The immortal of the Tang Dynasty, but the game starts at Xuanwu Gate?

Wei Zheng jumped up and delivered a Leo Flying Kick, knocking Lu Yanqing to the ground, and then followed up with a snowball.

"Damn it, you dare to be so arrogant with me? Go ahead and keep being arrogant with me!"

It's fine if he doesn't initiate a team fight, but once Wei Zheng does, things get really complicated.

Xiao Yu slapped Cui Shanwei across the face with his official tablet, who had been arguing with him the whole time: "I'll beat you to death, you worthless bastard! Always talking about scholars and students all over the world, you'll get a taste of my tablet!"

"Ah!" Cui Shanwei was stunned by the slap. The next moment, he covered his face and shouted, "This is outrageous! You call yourself a scholar? I'll fight you to the death!"

Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling, Changsun Wuji, and others followed Xiao Yu's example, picking up their official tablets and beating anyone they saw!

The members of the powerful families naturally wouldn't just stand there and let themselves be attacked, so they immediately launched a counterattack.

"Damn it, let's fight! Let's fight!"

"Come on! Come on, even if you kill me, I'm still right... Fuck your mother, don't hit my face!"

Officials who usually maintained an air of authority and dignified power were now behaving like thugs, wielding their official tablets and engaging in a brawl.

And more and more people are joining in.

Li Shimin and Chen Huai'an were both stunned.

Even if people argue a lot normally, they won't actually fight unless absolutely necessary.

The current situation left Li Shimin speechless for a moment.

Chen Huai'an's expression was strange. Who invented this scepter?

It works pretty well, huh?

Seeing that the court was in complete chaos, Li Shimin could no longer remain seated. He stood up and shouted, "Enough!"

"Stop everything, all of you!!!"

A furious shout finally silenced Wei Zheng and the aristocratic families, but they were clearly unconvinced and glared at each other with cold snorts.

Then, in the next moment, they all tacitly straightened their clothes.

Li Shimin rubbed his temples: "All officials below the fifth rank, get out of here!"

"Zhang Anan, bring out the table, wine, and dishes!"

"You people..." Li Shimin's face was ashen. "All of you, sit down and let's talk properly!"

"You all call yourselves scholars, what's the difference between you and those local thugs?"

Lu Yanqing, with one eye blackened and blood still flowing from his nose, exclaimed, "Your Majesty, it was that country bumpkin Wei Zheng who struck first!"

Upon hearing this, Wei Zheng's anger flared up again.

He hated being called a country bumpkin.

Li Shimin and Chen Huai'an can call each other names, but what are you, Lu Yanqing?

"Shut up, you hypocrite! So what if I hit you? You should be kowtowing and thanking me for not killing you!"

"Enough!" Li Shimin snapped, finally losing his temper. "Can you please say less?"

"Want to fight? Fine, all of you take off your official robes and go outside to fight to your heart's content!!"

Realizing that Li Shimin was truly angry, Wei Zheng dared not say anything more, and the chaotic court fell silent.

Li Shimin's anger hadn't subsided: "What? You're not going?"

Lu Yanqing wiped away the blood from his nose, still furious, and said bluntly, "Your Majesty, I still stand by my opinion."

"Reason should not be rigidly confined. The meaning of the classics is unified. We cannot let the selfish desires of a few people ruin the path for all scholars of our Great Tang Dynasty in the future."

"Unification?" Chen Huai'an, who hadn't been involved until now, spoke slowly. "You think unification is just a matter of saying it's happening?"

"Is it not the mark of a gentleman to remain unperturbed when others do not understand him?"

"What do you mean?"

Lu Yanqing gave a light snort, confidently preparing to answer, but Chen Huai'an didn't give him the chance, loudly proclaiming, "Someone may not know my name, but I haven't even gotten angry yet; that's already very gentlemanly!"

Lu Yanqing's eyes widened, Wei Zheng was stunned, Li Shimin was bewildered, and the other officials in the court... were all at a loss.

"A gentleman who is not stern will not command respect," Chen Huai'an sneered. "In other words, a virtuous and dignified person must act decisively, otherwise they cannot establish authority!"

"A gentleman loves money, but he acquires it in a proper way! This means that I like money, so taking your money makes perfect sense!"

"Since we're here, let's make the best of it." This means that since we've come this far, let's bury us here.

Is there a problem with what I said?

"You...you're misinterpreting His Majesty's will!" Lu Yanqing's fingers trembled; he understood Chen Huai'an's meaning perfectly well.

He did it on purpose.

Chen Huai'an reacted as if he had heard the biggest joke in the world: "I misinterpreted the Emperor's will? When did I misinterpret the Emperor's will?"

"If you can change it, why can't I?"

"Oh, so if you change it, it's considered orthodox, but if I change it, it's considered misinterpreting the emperor's will? Is that what you mean?"

"You all want a hundred flowers to bloom? Fine, I'll give you that. As the Minister of Revenue, Minister of Works, Grand Tutor to the Crown Prince, and Academician of the Hongwen Academy, am I not capable of interpreting the Emperor's will?"

Why don't you accept the principles I'm explaining now?

"That's just sophistry!" Cui Shanwei roared. "You're just sophistry! You're not worthy of being the Crown Prince's Grand Tutor or the Academician of the Hongwen Academy!"

"Yes, yes, I'm not worthy, you are, you're the most worthy!" Chen Huai'an sarcastically retorted, "If I hear the Way in the morning, I can die content in the evening!"

"I found out where you live this morning, and I'm coming to beat you to death tonight, you idiot!"

"Pfft..." Li Shimin really couldn't hold back anymore, and the other officials weren't much better off, with Wei Zheng laughing the loudest.

"Hahaha, yeah, I found out where you live this morning, I'm coming to beat you to death tonight!"

The aristocratic families were furious. Li Shimin then coughed lightly and said, "Alright, stop arguing, all of you sit down!"

Cui Shanwei, Lu Yanqing, and the others sat down without saying a word, their faces ashen.

Everyone knows that this was all orchestrated by Chen Huai'an, and they have made up their minds not to let Chen Huai'an succeed so easily.

If we can fight back, we will fight back; if we can drag it out for as long as possible, we will drag it out for as long as possible!

Let's see what he does!

At this moment, only officials of the fifth rank and above remained in the court. Li Shimin looked around and casually said, "I have heard everything you have been arguing about. In short, you each have your own reasons, and no one can convince anyone else."

"This matter cannot be delayed any longer. Now that you are all here, I want a definite result."

Chen Huai'an immediately said, "Then let's vote by raising hands. Those who agree to unify the interpretation of the scriptures and get to the root of the matter, raise your hands; those who disagree, don't raise your hands."

"How about the fewer people submit to the more people?"

"I agree?" Wei Zheng immediately raised his hand, and then Xiao Yu, Du Ruhui, Fang Xuanling and others all raised their hands.

Cui Shanwei's face darkened further, because Chen Huai'an's suggestion was not as simple as just raising one's hand.

To be honest, he didn't think he would lose, but under these circumstances, the entire court was undoubtedly forcefully divided into two sides.

Those who did not raise their hands were undoubtedly on the opposite side of Chen Huai'an and Li Shimin.

Will you be okay in the future?

Choi Seon-wi took a deep breath: "Okay, let's do it that way!"

He had made up his mind that he had to prevent Chen Huai'an and his men from succeeding today.

As for a show of hands? What a joke, how could they possibly lose?

"..."