The scholars continued to be dumbfounded.

They thought about it, and they didn't dare to think that this order was really given by the emperor.

They also knew that if this order was really given by the emperor, then the matter would end there.

Li Hui was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, we all know that you are the son of the Holy Heaven, we know that you are merciful, and we know that you want to exonerate the lawless thugs, but Your Majesty, please be merciful to us, we also want to feel Your Majesty's grace, and please treat the real murderers equally!"

"I beg Your Majesty to punish the real murderer!" all the scholars also reflected and shouted again and again.

Wang Mang said: "When I arrived here, I only heard you crying out here, but I know that there are laws for the occurrence and development of all things, and I also know that there is a word called "There is a reason for things, I really want to know what so many of you are gathered here for!"

As Wang Mang spoke, he secretly activated the emperor power presented by the system, and the effect was obvious, among the thousands of scholars present in Wang Mang's imperial power, most of them knelt deeply on the ground, their faces were pale, but there were still some people who were forced to stand up to Wang Mang's imperial power, including Li Hui and Chen Shi.

"Your Majesty, we are gathered here, all the adults present know it, and Your Majesty should also know it, we only seek justice!" Li Hui shouted.

"What justice do you want?" Wang Mang said.

"According to our private statistics, the number of scholars who have poured into Chang'an City has reached nearly 8,000, among which the restaurants, inns and even private houses in Chang'an City are full of scholars, and now there are more than 2,000 scholars who have no place to live, among which there are more than 1,000 scholars in the south, and a total of 1,000 houses have been built in Shiziyuan. ”

"Oh?" Wang Mang turned his head to look at Zhao Xindao: "How is the construction of Shiziyuan?"

"Back to Your Majesty, Shiziyuan has already built a thousand houses in the early stage, and the minister is raising funds to build another thousand units. Zhao Xin replied.

"How are the houses in Shiziyuan distributed?" Wang Mang asked.

"Naturally, it is one set for one person, and it will be distributed by lot!" Zhao Xin said without hesitation.

"You have heard the situation of Shiziyuan, what is your opinion?" Wang Mang looked at Li Hui, Shiziyuan is a big project under him, all the processes, the data Wang Mang is very clear, the reason why he asked at this time is to ask Li Hui and others to listen.

"Your Majesty, we all know the situation of Shiziyuan, but Your Majesty, why the lottery results are so obvious in favor of the northern scholars. Li Hui shouted loudly: "A total of 2,120 scholars participated in the lottery, 1,470 scholars from the south and 650 scholars from the north, but what the result of the lottery is, the Ministry of Rites dares to say in front of His Majesty." ”

"Back to Your Majesty, according to the statistics after the lottery, the southern scholars won 547 houses, and the northern scholars won 453 houses. Zhao Xin didn't wait for Wang Mang to ask, and then said: "This is a lot drawn in front of the representatives of all scholars, and the whole process is absolutely open, fair and just." ”

"Hehe, openness, fairness and justice?" Li Hui said with a look of grievance: "We have nearly 1,500 scholars in the south, almost three times the number of scholars in the north, but the result of the lottery is comparable to that of the scholars in the north.

Wang Mang looked at Li Hui, someone had already reported to him, this Li Hui is from Nanyang, to be precise, it is a person from the Li family in Nanyang, and he is a famous talent of this generation of the four major families.

In the entire Chang'an City, there are now 8,000 scholars, of which nearly 5,000 are in the south, and at least 4,000 in the south are now the only ones who are looking at him.

Li Hui also looked at Wang Mang, he was indeed here to take the exam, but since he came to Chang'an, what he saw and heard in Chang'an made him frightened, and a few days ago, the family's news made him have to stand up, why did he become the representative of the southern scholars so quickly, it was completely pushed up by the power of the four major families.

The matter of the river yamen, the changes in the imperial court, and what happened in Xinyang all told the four major families that they urgently needed a spokesperson in the imperial court, and their previous generation was already old and could only be selected from the younger generation.

With Li Hui's talent, the examiner is effortless, but after the examiner is over, whether he can be awarded an official or become an important official has something to do with a person's fame, so if the four major families want to fight Li Hui's fame, Shiziyuan is undoubtedly a very good entry point.

In fact, the four major families succeeded, and Li Hui became the representative of the current Southern Scholars, even if the matter of Shiziyuan was not successful, Li Hui, as the Southern Scholar, would not be treated badly by the imperial court after the examination, and if the matter of Shiziyuan was completed, then there were countless Southern scholars who felt Li Hui's affection, and Li Hui almost ascended to the sky in one step, and since then he has been on the rise.

