In "Meng Hua Lu", the crew very conscientiously restored the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty. Indeed, as the most prosperous economic era among ancient Chinese dynasties, one can imagine how strong the economic strength of the Song Dynasty was, but , no matter how good their e

In " Meng Hua Lu ", the crew very conscientiously restored the prosperous era of the Song Dynasty . Indeed, as the most economically prosperous era among ancient Chinese dynasties, the economic strength of the Song Dynasty can be imagined. How powerful they are, but no matter how good their economic conditions are, their military strength is very weak. They can't even defeat the small country of Xixia . Therefore, we can't help but wonder, what is the reason behind this?

First of all, it is a matter of dynasty. In the Song Dynasty, it was a dynasty that placed great emphasis on civility over military affairs. In such a dynasty, the status of soldiers was very low, unlike now, where the status of the military is very high. During the Song Dynasty, The status of the army can be said to be the existence of pariahs in India, because in that dynasty, the army not only received low pay, but also worked very hard and even had certain dangers. Under such circumstances, who would be willing to do it?

How bad was the treatment of the Song Dynasty army? First of all, according to incomplete records, at that time, the monthly salary of soldiers in the Song Dynasty was only one-third of the income of ordinary civilians. This was still the most prosperous period of the Song Dynasty, that is, the dynasty in "Menghua Lu". If it was Going forward, to the Song Renzong period, the treatment was even worse. This was still salary, but the treatment was not good. Once the soldiers of the Song Dynasty died in battle, the pension was not very good.

At that time, after a soldier of the Song Dynasty died in battle, his family could only receive three months of food subsidies. If it was during the Renzong period of Song Dynasty, the subsidy would be relatively high, but it was only relatively high. In addition to the original salary for the soldiers' families, additional Two more months of food were compensated. Later, in the Southern Song Dynasty period, soldiers' pension benefits were increased, but only by a small amount, and the families of the fallen soldiers could receive one year's subsidies.

Even if the treatment is poor, the Song Dynasty still has the problem of redundant troops. At that time, during the Song Taizu period, the army only had 120,000 troops. However, in the later Song Zhenzong period, it actually reached 400,000 standing troops, and by Song Renzong, it was even worse. The army has been expanded to 800,000 people. Don’t look at the 2 million troops in our country. Don’t forget that we have 1.4 billion people. It is not a problem to support 2 million troops. However, the Song Dynasty only had such a large population. With such a huge army, every month The consumption is very huge.

How could the Song Dynasty maintain such a huge army? The treatment would naturally be very poor. If the treatment was poor, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers would decline. Because the soldiers were poorly treated, no one would be willing to do it. The army could only be composed of Those who couldn't survive in society were employed. When these people entered the army, few were willing to fight. They were just here to earn wages. As a result, the combat effectiveness of the Song Dynasty's army declined sharply.