In this time, when using troops in Bozhou, the ministers were surprised by the conservative emperor's conservatism, and felt that his internal and external policies began to turn. In the past, the young emperor was not ruthless in rebellion, and he had to eliminate it quickly and sent heavy troops to encircle and suppress it. But now on the contrary, the young emperor's oppression of the Mongol Yuan was increasing, and some "small things" were launched. This time, the expeditionary force was sent to Southeast Asia to serve as an escort mission, which also meant that Xuanwei was overseas.

Zhao Bing also had his own idea of ​​this decision. First of all, the Bozhou area is high and dense, which is not conducive to large-scale corps operations. However, if the troops are used, it is difficult to form a siege against Bozhou and cut off its external contacts. If you leave, he will come back, causing a situation of suppression and immortality, causing the war to fall into a stalemate, dragging the court into a protracted war, consuming a lot of money and food, and falling into the trap of burning money. This is very unfavorable to Song Ting, who had just escaped from the economic crisis.

Secondly, although the main guns and cannons of the Song army were sharp, they did not necessarily have an advantage in the mountains. However, the people were born here and grew up here. They were familiar with the environment in the mountains, adapted to the climate here, and came and went like the wind. In the face of heavy encirclement and suppression, they could carry out "guerrilla warfare" and drag the imperial army to death in the vast mountains.

In addition, even if the army advances and wins in a short period of time, it will inevitably cause heavy casualties, thereby deepening the hatred between the two sides, which is not conducive to long-term stability. Once the army withdraws, it will rebel again. Under the current situation, it is not realistic to transfer the army to the south to quell the rebellion. After all, there are still hundreds of thousands of Iron Cavalry of the Mongols and Yuan grasslands that are eyeing each other.

Therefore, Zhao Bing felt that it was not the best strategy to resolve the Guangxi Liyun through cruel suppression once and for all. Of course, it was impossible to allow the Yang family of Bozhou to form separatist rule. Instead, the most secure strategy was to use both suppression and appeasement, crack down on the stubborn elements, win the support of the majority of the Li people, and finally get under the central government's rule. This could not only reduce local turmoil, but also reduce civilian casualties.

Therefore, Zhao Bing suggested that the main traffic routes entering and leaving Bozhou should be blocked completely and cracked down on smuggling, so that the tea, black lead, wood and other specialties produced in Bozhou could not be transported out, and that their financial resources would be cut off first; at the same time, it was strictly prohibited to traffic in Bozhou. Through economic blockade, it would weaken its war potential and reduce their living standards, so as to intensify the conflict between local officials and civilians and divide their alliance.

At the same time, we use various means to start from the periphery, conquer those small tribes with weak strength, improve their living conditions, and gradually erode Bozhou's sphere of influence and isolate them. In addition, we can also differentiate and disintegrate the Yang family, cause civil strife and further reduce their strength. Of course, military means are also indispensable, and we will resolutely attack those tribes that are stubborn and are determined to oppose the court, and play a role in killing one and warning a hundred.

After hearing this, the ministers thought that the emperor's strategy was feasible. At present, the Yang family of Bozhou is not a monolithic, but several branches are in charge of Bozhou affairs. Yang Bangzheng, Yang Bangyi, Yang Bangli, Yang Bangjie, Yang Bangfu, Yang Bangguang and Yang Banghuai were all sons of Yang Dasheng. Bangzheng was a Jinshi of Xianchun and served as a Jinshi of Bozhou. Yang Bangzheng was a Jinshi of Bozhou and was appointed as a Fuzhou recruitment envoy. Yang Bangzheng fell into Chuntaiba; Yang Bangyi fell into Sanduguan; Yang Bangli fell into Nanping; Yang Bangjie fell into Pingyuanba; Bangfu was separated from Zhengjiaba; Bangguang was a Jinshi of Xianchun and was divided from Sanhe Town; Banghuai lived in Nanshan; this was the "Eight-Nation Branch" in the history of the Yang family of Bozhou.

Yang Hanying inherited the position of Bozhou Pacification Envoy at the age of five. At present, he was only fifteen or sixteen. His mother Tian has always taken charge of the government. It is a situation where the king and the ministers are weak. Under this situation, the orphan and widowed mother face a group of old uncles and uncles, and the difficulties can be imagined. In the past, with the support of the Mongol Yuan court, they could still rely on them. Now that the Mongol Yuan power is in decline, the contact has been cut off and the support is lost, and civil strife is almost inevitable.

Everyone laughed when they heard this. Your Majesty’s idea was the same prescription and used in different places. His Majesty in Qiongzhou used this method to conquer the local monks. If he had a wife, it would be almost the same. Of course, the strength of Bozhou Zhuli was much stronger than that of Qiongzhou Zhuli, but the Song Dynasty was no longer the turf team that was in panic all day.

Everyone has no objection to this. Even if it is passed, it is also the benefit of the joint deliberations of various provinces. Resolutions can be formed quickly and a proposal can be formed. Then the branch office will be reviewed and approved by the Secretariat and the Privy Council to make a plan, and then His Majesty will review and issue an order to implement it. Then everyone will go to the next issue to discuss the necessity of expanding the army and the establishment.

The issue of setting up imperial guards in the Neili area is very sensitive, so everyone is cautious in speaking. Because most of the Taizu and his successors of this dynasty have deployed military deployments according to the principle of "guarding the inside and the outside", garrisoning most of the imperial guards in the capital and nearby areas, while only a few imperial guards are stationed on the border. As a result, the barracks and camps in the inside and outside of Kaifeng are standing in front of each other.

