When taking stock of Ming Taizong at the beginning, Lao Zhu was stunned!

Chapter 42: The people can carry a boat, but they can also capsize it.

[After the defeat, Zhao Guangyi gradually focused on the country. He planned to manage domestic affairs carefully and develop the national power of the Song Dynasty. 】

[The second year of Chunhua.He once expressed his views on the world: If a country has no foreign troubles, it will have internal troubles. Foreign troubles can be prevented by border defense. 】

[But those who are treacherous and without form are causing internal troubles, and the emperor should always pay attention to this matter. 】

[This passage not only expresses his philosophy of governing, but also establishes the overall political program of the later generations of the Song Dynasty: external troubles are minor and can be prevented, while internal troubles are the top priority. 】

[Of course, the Song Dynasty at that time needed an emperor to seriously treat and handle both internal and external troubles. 】

[But has Zhao Guangyi really dealt with his internal troubles? 】

[Not at all. Not only that, he also encountered another setback in Waiden, namely Xixia and Jiaozhi. 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Guangyi felt that he still overestimated his brother's ability. Even if he suffered a military defeat, he failed to grasp the key to the problem politically.

But that's all. You are an emperor and don't know how to know how to handle people!
This is the biggest problem!
As for the political platform he mentioned, it is simply nonsense, complete nonsense.

Even if you are scared of being beaten, you can't say such extreme things if you want to go back and develop slowly.

It also gives people who are unwilling to change later a basis, which is simply a disaster forever!
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Ming Dynasty, Hongwu 13th year.

Zhu Yuanzhang was a little sad. The emperors of the Song Dynasty were indeed focused on internal troubles.

It is a pity that the original internal trouble of bad morals has not been solved, and a new internal trouble of civil and military struggle has been created.

[Xixia is a Dangxiang clan. During the Tang Dynasty, they continued to move to the inner reaches of the Central Plains in an attempt to gain convenience by getting closer to the Central Plains. 】

[The Tang Dynasty was in the period when all nations came to the dynasty, and the system of restraint was implemented for this type of foreigners. 】

[The Tang Dynasty officially granted tribal leaders the official position of governor of a state and gave them autonomy and great independence. 】

[At this time, the Pingxia tribe is just an ordinary subordinate of the Tang Dynasty with a high force value. 】

[Until the end of the Tang Dynasty, during the Huang Chao uprising, Tuoba Sigong, the leader of the Pingxia tribe, personally sent troops to assist the court in suppressing Huang Chao]

[So he was named the Five Generals of Zuowei by Emperor Xizong of Tang Dynasty, and later was named Duke of Xia and given the surname Li. The place where they lived was also called Dingnan Prefecture. 】

[The Li family later managed this land carefully for hundreds of years, never bullying men and dominating women, and the people also supported it quite a bit. 】

[They commanded the five continents in total, and were later also called the Five Dingnan Provinces. 】

[Until Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, he also recognized the status of the Dingnan Army Jiedushi. 】

[The sixth generation of his family's head, Li Yi, the Dingnan Jiedushi envoy, also paid tribute, and his son Li Guangrui was also sent to the court many times to study Western culture. The two sides maintained a good relationship. 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Dezhao drew the conclusion: "It seems that the sudden change occurred after Li Guangrui's death. After all, he and his father maintained relations with the Song Dynasty during their reign."

Zhao Defang added: "I just don't know what the attitude of the Jiedushi envoys after Li Guangrui will be?"

"I'm afraid there are some changes, otherwise I won't rebel and change Pingxia to Xixia."

After watching the miracles several times, they had obviously guessed that Pingxia was the predecessor of Xixia.
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Tang Dynasty, the third year of Zhenguan.

Li Shimin hid his face and sighed. He has always firmly preached the importance of the people: the people can carry a boat, but they can also capsize it.

But he didn't expect that in later generations, his descendants would eventually start to live in luxury and oppress the people.

