Study On Several Problems Of The Song Dynasty Military Logistics

The song dynasty has not been unified China, And the surrounding minority regime such as liao, western xia, jin, long-term in a state of confrontation, To break out of the war, Even if no war, In a state of intense combat readiness. The number of standing army, The fierce combat, Through the large munitions.There are a lot of war in the song dynasty,In order to guarantee the victory of the war Song of the military logistics system is relatively perfect.In terms of Jun Xu Suo with funding sources,In the middle of the song dynasty,Before candidates.if your system is mainly composed of three department total responsibility,Candidates.if your restructuring after the were overseen by dedicated and fact. At the local level,Northern song dynasty period is mainly responsible for provide financial support for the war supplies transport department. To the southern song dynasty period, mainly undertake the functions by the master.A lot of the Lu and above-level agencies in the Song Dynasty got involved in the management of military logistics. For example, the fiscal commission, the campaigning army commission, and Du fiscal commission in the early Song Dynasty, as well as the general consul that appeared in the Southern Song Dynasty were all full-time military logistics management agencies. The military commission, pacification commission and system configuration commission also played the function of managing military supplies and equipment, but were part-time in most cases.With the development of the war situation, the demand for military supplies and logistics became increasingly greater, too. Under such circumstance, the state, to effective ensure the supply of munitions, built a large number of fields and treasuries. Fields and treasuries were set in the central government and in localities, the persons in charge of which were known as state monopoly agents. They played an important role in the entire military logistics in the Song Dynasty. Fields and treasuries on the one hand stored military-related material like rations and forage, weapons, armors and rods; on the other, the persons in charge of them, namely the state monopoly agents ran some fields and treasuries to collect taxes before spending them for the purpose of military logistics.Medical care in the military logistics of the Song Dynasty covered military surgeons who treated the soldiers and generals and veterinarians who treated horses. The organic combination of the two greatly contributed to ensuring the fighting strength of the military forces, becoming a link that cannot be ignored in military logistics.Corruption is a problem that cannot be ignored in military logistics. In authoritarian corruptive politics, the corruption of Lu-level officers, the behavior of personal profiteering at public expenses and open bribes in fields and treasures all eroded the entire military logistics system of the Song Dynasty and drew away its vitality before finally contributing to the fall o f the Song Dynasty. All these serve as a reference for today’s military logistics.