Research On Secrecy System Of Northern Song Dynasty And National Security

National security is the cornerstone of the survival and development of any country.It can be defined as a country is in a stable state where its internal and external interests have not been violated.It also can be explained as there is no internal threats or external damages in a country.Currently,national security includes multiple elements: national security,territorial security,sovereign security,political security,military security,economic security,cultural security,scientific and technological security,ecological security,information security,and nuclear security and so forth.Ancient Chinese national security is different from traditional national security and today's non-traditional national security,and it has its own historical particularities.However,the most basic issues of national security are common to both ancient and modern times.Song Dynasty,the pinnacle of civilization in China's feudal society.Mr.Chen Yinke and the British historian Toynbee both favored this dynasty.However,the dynasty with such a prosperously economic civilization had a lot of national security issues,which was very special in all Chinese dynasties.The phenomenon in Northern Song Dynasty was particularly prominent,People in this dynasty suffered difficulties and hardships.At the meantime,many of the heroes revolted,the northern barrier Youyun 16 fell into the hands of Khitan.The enormous weakness of Northern Song Dynasty was exposed completely,and at the meantime,Daliao was anxious to Northearn Song Dynasty.The Dangxiang tribe in northwest threatened homeland security at the end of south,and the Northern Song Dynasty eventually collapsed of the Jurchen tribe established by the Golden State.In the Northern Song Dynasty,with the establishment and maturity of the dynasty mechanism,economy and culture developed prosperously.However,the political crisis in the Northern Song Dynasty became more and more obvious,and the grass-roots people were often mutinied.Security issues existed all the time.In this context,in order to maintain the unification situation and strengthen centralization comprehensively in the Northern Song Dynasty,Amount of extremely diversified national security strategies and constructive ideas were born at that time.The most important one was the development of the confidentiality system.Construction is indispensable.For the ancient feudal dynasty in China,the secrecy system was a weapon to maintain the stability of the political power and defend the interests of the ruling class,and it was also the main way to maintain national security.During the Song Dynasty,the development of the secrecy system was very mature.In order to safeguard national security interests,the Northern Song Dynasty extended the construction of the secrecy system to many kinds of fields,such as military,politics,economy,and cultures and so on.Exploring the secret system of the Northern Song Dynasty from different angles and discussing about the great influence of national security on the Northern Song Dynasty during this special period of the Northern Song Dynasty.In the Northern Song Dynasty,the military confidentiality system was used to ensure the security of military secrets and improved the combat capability of the army to maintain the survival and development of the Northern Song Dynasty.The strict political confidentiality system was used to maintain the stability of the superstructure.The economic confidentiality system ensured the financial revenue and business security of the Northern Song Dynasty.At the same time,it also provided economic support for military construction;the cultural secrecy system protected cultural security and guaranteed the stability of the dictatorship of the Northern Song Dynasty.