In the second year of the vertical arch, the first day passed, and the court meeting.

Empress Dowager Wu walked out of the light purple tent and said to the hundred officials: "The emperor is old, and I want to return to the emperor, what do you think Aiqing?" ”

Hundreds of officials were stunned, but no one spoke, now the prime ministers are all promoted by the Empress Dowager Wu, and the doctors in the court have changed one after another, the prime minister does not speak, who dares to speak. It is not easy to gain office, how can you lose it lightly.

Li Dan was happy in his heart, but seeing that the hundred officials were like this, he knew a little in his heart, and then squinted at the Queen Mother, how could he have a trace of the intention of returning to the government, so he hurriedly walked down the Danqi, knelt on the ground, and cried: "As the emperor, the child knows that he has no talent for the emperor, and he also asks the queen mother to take back her order and continue to be in charge of the government." ”

Empress Dowager Wu sighed, complained a little, and said: "You kid, I also passed away one day, you will read more scriptures and history on weekdays in the future, can you understand?" ”

Li Dan hurriedly said: "The child understands. ”

After this incident, Empress Dowager Wu suddenly felt that she was in power, so she turned her attention to the clan. and discussed with the courtiers the inspection system. In case there are unscrupulous judges, fish and flesh people.

Soon, the younger brother of Shi Yu Chengye, Yu Baojia, placed the copper box outside the court and received the submissions from the Quartet. Empress Dowager Wu was overjoyed and ordered the Yubao family to personally supervise the production, and it was completed in March.

The copper box is divided into four grids, invoking the theory of the five elements, each according to the direction, with the four seasons and the color to which it belongs, and giving relevant meanings.

The east is the wood position, the main spring, is cyan, so it is green. The symbol of Chun Nairen is education-oriented, so it accepted the submission of "suing me to support people and persuade farmers", and named it "Yan Enkuang".

The south is the fire position. The main summer is red, so it is Dankuang. Summer is a symbol of faith. Based on weathering, it is used to accept the submission of "being able to correct the gains and losses of current politics", and named it "Recruiting Advice".

The west is golden, the main autumn, is white, so it is Sukuang. Autumn is a symbol of righteousness, based on decision. It was used to accept the submission of "self-presentation and resignation", and named it "redress of grievances".

The north is the water level, the main winter. It is Xuanse, so it is Xuankuang. Winter is a symbol of wisdom, the foundation of strategy, and is used to accept the submission of "can tell me to seek wisdom". And named it "Tong Xuankuang".

This is a copper box!

Empress Dowager Wu set up a messenger again. The official system is responsible for advising doctors, filling in the gaps, and picking up the relics, one of whom is the envoy, accepts submissions every day, and submits them together in the evening. Before submitting a book, the identity of the submitter must be verified before investing. The monitoring system is responsible for setting up the organizers. One person in the imperial history and the imperial history served as an envoy to deal with the received submissions.

Since then. The wind of whistleblowing is prevalent!

The first person to be sent a letter to inform, was the Yu Baojia who created the copper kuang, and was indicated, and he was secretly accused that he had rebelled against Xu Jingye and made weapons, killing and injuring many officers and soldiers. When the Empress Dowager Wu heard this, she was furious, and ordered that she had been promoted to a guerrilla general from Wupin to Wupin, and Hu Ren Suo Yuanli pushed the fish to protect her family. This is where the prison system begins.

Empress Dowager Wu deeply felt that there were many people in the world secretly plotting against her, she decided to open the door of whistleblowers, in addition to the copper and other inspection system, but also ordered that all informants, the officials are not allowed to interrogate, must use a post horse, and provide five-grade official food, send him to Xingzai, and arrange to live in the official inn. After the informant arrives in the divine capital, whether it is a farmer or a woodcutter, the Empress Dowager Wu must summon her, and if the Empress Dowager appreciates it, she will give the official on the spot, and if what the whistleblower says is wrong, he is not guilty.

With such a system, whistleblowers seemed to be overwhelming, and suddenly nobodies such as Suo Yuanli, Lai Junchen, and Hou Sizhi flocked to it.

Some humble and petty officials also took advantage of the opportunity to rise up, such as Zhou Xing, Wan Guojun, Qiu Shenji and others, who also rose up bravely, biting people everywhere like mad dogs. Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi were even more like fish in water, and they wantonly searched for lackeys and asked them to submit a letter to secret.

The first person to be overthrown by Wu Chengsi and Wu Sansi was a member of the clan, he was Li Xiaoyi, who was named General Yunlu for his meritorious service in countering the rebellion in Yangzhou, and was demoted to Shizhou Assassin History.

Of course, I don't know how many books I sent to Wu Qing, and Empress Dowager Wu ordered Shangguan Wan'er to put them in the box.

At this time, Wu Qing, who was far away in the same city, was deeply worried about the Western Regions, and he went up to strengthen the troops in the Western Regions to prevent a sudden attack by Tubo, but he did not receive a reply so far.

In March, he received the order to return to his teacher, so he prepared to return to Shendu. Wu Qing ordered people to call the patriarchs of all ethnic groups.

Not long after, the patriarchs of the various clans in the big tent came, Wu Qing ordered him to sit down, and after sitting down, Wu Qing said: "Today, the soldiers are about to go out for a year, the soldiers are homesick, and the court also ordered the next class division to return to the court. You are equivalent to a border citizen of the Tang Dynasty, don't rebel. ”

The patriarchs of the Tongluo and Servant Bone clans patted their chests with their hands and said a lame Tang dialect, "I won't fight back, please rest assured, general." ”

Wu Qing knew in his heart that these people were grass, but in order to survive, these people had no choice, and the total number of several ethnic groups added up to nearly 200,000, how could the Eastern Turks not be greedy?

