Song dynasty (960 ~ 1279) is an era in the history of China, which is divided into Northern Song Dynasty and Southern Song Dynasty. The Song Dynasty lasted for 320 years, with a calendar of 167 in the Northern Song Dynasty and 153 in the Southern Song Dynasty, with a total of 18 emperors.
In 960, Zhao Kuangyin, the general of the later Zhou Dynasty, was awarded the yellow robe to establish the Song Dynasty. Song Zhenzong and Song Renzong entered a prosperous time, and the centralization of power was strengthened in the early Northern Song Dynasty, which solved the problem of separatist regime in the buffer regions. 11The change of Jingkang in 27 years, the Northern Song Dynasty perished. Song Gaozong and Zhao Gou moved south to establish the Southern Song Dynasty.
Zhao Kuangyin's Political Initiative
In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the country split. After Zhao Kuangyin proclaimed himself emperor, he adopted the strategy of "south before north, easy before difficult" to gradually unify the whole country.
At the same time, through the three major programs of "taking its elite soldiers, cutting its power and controlling its money valley", as well as measures such as "relieving its soldiers with a glass of wine", weakening relative power, "dismissing officials", "strengthening cadres and weakening branches", "maintaining internal and external relations", "changing once every three years", setting up a general evaluation system, and creating a dispatching system, we will strengthen centralization.
Zhao Kuangyin also clarified the management of officials, encouraged farmers to get rewards, and promoted social and economic development. These measures not only restored the war wounds since the Five Dynasties, but also made the country show a relatively stable and prosperous situation, and the famous "Stegosaurus Rule" appeared in history.