What Zhao Bing most often heard during the war was the saying "Good birds choose trees to live in", which can be understood from the positive point of view as abandoning darkness and turning to light, or on the contrary, it is to betray the king and treason. However, the tradition of the Chinese people has always reserved their attitude towards surrendering, believing that since such a person can betray the original owner, he may betray the new owner. Therefore, he praises him endlessly, but he has doubts about his loyalty in his heart. He generally will not be used seriously, and he will even do the act of killing a donkey.

The nomadic people believe in the "rule of the jungle". Whoever is powerful is the boss. Yesterday, he was conquered, he will follow others today. If he is defeated tomorrow, he will turn around and beat the "old master" with the new and old masters. Therefore, their understanding of loyalty is very different. After the demise of the Tang Dynasty, the Central Plains region was invaded by nomadic peoples one after another, and the Song Dynasty was unable to completely recover it.

This made Zhao Bing suspect that the scholars who stayed in the Central Plains had been contagious after hundreds of years of despair, and their moral concepts were also contagious by nomadic peoples. They did not care much about this. They learned to adapt to the situation and had a set of survival rules that suited them. Therefore, there were not many senior civil servants who were buried alive in the entire Jin Dynasty. Under the military front of the Mongolian army, Yuan Haowen and others chose to beg for peace.

In addition to relying on Zhang Rou, Yuan Haowen also looked for another backer - Yan Shi, who was a great hero who won Shandong by Mu Huali, one of the four Mongolian dogs. He was one of the Han marquis trusted by Kublai Khan. He also liked to protect "literati" like Yuan Haowen. It was precisely because of the two Han marquis who were protecting umbrellas that Yuan Haowen was able to survive the chaotic times at that time. In his eyes, when "Shenzhou was actually Shen Lu" he had no idea of ​​burying him.

But what puzzled Zhao Bing was that the lower Han people, who were oppressed by the Jurchens, were willing to die for it. These people did not like the Jin Dynasty, but more northern people chose to resist. They read less and were even illiterate, but they had the concept of loyalty and righteousness, were willing to serve the Jin Dynasty against Mongolia, were willing to avenge their families, and died generously at the end of their journey.

Therefore, the common view of the Yuan Dynasty and the Southern Song Dynasty was that "there were many military officials and soldiers in the streets and the grass and wildernesses". The last loyal ministers of the Jin Dynasty, "Ma Xili Jisi, Wang Qing, Tian Rong, Li Gui, Wang Bin, Feng Wannu, Zhang Dewei, Gao Xingzhong, Cheng Ji, Ji Peng, Zhang Shan, etc.", none of them were powerful people, nor were civil officials with a deep sense of Chinese and foreign people. It was also these strong men, not Yuan Haowen, who let the Mongols know what the Chinese spirit was...

Zhao Bing analyzed the respective mentality of the Han people in the Central Plains, which made everyone feel bright and understood the meaning of asking them to judge the situation and look at the overall situation.

Everyone says, "Those who win the hearts of the people will win the world." Although the current Mongol Yuan has lost consecutive defeats, it has lost its military strength and has turned to the defensive. However, ordinary people would not think so much, thinking that the attack of the Song army has forced their children to be forced to be soldier, and the court has continuously increased taxes, which has added a heavy burden to them. They have captured cities and plundered their own fields, and lost the capital to survive, and have only hated the royal army.

Now the Mongolian Yuan is in internal and external difficulties, and the finances are becoming more and more collapsed. The forced levies and taxes are already full of complaints, but the Han marquis have not received much impact yet. However, the southward advance of the Mongolian Yuan grassland army will break this balance. They are already in opposition with the Han marquis. Now that the Central Plains "entered" the Central Plains will not only invade the territory of the Shihous, but will inevitably harm their interests, and the conflict between the two sides will become increasingly acute.

The sect king of the grassland and the Shihou in the Han area of ​​the Central Plains can be said to be the two pillars of the Mongolian and Yuan court. I believe that with Kublai Khan's strength and the loyalty of the Shihou, the two sides could still live in harmony. But now, Zhen Jin has only been in the throne for three years and has lost Jiangnan and Lianghuai. The Song army has reached the Central Plains, and its prestige has plummeted. In addition, the troops stationed in the Central Plains have greatly lost. It is conceivable how much Zhen Jin has control over the situation. With the two "pillars" fighting each other, civil strife is inevitable.

Ordinary people at the bottom can only be victims in the battle between the two major groups. They must bear the taxes of the court, pay tribute to the old master, and provide for the new master, and the burden will be heavier. The conflicts between the two sides intensify and fight with each other, and the people are cannon fodder. At that time, the people were resentful, and they would rise up in order to protect themselves, and their attitude towards the king's army will also undergo a fundamental change.

Therefore, everyone thought that the young emperor temporarily slowed down the pace of attack, and decided to settle peace with the Mongolian Yuan, and watched the situation in the Mongolian Yuan change. When the political situation of the Yuan court deteriorated and the wars were everywhere, they sent troops to "attack Wudao", and the resistance of the people in the Central Plains would be greatly reduced, and those Han marquis and literary men would take the lead again.