So, a few days later, when the ice and snow melted, Wu Qing took two girls who were already pregnant in April, led the army, and slowly set off with nearly 80,000 women and some cattle and sheep.

Wu Qing gave Empress Dowager Wu a long note, which summarized the dispatch of troops and told Empress Dowager Wu why he didn't kill these women. One of them is related to the population of Datang. Wu Qingyan said that the Tang Dynasty has been annexed to land to the present, whether it is the clan, the royal family, or even the wealthy merchants, they are all buying and selling land, and the number of yeoman farmers is decreasing day by day, and most of them have become tenants and slaves, which is also the reason why the population of the Tang Dynasty has not risen so far. The state has already lost less than 30% of the government army.

According to Wu Qing's explanation, among these 80,000 Turkic women, there are nearly 10,000 Han and Hu mixed blood, which shows that Han and Hu intermarriage is not unavoidable. And what he brought was 80,000 fertile yeoman peasants, and of course if the court did not have a land reward, he was willing to give them his own real reward. If Empress Dowager Wu does not agree, he will also kill them all without reservation.

After Empress Dowager Wu received the note, she asked Shangguan Wan'er to counsel her. Shangguan Wan'er is so smart, the Queen Mother said that she wanted her to be a staff officer, indicating that she had agreed in her heart, so she said: "Queen Mother, the general is really thinking about you." Now the general has sent a population of 80,000, and it is a woman who can be born, even if this woman gives birth to three, it will become more than 200,000 people in the future, which can already be regarded as a county. Queen Mother, the general brought you a county. ”

Empress Dowager Wu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and said with a smile: "You Nizi, you just understand my heart, yes, he Turkic people can plunder my Tang population, and my Tang Dynasty can also plunder." Where do you think these 80,000 women should be arranged? ”

Shangguan Wan'er had a flash of inspiration in her mind, and said: "Between the White Horse Temple and Shouyang Mountain, most of them are barren land, and the forests are luxuriant, and they are backed by the mountain, why not build a new county, and teach the newborn children with science, so that the Queen Mother can also see how this science is different from other learning." ”

The Queen Mother was stunned for a moment, and suddenly smiled, and praised: "It is said that Wan'er is my internal minister, and it is really extraordinary, well, so good, now Confucianism is attacking science, and science is gradually routing, so that you can also help Wuqing." Then, according to Wan'er's words, you can draw up a charter and implement it. ”

However, Shangguan Wan'er sighed: "But in this way, I'm afraid that there will be more submissions to the general." ”

Empress Dowager Wu smiled: "I know that child's mind, since I can suppress it once, I can suppress it." ”

Shangguan Wan'er said: "I'm afraid that the general won't be able to bear the pressure and resign, this is your loss for the Queen Mother." ”

Empress Dowager Wu really didn't think of this, and he also knew who was submitting the book, but at this juncture, she didn't want to chill the hearts of the people who helped her. After a while, Empress Dowager Wu said: "I have my own countermeasures for this matter, and you plan to go." ”

A month and a half later, Wuqing led the army to be stationed in Wuqing County, which did not even have a house in the county seat.

Wuqing got the holy decree, between the White Horse Temple and Yanshi County, at the foot of the mountain, to establish a new county, the Empress Dowager Wu personally inscribed "Wuqing County", used to place 80,000 Hu women, Wu Qing couldn't cry and laughed, and had to agree. If he could, he would plan the county seat according to his own ideas.

Because there were no men, 100,000 soldiers were temporarily returned to the commander of Wuqing, but the weapons and horses were returned to the imperial court. The imperial court allocated 100,000 guan and 100 ploughing cattle, Wu Qing was helpless, these 100,000 guan were not enough to pay the soldiers, and there were nearly 4,000 soldiers who died in battle, so he had to take out 100,000 guan from his pocket to settle these Turkic women. Fortunately, the tents in the army were not handed over, so nearly 20,000 tents were erected in the center of Wuqing County.

The next day, Wuqing ordered people to count the pregnant women, and those who were willing to stay and become soldiers in Wuqing County. The final count showed that about 20,000 women were pregnant, and 30,000 soldiers were willing to stay. Immediately, Wuqing dismissed the remaining 70,000 soldiers, paid them, and sent people to send five pensions and ten pieces of cloth to the families of the fallen soldiers.

In the afternoon, the order of the imperial court came down, and Wuqing inspected the order of Wuqing County with his own official, and all officials in Wuqing County were recommended by Wuqing. So Wu Qing immediately wrote to Wang Bo, asking Zhang Shuo to take a few students who were about to graduate and did not want to be officials to report to Wuqing County, and sent instructions to the students of Qingxin Academy who were in charge of their own industry, telling them to gather in Wuqing County within a month.

Wu Qing's orders were sent out one by one. The court seems to have forgotten about him, the general who went out on the expedition. Still informing, still being imprisoned.

But Wu Qing was not depressed, but had unprecedented motivation, in his hands a new county will be built, this county seat, will be injected into his infinite imagination. There is enough land in the county to develop, from the White Horse Temple to Shouyang Mountain, from the Luohe River to the Beibi Mountain, and there is enough land for him to exert his inspiration.

So, at his feet, he first drew a house. (To be continued......)