The history of the Tang Dynasty can be traced back to Li Chengqian's conspiracy. At that time, Li Chengqian believed that it was Li Tai who had informed Taizong, so he recruited the assassin Su Gan Chengji and more than 100 strong men to prepare to murder Li Tai, and then put Taizong under house arrest and launched the second Xuanwumen Rebellion.

Fortunately, God blessed the Tang Dynasty, so that Li You, the king of Qi, took the lead in rebellion, and as a result, he was implicated in Su Gan Chengji. He was imprisoned in Dali Prison and deserved to be sentenced to death. Su Gan Chengji wanted to live a few more years, so he changed his position and accused the prince Li Chengqian of rebellion. Then Taizong ordered Dali, Zhongshu, and his subordinates to jointly participate in the case, and found that the rebellion was true.

Afterwards, Taizong thought that Ugan Chengji had made a meritorious informant and ensured his own safety, so not only did he not convict Ugan Chengji, but he also gave it back to the official, and appointed Ugan Chengji as the Lieutenant of Youchuan Prefecture and the Duke of Pingjian County.

Since then, he has become a role model for whistleblowers, who have changed their ways, hoping to receive awards for meritorious service, but as a result, they have been used by the judges and become a tool to implicate themselves and crack down on dissidents.

A typical example, when the eldest grandson Wuji interrogated Fang Yiai's conspiracy case, he lured Fang Yiai to falsely accuse Wu Wang Li Ke of being an accomplice with him, so that Fang Yiai mistakenly thought that because of his meritorious informant, he would be saved from death like Su Gan Chengji, and as a result, the innocent Li Ke was implicated and killed.

After Ah Wu was named Zhaoyi, he started an open and secret battle with Queen Wang and Concubine Xiao Shu. Wu Zhaoyi used the network resources she accumulated when she entered the palace for the first time to obtain all kinds of gossip to fight Wang and Xiao and ensure her own safety.

After the success of the palace fight, the Empress Wu gave heavy rewards to the secret meritorious personnel Cui Lian, Xiaolan, Su Changshi, Lu Fengyan and others.

Through the dangerous palace fights, Empress Wu realized the importance of cultivating eyes and ears and informants, and made full use of the resources she had in charge of the palace treasury to vigorously cultivate a large number of eyes and ears to monitor courtiers, eunuchs, palace maids and political enemies, so as to make herself invincible.

By the first year of civilization, Empress Wu was in charge of the dynasty, paying more attention to the cultivation of ears and eyes and informing, and assigned a large number of personnel to monitor the generals and the Li Tang clan.

In the early summer, Empress Wu changed the title of concubine Li Shangjin as the king of Ze and the history of Suzhou Thorn, and Li Sujie as the king of Xu and the history of Jiangzhou. He also sent troops to escort Li Zhe, the king of Luling, to live in the house of Li Tai, the former king of Pu in Junzhou, and his family members such as Concubine Wei and Li Chongzhao went together.

Under the hard work of the Empress Wu, the country is stable and healthy, there are no waves in the sea, and there is no sorrow.

One day when he had nothing to do, Song Yuanlong, a cavalryman from the Flying Cavalry Battalion who was responsible for defending the palace, said to the other soldiers: "The weather is sunny today, and the warm breeze is blowing, how about we go to the drunken spring breeze wine shop in Beishi together?" ”

Cavalry Lu Chunsheng responded: "Okay, every day is either training or standing guard, it's boring, it's better to get drunk in the spring breeze and get drunk, haha!" ”

Meng Sihai, a thin and tall cavalryman, said: "Guys go to dinner together, is it to engage in the AA system or who will pay for the guests?" Song Yuanlong responded: "Today I have a treat, tomorrow you have a treat, feng shui takes turns!" ”

Meng Sihai said: "Okay, today Yuan Longjun has a drink to drink, let's go together, brothers!" ”

Everyone in the camp agreed and went out together.

Coming to the drunken spring breeze wine shop in Beishi, the flying horsemen wore soldier uniforms, wore short swords at their waists, grinned, called friends, and entered the living room.

Choose a large round table to sit around, untie the short sword and put it on the table, the movement is very loud, attracting other guest officers to look sideways and avoid it.

Song Yuanlong shouted loudly: "Where is the boss lady? "Here we go!" A middle-aged woman with a good appearance and generous manners appeared: "What does the guest officer order?" ”

Song Yuanlong said: "Take the menu, there are too many good dishes in your house, I can't remember what to order?" By the way, Yichun wine will take two jars first! The proprietress exclaimed, "Howler! ”

After a while, the shopkeeper brought two jars of Yichun wine, and the proprietress sent the menu. Song Yuanlong took the menu, ordered a few good dishes, and then handed the menu to Lu Chunsheng.

