I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[In other words, the Song Dynasty had been feeding these soldiers meat like raising tigers, hoping that the tigers would change their wildness and not bite them. ]

[However, this inevitably affected the image of tigers and their combat effectiveness. ]

[Due to the large number of social hooligans being recruited, the whole society began to regard being a soldier as a lowly profession. ]

[People thought that they must have joined the army because they could not make it in society and had nowhere else to go. ]

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Many ancient people in all dynasties nodded in agreement.

As the saying goes, birds of a feather flock together.

Who would be willing to associate with ruffians as a decent family boy?

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[For example, the title of "old soldier", which is quite respectful today, was an insult at that time. 】

【This kind of atmosphere made the elite class of the Northern Song Dynasty unwilling to join the army, and then the vicious cycle affected the combat effectiveness of the Song army. 】

【After all, the quality of a group will greatly affect the strength of a group. 】

【For example, the Western Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu because it had a group of good families with land, and the Tang army swept across Asia because it had a group of soldiers with land. 】

【In modern times, the German army was able to show strong combat effectiveness in the two world wars, which had a lot to do with the average education level of the German army in high school. 】

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The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin nodded slightly.

He agreed with the viewpoint of the words on the giant screen in front of him.

The army is not about quantity, but quality.

And if you want to build an elite army, the quality of the soldiers is extremely important.

Those who have constant property have perseverance, and those who have constant property have no perseverance.

Compared to those idle ruffians, good family children with land are naturally stronger in comprehension, obedience, discipline, fighting will and many other aspects.

There are not a large number of good family children as the backbone, but a large number of ruffians are recruited.

It would be strange if the combat effectiveness of such a Song Dynasty army was high.

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[So, the weakness of the Song Dynasty army is here. ]

[Because well-educated people will never become ruffians. ]

[But the Northern Song Dynasty army mainly absorbs ruffians. ]

[In order to solve this problem, the censor Lu Jingchu once reported to Song Renzong to stop raising troops. ]

[The reason is that our country is not without passionate young people who want to defend their country, but the court puts a large number of ruffians into the army. What do those elites who really love their country and want to join the army think? 】

【And every time a war breaks out, these people who just want to eat and wait for death will run away first, and every time they trap our real warriors. 】

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The Great Qin Plane.

Qin Shi Huang looked at the huge screen in the sky, his eyes full of thought.

He thought that absorbing a large number of ruffians was only one reason why the Song Dynasty’s army was weak.

Another important reason was that the Song Dynasty was suppressing the Song Dynasty in terms of political status and actual treatment.Military men, they were not treated fairly.

If the Song Dynasty had implemented the military merit system like the Qin Dynasty, even if there were a large number of ruffians in the army, the combat effectiveness would not be so low.

When the Qin Dynasty first implemented the military merit system, there were also many prisoners and criminals in the army.

But these people were also very brave on the battlefield in order to fight for a future.

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[As a ruler, Song Renzong could not change the ancestral law of maintaining stability. ]

[On the contrary, in order to raise meat for tigers, he had to allow local officials to transfer the wing soldiers to serve as laborers to make up for the financial gap. ]

[What is a laborer? ]

[That is: the army doing business. ]

[These wing soldiers were transferred to do business, or to cut trees, burn charcoal, and play musical instruments. 】

【So much so that in the Southern Song Dynasty, Li Bing, the assistant minister of the Ministry of War, angrily told the emperor: We soldiers carry sedan chairs and perform acrobatics every day, and we really don’t know what our army is. 】

【The impact of business on the army is devastating. 】

Barrage flew out:

"The military doing business is extremely harmful! It will make the military lose its professionalism and combat effectiveness, and will also bring corruption and a large number of social contradictions."

"Military personnel engaging in commercial activities can easily make them greedy, thus corroding military discipline and disrupting social and economic order."

"We decisively banned the military from doing business back then, which was really wise!"

"The blame for the Song Dynasty military doing business cannot really be thrown on Song Renzong's head. This matter started in the era of Zhao Kuangyin."

"Reply-Yes, Zhao Kuangyin not only allowed the military to do business, but also ordered that its trade be exempted from taxes to increase the income of the military from doing business."

"Reply-this, in fact, Zhao Da originally had good intentions. He said that in order to secure the border and defend the people, you must get the right people. If those who are assigned to the border can understand the intention of the alliance, they must care for their families. , giving them high titles and salaries, giving them more public money and profits from the subordinate states, so that they can return to the map, hoping to make the soldiers live a better life."

"Reply-However, the military's business eventually became a way for military generals to enrich themselves, and ordinary soldiers became free labor."

"Reply-Being treated as free labor is not the worst, paying for the poor management of superiors is the worst, and the things that cannot be sold are directly used as military pay."

"Reply-From this point of view, Zhao Da is really not as good as the Gaoliang River God of Carts. After Zhao Er became emperor, he issued an edict strictly prohibiting generals and officers inside and outside from creating Huiyi and extorting soldiers, that is, not allowing the army to do business. Unfortunately, the later emperors of the Song Dynasty did not insist on it."

