On The Military Supplies For The Northwest In The Shenzong Government In Northern Song Dynasty

In the Northern Song Dynasty, the management of the Northwest is one of the important topics in Frontier history and Military history. In the paper, the central subject is the military supplies, the period is the emperor Shenzong of Northern Song Dynasty, it analyses the military supplies in the management of the Northwest in order to strengthen the understanding of the management history of the Northwest.In the Northern Song Dynasty, the Northwest area harbored an important strategic position. The definite manifestations were: it embodied the Northern central Northwest gateway, it was the ghetto of many minorities, and it was the source of important munitions materials. Based on these, the government of Northern Song Dynasty took effective methods to manage the Northwest, including building village forts along the border, which had played an important role in the consolidation of the Northwest.War-horse was an important part of military supplies in Song Dynasty. In order to solve this problem, the government took many methods such as official breeding, folk breeding and market trading, which effectively promoted the solution of the problem. Meanwhile, due to the geographical environment restriction and the influence of war situation, the supplies of war-horse appeared the following drawbacks: quantity shortage, low quality and source uncertainty.Grain for the army played an important role in the management of the Northwest. In the period of the Shenzong of Northern Song Dynasty, the government met the demand for grain for the army through self-sufficiency by Tuntian, market trading and getting near to grain base. Multi-channel supply of grain became the indispensable factor in the consolidation of the Northwest. However, Tuntian and market trading had adverse effect on local ecological environment and government finance.Military expenditure was the substance foundation to realize the management in the Northwest in the Northern Song Dynasty. The Shenzong of Northern Song Dynasty took such methods as making payment and military earnings to safeguard sources of military expenditure of the Northwest. At the same time, the government paid attention to weapons production, to solve the problems of supply northwest weapons. However, it was also not to be overlooked its negative influence on improving the ability of northwest army to fight.