Impeachment will make me stronger, and I will be invincible on the road to death.

Chapter 67 My sister-in-law successfully tried her best in a small way
Following Wu Zetian's order, many states and counties throughout the Tang Dynasty immediately began to rectify temples.

As the saying goes, the upper beam is out of alignment and the lower beam is crooked. As the leader of temples in the world, Luoyang White Horse Temple's abbot Xue Huaiyi acted like Wu Zetian and led a group of evil monks to bully men and women. Naturally, temples all over the country followed suit, and most likely committed all kinds of evil.

As a result, after receiving this imperial edict, people everywhere finally no longer had any scruples and immediately began to denounce temples and monks. Many temples were destroyed by the angry people without being tried by the government, and the evil monks inside were also beaten to death in large numbers by the people. .

Seeing that the situation was not going well, many monks fled overnight, not daring to stay in the temple. And because their bald heads were easily discovered, they fled into the mountains and forests. Their hair did not grow long and they never dared to come out again.

As countless temples were destroyed, vast amounts of land were vacated.

Thanks to Wu Zetian's iron fist, these fields were quickly separated from official fields and distributed to strong men in various places.

A large number of refugees received Wu Zetian's favor and became Arita's husband.

Therefore, the rich people who had been bullied and exploited by the monks,

The poor man who got the land from this thing,

Everyone's favorable impression of Wu Zetian soared, and words of praise abounded.
Even after the Buddha statues in the temple were destroyed, someone directly erected a stone statue of Wu Zetian in it and enshrined it!

"First there was Debian Ji, then there was Xue Huaiyi! Buddhism is a taint, and it should have been destroyed long ago!"

"Bianji is dead and Xue Huaiyi is also killed. Evildoers will always be severely punished!"

"The Queen Mother is wise and finally gives us a bright future!"

"Although the Queen Mother is a female, she is no less powerful than men! She is far-sighted and benefits the world. She is in charge of the government, which is what people want!"

……

In Gong County, not far from Luoyang, Shangguan Wan'er was walking through the city with a few soldiers carrying two carrier pigeons.

"Unexpectedly, the Queen Mother's order to eradicate the temple was unanimously praised by the people! I thought that these unruly people had lost their trust and would curse the Queen Mother for ruining their path to blissful life, but unexpectedly they didn't mention it at all! It seems, These people also don’t have much faith in the Western Buddha.”

After seeing that Wu Zetian was worshiped in several temples, Shangguan Wan'er was overjoyed, so she stopped at the post station and wrote two small notes, which were all about her experiences along the way. They were written densely, and finally Take a rope and tie it to the pigeon's leg.

"After the carrier pigeons are released, it's time for me to go back! I have been increasing the flying distance of the pigeons these days, and this time I have reached Gong County! I have to go back quickly to see if the pigeons can fly back safely after such a long journey!"

Everyone rushed all the way and took a day to go back, but Wu Zetian received the news of flying pigeons long before they set off.

"Unexpectedly, Wan'er went to Gongxian this time! The date is that the carrier pigeons were released at noon today, and it's not dark yet! The carrier pigeons are really fast at delivering messages! It's not far from Luoyang to Gongxian, and the road is almost Without much detour! If the road is rough, it will take more time to go back and forth, but the homing pigeon can go straight!"

Thinking of this, Wu Zetian was filled with joy and was even more satisfied with Yang Yanzhang's method of domesticating homing pigeons.

"Looking at the contents of the letter, people as far away as Gong County also admired my move very much. They were praised everywhere! Many people even built shrines for me to offer sacrifices. It can be seen that my move of destroying temples is really true. Used correctly!"

"The more satisfied the people are with me and my ascension to the throne, the more people will like me, and the more troubles I will have in the future!"

"I thought that Yang Yanzhang's move was an excuse to vent his anger and completely destroy what Xue Huaiyi left behind. Unexpectedly, he helped my reputation and prestige skyrocket. The past notoriety seems to have been offset a lot because of this incident!"

Thinking of this, Wu Zetian breathed a sigh of relief: "It seems that this guy is indeed more useful if he stays in the court than in the palace! If I forcefully take possession of him early in the morning, what good things will happen later? Is it just a borrowing? If she forcibly ascends the throne based on the motto of Buddhism, there will definitely be complaints, and there will be many dissatisfied people!" But thinking about Yang Yanzhang's half-naked upper body that day in the field, thinking about the strong and powerful tendons, Wu Zetian inevitably felt dry. dry.

"Forget it, let him run around for a while longer. After I have secured my position, it will not be too late to find an opportunity to remove him."

In order to commend Yang Yanzhang for his contribution, Wu Zetian immediately issued another imperial edict as a reward with a stroke of his pen.

……

At Yang Yanzhang's house, the eunuch came to announce the decree.

"...Yang Yanzhang, the chief censor, gave his honest advice and clear up the filth in the government and the public, and won the praise of the people all over the world. Therefore, he was promoted to the third rank, General Zhaoyi, and the city was increased by [-] households..."

After Yang Yanzhang received the decree, although he was not very surprised, he was also very happy.

Although the official position and title have not changed, the rank has actually been improved!

General Mingwei, who was only in the fourth rank before, has now become a full third rank!

The status of the officials in the court is not based on official position, but on casual rank. There are not many people above the third rank casual rank, including the elderly and retired.

Yang Yanzhang is really even more awesome.

As for adding [-] food households, it seems to be painless.

Originally, the county government's food estate was [-] households, but now there are [-] more households. Although it is a good thing, it is actually of no use.

It is enough for him to have the original 2500 households and [-] acres of farmland.

"Please turn back to the Queen Mother. I am very concerned about this. I will encourage myself even more in the future to help the Queen Mother solve her problems."

The eunuch was a little disappointed that he did not get any benefits, but knowing that Yang Yanzhang was favored by Wu Zetian, he could only apologize and smile.

Shangguan Wan'er returned to Beijing soon and came straight to see Wu Zetian.

"Your Majesty, can you receive two carrier pigeons?"

"Received, received! Wan'er, you go out early and come back late every day for your hard work, and the reward is obvious! The letter you sent at noon yesterday was already in my hands before evening, and I was able to know about it now. The people of Gong County praise me so highly!"

Shangguan Wan'er was relieved: "It's good to be back! Wan'er also hurriedly sent the carrier pigeon back after seeing that the people of Gong County highly respected the Queen Mother. Otherwise, it would have taken two days to get familiar with it."

"You have done a great job in training!" Wu Zetian praised him without hesitation, but even so, he was still a little dissatisfied: "Wan'er, it's been a month since we arrived in Gongxian from Luoyang! If you continue to train like this, I'm afraid We won’t be able to reach the frontier next year! In this case, I will go to Yang Yanzhang and ask him if there is any way to speed up the training, so that I can send the letter from the Western Regions to the capital before the end of the year!"

Shangguan Wan'er was surprised. Among the secret techniques of pigeon training presented by Yang Yanzhang, step by step is very important.

In a few months, it will be possible to deliver letters from the Western Regions to Luoyang. Isn't this fantastic?

(End of this chapter)