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Chapter fifty-six pull one hair and move the whole body

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The purpose of the Song Dynasty to depress the political status of military generals was to implement the national policy of emphasizing civil and over military forces. The national policy of emphasizing civil and over military forces was reflected in the military system, which was the system of the Privy Council for commanding military forces, which was to use civil servants to supervise and restrain military generals.

If the political status of military generals is improved, then the power of military generals will increase accordingly, and the national policy will also change from "focusing on culture and over military" to "focusing on both civil and military". The national policy of "focusing on both civil and military" will inevitably affect the military system. The current military system will follow, and fundamental changes will be carried out. In other words, the Privy Council's military command system must be revised, and the basic strategy of "using culture to build military" that runs through the entire military system must be abolished.

The emperor had no choice but to agree to improve the political status of the general. He took it for granted that increasing the level of the general would not affect the foundation, but then he discovered that this was a trap set by Li Hu, an unfathomable trap, a trap that completely subverted the foundation of the Song Dynasty. He jumped into this trap and then never looked back.

According to Li Hu's memorial, the military rank has been greatly improved, which seems to be a very simple thing, but in actual operation, it simply does not work.

The essence of the politics and military dynasty of the Song Dynasty was "local decentralization, centralization, division of authority of the ministers, and centralization of authority of the emperor". This basic national policy has been deeply rooted in the political and military system for more than a hundred years, causing the official system and military system of the Song Dynasty to be extremely complex. Any change will affect the whole body. Even the seemingly trivial matter of improving the level of military dynasty is the same.

The army of the Song Dynasty, in terms of military branches, it is divided into imperial guards, wing troops, rural soldiers, foreign soldiers, and local soldiers; in terms of military organization, there are generals and imperial guards and non-general soldiers, and the two are organized differently; in terms of military composition, there are simple imperial guards and mixed military branches, such as the Zhejia Army, including the above five military branches; in terms of military system, there are central imperial guards, vassal troops such as the Tiger Lieutenant Army, including foreign troops such as the Khitan King's Mansion and the Haida King's Mansion; the central imperial guard system is also very complex, with central garrison troops, border garrison troops, and garrison troops that guard the local area.

The central imperial guards are closely linked to the local system of the Song Dynasty. The improvement of military rank involves the imperial guards system and must also involves the local administrative system.

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The local system of the Song Dynasty seemed to be a road. In fact, there were only two levels of government troops and county levels, and in fact, the "road" could not be regarded as an administrative level.

The "roads" in the Song Dynasty were divided into the routes of the supplication routes. The routes of the supplication routes were divided according to military deployment. The routes of the supplication routes were divided according to financial needs. The routes of the supplication routes were far more than those of the supplication routes. On the "roads" mainly based on the supplication, the commander commander led the imperial guards along the route. According to the usual rules, the commander commander also served as the prefect of the main office of the main office. The prefect also served as the chief supervisor of the military commander of the government of the government. Similarly, the prefect of the first-level prefecture also served as the commander of the military commander of the provincial government and commanded the military commander of the provincial government.

The first-level local appeasement envoy, the military-level local magistrate of the prefectures and prefectures, and the magistrates are civilian military officers in the local area. Military generals can only serve as deputy positions. However, as the local military-level appeasement envoy and the local military-level prefectures and prefectures, the administrative level of their local area is very chaotic.

In both military and political systems, we must "decentralize power". In the army, we must "use culture to consolidate military affairs" and be the prefect. Although the prefect also serves as the chief of the local military military, the prefects are directly obedient to the central government in both military and political aspects. They have no direct affiliation with the "Four Offices" offices at the "Road" level. At the same time, in order to restrict the power of the prefects, the prefects are appointed as the deputy post to be responsible for specific administrative affairs and supervise the prefects. The prefects are also directly obedient to the central government. In this way, theoretically speaking, the prefects and prefects are temporarily sent to the prefects. It is not a permanent official position. Therefore, the specific administrative level of the prefects and prefects is determined by their place of the post or the rank of the proprietor. This position can be lower than the seventh rank or the third rank.

Here is an example. For example, Su Dongpo, the eighth year of Yuanfeng of Emperor Shenzong (1 AD). Su Dongpo was demoted and reinstated. He was appointed as the seventh rank of Fenglang, the governor of Dengzhou. In the fourth year of Yuanyou of Emperor Zhezong (089 AD), Su Dongpo was appointed as the governor of Hangzhou as the governor of the third rank of Emperor Longtu Pavilion.

The same is true for the comforting envoy. According to the laws of the Song Dynasty, the comforting envoy is in charge of military affairs and government, and is a prefect and a prefecture. The Taizhong Dafu is a fourth-rank local official. In other words, the comforting envoy can be from the fourth-rank local rank or as high as the second-rank.

The appeasement envoy was the military chief at the first level of the road. The prefecture and the prefecture were the military chief at the first level of the prefecture. These were all officials. According to the principle, there should be specific administrative ranks. However, in order to "decentralize power", the Song Dynasty, in order to restrain each other and to weaken local power to the most severely established official positions. As a result, the power was concentrated in the central government. However, the disadvantages were also very serious. The local institutions were bloated and overlapping functions, and the administrative efficiency was low. The same was true in the army. Especially in the command system, it was even more chaotic.

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From this we can see that the improvement of military rank is too irrelevant, and it is impossible to operate in terms of a complex military and political system like the Song Dynasty.

