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Secondly, there are indeed concerns.
The Southern Dynasties were dominated by civil officials, while the Great Jing Dynasty was ruled by powerful clans. These clans had been entangled in interests for hundreds of years, and their power was deeply intertwined.
During the internal turmoil of the Great Jing Dynasty, none of the prominent families were involved in the princes' struggle for the throne. Instead, taking advantage of the chaos within the royal family and the inability to control the various families, they began to tacitly migrate to the north and south.
These powerful families mostly held military power. They secured their positions on the border, watched the princes fight, and sided with whoever emerged victorious.
In times of turmoil, when powerful families held sway over the imperial court, it was the powerful families who chose their own rulers, not the rulers who chose their own ministers.
However, despite their usual infighting, they are more clear-headed than us civil officials when it comes to the big picture. They tacitly sit back and watch the tigers fight, and then tacitly work together to be the saviors.
Therefore, the period of internal strife in the Great Jing Dynasty was actually the time when the border defenses were most secure.
For example, the Xuan family of Dajing. The Xuan family has guarded the southern border of Dajing for generations. Each generation of successors is exceptionally outstanding. The Southern Dynasty has changed generals in the north, but none of them have been able to get any advantage from the Xuan family. The generals of the Southern Dynasty have all been traumatized by the Xuan family.
During the internal strife in the Great Jing Dynasty, the Xuan family's 200,000-strong army was stationed at the southern border. Even if our Southern Dynasty had launched a northern expedition at that time, the outcome might not have been good.
Even now, Rong Ning still finds these things absurd. Her expression turns cold, and she pauses to take a breath before continuing, "If we hadn't launched the Northern Expedition at this time, there would have been no opportunity for it later."
But no one expected that our foolish imperial uncle, instigated by treacherous individuals, would disregard the objections of his ministers and insist on leading the army north.
Later, the Southern Dynasty army suffered repeated defeats and was powerless to resist. When they wanted to retreat, they found that the Great Jing Dynasty was pressing forward step by step, giving them no chance to catch their breath, and fought all the way to the banks of the Muyang River.
In this dilemma, the late emperor, who urgently needed to establish his authority, was persuaded by others to personally lead the expedition.
As a result of flawed decision-making, the Southern Dynasty suffered heavy losses of 400,000 troops, and all its capable generals perished in the desperate resistance.
The late emperor, under the protection of the royal guards, abandoned his subjects and fled back to Nanyang City in a panic.
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