After I got into the drama, I led the plot astray

Zhao Zhenyuan said slowly, "Dayu and Beixiang have always been on good terms. Although I am a foreigner, I believe everyone knows the purpose of my coming here, which is to help you quell the civil unrest. If anyone dares to rebel, I will definitely kill him with the Silver Dragon Spear. Your king passed the throne to General Gu before his death, which means that General Gu must have his strengths, otherwise he would not be able to bear this heavy responsibility. What you have to do is to support the new king to restore order, restore the government, and let the people live a peaceful and prosperous life. I, Zhao, will leave my words here today. If anyone disobeys or wants to play tricks, I don't mind sending him to heaven to reunite with the King of Beixiang first."

Let Gu Cheng be the new king. Not only the princes were not convinced, but even the ministers were not convinced. Gu Cheng was a warrior who could not read or write. He had no support in the court, and he could not win over the ministers. He only knew how to fight and kill every day. It was impossible for such a person to be a good emperor.

But no one dared to say these words out loud. If they wanted to rebel, they would wait until Zhao Zhenyuan left. Who would be so stupid as to rebel openly? Wouldn't that be courting death?

So the ministers and the four princes said loudly, "We obey, we all obey. Please, General Gu, oh no, please, Your Majesty, read the will."

Gu Cheng had just been frightened by the oncoming arrow and his legs were a little weak. Now he sat on the throne, calmed himself, and opened the will and read it out with a guilty conscience.

After the edict was read, everyone knelt down and shouted, "Long live the emperor, long live the emperor, long, long live the emperor."

Zhao Zhenyuan looked at this group of people who said one thing and meant another and said to Gu Cheng, "I will give you three days. During these three days, you will investigate every minister carefully. If they are honest officials who do not oppress the people and work wholeheartedly for the people, keep them. If they only extort money from the people and disregard their lives, don't keep any of them, because they will also be a disaster if they are kept."

Three days is a bit short, but Gu Cheng also knows that Zhao Zhenyuan has his own things to do and it is impossible for him to stay here to help him for the rest of his life. This is also Zhao Zhenyuan testing him to see if he has the courage and means to be an emperor. This is also an opportunity for him to perform well.

So Gu Cheng agreed.

The princes and ministers in the hall heard Zhao Zhenyuan's words clearly. Some of them turned pale. If the dirty things they had done were exposed, would they be beheaded immediately?

Thinking of this, several ministers in the hall rolled their eyes and fainted.

Zhao Zhenyuan looked at the ministers in the hall, and couldn't help but smile contemptuously. Beixiang State was so rotten, and it still wanted to fight against Dayu? It was just a dream! But Zhao Zhenyuan changed his mind and thought that he, who was known as an old fox in the army, was caught in the dungeon by them using despicable means, and his tendons were cut. He was living a life worse than death. Suddenly, he couldn't laugh anymore.

Thinking of the days he had spent in the dungeon, Zhao Zhenyuan's rage soared to the top of his head. The spear he was holding tightly in his hand suddenly made a sharp sound. With a "buzz" sound, the spear flew out of his hand and hit the door beam of the hall. The tail end of the spear vibrated "buzzing" for a long time before it stopped.

Everyone knew how heavy the beam was. Before they could see how Zhao Zhenyuan attacked, the silver spear had already pierced through the beam. Seeing the silver dragon spear buzzing non-stop, several ministers wet their pants on the spot. The smell of urine in the hall became even stronger, and several princes were nauseated by the smell.

Zhao Zhenyuan stretched out his hand and the spear returned to his hand.

Zhao Zhenyuan shouted impatiently: "Stop making so much noise. If you have nothing else to do, just go and keep vigil. Stop chattering here. It's so annoying."

After hearing this, everyone turned around and ran as if they had received a pardon, fearing that if they ran too slowly, their lives would be in danger. Even the ministers who had just been frightened to death ran faster than rabbits and disappeared in the blink of an eye, not afraid of breaking their old bones.

Zhao Zhenyuan gave Gu Cheng three days, but he was actually busy during those three days. He first went to the Ministry of Personnel to find a list of all the ministers in the capital of Beixiang, and memorized the information of each minister. It only took him one day to check every minister's storehouse, secret room, and dark room. He recorded all the large amounts of property in the mansion and the income that was not positive, and spent another day to investigate openly and secretly, and he knew almost 80% to 90% of the situation of each minister.

So Zhao Zhenyuan gave the record to Gu Cheng and asked him which officials could be retained and which could not.

Gu Cheng had been an official for so many years that he had a basic understanding of every minister, if not a thorough understanding. He just didn't expect that Zhao Zhenyuan only spent two days investigating these matters so thoroughly, and his respect for Zhao Zhenyuan increased a little more.

Gu Cheng took the record and told Zhao Zhenyuan his opinions on each minister. After listening, Zhao Zhenyuan had an idea in his mind. It only took him half a day to kill all those ministers who were corrupt, oppressed the people, and did evil things with his silver spear.

There were not many ministers in Beixiang to begin with, and after this purge, less than half were left.

Zhao Zhenyuan's methods could indeed be described as thundering. For a moment, everyone in the court and the country felt in danger, not knowing when the tip of the silver spear would fall on their necks.

Several princes who originally wanted to go back and plot a rebellion suddenly gave up the idea because the ministers who supported them in the rebellion were all dead and their family properties were confiscated. They had no people and no money, so what was the point of rebelling?

After Zhao Zhenyuan dealt with these ministers, Gu Cheng also ordered that the second prince, the fourth prince, the fifth prince and the sixth prince be sent to various places farthest from the capital to be conferred the title of king, and they were never allowed to enter the capital without an imperial edict.

As for the concubines and young children of the late emperor, they were all packed up and went to guard the imperial tomb. Now the harem became quiet.

Gu Cheng then issued an order to reduce taxes, and people across the country rejoiced.

As for the deployment of officials from various places and the construction of clinics and schools, Zhao Zhenyuan did not pay attention to them.

Zhao Zhenyuan was very satisfied with Gu Cheng's approach, believing that he was a man with an open mind, who was decisive and efficient in his work and who could seek benefits for the people.

When the three days were up, Zhao Zhenyuan said goodbye to Gu Cheng.

Before leaving, Zhao Zhenyuan told Gu Cheng about the secret room of the King of Beixiang. He knew that Gu Cheng needed this money to rebuild Beixiang.

In the past few days, Zhao Zhenyuan also explained to Gu Cheng in detail all the dirty tricks in the world. In addition to benefiting the people, a monarch must also know how to protect his own life. What is the use of a monarch who cannot even protect his own life?

During these days, Gu Cheng benefited a lot. Under Zhao Zhenyuan's careful teaching, he not only made a breakthrough in martial arts, but also learned the art of power and strategy thoroughly. Although he did not dare to call Zhao Zhenyuan a teacher, when Zhao Zhenyuan left, he still knelt down to Zhao Zhenyuan with the courtesy of a teacher and respectfully saw Zhao Zhenyuan off.