I became emperor in the Tang Dynasty by relying on the palace fighting system

[Green Glaze]: Great! You said that the historical records about Tianshu are all true, right? Then what about this?

[Green glaze]: "Zizhi Tongjian" records that the purchase of copper and iron was not enough, so agricultural tools were given to the people to make up for the shortage.

[Yuwei]: The word "fu" means to collect taxes. Isn't this collecting people's farm tools as taxes?

[Yu Wei]: When Tianshu was built and there was no iron left, they robbed the common people's farm tools. Is this true? The lackeys of the Wu Yao Queen continue to wash!

Li Zhao almost applauded this pair of stupid pigs and bitches.

"Oh my, so clever! Even Jiulouyu knows the meaning of the word fu!"

Then he started to curse: "What a pair of stupid pigs and bitches, you have no brains, don't you have a mobile phone? Baidu it yourself, what are the meanings of the word "Fu"!"

"My dear children, tell these two wise men the meaning of the word fu in ancient Chinese."

The fans in the barrage immediately became sarcastic.

【Pinghuan】: 1. To collect, levy, and gather.

[Sharp and Remember]: 2 land tax.

【Frost Prisoner】: 3. Grant, give.

[I love eating fried potato cakes]: 4 poetic expressions.

[Dan Jin]: Here the noun is used as a verb, and its meaning should be [to collect, to levy].

Li Zhao sneered: "Cold knowledge, the taxes of Wu Zhou in the Tang Dynasty were collected in the form of grain, cloth, and copper coins, but no tax was collected on commodities."

Li Zhao: "Iron farm tools are neither a tax item nor a commodity that requires payment. If the court collects them from the people, they will have to pay."

Qingluan: "Teacher Lu Simian's History of the Sui, Tang and Five Dynasties records an order from the imperial court to collect grain from the people during the Kaiyuan period."

Qingluan: "It is advisable to order each place to add three coins to the current price of the regular money and the goods it has bought... After that, report the amount of money and goods used and the amount of goods purchased to the relevant department."

"What this means is that low grain prices hurt farmers, so the court will collect grain from the people at a price three cents higher than the market price, and report the money and grain collected to the relevant departments."

The audience in the barrage expressed their agreement.

[Destiny Nuwa]: Yes, Emperor Xuanzong of Tang had to pay for the extra grain he collected from the people. Iron farm tools are important production tools, so they must also be paid for the collection!

Li Zhao said with disdain: "Please, use your brains before you spread rumors."

Qingluan: "It was already April when Tianshu was completed, and the spring ploughing had already begun in the north. How could we possibly collect farm tools from the people at this stage?"

Li Zhao: "A little-known fact: During the Tang Dynasty, Wu Zhou not only had government-run iron mines, but also private iron mines. Most of the iron farm tools came from private iron mines, while the government-run iron mines were responsible for making weapons and armor."

Li Zhao added: "Emperor Wu initially collected official copper and iron, as well as all the finished iron farm tools on the market. Later, when iron was running out, he went to the market to buy a batch of iron farm tools."

She sarcastically asked, "Why? To collect farm tools from the people means to take them from the common people? The common people have farm tools, but the merchants who sell farm tools don't have any?"

Qingluan also agreed: "That's right! Even though there was no copper and iron in April, Tianshu was still built at the end of April. How could these raw materials be looted from ordinary people's homes!"

Qingluan: "If we do this, not only will the common people who need farm tools for spring ploughing rebel, it will also easily lead to civil unrest, and it will be time-consuming and laborious. Of course, it is faster, more convenient and more cost-effective to buy finished iron farm tools directly from the market!"

Qingluan displayed the last rumor on the big screen: "The last rumor is that Wu Zetian instructed Wu Sansi to build the Tianshu with the money of the people. The Tianshu is the evidence of Wu Zetian's exploitation of the people. It is all hollow and has no real substance at all."

Li Zhao said: "I have refuted the first half of the sentence. Let me talk about the second half. Some men are spreading rumors. They are even crazier than Suo's father."

Li Zhao: "Historical records show that Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty recruited civilians from the two counties to destroy the Tianshu, and sent craftsmen to melt the copper and iron, which took months to complete."

"It has been burning for several months and it still hasn't finished burning. The Tianshu must be solid and the material is sufficient. There is no doubt about it."

But she continued with a smile: "The rumor man said that Tianshu was evidence of Wu Zetian's oppression of the people? Funny!"

"In history, when Li Longji destroyed Tianshu, he was badly scolded by the people!"

According to the Tang Dynasty New Language, Li Xiulie, the governor of Luoyang, wrote a poem specifically to satirize Li Longji: "In Tianmen Street, the sky is upside down. In a hurry, we must first control the fire beads. We can just use a silk thread to pull it together. Why bother to find a man from two counties?"

