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Xu Qing is well aware of the importance of communication and transportation to the combat effectiveness of the troops, in the Tang Dynasty did not have telephones, telegraphs, mobile phones, satellites in the era, flying pigeons to pass the book is the fastest way of communication, the use of relay to pass the book can travel thousands of miles a day, 800 miles of urgent post station to pass the book (in the post station to change horses and people, day and night relay to transmit information, a day can travel 800 miles, if not to change people, only change horses, the fastest day to run 400 miles) second.

Xu Qing didn't expect the imperial court post station to be used by me, because most of the imperial court were Wu Zetian's people, and Xu Qing didn't trust the imperial court and was worried about leaking the news. www.biquge.info So Xu Qing would rather spend manpower and material resources to build his own post station, the main post station was built in each branch of the Longmen Dart Bureau, and a sub-post station was set up between the two adjacent Longmen Dart Bureau sub-bureaus every one or two hundred miles, and the sub-post station was opened in the inn under the Datang Commercial Company. With the resources available, there are significant cost savings that can be calculated to be much cheaper than expected.

Each main post station has a carrier pigeon book transfer point, which can relay the book.

From Dunhuang, Jiuquan, Zhangye, Liangzhou, Lanzhou to Chang'an, and then from Chang'an to Luoyang, Taiyuan, Youzhou, Xu Qing soon built a post station from east to west, realizing a thousand miles a day flying pigeon relay to pass the book, fast horse 800 miles urgent, fast horse 400 miles emergency three kinds of express communication at that time.

In the Tang Dynasty, military transportation mainly relied on horse-drawn carriages, and Xu Qing relied on horse-drawn carriages to transport military supplies, ordnance, grain and grass, and could not transport them to the four towns of Anxi in half a year, Xu Qing felt that he could not stand the slowness, and before returning to Korea from the Korean battlefield, he had already asked Yang Ziyan, Dong Xijun, Dong Bijun, and Dong Yuanhe to be in charge of a top-secret project in Pyongyang, secretly carrying out the research and development of steam engines and coal-fired steam vehicles, and sending people to Qiongzhou (now Hainan) and Southeast Asia to look for rubber and develop rubber wheels. Xu Qing had already passed on the principles of the steam engine, bolts, nuts, and rivets more than a thousand years later to these four people.

On the first day of June, Xu Qing proposed to rebuild, widen and strengthen the two strategically important traffic arteries from Chang'an to Youzhou and from Chang'an to Anxi four towns. Wu Zetian rejected Xu Qing's proposal on the grounds that these two sections of the road were currently passable, that there was no important need, and that the cost of rebuilding them was too large.

Xu Qing secretly developed automobiles in preparation for transporting soldiers and military supplies in the Western Regions battlefield in the future, but the Tang Dynasty did not have machine tools, electric welding machines, and other tools, so it is not known whether the automobile can be successfully developed and when it will be successfully developed.

Even the royalists didn't understand Xu Qing, thinking that Xu Qing's proposal was a waste of money and money, and Xu Qing did not have many supporters in the court except for the two hardcore supporters of the crown prince Li Hong and the general Cheng Wuting who unconditionally supported Xu Qing. Even Emperor Li Zhi, who favored Xu Qing very much, did not express his support for Xu Qing.

Next, the queen of heaven Wu Zetian threw out an issue, she wanted to enter the title of her martial nephew, her maiden nephew Wu Yajun, Wu Chenghei, Wu Sansi, etc., all entered the title of Guogong, even the eighteen-year-old cousin Wu Youning, and the ten-year-old cousin Wu Youji just came to Chang'an from their hometown, and they have never been an official, they have been knighted, and they were all named Guogong at once, Wu Zetian let the courtiers express their opinions.

Here is a brief introduction to the Tang Dynasty title hierarchy, which is divided into two hierarchical systems, male and female, male:

Fan Jue ninth class: a king, ten thousand households, a product; The second is the heir king, the county king, 5,000 households, from one product; Three are said to be the princes of the country, and there are 3,000 households in the food district, from one product; Fourth, it is said that the founding county is the prince, with 2,000 households and two products; Five said to be the founding of the county, 1,500 households, from the second grade; Sixth, it is said that the founding county marquis, thousands of households in the food district, from the three products; Seven said the founding county uncle, 700 households, is on the four products; Eight said to be the founding county, 500 households, is on the five products; Nine said that the founding county male, 300 households, from the five products.

