Gua Fei in the world

Chapter 680 In-depth Analysis

"You mean the son of the county magistrate cheated in the scientific examination?" Ye Yaoguang was startled.

"It's just a speculation, and it may be a personal grievance." Wen Tingzhan never likes to talk too much, even if he is sure in his heart, because he firmly believes that there are always accidents in everything, and no one can figure everything out.

Although Wen Tingzhan said this, Ye Yaoguang, who knew him, was basically convinced of this possibility, and felt extremely incredible in his heart.

In order to combat fraud, this dynasty followed the scientific examination method of the previous dynasty, which is to seal the transcripts, which means that candidates write their own names on the test papers, and then seal their names with the paper issued by the court, waiting for the examiners to mark the papers Uncover it when you're done.This is to prevent the examiner from looking at favors based on names.The transcript means that after the examinee submits the test paper with "fuzzy names", it is sent to the Transcript Academy. The imperial court asks someone to re-transcribe the examinee's test paper, and then submits it to the examiner for evaluation. The examiner determines the examinee's grade and ranking based on this.The implementation of this system is mainly to prevent candidates from writing marks and code words on the test papers, and the examiners are familiar with the handwriting of their relatives and biased.

The transcripts are transcribed with a cinnabar pen, which is called "Zhujuan"; candidates use black ink for the exam, so they are called "ink scrolls".The ink scrolls are archived, and after the ink scrolls are ranked and ranked, they are drawn out for comparison.

This approach has largely prevented cheating in the examination room.If it is really what Wen Tingzhan thinks, then the son of the county magistrate here exchanged the test papers with Cai Peng. This trick can only be done by a copyist. After transcribing the scroll, the names of the two people on the Zhujuan were swapped.

"Unless he can buy off the chief examiner sent by His Majesty." Ye Yaoguang shook his head and said, "This is completely impossible, except for the Chief Envoy and the Prosecutor, no one can know the examiner sent by His Majesty before the examination." Who is the chief examiner, and how can they be bought? If the chief examiner is not bribed, then after the ranking, the chief examiner will take out the ink scrolls and compare them, and the truth will be revealed? I don’t believe they dare to tamper with the ink scrolls to destroy the corpse.”

This stems from a major incident that happened during the reign of the ancestors. In order to hide the truth, someone set fire to the house where the ink scrolls were stored. His Majesty the ancestors were furious. In order to find out the murderer, he sealed off all the ink scrolls in his imperial study. Then all the candidates were ordered to retake the exam, and after comparing the articles of the two exams, it was clear at a glance who burned the Gongyuan for cheating. The emperor ordered that in case of natural disasters and man-made disasters, if the examination paper is damaged, even if it is only one, the students involved in the danger will retake the examination as many as possible, and those who lose the examination paper will be sentenced to death.Therefore, those who hold the papers are worried. Before the exam, they are repeatedly told to practice.

"Therefore, they didn't bribe the examiner, they didn't dare to bribe the copyist, and they didn't dare to touch the ink scroll." Wen Tingzhan simply summed up Ye Yaoguang's words.

"Then how to cheat?" Ye Yaoguang was stunned.

"They only need to bribe one person." Wen Tingzhan said with a smile.

"Who?" Ye Yaoguang thought over and over again, this is not something that one person can do.

"Recorder."

"Recorder?" Ye Yaoguang's pretty black eyebrows tied a knot, why bribe the most useless recorder?Tell them to be careful not to damage the test paper?This still needs to be bribed, and I don’t dare to die if I don’t want to die.

"What if it wasn't my name written on Cai Peng's test paper from the beginning?" Wen Tingzhan pointed at Ye Yaoguang.

As if enlightened, Ye Yaoguang immediately understood what it meant.If Cai Peng did not write his own name from the beginning, but the name of the person he wanted to take the test for, and he wrote his name for the person he wanted to take the test for, then the only thing that could be found was the examiner. .Because both of them are in the examination room, the candidates are separated by a wall, and they cannot see other people's test papers at all. Only the examiner checks the names on the candidates' test cards when collecting the test papers.

If the county magistrate here really bribed a test-recording officer and then killed Cai Peng, no one would know what was wrong with this exam.

"This county magistrate is mentally ill." Ye Yaoguang couldn't help cursing, and met Wen Tingzhan's gaze, she said, "Whether he is intimidating or tempting, since Cai Peng compromised, he also did harm. , Even if he is a sufferer, he cannot escape the guilt. Is he guilty of murdering people to silence him? Although using bandits and the imperial court will definitely not investigate thoroughly, but it is superfluous."

If he didn't want to kill Cai Peng, how could he meet them?This is called cocooning.

Wen Tingzhan's eyes flickered, but he silently retracted, turning his head and saying nothing.

"Am I wrong?" Ye Yaoguang asked aggressively when he saw Wen Tingzhan's appearance.

"Yao Yao is right." Wen Tingzhan nodded obediently.

Ye Yaoguang elbowed him: "Come on, tell me, what's wrong with me."

Clenching his fists into his lips and coughing softly, Wen Tingzhan said: "The county magistrate can know who the record collectors are in advance, and the person who bought them happened to be in the group of Cai Peng and his son, so he came up with such a clever plan. Forcing Cai Peng to submit, and doing so indistinctly in secret, he needs to go to great lengths to kill Cai Peng? And use bandits to kill Cai Peng within his own jurisdiction, it means that Cai Peng is destined to be a talented person, but It is still a black spot in political performance, and next year there will be another three-year performance appraisal.”

Ye Yaoguang was embarrassed for a moment, Wen Tingzhan's analysis made it seem that two people really did not do it.There is another detail here, which Wen Tingzhan also hinted at. There are thousands of students in the examination room and dozens of examiners. It is impossible for the county magistrate to bribe everyone. , at least let Cai Peng and his son form a team, belonging to the record collector he bought.It seems unreasonable for such a person to let the candidates who had just Qiu Wei be killed by gangsters in their own territory before the three-year performance appraisal.

"Since it's not him, then who is it?" Ye Yaoguang asked hastily.

"There may be two murderers." Wen Tingzhan stretched out two fingers, "One is the bribed prosecutor. This person is greedy and the county magistrate can't satisfy, so he deliberately used this to warn the county magistrate. The second That is, the matter of the county magistrate has been leaked, and someone made a big fuss about it, trying to make things bigger and involve more people to play a big game."

"Are you more inclined to the latter?" Although Wen Tingzhan said it plainly, with no fluctuations in his tone, Ye Yaoguang still intuitively heard that he was focusing on the latter.

"It's a flattery for the transcripts to be called officials. They can't even compare to government servants, and they can't buy bandits no matter in terms of financial resources or ability." Wen Tingzhan explained the reason.

(End of this chapter)