The Song Dynasty, which had a prosperous economy, why was its war strength so weak?

Mainly because the Song Dynasty paid more attention to civilian governance, and there was some exclusion of military generals. The Song family's country was seized by rebellion, so the rulers themselves would definitely learn a lesson and curb military development.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, became emperor through a military coup, so the Song Dynasty was very jealous of military generals who held military power. desperately suppressed the power of the generals, so the military strength of the Song Dynasty was very weak.

The Song Dynasty (960-1279 CE) was a period of significant cultural and economic growth for China, but it faced several challenges in terms of military defense. One of the main reasons for this was the Song dynasty's decision to rely on a professional standing army rather than the traditional conscription system. This proved to be a disadvantage in the face of the invasion of the land-movers by nomads from the north, as the Song army's army was not as large or as well-trained as the invaders' army.

Another reason for the weakness of the Song Dynasty's military power was the lack of unity among the various regions and ethnic groups within China. The Song dynasty was unable to exercise full control over certain regions and faced rebellions and uprisings. This has led to a lack of resources and a lack of support against external invasions.

Finally, the Song dynasty faced financial difficulties, which made it difficult for the Song dynasty to maintain a strong army. ** Spending on the army and border defense was high, and the empire faced financial difficulties. This makes it difficult to maintain a strong military and fund large-scale military operations.

All in all, the Song dynasty was a powerful and advanced state in the cultural, economic, and social spheres, but it failed to translate this power into military superiority.

Although the strength of the Song Dynasty was not weak, the solidification of diplomatic thinking and the restrictions on the army made the army of the Song Dynasty lack morale and combat effectiveness, which in turn also led to the Song Dynasty not having an advantage in the war.

The strength of the Song Dynasty is not weak from the data point of view, the main reason for the troubles is caused by institutional problems and the Song Dynasty's idea of founding the country, and the national strength is not good. In the war, it does not take advantage of the god jujube cherry blossom.

The Song Dynasty was not weak, but why was foreign wars criticized by later generations? There are the following three factors: There is a big problem in the recruitment system. The feudal dynasty had two kinds of recruitment systems.

The Song Dynasty was very economically developed, but the military force was very backward, why is this? Emphasis on literature over force. This is related to the state policy at the time of the statehood.

Zhao Kuangyin, the founder of the Song Dynasty, came to power through a coup d'état, and many people became emperors through coups throughout the Five Dynasties period. Rulers attack each other through conquest in order to achieve personal power, those who have military power use force to achieve greater good, and the entire ruling class believes that force is the most important thing. Frequent wars have brought pain and suffering to the country, the ruling class and the people.

Zhao Kuangyin, who also came to power by force, knew that too much military power would put pressure on the people of the whole country, so he determined the national policy of weakening military power and strength. In the Song Dynasty, many tools and commodities to promote the development of productive forces appeared, and the whole society did not inhibit commerce.

After the <> Chen Qiao mutiny, Zhao Kuangyin put on a yellow robe and became the emperor. Happiness came very suddenly, Zhao Kuangyin himself came out of the barracks, and the experience at the grassroots level made him realize the power of the general, so he also had a stone in his heart, that is, how to prevent it"Yellow robe"The story repeats itself. In the end, Zhao Kuangyin thought of one"A glass of wine releases the military power"The trick of putting the generals in the army has the military power"Nationalization"and send them home for retirement.

Then he formulated"Heavy literature and military suppression"、"Emphasis on literature and education, light on martial arts"The basic national focus. From this moment on, the foundation was laid for the low military power after the Song Dynasty.

Since the death of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, the Song Dynasty began for more than 300 years"Pimples"Period. In our current words, it is"Waste", as soon as there is a war, immediately flee and pay tribute to others. Evading war and fearing the enemy led to the loss of large swathes of territory.

As the saying goes,"An inch of rivers and mountains is an inch of gold", so the Song Dynasty left a very bad impression on us.

