The Stormy Song Dynasty

The textile industry is very particular. Goat hair is not suitable for weaving into fine cloth and can only be used for tents and felts. The first thing the wool textile industry must solve is the breed of sheep. Only sheep that are specialized in producing wool can do it. There is only one breed of sheep in the world that is suitable for wool textiles, the Spanish Merino sheep. In addition, the cotton textile industry has similar problems. Cotton is an original species in India and is a tropical plant. It basically cannot survive in temperate zones. Therefore, it is impossible to provide a large amount of cotton before cultivating cold-resistant varieties. Moreover, cotton is divided into long-staple cotton and short-staple cotton. . . In fact, the foundation of the development of human society is agriculture and animal husbandry. Different varieties of agricultural and animal husbandry products directly determine the production structure and life structure. There is nothing wrong with the author's golden finger, but I think it is better to round it out.

Today I read a book "History of Chinese Clique", which mentioned the struggle between the Northern and Southern Clique in the Northern Song Dynasty. I don't know if this new angle of interpretation of party strife can hold up, but the bits of information mentioned in it are indeed eye-opening. From the previous book "A Life of Wealth", I feel that the protagonists subconsciously want to stay away from party strife. In the previous book, the protagonist made his fortune quickly and early, forming his own faction. Later, he was inevitably dragged into the banner by others; in this book, the protagonist seems to be unable to avoid party strife, right? The question is not whether we can avoid party strife, but how to avoid duplication with the previous book. My opinion is that party struggle is a fact and a current situation. To avoid repetition, why not write a little bit about it? Otherwise, the original amazingness has cooled down, and now it is very dull and difficult to attract people. A bit off topic, I would like to share with you some interesting examples from the summary book: 1. Wang Anshi wrote in "The Book of Statements" that the world "suffered from the failure of Jinling (Wang Anshi) to govern". Northerners rumored that the sound of cuckoos was heard on the Tianjin Bridge in Luoyang, which foreshadowed that "when the southerners are prime ministers and special tasks are changed, the world will be in chaos" 2. Han Qi: "Anshi will be in power for a long time." A Hanlin scholar is more than enough, but he cannot be in the position of assisting Bi." 3. When Lu Huiqing discussed the new law with Sima Guang, Lu Huiqing said, "Why don't you just say something? If you don't follow your words, why not go?" Shenzong had no choice but to explain: "How can we argue with each other?" 4. Fu Bi Wang Anshi dismissed the prime minister and changed the sentence to Ruzhou. Wang Anshi was still willing and said, "Although Bi is responsible, he still does not lose his wealth and honor. In the past, Gun was killed by Fang Ming, and Gonggong was killed by Xiang Gongliu. Bi committed these two crimes and stopped seizing the chancellor. Why should he punish the traitor?" The emperor did not answer. Bi said: "I don't know the new law, so I can't govern the county. I would like to return to Luo to take care of my illness." Fu Bi was eventually forced to become an official.

Anda, I think that after the book "A Life of Wealth" failed to end, you will definitely be able to write a great Song Dynasty book.

Let's start with a little story. In the early years of Xining, Sima Guang made suggestions on the management of the Yellow River. Emperor Shenzong saw it and thought it was good, so he planned to appoint Sima Guang to take charge of the management of the Yellow River. Then an important minister, Lu Gongzhu, a veteran of the old party, stood up and said: "River management is complicated, so it is not the reason why we should praise those close to the job and treat Confucian officials." This means that river management is not something that the state should send Confucian officials to do for the purpose of giving preferential treatment to Confucian officials. At first glance, this question seems to mean that Confucian ministers have a special superior status. However, the question arises. River management always needs to be done by sending people to do it, and the person who does it should be at a similar level to Sima Guang. So it should be more than two systems. If he is a Jinshi, he is not considered a "Confucian minister" who needs preferential treatment? There is no such truth. Therefore, the "Confucian ministers" in this sentence may have a specific reference, and the country's use of such Confucian ministers also has specific appointment and transfer routes. In this context, Lu Gongzhu came up with the words "no method of treating Confucian ministers." What it actually means is that there are special methods for using cadres like Sima Guang. Emperor, you'd better use them according to the established methods. So what is this kind of Confucian official? What are the specific ways to use it? I think this kind of Confucian officials are cadres who, after passing the imperial examinations and high-level subjects, have held various government positions, mostly working in retreat departments in the capital, focusing on ideological construction but lacking practical work experience at the grassroots level. A typical example is Sima Guang. There were many such figures in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, such as Weng Tonghe, Guangxu's emperor. The way to treat Confucian officials is to make the best use of their talents. Let them do ideological work, write documents and talk about things, and let others do the actual work and the things that require responsibility. Most emperors have no big problem in effectively performing the job of "head of state", but they are often unable to perform the role of "head of government" well. At this time, some professional "professional managers" must be needed to solve this problem. The role of these professional managers is the prime minister. For the emperor, the prime minister is also the biggest threat to his authority. It is not uncommon in history for the prime minister's power to usurp the imperial power. Therefore, the emperor must have a group of people to restrain the prime minister. For the emperor, it is often difficult to catch the prime minister's shortcomings in specific work and the consequences are serious, because finding problems in specific work will make it difficult for subsequent successors to adapt. Then the most effective "opposition party" is the "Confucian ministers" who hold high the banner of Confucian ideology. From an ideological point of view, The rebuttal was based on a high moral level, and the emperor had relatively large discretionary power in handling the matter, which was just right. Since the prime minister was the head of the bureaucracy, it was actually impossible to handle everything in line with Confucian ideology. After all, he had ammunition and achieved the sustainable development of the entire mechanism.

