The scholars of the south fought with the scholars of the north, and the cause was in the scholars' garden.

This year's examiners are about to begin, and a large number of scholars have entered Chang'an City, and the imperial court has agreed to build a scholar's garden, which was originally a good thing, and the scholars also support it.

But I never thought that the imperial court underestimated the number of scholars entering Beijing, and the rooms in the Shiziyuan were not repaired enough, so who could live in them? Who couldn't live in them? Then some of them were exquisite.

The scholars almost did not hesitate to divide into two factions, the north and the south, and fought directly, at first it was just a war of words, although the court was concerned, but it didn't care, but it never thought that the war of words between the two sides would become more and more intense, and finally they started to move.

Yesterday the move was still in a small area, and there were only seven or eight people who did it, but I didn't expect these seven or eight people to call friends at night, and there was another fight at night, and the battle expanded to dozens of people...... Hundreds of people fought directly in the streets.

After Zhao Xin, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, learned about it, his head was big, and he knew that it was beyond his scope of authority, so he didn't say a word, and hurriedly ran to find Zhang Jian, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, to face the saint together.

Wang Mang's wisp of consciousness left in the doll was okay to deal with some simple affairs, but in the face of such complex affairs, he was unable to do it, so he had to ask the deity for help.

After Wang Mang knew what happened in Chang'an, he almost spit out a mouthful of old blood in anger.

Wang Mang has high hopes for this selection, on the one hand, this is the prosperity of the imperial court, which will help improve the prestige of the imperial court, or help improve Wang Mang's own prestige, and on the other hand, Wang Mang also wants to take this opportunity to select a group of capable officials.

But now, before the scholars have started, all kinds of moths have run out, and now there is a large-scale weapon fight between the scholars, which is simply losing the face of the court!

The six Shangshu, the General Administration Division, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the chief officials of various departments of the Dali Temple, the Minister of Law Change, Shang Yang, the Changshu Ling, the Changsun Wuji, the Chang'an Linglin Guodong, the Law Enforcement Bureau Chu Feng and other ministers have been waiting outside the palace for a long time, and now as soon as Li Lan announced it, they all ran over.

"The ministers deserve to die for their crimes, and the ministers ask Your Majesty to surrender their crimes!"

Looking at a group of ministers who were kowtowing and asking for guilt, Wang Mang said with a cold face: "Do you really think that I dare not condemn you, so I will condemn at every turn?"

"The ministers don't dare!" As soon as the ministers heard that the script was wrong, they knew that the emperor was angry, so they lay on the ground one by one and did not speak.

Wang Mang didn't have so much heart to entangle with them, strength represents the right to speak, Wang Mang, who has strength, didn't have the heart to talk to these bastards, and said directly: "Zhao Xin, tell me, what good things did your Ministry of Rites do, but it was the soldiers who provoked the fight in Chang'an City." ”

Zhao Xin's face turned pale, and when he heard the emperor's meaning, he wanted to detain the pot where the scholars fought in public? How could this be done, Zhao Xin immediately said loudly: "Your Majesty, the minister is wronged, and the minister's Ministry of Rites has long been aware of the matter of the scholars' fights, and has copied the Soldiers and Horses Division and the Chang'an Order, and the officials of the Ministry of Rites are also under the orders of the ministers, strictly paying attention to the movements of the scholars, and what has happened to the scholars from yesterday to the present has been discovered and reported by the Ministry of Rites first. ”

"Zhao Shangshu, you can't talk nonsense, there are a lot of documents copied and reported to the Terracotta Division every day, if your Ministry of Rites really regards this matter as an important matter, then you should write an expedited letter on the document and stamp the seal of your Ministry of Rites, or you can go to the Soldiers and Horses Division in person. "Wang Qinian, the Soldiers and Horses, quit at that time, Zhao Xin wanted him to carry the black cauldron, so how could he do it.

Chang'an Ling Lin Guodong also spoke: "The matter of the examiner, the imperial court has a public opinion, this matter is led by the Ministry of Etiquette, the Chang'an County Ya is very clear in the division of responsibilities, that is, to cooperate with the work of the Ministry of Rites, but the Ministry of Rites just copied the matter to the Chang'an County Ya, but did not propose what to do? May I ask Zhao Shangshu, what do you want us to do?"

Zhao Xin said angrily: "Do you want me to teach you what to do?"

"I'm asking you to teach us. Wang Qinian and Lin Guodong said in unison.

"Shut up for me!" Wang Mang's words made the three of them stop for a moment, and then Wang Mang said coldly: "What I want is someone who solves the problem for me, and there is no need to shirk responsibility, if you continue to talk like this, get out of me as soon as possible!"

"Ministers deserve death!" Zhao Xin and the three of them hurriedly spoke in fright.

Wang Mang snorted, looked at Zhang Jian, and said with some anger: "Zhang Jian, you are the secretary of the ministry, the official of the court, the head of the hundred officials, although you are not the prime minister, but you are no different from the prime minister, there are some things that I know here a little late, but you should deal with the things that I can't detect in time, but what are you doing?"

Zhang Jian's eyes lit up suddenly, and the officials around him looked at Zhang Jian with complicated expressions, and the meaning of the emperor's words was that he tacitly understood that Zhang Jian had the authority of the prime minister.

It doesn't matter where you are, it's what power you have!

But after Wang Mang said these words, he didn't wait for Zhang Jian to speak, he looked at Wang Qinian and said, "Are all the people in the Soldiers and Horses Division ordered?"

"The minister ordered all the people early this morning, as long as His Majesty has an order, the minister's people can immediately appear anywhere in Chang'an City. Wang Qinian said immediately.

"Good. Wang Mang nodded, looked at Li Lan again, and said, "Jinyi Wei has found out who is the one who took the lead in making trouble?"

"The southern scholars were headed by Li Hui, a native of Nanyang, and the northern scholars were headed by Chen Shi, a native of Chang'an. Li Lan said and took out a copy of the fold from his cuff and said: "After the minister learned that there was a change in the scholar of Chang'an, he immediately ordered someone to inquire about the matter, and after finding out that these two people were behind the scenes, he let people find out the family history of the two, and they are all here." Your Majesty, please!"

"There is no need for Yu Lan!" Wang Mang shook his head and said, "Since you have inquired about the affairs of these two people clearly, presumably the movements of these two people are also under the control of Jinyiwei, you can bring someone to arrest these two people!"

The ministers looked at each other, and Zhao Xin shouted: "Your Majesty can't, the scholar is an example for the world to learn, you can't catch it indiscriminately, I'm afraid that if you catch it, you won't be able to control the situation, but it will make the situation worse!"

"Do I need you to teach me how to do things?" Wang Mang glanced at Zhao Xin coldly, and snorted: "Scholars are examples for the world to learn, that's right, I admit it, but what I need are loyal and patriotic scholars, and I don't need these scholars who cause trouble to the imperial court." ”

The ministers looked at Wang Mang with a frightened expression, the emperor's words were not only aimed at the scholars, but also at the ministers, even Zhang Jian, who had just revealed some joy in his heart, said solemnly at this moment: "Your Majesty think twice!"

"Hehe, since you all have to think twice, you have to plan before you act, then you should tell me, what are you going to do?" Wang Mang looked at the ministers, the ministers didn't speak, they had a lot of means, but they really didn't dare to say it, or it wasn't that they didn't dare to say it, but they didn't dare to take the responsibility after they said it.

Wang Mang looked at the ministers and snorted, looked at Li Lan and said, "Li Lan, what are you still doing in a daze?

"Yes!"

Li Lan was excited, turned around and left.