Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong - Chapter 392 World War
Northern Song Dynasty: Starting from the son of Song Renzong
Chapter 392 World WarChapter 392 World WarYouzhou City.
Since the gunshot that day, everything seemed to have changed.
The Song Dynasty seemed to have returned to the era when people had to guard against military officers more than tigers.
The intervention of the Li Yuan Army in the throne also caused the complete collapse of the faith that the Li Yuan Army had maintained for hundreds of years.
Even if someone wanted to rebuild the faith of the Li Yuan Army at this time, they would only shout but no one would respond.
at the same time……
The technology of gun manufacturing also flowed out in large quantities.
It seems that if one is not careful, batches of warlords may emerge at any time in various parts of the Song Dynasty.
Southeast of the Song Dynasty.
As the most prosperous and wealthy place in the Song Dynasty during the past few hundred years, the scholars and wealthy people in the southeast might not dare to rebel.
But almost everyone of them dares to evade taxes.
Whenever the imperial court sent people to inspect taxes, they could give the court some reasonable reasons at the beginning, and just make excuses by saying that this year's harvest was not good, so business was not doing well, and therefore the tax was only this much.
But after three or four generations, the man who led the crowd to seize power with a gunshot is no longer there, and his influence has disappeared.
It seems that it is only a matter of time before the Southeast seeks independence.
To better control the South.
The Song Dynasty could only consider whether to move the capital south, but even so, the proposal to move the capital was fraught with difficulties.
Because if the Song Dynasty moved its capital to the south, the north would become a wasteland again.
Apart from the land that can be used to grow crops and some small mines, the north has almost nothing else to offer.
If the north and the south were divided into two countries, the north would always be plundered by the economy of the south.
But if we don't move the capital, it won't be enough to deter the scoundrels in the south.
of course!
The improvement of railway routes can transport soldiers from the north to the south in a short period of time.
only……
This still doesn't work.
In this situation where guns can be manufactured everywhere, how to better ban guns and prevent the continuous growth of military strength in the South has become a problem that the Song Dynasty must face six hundred or seven hundred years later.
finally……
The newly appointed young official can only seek answers from his ancestors.
One is to favor scholars and officials, and the other is to govern the country with both civil and military power.
at the same time……
A very strict gun ban was implemented, and anyone caught was immediately taken to the shooting range.
however……
These are just a drop in the bucket.
Fortunately, the interests of officials and emperors at home and abroad are most consistent.
Since the hard one is not enough, then the soft one will do.
Adopt a multi-national coordinated approach to combat and suppress.
You said that the territory of the Song Dynasty was too large and too long to be managed.
The territory of Srivijaya is so small, so it should be easy to regulate.
After such operations, the tax evasion by scholars and the rich was gradually curbed.
however……
It seems that it can only be effective temporarily.
In the end, this evil trend even spread to other countries.
What's worse is that other countries are also beginning to acquire the technology to manufacture these guns.
And this is the most terrifying thing!
At this point, a capitalist revolution could break out in the Song Dynasty at any time.
However, after all, this is a country with a Qin system that has existed for more than a thousand years. As long as the inertia of liking to be an official still exists, everyone will be more inclined to become an official after making money, rather than making money and then overthrowing the emperor.
In fact, to put it bluntly, he is just like Yuan Shikai.
Even in a republican country, they still wanted to be emperors in the republic.
If you can't become the emperor, then you can be a prime minister or Cao Aman and control the emperor.
And seven hundred years later, the Song Dynasty had such a political ecology.
Even if there is a situation where the ruler is young and the ministers are strong, the ministers have never thought of usurping the throne.
only……
It’s not that they don’t want to, but the strength of most people is simply not enough.
Moreover, the usurper must be fully aware that if he usurps the throne, the world will inevitably be in chaos.
Therefore, they would rather keep the officialdom as a banner and be willing to serve under it than rashly seize the throne.
This seems to have become a consensus among various political parties and groups. It seems to have returned to the Tang Dynasty, when the feudal lords ruled the country.
only……
After all, the times are developing. Compared with the separatist regimes of the Tang Dynasty seven or eight hundred years ago, the Song Dynasty in the era of hot weapons was much more civilized.
War cannot be started easily.
Anyway, in the end, the people of the Song Dynasty will have to suffer.
About seven hundred and fifty years.
The phenomenon of rich people enjoying wine and meat while poor people freezing to death on the streets reappears.
However, local warlords quickly quelled some of the rebellions.
however……
As local warlords continued to grow in power.
The Song Dynasty court also began to lose its provinces and territories one after another.
With the rise of an iron-blooded prime minister, fifty years after seven hundred and fifty years.
The war inevitably broke out.
However, the capital city in Youzhou had almost no resources to speak of.
The only place that can be considered as a heavy industrial area is in the Northeast.
But the southeast and even the southwest are no longer obedient, let alone the northeast.
Now the only ones we can rely on are Shanxi and Shaanxi.
At this time, the Song Dynasty seemed to be just a name.
even……
To some extent, it seems to still serve as a buffer zone for direct conflicts between the North and the South.
Eight hundred years later...
As exploitation became more serious, just like in the Han Dynasty, although there were many aristocratic families, they were not the first to stand up against the Song Dynasty. Instead, Zhang Jue's Yellow Turban Army came.
The rebellion was led by the Guangzhou area. Due to the incompetence of local officials, they had to raise the banner of anti-Song.
At this time, even the Yellow Turban Army had various hot weapons.
The local warlords have been living a life of luxury for many years and are no longer as prosperous as they used to be.
This is the second gunshot!Soon the prelude to the Li Yuan Revolution was sounded.
In other places, various rebellious forces continued to emerge.
Although there had been rebellions before, the strength of the previous rebellions was very weak and they were almost all killed with just a pinch.
But after several decades, things are different now.
Many people with lofty ideals have mastered various mathematical, physical and chemical techniques.
Those stupid soldiers and military technical bureaucrats have already sold everything they could in order to make money.
The slogan of equalizing the rich and the poor and enabling everyone to live a good life once again resounded throughout the Song Dynasty.
An uprising that spreads across the country seems to have begun.
The intensity of the war also began to develop in a higher direction.
For example, air combat.
Yes!
The secret competition over the years has also led to continuous and rapid progress in aircraft technology.
Although today's aircraft cannot hit the target accurately with every shot, and even have to fire a large amount of ammunition to kill a target.
But no one is unaware of its value.
Especially now, the war has slowly developed into a positional war with trenches dug.
It would be great if a plane of our own could fly overhead at this moment.
Once the war in the southeast broke out, others followed suit.
Some wealthy businessmen even took the initiative to support the rebels.
Should we say that the other party has a vicious vision, or that he wants to gain greater benefits through the rebels?
Anyway...
The chaos is unstoppable.
The emergence of the rebel army also made warlordism even more serious.
Japan and Korea couldn't stand it anymore.
No one would bully the suzerain country like you do. Under the banner of revitalizing the Zhao family, you openly want to invade the Northeast.
At the same time, Goryeo was also coveting the sea trade routes south of the Song Dynasty.
This seems to be no longer just a problem for the Song Dynasty as a suzerain state, but a world war that seems to be about to begin.
(End of this chapter)