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"When it comes to the Song Dynasty, even when I didn't check the information, I thought of being weak and incompetent and suffering humiliation. Now I don't think so. The weakness of the Song Dynasty is the military, and the strength is the economy."

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

"Not only rich dignitaries, but also ordinary people without money are thinking about doing business."

"At the beginning, the imperial court clearly stipulated that the royal family, nobles and bureaucrats were not allowed to do business, because in the eyes of the emperor, they all had salaries. If they were allowed to do business, they would undoubtedly be competing for profits with the people, so they were not allowed. .”

"But by the people of the Song Dynasty, this rule seemed to have become a piece of paper. At that time, many officials joined the business industry."

"Take the Zhao family living in Quanzhou as an example. There are many people who are engaged in business, and some even invest overseas. Farmers abandon farming and engage in business. Half-farming and half-business is the norm. Even Monks would turn into businessmen, which shows the prevalence of business culture in the Song Dynasty."

"Scholars and soldiers also joined in, which is in sharp contrast to the Tang Dynasty."

"Because in the Tang Dynasty, most scholars or scholars disdained being associated with businessmen, and would even consider this behavior to be shameful."

Zhang Yanxi played a picture for everyone, which is the picture of Along the River During the Qingming Festival.

The business scene in "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" gives people a lively and prosperous scene. The natural scenery of Bianjing and both sides of the Bianhe River, as well as the rows of houses on both sides of the street, restaurants, shops, and people on the Bianhe River. Some businessmen and others composed this masterpiece.

Everyone knows that the Riverside Scene during the Qingming Festival reflects the prosperity of the Song Dynasty. There are rows of shops, hotels, teahouses, and inns. There is an endless stream of business travelers passing by. They have never encountered such a bustling market. Look at the bridge full of people.

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

"At that time, people could do their own thing without worrying too much, so in any dynasty, there were not too many peasant uprisings, which is enough to prove this."

"Coupled with some of the loose policies and environment provided to business people by the Song Dynasty at that time, it promoted the Song Dynasty's outstanding achievements in business. It has been praised by some historians until now. It was really a dynasty where "all people were businessmen"! "

Liu Che: I saw the rise of commerce. I couldn’t see the people clearly, but I knew that these people were happy and joyful.

Fusu: Putting aside the military, I also see that the Song Dynasty’s finances and economy were extremely prosperous.

“Promoted by the entire social economy and culture, science and technology have made great progress. The scientific and technological achievements of the two Song Dynasties not only became a peak in the history of ancient science and technology, but also took a leading position in the world at that time, promoting the four aspects of the development of human civilization. A great invention, it was 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 making.”

"The navigation and shipbuilding industries have outstanding achievements, and overseas trade is developed. It trades with more than 50 countries in the South Pacific, the Middle East, Africa, Europe and other regions."

"The Song Dynasty's large-scale development of the south promoted the shift of the economic center of gravity to the south. According to research by later historians, the GDP of the Song Dynasty was close to 40% of the world's when it was at its highest, which shows how rich the Song Dynasty was." "And all the people after Zhao Guangyi The emperors all adopted a national policy of emphasizing civility over military affairs, which resulted in a weak military but rapid economic development. In the Song Dynasty, water conservancy was developed, large areas were cleared, and agricultural tools were improved. Agriculture developed rapidly."

"Furthermore, the porcelain industry in the Song Dynasty can be said to have reached its peak. Song porcelain was not only a daily necessities, but also exquisite arts and crafts. A large number of Northern Song porcelains were shipped abroad, and a large number of them were unearthed in various parts of Asia and Africa, proving that porcelain was an important export at that time. Taste."

"To this day, Song porcelain has become a famous ancient art work of the flower-growing country, and is well-known at home and abroad."

"Moreover, commerce in the Song Dynasty was extremely prosperous, and the popular currencies included copper coins and silver. During the reign of Emperor Taizong of the Song Dynasty, 80 coins were minted every year. By the sixth year of Xining, Emperor Shenzong of the Song Dynasty, the number had reached more than [-] million coins."

"Due to the import of goods, a large amount of copper coins and silver were outflowed in the Song Dynasty, resulting in a shortage of hard currency. During the Zhenzong period of the Song Dynasty, [-] wealthy households in Chengdu presided over the printing of a kind of paper currency, which was used in Sichuan instead of iron coins. It was for Jiaozi, which was the first in the world. The earliest paper money.”

"These reforms are indeed Zhao Kuangyin's fault. However, there are positives and negatives. There are also a lot of disadvantages in these reforms. This is Zhao Kuangyin's fault!"

"The emphasis on "safeguarding the inside and guarding the outside" and the emphasis on culture over military affairs led to the situation in the Northern Song Dynasty of "emphasis on internal affairs and neglect of external affairs" and "poverty and weakness."

"Zhao Kuangyin's act of drinking to release his military power was the biggest failure in his life. This act seemed very chic, but in fact it caused harm for hundreds of years."

"When "A Cup of Wine Releases Military Power", Zhao Kuangyin once enlightened the military generals and said: "Life is short, and the time is fleeting. It is better for all the people who love you to accumulate gold and treasures, build good land and beautiful houses, and spend your whole life with singing children and dancing girls."In this way, there will be no suspicion between the monarch and his ministers, and they can have both sides. "

"But compared with the positive effects, the negative effects are also the worst."

"First of all, Zhao Kuangyin undoubtedly used wealth in exchange for military power. In other words, it "bred corruption", and these generals are really not good people."

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

"Shi Shouxin: He served as a town for many years, specialized in amassing money, and accumulated a fortune of tens of millions.
Wang Quanbin: On the day when Shu was overthrown, he seized the treasures and silks of the children of the people, and sent troops to plunder the center of Shu. He burned, killed, looted, and committed all kinds of evil!
Wang Renfan: On the day when Shu was defeated, he hired Li Tinggui as a prostitute, searched a large number of treasures, and committed corruption himself!
Chu Zhaofu: Very stingy. He was rewarded with tens of thousands of treasures, but he buried them himself. He often went to other people's homes as guests, and when he saw the treasures, he felt as if he had taken them for himself.

Cui Yanjin: He often makes military exploits, but he likes to amass wealth and has no good governance wherever he goes!

Cao Han: Those who are greedy for money will not refuse bribes!
"Look at how these generals repaid the country after Zhao Kuangyin proposed "good strategies" for them? The reason why corruption in the Song Dynasty was so serious all originated from Zhao Kuangyin."

"Then, Zhao Kuangyin himself was a military general, so he was extremely afraid that there would be another example of military generals like himself taking over power, so after releasing his military power through a glass of wine, it sent out a signal that the generals of the Song Dynasty were not taken seriously."

"Since then, there has been a phenomenon of emphasizing civility over military affairs, and the status of civil servants is extremely high while the status of generals is extremely low. Even the status of eunuchs is higher than that of military generals."

(End of this chapter)