Live streaming life: The ancients begged not to stop

Qi Cheng yawned and emerged from the quilt. It was getting colder and colder, and he was staying in bed longer and longer. In the summer, he would get up at five o'clock, but now he would never get up before six o'clock.

After cleaning up, he looked at his phone for a while. There was still enough time, so he asked the system to quickly send someone.

"Li Jie of the Later Zhou Dynasty"

Qi Cheng took a look and realized he was just a scholar. The Later Zhou Dynasty was probably during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period, and the scholars during that period didn't have a very good life.

There is no difference from ordinary people.

"Host, I want to ask how the Song Dynasty was able to establish itself if it was so weak. It's not the same as Shi Jingtang's, is it? And why is it so weak?"

Zhao Kuangyin was so angry that his face turned red. He asked, "Who is Shi Jingtang?" It was just that he had never heard of this person, otherwise he would have killed this guy named Li Jie.

Will you ask questions?

"This is a rather large topic, so I'll just briefly touch upon it." Qi Cheng searched for information and said, "Let's first discuss the issue of founding a nation."

"Among all the dynasties, only the Han and Ming dynasties came to power in the most righteous way. As for the Song Dynasty, it was quite illegitimate."

Liu Bang and Zhu Yuanzhang both puffed out their chests, their way of gaining the kingdom was indeed right! This was beyond doubt, even the sky curtain admitted it!

"The founding emperor of the Song Dynasty was Zhao Kuangyin. You should have heard of his name during the Later Zhou Dynasty. In your time, he was still a military commander."

Li Jie thought about it and seemed to have heard of this name. He was just a small scholar who taught in the village. He didn't know much about the affairs in the court.

Later Zhou

Emperor Shizong Guo Rong's heart skipped a beat. He remembered what he had mentioned before about treating the previous dynasty well. So it was Zhao Kuangyin who overthrew his own Later Zhou Dynasty, not himself.

It may be in the next generation!

We have to think of a way, otherwise no matter how kind Zhao Kuangyin is to the previous dynasty, he will not spare his child's life!

"After Guo Rong of the Later Zhou died, the throne passed to his seven-year-old son. At this time, Zhao Kuangyin used the excuse of the Khitan invasion to lead his troops to Chenqiao, where he launched a mutiny and put on the yellow robe."

"After he became emperor, he gave his old subordinates the military power with a toast, and gave them beauties, fine wine, and many other rewards."

Zhao Kuangyin swallowed his saliva. Anyway, he had already done the thing. Now he wanted to know why the Song Dynasty was so weak. Even if he had some reasons, it shouldn't be like this.

So embarrassing.

"From then on, the Song Dynasty was plagued by a constant struggle: some wanted reform, while others didn't. As a result, the Song Dynasty grew weaker and weaker under this constant tug-of-war."

"The problem is redundant officials, redundant soldiers and redundant expenses."

Li Jie roughly understood what the term "redundant officials" meant, but what did the following two mean? If they had sufficient military forces, how could they have been defeated so badly by the Liao Kingdom?

"The three redundancies problem appeared as early as the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song. The Qingli New Deal of that year included measures to solve the three redundancies, but Emperor Renzong was too soft-hearted!"

"In less than three years, Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, Fu Bi and others were banished from Kaifeng, and the Qingli New Deal came to an abrupt end."

Zhao Kuangyin lowered his head, not knowing what he was thinking. He knew the reason, but could he really change it? He had already promised to give up his military power with a toast, and let his old subordinates buy more properties for dancers.

How can we do it without money?

Zhao Dezhao was also thinking about what he should do to avoid this problem if he became the emperor. It seemed that there were really not many ways.

"You can wait until the next time you ask questions and ask how the later dynasties did it." Zhao Defang whispered to his eldest brother.

"The Qingli New Deal was just a minor reform. A few years later, during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song, the problem had become very serious, and he had no choice but to use Wang Anshi to carry out reforms."

Qi Cheng mentioned Wang Anshi before, so everyone knows the result of the reform. It is almost impossible to take away benefits from the vested interest groups.

What a pity for this capable minister.

"Here we want to talk about a woman from the Song Dynasty, Empress Dowager Gao Taotao during the reign of Emperor Shenzong of Song. She was a descendant of Gao Qiong, a founding hero of the Northern Song Dynasty. She strongly opposed the political reforms."

"After Song Shenzong's death, Song Zhezong ascended the throne. Gao Taotao ruled the country from behind the scenes as the Grand Empress Dowager. Song Zhezong was young at the time, so she had the final say in all matters at court."

"So all the ministers who supported the reform were expelled from the court, and conservative ministers such as Sima Guang and Wen Yanbo were appointed."

"Four villages were also returned to Xixia."

Tang Dynasty

Li Shimin nodded. It seemed that Gao Taotao came from a conservative background, so of course he would oppose the reform, and he would definitely try his best to satisfy his own interests.

And lost the interests of the Song Dynasty.

宋朝

Zhao Kuangyin sighed. It was exactly as he guessed. There must be forces in the palace opposing the reform, otherwise it would have been very smooth.

How come Gao Taotao didn't see the problems of the Song Dynasty? Gao Qiong didn't educate his descendants well.

"After Gao Taotao's death, Song Zhezong took over the government. He strongly hoped to reform the political system, so he demoted the members of the Old Party and brought the members of the New Party back into the court."

"During his reign, he almost brought the Northern Song Dynasty to its peak. Unfortunately, he died young. His brother, Emperor Huizong, succeeded him, although he also appointed Cai Jing, a member of the New Party, as prime minister."

"But by then, the New Party had already degenerated. Cai Jing was a notorious traitor in history, one of the top ten. It was also from him that the Song Dynasty had almost no good prime ministers."

"Then came the Jingkang Shame."

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Tang Dynasty

Li Zhi covered his head and thought for a while, isn't this just a party struggle? If the emperor is powerful, he can barely maintain the court.

If you don't have any ability, then just wait for the party to unite and attack you.

Alas, Queen Wang on my side also comes from the Guanlong nobles, and is similar to the conservative forces. She must never be allowed to take power in the future.

宋朝

Zhao Defang sighed slightly. He finally understood what the host meant by pulling and tugging. Sometimes the new party is used, sometimes the old party is used. It would be strange if the government was not in chaos.

But what can we do? The Song Dynasty has always emphasized strong trunk and weak branches.

"We still have to say here that although the Song Dynasty has always had problems with redundant expenses, the Song Dynasty's fiscal revenue is also very large. At its peak, it could reach nearly 60 million strings of cash."

"So even though there are some extra expenses, it's barely enough. If it were a poor dynasty like the Ming Dynasty, it would probably go bankrupt in no time." Qi Cheng laughed.

Ming Dynasty

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted. Although his Ming Dynasty was not as rich as the Song Dynasty, he was very strong. The Mongol forces had already reached the north of the desert.