The Song dynasty suffered several defeats in wars with foreigners and signed many unequal treaties, such as the Song-Liao coalition and the Song-Jin Shaoxing Peace Treaty. However, the economy of such a dynasty with low military strength is extremely developed, which makes us very puzzled, after all, we have the inherent impression that the development of the country's economy will inevitably promote the strength of military strength. The Song Dynasty was strengthened during the Taizong and Zhenzong periods, but from the Renzong period, the emperor had no intention of strengthening the imperial power, so the power of the civil and official groups was magnified, and there was a trend of the emperor and the scholars ruling the world together.

If this momentum continues, it will initially become a democracy at the top.

Because the Song Dynasty focused on economic development, but neglected the development of force, it is conceivable that such a situation was caused. During the Song Dynasty, there were also many famous poets.

Because the Song Dynasty was very powerful when it was first established, but the monarch of the Song Dynasty did not attach great importance to military generals and blindly developed the economy, so it would lead to a very backward military force.

Because the Song Dynasty was located in the south at that time, all walks of life were relatively developed, and the backwardness of the military force was due to the Song Dynasty's emphasis on literature and light on military force.

The economy is relatively prosperous.

The military strength is not very good, and most of the time it is pressed to the ground and beaten.

I think the economic advantage of the Song Dynasty is very great, but their military capabilities are very weak, because the country is very heavy on literature and light on military force, so the development of military energy in the Song Dynasty is not good.

In fact, the military strength was not particularly strong, and the Song Dynasty was mainly relatively high in literature.

In this way, the Song Dynasty has two largest, one is that the number of the Song Dynasty's army is the last dynasty in our history, and the other is that the Song Dynasty is the richest dynasty in the history of our country. I heard that the catering industry in the Song Dynasty was very developed, and the people were not at home, but you can think about a country with a developed catering industry, how developed the business is. I don't really know why there were so many wars in the Song Dynasty (it is estimated that wealth attracts many people's attention), but I know the reason why such a rich and military country always loses wars.

The Song Dynasty had a large number of troops, with millions of people, but they were all rabble, and there were hundreds of thousands of forbidden troops. The reason why there were so many people in the army in the Song Dynasty was because the Song Dynasty had a developed economy and a developed business, but there were too many idle people in the society, so the country let them join the army, and there were many criminals who were recruited into the army, so the army of millions was organized by such people, and the country was afraid that the idle people would make trouble in the society, so they simply raised it, and the reason for this was related to the founding system of the Song Dynasty. So unanimously the army was ineffective at all.

The economy of the Song Dynasty was strong, and the combat effectiveness of the army was not developed, and according to Zhao Kuangyin's idea, the emperor had an army in the whole country, and there was no army in other places, because he was afraid that others would rebel, because he got the throne in this way. Over time, wealth is not used to strengthen the country but is used for pleasure, which breeds corruption.

The Song Dynasty was one of the most prosperous eras in Chinese history in terms of economy, culture and education, the revival of Confucianism, the atmosphere of respecting teachers and valuing education in society, the development of science and technology also advanced by leaps and bounds, and the politics were more enlightened and honest. The lives of the common people are relatively stable, while the wars are all foreign wars, and the people in the mainland are less affected, so the economy is still very prosperous!

Because of the active development of political and cultural construction, although foreign wars were unfavorable, the society was relatively stable, and the people generally lived and worked in peace and contentment, so the economy was relatively prosperous compared with that of all Chinese dynasties.

It was okay at the beginning, it was only tangled from the beginning of the Zhenzong Tanyuan Alliance, and the Song Dynasty had less control over the city, the shipping was developed, and the shipbuilding in Quanzhou was very famous.

The currencies used by other countries are all Song countries.

In order to strengthen the imperial power, Song Taizu designed the separation of powers under the emperor's rule. He separated the three major powers of administration, military administration, and finance, which were previously under the overall responsibility of the prime minister, and formed three independent departments that were not subordinate to each other, were equal to each other, and were controlled by the emperor: the Zhongshu Province to manage political affairs, the Privy Council to manage the military, and the three departments to manage finance.

In terms of the cadre appointment system, Song Taizu also implemented a unique system of separating officials, posts, and dispatches.

