When the emperor comes to modern times, history collapses!

Chapter 135 Wu Zhou’s victory rate in foreign wars exceeded %!
Zhu Ming continued:

The white grid facing west is called "Shenyuankui". If you feel that an official at any level has wronged you or treated you unfairly, you can throw your letter into the white grid.

The Emperor's eyes revealed his appreciation and affirmation of this approach, as if he had seen an effective way of governing: "This mailbox is great. It will definitely be a deterrent to those officials who disregard the law and oppress the people!"

Yang Guang listened and nodded in agreement: "Especially in some remote areas, due to inconvenient transportation and poor information, officials often oppress the people, and these things are often difficult to discover and deal with. If there is such a mailbox, so that the people can report problems directly to the emperor, then it is possible to solve these problems, and at the same time it can also strengthen the court's control over the local areas."

"Moreover, this method can also prevent officials from shielding and condoning each other, thus improving the overall social atmosphere. In addition, if we can combine this mailbox with other systems, such as setting up a special supervision agency or strengthening the assessment mechanism for local officials, it will play a greater role in combating corruption and maintaining social stability."

Li Yuan admired Wu Zetian more and more: "I never thought that a female emperor could come up with such a wise policy that will last forever. She is worthy of being the emperor of the Tang Dynasty."

Old Zhu smiled and said in a relaxed tone: "This is quite similar to our policy of allowing the people to kidnap officials. These officials should not be indulged too much. They must always be supervised by the people."

Li Jiancheng thought it was a good idea: "Father, you can give it a try in the Tang Dynasty!"

Li Yuan nodded: "Leave this matter to me. After we have dealt with the aristocratic families, we will do the same for the Tang Dynasty."

Li Jiancheng said, "Father, you are not young anymore, you should take a good rest. I will leave this matter to you, your son."

Li Yuan was stunned: "Why do I feel like I'm going to be the emperor, Jiancheng, are you trying to learn from Shimin?"

Li Jiancheng hurriedly shook his head: "How could that be? I have always taught my brothers and sisters that unity is strength!"

Zhu Ming picked his teeth and said, "I think Lao Li and Brother Cheng, you two may not be suitable for education. So stop saying that unity is strength every day."

"Under your guidance, Li Shimin adopted the Xuanwu Gate competition system for positions."

The last black grid facing north is called "Tongxuankui", which is basically used for informing on others.

"You know, the people who know the officials best are themselves."

"Everything you have done, whether you have violated the law or discipline, may be recorded in a small notebook. If they are not happy with you one day, they may use this to sue you."

"Some scholars and intellectuals, if they see officials oppressing the people, can also report it."

"If the people feel that the county magistrate is doing evil, oppressing and exploiting them, they can sue him."

"You can imagine how many officials would be terrified by Wu Zetian's mailbox."

"In order to make everyone feel at ease and bold to report secrets, Wu Zetian issued an order to all prefectures and counties across the country: as long as there is an informer, officials at all levels cannot question him, but are only responsible for providing vehicles and post horses, and the standards are also very high, and he will be received according to the standards of a fifth-rank official.

Wu Zetian also attached great importance to it and would meet you in person even if you were a commoner.

If what was reported was approved by Wu Zetian, he might be granted an official position.

Even if no evidence is found in the end, you will not be convicted.

Anyone who dares to stop an informer will be charged with the crime the informer has accused you of. If he accuses you of treason, then you are guilty of treason!
The First Emperor was stunned for a moment: "It feels a bit familiar?"

Yang Guang nodded: "It is indeed very familiar, Lao Zhu, what do you think?"

Li Yuan turned and looked at Lao Zhu.

Old Zhu laughed: "When I first learned about it, I also felt a little familiar."

"I think Wu Zetian is suitable to be the daughter-in-law of the Ming Dynasty. Why not replace Zhu Qizhen with Wu Zetian?"

"Even if she is a woman from another family, she is much better than Zhu Qizhen!"

Li Jiancheng took out a small notebook and said: "The Tang Dynasty can also implement this."

Li Yuan shook his head: "This is up for discussion."

Li Jiancheng asked curiously: "Father, isn't it good? I think it's pretty good."

Li Yuan looked at Yang Guang and said, "Cousin, what do you think?"

Yang Guang thought for a moment and said, "I think we should not imitate this for now."

Li Jiancheng was a little confused.

Zhu Ming:

“As soon as this policy came out, the whole country was in a state of excitement.

Many idle people, dreaming of getting promoted and getting rich, rushed to the capital Luoyang to inform on the authorities.

If you make the right accusation, you might become an official. Even if it is a false accusation, you can still enjoy free food and travel at public expense. The risk is low and the reward is high. Where can you find such a good thing?

If I were a beggar, I would go and tell on others every day, and my life would become comfortable.”

Li Jiancheng was stunned for a moment: "Is there anyone who is so shameless?"

Zhu Ming chuckled: "If a person is shameless, he will be invincible. He can't even eat. Why would I care about this?"

"Together with informing on others are cruel officials."

"It doesn't mean that if someone informs on someone, Wu Zetian will arrest them without asking any questions."

"It has to go through a formal interrogation and investigation!"

"It's actually similar to the impeachment by the censors."

"In order to ensure the openness and fairness of the '匦鉴 system', Wu Zetian also set up special officials to supervise it.

Everyone informing on others created an era where everyone was in danger, and no one dared to criticize Wu Zetian.

It greatly consolidated Wu Zetian's position.

For the people, this is a weapon to safeguard their own interests.

In the past, officials not only had to guard against the censors, but now they had to guard against the common people.

Especially for the common people, no one can guarantee that their lawsuit will be successful. Generally speaking, there will be no unjust, false or wrongful cases.