"Reply-It is impossible to insist on it. The situation of redundant soldiers is too serious. The Song Dynasty court cannot bear such a heavy financial burden."

"..."

The plane of Taizu of the Song Dynasty.

Zhao Kuangyin looked at the giant screen in the sky and his heart was shocked.

In the words of later generations, he was sweating profusely at this moment.

He really didn't expect that the harm of the military doing business would be so great.

According to his idea, the militaryDoing business can actually achieve multiple goals at once.

On the one hand, it can reduce the financial pressure of the court, and on the other hand, it can also allow the soldiers to gain more benefits.

I never expected that in the end, good intentions would lead to bad results.

"The army must be prohibited from doing business!"

This thought came to Zhao Kuangyin's mind.

In this life, for the long-term stability of the Song Dynasty, what should be changed must be changed.

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[Take Liu Guangshi, one of the four generals who fought against the Jin soldiers, as an example. ]

[It sounds like he is on par with Yue Fei and Han Shizhong. Even if he is not as good as Yue Fei, he is still an anti-Jin general. ]

[But in fact, this guy has a staff of 52,000 people on the surface, but he has been eating empty salaries. ]

[And he has 8,000 people specifically responsible for business. In his own words, he is as rich as the contemporary God of Wealth. 】

【The growth of wealth will inevitably wear down the fighting spirit of the army. 】

【After all, wealth brings peace. If you have a lot of money in your pocket, how can you fight with others? 】

【Liu Guangshi never went to the front line in person during battles. Instead, he decided whether to escape based on the situation of the battle, which made the Song army under his command retreat again and again. 】

【But this is a common situation in the Song army. 】

【After all, after doing business for a long time, it is easy for commanders to become egoists. 】

【Furthermore, he will calculate whether the cost of this action is worth it, and often he will not move when friendly troops are in trouble. 】

【So, to some extent, the Jingkang Shame is also reasonable. 】

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The Hongwu plane of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

He had read in history books about the harm caused to the Song Dynasty by the army's rampant business, and had thought about it seriously.

He agreed with the view of later generations that the army's business was a disaster and must be resolutely prohibited.

And he not only thought so, but also did so.

The Ming Dynasty strictly prohibited the army from doing business, and all violators would be executed.

However.

What Zhu Yuanzhang didn't know was that later, with the collapse of the Ming Dynasty's garrison system, many Ming Dynasty generals began to use their power to engage in business.

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[In addition to raising tigers with high salaries, the Song Dynasty also relied on urbanization to reverse the trend of emphasizing military power. ]

[The Tang Dynasty did not allow cities below the county level to set up markets, but the Song Dynasty allowed it, which made the urbanization of the Song Dynasty completely surpass that of the Tang Dynasty. ]

[In the Tang Dynasty, there were only a dozen cities with more than 100,000 households, while there were more than 40 in the Northern Song Dynasty. 】

[For example, Hangzhou and Suzhou have a population of 500,000, which was the norm in Chang'an and Luoyang back then. 】

[In addition to these large cities, small towns with a population of several thousand have also appeared one after another across the country. 】

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Accompanied by narration and subtitles.

The high-altitude giant screen played video clips of Song Dynasty cities in movies and TV shows.

Many dynasties before the Song Dynasty.

Many ancient people were shocked when they saw this scene.

There were so many big cities in the Song Dynasty.

And these cities were really prosperous!

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[This made people's work and life no longer limited to being a soldier and farming, and then the whole society's emphasis on military power would change. ]

[After all, there are more profitable jobs in the city, what's the point of crying and going to farming and being a soldier? ]

[According to records, at that time, as long as you had a skill, you could open a small shop or hotel, which would be better than being a soldier and farming. ]

[Even if you don't know anything, you can solve the problem of three meals a day by doing odd jobs in the shop. ]

[So, the idea of ​​the Song Dynasty was to encourage business. ]

[After all, as long as other industries earn more than being a soldier, wouldn't the whole society's emphasis on military power be gone? ]

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Many ancient people in all dynasties nodded in agreement.

To be a soldier and fight in a war is to earn money with your life.

On the battlefield, swords have no eyes.

If you are unlucky, it is very common to die or become disabled.

So if there is a choice, who is willing to take this risk?

And in the Song Dynasty, the social status of being a soldier was still low, so no one was willing to be a soldier.

So, to a certain extent, the large-scale urbanization of the Song Dynasty did make the martial spirit of the whole country weaker and weaker.

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The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di looked at the giant screen in the sky and thought in his heart. (To read the violent novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Based on the experience of later generations, after the Ming Dynasty started the industrial revolution in the future, large-scale and wide-ranging urbanization will be inevitable.

And once entering the industrialized society, there will be more money-making jobs for the people in the society.

So, in this case, will the martial spirit of the society be suppressed?

Zhu Di felt that by that time, the military system of the Ming Dynasty should also be changed.

