The Song Dynasty implemented a policy of emphasizing culture over military affairs, which enabled many educated and relatively excellent talents to enter the bureaucratic system through the imperial examinations and excluded the military. The soldiers were unable to command the army well, and they were fashionable and able to deal with it well in small-scale combat, but they often fell into difficulties in large-scale battles, which was more obvious in all major and large-scale battles.

The army is the pillar of a country, and in order to maintain a stable team, there is only another way to find a way. The simplest advantage is naturally high salary and rewards. The Song court suppressed the status of military personnel and gave ordinary big soldiers a low salary, but the salary to the generals was very generous. Basically, the salary standards of the slightly ranked military generals are all enemy of hundreds of soldiers, and one of them can match the salary of hundreds of soldiers.

After the Yuanfeng reorganization, he also had a fifth-rank official title. The monthly fee of the civil servants was 45 stakes, while the defense of the military generals was 200 stakes. In addition, when the observer could also participate in the border rebate, the public funds could be freely used as entertainment expenses, arrange for relatives to have idle meals, or reimburse some white slips, and the emperor did not think it was a corruption act.

Therefore, the salary of low-level civil servants is only middle-class, and there are many relatives in their families to keep up. Under the premise of the tense economic situation, some civil servants are still willing to change their positions to military officers. However, in the eyes of the scholars of the Song Dynasty, this was a turbid current, a last resort for the entire class to be despised or desperate scholars.

During the Renzong Dynasty, when the war broke out in the Western Xia Dynasty, Fan Zhongyan was ordered to serve as the deputy envoy of Shaanxi's strategic pacification, and to deal with the military affairs of the Northwest with Han Qi. Because of his outstanding strategy, he was called "Da Fan Laozi" by the Dangxiang people. The flexible defense system built on the basis of fortresses in the northwest was originally proposed by Fan Zhongyan. He almost forced the Li family and son of the Western Xia to death by spending money.

When Fan Zhongyan was a doctor in the Ministry of Revenue, he had a monthly income of 35 jin. He was forced to be transferred to an military post by Renzong. This position, like the Privy Councilor, was originally the position of a top eunuch in the Tang Dynasty. His monthly income of 20 jin was suddenly increased to 200 jin, which was equivalent to the prime minister. In addition, he had a "recovery" amount of 20,000 jin per year on the northwest border. However, he still resolutely refused and refused to change his position to a military post. Therefore, the high salary was still limited to the attractions of scholars who valued fame, and civil officials also had many ways to make money.

The second is promotion. Although the promotion of civil servants in the Song Dynasty is far stronger than military officers from time to procedure, military officers can enter the fast lane of promotion in wartime. Many civil servants who are familiar with military books hope to change their positions to military officers when their careers are hopeless. The most typical example of this is the Zong family. The Zong family was originally a civil servant family, but when they reached Zhong Shiheng's generation, they joined the military and relied on the heads of the Dangxiang people to change their positions to famous generals.

Zhong Shiheng's son Zong Gu and Zong Diagnosis. Zhong Yan originally had civil positions such as the Chief of the Palace and Doctor of the Imperial College. Lu Gongbi and others also saw the genetic talent of the Zhong family to cut people and recommended them to enter the military industry. The brothers of the Zhong family also proved that they were worthy of being the "Zeng" for killing people and established the glory of the Zhong family general in the northwest. In the familiar Water Margin, the old Zhong Jingliu Gong praised by the heroes such as Lu Zhishen and Wang Jin, and Xiao Zhong Jingliu Gong was originally a civil servant, who was first a civil servant and then quickly promoted to the family style. Of course, for the sake of insurance, many civil servants still retained their status as civil servants when they were transferred to military positions, as long as they were sent to the military officer.

The world is diverse, and among the civil servants of the Song Dynasty, there are alternative heroes who like to change jobs. Zhao Kuangyin likes civil servants who are good at doing the job the most. He did the court examination to let Jinshi fall and win the top scorer, and also asked the top scorers to learn how to pacify the place. He hoped that civil servants would get a share of their wages and "work two jobs" to achieve the best cost-effectiveness.

Zhao Guangyi was not at ease with the military generals left by his brother and trusted his relatives and old people in the mansion the most. During Zhao Guangyi's reign, the military generals were very depressed, but it was easy for civil officials to change their posts to military generals, and it was enough to have big bosses to recommend them. This made many civil officials with the habit of military officials take advantage of the loopholes. Wang Sizong was the top scholar chosen by Zhao Kuangyin, but he also had the temper and skill of military generals. He often scolded and even fought with his colleagues.

During the reign of Zhao Guangyi, he liked to participate in military affairs. After Emperor Zhenzong of Song came to power, he simply changed his position to Yaozhou Observation Envoy. After Wang Zhuangyuan changed his position, he was indeed smooth sailing. Not only did he get more salary, he was also promoted to Deputy Envoy of Privy Councilor and Jiedushi. However, he was still bullied by the prime minister Kou Laoxi at that time, and finally retired as a Taiwei to live to the end of his life.

