Research On Horse Issues In Bianzhou City In The Northern Song Dynasty

The Northern border states of Song Dynasty are next to the Liao Dynasty and the Western Xia regime,which means they faced the strongest confrontation.Meanwhile,the most frequent economic and cultural exchanges happened here because of the distinctive location.Due to the plain steppes at the border,there was no war-horse and pasture.Therefore,the government of North Song focused much on the purchase and market of horse,and attempted to buy war-horse of high quality to support the strategy of resisting foreign enemies.After Chanyuan Treaty,because of the truce and the decline of national husbandry agency,the horse trade became obviously significant gradually and ended up to be the source of war-horse of the army of North Song.During the horse trade,the government of North Song was in dominant place.Not only did it change the financial source,but it improved the way of war-horse trade.At the same time,out of consideration for their own safety,the Liao Dynasty and Western Xia regime limited the trade in many ways.In the horse trade,North Song government fight firmly against the smuggle and took illegal horse trade in the hands of the government.