The Song Dynasty folded the generals, the Khitan people were afraid, the merits were high, and the good end could be expected
When the famous generals of the Song Dynasty are mentioned, the figure of the Yang family general immediately comes to people's minds. After the rendering of many literary works, the story of Yang Jiajiang is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people and widely circulated.
However, few people understand that there is a certain gap between the story in ** and the real history. In addition, through a large number of ** and film and television works, many people have regarded the Yang family as the first general in the Song Dynasty.
The Zhe family was the top military general family in the Northern Song Dynasty, and they single-handedly deterred the Western Xia and Liao States in the northwest borderland, and made great contributions to the stability of the Great Song Dynasty.
Although their merits were extremely high, they were able to die a good death in the end, which the Yang family would not be able to match.
In ancient Chinese history, it is rare for a family of generals to emerge in succession to defend the family and defend the country. Most Jiangmen families can only inherit one or two generations, or gradually decline and retire after two or three generations.
One of the reasons for this is that the parents have already fought the war, and the children and grandchildren cannot feel that pressure and cannot be exercised.
In order to ensure the peace of their children and grandchildren, parents did not want their children to join the army, which led to a decline in the prestige of Jiangmen. However, in the name of eight generations of heroic martyrs, the Zhejia family has assumed the heavy responsibility of resisting foreign aggression and defending the country for generations.
Without the protection of the Zhe family, the internal development of the Northern Song Dynasty may be difficult to achieve.
The Liao State compromised in the Northern Song Dynasty's Lanyuan Alliance, and the military pressure of the generals was one of the main reasons. Without the containment of the Western Xia and Qiang people, it is not yet known whether the Liao State would have been able to successfully break through the defense line of the Zhejia generals.
In order to prevent his generals from following him, Song Taizu skillfully weakened their military strength at a banquet, which is the famous "cup of wine releases military power".
Faced with the treatment of the Zhe family, Song Taizu did not intend to suppress them, but personally ordered the Zhe family to hold official positions for generations. In history, how many families can be highly trusted by the emperor like the Zhe family?
The combat effectiveness of the generals is extremely powerful, and we can understand this by consulting the relevant records in the history books. It is recorded in the "History of the Song Dynasty" that shortly after ascending the throne, Taizong of the Song Dynasty launched two successive Northern Expeditions in order to improve his prestige.
In the course of the Northern Expedition, except for the Zhejia general, who maintained a record of complete victories, the generals and troops in other regions only barely protected themselves from defeat. This fully proves that the military strength of the generals of the Zhe family clearly surpassed that of the armies of the Song and Liao countries.
What is even more striking is that in 995 AD, Han Dewei, the general of the Liao State, personally united with the Western Xia army to attack the state capital guarded by the Zhejia general. However, under the joint counterattack of the two generals of Zhe Yuxun and Zhe Yuqing, Han Dewei was finally beaten in embarrassment and fled lightly, the scene was the same as that of Cao Cao cutting his robe and beard.
In order to save face, Han Dewei once again organized the army to attack the Zhejia army. However, when he learned that he had to face the Zhi Yuxun and Zhe Yuqing brothers again, he wisely chose to attack north, and from then on, the Khitans no longer dared to provoke the Zhejia army.
Although the Zhe family general is strong, it is not as famous as the Yang family general and the breeder general in history. The reason is simple, the Oriya will focus on their tasks and never waste time on other things.
In contrast, the Yang family and the breeder will know how to protect themselves better, they will keep a low profile and do things in a high-profile manner. They understood that their strength and contribution would let the emperor and courtiers know how to use them.
This is the charm of the folding general: I know that I can fight, but I will not say, the emperor knows how to use me, and the courtiers will not target me.
The Yang family generals and the seed family will come to a miserable end in many **, largely because they lack the political wisdom of the folded generals. If they could learn the political acumen of the deceased, perhaps such a tragedy could have been avoided.
Some people believe that the biggest difference between the Zhe family and the Yang family is that the Zhe family has established its own foundation. In the northwest region of the Northern Song Dynasty, the right to speak even exceeded that of the emperor, which made the Zhejia general and the Northern Song Dynasty more like a "cooperative relationship".
However, isn't it enough to prove that this family has been able to maintain such a long-term relationship?