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

Since the Eastern Turks are in rebellion, if we want to quell them, the number of troops that need to be mobilized will definitely not be less than 200,000.

All the officials were wondering who the two saints would choose as the commander-in-chief.

Most likely, they are the Second Saints' own people. The prime ministers who were highly trusted during the Tang Dynasty, such as Pei Xianggong, are probably out of luck.

Li Zhao frowned. Did the Eastern Turks really rebel?

Around this time in history, the Eastern Turks rebelled twice and established the Later Turks.

It was not until Emperor Wu ascended the throne that he sent Wang Xiaojie to defeat it.

But it doesn’t matter, Li Zhao and Wu Zhao were well prepared.

Li Zhao opened the live broadcast room and broadcast the process of his court session, saying, "I know about this."

Her tone was lazy, but her words were serious: "This time, Pei Qing will lead the troops to suppress the rebellion."

Pei Qing is Pei Xingjian.

All the officials were extremely surprised. Why did they choose Pei Xianggong? !

Li Zhao ignored his subordinates' thoughts and looked at Pei Xingjian who was also shocked: "Mr. Pei, are you sure you can suppress the Turks?"

Li Zhao and Wu Zhao attached great importance to promoting new people, but they never neglected the old ones.

They have made proper arrangements for Li Tang's old ministers and the remaining royal family members, and have also struck a good balance between the old and new forces.

When Wu Zetian sent members of the Li Tang royal family to quell the rebellion of Prince of Langya and others, she was telling the world that as long as you have talent, I can use you even if you are from the Li Tang royal family.

Pei Xingjian was a little surprised, but quickly came to his senses. He took a deep breath and exhaled.

Finally, he bowed and accepted the order: "I obey your order."

Then, Li Zhao made a series of reasonable personnel arrangements with the help of his daily communication with Wu Zetian and his experience of leading troops in his previous life.

It turns out that Yu Dou Xuan Zun is so knowledgeable about state affairs, completely unlike her usual indifference. All officials did not dare to underestimate her in the first place, and now they are even more convinced.

The gods are worthy of being gods. They didn't care about things before just because they were too lazy to pay attention to these mundane affairs they were dealing with. But Xuan Zun really has some skills in governing the country.

Li Zhao heard their thoughts and thought to himself: Well, of course, do you think I only know how to feast, meditate, and read books on weekdays?

Li Zhao didn't know much about governing a country, so he wasn't in a hurry to become emperor in those years.

She found excuses to secretly communicate with Wu Zhao and asked her for many tips on governing a country. She has been hiding in the system space for more than ten years and now she is finally seeing results.

Next, it was Wu Zetian's turn to speak.

On the throne, Wu Zhao said majestically: "Recently, many officials have been involved in treason cases, resulting in a large number of official vacancies. We need to select a group of scholars as soon as possible to fill them."

"My Lords, I wish to establish a system of examinations, set up examination halls, and hold palace examinations."

Setting up the imperial examination and holding the palace examination, what are these two things?

All the officials were extremely shocked. Is His Majesty going to make a new system?

Wu Zetian: "Mr. Ku Di, please announce the decree."

Ku Dixiang, who had been promoted to the third-rank official of the Secretariat, stepped out, unfolded the imperial edict and announced: "The Holy Lord has now established an imperial examination system and specially set up four square copper boxes to open up channels for people to express their opinions and promote talented people..."

The audience was very active in the barrage of comments in Li Zhao's live broadcast room.

[Green Grape Apricot]: Oh, oh, oh! The imperial censorship system, this is another invention of Emperor Wu!

Li Zhao's virtual image in the live broadcast room smiled and said, "Yes, Emperor Wu's great invention is equivalent to the current suggestion box."

"The system of imperial examinations is a very important system established by Emperor Wu, which allows the emperor to open up channels for people to express their opinions and allow virtuous people to recommend themselves."

Qingluan said: "This is of great significance in the history of petition development."

She translated the contents of the imperial edict that Ku Dixiang read to the barrage: "Ku Diqing's words, translated, are saying——"

"The system of censorship had four bronze caskets: the Yan'en casket (for supporting the people and encouraging agriculture), the Zhaojian casket for judging government affairs, the Sanyuan casket for appealing grievances, and the Tongxuan casket for offering advice and suggestions."