Lu Chunsheng likes to eat vegetarian, so he ordered a few vegetarian dishes. Meng Sihai wanted Song Yuanlong to give two extra money, so he deliberately ordered six catties of beef and two pots of mutton.

The steaming beef and mutton were delivered, and the riders picked up chopsticks and spoons and ate and drank. Song Yuanlong picked up a glass of Yichun wine and said: "This wine tastes as sweet as sugar, everyone has worked hard in training, I salute you with a glass!" Do it first! After saying that, he drank it all.

Everyone drank a glass, Meng Sihai got up to toast again, and said: "Brother Yuanlong has a treat today, brother, I also toast you, thank you for your hospitality!" ”

Song Yuanlong drank another glass of Yichun wine. Toasted so repeatedly, and when the wine was hot, Lu Chunsheng also got up to toast and said: "You are all heroes who have participated in the abolition of the emperor and the change of dynasty. The little brother does it first for respect! After saying that, he drank it all.

Everyone had a drink. Song Yuanlong had already drunk a little too much, and said with the strength of the wine: "If I had known that the new emperor had been replaced but there was no other reward, it would be better to respect King Luling as the emperor!" ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked. Lu Chunsheng ate a piece of mutton and said, "Why did Brother Yuanlong say this? Here, let's have another drink! There is wine today, drunk today, and sorrow tomorrow comes. ”

The two were talking about the wine room, Meng Sihai got up and left the table, and said, "Oops, my stomach is a little uncomfortable, I have three urgency, I want to go to the toilet, brothers, I'll come when I go!" ”

After speaking, Meng Sihai left the banquet, walked out of the drunken spring wind restaurant, and did not go to the toilet, but ran directly to the north gate of the palace. After entering the palace, he asked to see Empress Wu, saying that there was an urgent confidential report.

Empress Wu was dealing with state affairs, and hurriedly summoned him when he heard the news. Meng Sihai quickly reported the situation of the flying cavalry camp having dinner at the drunken spring wind wine shop, and told Song Yuanlong what he said to Empress Wu.

Empress Wu was shocked when she heard this, and said, "Can the person who defends me still be able to stay by his side if he says such a rebellious thing?" Someone, inform Yulin Jun to go to the drunken spring breeze wine shop to arrest the flying horses! ”

Wu Sansi immediately dispatched troops and sent the Yulin Army to arrest him. When the Yulin army arrived at the drunken spring wind wine shop, the banquet had not yet dispersed, so they were all caught and imprisoned in Yulin Prison.

Meng Sihai, who was informant, was rewarded and awarded the five-rank Zhichong Lieutenant. Song Yuanlong, a flying rider who said rebellious words, was beheaded, and more than a dozen other people were sentenced to death by hanging for the crime of knowing and not prosecuting. The trend of whistleblowing is on the rise.

The Flying Cavalry Rebellion incident shows that Empress Wu's eyes and ears are all over the court and beyond, and since fighting with Wang and Xiao Gong, she has always attached great importance to the cultivation of ears and eyes to control the court.

Half a year later, Li Jingye rebelled in Yangzhou, and the brothers Cheng Erlang and Cheng Saburo of Zuo Leopard Taowei Guo Yi went out with the army, and their superiors were Su Xiaoxiang, the former commander of the army.

The mighty army of the Tang Dynasty crossed the Huaishui, the road was smooth, and a confrontation formed after arriving at Liangshan, the capital of the battlefield. Li Xiaoyi convened a military meeting to draw up a plan of action for the next step.

The next day, the weather was fine, and Su Xiaoxiang, the former army commander, led the army to attack Duliang Mountain, and Zuo Bao Taowei Guo Yi Cheng Erlang and Cheng Saburo each led a team to outflank them from the east and west sides.

Cheng Erlang and Cheng Saburo, who were tall and tall, wore black armor and took the lead, climbed mountains and climbed rocks, and stormed the enemy village. The soldiers under his command saw that the leader was desperate, and he also sacrificed his life to attack and bravely kill the enemy.

After a fierce battle, Cheng Saburo took the lead in leading the team to attack the enemy village from the west side, facing an enemy general wielding a big knife to cut down, Cheng Saburo held the Mo knife with both hands and swept thousands of troops to cut it over, and actually cut the opponent's big knife into two sections.

The enemy general was frightened and threw down half of the knife to escape, Cheng Saburo quickly pursued, slashed away, and the enemy general screamed and fell to the ground. Cheng Erlang attacked the enemy village from the east side, and also brandished a Mo knife to hack several leaders to death.

Seeing that the general situation was gone, the enemy general Wei Chao led his guards to escape from the back mountain in the dark night. Su Xiaoxiang led his troops to continue eastward and attack Huaiyin. Li Jingyou, who was stationed in Huaiyin, sent his troops to meet the enemy.

