First, the background of valuing literature over martial arts in Song Dynasty. Chen Qiaoyi, a century-old mystery, stopped fighting as soon as he wore a yellow robe. Although Song Taizu was not the initiator of this rebellion, he was similar to Zhou Taizu and Emperor Taizong. Zhao Kuangyin was given a yellow robe at the Chen Qiao Post Station near Kaifengfu, and it was easy to launch the relieving. He won the military power from the orphans and widows of the aristocratic family, which opened the curtain of the Song Dynasty. In order to prevent this kind of incident from happening again, Song Taizu formulated the strategy of valuing literature over martial arts at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it has been a basic national policy throughout the Song Dynasty. The attack on military commanders has initially solved the problem of separatist regime in the buffer zone.
Second, the specific implementation strategy First of all, Zhao Kuangyin released the relieving power with a glass of wine, let the founding generals surrender the relieving power and return to their hometown, and promised to let them enjoy a lifetime of prosperity with gravity. Put the military power back into the hands of centralization in a peaceful way. At the same time, sending civil servants to local posts has greatly weakened the political power of our time. Then, an official post called the transfer ambassador was set up, and cronies and ministers who were mainly civil servants were appointed, which greatly weakened the financial power of our time and played a role in balancing and restricting it.
This distrust of military commanders has shown its great disadvantages in foreign wars. Many large-scale battles have failed because of distrust of military commanders. The biggest sorrow is the death of Yue Fei, a famous anti-gold star, who is known to the world for his trumped-up three-self charges. In such a political environment, famous military commanders also appeared in the Song Dynasty.