The royal brothers and princes were all crowned princes; The crown prince, the king of the county; The son of the prince, the heir is the heir, the sons are the princes of the county, and the one who is favored is the king of the county (note: the emperor can be named the king of the county); The one who raids the king of the county and the heir of the king (note: the hereditary person of the title of the king of the county and the heir of the king) is the prince of the country.

Female:

Zhengyipin: princess, concubine, princess, princess, princess, Mrs. Guo; From the first product: the county lord; Zheng Erpin: Zhaoyi, Zhaorong, Zhaoyuan, Xiuyi, Xiuyuan, Xiuyuan, Chongyi, Chongrong, Chongyuan, Mrs. County; From the second grade: the county lord, the county lady; Three products: Jieyu, Liangdi; Four products: beauty, junjun, good yuan; From the four products: Junjun; Positive five products: talents, county gentlemen, Chenghui; From the five products: Xiangjun; Zheng Liupin: Baolin; Seven products: Imperial Maiden, Zhao Xun.

The emperor's aunt is the eldest princess, who is a product; The emperor's sister is the eldest princess, and the emperor's daughter is the princess, all of which are the same product;

In the Tang Gaozong Dynasty, there was no king with a different surname, and only the children of the royal family could be awarded the title of prince of the country, and the highest title of the courtiers who were not members of the royal family was the prince of the county. Only the founding heroes of the early Tang Dynasty were awarded the title of Guogong.

More than two-thirds of the courtiers were the back party, and the remaining less than one-third of the courtiers were royalists and vacillating centrists and wait-and-see factions, accounting for about half each. The result of the courtiers' deliberations was naturally that Wu Zetian had the upper hand in favor of his mother's son and nephew.

However, those who dare to openly oppose Wu Zetian in the court are all powerful or highly respected ministers, such as the horse, the county horse, the general of the right military guard, the protector of Anton, the prince Xu Qing, the prince Li Hong, the general of the right Xiaowei Cheng Wuting, the cronies and advisers of the emperor Li Zhi, the official residence scattered and the attendant, born in a famous family, after the Later Liang royal family, the younger brother of the Empress Xiao of Emperor Yang of the Sui Dynasty, the grandson of Xiao Yu, the ninth of the twenty-four meritorious heroes of the Tang Dynasty, and Pei Yan in the imperial history.

Most of the prime ministers are post-party, so they naturally echo Wu Zetian, and only the emperor who belongs to the royalist faction in individual political positions looks down on the younger generations like Xu Qing, who rely on women to develop. Li Zhi was cowardly by nature, and it became a habit to be afraid of Wu Zetian for many years, and when he saw that most of the ministers in the court supported Wu Zetian's proposal, he remained silent, so individual prime ministers belonging to the royalist faction did not stand up against Wu Zetian's appointment of her maiden nephews as national princes.

Wu Youji is the second husband of Princess Taiping who has appeared in history books and film and television works, and Xu Qing will suppress him no matter what, preventing him from becoming the prince of the country. However, after Gaozong received the news of Xu Qing's expedition to the east and his great victory in the second half of last year, he was happy and named Xu Qing, a non-royal member, as the Duke of Andong, setting a precedent. Wu Zetian had the intention to make excuses for her maiden nephew to be crowned the Duke of Anton in the future, so he did not object to Li Zhi appointing Xu Qing as the Duke of Anton.

Before discussing the matter at the court, Wu Zetian convened a briefing meeting with his cronies one day in advance. So Wu Zetian's cronies can be crowned the Duke of the Kingdom because Xu Qing is not a member of the royal family, and of course the maiden nephews of the Queen of Heaven (Wu Zetian) can also be crowned the Duke of the Kingdom. This is called the spear of the son, the shield of the attacker.

Xu Qing comprehended Wu Zetian's power in person, and felt that his heart was on fire, he had a heavy army in his hands and was rich enough to rival the country, but he couldn't fight the cunning Wu Zetian. Xu Qingzhen wanted to scold Wu Zetian for being shameless and cunning, but he couldn't scold, insulting the queen was a capital crime. Xu Qing was patient, did not get angry, comforted himself, and thought about the good, although this court discussion ended in his own failure, but he found two ministers who dared to openly oppose Wu Zetian in the court, if he could take them for his own use, then his civil official team would be very strong, and he could not find a competent civil assistant, and he would not find a place to step on the iron shoes, and it would take no effort to get it, which is really a happy thing.

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