Rebirth of the best emperor

Chapter 192 What's Your Opinion?
The scholars continued to be dumbfounded.

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

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

Li Hui was stunned for a moment, and said: "Your Majesty, we all know that you are the son of Shengming, that you are kind, and that you want to absolve those lawless thugs, but Your Majesty, please show us your kindness. I also want to feel His Majesty's kindness, and please Your Majesty treat the real culprits as equals!"

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

Wang Mang said: "When I came here, I only heard you crying for grievances, but I know that there are laws for the occurrence and development of all things, and I also know that there is a word that things happen for a reason. I really want to know that so many of you are gathered here. What are you doing!"

While Wang Mang was speaking, he secretly activated the imperial prestige given by the system, and the effect was obvious. Among the thousands of scholars present, most of them knelt deeply on the ground with pale faces, but some of them , it is the emperor's prestige against Wang Mang, including Li Hui and Chen Shi.

"Your Majesty, we are gathered here. All the adults present know, and Your Majesty should also know. We only want 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 8000. Among them, the restaurants, inns, and even private houses in Chang'an City are full of scholars, and there are still more than 1000 scholars. There is no place to live. Among them, there are more than [-] scholars in the south, and a total of [-] houses have been built in the Scholars Garden. How to arrange it? The court must have an explanation."

"Oh?" Wang Mang turned to look at Xin Zhao and said, "How is the construction of the Scholars Garden?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, the Scholars Garden has already built [-] houses, and I am raising funds to build another [-] houses." Zhao Xin replied.

"How will the houses in Shiziyuan be allocated?" Wang Mang asked.

"Of course it's a set for each person, assigned by lottery!" Xin Zhao said without hesitation.

"You have heard the situation of Shiziyuan. What's your opinion?" Wang Mang looked at Li Hui. Shiziyuan is a big project under his command. , just to ask Li Hui and others.

"Your Majesty, we are all aware of the situation in the Scholars Garden, but Your Majesty, why is the result of the lottery so obviously biased towards northern scholars?" Li Hui shouted: "A total of 120 scholars participated in the lottery, and 470 scholars from the south There are 650 scholars in the north, but the result of the lottery, the Ministry of Rites dare to say in front of His Majesty."

"Return to Your Majesty, according to the statistics after the lottery, the southern scholars have drawn 540 seven houses, and the northern scholars have drawn 450 three houses." Xin Zhao said without waiting for Wang Mang to ask, "This is in front of the representatives of the scholars. The lottery was drawn face-to-face, and the whole process was absolutely open, fair and just."

"Hehe, open, fair and just?" Li Hui said with an aggrieved face: "We have nearly 500 scholars in the south, almost three times the number of scholars in the north, but the result of the lottery is equal to the number of scholars in the north. Are you playing us like monkeys? This is the most obvious partiality, Your Majesty knows!"

Wang Mang looked at Li Hui, someone had already reported to him that this Li Hui was from Nanyang, to be precise, from the Li family in Nanyang, and he was a well-known talent from the generation of the four major families. It is obvious that there is a place to live, but when the results of the lottery at the Scholars Garden came out, this person really appeared out of thin air. With the prestige of the four major families, he directly became the representative of the Southern Scholars.

In the entire city of Chang'an, there are now [-] scholars, of which nearly [-] are from the south, and at least [-] from the south are now only following his lead.

Li Hui also looked at Wang Mang. He was indeed here to examine scholars, but since he came to Chang'an, everything he saw and heard in Chang'an shocked him. However, a few days ago, the family summons made him have to Standing up, why he became the representative of Southern Scholars so quickly was completely forced by the power of the four major families.

The affairs of the Hedao Yamen, the reform of the imperial court, and what happened in Xinyang all told the four major families that they urgently needed a spokesperson for the imperial court, and their previous generation was already old, so they could only be selected from the younger generation. Li Hui is the product of compromise and the most suitable candidate at the moment.

With Li Hui's talent and learning, the examination is effortless, but after the examination, whether he can be awarded an official and become an important official has something to do with a person's reputation, so the four major families want to raise Li Hui's reputation , Scholars Court 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. If the matter of Ziyuan is done, there will be countless southern scholars who will appreciate Li Hui's affection, and Li Hui will almost reach the sky in one step, and he will rise to the top ever since.