Although the Song Dynasty produced many Confucian generals such as Di Qing, Yue Fei and Meng Gong, they were not from scholars, either from ranks or generals, and grew up step by step with their own abilities. Their fame can also be said to be created by a special historical period. This would inevitably be politically discriminated against, suspicion from the emperor, suppression and restraint by civil officials, and failure to reverse the situation of low status of warriors.

Zhao Bing took over such a mess. He made great efforts to change the state of the army. For example, he opened night schools in the army to teach soldiers to read, read, and improve their cultural literacy. At the same time, he restored martial arts and specially offered cultural and computing courses to cultivate reserve military talents. Moreover, the priority recruitment of literacy when recruiting soldiers will be used as the training target for grassroots officers.

On the other hand, Zhao Bing also gave special treatment to the scholars who joined the army. The outstanding ones could directly send them to martial arts studies and grant them official positions. However, these work was very difficult to carry out, and he even focused on the scholars who failed the imperial examination. However, most of the people who were summoned were people who had no food and clothing and had no hope of the imperial examination again. More scholars who failed would rather choose to stay in temples and study hard than join the army.

Therefore, the training of officers nowadays is more about self-cultivation. Select soldiers with excellent performance to enter the junior class to learn culture and military while learning military, and then enter the intermediate class after selection. This training model inevitably leads to the extension of the training cycle, and junior and intermediate officers are the backbone and backbone of the army. They have the greatest demand and the greatest losses in combat, but it is difficult to add more troops to the army in batches, which has become a headache for Zhao Bing.

When Zhao Bing was implementing the separation of military and political affairs, he strongly regarded military personnel as the Minister of War, but also served as the civil servants as the Yuhou in the army. In addition to intentionally improving the military personnel's status in the army, he also had his helplessness. Civil officials were unwilling to change their positions into the army, so he could only use this compromise method to achieve balance, hoping to control the army more effectively. In order to make this allow the scholars to understand the army better and instead be willing to enter the army to serve.

In addition, Zhao Bing also implemented the same level of civil and military ranks at the same time to improve the status of military personnel and ensure the smooth flow of promotion channels. At the same time, ensuring sufficient military expenditure and improving the material treatment of soldiers, thus making joining the army more attractive. Although these measures have begun to take effect, there is still a long way to go to change the concept that has been deeply rooted for hundreds of years.

Now that Wang Yinglin proposed to change Xie Ming to a military position, Zhao Bing thought that under the current situation, it would be a good idea, that is, it would be conducive to stabilizing the morale of the Eighth Army and maintaining combat effectiveness. However, there is no precedent for the conversion of senior civil servants to a military position in this dynasty. This is not that he did not want to, but that no one would want to. He wanted to force Xie Ming to change his position. He believed that Xie Ming would follow the order, but this would be regarded as a bad example by the civil servants, which would trigger a greater rebound...

Zhao Bing thought about everything and then discussed it after meeting each other. In the current situation, he went to Dengcheng to pacify the army in person, but after thinking about it, there seemed to be many inappropriate things. Of course, he was not worried that his safety was not guaranteed, but he asked him to personally go and wipe Zhang Ba's butt, which was a bit of a loss. So he ordered Zhang Ba to lead the commander and above of the Eighth Army to come to Fancheng for a visit, and the officers and soldiers stayed at Dengcheng for a while.

Later, Zhao Bing ordered the move to Fancheng. The battle in the city was fixed and people were panicked. He naturally saved the ceremony of forcing the elderly in the city to lead the people to welcome the carriage with food and pots. Instead, he entered the city by himself under the escort of the army. At this time, the city had been replaced with the Great Song Dragon Banner. Although the city was martial law, the people were not allowed to go to the streets. After all, the people still had to live, and staying at home would only starve.

"Welcome to Your Majesty..."

"The king returned to the north, and God blessed the Song Dynasty!"

Walking slowly on the street, Zhao Bing opened the curtain to look at him. From time to time, some people knelt on the side of the road and shouted long live. Some old men cried to the ground, some scholars sighed loudly, some travelers looked at him coldly, and some naughty children chased and played. This scene made him feel mixed. Xiangfan fell for more than ten years, but his appearance was beyond recognition. However, the people who have experienced wars for a long time still have many hearts towards the Song Dynasty, and how many people have resented the court.

Start a war and expand territory. They are regarded as their monument by the emperors and regarded as great achievements by countless famous generals and ministers. How many heroes have risen and entered the court since then? But the change of the royal flag seems to be only death and suffering for the people. They only care about whether the family and young will be safe tomorrow, whether they can fill their stomachs, whether they can keep their wealth, and who is in power is not so concerned about who is in power.

Zhao Bing had no intention of blaming the people for their "indifference", but felt that he was really guilty as the king of a country. His arrival did not bring stability and prosperity to the people, but brought killing and blood. How could he force their loyalty and love? But he could not stop the war, because he understood that only war can eliminate war, only short-term pain can bring long-term stability, and the sacrifice of a generation can bring peace in the future.
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