北宋不是靠打仗起家的，赵匡胤用两步就建立了北宋，第一步是出城，第二步是进城......太宗之后，北宋进入最好的时代，谋士有、武将有、外交家有，忠臣更有，可是朝廷打了几次败仗就怕了，想花钱买和平，可是怕什么来什么，辽人打了，金人打，打完又打。直打到政权垮台，皇室宗亲全部被俘，皇上变囚徒，娘娘受辱死......本书文字生动、故事精彩、分析点评更是让人眼前一亮。读者不仅可以从中获得丰富的知识，更可以从历史与现实的结合的深度点评中提高自己的智识和判断力。(The Northern Song Dynasty was not established by fighting, but by Zhao Kuangyin in two steps: going out of town and coming into town...After the second emperor, the Northern Song Dynasty was in its best times, with advisers, military officers, diplomats and loyal officials, but the imperial government feared of fighting battles upon being defeated several times and wanted to pay money for peace. Unfortunately, what it feared would always come, one after another, with the Liaos and then the Jins, till the regime collapsed, all imperial family members were arrested, the emperor became the prisoner, the empress died of humiliation...The book is composed of vivid writing, excellent stories and brightening analyses and comments. Readers not only can learn rich knowledge from the book, but also can enhance their intelligence and judgment from the in-depth comments integrated with history and reality.)