Why did the rulers of the early Song Dynasty adopt the policy of "preserving the inside and emptiness outside"?

As Zhao Bing knew, the first thing to do was to "defend the inside and emptiness outside" was the need for the Northern Song Dynasty to eliminate separatist rule and resist external troubles at that time. On the one hand, at the beginning of the establishment of the Northern Song Dynasty, there were separatist regimes such as Later Shu, Southern Han, Southern Tang, Wu Yue, and Northern Han. In order to eliminate these regimes, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin and Zhao Pu and others, based on fully estimating their own military and economic strength, after repeated consideration and careful consideration, they determined the strategy of first south and then north attacking and defending the north.

To this end, the Northern Song government concentrated heavy troops and selected remote generals to guard the key points in the north. The terrain north of Kaifeng was vast and flat. The Northern Song government stationed heavy troops in the capital and nearby areas, which was not only conducive to coping with the urgent needs of the northern border and various places, but also prevented the phenomenon of "the general was outside and the emperor was not obsessed with the orders of the emperor". In this way, under any circumstances, the emperor could call the imperial guards at any time.

On the other hand, the Northern Song Dynasty established its capital Kaifeng, and Kaifeng was located on the plains, unlike Luoyang, Xi'an, and Beijing, which was as dangerous as mountains and rivers. In addition, the Liao power was booming at this time, and the loss of the sixteen prefectures in Youyun made the Northern Song Dynasty lose the natural barrier to resist the invasion of the Khitan nobles. Therefore, to resist border troubles, the Northern Song Dynasty could only use troops as a risk and station heavy troops in the capital to form a strong and weak branch.

Secondly, "preserving the inside and emptiness of the outside" was the need for the Northern Song Dynasty to strengthen centralization and consolidate its rule at that time. Song Taizu witnessed the alternation of countries in the Five Dynasties, and he also gained power through mutiny. Therefore, Song Taizu devoted most of his energy to winning over and preventing internal issues, and did not have enough determination to eliminate external troubles. The first thing he considered was how to maintain stability and expand the foundation of ruling and strengthen centralization, especially military power.

Taizu was worried that if elite troops were still spread all over the world, a situation of chaos on the spot could still occur. Therefore, to strengthen centralization and prevent rebellion, it is necessary to firmly control and master the imperial guards. Historical books say: "Taizu learned from the mistakes of the previous dynasty and gathered elite troops in the capital." From this, it can be seen that the Taizu of Song garrisoned the imperial guards in the capital was to summarize the losses of the previous dynasty and strengthen centralization.

Again, "guarding the inside and emptiness of the outside" was the product of the fierce class contradiction at that time. Song Taizu gained power through mutiny and did not witness the power of peasant war with his own eyes. Therefore, he not only did not take measures to ease class contradictions, but instead intensified the contradictions.

First, the Northern Song Dynasty promoted the landlord class through the imperial examination system and the grace system and gave them all kinds of favorable treatment in exchange for their support. Second, the Northern Song Dynasty not only inherited most of the miscellaneous taxes since the late Tang and Five Dynasties, but also adopted the policies of "not suppressing annexation" and "not establishing the land system", instigating the landlord class to annex the peasant land, causing land annexation to develop unprecedentedly and class contradictions rapidly intensify.

Third, because the landlord class evaded the service, the Northern Song government greatly increased the service burden of farmers, and some areas even experienced the situation of "half of the lower households had been working as a service". Fourth, the Northern Song government also passed on the heavy official salary, military expenditure and later "annual monies" burden to the people, and exploited the people.

Therefore, Zhao Bing thought that the main reason was that "those who are arrested by all officials are afraid of their shortcomings; those who are taken by all the people will not leave any surplus", class contradictions were very sharp from the beginning, which made the rulers of the Northern Song Dynasty feel very scared and worried about the people's rebellion. Therefore, we must be prepared at all times and stationed heavily in the capital to prevent accidents, which was also the need for the situation of the Northern Song Dynasty at that time.

Of course, the successors still unswervingly implemented this policy since then, which was also related to the frequent failures of foreign wars. Emperor Taizong used large-scale troops to Liao twice in an attempt to recover the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun and change the passive war situation. However, due to their own wars and strategic mistakes, after the failure of the Gaoliang River and Qigou Pass, the court gradually lost its determination to make progress, and there was also a common fear of Liao.

Therefore, the successors of later generations gave up their plan to recover lost territory, turned the focus of the policy again to the internal and adopted a passive defense policy against Liao. The later "Zhenyuan Alliance" was the product of "guarding the internal and external". This policy did play a certain role in consolidating the rule and preventing civil rebellion, but it also became an important factor in the repeated attacks of the Song Dynasty by the Khitan, the Western Xia and later Jurchen nobles, which eventually led to the demise of the country.

After the transit of the south, in order to deal with the Jurchens who were constantly invading the south, the Song court had to rely on local military leaders to fight against the Jin Dynasty. After the situation eased, it also tried to reclaim military power to the court, but it had to make compromises and retain several large military towns. After the Mongolian destroyed the Jin Dynasty, although the enemy changed, the situation became more tense. The incompetence of the imperial guards on the battlefield made the court rely more on border troops and local troops.
Chapter completed!