"When it comes to the Great Song Dynasty, even when I didn't check the information, all I thought of was weakness and incompetence, and I was humiliated, and now I don't think so, the weakness of the Great Song Dynasty is the military, and the advantage is the economy."

"Zhao Kuangyin attached great importance to the development of the commercial economy in the Song Dynasty, and implemented some legislation related to the economy, according to some legislation of the Song Dynasty at that time, the conditions for engaging in commerce were very wide."

"It's not just rich dignitaries and nobles, but also ordinary people who don't have money thinking about doing business."

"In the beginning, the imperial court clearly stipulated that the nobles and bureaucrats of the clan were not allowed to do business, because in the emperor's view, they were all wealthy, and if they were allowed to do business, they would undoubtedly be competing with the people for profit, so they were not allowed."

"But when it came to the people of the Great Song Dynasty, this rule seemed to have become a dead letter, and at that time, many officials joined the business industry."

"Take the people of the Zhao family who live in Quanzhou, people who are engaged in business abound, and some will even invest overseas, farmers abandon farming to engage in business, and half-cultivation and half-business is a norm, and even monks will become businessmen, which shows the prevalence of business in the Song Dynasty."

"There are also scholars and soldiers who also join in, which is in stark contrast to the Tang Dynasty."

"Because in the Tang Dynasty, most scholars or some scholars disdained to associate with merchants, and even regarded this behavior as shameful behavior."

Zhang Yanxi played a picture to everyone, which is the picture of the river during the Qingming Festival.

The commercial scene in the "Qingming Riverside Map" gives people a lively and extraordinary prosperity scene, the natural scenery of Bianjing and the banks of the Bianhe River, as well as the rows of houses on both sides of the street, restaurants, shops, and some businessmen on the Bianhe River constitute this hand-me-down work.

Everyone knows that the Qingming Shanghe map reflects the prosperity of the Song Dynasty, rows of shops, hotels, teahouses, inns, everything, the past business and travel are endless, such a prosperous market, they have never encountered it, look at the bridge is full of people.

"The commercial prosperity of the Song Dynasty made people's lives very rich at that time."

"At that time, the people could do their own things with peace of mind and didn't have to worry too much, so in which dynasty, there were not too many peasant uprisings to prove this."

Coupled with some relaxed policies and environment given to business people in the Song Dynasty at that time, the Song Dynasty promoted its outstanding achievements in business, and it has been praised by some historians until now. ”

Liu Che: I have seen the rise of commerce, and I can't see people clearly, but I know that these people are happy and happy.

Fusu: Military aside, I can also see that the Great Song Dynasty was extremely prosperous financially and economically.

"Driven by the whole socio-economic and cultural development, science and technology have made great progress, and the scientific and technological achievements of the two Song Dynasty Dynasty have not only become a peak in the history of ancient science and technology, but also in a leading position in the world at that time, and the four major inventions that promoted the development of human civilization have been improved and applied in the Song Dynasty."

"The economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty was unprecedented, with major developments in agriculture, printing, papermaking, silk weaving, and porcelain."

"The maritime industry and shipbuilding industry have made outstanding achievements, overseas trade is developed, and more than 50 countries in the South Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and other regions have traded."

"The large-scale development of the south in the Song Dynasty led to the southward shift of the economic center of gravity, and according to the research of later historians, the GDP of the Song Dynasty was close to 40% of the world at its peak, which shows how rich the Song Dynasty was."

"And all the emperors after Zhao Guangyi have adopted the national policy of emphasizing literature over military force, resulting in a military force is not very strong, but the economy has developed rapidly, the Song Dynasty has greatly developed water conservancy, large-scale land reclamation, and paid attention to the improvement of agricultural tools, and agriculture has developed rapidly."

"And the porcelain industry of the Song Dynasty can be said to have reached its peak, Song porcelain is not only daily necessities, but also exquisite arts and crafts, the Northern Song Dynasty porcelain is sold abroad in large quantities, and a large number of unearthed in various parts of Asia and Africa, proving that porcelain is an important output at that time."

"Today, Song porcelain has become a famous artwork in ancient times in the country of flowers, and is well-known at home and abroad."

"And the commerce of the Song Dynasty was extremely prosperous, the common currency was copper money, silver, Song Taizong period, 800,000 coins per year, to the Song Dynasty Shenzong Xining six years, has reached more than 6 million."

"Due to the import of goods, the Song Dynasty a large number of copper coins, silver outflow, resulting in a shortage of hard currency, Song Zhenzong period, Chengdu sixteen wealthy households presided over the printing of a kind of paper money, instead of iron money in Sichuan use, is for Jiaozi, this is the world's earliest paper money."

"These reforms are indeed Zhao Kuangyin's work, but there are positive and negative, and there are also a lot of drawbacks in these reforms, this is Zhao Kuangyin's fault!"

The emphasis on "internal security and external defense" and the emphasis on literature over military force led to the situation of "internal emphasis on external light" and "poverty and weakness" in the Northern Song Dynasty in the future. ”

"Zhao Kuangyin's move to release military power with a glass of wine is the biggest failure in his life, this move seems to be very chic, but in fact it has been a disaster for hundreds of years."

When "releasing military power with a glass of wine", Zhao Kuangyin once enlightened the generals and said: "Life is short, the white horse is over, and the love of the Qing is better than accumulating more gold treasures, buying good fields and beautiful houses, and singing and dancing girls all year round." In this way, there is no suspicion between the monarch and the minister, and they can have both. ”

"But the negative impact is also the worst compared to the positive impact."

First of all, Zhao Kuangyin is undoubtedly exchanging wealth for military power, in other words, "breeding corruption", and this group of generals is really not a good thing. ”

"It can be said that these generals are really not good birds."

"Shi Shouxin: Tired of the town, special affairs accumulation, accumulation of huge wealth,

Wang Quanbin: On the day of breaking Shu, seize the jade silk of the people's children, plunder Shuzhong, burn, kill and loot, and do all kinds of evil!

Wang Renzhen: On the day of breaking Shu, Na Li Tingjun prostitutes, searched a large number of treasure troves, and embezzled himself!

Chu Zhaofu: Very stingy, he was rewarded with tens of thousands of treasures before and after, buried himself, and often went to other people's homes as guests, and saw treasures as if he had them for himself.

Cui Yanjin: Frequent military exploits, but it is good to gather wealth and goods, and there is no good governance!

Cao Han: Those who are greedy for money and accept bribes will not refuse!

"Look at how Zhao Kuangyin repaid the country after Zhao Kuangyin put forward a "good policy" for these generals? The reason why the corruption of the Great Song Dynasty is serious is that it all originated from Zhao Kuangyin. ”

"Then, Zhao Kuangyin himself was born as a military general, so he was extremely afraid of another example of a military general like himself abusing power, so after releasing military power through a glass of wine, a signal was sent out - the military generals of the Great Song Dynasty were not taken seriously."

"Since then, it has caused a phenomenon of emphasizing literature over military force, and the status of civil servants is extremely high and the status of military generals is extremely low, and even the status of eunuchs is higher than that of military generals."

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