Heaven was destroyed by fire, and the empress went to the honorific title of "Ci Shi Yue Gu", and asked for advice from hundreds of officials, who were flatterers, but there were also a very few people who neglected to talk about the pros and cons of current politics.

Liu Zhiji said that since the empress took power, the border troubles have not stopped, and the main reason for the continuous troubles is the fugitive people and soldiers, and if they can be re-incorporated into the household register, then the bandits will be eliminated.

Wu Qing also went up and gave three advices, one is to abolish redundant officials, because since the empress implemented the system of examining officials and the self-recommendation system, there are too many officials such as giving things, making up for que, and outside the staff, which not only affects the operation of the center of the imperial court, but also makes the burden on the state extremely heavy. In addition, the increase in the use of the palace, the frequent border troubles, and the depletion of the government treasury, then the elimination of redundant officials can reduce the economic burden of the country, and can also make the operation of the center accessible.

The second is to reform the military system, since Yonghui, the border troubles are continuous, natural disasters are continuous, whether it is the previous dynasty or the Great Zhou, there are many defeats and few victories, the people are miserable, and many of the prefectures are dead and dead, and the government military system is no longer suitable for the current development of the country. Soldiers and peasants should be separated, conscription should be introduced, and a hereditary military household system should be introduced in the frontiers. In this way, the peasants can work with peace of mind, the soldiers can be effectively trained, and the frontier will not be frequently attacked by foreigners.

The third is to reward scientific and technological inventions, and explain what technology is, not the so-called kitsch and obscenity in the mouth of scholars. And take practical facts as examples, such as the invention of the pumping machine, the invention of tap water, the invention of movable type printing, and so on. All of these things illustrate the importance of technology. Moreover, Wu Qing even clarified that the use of science and technology in the manufacture of armaments can make it easy for Da Zhou to guard against border troubles.

Wu Qing's recitals are actually to the point. And it is also a good way to govern the world, but the first one makes the empress feel that her policy is a failure, which makes her unbearable. I would never agree to that. Second, she was a little hesitant, but after so many years, the government military system has indeed collapsed, so the recruitment system may be a good method, but the country raises soldiers, which will put a great burden on the country, and this article should also be cautious. Third, she disagreed. KitKat is something to play with, but to name the technology, doesn't it make her laugh for eternity? Therefore, Article 3 is not accepted and allowed to develop.

But the empress felt that not giving Wu Qing face like this would make him lose confidence. The second article was thus accepted. But the second article needs to be carefully discussed, so he asked Wu Qing to write a charter and then slowly implement it.

Wu Qing thinks about the methods of military reform every day, and he needs to consider many issues. Princess Taiping went out of the house frequently, and she didn't know what she was doing, but fortunately, there were Wuqing's servants by her side, otherwise he would really not be at ease.

Princess Taiping travels back and forth between the palace and the palace, so naturally there is something going on. Since Xue Huaiyi burned heaven. The empress's affection for Xue Huaiyi also completely turned into anger, but she did not immediately put Xue Huaiyi in prison or beheaded him immediately. Instead, they ignored it.

After spending most of the month trembling, Xue Huaiyi finally felt at ease, feeling that he had made such a big mistake, and the empress had forgiven him, and it seemed that he could enjoy the glory and wealth again. Now he is also dead to the empress, he doesn't ask the empress for favor anymore, he just wants to be able to live the rest of his life so beautifully, anyway, the money he has accumulated over the years is enough for him to squander.

Princess Taiping rarely participates directly in political affairs, and the empress and Taiping occasionally talk about political affairs, but Princess Taiping only caters to the empress's ideas. But these days, the empress suddenly talked to Princess Taiping about political affairs. Princess Taiping, who was cautious in her heart and beautiful on the surface, guessed that the mother queen must have something to do by herself.

Sure enough, on this day, after Princess Taiping entered the palace, the empress said: "This Great Zhou Dynasty, we are the closest to each other, I don't ask for anything, I hope you can be safe, I will be at ease after a hundred years." ”

Since Taiping had the Tang Dynasty, she has enjoyed the most favor, not only related to her beauty, but also related to her status. The empress only has such a daughter, how can she not be pampered?

"Mother, if you have any worries, just tell your daughter, and your daughter will share your worries for your mother."

Seeing her baby daughter say this, the empress finally showed a touch of strictness, and then waved back left and right, leaving only Princess Taiping, and whispered in her ear for a while.

