Wu Zetian, as the only female emperor in Chinese history, can be said to have extraordinary ability and boldness, and it is precisely because of Wu Zetian's administration that he laid a solid foundation for the rule of Kaiyuan, and Wu Zetian's reign also made a good example for China's official rule. However, when Wu Zetian had just seized power, he committed a wanton massacre of imperial court officials.
▲Wu Meiniang
It turned out that Tang Taizong created the rule of Zhenguan, and by the time Emperor Gaozong of Tang and Li ruled the Tang Dynasty toward prosperity and prosperity, officials at all levels were also a bit fluttery, no longer making decisions for the people, taking the people as the foundation, but began to amass wealth and enrich themselves, which made Wu Zetian very dissatisfied, and after Wu Zetian ascended the throne, the first thing he did was to eliminate the rule of officials.
Wu Zetian first set up a copper box (report box) to encourage the people of the world to inform, and there are rewards for the whistleblowers, once the report is confirmed, the whistleblowers are all appointed to the officials, even if the report is untrue, it does not matter, there is no need to bear any responsibility, and it will also be protected by the imperial court to prevent retaliation from the whistleblower.
▲Copper 匦
Under such a policy, the people have reported that "so the four parties whistleblowed and swarmed, and everyone held their breath." Under such a policy, the people have the opportunity to speak, and the officials have also relented, doing everything carefully.
Not only that, Wu Zetian also set up a separate platform for the left and right of the government to strengthen supervision over officials. In ancient times, the institution responsible for supervising officials was the Imperial History Platform, which is equivalent to today's Discipline Inspection Commission, which is mainly responsible for inspecting the compliance of officials at all levels below the prime minister. After Wu Zetian ascended the throne, he made a major adjustment to the Yushitai, changing the Yushitai to a left-wing suzhengtai, which was responsible for supervising hundreds of officials, and adding a right-hand suzhengtai to supervise local prefecture and county officials, from the imperial court to the localities, not sparing anything at all, and there were more than three times more supervisors than before. The left and right governments do not do their own thing, but also supervise each other. This policy has only been implemented for a few years, and the Tang Dynasty officials have made a new rule.
Since Wu Zetian was able to achieve the emperor's throne as a female streamer, she naturally had her own unique charm, but her proper use of people was also one of the reasons for her success. Wu Zetian attached great importance to the selection and appointment of senior officials, especially the appointment of the prime minister, during the Tang Dynasty, the power of the prime minister was very large, it can be said that it was under one person, above ten thousand people, and in the Tang Dynasty, it was also famous, and Di Renjie, Wei Yuanzhong, and others of the Wu Zetian Dynasty were all rare talents and played a great role in the rule of the Tang Dynasty.
▲Yuanfang, what do you think?
In addition to appointing sages, Wu Zetian also reused cool officials, and The Lai Junchen of the Wu Zetian Dynasty was known as the first of the Cool Officials of the Chinese Dynasty, and there was an idiom called "Please enter the urn" which was first created by this Lai Junchen. Wu Zetian's appointment of cool officials not only wantonly slaughtered her opponents, but also had a certain impact on corrupt officials, and under the influence of the cool officials headed by Junchen, there were many fewer corrupt officials in the country. Wu Zetian appointed cool officials to kill many people who opposed her, and also killed many corrupt officials and corrupt officials who were harming jiangshan and social order, which had advantages and disadvantages.
But Wu Zetian has always been sober, the cool official can only be used for a while, after it is useless, it should be discarded in time, Lai Junchen is a good example, after executing many people, he eventually died of death, and after death, he was also eaten by the common people, which was really unbearable.
▲ Lai Junchen
During Wu Zetian's reign as emperor, he not only killed many corrupt officials, but also killed a number of loyal and capable people, and when someone asked how many people Wu Zetian had killed, there was no record in the history books, and only four words were used, "The History of the Endless Book", indicating that Wu Zetian killed not a few people.
Someone once asked Wu Zetian, "Your Majesty, if you have killed so many corrupt officials, are you not afraid that no one will dare to become an official in the future?" ”
Unexpectedly, Wu Zetian replied domineeringly, "Even if I kill more people, there are still people who want to be officials, and they can't be killed." ”
Although Wu Zetian's words were a casual answer, they spoke the voice of the ancient people, and the cold window of ten years was only to exchange for the title of the golden list, even if Wu Zetian killed more people, he could not kill all the disciples in the world, and those who wanted to be officials were still the predecessors and successors, and the flow was endless.
Sima Guang praised Wu Zetian's reign in the Zizhi Tongjian as "therefore, at that time, Yingxian also competed for it". It can be seen that Wu Zetian, although he killed corrupt officials and corrupt officials, he was still able to know and use people well, and it was precisely because Wu Zetian purged the rule of officials that he could lay a solid material foundation for the prosperity of the Tang Dynasty.
Although Wu Zetian's approach is brutal, but the starting point is good, in the end it is for the sake of the people of the world, only when the officials are not greedy for money, and the military generals are not afraid of death, can they truly achieve peace and prosperity!