The people have the right to supervise officials, which will cause a devastating blow to the interests of officials! "Only in the later period, it became a tool for court officials to attack political enemies, exclude dissidents, and frame others for political persecution."

"Once the accused is sent to prison, these cruel officials will use various tortures to force a confession, or even torture him into confessing."

"People in the court and the country were in a state of panic, the relationship between the emperor and his subjects was seriously suspicious, and the entire court was shrouded in terror."

The First Emperor frowned and said, "Living in this kind of environment, everyone is indeed in danger. I'm afraid that even when I go to court, I have to prepare my coffin!"

Yang Guang: "It consumes a lot of energy. Some officials may not have much energy to handle government affairs."

Old Zhu snorted coldly: "In fact, I think it's possible. As long as there is strict management and standardized procedures, and no abuse of lynching, our Jinyiwei will actually act as a cruel official!"

Li Jiancheng continued writing in his little notebook: "Strict management and standardized processes."

Zhu Ming:

Fortunately, Wu Zetian valued cruel officials and only attacked upper-class people, rarely targeting lower-class people.

Especially the common people, they are not qualified enough.

Cruel officials may seem very powerful, but in essence they only have supervisory power and can only supervise officials.

It feels similar to Jinyiwei.

If any official has a problem, he can be investigated.

They could not interfere in the administrative affairs of the court.

The entire court was running relatively well. It was just that the leader was taken away while the court was handling government affairs.

Just re-arrange one, it won't have much impact on the country's administration.

And if someone is taken away, it usually means something really happened.

Without a leader, the people below will have opportunities.

Those low-level officials who work diligently are still very satisfied with the court.

Later, the cruel officials gradually got out of control, and Wu Zetian felt that most of the people who should be killed had been killed, so she ended this kind of cruel politics.

In general, the censorship system was relatively advanced at that time.

It enabled the emperor to understand public opinion and recruit many talented people, and it created a bottom-up way of supervising officials, which had a profound impact on later generations.

The First Emperor nodded: "Overall, it is still very good. I plan to implement it in Daqin."

Yang Guang: "The Sui Dynasty also intends to learn from it."

Li Yuan: "I think this system will be smeared by future generations. Allowing the people to supervise the officials and sue the officials is what officials of any era would like to see."

Old Zhu nodded: "Yes, it was completely abandoned in the Song Dynasty."

Li Jiancheng: "It seems that after I clean up the aristocratic families, I will have to continue working hard."

Li Yuan couldn't help but ask, "I'm more curious about the diplomacy during Wu Zetian's reign. After all, it was a woman who was the emperor. The nomadic tribes in the north and countries like Tuyuhun would definitely cause trouble for the Tang Dynasty."

Yang Guang said: "Old Li, you are looking for trouble with Wu Zhou, not the Tang Dynasty. You have to make it clear that Wu Zhou is not the Tang Dynasty!"

Old Zhu chuckled: "If I tell you, I'll scare you to death!"

"In our history, the two of you combined are nothing!"

Li Yuan was shocked: "Is this true? In history, I am not as good as a woman?"

Old Zhu: "You became the emperor just a few years after the Tang Dynasty was pacified. Even if you have great abilities, what else can you do but train palace maids!"

Yang Guang didn't quite believe it. In the first few years of Daye, he was able to show off his power in the neighboring countries. When he went to the Turks, the Khan even cut off his flesh as a gift.

"I believe what you said about Granny Li, but Wu Zetian is more powerful than me. Does it feel a bit unbelievable?"

Lao Zhu smiled lightly: "You have also attended history classes. Think about your foreign wars in history. What do you think?
The early stage was fine, but I am too embarrassed to mention the later stage, especially the three expeditions to Goguryeo, Li Jinglong could not achieve such an impressive record, and the Yanmen tour was besieged by the Turks and almost wiped out. But don't worry, we have sorted it out for you.

The three expeditions to Goguryeo must be victorious. The other side has written a letter to beg for surrender, so how can it not be a victory!
The siege of Yanmen was actually a conspiracy against the Turks, in which they used themselves as bait and wanted to wipe out the Turks in one fell swoop. In order to lure the fish to take the bait, they only brought a small number of soldiers and horses, without caring about their own safety at all.

Unfortunately, someone communicated with the foreign enemy and failed to cut off the Turkic retreat route as planned, resulting in the failure of the plan.

What do you think, Lao Yang?

Yang Guang had taken history classes and had asked about history, so he knew about historical events.

"I think this is the correct history, but it's not worth three million koku, maybe one and a half million koku."

"Also, I solemnly declare that that was the Yang Guang in history. The Yang Guang buried in the mausoleum today has nothing to do with me."

"In one battle against Goguryeo, our Great Sui Dynasty destroyed Goguryeo, Silla, and Baekje, and also destroyed Japan. The next step is to conquer the grasslands."

Lao Zhu said he had received it: "One million and a half is not a small amount. We are still searching for that period of history in the entire Ming Dynasty and even in the surrounding countries to avoid being exposed. We are professionals in this matter. Lao Li, have you thought about it? How much grain do you plan to change?"

Li Yuan was a little tempted: "Well, let me see how Wu Zetian performs first?"

Old Zhu nodded and said, "Okay, Xiao Zhu, tell them about Wu Zetian's diplomacy."

Zhu Ming:

"Let's not talk about anything else first, let me show you a picture!"

Then, Zhu Ming opened the searched picture on his mobile phone.

The wars during the Wu Zhou period are marked above.

A total of 26 foreign wars were launched, with 21 victories, 3 failures, and 2 draws!
The winning rate is over 80%!

(End of this chapter)