The reason why Wu Zetian was able to sit in her current position is nothing more than that she had placed enough manpower in the army when she was serving as the auxiliary regent.Regardless of whether it is a civil servant or a military officer, in fact, at the beginning, they were all monopolized by aristocratic families. You can see Cheng Zhijie and Yu Chigong in the Romance. , the so-called poor culture and rich martial arts, people who are a little poorer can't support their children to practice martial arts, they are typical local tyrants.After these people come to power, they will naturally form an interest group, which naturally excludes other people from entering.

However, Li Zhi and Wu Zetian used various methods to tear a hole in the fence built by the powerful family. Civilian officials are naturally imperial examinations, and military generals are actually easy to operate. Military generals will grow old, and so will their offspring. It is a normal thing, therefore, to promote newcomers, and even to introduce the barbarians who have taken refuge, and even Wu Zetian even performed martial arts.Moreover, the boundary between civil and military is not clear these days. People like Xue Huaiyi can go to the battlefield to brush up their military achievements, which shows that there is actually no threshold.Today's Great Tang is no longer relying on famous generals to fight wars. With the current military strength of Datang, as long as it is not caught in a logistics situation, there is no need to worry about any problems.No way, hard power is too strong.Just like Midi in the later generations, even if there are various scandals and performances of all kinds of crotch, but if people cooperate with satellite positioning and direct fire coverage, there will be no troubles that cannot be solved.Generally unlucky, it is when unlucky falls into guerrilla warfare in the later stage.

Today's Datang, in terms of deterrence, is actually stronger than Midi, heavy cavalry, heavy infantry, Mo Dao that can cut a man and a horse with one knife, plus a strong logistics supply capability, other forces can only fight Only on that day can I eat something good, and Datang, because of the need to ensure a certain amount of training, has meat and vegetables every day.In places where water resources are relatively tight, such as in the Western Regions, they can still eat canned fruits, and in addition to some root vegetables that are easier to store, they can also eat some dried vegetables.Under such circumstances, no matter how weak their fighting power is, it is really unreasonable!

Therefore, today's Tang Dynasty actually does not have high requirements for generals. As long as they are not stupid enough, it is obviously not the material to win more with less, and win by surprise. If you have to play the style of a famous general, then nothing will happen questionable.After all, in the history of wars in the entire world, the vast majority of wars are actually the kind of crushing situation where the more wins the less. Miracles, if things like this can be seen often, can they still be called miracles?Just like Li Shimin back then, he was praised as the emperor with the most knowledgeable soldiers in the history of Zhuxia. Except for the battle at Xuanwu Gate, which was really dangerous, at other times, his victories were almost all derived from his military strength and combat effectiveness. Crush it!To be honest, the one who is really capable of fighting is Zhu Chongba. After all, leading a group of peasants who can't fill their stomachs, even if they fight against elite Yuan soldiers, they can still win many times. Victory, this is the real ability to fight!

In short, for Wu Zetian to be the emperor, the support of the military is indispensable. If she does not have military power in her hands, how can she stay in peace!Therefore, if Taiping wants to take that step, he will naturally need to have military power.

In fact, Taiping did the same. She doesn't have many people she can trust now, but there is Xue Shao.

No matter what choice she makes, Xue Shao and her, or the two pairs of children born to Xue Shao and her, are considered to be a community of interests. If she can really take that step, then the Xue family still has a few Every son and daughter can share in the glory she brings.Therefore, Xue Shao is very willing to help Taiping.

It took Taiping some time to get Xue Shao to change his identity, follow the path of the Yang family, and join the army.Xue Shao was originally a well-known handsome man in Chang'an, but now, he has grown a beard, not a long beard, but a beard, and he looks completely different from before.What's more, he now has little contact with his previous circle, so he doesn't have to worry about being exposed.The identity that Xue Shao uses now is a typical background of a poor family. His family is in Yingchuan, and his family is a decent landlord. He followed the path of the Yang family and entered the army.

Through some means, Taiping gave Xue Shao some credit in a roundabout way, and Xue Shao smoothly sat in the position of captain, but it was impossible to go up any further, and he needed real military merit.Fortunately, there was still time, so Taiping felt that he could continue to wait.

However, Xue Shao alone is not enough, Taiping also needs some other support, so she regained the female guard that she made as a joke back then.

Nowadays, the news on the Ryukyu side is no longer a secret to many people. The existence of Mingzhou and Jinzhou has already been known to some people. Therefore, many people on the upper level know that the person who does not take the usual path Princess Pearl actually trained a women's army that can be called a strong army.

This also made many defenders hate them even more. They deliberately concealed the news in this regard, and then pretended to be deaf and dumb, as if they pretended not to know anything, so they could pretend that nothing happened.

