Northern Song Dynasty Revitalization Strategy

Chapter 125 Living cowardly and dying brilliantly
After a long battle, it is instinct to know how to survive more safely.

It is definitely not a fake that a soldier who has fought a hundred battles knows how to maneuver on the battlefield.

Zhao Huan nodded, knowing that he had fallen into a misunderstanding.

The five battalions of the forbidden army were bloody at the Chenzhou gate and guarded the east wall. Looking at it now, there is no difference between drills, marches, and personal servants, but their essence is still the forbidden army of the group of domestic slaves.

You can only fight with the wind, and if the wind goes against you, you may flee in all directions like frightened cattle and sheep.

"Officials, you want the Imperial Army to be brave and not afraid of death. It's even more difficult." Zhong Shidao said sadly.

Zhao Huan frowned as he looked at the swarms of imperial troops rushing on their way like bees. The noisy camp caused dust to fly like candle dragons.

Those who knew it was marching, but those who didn't know it thought the imperial army was fleeing famine.

Zhao Huan asked: "Dare to ask Zhong Shaobao, what is the weakness of this forbidden army? How should it be reformed?"

Zhong Shidao shook his head, knowing that if he didn't say anything, he might not be able to pass this level. He thought about this question for a while, and how to answer it would be more appropriate.

Suddenly he said as if he had thought of something: "Guanjia, do you know Du Fu from the Ministry of Industry and Engineering?"

Zhao Huan nodded, of course Du Fu knew, the fear of reciting and silently writing the full text is still fresh in his memory!
Zhong Shidao nodded, it's strange that Zhao Huan didn't know, although Song Dynasty didn't study poetry, but Zhao Huan was a prince after all, and he also had a prince and grand teacher, so he always learned some.

"There is a work by Du Gongbu called Shihaoli." Zhong Shidao said.

This gave Zhao Huan very bad memories. This was the content of the key exam back then!He still remembers it deeply.He interjected: "In Mutou Shihao Village, officials arrested people at night. The old man walked over the wall, and the old woman went out to watch."

"Why are the officials so angry! Why are the women crying!"

"Listen to the speech made by the woman: Three men were garrisoned in Yecheng. One man came with a letter, and the other two men died in battle. Those who survived will steal their lives, and those who died were long-lived! There is no one in the room, only the grandchildren."

"There is a grandma who has not left, and there is no end to going in and out. Although the old woman's strength is weakened, please return from the official night. If you are in urgent need of Heyang, you still have to prepare the morning meal."

"Night for a long time, speechless, like hearing weeping and swallowing. Daybreak is on the way, and I will say goodbye to the old man alone."

Zhao Huan has also studied the sentence reading of ancient classical Chinese, and the reading is cadenced, and the sense of sentence is not bad.

This poem left a deep impression on him. When he was in school, he just thought that the officials in Shihao Village were cruel, and the family in Shihao Village was also miserable.

Now that he is the emperor, and watching this paragraph again, he feels that it is a bit unusual!

Is this the ancient times when the imperial power did not come down to the county?Why did the Shihao officials arrest people and take them to the village?

And more than once, the three men in the family were on the front line, and even the old woman was not spared in order to recruit soldiers. Is this because the imperial power does not come down to the county?

What a liar!
Zhong Shidao looked at Zhao Huan who was thinking, and said with a smile: "The officials recited it very smoothly for the purpose of evaluation. Looking at this poem now, how do you feel?"

"The Shihao officials imitated the poems of ancient Yuefu, using ancient rhymes to rhyme the feet, and mixed up and down tones, which is another style. But the tones are different from ancient Yuefu, so they are Zimei's poems." Zhao Huan thought for a while. Said.

This appreciation and analysis of poetry is not simply a matter of occasion. When talking about poetry in the Song Dynasty, we first start with the rhyme. The rhyme of Du Fu's poem is the imitation of the rhyme of the ancient Yuefu poem.

However, the second and fourth tones are used, which is unique and very special.

This is the result of his reading of this passage in imitation of Song Dynasty sentences.

Looking at the face of Zhong Shidao, he understood what he said, and there was no big problem.

Zhong Shidao was born as a Jinshi in his early years!

He didn't want Enyin to get a military position, so he obtained the fame, only to find out later that in this world, how could it be possible to create a world by himself?

Only then did I return to Yongding Army Road and sit up as a general, and this will last my whole life.

Zhong Shidao nodded, but what they were discussing was not the artistry of this poem.