I couldn't stand it after watching the beginning. The author does not understand the privileges of the ancient literati class. In the Song Dynasty, the scholar-bureaucrats ruled the world together. Did they think they were just a few officials above the temple? Are you kidding me? No matter how depressed the literati are, how dare a few restaurant businessmen dare to bully them? They are the ones with the lowest status

In this book, I feel that the technological tree of steam engines has climbed too fast. In the early days, low-pressure steam engines were only so-so for driving cars and ships, and it was a bit exaggerated to use them for trains. With Du Jinglue's understanding of technology in the book, it is impossible to achieve practical medium-pressure steam engines in more than ten years. An Jun wrote well about the official system, military system, Confucianism and reforms of the Song Dynasty, but his writing about scientific and technological knowledge was really poor. You must know that it was not easy to develop a steam engine in the Song Dynasty, and it was not so fast to put into production practical railway locomotives. To make a steam engine, you must have machine tools. You must first solve the processing problems of bearings, spindles, gears, screw rods, etc., And other machine tool components. After the components are solved, the hydraulic machine tool can be assembled, and then the cylinder, piston, connecting rod, gear, flywheel and other parts of the steam engine can be manufactured. Okay, cutting tools are necessary, right? At worst, you have to get a crucible of carbon tool steel to make knives, right? How to measure carbon content? How to judge the temperature of molten steel? All these require a long time and a lot of practice to get results You also have to find a way to roll seamless steel pipes to transport high-temperature steam... And you also have to research and make oil-containing packing for sealing... You can't do all the mechanical processing alone, and you also have to teach your disciples basic mathematics, basic physics, and mechanical drawing. , Tolerances and coordination, machining technology, turning technology, boring technology, milling technology, grinding technology, casting technology, heat treatment technology... To make a low-pressure steam engine, we must first solve the power problem of the machine tool, and then solve the accuracy problem of the machine tool itself. Without higher-precision machine tools, a medium-pressure steam engine cannot be developed. The improved steam engine invented by Watt was far inferior to the steam engine developed by Du Zhongxiao. However, the error of the boring machine used by Watt to boring the cylinder was within 1.5 Mm. Think about it, can Du Zhongxiao's original machine tool be used to make a practical medium-pressure steam engine? Even after the steam locomotive has been built, it still needs dispatching, maintenance, and operation personnel, and it will take a lot of effort for the time-travelers to train. The ancients had no experience, so you have to lead some people first... So there are too many problems. In the Song Dynasty, if the time-travelers were not graduated in mechanical processing, they wanted to create a real-time travel system in the mid-to-late 19th century. It will take a lifetime to get to know the basics of using high-speed trains. Of course, even if you can build a low-pressure steam engine in a lifetime, it is still worth it. If you are a mechanical time traveler, you will have to spend fifteen to twenty years of exploration and talent training before you can hope to achieve the performance of the train in "The Wind and Rain in the Song Dynasty", and mass production may not be possible. An Jun, let me give you a piece of advice. "The Storm in the Song Dynasty" is worse than "A Life of Wealth". Readers who like "A Life of Wealth" just like your ideological nature. As long as Anjun demonstrates his thoughts and theories through stories one by one instead of preaching throughout the book, he will definitely be very popular. But you have to cater to the appetite of some people. You can climb the technology tree, or you can climb the technology tree. You have to write in a reasonable way, but the current result is that it is impossible to paint a tiger as an anti-dog. Anjun, the emergence of the steam engine was a major explosion of the industrial revolution. The Song Dynasty will face great changes. There will be development in various places. They will not stand still waiting for Du Zhongxiao to attack the Western Regions. Therefore, how to deal with the production relations after the Song Dynasty has the steam engine is the real problem. With medium-pressure steam engines, the Khitan, Xixia, Western Regions, and Jiaozhi are no longer a problem. The Song Dynasty can destroy them at will. It is completely boring for Anjun to write about these one-sided wars.

After reading more than a dozen chapters, no wonder the author's book is not on the list. He buys good wine with distiller's grains, and then he is afraid that others will have no food to eat, so he goes to charity? He can't even take care of it. Where is the Holy Mother from? According to your heart, do you seek peace of mind in every business you do? This kind of thinking doesn't matter in modern times. In ancient times, it might have been said to be deceptive and evil-intentioned.

Have you ever discovered that Qidian is a group of fake textual research parties, using the historical phenomena of the Ming and Qing Dynasties to forcefully peddle the entire ancient Chinese history, and then using gossip materials from countless hands on the roadside?

I think the reason for the slow progress of this book is that the author wants to write it seriously. Boss Du has no connections and is too young. He wants to carry out drastic reforms but has no capital. He doesn't want to rebel and is not an emperor. When the powerful officials are old and no one cares about them, they just want to develop the economy and develop rapidly in the officialdom. First, they have mixed seniority, and second, they support their own people, develop a community of interests, and a community of ideas and destiny. By then, being a powerful official will not be in place. The most important thing is that the author is poor and has no money to cheat Xiao Du...😁😁😁

This book is written like a history textbook, the plot has no ups and downs, and is even more flat than my great-uncle's electrocardiogram.