Xie An is not a scholar in this year, he is actually the top of the list of scholars in the previous session, but at that time, he had just succeeded in the exam, but he fell seriously ill and has been recuperating at home for several years.

This time, he was recommended by others to train with the new scholars, and I have to say that Xie An is indeed worthy of the title of the top of the previous scholars' list, which is quite powerful.

Originally, most of the scholars of this session were encircled by Wang Dun, but after Xie An appeared, he forcibly took away some people from Wang Dun's hands, and the two fought evenly among the scholars.

Now Wang Dun has been sent by Wang Mang to envoy Wei, if Wang Dun's trip is successful, when Wang Dun returns, Wang Dun's status will be very different.

As a figure as famous as Wang Dun, Xie An is also a little anxious, above the officialdom, he is not slow, his steps are slow, if he is slower than Wang Dun, then no matter how he is promoted in the future, he will have to rank behind Wang Dun, unless he redoubles his efforts, maybe he can fight with Wang Dun again.

Xie An, who was originally sitting firmly in the Diaoyutai, was in a hurry to behave a lot during this time, did a lot of things, said a lot of things, and many remarks came into Wang Mang's ears, and Wang Mang felt that it was very reasonable.

Xie An was summoned by Wang Mang, and he prepared a draft, asking himself that no matter what Wang Mang asked him, he could easily answer, and bowed to Wang Mang calmly.

Wang Mang motioned for Xie An to stand up and said directly, "I heard that you were born in the White Horse Academy, I don't know what you think of the White Horse Academy?"

As soon as Wang Mang came up, the questions he threw stumped Xie An, Xie An prepared countless questions about governing the country, and countless questions about marching and fighting, but he never thought that Wang Mang would directly ask him about the White Horse Academy, and in an instant, countless thoughts turned in Xie An's mind.

Xie An learned from primary school, and he played the game of speculating on the emperor's mind, but now Xie An's tragic discovery, he couldn't see what Wang Mang was thinking at all, so he could only nod and say: "The minister did study in the White Horse Academy when he was young, and Bai Jing, the current dean of the White Horse Academy, was the minister's master at that time. ”

"How did I hear that the director of the White Horse Academy is Ma Yu. Wang Mang said lightly.

"Your Majesty, there are actually two deans of the White Horse Academy, Bai Jing and Ma Yu are both the deans of the White Horse Academy. Xie An said: "Dean Bai Jing lives in seclusion in the back mountain of the White Horse Academy all the year round, and generally does not appear in the outside world, so the core disciples of the non-White Horse Academy generally do not know about the existence of Dean Bai Jing. ”

"This is quite interesting, one academy has two deans, so who has the final say?" Wang Mang said suddenly.

"This. Xie An didn't know how to answer for a while, and thought for a while: "Dean Ma Yu is in charge of the daily work, and when there is a big event, the two deans will discuss it." ”

"I heard that the White Horse Academy has some relationship with the Jixia Academy and the White Deer Academy, you are so good, why didn't you go to the two holy places to study at that time. Wang Mang said.

"Your Majesty, this matter was originally a secret of the White Horse Academy, and the minister should not say it, but as the so-called Son of Heaven does not tell a lie in front of him, the minister will tell His Majesty about it. Xie An knew that if he didn't say one, two, three, or four today, he was afraid that it would be difficult for him to go out, so he said: "The world only knows that the name of the White Horse Academy is related to the white horse statue at the gate of the academy, and this matter is yes or no, the name of the White Horse Academy is related to the white horse at the gate of the White Horse Academy, but it is not very related, the origin of the name of the White Horse Academy is actually because of the two founders of the academy, one is surnamed Bai, and the other is surnamed Ma, Your Majesty should not ask me who these two are, and the minister does not know, I am afraid that only the heads of the two families know about this matter." ”

After a pause, Xie An continued: "Everyone in the world has a relationship between the White Horse Academy and the Jixia School Palace, yes and no, in fact, the White Horse Academy and the Jixia School Palace and the White Deer Academy are related, the two founders of the academy, one was born in the White Deer Academy, the other was born in the Jixia School Palace, the ancestors of the Bai family were born in the White Deer Academy, and the ancestors of the Ma family were born in the Jixia School Palace, it is said that the ancestors of the two families were expelled from the division due to some secret reasons at that time, and the two joined forces to create the White Horse Academy in Daqin. ”

"As an academy founded by those who were expelled from the school, whether it is the White Horse Academy and the Jixia School Palace, or the White Deer Academy, the relationship is actually not good. Xie An said: "It's just that a hundred years ago, an ancestor of the Ma family didn't know what was going on, and he had a relationship with a deputy palace master of the Jixia School Palace at that time, so it was a matter of course to recognize the ancestors and return to the ancestors, and the White Horse Academy had a relationship with the Jixia School Palace, and the Bai family never interacted with the White Deer Academy, and because of this, the status of the Bai family in the White Horse Academy became lower and lower, although he was one of the deans, but outsiders only knew Dean Ma Yu, and never knew Dean Bai Jing. ”

Speaking of this, Xie An smiled bitterly: "Chen is a disciple of Dean Bai Jing, so naturally he can't enjoy the treatment of Dean Ma Yu's disciple, and he can't go to Jixia Academy or Bailu Academy. ”

Wang Mang raised his eyebrows, and after Xie An's explanation, Wang Mang finally understood the relationship between the White Horse Academy, Jixia Academy, and White Deer Academy, and he also had a plan for how to treat the White Horse Academy in the next step.

Xie An didn't know what Wang Mang was thinking, so he didn't dare to speak, and after a long time, Wang Mang said: "Xie An, I heard that you are both civil and military, and there is a task to be handed over to you right now, are you willing to accept it?" ”

"Your Majesty, please. Xie Anqiang suppressed the excitement in his heart and said.

"According to the analysis, they should all be the southern rebels who fled on the battlefield at that time, which was not a big deal, but I don't like that there are some rats jumping around in my house, so I want you to exterminate all these rebels or recruit them, what do you think?" Wang Mang said.

Xie An's original excited mood, the flame that ignited in his heart was wiped out at that time, it was just a bandit, it was really useless for him Xie An, but it was better to do something than nothing to do, Xie An gritted his teeth and said: "The minister's decree will definitely let the rivers and seas in Daqin live, and there will never be a rogue." ”

"Good. Wang Mang nodded and said: "Xie An, don't think that this matter is small, you must know how to sweep the world if you don't sweep a house, if you want to go far, you have to lay a solid foundation." ”

"The minister has been taught. ”

Xie An walked out of Wang Mang's big tent, the whole person was still a little confused, he always felt that he seemed to have forgotten something, until Li Lan caught up and handed him a scroll of holy decrees, he remembered that Wang Mangguang asked him to suppress the bandits, but he didn't give him a single soldier, which made him take something to suppress the bandits.

"Manager Li, did Your Majesty forget to give some soldiers to your subordinates?" Xie An said with a bitter look on his face.

Li Lan looked at Xie An with a smile, if it weren't for staying by Wang Mang's side for a long time, Li Lan would also think that Wang Mang was annoying Xie An, but Li Lan knew that this Xie An had entered Wang Mang's eyes, and the future was promising.

Li Lan gently unfolded the holy decree, pointed to four of the words and said, "Your Majesty's words are all in these words, Lord Xie can comprehend it by himself." ”

Xie An looked at it steadily, but it was the four words "self-recruitment", Xie An looked stunned, and after a long time, he faintly understood what Wang Mang meant.