Why did the omen of "Red Horse and Red Sheep" appear before the demise of the Northern Song Dynasty?
I don't agree with any predictions. Believing in prophecy is a feudal superstition, and we can't help but believe in inductive knowledge. Why do you say that? Let me give you an example.
The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom was interpreted as red horse and red sheep robbery. Why do you say that? Because (Hong, Yang) Hong Xiuquan and Yang are also called Red Sheep Robbery.
About the red horse robbery and the red sheep robbery, China gave two explanations in ancient times:
First: The Year of the Red Horse is the year of Bingwu, while the Year of the Red Sheep is the year of Ding Weinian. In the past two years, life has been difficult and full of disasters.
Why do you say this: 195 years ago, that is, the year of the horse in Bingwu, Liu Bang died, and Lv Hou was in power; In 646, that is, the year of Bingwu, that is, the year of Red Sheep, Wu Zetian entered the harem and seized the land of Datang; 1 126' s Year of the Red Sheep is even more disastrous, because the shame of Jingkang has already begun to be staged.
Second: the appearance of the Jin Wushu.
When Jin Wushu invaded the Northern Song Dynasty, Mighty High, riding a goat's face, was the prophecy of Red Horse and Red Sheep.
However, when some readers see this, they will ask Bian Xiao a very interesting question: Are red horses and red sheep really these two explanations?
Actually, not necessarily. After studying the history, Bian Xiao thinks that Red Horse and Red Sheep should have a third explanation.
Before revealing the secret, Bian Xiao first talked about Zhang Jixian, the teacher of Longhushan, the initiator of this prophecy. Zhang Jixian is very clever and has been called a prodigy since he was a child.
However, he was born in the Song Dynasty when the national strength was weak and he was repeatedly bullied by the nomads from the army. Zhang Jixian took advantage of his work in Beijing to gently propose to Song Huizong that the Year of the Red Horse and the Year of the Sheep must be treated with caution.
As Qin Hui was taken away by nomads, people began to pay attention to the predictions of Red Horse and Red Sheep.
Let's talk about the third explanation:
Red horse should mean blood BMW, and blood BMW can only be raised on the grassland. Red sheep means that after eating a plant on the grassland, the bones begin to turn red and become a precious red sheep. These two things illustrate a problem that the Northern Song Dynasty could not solve: grassland.
Whether it is the confrontation between Song and Liao, or the confrontation between Song and Jin, it is often the Song Dynasty that fails. Why the son of heaven of Zhao family failed is very simple. There are three most important reasons:
1, Song Dynasty valued literature over martial arts, which made Song Jun's fighting capacity weak.
2. The emperor in Song Dynasty was a capitulator, and the emperor in Liao and Jin Dynasties was a combatant.
3. The strength of Jin Liao is too strong.
When we were young, we listened to stories, and we knew one thing, that is, Yang Jiajiang was very powerful. Why did they lead the troops but couldn't beat Liao? To list the reasons, it must be at least nine stories high. Bian Xiao said the most important thing today.
That is: there was no first-class war horse in the Song Dynasty, and it was impossible to organize cavalry that could defeat the Liao State. Why can't the cavalry be organized? Because the horse-producing areas in the northeast are no longer in the hands of the Northern Song Dynasty, so are the horse-producing areas in Gansu.
The Northern Song Dynasty had money, but it could not buy a war horse related to national security. The horses that can be bought in the Northern Song Dynasty are also second-rate war horses, and first-class war horses are not for sale.
On the battlefield, a cavalry can kill 20 infantry, and the cavalry in the Northern Song Dynasty is always a short board. Therefore, the red horse and red sheep robbery should refer to the huge short board that there was no grassland in the Southern Song Dynasty and it was impossible to raise thoroughbred war horses.
The shame of Jingkang has gone far from us, but we must remember the lessons of history. If we fall behind, we will be defeated. Only by constantly strengthening ourselves can we stand among the nations of the world for thousands of years.