Back to the Song Dynasty as a tyrant

This social structure is to enable literati to rule the country.

This sentence sounds simple, but it requires a lot of work behind it, launching a large number of unprecedented new policies, and combining a series of complex factors such as people's livelihood, economy, military, and politics for comprehensive consideration.

In the past era, literati had very little voice in the empire.

In the Song Dynasty, if you were an ordinary peasant student, as long as you knew how to read, you would be able to take exams in today's palaces and jump over the Dragon Gate.

The prime ministers of the Song Dynasty basically came from poor families.

We can simply call this system: literati elite ruling the country.

What was the effect of the literati elite ruling the country on the stage for the first time in the Song Dynasty?

Fertile land increased from 2.95 million mu in the early Song Dynasty to about 7.5 million mu in the late Northern Song Dynasty.

However, after any system has just emerged, it is easy to go to extremes without the reference of the predecessors.

It was with such a pioneering system that the Great Song Dynasty went to the extreme of prosperity and decline.

Of course, in this process, Song Taizong Zhao Guangyi was the catalyst. He overemphasized the text and suppressed generals.

This is the thread of history.

By the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was an established law that scholars governed the country, so the Ming and Qing Dynasties could basically last for nearly 300 years without large-scale civil strife in the middle.

Even later generations have continued to use the rule of scholars to govern the country.

In the industrial age, the rising powers of the world are basically based on the concept of elites governing the country, and politicians are all graduated from prestigious universities.

Only by clarifying this point can we make objective rectification of the current internal administration of the Song Dynasty, so as to avoid going from one extreme to another.

This is what history is really about.

Going back to Zhao Ning's arrangement in the court at this moment, this arrangement was not made by talking nonsense.

Zhao Ding is a constructive talent, and this kind of talent is the most precious.

Qin Hui is a destructive talent. There are actually many such talents, but very few are able to do what Qin Hui does.

Therefore, to rectify the large-scale officials this time, Qin Hui needs to get started.

But to truly solve the problem of redundant officials and overstaffed personnel, a new system is needed.

This kind of constructive work is the most difficult.

The so-called "On the Elimination of Redundant Officials in the Song Dynasty" and "Jingkang Officials' Performance Evaluation Regulations" are all related to the New Deal.

For example, many redundant officials either get out or go to be town supervisors honestly.

That is to spread the plates and straighten out the bureaucratic system from congestion.

As for this case, it undoubtedly accelerated the large-scale construction of the Audit Court and the Military Governor's Mansion in the Great Song Dynasty.

There was complete silence in the hall, and the officials were too frightened to speak.

Zhao Guanjia looked around and said, "Xi Gong, Liu Guangshi, cut them off!"

It was still silent.

The controversy over the Battle of Chang'an, whether Zhang Jun was responsible or Xi Gong was responsible, has undoubtedly come to an end now.

Xi Gong fled without authorization, Liu Guangshi abandoned the city and fled, he deserved to die!

Before the Song Dynasty, they were too kind to this kind of people.

In the official history, Liu Paopao famously ran away but survived to the end.

There were even some officials who returned to Song Dynasty and continued to serve as officials after defecting to the enemy.

That's all nonsense.

In Zhao Ning's case, it's time to go to Lord Yan to reflect on everything.

This bloodbath is not over yet, because Qin Hui will bring out countless officials involved in this case. According to the current situation, no one dares to imagine how many people will die.

In short, this major case from the central administration to the local military administration will have a huge impact on the Jingkang New Deal.

On that day, Zhang's family in the capital was sealed off, and Zhou Shu's Zhou family was sealed off.

The person who was still in the cloud the day before suddenly became a death row prisoner.

"Tokyo Daily", "Jingshi Express", "Jingkang Gossip" and other newspapers began to rush to publish.

From the Dongfu, the Privy Council, the Military and Political Council, to the 24 Divisions of the Six Ministries, the Gyeonggi Road Transit Division, the Tidian Prison Division, the Tiju Changping Division, and then to the Kaifeng Government Yamen, many officials are busy.

It can be said that the beginning of the five years of Jingkang was blood red.

Just when the big case in Tokyo broke out and Shaanxi was seriously investigating, on the early morning of the [-]th day of the first lunar month, an unremarkable incident happened in the northern part of Huizhou, where the Song Dynasty and Xixia border.

But it was this small incident that triggered a major international dispute, and even caused countless deaths. It also affected the subsequent international trend and the fate of countless families, and even changed the trade pattern between Song and Xia.

