Therefore, in a sense, this court is really just a one-man show of a dictatorial tyrant who wears the Two Holy Rings on his head. As the head of state, his power is actually unlimited.

"The tree wants to be still but the wind does not stop." After a long pause, the Emperor Zhao, whose power is boundless, suddenly expressed this feeling. "However, this is also expected."

The minister opposite, Lu Haowen, nodded repeatedly, but then asked in return: "What is the emperor going to do?"

Zhao Jiu, who was just sighing, just sneered and said what he had said to Zhang Jun before: "There are many people in the world who need to eat, so I would rather lose my country than give food to these people!"

"What does public opinion say?" Lu Haowen continued to ask seriously.

"This is exactly why I am looking for Mr. Lu today." Zhao Jiu finally looked at him seriously. "No matter what, I will carry out the matter of clearing up the accumulated abuses, and there will be no discounts. As for these people, if they continue to jump up and down like this, I will have to ignore my reputation and become a tyrant! Let's see whether they will go to Jinan or Damingfu?"

Not only Lu Haowen, but also the Hanlin scholar Li Ruopu who was standing next to him sighed softly.

By the way, everyone present knew that the ridicule of the actors and actresses today was not sudden, but had long been foreshadowed... For example, in the memorials presented yesterday, many people openly pleaded for the six noble families who had spread the rumors before. Most of them pleaded that these people were just unintentional mistakes and had no reason to deliberately incite; a small number of people believed that these people were not on duty and did not need to be held responsible for talking about these things, and it was against the system for the government to arrest these people; and a very few people simply pointed out directly that the main person responsible for this matter was actually Emperor Zhao, and that it was this emperor who allowed Zhang Jun to host a banquet in the city and was suspected of deliberately inducing related rumors.

In addition, some people reported that there were poems mocking the government at Wuyue Temple, Imperial University, and the Cuju field in Hanfang Garden in the north of the city.

So why did this kind of incident suddenly occur?

You must know that after Zhang Jun and Wu Jie left that day, things were still very stable. Six relatives of the emperor were dragged out to demonstrate, but women and children were not involved, the furniture in the mansion was not damaged, and the national debt was not returned. On the contrary, some people publicly praised the official for his "benevolence and righteousness" at the beginning.

The reason is very simple; it is what Emperor Zhao has mentioned as "clearing up accumulated problems".

As an ordinary college student in the future, Zhao Jiu, even if he had read a lot of high-end historical time-travel novels online, would not know how to govern the country. Moreover, as soon as he came out of the well, he faced an exiled court in an abnormal state, and for a long time, he did not need to know how to govern the country... At the beginning, basically, power was decentralized in all places, the front line became warlords, the rear became presidents, and the people in the central government, Lu Haowen, did some hard work of mending, and Zhao Jiu was responsible for carrying the dragon flag to cheer people up.

However, as the situation changed and the country gradually returned to normal, as an emperor, after figuring out the guiding ideology, he needed to formulate corresponding governing policies based on the guiding ideology... But the problem was, did he still know how to govern the country?

In fact, it is easy to solve. That is to clear up the accumulated problems - this is a brilliant governing strategy proposed by Wanqi Xie, the Imperial Censor of the Palace.

So what does it mean to "clear up the accumulated problems"? The answer is simple. It is to sort out the decades of ruling experience of the Emperor Taishang Daojun, whom Emperor Zhao hated to the extreme, from beginning to end, and then criticize it from beginning to end in chronological order. Finally, according to the relevant policy problems of Emperor Taishang Daojun that led to the country's demise, do the opposite and correct and sort them out.

For example, when the Emperor Taishang Daojun first ascended the throne, he first proposed to "reconcile the old and new parties" and strictly prohibited party disputes. Then, after giving up his power as regent to the Empress Dowager, he could not wait to launch a large-scale party imprisonment, promoted Cai Jing, and imprisoned the old party as well.

Then when it came to Zhao Jiu, he would naturally issue an edict, proposing to "reconcile the old and new parties", strictly prohibiting party disputes, and at the same time confirming that the new school of Wang Anshi had a higher status in political history... and then publicly criticize the Emperor Taishang Daojun's party ban, which had harmed so many loyal and good people.

Of course, the ridiculous strategies used by Emperor Yuansheng to promote the old party during the Jingkang period must also be publicly criticized and reflected upon.

Zhao Jiu had already done this. It was nothing more than mocking the Second Saint once again, and there wasn't much trouble.

However, during the days when Zhang Jun entered the capital, the court began to "settle accounts" with the Emperor Taishang Daojun who had lavishly awarded positions of favor in order to consolidate his position.

In fact, as soon as this matter unfolded, some of the nobles below became a little panicked, and the rumors they spread to Zhang Jun were somewhat tentative.

And it has to be said that these people finally guessed it right.

The day before Zhang Jun left, Emperor Zhao arrested those who spread rumors. On the day after Zhang and Wu left, the court began to formally review the favors and rewards issued during the reign of the two saints, and completely eliminated those who had made no contributions to the country since Jianyan. The so-called deprivation of writing...

From a general point of view, there is certainly no problem with this policy. Zhao Jiu immediately issued an order for its implementation, and several prime ministers and important officials also expressed their clear support.

Even the public opinion among the Censorate and the Imperial College students was extremely positive.

However, cutting off someone's financial resources and removing him from his official position is a double act of killing his parents. Therefore, the lack of support from the bureaucrats and scholars did not prevent undercurrents from suddenly surging in the city of Tokyo. Zhao Jiu suddenly became a "harsh monarch", Zhao Ding and Liu Ji became "cowardly prime ministers", Zhang Jun and Chen Gui became "reckless villains"... Even Lu Haowen was given a new hat, and it was said that he "was in a position but could not correct the monarch's heart".

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