At the same time, they will also use Shiziyuan's affairs to create some small troubles for the court, attract the court's attention, and facilitate their actions in Xinyang, truly killing two birds with one stone.

For Li Hui, this is a typical pie in the sky, the most typical route of the protagonist of a novel, no risk but a lot of benefits, accumulated countless contacts, and established an image of defying power and making decisions for the people. After the completion, whoever sees Li Hui must give a thumbs up.

It's a pity that all the planning 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, thought that I was a native of Chang'an, and not a son of a big family. It was convenient for me to do things, so I was elected." Chen Shidao: "Originally we didn't care. But these southerners are making a lot of trouble."

Speaking of this, Chen Shihong said with eyes: "Your Majesty, according to the wishes of our northern scholars, these southerners should not take part in the examination, and a group of disloyal and unfilial people, what qualifications do they have to join us in the future?" For an official."

"What do you mean?" Li Hui called out.

"Am I wrong?" Chen Shi said loudly: "The war in the south has been going on for a long time, and this is something that everyone knows, and the big guy knows even more that the reason for the rebellion in the south has nothing to do with the southern landlords and gentry, big guy They are all scholars, their families are considered wealthy, and they are all local people with some reputation, you big guys talk about it according to your conscience, without the consent of the big guys' respective families, would the local people dare to make trouble?"

"Chen Shi, this is Yuqian, don't talk nonsense!" Li Hui said loudly: "Yuqian is right, everything is based on evidence, if you don't have evidence, just talk here, don't blame me for directly suing Your Majesty for defamation !"

"Who did I slander? What I said was wrong!" Chen Shi said, and suddenly cried: "There are three brothers in my family, and I am the eldest. The two elder brothers above me died in the southern battlefield. My brother is still on the front line of the battlefield in Shenmu County, and I have a younger sister whose brother-in-law was also killed in the southern battlefield, Li Hui, you are a southern guy, what right do you have to talk to me like that!"

Some people knew about Chen Shi's matter, some people didn't. At this time, Chen Shi shouted out loudly, and many people stopped talking immediately.

Li Hui was furious. Regarding his old opponent, he had already figured out the details, and now he said urgently: "Chen Shi, are you going to threaten His Majesty and the ministers with merit?"

"Chen Shi dare not!" Chen Shidao: "Chen Shi just wanted to ask you, is Chen Shi considered a loyal empress?"

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

"We bullied you?" Chen Shi laughed loudly and said, "Li Hui, Li Hui, you are used to telling stories, but I want to know when we northern scholars bullied you. Let me tell you, today, at Here, there are a total of 420 scholars in the north, of which there are nearly [-] scholars, and brothers in their families serve in the southern counter-insurgency army, I wonder how many of you southern scholars there are?"

"..." Li Hui was speechless.

"The Imperial Court built the Scholars Garden to reward scholars who have contributed to the country, not for those who have ulterior motives to dig into the foundation of the imperial court." Chen Shigao said: "You always say that we bully you, but I want to know. Where are you, Li Hui, when the southerners bully us everywhere because of their numbers? Don't talk to me about evidence, everyone here is living evidence!"

"..." Li Hui.

"Why don't you talk anymore? Didn't you say that we bullied you? Didn't you want His Majesty to make decisions for you? You are talking!" Chen Shi sneered.

Li Hui finally raised his head and said: "Chen Shi, I admit that you are the queen of loyalty, but what we are discussing now is not the issue of loyalty, we are discussing the issue of housing allocation in the scholar garden. On this issue, we southern scholars are firm Some people think that the lottery was faked!"

"That's right, we want to draw lots again. We never believe that with three times the number of us, we can't draw people like you!" A group of southern scholars shouted loudly.

Chen Shi just glanced coldly at the southern scholars, and said: "You are just so promising, you can't make sense of the truth, so you are just messing around here!"

"enough!"

Wang Mang drank coldly, everyone shut up, and looked at Wang Mang in awe. Wang Mang looked at everyone coldly, and finally his eyes fell on Li Hui, and said: "The drawing of lots is held in full view. I think It's fair, open, and just, I agree with this result, what's your opinion?"

Li Hui's expression froze, and he finally forced himself to say: "Since Your Majesty said he has no objection, then I also have no objection."

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

　Have you noticed that I have [-] words in a chapter...

　　
　
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