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[Of course, the economy of the Song Dynasty also complemented the national policy of raising troops. ]

[Because in ancient times, money had to be minted by the state and distributed to public officials, and then circulated to the entire market through public officials' consumption. ]

[Therefore, the armies across the country became the floodgates for the Song Dynasty's financial system to release water to the whole society. ]

[In other words, the more troops stationed in a place, the more developed the local economy tends to be. ]

[The prosperity of the capital Bianjing, in addition to being closest to the powerful class, is also closely related to the large number of imperial guards in the capital. ]

[And the most revolutionary change brought about by urbanization is the strengthening of the court's control over the grassroots. ]

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Hearing this.

Many emperors of all dynasties were instantly refreshed, and their eyes looking at the giant screen in the sky became more focused.

In ancient China, due to restrictions on transportation and communication, grassroots management issues have always been a problem for each dynasty.

The fact that the imperial power does not go to the countryside is the most direct reflection of this.

Therefore.

They are very interested in strengthening grassroots control.

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[Why do you say that? ][]

[In the Han and Tang dynasties before the Song Dynasty, people could only move in rural areas because the government forced people to work in the fields by registering their household registration. ]

[Then land annexation occurred, and then a large family with surnames and clans as the bond emerged. ]

[And the relationship between these clans is often very united. ]

[For example, Liu Bei's family fell into poverty, but his clan was still willing to support him to go out to study. ]

[It seems that the family is prosperous and helps each other, but it is very difficult for the local government to manage. ]

[The reason is also very simple. You take 100 people to the countryside to collect taxes. ]

[As a result, Liu Xiu shouted, and thousands of people with the surname Liu came out with knives to resist the tax. What should you do at this time? ]

[What else can you do? Run? 】

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Looking at the huge screen in front of him.

Many grass-roots tax collectors in all dynasties had a bitter smile on their faces.

They had all encountered similar situations.

It is indeed not easy to collect taxes from local powerful clans.

Of course.

This extreme situation of armed resistance to taxation mentioned by people in later generations is not very common.

Especially in the prosperous times, there are still few people who dare to do so.

There are more various shady ways of tax evasion, which are hard to guard against.

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【The Song Dynasty is different. Due to the impact of urbanization, young people in the clans have to go to the city to make more money in order to survive. 】

【And the more young and middle-aged people go to the city, the more difficult it is for the clans in the countryside to form a clan to resist the government, and the easier it is for the government to control the countryside. 】

[Similarly, young people who move to the city lose the protection of their clans in the countryside, which means they lose the confidence to resist taxes with arms. 】

[It also means that they are more likely to become compromised and bullied people. 】

The barrage flew out:

"To put it bluntly, this is the process of social atomization."

"Break up the situation of clans banding together for warmth and divide and rule."

"..."

The plane of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Liu Che nodded slightly.

What people in later generations said makes sense.

This is somewhat similar to his "Moving Maoling Order", which is to break up the power of local powerful landlords.

However, the "Moving Maoling Order" forced local powerful people to move away from their original clan locations.

And the urbanization of the Song Dynasty was to actively disperse the power of local clan powerful people.

"It seems that as long as the industrial revolution begins, these problems can be solved."

Liu Che pondered in his heart. (Li Nuo Zhao)

Like Zhu Di, he also knew that urbanization would be the inevitable result of the industrial revolution.

And by then, the degree of urbanization will far exceed the scale of the Song Dynasty.

Liu Che thought of many later generations of10,000-level and 10 million-level cities.

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[And most importantly, living in a town for a long time will make the relationship between individuals and clans more and more distant. ]

[For example, why do you feel that the New Year atmosphere has faded? Why do you not have any thoughts of interacting with relatives when you go back to your hometown for the New Year? ]

[In addition to other objective factors such as not getting along well outside and personality reasons. ]

[The most important reason is that the custom of celebrating the New Year was designed by our ancestors based on the production habits of the farming society. ]

[Its purpose is to hope that the family will be united and the clan will not be dispersed. ]

[Because in the past, your relatives were not strangers who met every New Year. ]

[Instead, they were comrades who fought with you for water sources, fought with the neighboring village, and hunted wild boars in the mountains. ]

[So, your relationship is thicker than blood, and clan unity is above all else. 】

【However, the Song Dynasty used prosperous urbanization to fight against this model. 】

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See here.

Many ancient people in all dynasties suddenly thought of a video they had seen before.

The video that introduced a phenomenon called "breaking kinship" that appeared in the later Longguo.

"Is such a phenomenon the inevitable result of urbanization?"

"Did the urbanization of the Song Dynasty give rise to this phenomenon?"

Many ancient people pondered in their hearts.

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【Therefore, the UP host does not actually think that Huang Chao killed all the clans, so the clan politics left this soil. 】

【Instead, the Song Dynasty mixed and sowed a variety of chemical fertilizers, which slowly changed the soil that gave birth to the clans. 】

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Many ancient political elites in all dynasties nodded.

As for the disappearance of the Chinese aristocratic politics, I have also mentioned it in a previous video.

It is not entirely caused by Huang Chao's massacre.

What is more important is that the aristocratic politics has lost the soil for survival and growth. .