At the same time, they will also take advantage of the matter of Shiziyuan to create some small troubles for the imperial court, divert the attention of the imperial court, and facilitate their actions in Xinyang, killing two birds with one stone.

And for Li Hui, this is a typical pie in the sky, the most typical protagonist of the novel, no risk but a lot of benefits, accumulated countless contacts, and also erected the image of not being afraid of power and being the master of the people.

It's a pity that all the plans finally met Wang Mang.

Facing Li Hui's questioning, Wang Mang just looked at Chen Shidao: "What about you? As a representative of the so-called northern scholars, don't you have anything to say?"

"Your Majesty, Xiaomin has nothing to say, I, the representative, think that I am a native of Chang'an, and I am not the son of those big families, and it is convenient to do things, so I was elected. Chen Shidao: "Originally, we didn't care, but these southern Yankees were too fierce." ”

Speaking of this, Chen Shihong said with a smile: "Your Majesty, according to the meaning of our northern scholars, these southern Yankees should not participate in the examination, a group of disloyal and unfilial people, what qualifications do they have to be officials in the same dynasty as us in the future." ”

"What do you mean?" Li Hui shouted.

"Am I wrong?" Chen Shi said loudly: "The war in the south has been going on for a long time, this is something that the big guys know, and the big guys know that the reason for the rebellion in the south has nothing to do with the landlords and gentry in the south, the big guys are all scholars, the families are all wealthy, and they are all famous people in the local area, you big guys say according to their conscience, if there is no consent of the big guys' respective families, do the locals dare to make a fuss?"

"Chen Shi, this is the Imperial Front, don't talk nonsense!" Li Hui said in a loud voice: "The Imperial Prelude is right, everything is based on evidence, if you don't have evidence, just climb around here, don't blame me for directly suing Your Majesty for slander!"

"Who am I slandering? What I said is still wrong!" Chen Shi said, suddenly crying: "There are three brothers in my family, I am the youngest, the two elder brothers above me, the eldest brother died on the southern battlefield, the second brother is still on the front line of the battlefield in Shenmu County, I also have a younger sister, and my brother-in-law also died on the southern battlefield, Li Hui, you are a southern Yankee, what qualifications do you have to talk to Lao Tzu like this!"

Chen Shi's affairs, some people know, some people don't know, at this time, let Chen Shi shout out, and suddenly many people stopped talking.

Li Hui was furious, he had already figured out the details of his old opponent, and said hurriedly at this moment: "Chen Shi, are you going to threaten Your Majesty and the ministers with merit?"

"Chen Shi doesn't dare!" Chen Shi said: "Chen Shi just wants to ask you, is Chen Shi considered a loyal and good queen?"

"......" Li Hui was silent, and then said: "But is this the reason why you northern scholars bully us southern scholars?"

"We bully you?" Chen Shihaha laughed and said: "Li Hui, Li Hui, you are used to telling right and wrong, I want to know, when did our northern scholars bully you, let me tell you, today, right here, there are a total of 423 scholars in the north, including nearly 200 scholars, and all of them have brothers in the southern counterinsurgency army, I don't know how many of your southern scholars there are?"

"......" Li Hui was speechless.

"The imperial court built the Shizi Garden to reward the scholars who have contributed to the society, not for some people with ulterior motives who dig up the foundation of the imperial court. Chen Shi said in a loud voice: "You always say that we bully you, but I want to know, when you southerners bully us everywhere with the number of people, where are you Li Hui? Don't tell me anything about evidence, everyone here is living evidence!"

"......" Li Hui.

"Why don't you speak, didn't you say that we bullied you? Don't you want Your Majesty to make the decision for you?"

Li Hui finally raised his head and said: "Chen Shi, I admit that you are a loyal martyr, but what we are discussing now is not the issue of loyalty and martyrdom, we are discussing the issue of the distribution of houses in Shiziyuan, on this issue, we southern scholars firmly believe that the lottery is fake!"

"That's right, we are asking for a new lot, and we will not believe that we have three times the number of people who can't draw you people!" shouted a group of southern scholars.

Chen Shi just glanced coldly at the southern scholars, and said, "You guys are just going to do this, you can't explain the big truth, so you are messing around here!"

"Enough!"

Wang Mang drank coldly, everyone shut up, looked at Wang Mang with awe, Wang Mang looked at everyone coldly, and finally his eyes fell on Li Hui, and said: "The lottery is above board, held in front of everyone, I think it is very fair, very open, very just, I recognize this result, what is your opinion?"

Li Hui's face froze, and finally forced himself to say: "Your Majesty said that you have no opinion, then I have no opinion." ”

"Do you have any opinions?" Wang Mang's gaze fell on the southern scholars again.