Soon, the Xiongnu pursued them, but the Chu soldiers held them off and were invincible.
The soldiers of the former Great Xia were stunned. These were no ordinary soldiers; they were practically heavenly warriors, invincible in every way.
Especially after Mu Wanting took out muskets, cannons, and gunpowder, the situation became even more one-sided.
The people who had previously received favors from Mu Wanting secretly opened the city gates in the dead of night and broke through the checkpoints.
They fought their way from the Northwest all the way to the capital, sweeping all before them.
The Xiongnu dwindled with each battle, while the Chu army grew in number, from tens of thousands at the beginning to a million strong now.
People kept coming to join the army after hearing the news. Both men and women were accepted, and the benefits were incredibly good.
Finally, they even reached the Xiongnu's stronghold and achieved unification.
Only then did Mu Wanting and Xia Chan unleash their full potential and implement sweeping reforms.
In the preceding years, taxes were waived. Mu Wanting and her team distributed seeds free of charge and established layers of oversight bodies to create checks and balances among officials.
People's lives are getting better and better. They have gone from being able to eat their fill to having savings at home, and then they have become wealthy.
The previous hardships seemed like a dream, and life was better than ever before.
The people sang praises to Mu Wanting and her entourage, lamenting that they wished they had become emperors sooner.
Some people who were really poor and had no land were also allocated fertile land and seeds, as well as corresponding subsidies, after verification.
This is where the advantages of female officials become apparent; they are more gentle and attentive than men, and they also have empathy.
In an environment of gender equality, social attitudes have changed dramatically.
In addition, they promulgated a series of policies on gender equality, and the implementation of monogamy greatly increased social stability.
There was no more rebellion, not even small-scale disturbances.
This glorious period of the two emperors ruling together was recorded and widely celebrated.
Human civilization reached its peak during that period.
—The End—
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