At that time, Zhu Xi's disciples asked: Why did Wang Anshi fail to become prime minister for the third time and continue to reform, but instead let a group of mobs stand in the court? Zhu Xi smiled. This saint had a hobby. He was in the Southern Song Dynasty and had little information, but he savored every emperor and minister of the Northern Song Dynasty. Among them, there was the answer to "the court was useless at this time." Zhu Xi said: Shenzong had all the skills of Jing Gong (i.e. Wang Anshi), so why should he use it again?

Ten years later, Xining, everything is done by oneself, and the so-called ministers just use mediocre people to stay by their side and instruct them at any time...

One word tells the secret! This is the truth about the political structure of the Song Dynasty after Wang Anshi left. It is also the unbreakable truth of Chinese history - except for the founding emperor and the first prime minister, no strong emperor can survive at the same time!

Even Wang Anshi was no exception. Once Song Shenzong was full of feathers, he would never have a foothold again. This was the biggest difference between the Song Dynasty from Xining to Yuanfeng, and it also dominated the fate of the entire Northern Song Dynasty... After Shenzong became the master of his family, Wang Anshi began to live in seclusion in Jinling, and Sima Guang kept a book in Luoyang. The two new and old factions followed their party leaders to rest together, and the rest became dedicated clerks, working honestly in the various new laws created by Wang Anshi...

On the 7th, the 6-year-old emperor Yelu Yanxi was awarded the title of King of Liang. After the death of Prince Yelu Jun, his nephew and adopted son Yelu Chun, who wanted to succeed the throne, was transferred from the court. On October 9th, the prime minister of the Northern Prefecture, who was famously saying "No one million taels of gold is not enough to be the prime minister's family", and Zhang Xiaojie, the second treacherous minister of the Great Liao Dynasty, was also driven out of the court as the governor of the Wuding Army, as a member of the first treacherous minister Yelu Yixin.

This year, there was a serious civil strife in Dali with a change of dynasty and genres! A powerful minister named Yang Yizhen killed Duan Lianyi, the Emperor Shangde of Dali (Duan Yanqing, the head of the four evil men in Mr. Jin Yong's "The Eight Tribes of the Heavenly Dragons", and established himself as Emperor Guang'an of Dali Kingdom. He was then killed by Gao Shengtai, who supported Duan Lianyi's nephew Duan Shouhui. Duan Shouhui died the following year, and Gao Shengtai supported Duan Shouhui's cousin Duan Zhengming as Emperor Baoding (Duan Zhengming was the last emperor of the former Liguo, and later abdicated to Gao Shengtai. Gao Shengtai changed the country's name to Great China. He died after the New Year and gave the last words to return the throne to the Duan clan, so Duan Zhengchun, the younger brother of Duan Zhengchun, was able to succeed again, and Duan Zhengchun was the founding emperor of the Later Liguo)

The 4th year of Yuanfeng (1081) was the key year for the success or failure of the reform! Before the reform, Wang Anshi and Song Shenzong most hoped for finally arrived! The reform of the new law - accumulating wealth - sending troops to Xihe - sweeping the Xixia - conquering the Liao Kingdom - producing profits. The top priority in this general chain of reform, the opportunity to sweep the Xixia has arrived!

This opportunity was delivered to you. This is the old tradition of the Dangxiang people. They had the wrong surname! Why did they have the surname Li? Reflecting the old Huangsheng of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin's descendants, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was controlled by the harem, and every generation lived a cowardly life!

Li Yuanhao killed his mother Wei Mu, and his uncle Wei Mu Shanxi. Li Liangzuo killed his uncle Wuzang Epang. Now the third emperor of Xixia, Li Bingchang, was only 8 years old when he ascended the throne. The person who came to the front desk was his mother. Liang, the daughter-in-law of Wuzang Epang, was so bizarre that fate was. Li Liangzuo seduced this woman at first just to get information from his political enemies, but once he succeeded, the woman firmly occupied the throne of the Queen of Xixia! A Han woman became the number one real power figure in the Western Xia Kingdom!

With such a mother, Li Bingchang's fate can be imagined. He is an emperor, but he is not even as good as a civilian! He has no freedom and power. Four years ago, at the age of 17, he began to rule in name, but found that he was even worse than his father back then. The Han people were born as political masters, and the Liang family was much stronger than the Wuzang family. In addition to controlling the capital, they also inserted their relatives into their own families! Especially at this time, the prime minister was Liang Yi, the younger brother of Daliang behind him!

Li Bingchang thought about it and thought that he understood that if he wanted to regain the imperial power, it was definitely not as simple as launching a coup in the capital. How can he succeed? He was very smart and could not do it internally, so he could only find foreign aid. There were only two foreign aids - the Great Liao and the Great Song Dynasty, which one should I choose? The Liao Kingdom cannot provoke it. Be careful that it is easy to invite gods to send gods to gods! Only the Great Song Dynasty, civilized, beautiful, kind and steady, are the only choices from which point of view!