Cheng Saburo slapped the horse forward, and the enemy will fight dozens of rounds without winning or losing, Cheng Erlang stretched his bow and arrows in the distance, an arrow shot, hit the right arm of the enemy general, the weapon in the hand of the enemy general fell to the ground, Cheng Saburo took the opportunity to kill the enemy general with a knife.

Cheng Erlang led the team to attack, and the enemy ran away, Li Jingyou saw that the ** force was strong, and it was estimated that he was not an opponent, so he led his troops to slip away.

Su Xiaoxiang's troops successfully advanced to Gaoyou Xia Axi, and the Cheng brothers were rewarded for their meritorious service. Li Jingye led the main force to rely on the dangerous terrain of Xia'a Creek to hold on, and the two sides once again formed a confrontation.

A few days later, the Cheng brothers took the initiative to ask for battle because they were victorious and their momentum was flourishing. At that time, the news that Empress Wu had appointed Zuo Yingyang's general Heiya Changzhi as the governor of Jiangnan Province brought great pressure and stimulation to the chief general Li Xiaoyi, and he also had to have a major victory to build confidence and boost morale.

Seeing that his subordinates were high-spirited, Su Xiaoxiang also took the initiative to ask for battle, and obtained Li Xiaoyi's approval. The Cheng brothers went out to survey the terrain of Gaoyouxia Axi during the day, and at night, the Cheng brothers led the team to follow Su Xiaoxiang to smuggle Xia Axi in a small boat to attack Li Jingye's garrison.

Unexpectedly, Li Jingye's army was heavily guarded, and he had already arranged a bell in Xia Axi, which was invented by the Yubao family. The bell was hung on a watchtower on the shore, buried under the water by a rope, and wrapped around a wooden stake, vibrating as soon as a boat passed by, and the guards quickly reported it to their superiors.

Li Jingye soon received the news of the bell and ordered his troops to lay in ambush on the shore and wait for the enemy to cross half before attacking.

Cheng Erlang and Cheng Saburo were the vanguard officers, and they took a small boat to the opposite shore first and stood guard in line. After Su Xiaoxiang's 5,000 soldiers had crossed the halfway, Li Jingye gave the order to attack.

The troops who were ambushed on the shore rushed out from three sides, shouting and killing the sky, ** panicked for a while, and the boat rowed to the middle of the river behind did not know whether to advance or retreat, and the advance and retreat were lost.

Seijiro and Seisaburo each led their teams to block the flanks and fought desperately with the enemy. The enemy side has torch lighting, but ** does not, so it is very disadvantageous to fight.

Cheng Saburo wielded the Mo knife and fought bravely to kill the enemy, but the enemy general was carrying a new Mo knife, which was not only light, but also sharp. After a few rounds, Cheng Saburo was stabbed in the arm, his armor was sliced, and his muscles were cut, and blood flowed. Cheng Saburo's Mo knife fell to the ground with a clatter.

The soldiers on the left and right tried to rescue, but they were shot by the enemy's crossbows, and even the armor was shot through, and they fell to the ground one after another. Narisaburo was unfortunately captured by the enemy.

Cheng Erlang saw that his soldiers were hit by arrows and fell to the ground, knowing that he was invincible, he threw away his weapon, turned around and ran into the river, swimming desperately, and finally climbed into a small boat and picked up a life.

The next day, the number of people was counted during the day, more than half of the dead and wounded, Su Xiaoxiang was also killed in battle, and Cheng Saburo was missing. Cheng Jiro was so anxious that when the war was over, he personally interrogated the captured prisoners.

The ten captives unanimously identified Zuo Leopard Taowei Guo Yi Cheng Saburo as the ** main general Li Xiaoyi, and Tang Zhiqi ordered him to be captured alive, so no one shot him with a crossbow. After he was captured, he was killed by Tang Zhiqi.

Cheng Erlang was sad and wept, and asked Cheng Saburo how he was captured. Several captives came to the scene and said, "It was the captain who slashed him with a new Mo knife and shot his guards with a strong crossbow, and he was captured like this!" ”

Cheng Erlang asked again who made the new Mo knife? Several of the captives said that they were made by the Uotoya, and that the crossbow and the bell were made by the Uotoke.

Cheng Jiro recorded the words of the captives in the case file, saying that the Uho family had made all kinds of new weapons for the rebels and reported them to the company. But there is no feedback after reporting, like a stone sinking into the sea, and there is no news!

Cheng Erlang hates the Yubao family and thinks about how to avenge his third brother every day!

In the spring of the second year of the vertical arch, the Empress Wu ordered to cast the copper box according to the mold model designed by the Yubao family, and the copper box after casting was set up in front of the city gate of Luoyang Palace, and there was a special person on duty to guard it, and the common people could also cross the bridge to submit a book.