All the common people satirized and sang poems.

Li Zhao: "If Tianshu was really built by exploiting the common people, the common people should be happy when it collapsed. Why are the scholars and common people scolding Li Longji?"

Li Zhao scoffed at such rumors: "When the History of Song Dynasty recorded the Flower and Stone Gang, it cursed it as [spreading poison to prefectures and counties], but the history books of the Song Dynasty loved to blacken Wu Zetian so much, and never said a bad word about Tianshu!"

"You are a bunch of rumor-mongering dogs, and you are barking loudly!"

Li Zhao scolded the two rumormongers: "Don't use brains anymore, just replace them with shit and fart! Your mouths are so stinky that they can be used as chrysanthemums. You can be jet fighters anytime and anywhere!"

"Qingluan, block this pair of stupid pigs and bitches!"

Qingluan blocked them casually: "Okay! Zhao Zhao!"

The bitch disappeared and the big screen was finally quiet.

Li Zhao turned around and talked about agriculture during the Wu Zhou Dynasty: "Speaking of iron farm tools, the development of agriculture during the Wu Zhou Dynasty in the Tang Dynasty was largely due to the court's policy on private iron mines."

"There was no tax on iron farm tools, and the imperial court did not prohibit private iron mines, which led to the proliferation of private iron mines. The output of iron farm tools increased significantly, and ordinary people could afford them, so productivity naturally increased."

In the real world, Li Zhao was wandering around Duanmen, with a large group of people following her.

The World Center was built inside Duanmen, implying that this is the center of the world.

Li Zhao witnessed the construction process of such a huge structure with his own eyes and was deeply moved.

In April of the following year, the construction of the Wanguo Tianshu was completed. Wu Zhao was overjoyed. She changed the word "国" to "圀" and replaced the character "万" with "卍", which meant the unification of the world and the worship of all directions. She also wrote the plaque herself.

Dayu 卍圀 praises the virtues of Tianshu.

Wu Zetian held a grand banquet for all the ministers, both Chinese and foreign, and men and women in the court came to offer poems like a stream of carp swimming across the river.

The poem "In Response to the Tianshu Chengyan Banquet for the Barbarians and Others" written by Prime Minister Li Jiao, one of the Four Friends of Literature, was the best of its time.

The celestial hub of all nations is brilliantly golden, as bright as the sun and the moon, with pearls shining and stars glittering all night long.

Governing with virtue is like the North Star, which stays in its place and is surrounded by other stars.

The Wan Guo Tian Shu is the highest point in the history of ancient metal smelting that has never been surpassed and is the first of the three major pillars of merit in the world.

The most brilliant metallurgical artifact of this era, a wonder created by the most superb casting technology.

It was created to commemorate the contributions of the two emperors.

This time, the World Power will never be destroyed by Li Longji again.

It will always stand outside the Duanmen Gate until the fall of the Dayu Dynasty and the founding of New China, without changing in the slightest.

In the spring of the same year, on the Shangsi Festival, the eldest princess, oh, she was already the adopted daughter of Emperor Wu, and was now given the surname Wu, renamed Princess An Ning, with an additional fief of 500 households, and a government office set up with the same status as the prince.

Princess An Ning smiled happily and presented Emperor Wu with a great gift - dozens of handsome men.

They are delicate and soft, and their little faces are so tender that you can pinch them to make water come out.

Wu Zhao: “…………”

Li Zhao's lips curled slightly: "Oh?"

Princess An Ning pretended to wipe her tears with a handkerchief and said, "Your Majesty, my poor nephew was the queen, but he was weak and died early. He could not enrich your harem."

"As your aunt, I will help your majesty to relieve your worries."

Li Zhi in the underworld (smoke coming out of his seven orifices): Thank you so much!

I was given more than a dozen green hats at one time!

Li Zhao Qingluan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Qing Luan: "Hahaha! Funny!"

Li Zhao: "An Ning, you are so funny!"

Li Zhao: "Emperor, please accept it and set an example for future children."

Wu Zhao smiled and nodded: "Yes."

On the same day, Wu Zetian issued an edict to change the harem system. From then on, no matter whether the person who ascended the throne was a man or a woman, the wife would be called the "Zhonggong".

Under the Empress, concubines, regardless of gender, were divided into eight ranks: first-rank noble lady, second-rank beauty, third-rank good lady, fourth-rank talent, fifth-rank eighth lady, sixth-rank seventh lady, seventh-rank chief eunuch, and eighth-rank junior eunuch, for a total of eight ranks.

At the same time, a beauty pageant was held, recruiting 3,000 handsome men, and many of them were given as servants to the princesses, county ladies, and county matrons.

Female officials, female generals, and royal ladies were allowed to take male servants just like men.