From the perspective of a bystander, Zhao Kuangyin will never be forgotten by the world, he is the only Chinese feudal monarch who can be on a par with Qin Shi Huang, Emperor Wu of Han, and Tang Taizong, and created the foundation of the Great Song Dynasty for three hundred and twenty years.
Born in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, Zhao Kuangyin rose in the chaotic world and created the great Song Dynasty, with both Wenzhi martial arts. Whenever later generations see the two words "Great Song", they will always have an impression of "rich to flowing oil", which is precisely because Song Taizu attaches great importance to culture and economy.
From the fall of the Tang dynasty in 907 to the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty in 960 AD, in just fifty-four years, five dynasties of Liang, Tang, Jin, Han and Zhou appeared in the Central Plains. People are desperate for a true son to end the current war.
Zhao Kuangyin's great talent and martial arts not only healed the wounds of the country's decades of war, but also laid a solid foundation for the imperial industry of the Song Dynasty for more than three hundred years, so that the society quickly went from chaos to governance and embarked on the track of stable development.
Although he has outstanding achievements, his own talents have also been criticized by posterity. He was born in a family of official eunuchs, a young man who was wild and uninhibited, and quite a bit of a clumsy child. Later, he wandered among the people until he became emperor, and this character was also brought to govern the country by him.
In order to stabilize the power of individuals, Zhao Kuangyin created an unprecedented "cup of wine to release military power" and adopted a policy of promoting literature and suppressing martial arts. Of course, he was personally well aware of this drawback, but for the sake of power, he had to choose to do so.
According to the history of Ye, Zhao Kuangyin left such a sentence before his death: "Do not use the southern people as a minister, and do not command the soldiers with internal ministers." Although it is not a governing motto, it definitely has a reason to exist. However, it was forgotten by future generations, and the Great Song eventually went to extinction.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > what the words mean</h1>
"Don't let the southerners be the prime minister, don't let the internal courtiers hold the military power", the southerners are generally readers, that is, the scholars and gods that are now talked about; the internal courtiers are eunuchs, is there any reason for this?
Throughout the development of the whole history, how many readers have become the prime minister of the imperial court? Because the rulers are well aware of the dangers, they try to avoid such things.
As the "second in command" of a dynasty, the prime minister is in charge of all administrative affairs, has considerable power, and plays a decisive role in the development of the world. But supposedly, the more knowledge you know, the better? Why refuse to read people to be prime ministers?
First of all, the reader is intent on reading, refusing to hear about the outside world, and this has never changed in the feudal era. Governing the imperial court requires an understanding of the world, and it is far from enough to rely on the content of the Four Books and Five Classics.
In this case, all the readers become "nerds". Whatever the case, it must be answered with the contents of the book. Behind the seemingly tall, in fact, there are hundreds of harms and no benefits, and "applicability" and "practicality" are the truth.
Many people can't empathize, this piece of author to give a simple example, such as The Prime Minister Chen Zhizhong during the Song Renzong period, he is a southerner. After becoming prime minister, what kind of contribution did he make?
At that time, the world was already rich, and when the Liao State was suppressing the border, Chen Zhizhong could not even let go of a fart. From the special situation of history, if the Liao invasion began at that time, Chen Zhizhong would have been the representative of the Lord and the Faction and the first person to surrender.
< h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="20" > for what is the reason</h1>
Others believe that this is not based on the overall situation of the dynasty and avoids the suffering of the people from war? There is no doubt about this, but he is more for personal interests, after all, he is afraid of losing his life.
Even in order to save the people from the suffering of war, this is definitely not the way to go. Can you compare yourself to another Song Dynasty prime minister, Kou Zhun, how did he do it?
Not only did it eliminate the risk of war, but it also bought more than a hundred years of peace for the border. Aren't you just asking for money? What we have in the Great Song is, give it to you and it's over. Does Chen Zhizhong have these two brushes? Only know how to solve problems "in the way of a reader".
Speaking of this, we have to talk about the life of Kou Zhun, who was born in today's Weinan, Shaanxi, a proper northerner. At the critical moment when the Liao army invaded the Song Dynasty on a large scale, Kou Zhun vigorously resisted and urged Zhenzong to cross the river to march in person, stabilizing the situation in the world.
A lot of people think I'm engaged in regional bias, and you can just pull out the characters of history and walk around. This seems to be the norm, and no one can change it.
By the time of the Song Dynasty, the economic center of gravity was constantly shifting southward, and the people in this place were relatively rich. With such a prerequisite, they will naturally send their children to private schools to study, which directly leads to the large number of "southern readers".
For the northerners at that time, the environmental conditions were relatively harsh, and many people had to smash and burn in order to make a living. People often say that "the children of the poor have long been home", which has slowly also created a situation of "Jiangnan out of the north of the river", isn't it?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="30" > the root cause of the Song Dynasty</h1>
As for the second half of the sentence, Song Taizu obviously learned the lesson of the demise of the Sheng Tang Dynasty. The curse of eunuchs in the Tang Dynasty can be said to be the most serious in history, since Tang Xuanzong, eunuchs began to enter the government, and even the emperors of the middle and late Tang Dynasty had to bow their heads when they encountered eunuchs.
This piece has to mention a person Li Longji, for his evaluation, the author believes that "first attack and then pass" is the most appropriate. Although it created the Kaiyuan prosperous era, but also caused the Anshi Rebellion, the eunuchs at this time got a great development.
After the change of Ma Songpo, Tang Suzong no longer trusted the generals and the guards, and gave all the power of the forbidden army to the eunuchs. With their deaths, the eunuch Li Fuguo took over the military and was so arrogant that even Emperor Daizong, who was emperor, was powerless against them.
This is not to say that the emperor did nothing, because when he reached the future emperors, he was already involuntary. It seems that he is the lord of a dynasty, but in fact, he has no right to speak.
Some people may say, isn't it enough to retake it? Do you think this group of people eat dry food? Tang Wenzong was placed under house arrest, Tang Jingzong even paid for this with his precious life, and those ministers were unable to protect themselves, and then Tang began to be in a mess.
All the pots were carried by the emperor, and they were played between the eunuchs' hands, and it should not be said, how miserable was this? At first, the emperors of the Great Song Dynasty still remembered it, but as the years of peace passed, they gradually forgot about it.
During the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, the eunuch Tong Guan was begun to be reused, and Emperor Huizong of Song appointed him as the commander-in-chief of war; during the reign of Emperor Huizong of Song, cai jing began to be reused. Will these two men go to war? Ever seen blood? The bloody lesson of not commanding the army was once again verified.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="39" > written at the end</h1>
Looking at the complete story, I have to admire the foresight of Zhao Kuangyin, the grandfather of the Song Dynasty. If the future emperors of the Song Dynasty can do as he asks, if... If...... And that's just what ifs. The opportunity will not come again, and the "Eternal Protection of the Great Song Dynasty" has finally become a bubble.
The wheel of history is rolling forward, the pace of the times will never stop, and the destiny will be difficult to violate. Under the impact of the shortcomings of the feudal system, the demise of the dynasty is only a matter of time, and the will of "no southern people to be the prime minister, not to command the soldiers with internal subjects" is only to let the Great Song continue some lifespan.
I'm Sokoto, thank you for reading.