Chapter 73 Wu Zhao, the Empress of Wu Zhou's Rule (Part 2)

When the woman in the green gauze dress brought Madoudou and Zhiguo back to her mansion, Madoudou was shocked when she saw the three words "Princess Mansion" in front of the door.

"Sister...you? Are you a princess?"

Ma Doudou looked at the woman in green gaunt dress in surprise. He secretly regretted that he did not ask about the name of the woman in green gaunt dress.

The woman in the green gauze dress covered her mouth and smiled. She took the initiative to introduce her identity to Madoudou and Zhiguoguo.

"Yes, I am Princess Taiping. This is my residence. I have invited a lot of musicians in my residence. You can enjoy the latest music."

Madou looked at Princess Taiping overjoyed, and he said excitedly, holding Zhiguoguo's little hand.

"Sister, this princess sister is Princess Taiping, the queen's favorite little daughter."

Madoudou’s understanding of Princess Taiping comes from the image of Princess Taiping in film and television dramas. He did not expect that the real Princess Taiping would not be arrogant and extravagant, but would be approachable, humble and polite.

"How do you know that my mother loves me the most?"

Princess Taiping Li Lingyue looked at Madoudou and Zhiguoguo suspiciously. When she first met just now, Madoudou and Zhiguoguo seemed to be unfamiliar with Luoyang City like a stranger, but now she knows that she is her mother's favorite daughter.

Ma Doudou cleared her throat and looked at Princess Taiping embarrassedly.

"Princess, the legend about you and Her Majesty the Queen in our hometown, you are all heroes of the girls."

When Princess Taiping heard Madoudou praising her mother Wu Zhao (zhào), she was very happy. The person she admired the most since childhood was Wu Zhao (zhào).

After entering the princess's mansion, Princess Taiping called Leren and prepared a silk and bamboo feast for Madoudou and Zhiguoguo.

Listening to the sound of silk and bamboo, the music sang by the musicians was full of lingering sounds. There were also dancers who were good at dancing in the air, dancing flying dances. This was the most shocking audio-visual feast Madou had ever seen.

During the meal, Princess Taiping introduced Wu Zhou's folk customs and social situation to Ma Doudou, and told the story of the Empress Wu Zhao's strategy and measures to govern the country. Her words were full of admiration for her mother Wu Zhao.

When Princess Taiping talked about the fact that Empress Wu Zhao (zhào) created various official selection systems such as bootstrapping, examining, palace examination and martial arts examination in order to select talents, Ma Doudou couldn't help but be amazed.

"Will the large number of officials selecting will cause too many officials? Everyone is going to be officials, who will do things?"

Madoudou's words made Princess Taiping burst out laughing. She picked up the teacup in her hand and sipped it gently, patiently talking to Madoudou and Zhiguoguo about the talent selection mechanism of the Empress Wu Zhao (zhào).

"My mother wanted to leave real money for the big waves and wash away the sand. The appointment of officials would be trialed. If they could not complete or did not do well within the specified time, they would be replaced by the capable. What my mother wanted was that the capable would be promoted, and those who were superior would be more laborious. After picking orchids, they would be useful officials to the court."

Empress Wu Zhao (zhào) reigned for fifteen years, and she appointed 73 prime ministers. Most of the wise ministers in Kaiyuan were selected by Empress Wu Zhao (zhào). The four famous prime ministers in Kaiyuan (Yao Chong, Song Jing, Zhang Shuo, and Zhang Jiuling) all came from the Wuzhou period.

Benevolence, wisdom, and courage are what Confucius called the three virtues. It is said that having such character is a gentleman. Under the rule of Wu Zhou, he gathered the benevolence of Lou Shide, Di Renjie's wisdom, and Xu Yougong's courage, both of which were all gentlemen, achieving the first real situation in history where "a gentleman ruled the world in the court".

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【Sesame brother and sister have something to say】

Wu Zhao (zhào), namely Wu Zetian, was from Wenshui, Bingzhou (now Wenshui County, Shanxi Province). He was a politician from the Tang Dynasty to the Wuzhou period, and the founding monarch of Wuzhou. He was also the only orthodox female emperor in Chinese history. He ascended the throne (67 years old) and had the longest life span (82 years old).

In 690 AD, Wu Zhao (zhào) proclaimed himself emperor and changed the country's name to Zhou. During her rule, she innovated the system of selecting officials, pioneered self-pick, examiner, palace examination, martial arts, etc. The number of officials selected each year was as high as 50,000, which was a 50-fold increase compared with the reign of Emperor Gaozong of Tang, realizing the first true "gentleman ruled the world in the court"; she was also good at governing the country, with active policies, proper military strategies, cultural rejuvenation, rapid economic development, and the people lived a good life of food and clothing, living and working in peace and contentment, which played a key role in the Zhenguan governance and the Kaiyuan prosperous era, and was known in history as the "Wuzhou governance".

She successively recovered the four towns of Anxi and the Later Turks millions of square kilometers, and then led Dangxiang, Qiang, Tubo tribes, Yongchang barbarians in the southwest, Kunming and others to surrender, and the territory reached an unprecedented 12.41 million square kilometers.

The rule of Wuzhou was known as "the rule of Zhenguan was prosperous and the political system was opened to the Kaiyuan". It was a prosperous situation established by Wu Zetian on the basis of the rule of Zhenguan by Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin. The national treasury was rich and the people lived and worked in peace.
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