Teams of business travelers transported a large amount of goods and were heading south to the Huizhou Forbidden Market.

According to the rules, after these goods enter the market, they must be strictly checked by the officials of the Song Dynasty, and they are allowed to pass through the customs for sale after they are confirmed to be correct.

At this moment, a group of people suddenly appeared in front of them.

This group of men and horses had obviously been in ambush for a long time, they moved swiftly and looked at their clothes, they seemed to be from the Song Dynasty, and all of them were armed with knives.

In the snowstorm, there were screams, and the merchants dropped their goods and fled.

On the 38th day of the first lunar month, an urgent memorial was sent to Xingqing Mansion. The content was very simple: the business brigade of the Great Xia Kingdom was robbed by the Song Army, and [-] people of the Great Xia Kingdom died tragically with the Song Army's butcher knife.

Chapter 349 The Xixia Army Heads South (Second Change)

Xia Zhu Li Ganshun was furious when he heard the news.

In the eyes of the upper echelons of the Great Xia Kingdom, the people of the Great Xia Kingdom suddenly became valuable.

Before the Song Dynasty knew about it, Xixia brazenly launched the Songxia War unilaterally.

This is the sixth war between Song and Xia.

In the first five battles between Song and Xia, both sides won and lost.

The basic context is also very clear.

During the Renzong period, Xixia became bigger, and the battle of Shanchuankou, Haoshuichuan, and Dingbianzhai broke out.

This is the first battle between Song and Xia. Song and Xia have their own winners and losers, but this is the battle for the founding of Xixia.

The second battle between Song and Xia was the battle of Dashun City. Xixia failed to attack Da Song, and the two sides gradually entered the defensive position.

The third time is the Song Shenzong era.

At this time, there appeared a famous general who was not well-known in history but made great achievements in battle. His name was Wang Shao.

He was promoted by Wang Anshi. In order to kill Xixia, this passionate scholar wandered around the Northwest for several years at his own expense. According to the local actual situation, he gave Song Shenzong a copy of "Ping Rong Ce".

The core content of "Ping Rong Ce" is very simple: expand the Qingtang area in the northwest, cut off the right arm of the connection between Xixia and Qingtang Tubo there, lengthen the front, and use the "cannibalization strategy" accumulated in the northwest for decades. The power has formed a long-term suppression of Xixia.

This is exactly the same as the strategic thinking of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty to open up the Hexi Corridor in order to cut off the right arm of the Huns.

The prelude to the third Song-Xia War was Xihe Kaibian, presided over by Wang Shao himself, with Wang Anshi's full support.

As a result, the Song army was powerful in the northwest, conquered all the land of Huangshui, recruited the Tubo tribes, and formed a fatal suppression of the Xixia right wing.

Then came the big move of Song Shenzong's five-way attack on Xia.

The fourth battle of Song and Xia, the battle of Hongde City and the battle of Pingxia City, this is already the era of Song Zhezong.

In this era, Wang Shao has passed away, and Wang Anshi and others are gone.

But another master of strategy and tactics appeared in the Great Song Dynasty. He was Zhang Jie (jie), who was scolded by the civil officials as a treacherous minister.

At this time, the Song and Xia situation seemed to be the Great Song overlooking Xixia.

The fifth time was the Battle of Hengshan, which was a fatal blow to Xixia.

Hengshan is the left wing barrier of Xixia. During the third Song Xia battle, the right wing was cut off by Wang Shao, and the entire southern Xixia was exposed to the edge of the Song Dynasty.

In the fifth battle between Song and Xia, Hengshan, the richest city, fell, and Xixia was about to fall.

As a result, the Jin people went south, and Xixia was able to survive.

In Zhao Ning's timeline, Xixia slowed down for a few years, and its national strength recovered.

The Huizhou military uprising in the fifth year of Jingkang was not an isolated incident. It was a counterattack after Xixia became stronger again. It was the inevitable result of the dispute between Song and Xia. It was only a matter of time.

On the [-]th day of the first lunar month, the second day after the Huizhou military uprising, an army of [-] Xixia troops appeared in Xi'an Prefecture like ghosts and launched a lightning siege to Xi'an Prefecture.

In just one day, this important place in the northwest was captured by the Xixia army.

All the guards of Xi'an Prefecture died for their country, and the snow outside the city was dyed red.

Xi'an Prefecture is not considered a majestic city, and there was no such place before, but its strategic position is extremely special, and it appeared because of one person.