However, Wu Zetian was very interested in it.As a woman, she naturally trusts women more.After all, being a queen in such a patriarchal society, most of the seemingly respectful courtiers below are actually unwilling in their hearts. None of them are willing to truly surrender at the feet of a woman, which makes them feel ashamed.The way they want to solve this is not to improve themselves further, but to limit women even more.

It’s not like it was decades ago. Now with the development of textile technology, women’s work has become more common. In the face of survival, no one will consider any etiquette, and feel that women should not show their faces casually.One person earning money is definitely not as strong as two people earning money. Even if it is patriarchal, isn't the money earned by the girls in the family before marriage not good?Earn more, not only for the daughter's dowry, but also for the son's dowry, okay?Moreover, girls who can earn money are more competitive in marriages in the middle and lower classes. Who doesn't want to live a better life?When a woman has her own income, her status in the family will naturally be different.Today's Central Plains are those places that are relatively remote, where there is no industry suitable for women, or where the transportation is inconvenient, and women can only spin yarn and weave at home for their own use, and cannot flow into the commodity circulation market at all. The status is not much different from before. In relatively convenient transportation and economically developed places, women already have more voice.

Even, this bottom-level trend of thought has also affected the middle and upper classes. Women in the middle and upper classes have received more education. Of course, they don’t need to go out to do physical work. Even if they are some female celebrities, it is for their own family. Once used, they will not point to their little needles and thread to support their families.If anyone's family is so downcast that the female family members need to use needlework to support them, then this family will almost fall out of the original class.

Women in the middle and upper classes don't have much need to earn money, and they will hardly be short of money from childhood to adulthood.But what they need is something else, a real higher social status.Rather than just playing around in one's own small circle, that's all before marriage, and after marriage can only be reduced to a man's vassal.

Even those self-styled men tried their best to stop the advancement of women's status, such as vetoing Wu Zetian's will on women's imperial examinations.However, when a person wants to get more due power, the power they can erupt is also very powerful.

Although these girls will not betray their class, they will still work hard to fight for it.

The front foot courtiers vetoed the women's imperial examination, and the back foot Wu Zetian expressed peace and created a women's academy.When Taiping wanted to train female guards, Wu Zetian also began to give corresponding convenience.Even, Wu Zetian directly selected a few people, and began to train female guards in the inner court, known as "Plum Blossom Guards".

Taiping once engaged in female guards back then, but that incident ended without a problem in the end, so now, everyone is still not very concerned about it.After all, women's physical fitness is inherently inferior to men's.At sea, for the sake of convenience, no heavy weapons and heavy armor will be used, and more will be relied on long-range weapons, which will not require so much physical strength for soldiers.But today's army is mainly the army. Heavy cavalry and heavy infantry are almost invincible in this era. If tall men can wear this thing, can those women wear it?Can you still walk well after wearing it?Don't be crushed as soon as you step your legs.

Besides, Taiping doesn't know the art of war. What she can train is nothing more than beautiful fists and embroidered legs, which looks good!

Taiping also understood the contempt of those men. Although she held her breath in her heart, she also understood that it was because of those deep-rooted prejudices that she had the opportunity to truly master such a team.She doesn't have high requirements. When it's critical, she can control the inner city.

Although the name of the country has been changed, there is actually no difference between Wu Zhou and Li Tang in terms of military system. The sixteen guards are still guarding the palace. However, among the sixteen guards, those with considerable combat effectiveness are actually those few. Some of them are not even fully compiled.After all, it costs money to raise soldiers, and it costs even more to maintain a considerable part of the imperial guards in the important areas of Gyeonggi. After all, the food here is more expensive than other places.Andong and Anxi can still farm fields, so you can try it in Gyeonggi?

Therefore, the sixteen guards sound like a lot, but in fact the number is not that many. The government military system has not yet collapsed. If something really happens, they will directly worry about the government soldiers near Gyeonggi instead of relying entirely on the sixteen guards.Under such circumstances, a well-trained female guard can play a big role.

Taiping may even hide this from Wu Zetian, but she will not hide it from Mingzhu, because the two of them have no conflict of interest, and because of this, they are often closer.Mingzhu was instilled by Li Yue with a lot of reliable or unreliable theories. She had plenty of time and energy to try before, especially since the enemies she faced were a bunch of natives with little fighting power. Her theories were It has been verified through various acting, and now I share some experience of military training with Taiping in the letter. Even if I can't copy the homework, it still allows Taiping to really get started and start to operate with ease.

Mingzhu and Taiping's dealings were noticed by Li Yue, which also gave him some headaches. In fact, he really didn't want to get involved in these nonsense anymore, but now, troubles have already come to him.

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