But how to impress the Song Dynasty? It lacks nothing except land... One-year-old children are crazy, and no one can be precise and steady at this age. For valuable freedom, the price he paid makes the whole world stunned! There are two points:

1 Last year, Xia Huizong, who had nominally ruled, issued an order: the entire Western Xia Dynasty would fully implement the Han rituals for the second time! Abolish the Han rituals formulated by Li Yuanhao and promoted by Liang! This seems easy, but in fact it is no longer in line with his mother. Liang's hard work was to manage. As a Han Chinese, in order to be recognized by the Dangxiang people, she opposed the Song Dynasty from all angles, especially the Han rituals that her husband Li Liangzuo first promoted that year! Now her son sang a stage show with her again to show kindness to the Song Dynasty!

This made the whole world offer a crazy offer. At the suggestion of a Han general named Li Qing, Xia Huizong Li Bingchang sent someone to inform Song Shenzong that for the sake of friendship between the two countries, he was willing to "return Henan to Song". Henan refers to the south of the Hetao Plain, including Xiping Prefecture, the Xiping Prefecture of the Xixia capital (that is, Lingzhou captured by Li Jiqian) and the five Yinxia states where the Dangxiang people made their ancestral property! This vast and rich land is the foundation of the founding of Xixia! But as long as the Song Dynasty helped me, I would cede it to you! This price directly reminds Li Bingchang's ancestor, Li Jiqian's clan brother Li Jipang. At that time, Li Jipang made a stable position among the Dangxiang people and presented the five Yinxia states to Zhao Guangyi for free! From here, Li Jiqian began to raise the banner of anti-Song independence!

But now it is not just the 5 states in Yinxia. The Yellow River has only one wealthy one. The Hetao Plain is the foundation and lifeline of Dangxiang people's survival. If it is really ceased, there is only one case in history that can be compared - Shi Jingtang ceded Yanyun 16 states! But after careful consideration, it is still not equivalent. The biggest function of Yanyun 16 states is defense. If the Han people lost this Hetao Plain, eating has become a problem since then!

Of course, the area of ​​this land is recorded very vaguely in history books. "Returning to the Song Dynasty with Henan land" has always been controversial. Some people say that it does not refer to the huge amount mentioned above, but to the river, Tao and other prefectures and south of the Yellow River, which were originally some of the lost territory in the Qinfeng Road of the Song Dynasty in the years of wars. The reason is that the price is outrageous, so Li Bingchang shouldn't be so crazy?

But I think it is strange that Li Bingchang just cut off some land for the sake of the throne and survival? What's more, He, Tao and other prefectures have always been from Tubo, and they have been taken back by Wang Shao at this time. What's the matter with Guanxi Xia? What's the power of Li Bingchang to decide the ownership of this land?

No doubt! The land is so big, the temptation is so strong! The news came into Kaifeng City, and Song Shenzong was astonished as Yelu Deguang, the Emperor Taizong of Liao, back then!

This is the meat delivered to the door! What are you waiting for! The Song Dynasty actively responded to Li Bingchang's proposal, and on the one hand, sent envoys to discuss and accept it, and on the other hand, actively prepared for war. History has proved countless times that this kind of transaction cannot be completed if it fails to die of tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of people! Even Yelu Deguang had to lead the army to personally cut off people for his godson Shi Jingtang!

Sure enough, the Song Dynasty was actively preparing, and new news came. Yue, the Han general who was preparing to sneak into the Song Dynasty, was lured and killed by Gang Menge, who was sent to Daliang. The Song Dynasty's good friend, Mars boy, Li Bingchang, was beaten up by his mother Daliang, and drove out of the palace. He was imprisoned in Muzhai, 5 miles away from the palace! The name of the village is the same, and the dignified Xixia emperor has reached the grassroots level...

But when standing on the side of the Song Dynasty, it's okay! It's not possible to accept it smoothly, but the situation has become better than before! First, the Song Dynasty was famous for sending troops. The Xixia Emperor, who was friendly to neighbors and had an unprecedented relationship with the Song Dynasty, was rebelled. This was a sensational bad news and a huge scandal! The Song Dynasty must not sit idly by and must help him regain the throne!

Second, even if Li Bingchang is nonsensical, he is still the Emperor of Xixia! His confinement by his mother is not as simple as a matter of mother-son being closed! The royal family, which has been in the era of Li Yuanhao, has become more tragic in power struggles, so that the tragic in the back tribe will come more violently! It is best to both lose money and be paralyzed together, and the Song Dynasty has won for nothing!

