Why did the Song Dynasty's military strength become weaker and repeatedly defeat foreign wars? It was obvious that the army was getting more and more numerous, the equipment was getting better and more abundant, and the money and food were getting more and more abundant, and the true colors were revealed when it was against foreign enemies. There were various opinions on this issue, but it was difficult to form a consensus. Most of the people who were anxious to promote military reform were civil officials, most of whom did not control the troops, and it was difficult to systematically sort out the army, especially the imperial guards' fog. Even officials such as Liu Ji and Yang Tsang, who turned from civil to military, were mostly commanders, and did not manage the army in detail, and did not understand the middle and lower levels of the army.

The result is that civil officials in charge of the government affairs, including the commanders on the side, intuitively think that the imperial guards are becoming increasingly unable to fight. On Shaanxi Road and Hedong Road, the imperial guards are expensive, but they are not more powerful than local troops and are inconvenient to command. In the local area, the same problem occurred. The imperial guards' cost performance is not as good as those of the teaching of the Yuexiang Army. In the end, this trend is to replace the army with Baojia and integrate troops with the people.

Historically, the reform of the Song Dynasty's army was led by civil officials and full of idealism. In this process, military generals were passively accepted, basically had no initiative, and did not participate. Only at the junction of the two Song dynasties and the face of the severe situation and the power of the commander of the army expanded unprecedentedly, military reforms led by military generals occurred. With Yue Fei's death and peace talks between the north and the south, military reforms were interrupted again.

Du Zhongxiao was able to sort out this general context, but he couldn't explain the deep reasons for the military drawbacks of the Song Dynasty. He really didn't know, so he could only participate slowly, summarize little by little, and find a solution bit by bit.

Due to historical and practical reasons, China's historical research is very rough, and most of the specific historical issues are basically blank. Even some major direction issues are debated, and specialized research is very lacking. In the Song Dynasty, most historians are more willing to publish whether the Song Dynasty was a unified dynasty, which should be called the Song Dynasty, the Liao Dynasty, and the Jin Dynasty. They are unwilling to study why this era is such a political, economic, and military system, what consequences have it, what advantages and disadvantages have it, and what experiences and lessons have it been learned. What are the people of this era thinking about, why have they chosen such a path instead of that path.

Du Zhongxiao once thought that the education he received had often grasped the context of Chinese history and was familiar with all kinds of disadvantages. He didn't know how many questions he had done in history classes, what events explained what problems he had, and many even gave answers. As long as he took medicine according to the prescription and carried out reforms, it was a piece of cake to govern such a country. If he really came into contact with specific problems and thought about it carefully, he found that history classes had only one context and didn't say much.

One of the most important classics of the present is "Spring and Autumn". I once heard people say in my previous life that "Spring and Autumn" was based on the historical books of the time, which caused a large amount of historical materials to be missing. Now, when I read these books and took the Jinshi, I realized that these statements were plausible and lacked basic common sense. "Spring and Autumn" is a classic or not. Using classics as history books is like learning history with political textbooks.

The history of previous life, whether in textbooks or other research, is that China faced the danger of destruction in the late Qing Dynasty and the Republic of China, and intellectuals were looking for ways to save the country and the people. There are two major directions of historical research: one is to find answers from history, and at the same time combine the reality at that time, middle school as the body and western learning as the application. The other direction is to believe that the entire Chinese history is garbage, and the more thorough it is to clean up, the better. What is history itself, they don’t care much about, and they will be wrong if they are wrong. Among these conclusions, there are a large number of contradictory statements, forming a hodgepodge. According to different positions, various conclusions are drawn.

It is easy to develop productivity, but the contradiction between productivity and production relations in reality is not as sharp as in books. Once productivity develops, it will shake production relations, great turmoil will occur, and it will be strangled by the full force of conservative forces. There are not many such things. The benefits brought by the development of productivity are there, and everyone can see that the strong government will often slowly change and adapt to new productivity. The industrial revolution will have sweatshops, and there will be handicrafts smashing machines, and there will be fierce conflicts and chaos in the world. The facts are often not like that, especially in East Asia.

Du Zhongxiao built a men's business in the camp and built an iron supervisor, and everything went smoothly. During this process, he did not offend other forces, and there was no chaos. The economy developed more industrial products, and everyone got benefits and everyone said they were good.

To truly build an army that can stand the test, the difficulty suddenly increases and everything is different.

After talking to Liu Ji, Yang Ting and others for nearly two hours, Du Zhongxiao's head buzzed, but there was still no clear conclusion. They each had their own opinions. What was the army of Taizu back then? Two hundred thousand imperial guards swept the world. What is the ban now? I analyzed the various phenomena different from that time. What was the nomadic army in the north? There were many cavalry, they could endure hardships, and had strong combat power. Why couldn't the imperial guards compare with them?

But why is this happening? No one can say it, and Du Zhongxiao couldn't summarize it, so he could only give up.

Seeing the lights on, Du Zhongxiao said, "It's not early, so you can go and rest first. These days, you can stay here for some time and learn about the field affairs first. If you do something right or wrong, let's talk about it together."

The few people were tired, nodded and said yes, and said goodbye.

After saying goodbye to everyone, Du Zhongxiao returned to the study and sat for a while, but felt like a big head. He couldn't figure out the order and fell asleep.

At Xiangyang Railway Station, Kang Yuanwai, Li Yuanwai, Jiang Yuanwai and others stood on a high place, sweating profusely, directing their subordinates to load the car.

Looking at the mountains of tea boxes, Kang Yuanwai said hoarsely: "The train will start when it arrives, and it will not wait for anyone. You can load the goods quickly! If you are lazy, I will punish you heavily! If you hear it clearly, there is a box inside, and I will throw a box of freight!"

Mr. Li pulled Mr. Lakang and panted, "Brother Kang, forget it, I can't stand anymore. Let's take a break and let them go."

Mr. Kang stared at the eyes and said, "How can we do it! We paid for this road! The court was paying back the carriages assigned to us! Mr. Li, if you miss it, it will be gone. The court will not replenish us!"

Mr. Li's face turned pale, shook his hand, couldn't speak, and sat on the ground.

After the train was opened, all the first few were trucks, which were distributed to the tea and salt merchants who paid for the money at that time. They transported tea from Xiangzhou to the north and salt from Kaifeng Prefecture, which was just a short time. The quality requirements for this kind of bulk tea business are not high, and whoever can transport it to Kaifeng Prefecture can make more money. The merchants in Xiangzhou were eager to make their money back, and they wanted to fill every carriage, and they were supervising the work here in person.

Unfortunately, everyone has no experience. This is the third car, and it is still in a mess. It has neither transported the car to the platform early nor planned it carefully. When the car arrives, it is crowded in a mess, which is so inefficient that it is scary. Several staff members quickly get sick. The people at the station are watching coldly, turning aside, and they will not come to help. Anyway, how much money is paid, how many trucks are allocated to, and it has nothing to do with the station. There is a free space inside, and the station behind can also load some private goods.

With a whistle, the train slowly started. Mr. Kang sat on the ground and gasped heavily. Before he knew it, his body was soaked. Loading a car once was like fighting. Looking at the mountains of tea boxes around him, Mr. Kang cursed: "Zhi Niang, these wastes I raise are better than the other ones, and they are like a woman doing things like a woman! But I saw that there was a big place left on the car and there was no loading. Alas, Qiu Tea has been harvested, and now it is time to transport new tea to the capital. If you arrive one day earlier, you will make more money! "
Chapter completed!