However, in the middle of the Northern Song Dynasty during the reign of Emperor Renzong of Song, as the court's arms supply was gradually taken over by these private enterprises and the cake became stable, their capitalist nature was exposed and the quality of their products began to decline seriously.
During the Song-Xia War, there was even a situation where the Song army's swords were completely unable to cut through the armor of the Western Xia people, while the Western Xia people's swords could easily break the Song army's weapons and pierce their armor.
This was so great that Tian Kuang, who was serving as a judge under Xia Song at the time, was shocked and said, "The enemy's armor is now all cold-forged, hard, smooth and shiny, and cannot be penetrated by powerful crossbows."
The matter was reported to the imperial court, which was forced to open its warehouses and send armor from the Zhao Kuangyin era to the northwest. This was because the armor of the early Song Dynasty was of higher quality and could still be used after replacing the leather ropes that had been corroded by time.
From this we can see that from the period of Zhao Kuangyin to the period of Zhao Zhen, during the eighty years of history, the Northern Song Dynasty's military industry went through four stages: first state-owned, then state-owned in a bad state, then private, and then private in a bad state.
This situation continued until the early years of the Southern Song Dynasty. After seeing that his own weapons were in disrepair, Zhao Gou gave the army the green light and allowed soldiers to make their own armor and weapons, which barely allowed the Song army's weapons and equipment to compete with the Jin army.
But at least it is still in a state of private corruption. The 800,000 imperial guards are composed of 1,927 battalions of the Palace Division, Cavalry Division, and Infantry Division. Each battalion should have a full staff of 500 people, and there is a shortage of at least 200,000.
Not to mention the empty salaries of 200,000 people, the weapons and equipment of these 800,000 people alone were divided up by the weapon manufacturing workshops of the generals and nobles, and the profits involved may amount to tens of millions of strings of cash.
This means that before Zhao Jun even started the large-scale military reduction, he had already started to take advantage of the pie of the generals and nobles.
No wonder Lu Yijian had such an expression.
It turns out that this knife really hits himself first. Although it has nothing to do with him, it involves his wife's family.
Thinking of this, Zhao Jun couldn't help but realize the seriousness of the problem. His face became serious and he said, "I haven't investigated the manufacturing situation of the Song army's weapons and equipment. It seems that I really need to find out."
"If we really want to completely replace cold weapons with firearms in the future, various vested interests will inevitably rise up in opposition. How do you plan to deal with this situation?"
Lu Yijian asked again.
"Explain it with reason and appeal to their emotions."
Zhao Jun sighed. "Don't say I didn't give them a chance. This is the general trend, and you should understand. If they are stubborn, I can only persuade them with persuasion and reason."
"Does it make any difference the other way around?"
Everyone was puzzled.
"There's a huge difference. If you explain it to them with cyanide, it's a poison. If you explain it to them with reason, it's physics!"
Zhao Jun gestured with his right hand and slashed it downward fiercely, "If they are unwilling to follow the national trend, it means they are unable to keep up with the pace of history, and it is time for them to be eliminated."
In an instant.
Everyone unconsciously felt a deep chill.
future.
If those vested interests really want to oppose the wheel of history, they will probably be crushed into the rolling torrent.
Of course, the protagonist didn't just start killing people. There must be strategies and methods. It's impossible to be so mindless. Only the diehards will suffer. So don't even think about killing more than 100,000 people. It's not like Zhu Yuanzhang is trying to consolidate his imperial power. There's really no need.
Finally, I wish everyone a happy New Year.
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