Third, the strength of the Song Dynasty is no longer the same as before! The original military system of the Song Dynasty was "Gengrong Law". In order not to allow any general to control soldiers, Zhao Kuangyin stipulated that every army in the country should change defenses regularly, and the generals would not move, resulting in "the soldiers do not recognize generals, and the generals do not recognize soldiers". He would never think that there would be generals who should be respected by themselves! In addition, Zhao Kuangyin further stipulated that these generals would only have the power to "hold troops", that is, you are usually responsible for training, duty, and remit rewards and punishments. You have no power to "transfer troops" at all. If you want to transfer troops, you can only go to the Privy Council. Although the Privy Council is the highest military institution in the country, it is just The emperor is just a mouthpiece. It can only accept the emperor's orders, and then it will issue a general to "direct the troops" specifically. Therefore, the three powers in the army are separated, and no one can directly control one soldier. It is said that this should be relieved, right? No! Zhao Kuangyin combined his own development trajectory and found new hidden dangers and flaws. That is the personal soldiers around the generals! Zhao Kuangyin ordered: No matter what level or level, he will never be allowed to have a confidant soldier. It is strictly forbidden for soldiers to cultivate their own personal strength, and those who violate the order will be killed! This is the top priority. Zhao Kuangyin bit it very tightly, and treats everyone equally regardless of whether it is reasonable or not.

Zhao Kuangyin's military pay was absolutely generous - "gold coins, silk money, no care" but he must abide by the rules! In response to the bloody lessons of the five dynasties, the arrogant soldiers snatched the commander and the deposed emperors during the five dynasties, Zhao Kuangyin ordered the entire army to strictly abide by the "class law", which means: From then on, the higher-ranking officials can really crush people to death. Not only can you be crushed, but the superior officers also have legal power of life and death, so that "soldiers know the generals, generals, commanders know the commanders, and commanders know the court" completely cut off the arrogance and illegal intention of offending the superiors! For this reason, Zhao Kuangyin did not hesitate to start a big killing. Looking at the history of the Song Dynasty, Zhao Kuangyin killed 9 people, 40 people, and 10 people at a time... There is no way, the army of the Five Dynasties was strong and fierce. If they didn't kill, or even kill many, they would not be able to establish their authority!

This is not over! In Kaifeng City, Zhao Kuangyin also had various evil tricks that made soldiers secretly yell. For example, in order to train the soldiers' physique and keep them diligent and prevent laziness, whenever the food and pay is paid, Zhao Kuangyin ordered the soldiers from the east of the city to get grain, and the soldiers from the west of the city to get grain. He himself stood at the commanding heights of the city, watching the soldiers in the city carrying at least stone (at least 00 kilograms) of grain from the huge Kaifeng City, and then walk here... and he also stipulated that no cars or anyone is allowed to help!

There are too many such things... Zhao Kuangyin devoted himself to sorting out and building his own internal affairs, and from then on, he completely transformed the country he stolen from the Later Zhou Dynasty and turned it into his own private property. And as time went by, his orders continued to increase, and it was not until later that the "soldiers do not know the generals, generals do not know the soldiers" was completed!

After that, Zhao Kuangyin sent "soldiers" to the whole country again, namely tall and mighty soldiers who meet the standards. All the troops of the states across the country must hand over the conditions!

The result of all this was that except for the first generation of Song army led by Zhao Kuangyin, the quality of the army plummeted! This was initially broken by Fan Zhongyan. In order to fight against Li Yuanhao, heavy troops were stationed in the northwest for a long time. Over the decades, the soldiers and generals cooperated closely to form the unique combat power of the Western Army of the Song Dynasty. During the Xining Reform, this successful example was pushed to the whole country. It was the famous "General Military Art" that was divided into a major defense zone and 9 generals.

The first defense zone is near the capital, with 5 commanders and 0 generals, accounting for about 1/4 of the national military force. The second defense zone is in the northwest, with 4 generals (Qin Feng 5, Jingyuan 11, Huanqing 8, Fuyan 9, Xihe 9) and the troops occupy the country/. The remaining troops are spread across the country, and the Lingnan region is also taking care of them. In addition to these regular troops, the implementation of the Baojia Law is becoming more and more smooth, with the total number of militias exceeding 700,000! This changed the distribution of military forces before the Song Dynasty. In addition to the borders, the capital points are the strongest, and the prefectures and counties are

The city is no longer blank! Time goes by day, and every day, the strength of the Song army increases by one point. It is not the bleak situation in traditional history books that Wang Anshi failed after the second rescinding of prime minister... Where did the failure come from? It was not until Emperor Shenzong of Song that Empress Dowager Gao was regent, and the old bastard Sima Guang jumped out to abolish the new law. Before that, the whole country of Song Dynasty was under the implementation of the new law, no matter what the changes in the civil economy, national strength, military, and administration were unprecedentedly prosperous!
Chapter completed!