One Piece of Song Dynasty

Zhao Gou burst into tears and said, "It's very similar. It's all my fault."

Zhang Rong said: "Just admit it. My lord said that the history of our Han people is a history of fighting with foreign races. During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the northern grasslands were plagued by the Xiongnu. It took the two unified dynasties of Qin and Han to completely solve the problem in the north. The Huns were troubled, but when the Huns left, the Wuhu came again. Due to the incompetence of the Western Jin Dynasty, the tragedy of the Wuhu devastated China. As a result, it was not until the Sui Dynasty that we Han people were able to return to their peak. However, at that time, a powerful army emerged on the grassland. The Turks, we Han people began to fight against the Turks again. It was not until the Tang Dynasty that the Turks were completely eliminated. After the Turks were finished, the Khitan came again, and then came to this dynasty. As a result, you have all seen the performance of this dynasty for more than a hundred years. The Khitans in the north and Dangxiang in the west are basically on the defensive, so among all the unified dynasties, your Zhao family and the Sima family of the Jin Dynasty are the worst royal families."

Wu Shaofen said dissatisfied: "Such an evaluation of the royal family means that your lord is capable of leading the Han people to rejuvenation."

Zhang Rong replied: "It's true. We do see the hope of the rejuvenation of our Han people in our lord. At least our lord has made a lot of preparations to resist the Jin. Not only that, our lord's goal in this life is not only to recover the Central Plains, but also to conquer Yan." The lands that should originally belong to us Han people, such as the Yunliu Prefecture, are taken back, and my lord wants to create a strong and prosperous Tang Dynasty."

Wu Shaofen asked: "Your lord has such ambitions, why doesn't he join the court as an official to help the emperor? Why does he have to rebel?"

Zhao Gou quickly agreed: "Yes, I can make him a prime minister."

Zhang Rong curled his lips and said: "Pull him down. If you serve as a minister of the Zhao family, you will not be able to realize your ambition even if you are tired. Look at the Great Song Dynasty. The party disputes among the ministers are so fierce that the country is about to be destroyed. The ministers are still fighting among each other. The Great Song Dynasty The water in the Song Dynasty Hall was too deep, and the lord said that he could not afford it. Instead of wasting time in the court, it was better to start a new business and work alone. Besides, what if he really made some achievements and achieved great success? The person who ascended the throne in history There are many people who kill donkeys and kill heroes."

Hearing that Zhao Gou was like a deflated balloon, Zhang Rong continued: "But to be honest, Zhao Gou, you are so pitiful. What the Zhao family has left you in your lifetime is basically a mess with leaks everywhere, but who If you sit in that position, you will have to take responsibility if you sit in that position. The problems of the Song Dynasty have been buried since the founding of the country. Civilization is used to control military force. To be a soldier, you must have tattoos. There is a saying among the people. As the saying goes, "A good man should not be a soldier, and a good iron should not be hammered with nails." This shows the low status of soldiers in the Song Dynasty. It is the responsibility of soldiers to protect their homes and the country. However, a country does not face the status of soldiers and does not give them corresponding respect. , how can this not chill the hearts of the soldiers? You should touch your conscience and think about it, without soldiers protecting your homeland on the frontier, how can you have stable food and clothing at home? When it comes to wartime, you need soldiers before you think of them. It’s too late. , you Zhao family defense soldiers are more powerful than foreigners, I really don’t know what you think.”

Zhao Ding said: "Since little brother knows so much, he should know that there have been many military coups in history. Just half a year ago, the emperor just experienced a mutiny led by military generals. So, little brother, do you still think that it is wrong to use civil society to control military affairs? "

Zhang Rong said carelessly: "I know, controlling your subordinates is also a skill. If the emperor can't even control his subordinates, then what qualifications do you have to sit in that position? Besides, the only way to control military commanders is through literature. One kind of military control is to take away the financial rights of generals. Soldiers cannot do business. All supplies are handled by the court. If generals have no source of money, how can they induce soldiers to rebel? In short, there are many ways to control generals, but lowering the status of generals is the worst. Method, it will only make the people think that soldiers are the worst people, and make soldiers lose their due dignity. If a soldier loses his dignity, he will still fight for this country. Obviously, he will not, so there is such a situation now. There are many deserters or rebels.”

Lu Yihao asked: "Little brother, your master taught you these."

Zhang Rong replied: "Most of them were taught by my lord, and some of them were what I thought. In my lord's army, the commander-in-chief does not need to think about military pay and food, he only needs to think about how to fight, and every person in your lord's army needs to think about it." It is compulsory for every soldier to learn to read."

Zhao Ding said in confusion: "It is really strange that everyone in your army is literate and your lord is literate."

Zhang Rong nodded and said: "Yes, everyone who joins the army must learn to read. This is written in the military regulations. "Everything is inferior but reading is good." Isn't this the environment created by you scholar-bureaucrats in the Song Dynasty? , but although you scholar-bureaucrats are talented, you are not bad at harming the country. I just said that half of the responsibility for making the country like this lies with the emperor, and the other half of the responsibility lies with you scholar-bureaucrats. Look at the death of the Jingkang disaster. There are only three scholar-bureaucrats, Liu Kai, Zhang Shuye, and Li Ruoshui. This reminds me of a story told by my lord, Zhao Gou, do you want to hear it?"

Zhao Gou asked: "What story?"

Zhang Rong said: "A story from the Three Kingdoms period. During the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao personally led hundreds of thousands of troops south to attack Soochow. At that time, the ministers of Soochow were divided into two groups. The civilian officials advocated surrender, the military attache advocated a deadly fight, and Sun Quan It was difficult to make a decision for a while, and finally Lu Su said something to Sun Quan:

"Everyone can surrender to Cao Cao, but you, the general, cannot surrender." Sun Quan asked: "Where do you start with this?" Lu Su said: "If I surrender to Cao Cao like Lu Su, with my ability, if I want to be an official, I won't be able to surrender." It will be lower than the head of the state and county. General, where can you go after surrendering to Cao Cao? Liu Cong is a lesson learned from the past. It is best to be granted a marquis position, with at most one chariot and horse, and no more than a few followers. How can you be able to do it in the future? The idea of ​​​​unifying the world and becoming emperor is all for themselves, and we must not listen to it. I advise the general to make a plan to resist Cao early.

What's the difference between the ministers who persuaded Sun Quan to surrender and the ministers who compromised and sought peace during the Jingkang crisis? How could they, who were so knowledgeable and talented, have thought about this country, the people, and the people sitting on the throne? , they only think about their own interests. They can still be officials and enjoy their rights after surrendering. But they have not thought about the outcome of the people and the royal family after the surrender. Ruling the world with scholar-bureaucrats also depends on what kind of scholar-bureaucrats they are. If they do not kill The scholar-officials should also look at what kind of scholar-officials they are. Such scholar-officials who are harmful but useless to the country and the people should be killed to thank the world. "