Rich country and strong army, why didn t it work in the Song Dynasty?

The reason why the rich country and the strong army did not work in the Song Dynasty was because the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and civilian officials suppressed military attachés, and military attachés did not have the right to decide. Of course, the most important reason is because Zhao Kuangyin in the Song Dynasty was a military attaché, and he was afraid that someone would follow him, so he simply did not let the military attache have power. In this case, the power rests with the king alone.

In fact, the Song Dynasty also paid more attention to the military, and also allocated a large amount of financial resources to the military, but the effect has not been significant. The most important reason is that the kings of the Song Dynasty were very suspicious, and they were afraid of the military attaché revolting, so the power of the military attache has not been high. This also leads to a result,That is, if there is an emergency on the battlefield, it needs to be reported layer by layer, and the battlefield is changing rapidly, and if there is a lack of an opportunity, then there may be countless casualties.

The combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty can be called the five scum of war, as long as it is a battle, it must be defeated repeatedly, so it must also sign a lot of policies to lose power and humiliate the country. The Song Dynasty was actually relatively rich, and if there was money, it was willing to spend on the military, and the soldiers were also eight times larger, but because of a policy, the Song Dynasty has not had strong soldiers.

This policy is the system of suppression of force, and if someone wants to mobilize the army, there must be a directive from the Privy Council. This system is not too harmful in peacetime, but when it is on the battlefield, the harm is apparent. Although it is said that the imperial power can be protected to the greatest extent, if the military general wants to give any order during the battle, he needs the instructions of the superior leader, and this leader is still 108,000 miles away from him, thenIt is bound to be contained, so failure is actually inevitable.

Some people analyze that the reason why the Song Dynasty implemented such a policy was because Zhao Kuangyin became a king after getting the right at that time, so he was afraid that some people would follow suit. But as a superior, the most taboo is suspicious, and the result of this is that people's hearts are uneven, and people can't show their strength. Therefore, it was not feasible to say that a rich country and a strong army would not work at all in the Song Dynasty.

In the Song Dynasty, although the country was rich, the benefits given to the soldiers were not particularly good, and the soldiers were still full of grievances.

Because the Song Dynasty paid more attention to the cultural field, people generally did not pay much attention to leading troops to fight, and their physique was relatively weak, and their troops could not be strong.

Because the Song Dynasty did not have much military strength at that time, and the emperor was relatively mediocre, he would not be able to fight the state of a rich country and a strong army.

Because Song Taizu was a son of heaven on horseback, he himself was a military general who seized power, so the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and was afraid that the military generals would seize power like themselves.

The economy of the Song Dynasty was very developed, and it was a relatively rich process in Chinese history, because the people lived very well and did not expect to start a war, so there was no rich country and strong army.

Because there were no particularly good military generals in the Song Dynasty, military commands were generally unreliable, and the mentality of the commanders was very unstable.

After Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, took certain measures after he was added to the yellow robe, and released the military power with a glass of wine. Therefore, the strength of the Song Dynasty has not been very strong.

There are several reasons for this.

1. Since the Tang Dynasty, China has been in a state of fragmentation for hundreds of years, with military people ruling the country, the Chinese people suffering unspeakably, and the people living in poverty. Therefore, Zhao Kuangyin, the founding emperor of the Song Dynasty, absorbed the lesson, canceled the system of festival envoys, separated the local administration, military and finance, and directly under the jurisdiction of **. (This is similar to modern times, but due to the information transmission mechanism and transportation system of the time, it was not possible to control the localities well, and the localities could not cooperate well with each other.)

thereby creating a military passivity)

2. Since Shi Jingjiao ceded the Sixteen Towns of Yanyun to the Liao State, the Central Plains regime lacked a reliable and effective military barrier (the Great Wall), and also lost China's war horse training bases (Guanwai and Xichuan), so that the cavalry of the Song Dynasty has been lacking war horses, lack of mobility, and is at an absolute disadvantage in the battle with the Liao army, the Jin army, the Western Xia army, and the Mongolian army (this point was not improved until the appearance of Yue Fei's Yuejia army).

3. In the Song Dynasty, capitalism sprouted, and the ocean gradually flourished with the opening of the Maritime Silk Road, and the financial income was abundant, so a small amount of peace indemnity was acceptable at that time, and the people were not seriously exploited, and they could still produce with peace of mind. After all, war requires resources and population.

4. The most important point is that the northern regimes, which were mainly nomadic peoples, (the main of which were the Mongols), had extremely strong combat effectiveness and destructive power, so that the Song Dynasty could not resist militarily and could only resist strategically for a long time. That is, when the enemy comes, I go, when the enemy retreats, I advance, and develop again.

Focusing on economic construction, we forgot about developing the military.

Because the marshals of the Song Dynasty were all selected from among the literati, and the generals who went out to fight were all decided at any time.

Mainly because the Song Dynasty emphasized literature over military force, and the Song Dynasty's national defense was very weak.

In addition, the imperial court at that time emphasized literature over military force, so this situation occurred, and wealth alone did not have the ability to protect wealth, so it faced failure.