From Soldier To Emperor

"Now there are only four countries left in East Asia: Tufan, Mingguo, Jurchen Jinguo, and our Dasong. Tufan is in a civil war and is still being controlled by Mingguo. There is no such thing as a day of turning over and being annexed by Mingguo is entirely dependent on that Mingguo. The wishes of Richard, the king of the country.

Among the remaining three kingdoms, the Jurchen Kingdom is willing to take the initiative to merge with my Song State, and my Song State is the main state. Obviously, our Great Song already has the world's trend! "

Song Taizu, the founding emperor of the Southern Song Dynasty, who had just signed a vassal treaty with the envoy of the Jurchen Kingdom, said to the senior military officer under the military with a smile on his face.

Although this Song Taizu was born in a family of Jiedu envoys and established the country by military force, since he became emperor, he began to attach importance to the establishment of civil servants. Not only did he fully restore the imperial examination system established in the Tang Dynasty, but also greatly improved the scholarship in the society. status.

Of course, the social status of the landlord and gentry class has been elevated!

At the same time spare no effort to suppress the local power!

Because Song Taizu itself was a tyrannical local clan power, the first Jiedu melee in the south was also dominated by the local clan.

Although the landlord country gentry has considerable influence in this era, it cannot be compared with the local clansmen who are concentrated in power.

Therefore, Song Taizu was very aware of the threats of these local clansmen to the central government. He had witnessed how Datang collapsed under the system of Jiedu, so he naturally didn't want to repeat the same mistakes.

Of course, Song Taizu established the political line of fostering the landlord gentry class (literati group) with little political influence and suppressing the local clans.

The Jie Du in the south caused great chaos in self-reliance, and it also made most of the local clansmen involved in the war. Many local clansmen in the south participated in the rebellion themselves, especially the general family, none of them could stay aside!

Naturally, the loser in the war was uprooted without Song Taizu's hands and disappeared into the long river of history...

After the Song Taizu unified the South, he completely eliminated the local clan and saved 90% of his troubles!

After the war, even the local clansmen who survived the war, faced with a series of political, military and economic weakenings by Song Taizu, they were helpless. The lucky ones were shrunk and turned into ordinary big landlords. Those with bad luck were directly ransacked by Song Taizu... …

As a result, the current Southern Song state system is very stable, because the local clansmen who are threatening have been cleared out, and the remaining landlord and gentry class are vested interests. In order to buy them, the Song State has also issued three levels of Jinshi, Juren, and Xiucai. In the examination system, as long as you pass the Juren level, you can enjoy tax-free privileges!

After the release of this policy, Song State has become a sacred place for literati in the entire East Asian continent, and a paradise for the landlord and gentry class!

After all, ordinary mud-legged landlords and squires who have been working on food all day long can't do anything to live by collecting rents. Isn't the tax-free preferential treatment for scholars just to buy the old wealth in disguise?

As a result, a large number of landlords and squires who fled from the Central Plains poured into the Southern Song Dynasty with a large amount of floating wealth, injecting a shot of boost into the Southern Song Dynasty economy, which had just experienced the suffering of the division and war!

I have to say that money can really do a lot of things!

It is a help for the Southern Song Dynasty to flee with large amounts of local and old wealth, but it is a burden for the country to come by a large group of refugees!

This is because the natives can afford food, clothing, shelter and transportation on their own. Not only do they need no relief, but they can promote the development of the local economy. In addition, the natives have the capital to buy and sell land and hire people to develop wasteland, increasing the area of ​​arable land and making food more prosperous!

In short, the amount of local wealth will be of great benefit to the country!

This is also common on the earth in Richard's previous life. Why did the United States soar into the sky in World War I and World War II?

Wasn't it because the war caused a huge influx of capital from Europe into the United States, which caused the US industrial base to be overturned again and again, the total economic volume grew rapidly, and a leap-forward outbreak was completed?

The chosen country is only one of its advantages. The reason for the real rise of the United States is from World War I and World War II. Otherwise, no matter how the chosen country, it will be suppressed by the European powers.

Before World War I, the United States, let alone compare with Britain, even the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the later German Empire could lag behind the United States a few blocks in international status, and the military power of the United States could not keep up with it!

After all, a good economy does not mean a strong military. In the 21st century of Richard’s previous life, there were too many developed countries’ military power in a mess...

The United States before World War I was similar. The troops mobilized after the United States entered the war performed purely on the European battlefield by using their lives to train their troops...

After experiencing the First World War, the U.S. military has undergone a radical change, and it shines in the Second World War!

This is not a question of the quality of soldiers, but a country's experience in military and warfare from top to bottom!

Although the American soldiers of World War I were getting old during World War II, the veterans and officers of World War I could spread their war experience through military academies and military camp instructors. A huge gap in the military power of countries that have never fought a world war!

Otherwise, why did so many warlords from war-torn countries in Richard's previous life ask foreign instructors to train themselves?

"His Majesty said that after the fall of Tang State's Chang'an City, Ming State now has two lines of defense to face the army of green-skinned orcs. It is estimated that Ming State will be reduced to bones like Tang State Yan State without us.

At that time, our Great Song Dynasty will be able to unify the East Asian continent effortlessly and reproduce the glory of the peak period of the pre-Tang Dynasty! "

A civil official under Song Taizu exclaimed.

Achieving the glory of the Tang Dynasty has always been Song Taizu's greatest ambition. He wants to prove that the Zhao family can do better than the Li family!

Of course, the current Tang Dynasty's Li family has almost been slaughtered by green skins. Song Taizu probably can't find a ready-made Li family member to observe his future great foundation...

It is not blind to be so optimistic about the Southern Song Dynasty. The Southern Song Dynasty is a new Jin Dynasty that has just been founded, and there is no sign of twilight. In terms of time alone, the establishment of Song Taizu is several years later than when Richard established the country!

Therefore, there will be no incidents that do not look for actual flattery. Song Taizu is also a shrewd military genius who can lay such a large foundation. Emphasizing literature over martial arts, for fear of repeating the mistakes of the previous Tang...

If it weren't for the threat of a green-skinned army in the north, it is estimated that Song Taizu had already begun to drink his military power!

Fortunately, the huge military pressure made Song Taizu restrain his inner thoughts, and continued to coax those founding fathers to do their own lives.

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