This kind of political system has greatly reduced the power to intervene in the economy at all levels, all types, and localities, and has realized that all power is vested in the emperor. And the emperor's "daily management of all opportunities", and it is impossible to manage economic development so much, objectively formed a ** economic intervention greatly reduced, this reduction of economic intervention, is conducive to the development of commerce.

The system of the Song Dynasty caused the emperor to be unable to take responsibility, ** was bound and did not dare to be responsible, and the "free economy" of merchants did as he pleased, which was the fundamental reason for the economic prosperity of the Song Dynasty!

Why is the economy still being bullied now? Similarly.

The history on the first floor is really not very good.

The GDP of the Song Dynasty accounted for 80% of the world's GDP at that time, the annual income of a skilled skilled worker was higher than that of the prefect at that time, two of the four major inventions were born in the Northern Song Dynasty, and the intellectuals were absolutely not in danger of their lives as officials. Culturally, it is comparable to the Tang Dynasty, and the Northern Song Dynasty, the "Eight Masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties", occupies six seats. As for the military weakness, I think so, the Song Dynasty emphasized literature and light military force, mainly because Zhao Kuangyin saw the harmfulness of the Tang Dynasty's feudal town separation, plus he was originally a military general and the yellow robe was added, I don't know if you have noticed, in history, such as Qin, Western Jin, Sui, these dynasties after the completion of unification, without exception are short-lived, only the Northern Song Dynasty can survive for more than a hundred years, the Song Dynasty is mainly infantry, with infantry against the grassland iron cavalry, that is equivalent to suicide.

Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, was the only military genius emperor of the Song Dynasty, and he thought that the generals were available, so he would entrust him with important tasks, and if he thought it was unreliable, he would have a "cup of wine to release the military power". The first floor said that the Song Dynasty gave a lot of tribute to the Hu people every year, do you know how much, after the "Lanyuan Alliance" gave Liao 100,000 taels per year, 200,000 horses of silk, this is only the annual financial income of the two counties of the Song Dynasty, and every year through the mutual market, the Song Dynasty has to recover at least tens of millions of taels, the first floor may as well go to the "Mengxi Pen Talk", which talks about the logistics of the war at that time, and its cost is higher than you imagine.

Quite simply, the northwest was robbed of territory, and the Silk Road was cut off. The Southern Song Dynasty forced to go to the sea**, bypassing the Vietnamese Champa and Cambodian Angkor, and directly bypassing Malacca to do business in the Indian Ocean, with fewer middlemen and a great increase in profits, which is also the indirect reason for the demise of Cham Angkor. During the Southern Song Dynasty, tea began to sell well, and profits further broke the top.

I looked at the first floor and had to answer, I came to participate in the discussion, hehe, agree with the landlord's point of view, strong Han, Tang Dynasty, rich Song Dynasty, this is a historical conclusion, for example, in the Song Dynasty has appeared paper money, called Jiaozi, is the world's earliest paper money. It is important to know that paper money is a symbolic currency, which is the product of the development of the social commodity economy to a certain stage. Why is the Song Dynasty weak, it can only be said that the system is a problem, Zhao Kuangyin learned the lesson of the Tang Dynasty, and used civilian officials to control the army and check and balance the rights of military generals, you must know that the status of military generals at that time was very low compared to civilian officials, so the Song Dynasty was not good at military affairs, but correspondingly, there was never a rebellion of military generals in the Song Dynasty.

Moreover, at that time, because people were wealthy, they also had the idea of buying peace with money, and they looked to the superior for advice.

This is related to the background of the times, after a long period of war after the Tang Dynasty, the people longed for peace, the economy continued to improve, and the national strength increased, so soon after the founding of the People's Republic of China, the people were rich and the economic strength was strong.

Because the Song Dynasty was a super exporting country, because he was weak, other countries forced him to communicate with each other** and did not let him lock up the country.

And those countries with strong military power use Song's currency, so that Song has accumulated a lot of capital, just like now the whole world buys a country's things, that country may not have money? Song Youqian is like that.