"Officials, this old lady was finally taken away. Before leaving, Du Gongbu just said goodbye to the old man. This old lady is naturally serving in Heyang."

"The military system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties was the military system of equalizing the fields, integrating soldiers and farmers, and combining soldiers with farmers. There are good and bad. Such soldiers are brave and good at fighting, and they are always against the odds. They broke the Turks thousands of miles away."

"But there are also disadvantages. The recruitment of government soldiers every three years has also made the people impoverished. The people have no means of living. There are no men in the fields, and there are new generations of slaves."

Zhao Huan carefully tasted this passage, but he still couldn't hear what Zhong Shidao really wanted to express.

He asked Zhong Shidao about the military system, why did Zhong Shidao mention the military system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties?

Zhong Shidao knew that Zhao Huan was impatient, but the fat man didn't eat it all at once. He thought about it, removed those unnecessary words and said: "The official, the conscription every three years requires a large number of cruel officials to check the population and check the standards. According to the criteria of wealth, talent, strength, and mouth, those who have equal wealth will be the strong, those who have even strength will be the rich, and those who have the same financial resources will be the first to get the most, and this is the standard for recruiting."

"Have the officials ever thought about where these cruel officials come from? Have the officials ever thought about what will happen if these cruel officials collude and elect?"

Zhao Huan's brows were tightly knit together, listening to the two questions of Zhong Shidao, he fell into deep thought.

As the car drove, the wind blew slowly, and Zhao Huan's brows gradually opened, and he understood the key point.

"Cruel officials come from the army, or soldiers who have retired from the army."

"The cruel officials colluded in the election, and the final result was the chaotic times of the late Tang Dynasty, and the feudal towns were divided!"

Zhao Huan's brows that had been stretched just now were furrowed. He answered two questions, and other questions came to mind again.

What about Da Song?
After a long time, Zhao Huan lost his mind and said to himself: "The Song Dynasty did not set up a land system, and did not suppress mergers. Although in the reign of Shenzong, the people were happy, the household registration was prosperous, and the fields were opened up day by day, but now, the disadvantages are full. turnover."

"Imperial power does not come down to the county, and the clans below the county are self-governing. From the county down, public security, household registration, litigation, enlightenment, etc. are all controlled by the head of the gentry and patriarch!"

"The imperial examination emphasizes culture and education, and despises military and martial arts. The gentry and patriarch's family study and seek official status. This is the so-called rule of the world with the literati and bureaucrats!" Zhao Huan said with a sigh.

Imperial examination!The root actually came from here.

The imperial army has no fighting power, they don't know why they are fighting, they have no fields to share, no achievements to make, no officials to do, and they are serving the bandits!

It is strange that such an imperial army can have combat effectiveness.

"Zong Shaobao, is what I said right? Zhong Shaobao, why are you leaving?" Zhao Huan then noticed that when he was thinking, Da Jia Yu Ren had stopped at some point, and the teacher Zhong Dao shook his head. Holding his swivel chair, he was talking to Shen Cong in the distance.

The teacher said that this is to avoid suspicion!
Such fundamental national policies should not be easily involved by courtiers, otherwise their lives may be in danger.

This way of teaching does not care about life, but about one's own posthumous reputation.

The system of equalizing the land under the framework of the military merit system can easily lead to the separatism of the feudal lords.

Emperor Tang left the capital of Chang'an nine times, and Chang'an was destroyed six times. This is a huge drawback of this military system.

Under the imperial examination system, the recruiting system in which the squires ruled the world focused on culture and education, and the squires and clans were used as media and brokers to govern the world.

Most of the army is to collect landless peasants and serve as the imperial army.

The roots of the Imperial Army of the Song Dynasty are all these lazy and landless refugees, and it is strange that they have combat effectiveness!
In the final analysis, it is still the foundation of the country, and something has gone wrong.

The Conscription System for Military Meritorious Lords in the Central Plains has disappeared for 1000 years, all in order to consolidate the imperial power.Landlords and gentry, as long as they pay the imperial grain and national tax on time, they will be emperors.

The conscription system for military meritorious ranks in the Central Plains country has disappeared for 1000 years, just to consolidate the imperial power!

Which method is more suitable for the current Song Dynasty?
The imperial examination, or the conscripting of military meritorious ranks?

　Thank you for the reward of "Hey, I went to heaven", thank you very much (づ￣ 3￣)づ

　　
　
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