With the needs of the current situation and the needs of the combat effectiveness of the army, Li Hu naturally proposed to improve the political status of military generals and demanded to reset the rank of military generals. Unexpectedly, this seems to be an inadvertent change.

It has leveraged the entire Song Dynasty system.

The emperor woke up. Li Hu's goal was not to improve the political status of the general, but to take this as an opportunity to implement changes and subvert the Song system. However, he woke up too late. With his current situation and strength, he was powerless to stop Li Hu from making drastic changes.

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The emperor and the central minister agreed to improve the political status of military generals, and the next step is to have specific operational issues.

Li Hu took out the second memorial and separated the military and political affairs.

It is obvious that to change the huge Song system, sufficient conditions and a long time are needed, and the reform must be carried out slowly through continuous exploration, summary and improvement. At present, the temporary court does not have this condition, nor does it have this time. The most urgent task is to survive, and to lay the foundation for the three-point division of the world. To lay this foundation, the army needs to be won through war. Therefore, it is urgent to improve the political status of the warriors and gather the strength of the warriors.

In order to achieve this, we must come up with countermeasures under the current conditions.

At present, the Song Dynasty was divided, Central China fell into chaos, and the central government lost control of the local government. Because the local government had no chief executive, military power and financial power for a long time, it was basically without resistance. This can be seen from the battlefield in Hebei.

At the beginning of the year, the Jin army entered: because the Hebei imperial guards were unable to resist, the Yellow River defense line was lost, the Jin army fought to the city of Bianjing, and all the four towns in Hebei were lost. Later, although the central government delegated power and allowed various places in Hebei to recruit troops to resist the Jin Dynasty, the power of the Song system was too strong, and the so-called delegation of power was just a solution to the power. The military and civilians in Hebei were tied up by the corrupt system and could not resist the attack of the Jin army.

Under this situation, if Li Hu wants to win a battle in Hebei, to stand on the Yellow River defense line for a longer time, and to lay a three-point pattern as soon as possible, he must give full play to the full strength of the army. To achieve this goal, the only way is to separate military and politically.

Li Hu had such a common idea. Since the rise of Liaodong, he relied on the army to conquer the world. After that, both in western Liaoning and northern Daibei, the military and political integration were integrated. Now that the territory is large, the military and political integration cannot be achieved. In order to ensure the combat effectiveness of the army, the military and political integration must be separated. The army is devoted to fighting, while the temporary court is dedicated to raising food and grass to ensure the needs of the army.

This is a chaotic world. In the chaotic world, the strength is based on force. Without strong force, it will definitely be defeated. Therefore, the Song Dynasty's arrangement is no longer possible. It emphasizes culture over military force. Using culture to build martial arts can only accelerate the defeat of the Song Dynasty. The decentralization and clamping in the army will weaken the combat effectiveness of the army and further accelerate the defeat of the Song Dynasty. However, the Song system is a giant, like a wild bull struggling dyingly. The huge impact it produces during running is terrifying. The only way to stop is to cut off its four legs. Although this method will hurt itself, it is better than letting it rush into the cliff and corpse without any existence.

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Separation, from the central government to the local government, the military and government have their own system, and they do not interfere with each other or involve each other.

The court was divided into two governments, the East Government was in charge of the government and the West Government was in charge of the army. The head of the East Government was the prime minister and deputy prime minister, and there were three ministers, the Zhongshu Monk. The head of the West Government was the head of the Privy Council, and the head of the Privy Council was the head of the Privy Council, and the twelve cottages were the ones under it.

The government affairs of the East Prefecture are under the responsibility of the prime minister and deputy prime minister. The main affairs in the near future are to move the capital, build a new capital, and collect more money and grain, including the reform of the financial tax system to win people's hearts and try to control more prefectures and counties. All-round changes require waiting for the right opportunity, at least after the capital of Chang'an is established.

Things in Xifu are very troublesome.

The separation of military and political systems reflects the basic national policy of equal importance to both civil and military affairs. However, if the strategy of "using culture to control military affairs" is completely abandoned, it is obviously too much to correct it. Military generals are very likely to have their own troops. Therefore, in the distribution of military power, we must be very cautious to prevent the emphasis on military affairs and over civil affairs, and the rampant military military forces will reappear, and the recurrence of the late Tang Dynasty and the five dynasties of wars connected.

At that time, Emperor Taizong took decades to complete the system of the Privy Council's three yamen. The characteristic of this military system is the separation of power. The Privy Council is in charge of military affairs, and the three yamen are in charge of the army. He leads his ministers to take charge of the military power and divides the military power into three. "The military yamen comes from the secret courtyard, but cannot be governed by the crowd; the military yamen is in charge of the three yamen, but cannot be governed by the system." As for the officials, the commander is in charge of the battlefield.

The Privy Council had the "power to send troops", the three yamen had the "power to hold troops", and the officials had the power to command the battlefield. However, in the Song Dynasty, the officials were basically civil officials. The Song Dynasty relied on this military system of "using culture to control military power and separating military power" to eliminate the internal mutiny that lasted for more than 200 years, and the Zhao Dynasty was able to last for more than 160 years. However, the disadvantages of this military system were also very terrible. More than 160 years later, the Song Dynasty had no soldiers available, and the Song Dynasty was even unable to resist the Jurchens. During the first invasion of the Jin army, Bianjing was besieged for more than a month, which was something that the Song people could never dream of.
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