Seeing that everyone agreed to his decision, Zhao Bing also knew that in history, the Qing Dynasty, which was a different ethnic group, was the Qing Dynasty, which was a foreign race. Some people said that it was because the Qing Dynasty adopted a marriage policy, and the Mongolians were also incorporated into the Eight Banners and sealed the grasslands to prohibit them from moving, thus avoiding the emergence of new "giants". But he thought that the success of the Qing Dynasty was actually because the war had entered a new era of hot weapons and was more dependent on the economy.

In places like Mobei, where the environment is harsh and economic benefits are low, even if the people endure hardships and are brave and good at fighting, they are useless in the era of hot weapons. Even when Zhabudan Zunba rebelled and pursued Outer Mongolia independence, they were trembling and dared not move, which made the Russians, the behind-the-scenes planner, unable to hold back and had to send troops to force Outer Mongolia independence.

Next, Zhao Bing cried again. This Northern Expedition was no longer as before. In the past, when he was in Qiongzhou, they made money because their behavior was more like the "grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-grass-

Afterwards, Zhao Bing began to settle accounts. The current Song army's imperial guards had 500,000 infantry, 80,000 navy, and more than 100,000 state troops, with a total force of 800,000. The salary paid every year was astronomical. There were also additional subsidies during the war, plus the consumption and use of weapons and ammunition. This time, the court not only did not make money, but also made a big hole, with a financial deficit of nearly 20 million.

If the war continues, the court will have no financial resources, and it will not be able to develop people's livelihood, build water conservancy, build bridges and roads, and provide relief to the victims. It is not impossible to owe to pay. This time, the gentry caused trouble, and the scholars repeatedly submitted memorials, which was actually worried that the court's financial resources would be insufficient and increased taxes to Jiangnan. Although the lower-level people did not follow suit, they were enough to be vigilant and prevent the people from losing their hearts.

Finally, Zhao Bing told another joke that was not a joke. In order to avoid redundant soldiers and eliminate the elderly and weak, the Song army still adopted the recruitment system, but ordinary soldiers could retire after serving for seven years without having to serve for life like in the past. However, all the recruits were young and brave, which delayed the people getting married and having children, and caused the family to lose a strong labor.

However, the military pay of an ordinary soldier is now about ten cents a month. Although the food and clothing cost does not require family subsidies, it is difficult to support the family. As an economically developed region, Wu land sells fish, shrimps or chops firewood, and 200 to 300 cents a day are low-income. When a sedan chair holds a sedan chair for someone, you can even earn 20,000 cents a month! Compared with this income, most ordinary people naturally don’t want to join the army.

Therefore, those who take the initiative to join the army, except those who want to develop and seek jobs, are basically idle people in the market who are idle and ready to become deserters at all times. However, there have been customizations in the army. If the recruited soldiers are good families, don’t use such gangsters. They must not recruit soldiers by fraud or coercion. However, this time the Ministry of War was stumped and wanted to restore the old law.

Hearing this, everyone laughed. Many of them were from the old army and naturally understood what the so-called old law was. The golden years when the Emperor of the Song Dynasty recruited soldiers were the year of great disasters. The severe drought and floods would cause many victims. The strongest among these victims were recruited as imperial guards by the Emperor of the Song Dynasty. Renzong even recruited almost all male refugees into the army during the year of disasters, looking like the more they were better.

Renzong recruited more soldiers and suffered more losses in war. Li Yuanhao ambushed the Song army several times and caused heavy losses to the Northern Song army. There were also many Song army fled when they heard the news. The Northern Song Dynasty fell into a desertion of military sources. However, in those years, the Northern Song Dynasty was in a good mood, which made the Northern Song Dynasty Privy Council very big. The court began to urge local officials to recruit soldiers. Officials with a large number of people were rewarded. Those who did not meet the standards were out of orders. Therefore, local officials were in charge of recruiting people.

During the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song Dynasty, "good people may be tempted by others to be military officials, and their parents cry and complain but are unable to return." Even if the residents of Bianliang City find Lord Bao, it is useless. Because Lord Bao also had the task of sending people to serve as a soldier, he served as the deputy envoy of the Privy Council and was the general manager of recruiting troops. He basically did not say a word about the chaos in the conscription incident in his country.

If you don’t care about people like Mr. Bao, the officials of Zhao Song are becoming more and more courageous. Military generals who do not pay attention to appearance often capture all the male men passing by the village and tattoo them on their faces when they are defeated. Civilian officials who are more particular will make a promise in the name of the government and send illiterate villagers into the army. Civilian officials in Jiangnan disguised themselves as business travelers and placed various goods on the boat to attract the people. When there were more people, they would leave.

The unscrupulous officials were like human traffickers, which made the people of the Song Dynasty go to the market and dozens of people dared to go to the market, but it was not necessarily okay to have too many people? During the Huizong period, Liu Xi and Zhang Shiying and others played the excuse of the Jin Mingchi meeting and directly closed the door to catch people, sending thousands of Bianliang people who watched the fun into the military camp. When the Jin army besieged Bianliang City, Qinzong also sent people to send all the residents of Bianliang at the urban-rural fringe area into the military camp. Some local officials of the Song Dynasty directly played seduction, allowing the military prostitutes in the military camp to seduce bachelors.
Chapter completed!