At the beginning of the founding of the Song Dynasty, due to the large number of people from the north, the water power was insufficient. In fact, it was easy to encounter the same situation as Cao Cao's southern expedition to Chibi at the end of the Han Dynasty.
If it weren't for the Southern Tang's own problems, especially the late Southern Tang leader Li Yu, a monarch who was better at writing lyrics than governing the country, he was really no match for the Song Dynasty's monarchs and ministers. In the end, he gave up his water advantage and instead became a wedding dress for the Song Dynasty.
And these naval forces were completely inherited by the Song Dynasty. However, as the peace in Jiangnan lasted for a long time, it is estimated that there was not much combat effectiveness left.
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Even the Forbidden Army is decaying day by day, let alone the place where the emperor is far away?
If this were not the case, there would be no reason for the many bandits to be rampant on the Qiantang River, although this may not be without the factor of raising the bandits' self-respect.
And with the current situation of the Song Dynasty, fighting the Liao people on land can only maintain an unbeatable situation. If they want to have changes, they have to find another way.
At the end of the Northern Song Dynasty, the Liao Kingdom was weak and the Jin Kingdom was rising. The Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty united to destroy the Liao Dynasty. However, the final result was that the Jin Kingdom became the dominant family. In the end, it not only swallowed up the Liao Kingdom, but also went south to wipe out the Northern Song Dynasty, leaving behind " Jingkang shame".
In fact, the national policy of allying Jin to destroy Liao was not the biggest problem. The biggest problem was the Song Dynasty's own strength.
After the original Chanyuan Alliance, the Liao Kingdom and the Song Dynasty entered a period of peaceful development. As a result, the upper-class nobles of the Liao Kingdom were gradually corrupted and degraded, not to mention the Song Dynasty.
It should have been a good opportunity to corrupt the opponent and strengthen themselves, and then counterattack after the decline, but they wasted the development period of accumulating power.
As a result, a new powerful enemy, the Jin Kingdom, emerged again. After annexing the Liao Dynasty, their strength not only remained intact but also increased greatly. How could the Song Dynasty defeat it?
When the Jin Kingdom first emerged, it was thought that the Song Dynasty was a big country in the Central Plains, and its strength should not be weak. In addition, the Khitans were a large tribe that had controlled them for hundreds of years, and they always had some residual power, so they agreed to join forces to destroy the Liao Dynasty.
As a result, it was later discovered that not only could they destroy the Liao Kingdom without the help of the Song Dynasty, but after the Song Dynasty sent troops north, they were beaten violently by the Liao soldiers, which completely exposed their weakness to the eyes of the Jin people.
How could this not attract the covetousness of the Kingdom of Jin?
At that time, the Song Dynasty was like a child in a busy city with hundreds of gold in his pocket. It was good to be beaten up and robbed of the gold but still survive.
But the situation today is naturally different. Although the current Northern Song Dynasty was beaten by the donkey-drawn war god Huo Huo, its foundation has not been destroyed. With real swords and guns, it can still fight with the Liao Kingdom.
On the Jurchen side, on the other hand, it was still a hundred years before Wanyan Aguda unified the Jurchen tribes and established the Jin Kingdom. The Jurchens now are still slave tribes conquered by the powerful Liao Kingdom.
The Liao Kingdom implemented a divide-and-rule policy against them. The Jurchen surnames with strong surnames were moved to the Liaodong Peninsula as mature Jurchens, while the remaining ones stayed in the north of Songhua River and east of Fuyu as raw Jurchens.
If Li Yong had a way to go north from the sea to contact these Jurchen tribes, he would not need to deploy many troops. He would just need to quietly transport some materials and even ordnance to them through maritime trade, help them grow, and then encourage them to start building Liao Dynasty. The country's rebellion affected and diverted the attention of the Liao Kingdom.
More importantly, if some troubles were made at the critical moments of the Song-Liao War in the past few years, the Chanyuan Alliance would not become an alliance under the city that the Song Dynasty took the initiative to seek peace.
As for what to do after the Jurchens become big, not to mention that the Jurchens today are not even a loose alliance. If they want to truly unite, they need a strong person to hold them together, which is not so easy to happen.
Although times make heroes, if opportunities are created, there is no guarantee that Wanyan Aguda will not appear in advance, but the situation is different, and the role that heroes can play is also different.
Even if the Jurchens unify in advance and the Jin Kingdom appears in advance, as long as the Song and Liao capitals still have the foundation, at most it will be a situation of three clans standing together.
Not to mention, Li Yong has always felt that it is better to work hard to develop and strengthen himself than to hope that his opponents will be weak to set him off.
In the final analysis, the national policy and development route of Dawei are still wrong. If we can return to the system of the Han and Tang Dynasties, how can we lose the glory of that time?
As for the dynasty cycle law, let’s wait until we get through this cycle first.