No one knew what the Empress said to Princess Taiping, but after Princess Taiping returned to the palace, she consulted with her nurse, Mrs. Zhang, for several days.

After a month of thinking and deducing, Wu Qing compiled a charter for reforming the military system, which is 100,000 words! It's a treasure. It explains the purpose of recruitment, which is to make soldiers and farmers perform their duties. He also proposed the establishment of a martial arts academy with the empress as the president, and let the famous generals serve as doctors to train generals. In the future, all generals in the army will go out of the martial academy, and all the generals in the martial academy will be students of the emperor. Moreover, it proposed a combat mode of division of arms and coordination of multiple arms. In short, what Wu Qing compiled was actually a military theory. It was the prototype of the later military theory of science.

Moreover, Wu Qing proposed that 10,000 people could be recruited first for trial implementation. After the empress read it, she was silent for a long time, she was not dissatisfied with Wuqing's charter, but was deeply shocked by what was expressed in it.

The Empress could imagine that if this was to be done, ten years from now, the army would be completely subordinate to the Emperor, and would be very loyal. Wu Qing was able to think of such a military system, which had to make her, an old man, feel a throbbing, and she even had a subconscious fear of Wu Qing.

Looking at the sons of the Wu clan and the Li clan, who has such a terrifying idea of governing the army? The empress is old, and some time ago she dreamed that Wei Shi Fang would be able to refine the elixir, but it turned out to be just a dream, so she no longer had the luxury of immortality. Then let's follow Wu Qing's train of thought, this empire is always going to be passed on to the next generation, and as for who it is, she still has to investigate.

On this day, the end of the month.

After Xue Huaiyi ate and drank enough in the White Horse Temple, he was singing a small song, the kind of "Eighteen Touches", singing very energetically, in fact, he can only sing obscene songs by himself now, comfort himself, sing and sing, and tears fell like rain.

But a duck-like voice came from outside the door, "Xue Huaiyi takes the order!" ”

Xue Huaiyi was stunned, rubbed his big ears, quickly climbed out of the meditation room, saw a eunuch, and immediately knelt down and kowtowed: "Weichen takes the order!" ”

The eunuch looked at it. Then he said slowly: "This is the secret decree of the Holy One!" ”

Xue Huaiyi took the yellow silk, and then when he opened it, he saw that the silk said that he had secretly entered the palace. Don't make a big deal. The handwriting is like the empress's handwriting, but there is not even a seal at the end, Xue Huaiyi did not doubt him, so he received the order of thanks. Unexpectedly, and for the first time, he gave the eunuch the usual money.

The eunuchs were strange in their hearts, and they all said that there was no good fruit to eat when they announced to Xue Huaiyi. But now that Xue Huaiyi seems to have changed his sex, he actually gave himself tea money, which is a little strange. But if you have money, you don't want to be a fool, so this eunuch reluctantly accepted it.

Xue Huaiyi accepted the order, then rode on his horse and went straight to the divine capital, and when he arrived at the palace, it was already dark. He didn't dare to go to the end door. Then go straight to the side gate Xuanzheng Gate, enter the Jiacheng Road from the Xuanzheng Gate, and you can go straight to the palace.

Seeing Xue Huaiyi, those soldiers guarding the door did not dare to stop him, Xue Huaiyi entered the forbidden palace very smoothly, and then hurried along the corridor towards the Shaking Light Palace, he really didn't expect that the empress would summon him, he must be a good person. Be sure to serve well in bed, and you must regain grace.

Bang!

There was a loud bang. Xue Huaiyi felt a pain in the back of his head that penetrated deep into the bone marrow, and then he lost consciousness.

A middle-aged woman walked out and ordered, "Put it in a sack, throw it in the wagon, and go back to the White Horse Temple!" ”

Several healthy women were very quick with their hands and feet, so they put Xue Huaiyi into a sack, and then threw it into the carriage that had already been prepared, and saw that there was a luxurious carriage next to the carriage, which was Princess Taiping's carriage.

Immediately, the middle-aged woman got into Princess Taiping's carriage, and several healthy women entered the carriage behind.

The middle-aged woman lifted the curtain and got into the carriage, and after nodding gently, the princess sighed, and then said, "Let's go." ”

So Princess Taiping's carriage took the lead, and the two carriages rushed out of the Shendu and rushed towards the White Horse Temple. When I arrived at the White Horse Temple, I went straight to the crematorium.

