Outside Luoyang City, pedestrians who were passing by were already accustomed to surrendering troops kneeling on the ground.

These surrendered troops did not communicate with the pedestrians and knelt until the third day.

Suddenly, someone felt a breeze blowing in the sky.

A shadow flew over their heads, and someone looked up at the sky.

I saw a long black snake swimming in the sky, not right... It was not a long snake, that thing had limbs...

Dragon! That's a black dragon!

In the originally calm surrendered army, panic and uneasiness began to spread.

Immediately afterwards, the black dragon landed on the ground, and everyone's eyes solidified.

He looked at the Black Dragon blankly, his face full of shock and disbelief.

They found an old woman standing on the black dragon's neck. Although her hair was gray, she exuded an indescribable majesty all over her body. She held the dragon's horn in one hand and glanced at the scene.

"The Emperor...is the Emperor..."

In an instant, this excitement and shock spread throughout the position, and all the soldiers could not hide the shock in their hearts.

No wonder the immortal came to help. It turned out that Wu Zetian was the true dragon emperor, otherwise how could there be such a brave black dragon mount?

"All the soldiers, keep their bodies flat."

"The criminals are so damn, and they dare not get up."

"The soldiers are deceived by evil people, and you are also obeying orders. This is not the case for the soldiers, just keep your composure."

In an instant, all the soldiers felt a sense of liberation.

"The sinner thanked His Majesty for his magnanimity."

But at this time, most people couldn't stand up, and a few of them barely stood up and fell to the ground.

After kneeling for three consecutive days, their body and mind were greatly tested.

However, many soldiers were moved to tears for Wu Zetian's magnanimity.

"The sin will be ashamed of your Majesty's kindness..." A soldier made a hoarse voice in tears.

"If you want to blame this, blame Huang Shanxian, what do you have to do with you?" Wu Zetian sighed: "I don't blame you for this matter, but the immortals feel that you have committed many causes and effects on you because you are accomplices of the tiger. I can forgive your sins, but I cannot forgive your cause and effect."

Wu Zetian looked helpless and looked very painful.

"Your Majesty, don't worry about us, this is what we deserve."

"This is a bad word. How can you blame you for this? Even if I gave up this dragon robe, I also asked the immortals to forgive your cause and effect."

"Your Majesty, I can't afford it. Please take it back."

The soldiers had just gotten up and knelt down again, begging Wu Zetian.

Wu Zetian is the true dragon emperor, so they are not comparable to those of the sinners.

If Wu Zetian forced the immortals, the immortals might not blame Wu Zetian, and they might also blame them for their crimes.

Moreover, Wu Zetian's statement made them feel that they were very sorry for Wu Zetian in their past actions.

"But it is not difficult to eliminate this cause and effect, I am just afraid of being wronged by all the soldiers."

"Your Majesty, we are already guilty. Not to mention that we are wronged, we will never frown even if we are in the sea of ​​swords and fire."

"No need for a sea of ​​fire, as long as you can make contributions to the country and the people." Wu Zetian said: "The immortals have also told me about this. You offend the power of heaven. It is a sin that cannot be forgiven, but it is not necessary to die. For example, if a disaster occurs in a certain place, you mainly provide help. The more people you save, the less your cause and effect will be weakened. After the cause and effect is eliminated, it is great merit. Merit is something like merit, you cannot see and touch the mortals of your naked eyes, but it is real. For example, Mo Bei, the current Minister of Works, has now been granted the title of god by the immortal because of his merits for a thousand years. After a hundred years, Mo Bei will become an immortal."

The soldiers were stunned. If an old monk or Taoist priest had said this, they would probably have sneered at it.

But they believed it only when Wu Zetian said this.

It's like when people are desperate, they always try hard to help their lives.

"Now that I have launched a new policy, and the world's reform is imminent. However, inside, some gentry conflict with the new policy, and outside, some barbarians are eyeing the Central Plains. Are you willing to work with me to protect these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains?"

"We will do our best to solve your problems."

"Okay! I have all the soldiers fighting against a powerful enemy with me, what else can I fear?"

At this point, the hearts of these soldiers have been completely subdued by Wu Zetian.

...

The five surnames and seven sects are all terrible in any era.

Any emperor has a sense of awe when facing the five surnames and seven sects.

When the Sui Dynasty destroyed and established the Tang Dynasty, there were shadows of the five surnames and seven sects. They were not adapting to the times, but the creators of the times.

Since the six kingdoms were at their sect, they have established their sects and have been constantly accumulating strength and wealth.

The world's wealth is divided into ten parts, and the five surnames and seven sects account for 40%!

There are so many wealthy people in Luoyang City, but compared with the five surnames and seven sects, these wealthy people are no different from those who are beggared.

It can be imagined that the power accumulated over the past thousand years of the five surnames and seven sects.

It can be said that the flowing dynasty is the iron-clad gentry.

The civil and military officials in the court accounted for 80% of the five surnames and seven sects!

What proportion is this?