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The development of the navy and the maritime trade with the Jurchens are the focus of the next development, but apart from doing big things, Li Yong of course also has to solve his own personal problems.
What's more, important things like this need to be planned slowly and cannot be rushed.
Speaking of which, in July this year, after Liao Shengzong issued an edict to attack the Song Dynasty, the border between Song and Liao was ablaze.
In August, Emperor Zhao Heng inspected 200,000 forbidden troops in preparation for counterattack against the Liao army.
At the end of September, Liao officially sent troops, and both sides fought fiercely in Baozhou.
Because the Liao soldiers were divided into two groups, cutting off the Song court's communication with the front line, the lack of news for more than a month made the Song court uneasy. Therefore, this month Zhao Heng issued an edict to fight in person.
Now the whole country's attention is on the northern border to see the outcome of this game.
Victory is gratifying, but defeat is also reasonable.
In fact, since the Gaoliang River, the Song Dynasty has suffered more defeats than wins against the Liao Dynasty. The Song Dynasty and the public have changed their faces towards the Liao Dynasty after hearing about it and dare not talk about it in depth.
So Qiantang, thousands of miles away, has also been a hot topic about this war recently.
Of course, another hot topic here is a story called "The Romance of the Three Kingdoms" that has been widely circulated through storytellers in teahouses and restaurants in the market recently.
"As mentioned in the last chapter, in the late Han Dynasty, Emperor Ling had the Yellow Turban Rebellion. The rebel Zhang Jiao rose up upon hearing the news and said, 'The sky is dead, the yellow sky is here to stand. If you are born in Jiazi, the world will be auspicious.' The refugees from all over the world gathered together. from……
"However, the Yellow Turban Rebellion was over, and the trouble of Shi Changshi arose again. People with lofty ideals and benevolence flocked to General He Jin's mansion. However, He Jin was really useless and was killed by Shi Changshi, which also attracted Dong Zhuo. Entering Beijing...
"Dong Zhuo was domineering and unkind, and all the ministers dared to be angry but dared not speak out. At one time, Yuan Shao and Yuan Benchu, who belonged to the family of the Four Generations and Three Dukes, got up angrily during the banquet, pointed their swords at Dong Zhuo and said: 'My sword is not bad at all!' Dong Dong didn't dare to Move, Yuan Benchu walks away casually..."
"color!"
"I'll reward him with a lot of money. I'm going to invite the restaurant master today!"
"Sir, please tell me one more time today. Otherwise, you won't be happy to hear it, and you won't be able to sleep this time."
Li Yong was sitting in his newly opened restaurant. He saw that the audience around him was aroused. Even a young man in rich clothes jumped on a stool and threw a chopstick out of excitement and said: "I also have a sword." It’s not a disadvantage!”
I couldn't help but shake my head and laugh, and at the same time I was sighing in my heart. In fact, no matter how you say that the big coward is weak, it is still a matter for the upper class. Are there less bloody men below?
Even the Song Army was not really inferior to the Liao Army and the Jin Army, but due to multiple factors.
Fortunately, now, a hundred years later, before the Song army marches to fight, the soldiers will have to ask for salary first. Only when they have money can they work and fight.
This also shows how corrupt the administration of officials and the military has become. It is said that there are redundant troops and personnel, but in fact, the food and wages cannot reach the hands of the people below.
Without money, he had no choice but to exploit the people. The so-called weak drew their swords on the weaker, so military discipline was even more corrupted and the people were frightened.
This "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" naturally comes from Li Yong's handwriting. If you don't occupy the so-called position of public opinion, it will be occupied by the enemy. Li Yong also wants to use this to see whether the people's support can be used.
Even if it is not available, it must be cultivated to be available.
"Let's go and pick up Sanniang."
But Xinyan was beside him and said reluctantly: "Master, will you listen for a while?"
But it was the storyteller down there who wanted to keep the money for one more time when everyone was trying to save it.
Is this kid still fascinated?
Li Yong rolled his eyes, hit his head with a fan and said, "If I told you not to read, wouldn't you be able to finish reading it when I wrote it earlier?"
Xin Yan smiled coquettishly, and then added forcefully: "What's written on this paper is not as good as what is said in your mouth?"
"Then you stay here and continue listening, and I'll leave first?"
Xin Yan's expression changed. He didn't dare to bargain. He hurriedly followed and asked, "Master, did these people really exist during the Three Kingdoms?"
Li Yong likes reading, especially history, so of course Xinyan has heard of "Three Kingdoms", but only knows its name but not its content.
Li Yong smiled and said: "Of course there are people, but the stories are not entirely true. Otherwise..."
He even deliberately changed some parts to make the thoughts of loyalty to the Han and the Emperor more prominent. Whose fault should it be, it cannot be the fault of the Emperor.
This is also the helplessness at this time, otherwise I would have to be convicted for my words.