In the Shendu of the Great Zhou Dynasty, not every common person could afford to buy a coffin for burial, so the White Horse Temple took on the responsibility of burning the corpse, and let his family keep the ashes, or store them in the White Horse Temple, or take them home for worship. Therefore, the crematorium of the White Horse Temple has never been extinguished.

This night, two carriages came to the White Horse Temple, two healthy women went straight to the meditation room, four healthy women carried the sacks straight to the crematorium, the fireworker monk did not dare to say anything, quickly opened the furnace, and did not dare to ask what was burned, in short, after the crematorium was opened, the sack was thrown in.

It was like a shout, but it was inaudible, until a moment later, the four healthy women left, but in a few moments, the six healthy women got into the carriage almost at the same time, and the two carriages rushed back to Shendu overnight.

Wu Qing had always been suspicious of Princess Taiping, so he quickly learned the news, but he was not happy at all when he felt sad that Xue Huaiyi had such an ending. has such a ruthless hand towards Princess Taiping, and can't help frowning, what kind of heart does this woman hide under her beautiful appearance?

The next day, the monks of the White Horse Temple reported that someone had killed 14 monks of the White Horse Temple, and Xue Huaiyi was also missing. Luozhou Assassin Shi investigated for several days, and finally did not find Xue Huaiyi's body, in short, the case was closed.

After this incident, Wu Qing also saw the ruthless side of Princess Taiping, which had to make Wu Qing feel a little pimple, to be honest, he likes women who are gentle like water, and he also likes beautiful and moving women, likes women who are charming and close to foxes, and also likes pure and delicate women, likes domineering and strong women, and also likes wise and elegant women, but he doesn't like ruthless women. Therefore, the matter of Princess Taiping made him unable to calm down for a long time. If he hadn't weighed the pros and cons, he might have really wanted to get a divorce.

Many great men are hated because of the fire in the backyard, he is not a great man, but he also does not want to have an uncertain factor in the backyard.

So since that day, he has not been to Princess Taiping's room.

Cui Rong, since entering the Wufu, has been intermittently for more than ten years, can be regarded as half of Wuqing's students, earlier, after the examination of the Ming Jing, did not confer an official, so he made a western seat in the Wufu, and now he has been teaching Wuqing's heirs, of course, the monthly salary is also very high, fifty times! has almost caught up with the prime minister's income, so Cui Rong is also content with ordinary, but with the title of Wuqing and the improvement of his status, Cui Rong's status in the west has also improved, and the villagers who looked down on Cui Rong's friends earlier are now very envious of Cui Rong.

Cui Rong is not only the west seat of the Wei Palace, but also an honorary doctor of Qingxin Academy, and one of the editors of the History Museum. In short, Cui Rong came into contact with high-ranking officials and nobles. But no matter what, Cui Rong is still very humble and teaches Wuqing's heirs very seriously. He is not the only one who has Xixi now. There are also a few Westerners who are already very old, and these people are scientists, according to the meaning of King Wei.

That's right, nearly ten of the first batch of retired scientists from Qingxin Academy were arranged by Wuqing in the old mansion of Princess Taiping in Jishanfang, and temporarily used this place as a sanatorium, so that these people who contributed to Qingxin Academy could spend their old age in peace. Of course, he also went to the palace of the king of Wei to teach the heirs of Wu Qing mathematics, physics, chemistry, astronomy, geography and other knowledge.

Of course, almost all of the children of these retired scientists have inherited their father's business and become professors at Qingxin Academy, while the women either marry or become science teachers in primary and secondary schools in Wuqing. In short, in Wuqing's social model of borrowing from the previous life. These people have been effectively and relatively equitably placed.

As time passed, more and more physics and chemistry students stayed in Qingxin Academy to conduct research, and if according to Wu Qing's concept, he wanted to set up a special research institute. But in fact, this idea became a kind of conception for the time being. First, there is not enough funding. Second, it may arouse the suspicion of the empress and officials, and the gains outweigh the losses. Therefore, at present, in addition to the secret Black Powder Research Institute, which is secretly underway, it can only conduct research in Qingxin Academy.

Every day, Wu Qing is thinking about the future, what the future will look like, and what direction this empire will take, but so far, the situation is unclear. The empress did not appoint the Wu clan as the crown prince. The status of the crown prince of the Li family was also not determined, but it was obvious. The Empress is about the same age. Life is rare in seventy years, and the empress is more than seventy, which is already considered a long life. But the empress still has no intention of becoming a prince, and she doesn't know what she is waiting for.

Wu Qing was also in a hurry, but he wouldn't fight, and the final victory belonged to those who were prepared, so he could only prepare first.