"Each of these four boxes has its own function. Although there were not many people who could write memorials during the Wu Zhou period, the precedent set by the Emperor Wu was very rare in feudal society."

There was a lot of wow in the barrage.

[Dan Jin]: Wow! Empress Wu is so creative, she is indeed a great woman!

Li Zhao sneered and said, "However, some male chauvinists have spread rumors that the censorship system is Emperor Wu's black box for collecting evidence of cruel officials' slander, controlling public opinion and the court, and attacking political opponents. This is simply nonsense!"

"None of these four bronze boxes is used to collect slander from cruel officials. Emperor Wu does not need to use this method to attack his political enemies."

"The censorship system is designed to stabilize people's hearts and open up channels for expression of opinions."

"To deal with those enemies, she encouraged her subordinates to report them in person. Once, someone reported to the court that his colleague violated the law by slaughtering a sheep for his son's full moon banquet, but the Emperor Wu did not punish him, but just laughed it off."

Many people vomited in the barrage.

[Frost Prisoner]: As expected, it’s the rumor-mongering dog again, spreading rumors and causing trouble!

[Qian Ruikang]: I vomited, I was so sick!

While Li Zhao was talking to the audience in the barrage, Kudi Xiangxiang's edict was almost announced.

The key point of the edict is the last sentence: "On the day of the imperial examination, the two emperors will personally visit the examination hall and question the candidates in the palace in Luocheng."

That’s right, it is the palace examination system first created by Emperor Wu.

The two saints asked the question personally? If their descendants behaved well, would they have a chance to win the favor of His Majesty?

All the civil and military officials were instantly excited, as if they had been injected with chicken blood: "We obey your order."

Looking at their smiles, Li Zhao Qingluan also smiled happily.

Laugh, laugh, soon you won’t be able to cry anymore.

So, on the day of the imperial examination, Wu Zetian and Li Zhao gave them a heavy blow.

Kudi Xiangxiang said: "Today's palace examination, all candidates' test papers must cover up their names, and they are not allowed to reveal any information about their family background or origin on the test papers."

"From now on, the imperial examinations will all be conducted with the method of covering up the names as a rule."

Huh?! Anonymous?!

The expressions of the students from aristocratic families who entered the examination room changed drastically. This guy is targeting them!

The imperial examinations in the Sui and Tang dynasties had always placed great emphasis on family background, but with the introduction of the anonymous name method, the family background that the students from aristocratic families were so proud of became worthless.

Compared to the gloomy faces of the students from wealthy families, the faces of the students from poor families were full of gratitude.

The method of obscuring names is good, the method of obscuring names is wonderful!

In this way, the influence of family background on the results of the imperial examination will be minimized, which is of great benefit to poor students like them who have no family background!

Just as the aristocratic student was about to speak out his opinion, Pei Yuan rang the bell and said, "The examination has begun. Please answer the questions, students."

"Violators will be expelled from the examination room and will never be hired again."

Helplessly, they could only sit down and finish the test paper first.

In the imperial examination, for the first time, children from poor families truly stood on the same starting line as those from wealthy families.

The palace examination lasted for several days. During this period, Wu Zetian and Li Zhao questioned tens of thousands of people in succession and promoted many students from poor families to serve in the central government.

The highest official among them was Fengge Sheren.

The most surprising thing was the first place in the palace examination.

Wu Zetian read the first-place poem and praised it highly: "Good! Good poem! Whose masterpiece is this?"

After removing the seal, Li Zhao was stunned at first, and then he broke into a big smile.

"Shangguan Wan'er."

The female official called out, and a young lady with a peony flower in her hair and wearing a open-collared half-sleeved skirt came forward.

"Your servant Shangguan Wan'er pays homage to the Second Saint. Long live the Second Saint."

The former female prime minister, in this life, relied on her talents to come before the emperor.

Shangguan Wan'er answered all of Wu Zhao's questions fluently.

Wu Zhao was delighted: "Great, it really is a beautiful piece of jade."

Li Zhao smiled and said, "The first place in this palace examination has been announced."

"Pass on my decree, conferring upon Shangguan Wan'er the title of the first place winner of the palace examination, and the title of Fengge Sheren (Zhongshu Sheren)."

The first number one scholar in history, and also the first female number one scholar, was born in the Dayu Dynasty.