Who?

Zhang Shuye.

The Xixia people came to Lanzhou every winter when the Yellow River froze. The Song army in Lanzhou wore armor in winter and worked very hard. It would not be a problem if it lasted for a long time.

Zhang Shuye, who worked as a recorder in Lanzhou and joined the army, found out that when Xixia people came to attack Lanzhou, they would definitely stop in Tiandu Mountain to supply food, so he said to build a city in Tiandu Mountain.

This city is Xi'an Prefecture.

After the establishment of Xi'an Prefecture, the pressure on Lanzhou dropped sharply.

The reason why the Xixia people attacked Lanzhou was a legacy of the third Song-Xia War.

Lanzhou is the north gate of the Longyou Governor's Mansion. If Lanzhou is breached, all the states that Wang Shao opened along the Xihe River will return to the hands of the Xixia people.

In other words, Xixia's right arm, which was cut off by Wang Shao, was reconnected.

So Lanzhou is a strategic location.

This time, the Xixia people who had already planned suddenly launched an attack on Xi'an Prefecture, but their own targets were Lanzhou, as well as Xizhou, Taozhou, Hezhou and other places south of Lanzhou.

Once these places are captured by Xixia, the Longyou Protectorate of the Song Dynasty, that is, Huangzhou and Xiningzhou, will be cut off from all roads in Shaanxi, and they will be in the pockets of Xixia people.

If the Longyou Protectorate is lost, Xixia's strategic pressure on the right will disappear, and more resources will be invested in Hengshan on the left to fight a large-scale battle with the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, Zhao Ning also counted on Zheyan quality in Huangzhou to trade horses with the Uighurs in the northwest.

Therefore, on the [-]th day of the first month of the fifth year of Jingkang, Xi'an Prefecture fell, marking the arrival of the Northwest strategic crisis of the Great Song Dynasty.

This time the Xixia generals were called Li Liangfu. This person was sent to support the Liao Kingdom in the battle of Jin and Liao, but he was beaten and defeated by Wanyan Loushi and Wanyan Wulu.

It is precisely because he used his actual actions to explain to Xixia's upper management that Xixia should quickly kneel in front of Jin Guo's father.

But this time, he led an army of [-] to the south and attacked Xi'an Prefecture by surprise.

"Li Shuai, this place is only a hundred miles away from Huizhou, please give the last general 7000 troops, and the last general will take Huizhou within one day!" Li Atuhan, Li Liangfu's deputy, said proudly.

This guy also participated in the battle to aid the Liao Dynasty, and was beaten so badly that he came back alone.

This time, when they went south to attack the Song Dynasty suddenly, the main fighters in Xixia were already very excited, and now the attack on Xi'an Prefecture was so smooth, Atuhan's self-confidence that was crushed by the golden men returned.

It is often easy to attribute success to ourselves and failure to the environment.

A Tuhan didn't think that the attack on Xi'an Prefecture went so smoothly this time because Ren Dejing, the governor of Xi'an Prefecture, revealed a lot of the internal situation of the Song Dynasty.

He thought that he was too awesome, so awesome!

Li Liangfu said: "Huizhou is not afraid. Our important task this time is to take Lanzhou, Xizhou and Taozhou before the Song army reacts!"

A Tuhan said: "If the people of Song Dynasty gather a group of troops in Huizhou and take advantage of our westward advance to retake Xi'an Prefecture, won't our way back be blocked?"

Li Liangfu laughed and said, "The situation in Huizhou has already been mentioned above. Song Shoujun only has [-] soldiers. A nameless junior named Li Yanxian is nothing to worry about!"

"Why don't we divide a group of soldiers and take the general state?"

"No need!" Li Liangfu was full of confidence.

Now that the coach has said so, the lieutenant, who feels that he is awesome, doesn't say anything.

Xixia: The face that was slapped from Jin Guo must be fully recovered from Da Song!

On the same day, Li Liangfu stayed in Xi'an Prefecture with [-] soldiers and horses, and then began to rush to Lanzhou in the southwest overnight.

The main force of Xixia was concentrated in the south, in order to defend the Xingqing Mansion and resist the soldiers of the Song Dynasty.

This is also the fundamental reason why Xixia was able to quickly mobilize the army to attack like lightning this time.

On the 21st day of the first lunar month, there was heavy snow in Huizhou.

Li Yanxian, the governor of Huizhou, is eating barbecue at home.