Fang Xuanling said: "I thought that there must be some excessive taxation in the imperial court. This may be a man-made disaster, but it may also be a dispute." "Each feudal town acted more wantonly and amassed money. Peasant uprisings have become a matter of course. The right thing to do.”

"And this Huangchao uprising is probably not an isolated case. It is probably happening in various vassals and towns one after another."

Changsun Wuji added.

[Li Guangrui died of illness in the third year of Taiping and Xingguo, and his son Li Jijun succeeded to the throne. His son Li Jijun was even more unfortunate. He died early within two years of taking the throne. 】

[Because his son was young, Li Jipeng, Li Jijun's younger brother, temporarily took over the post of military envoy. 】

[However, Li Jipeng's succession greatly intensified the conflicts within the Li family. Everyone felt: Why can you do it and I can't? 】

【You are not any better than me! 】

[As a family, each branch within the family has certain powers]

[Therefore, when Li Jipeng was unable to convince the people, everyone started fighting one after another, and the power of the Li family was also weakened due to internal fighting. 】

[Li Jipeng has never been able to secure his position since he took office. Naturally, he is also very aware of his current predicament]

[For his own safety and prosperity, he decided to submit to the Song Dynasty, and led his relatives and guards to Beijing to meet Zhao Guangyi that night. 】

[Zhao Guangyi was also overjoyed when he learned about it. This was a great opportunity for the Song Dynasty to eliminate its separatist regime! 】

[So he appointed Li Jipeng as the governor of Zhangde, and at the same time sent many officials to directly govern the five continents of Dingnan. 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

"Use the internal conflicts of the Li family to increase their internal strife, encourage them to fight each other, weaken their strength, and take advantage of the chaos to take back the Dingnan Five Continents."

"There's no problem at all."

Zhao Dezhao was very puzzled.

Zhao Defang on the other side retorted: "Since Li Jipeng cannot completely control the inside of the Li family."

"There will inevitably be many unwilling people who take this opportunity to establish a new branch. This is naturally a big threat."
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Han Dynasty.Yuanshou four years.

Liu Che said thoughtfully: "The Li family has worked hard to manage Dingnan Wuzhou for more than a hundred years. The local people are accustomed to their rule, which makes it more difficult for the Song Dynasty to win over the local people."

As a master of national finance, Sang Hongyang had a different idea: "I believe that after the Song Dynasty regained the land, it would inevitably implement its own policies on taxation, trade, etc."

"These are major matters related to people's livelihood. It may be difficult for local people to accept a regulation that is different from theirs for hundreds of years."

"It would be fine if this policy were more relaxed, but I am afraid that their previous regulations will be more cumbersome and burdensome, and the people will be unwilling to support it."

[The potential problem of the Song Dynasty was also exposed again at this moment - the external intelligence system was not perfect enough.Although he has been defeated many times, he still has an arrogant mentality. 】

[The previous attack on Youzhou was a sign of contempt for the enemy. Now that they took over the Dingnan Five Continents, they did not realize the Li family's position in the Dingnan Five Continents. This made them stumble again. 】

[Li Jipeng's younger brother Li Jiqian refused to surrender to the Song Dynasty. He used slogans such as "Once you enter the Song Dynasty, you have no control over life or death." He encouraged the residents of the five Dingnan states to follow him to the Bibei Desert, and wait for an opportunity to come back in the future. 】

[In the end, he chose an oasis in the desert more than [-] miles away from Xiazhou, established a base here, and took advantage of the sparsely populated characteristics to slowly develop, and finally became the Taizu of Xixia. 】
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Song Dynasty, the first year of Kaibao.

Zhao Kuangyin was half happy and half worried. He was worried about the situation of the Song Dynasty in the future, but he was happy that he finally discovered the potential problems of the Song Dynasty.

With imperfect external intelligence and an impetuous mentality, it seems that he lacks the ability to manage government affairs after all!
Our Song Dynasty still needs more talented people!

(End of this chapter)