What do you think about Zhao Kuangyin s emphasis on literature and light on martial arts?

In my opinion, the reason why Zhao Kuangyin values literature over military force is that he is afraid. He feared that someone would overthrow his rule by force, as he had done before. Zhao Kuangyin was originally a general of the Later Zhou Dynasty, but later the Chen Qiao Mutiny, he seized the throne of the Zhou Dynasty.

He has risen from a general to the master of the world. Therefore, after he became the emperor, he was very afraid of someone like him. He was afraid of another Chenqiao mutiny, and he was afraid that he himself would become the emperor of the previous Zhou dynasty.

This is also a big reason why Zhao Kuangyin emphasizes literature over military force.

But one thing I have to say is that although Zhao Kuangyin emphasized literature over martial arts, this was more beneficial than disadvantageous for the rule of the Song Dynasty, which is just right. After all, after the Chenqiao Mutiny, a country had just been reunified, the country had just stabilized at this time, the people still needed to recuperate, and if the economy wanted to prosper again, it would take a long time to adjust. This was necessary for the recovery of the economy and the stability of the country at that time.

On the other hand, in the author's opinion, Zhao Kuangyin's policy of emphasizing literature over military force has attracted many talented people to him. Although it is said that after the promulgation of Zhao Kuangyin's policy of emphasizing literature over military force, the application of military generals was much less, but the application of literati was greatly improved. Under the historical background of the imperial examination system, all the people who can stand out in the imperial examination system are all people who can leave a heavy mark in history.

It is precisely for this reason that after the promulgation of Zhao Kuangyin's policy, it can be said that a large number of talents have been applied by Zhao Kuangyin!

Of course, the policy of emphasizing civilian culture over military force has some harm, and the most obvious harm is the weakening of the army's strength. But since Zhao Kuangyin was able to unify a country through military strength, it proved that his military strength was still very strong at that time, even if it was weakened for him, it would not have a great impact on the stability of the country for a while.

Because he himself is a military general, he knows that the world is won by his own force, so he is afraid of military generals, so he emphasizes literature over military force.

Because Zhao Kuangyin was in the yellow robe in the "Chen Qiaoyi Mutiny", I personally think that Zhao Kuangyin may be afraid of future troubles, so he emphasizes literature and light on martial arts, probably because he is afraid that someone will be the same as him.

I think Zhao Kuangyin is also because the Tang Dynasty caused the civil strife in the Tang Dynasty because the power of the feudal town was too strong, and he himself is also a military general, and he won the world with the yellow robe, knowing the ambition and ability of the general, so he chose the policy of emphasizing literature over military force.

The history between the fall of the Tang Dynasty and the establishment of the Song Dynasty, called the Five Dynasties Destruction Wheel Liang Ten Kingdoms Period, is the most chaotic period in Chinese history, almost all warriors rebelled and founded the country as long as there were soldiers and generals under their command, and then conquered each other, which made Brother Tong's view of the army at that time extremely bad, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin was actually one of them, launched the Chen Qiao Mutiny and became the emperor himself, he himself succeeded in rebellion, and naturally he had to guard against his subordinates from repeating history, so he used the wine banquet to force the subordinates to hand over their military power, And set up various national policies to restrain the army and prevent the army from rebelling, but only corrected the mistakes, so that the Song Dynasty was not well prepared.

Zhao Kuangyin was a military general when he was in a yellow robe, and he finally became the emperor in the chaos with a small army. Of course, he was very jealous of the first line of the army, fearing that his children and grandchildren would also lose their lives in the army's rebellion. He also made a cup of wine to release the military power, so in order to maintain the rule of the Zhao family, he naturally promoted the emphasis on literature and light on military force.

I think so. His suspicion is too heavy, and there is an allusion called a glass of wine to release military power. It was after this allusion that the Song Dynasty began to decline.

It is indeed the case that some of the policies promulgated are not particularly appropriate, which will lead to the emphasis on literature and the neglect of force.

Zhao Kuangyin himself was born as a military general, and then seized power to build the Song Dynasty with the strength of his troops, so he Hu Chun was worried that some military generals would follow his example, so he would formulate the national policy of Chongting to suppress military force.

He felt that the subjugation of the country by force was a very incapable way and would only meet with the opposition of the people, so he adopted such a policy.

Most people are overly enthusiastic about what they lack, and it is precisely because he is a martial artist that he pursues more culture and respects the power of culture.

The Chenqiao Mutiny was launched, which unified the chaos of the five dynasties and ten kingdoms of China for hundreds of years, and established the Northern Song Dynasty. A glass of wine releases military power, scheming without losing style.

Zhao Kuangyin defected to the privy envoy Guo Wei in the Later Han Dynasty, and fought in the army during the reign of Chai Rong of the Later Zhou Dynasty, and repeatedly made military exploits. When Chai Rong was seriously ill, he was promoted to the front of the palace and became the supreme commander of the forbidden army.

Because in the late Tang Dynasty and the fifth dynasty, the warlords supported the army and respected themselves, which was a stubborn disease of the turmoil in the Central Plains Dynasty, so Zhao Kuangyin believed that it was imperative to emphasize literature and ignore military force.

Even military attachés need to read, and only by reading more books can they better defeat the enemy, and this is to improve the military attaché's war strength.