After the empress's repeated thinking and Wuqing's argumentation, the empress finally agreed to Wuqing's admonition to establish the Great Zhou Martial Academy, so next, the construction of the Great Zhou Martial Academy in Wuqing will be very important.

The first is the site selection, the site selection is very important, the ancients paid attention to feng shui, but the martial arts academy was proposed by Wu Qing to establish, so the hundred officials did not have much right to speak, it was nothing more than Wu Chengsi and others complained, so Wuqing Yuji Fang, one is Lincao Canal and Luoshui, it is convenient to get water, and the land price here is relatively cheap on the south bank of Luoshui, and the three are close to the Qingxin Academy of Guiyifang, and they can take both into account in the future.

With the support of the empress, the construction of the martial arts temple also began. After consulting with the winter officials, the local officials and the general supervisors, after nearly a month of design, all the construction designs were finally completed, and all the architectural designs were in accordance with Wuqing's ideas.

The whole design is divided into nine areas, including barracks, classrooms, auditoriums, playgrounds, canteens, professor buildings, gardening areas, arenas, and fields. Each area is strictly planned to maximize land use. A total of half of the Yuji Fang is occupied.

The project cannot be completed overnight, and the casting of Tianshu is also nearing the end, and the people's resentment is boiling, if the construction of the martial arts academy is accelerated, I am afraid that the people of Shendu will rebel. Therefore, as long as Tianshu is completed, then the Great Zhou Wuyuan can also start construction on a large scale.

After smelting the world's agricultural tools, the Great Zhou Wanguo Songde Tianshu gradually revealed its hideous face, and 20,000 people were served every day, almost for a year.

At the same time, the empress also issued an edict that this year will seal Chan Songshan, because Feng Chan Songshan has been prepared for many years, so just prepare again, and it's okay.

In April, the Great Zhou Dynasty was cast in the Great Zhou Dynasty.

Tianshu is one hundred and fifty feet high, twelve feet in diameter, the main body is an eight-sided cylinder, each side is five feet long, the base is an iron mountain, the circumference is one hundred and seventy feet, with copper as the body, the dragon and the unicorn linger on it; The top is the Tengyun Chenglu plate, the diameter is three zhang, and the four dragon people stand up to hold the fire beads, and the height is one zhang.

Tianshu took more than ten months, consuming more than 500,000 catties of copper, more than 330,000 iron, and more than 27,000 yuan. The treasury was depleted, but the hundred officials sang praises of virtue, Wu Sansi wrote an article to engrave the names of the hundred officials and the four Yi chiefs on the Tianshu, and the empress also wrote the "Great Zhou Wanguo Song De Tianshu" and engraved it on it.

All the talented people have written poems and praises, such as Li Qiao, Song Zhiwen, Chen Ziang and other literary talents. He won't do things that praise virtue, and the construction of the martial arts academy has also begun, due to the depletion of the treasury, the empress took out the money from the inner treasury to establish the martial academy, which made Wu Qing couldn't help but be impressed. You must know that there are a lot of people in the palace now, palace maids, eunuchs, plum blossom guards, and there are many princes and grandchildren, and the empress can do this, which shows her trust in Wuqing. So Wu Qing didn't want to disappoint the empress either.

After discussing with Liu Zhigu, the local official, it was decided that the nine areas would be constructed at the same time, and the laborers would be given a free meal of meat every day, which not only increased the physical strength of the serving people, but also reduced the complaints of these people.

The effect is obvious, after adding a free meal of meat, the people are full of energy every day, and Wu Qing can't help but sigh that no matter what era, the small people are always easy to be satisfied.

But at this time, bad news came from the Heyuan area, and there was something unusual in Tibet! The Heyuan army only has 13,000 soldiers, if the Tubo army marches in a big way, it will be difficult to resist, of course, if it is Qinling to lead the troops, maybe the source of the river will also be lost, the source of the river will be lost, Xizhou, Guazhou, and even the entire Longyou Road will be in danger.

The empress summoned Wuqing to discuss the military situation, Wuqing immediately built yì, Wang Xiaojie stationed in Shule as the governor of Shule, Yao Yuanchongqian as the assassin of Linzhou, and ordered the right Qianniuwei general Anping Wang Wuyouxu as the strategic envoy of the Jishi army to recruit 15,000 troops.

The empress did not understand military affairs, but she also understood that Wuqing's arrangement would have a deep meaning, so that she would be able to follow the order. (To be continued......)