, and in order to solve this problem, the Song Dynasty adopted a policy of increasing troops, but the actual combat effectiveness did not improve, so they were defeated again, so they increased their troops, forming a vicious circle.

At the beginning of the Song Dynasty, the military recruitment system was adopted, that is, the people paid for the soldiers, and the government recruited soldiers (this was actually an inevitable necessity for the improvement of combat effectiveness, the professionalization of the army, and the systematization of training under the conditions at that time, but unfortunately, under the unreasonable military system, these soldiers often had no combat effectiveness and became the ruffians and hooligans at ease), and later due to the great economic burden, they had to partially adopt the conscription system, so that the people still needed to be soldiers after paying the money, thus intensifying the contradiction and bringing a series of social problems).

And there were the strongest soldiers of the Song Dynasty, which actually only appeared in the era when the Northern Song Dynasty was destroyed and the central government was out of control (such as the 'Yuejia Army'), which illustrates some problems from one side.

After listening to Zhao Guohua's account of the redundant soldiers, Lu Qing asked about the redundant statement again.

Zhao Guohua talked about the reason for the redundancy again.

"The two redundancies brought huge financial expenditures, coupled with a series of military defeats, in order to deal with the military threat from the north, it was necessary to maintain a large and incompetent army, and in order to maintain this army, it had to charge a lot of fees, which made the country weak and the people poor, and finally went to extinction." Zhao Guohua said that these are all the knowledge that he later saw on the Internet.

After listening to what he said, everyone fell into deep thought.

After being silent for a while, Zhao Guohua said: "Actually, there is one of the most important reasons why the Song Dynasty fell. ”

"What is the reason?" Liu Guangzu hurriedly asked.

He couldn't have imagined that Admiral Zhao could analyze the reasons for the fall of the Song Dynasty so clearly. Now I heard that there was another reason, so I couldn't help but ask quickly.

"That is the lowliness of the status of the military. As you know, in the Song Dynasty, almost all criminals were assassinated in the military camp. So they have a derogatory term for "thieves with armies". Zhao Guohua said.

Lu Qing nodded and said, "That's right." Indeed it is. ”

"The army is the cornerstone of the country, and soldiers are ready to sacrifice their lives to defend the country. The army is worthy of the care of the state, and the soldiers are worthy of the respect of the whole society, but the Song Dynasty equated soldiers with criminals, which will only make the whole society full of contempt for soldiers. When a society is full of contempt for soldiers, can you still expect them to win battles? Does the army living in such an atmosphere have the courage to win the battle? When the country is in trouble, does such an army dare to stand up? Zhao Guohua asked.

Everyone bowed their heads and was silent, how similar the situation is today, the reason why the Ming army has been defeated repeatedly in the face of the Tartars has a great relationship with the low status of the soldiers.

Zhao Guohua continued: "The way of civil and martial arts is like a person's two left and right legs. If the two feet are not the same length, they will not be able to walk steadily, and they will wrestle. ”

As soon as he said this, Niu Huan brought in two people, these two people walked in, hesitated, looked carefully, knelt down at Zhao Guohua, and kowtowed: "The villain and his wife thank the general for saving his life." ”

"Niu Huan, what are you doing here? Get up! Get up! Zhao Guohua said, and hurriedly pulled the head husband and wife up. The kowtow has been abolished in the army, how can he accept the kowtow from others.

Niu Huan smiled and said: "General, they are the couple we rescued in Texas, and now they have been cured and recuperated, so I have come to thank you." ”

"I see. It scared me. Zhao Guohua said.

Glancing at the two of them, Zhao Guohua asked, "Now that the two of you have recovered, I don't know if there is a place to go?" ”

"This ......," the man hesitated.

At this time, the woman spoke: "General, the little woman's name is Wang Chunzhi, Chinese New Year's Eve years old today, my man's name is Li Zaifa, he is from Huaiqing Mansion (now Boai County), Henan, although the little woman will not do anything big, but my man is a good veterinarian, there are almost no horse diseases that he can't see, and he is called Ma Langzhong." We don't want to leave, we want to follow the general back to the south, I wonder if it's okay? ”

"That's true." Zhao Guohua heard this and jumped up happily.

These five or six thousand war horses, with a good veterinarian will be able to reduce a lot of deaths.

Wang Chunzhi was blessed: "This is true, and the general can test it himself." ”

"General, it just so happens that we have a few horses, and we seem to be a little restless these days, and we are very reluctant to eat, so it is better to let her men take a look." Niu Huan said.

"Okay, let's go over and have a look." Zhao Guohua said.

When he arrived at the horses, Li Zaifa seemed to be a different person, and suddenly became energetic, and he no longer shrank his head, only to see him walk to the horses, shout, and say that it was strange, and the restless war horses quieted down.

Li Zaifa opened the horse's mouth and looked at it, pressed the horse's belly again, and said, "Just find some Coptis chinensis and Banlan root and boil some water to feed it." ”

Everyone gave the horse the potion as he had said, and after drinking the water for a while, the horse quieted down and began to eat the grass in large gulps.

"Good. Yes, now I have appointed Li Zaifa as the veterinary officer of the Loyal and Brave Corps, and he will be paid six taels of silver per month. Zhao Guohua happily announced loudly.

"General Xie! General Xie! Li Zaifa was overjoyed, and as he spoke, he was about to kneel and kowtow.

Zhao Guohua pulled him up and said, "Doctor Li, there is no rule for our loyal team to kowtow, and in the future, we only need to salute the army." As he spoke, he raised his hand and demonstrated.

Li Zai looked at him in a daze and didn't know what to do, or his wife Wang Chunzhi had an idea, so he hurriedly took his hand and reluctantly followed with a military salute.

"Hahahaha" looked at his soft-footed and strange-looking military salute, and everyone laughed.

After his wife went down, Zhao Guohua said: "It's not too far from Kaifeng here, speed up the march, I estimate that it will take two days at most." The order, stop resting, and begin the march. ”

At the sound of the order, the army began to set off again.

In Wuling County, Changde Prefecture, Huguang, a handsome middle-aged man in his forties was reading aloud with a book.