It is not an exaggeration to say that the five surnames and seven sects control the government. Although the remaining 20% ​​are not the five surnames and seven sects, it is also a family with the five surnames and seven sects wearing pairs of pants.

No matter what kind of decree the emperor promulgates, there is a most basic principle.

Then you must not harm the interests of the aristocratic families. As long as there is a little impact on the interests of the aristocratic families, the aristocratic families will fight back. The first time it will be a warning, if the emperor ignores the interests of the aristocratic families, the aristocratic families will launch a fatal blow.

The influence of the gentry was too great. It can be said that in the Central Plains, there was nothing they could not do, and there was nothing they dared not do.

They are all at will to incite the people, create chaos, and even incite civil unrest.

Qinghe Cui clan, Boling Cui clan, Fanyang Lu clan, Zhaojun Li clan, Xingyang Zheng clan, Taiyuan Wang clan, and Longxi Li clan. Except for the Longxi Li clan, the other six families all disdained the royal clan.

The Li family in Longxi supports imperial power in a certain principle because they are royal families.

However, they did not support Wu Zetian because Wu Zetian usurped the world of their Li family.

Of course, the Li family in Longxi will not take the initiative to provoke Wu Zetian.

After all, Wu Zetian had soldiers in her hands, and it really angered Wu Zetian. Wu Zetian sent troops over without hesitation, and the Li family in Longxi had to kneel down.

Unlike the common branches of the other six aristocratic families, the ancestors of the Li family in Longxi were established by the Hu people, and the establishment time was relatively short, so the other six aristocratic families have always looked down on the Li family in Longxi.

If Wu Zetian only touched the Li family in Longxi, the other six aristocratic families might not have taken action.

Cui Liwen is the direct descendant of the Cui family in Qinghe. He was originally responsible for the family's industry in Luoyang City.

So I see everything that happened in Luoyang City.

He is not like an ordinary person, he only sees superficial things. He has too many channels to find out more and more valuable insider information.

He also felt that Wu Zetian's reforms were reformed.

So he hurried back to the head of Qinghe family. The internal structure of the Cui family in Qinghe was very complicated. His father was the head of the contemporary family, but he was still not the head of the company. There were a few old people above his father, who were the real rulers of the Cui family.

"Sir, that's how it is."

An elder suddenly slapped the table and said, "Wu Zetian is so brave. Do she really think that if she becomes an emperor, she can disobey the rules and ignore the common sense of heaven?"

Cui Liwen lowered his head. He knew that the elder of the Cui family had entered the court as an official in his early years and was a pedantic person. He was the most respectful of Confucianism and Taoism. Later, he returned home and still had a hard time changing his character. He always thought that literati were the most noble, and he scolded the clansmen who were doing business in the family.

But he didn't think about it. His current wealth and wealth are all worshipped by those who do business.

Cui Liwen thought in his mind that what Shangguan Wan'er said was really correct when reported in the news that day. **********************, Wuqing is mostly a scholar.

Cui Liwen's father, Cui Zhihe, looked at Cui Liwen: "Liwen, do you say Wu Zetian has implemented the new policy and intends to let all children in the world start reading?"

"Yes, and she has done this. Now she has started to build academies. And I went to one of the construction sites to see that the layout of that academies is completely different from the previous academies or private schools. I can't figure out how the academies work for a while."

"Can you know if you read the Four Books and Five Classics in the academy, or the Holy Words of Confucius and Mencius?"

"Not all, it is said that the things taught are very complicated. I heard that one of the academies has Chinese, mathematics, material resources, medicine and other disciplines. Chinese should be articles and poems, mathematics may be mathematics and arithmetics, material resources may be investigation of things and enlightenment, and medicine should be medical skills."

"The left-handed way! The left-handed way!" The elder shouted even more excitedly: "The left-handed way that defiles the sages is actually on par with the sages. This is an insult to the sages, and this is an insult to Confucianism!"

"Elder, boy thinks that this may be an opportunity for our Cui family."

"Liwen, don't talk nonsense." Cui Zhihe shouted softly. He knew that his son had always had strange ideas, but these strange ideas were not suitable for mentioning them in front of these old stubborn people. Otherwise, with their nature, they would probably scold Cui Liwen for being a ruthless person.

"What opportunity?" One of the elders opened his eyes slightly and his eyes shot at Cui Liwen with a torch.

"Elders, now that Wu Zetian's implementation of the new policy will inevitably be subject to many obstacles, and other gentry will inevitably form groups to compete. However, with Wu Zetian's means, it may not be easy to win this time, and it is even likely that they will lose a lot. After all, so many civil officials have been defeated. If our Cui family takes this opportunity to send off their children to the academy first, and with Wu Zetian's attitude, select officials in the future, they will inevitably be selected among those students. In this way, our Cui family will have a much greater chance."

Cui Zhihe's eyes lit up, but he did not immediately express his opinion, but turned his head to look at the other elders.

Without these elders' statements, no matter how he supports his son, it will be of no use. (~^~)
Chapter completed!