A Study On The Military General Of The Early Song Dynasty And The Two Dynasties

Kuangyin Zhao,the Taizu of Song Dynasty,mutinied in Zhou Dynasty,ending the situation of separatist and melee warfare in Fanzhen since the late Tang Dynasty and the Five Dynasties.In order to avoid repeating the mistakes and strengthen centralization of power,the Song Taizu opened the prelude to seize the military power of generals after the regime was stabilized.In the process of collecting military power,there is a dangerous game between the monarch and the generals.In the early Song Dynasty,a series of preventive measures and activities around the generals were also an important part of Song Dynasty politics.This change in the fate and status of military generals also objectively reflects the political situation in the early Song Dynasty and the change in the relationship between the monarch and generals.The object of this paper is the military generals of the early Song Dynasty,whose writing clue is the evolution of the relationship between the monarch and generals.The full text is divided into four chapters.The first chapter is about the group character of the generals.From the origin distribution and family background,we can see some common characteristics of the generals and the source of the generals.The second chapter is about the change of the beneficiary stratum of military service.This paper mainly studies the changes of Taizu and Taizong's military generals in the war,and then causes the changes of military merit beneficiaries.At the same time,the change of military meritorious stratum also reflects the change of the relationship between the monarch and generals.The third chapter is the control and influence of the early Song Dynasty and the two dynasties on military generals.On the one hand,the Second Emperor of the early Song Dynasty took a series of measures to set up military generals in order to weaken the force of military generals group.On the other hand,while setting up the military general system,we should also give some preferential care inorder to prevent the military general from becoming dissatisfied with mutiny.This strategy and attitude of commanding generals have an important impact on the reform of military system and the political wind.The fourth chapter is the fate of the generals.The rise and fall of military generals depend largely on the emperor's favorite beliefs.With the change of kinship and estrangement with the emperor,some military generals are favored and dignified,while others are declining.However,in the environment of "worshipping culture and restraining military force",the relationship between the monarch and generals has changed,the overall force of the generals has declined,and their status has also declined.The full text around the early Song Dynasty martial generals to carry out research,through exploring the use of change,control methods and the fate of martial generals,further deepen the understanding of the relationship between the two dynasties in the early Song Dynasty.