Historically, the easier our nation is to be oppressed by officials of our own nation, the easier it is to be defeated by foreigners.
In other words, when martial virtue is not abundant, it is precisely the era when Confucian culture and literary people are prevalent. Typical examples include Song Dynasty , Ming Dynasty . After the cultural elites advocated the so-called Confucianism and took power completely, the country's combat effectiveness can basically be said to have declined exponentially!
Why does this happen? Because the bureaucracy, including civil servants and intellectuals with vested interests, has one of their biggest characteristics: they are born with a sense of insecurity. They seek personal gain by relying on clever strength, unlike warriors who rely on their strength to fight with swords and fire and seas of fire. They regard death as if they are home, open up territories, gallop on the battlefield, and conquer the world with their bodies smashed to pieces!
Warriors are rougher and rougher, but they all have a romantic confidence. Their self-confidence is the confidence and bottom line of being a human being, so they have a strong sense of responsibility and can remain calm and calm in critical situations without being surprised! Stand tall like a giant at the critical moment!
For example, the Guanlong nobles in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, and the military aristocrats in the Qin DynastyHan Dynasty. These groups themselves have extremely powerful force values, but they only get their fame from horses. At this time, in fact, the social governance capabilities of the founding military attaches of the Ming Dynasty were not much worse than those of civilian officials! After all, few of the top civil servants in the Ming Dynasty had experience in local governance. And many of the world-defying heroes and generals who come from lower classes are very familiar with the sufferings and sentiments of the people.
The advantage of a literati is that he can talk but not do anything. He loves to talk on paper and talk eloquently, but when it comes to actually doing things, it will take ten years for the scholar to rebel.
Because these literati are safe for the emperor, because they do not control force. Then, under the influence of these literati from aristocratic families, the common people below also need to become safer and need to be castrated by force, which is the so-called enlightenment.
Isn’t it true that ordinary people who have certain rules after being educated just rely on the master? We will no longer obtain force through formal channels. Otherwise, these aristocratic families would not be able to continue. Therefore, this is why in the era when many literati came out, they were always defeated in battles and were easily defeated by foreign armies at the border.
After being defeated, it was easy to get to the capital, and he became the God of Chariots on the Gaoliang River, the Emperor of Heaven, the Xiongnu of the Jiajing Dynasty, who traveled to the capital, and many, many historical wonders. It all looks ridiculous, but a country that looks so powerful is vulnerable.
Therefore, eras and nations with insufficient martial arts are easily bullied and insulted by outsiders. This is the most important thing to have masculinity. Without masculinity and a straight spine, you will be humble to your superiors and arrogant to your subordinates. In such an era, there is nothing exciting about it, nor much vitality.
This is also the fundamental reason why it was difficult for the Manchu Qing government to win a more exciting and tough battle in the later period, because at that time, the Eight Banners disciples had lost their basic combat effectiveness. Wen Tian's martial arts, without combat effectiveness, hard skills, and advanced military high technology, will not be able to control the entire situation on the chessboard. In the end, the center will inevitably be weak and the world will be in chaos.
The most typical example is the Song dynasty, a glass of wine released military power, emphasizing culture and suppressing military power.The civil servants were all enjoying a smooth life, nourished and leisurely, but a strange general named Yue Fei appeared after repeated calls, and he was also killed by "unnecessary"... Now when I think of the "Jingkang shame", I still can't help it, and I can't help but get angry!
The two emperors of Huiqin were captured, and the Northern Song dynasty was destroyed; thousands of courtiers and royal family members were killed; a large number of concubines of the Zhao royal family were ravaged by Jinren; even the queen was forced to receive guests, more than 100 people a day; the princess was arrested and sold in public, and the money was calculated according to age... That's right , this is Jingkang’s change to , also called Jingkang’s shame !