Every day, Kong Nei took people to the copper box to open the lock to get the letter, according to the four categories of Yan'en, redress of grievances, admonition, and Tongxuan, and put them into four document boxes, and then brought them back to the palace and presented them to the queen mother for approval!

When Cheng Erlang heard the news, he was very happy, and immediately copied a copy of the case file he had written before, personally walked across the Tianjin Bridge, and threw himself into the redress of grievances.

In the evening, Kong Nei came to the copper box to open the lock and get the letter, check that there were no foreign objects in the letter, and then sent a stack of whistle-blowing letters to the Huiyou Palace for the Queen Mother to read.

Empress Wu took out a random letter from the file box for redress and opened it to see that it was a letter reporting Yu Baojia.

The content of the letter was to report that the Yu Baojia had made new Mo knives, bows and crossbows and bells for Xu Jingye, which were very powerful, killing and injuring many counterinsurgency soldiers in the imperial court, fueling the rebellion, and his third brother Zuo Bao Taowei Guoyi Cheng Saburo was also killed and died unjustly.

Empress Wu showed the letter to Shangguan Wan'er and Mrs. Li, who were waiting on the side, and Shangguan Wan'er went to verify Guo Yi Chengzaburo's file and proved that what the letter said was true.

Mrs. Li said: "The concubine heard that the Yubao family is the son of Yu Chengye, who does not like to read the Four Books and Five Classics but loves to learn the art of Luban, and is a doctor of engineering and a technical expert!" ”

Empress Wu said: "Hmph, he has such expertise, but he does not create new weapons for my left and right sixteen guards, but instead helps the rebels to abuse. Thanks to the copper skull he invented, I was able to know that he was a hidden thief! If it weren't for Tong Kuang, no matter who wrote to accuse him of rebellion, I wouldn't believe it! ”

Mrs. Li said: "That's exactly the reason, the Queen Mother is wise!" ”

When the resume concealed by Yu Baojia was exposed, Empress Wu was shocked and angry, and sent the guerrilla general Suo Yuanli to arrest and interrogate Yu Baojia.

The Yubao family was proud at home, waiting for the queen mother's reward, when he suddenly saw Suo Yuanli rudely breaking into his house, and shouted loudly: "Where did the barbarians come from, they dared to trespass on the house of the imperial historian?" ”

Suo Yuanli was unceremonious, and ordered him to be arrested. The left and right officials twisted the arms of the Yu Baojia, and the Yu Baojia struggled and said, "Come on, help!" Butler, come on! ”

Suo Yuanli laughed and said: "The housekeeper is useless, even if you come to the old man, it's useless, hahahaha!" Take! "Yu Baojia was sent to prison, and in the face of the damp, dirty, and smelly environment around them, they screamed that they were wronged and refused to confess.

Suo Yuanli shouted: "Take my iron cage!" The jailer brought the torture iron cage and threw it in front of Yu Baojia, who was suddenly frightened, peed his pants, confessed on the spot, and admitted that he was aiding and abusing the rebels, and he was a hidden thief!

After reading the case file of the Yu Bao family, Empress Wu ordered him to be beheaded, praising Suo Yuanli's high efficiency.

Poor Yu Baojia was born in the wrong era, if he was born in modern times, he may be a technical expert with a number of invention patents, born in the era of Wuhou, he became an unlucky person who died of his own invention!

After the Yubaojia case, Empress Wu discovered the power of Tongkuang, and the subjects of the world could not get rid of her control, so they could only obediently obey.

Otherwise, she will randomly pull out a letter from the copper box, and the informers will testify in a group, so that you will not be able to argue, and the cool officials will throw the torture instrument in front of you, even if you have the magic of the iron cloth shirt, you will have to look at the wind and lie to yourself, kowtow and beg for mercy!

Empress Wu ordered notices to be posted in various districts of Luoyang, and issued notices to all prefectures and counties across the country, introducing the use and use of copper to the common people, handing over the privilege of courtiers to the common people, and calling on the people to come to Luoyang to offer advice and boldly report information.

In order to encourage the common people to use this privilege, the imperial court ordered that as long as it was a self-proclaimed informer, officials from all over the country were not allowed to ask and obstruct him, and that he should be provided with a post horse official house along the road, and that he should be provided with free meals for Wupin officials, so that he could reach Luoyang smoothly and submit a letter to Tongkuang.

Ordinary people, even farmers, fishermen, and woodcutters, were summoned and arranged for inns to be provided with meals by the government. If what is said is in accordance with the will, then no matter whether it is rich or poor, it can be conferred an official position, and what is said is not true will not be investigated.

As soon as the notice of such favorable treatment conditions came out, whistleblowers from all over the world surged, and groups poured into Luoyang.