Daming Crazy Emperor

Chapter 158
Is there really someone cheating in the imperial examination?

Of course there are, and there are so many of them that they are too numerous to count.

If the cheater is lucky enough not to be found out, or if the backstage is too hard for others to find out, then nothing will happen at all.

However, if there is no background, it will be miserable if it is discovered or shaken out.

Tang Yin Tang Bohu, one of the four great talents in the south of the Yangtze River, is the most typical example. He belongs to the kind that would be miserable without a backer.

He didn't actually cheat, but Xu Jing, who went to Beijing with him to rush for the exam, was accused of cheating, and this Xu Jing was Xu Xiake's great ancestor.

As a result, Tang Yin, the No. 1 in the rural examination, was implicated by Xu Jing. Not only did he not get a title on the gold list, but he also directly lost his job title and deprived him of the qualification to take the imperial examination.

Of course, if Taichang, the emperor, wanted to cheat, nothing would happen, at least he thought so.

Wei Zhongxian also thinks so, he is the father or even the grandfather of most high-ranking officials in the court, so what if he helps others to cheat?
Coincidentally, the method he used was similar to that of the emperor Taichang, that is, to send someone to memorize the examinee's papers.

After all, in addition to the chief examiner and deputy chief examiner, there are also examiners in the general examination, and each room needs to be assigned an examiner to invigilate the examination. When marking the papers, these examiners are also required to act as the graders to conduct the preliminary selection of the test papers.

Nearly four thousand candidates, that is nearly forty examiners.

And these examiners are either officials from the Hanlin Academy or officials from the Ministry of Rites. There are simply not too many eunuchs here.

Therefore, Wei Zhongxian believes that he can also use this method to manipulate the results of the test without any trace.

Didn't he know that he was playing with an ax at the door of the class!
Will try to start, everything seems to be normal.

The invigilator of Wu Kongjia's Zhou Zihao test room "coincidentally" is a member of the eunuch party, and the examiner is quite "responsible", walking around all the test rooms from time to time, and even staring at some Candidates looked at it for a while, as if they were looking to see if they were cheating.

Of course, this guy mainly came to memorize the content of Wu Kongjia's answer sheet.

Unexpectedly, the deputy chief examiner, Bi Maokang, seemed to be particularly interested in this Wu Kongjia, and would come to see him several times a day.

Wu Kongjia didn't think there was anything wrong either. He thought that Grandpa Wei was taking special care of him, and specially arranged for two examiners to escort him.

So, after the first exam, he was overjoyed, thinking that he would definitely be named on the gold list.

After all, he is No.3 in the provincial examination, he has some real skills, and with the escort of two examiners, it will be difficult for him not to get a title on the gold list!

The invigilator who actually escorted Wu Kongjia was a bit baffled.

Of course he knows who Bi Maokang is, this guy is an imperialist!

Why does this guy keep running over to read Wu Kongjia's test papers?
In fact, Bi Maokang didn't know that these examiners had problems, because he was too busy.

This time, there were no fewer than ten candidates who secretly went to serve Wei Zhongxian. He had to write down everything these people wrote. His workload was more than double that of Xu Guangqi!

He was exhausted from running around the numbered rooms all day, so he had no time to pay attention to the examiners in each numbered room.

Only Taichang knows all this well.

Because he already knew who worshiped Wei Zhongxian, and he also knew everyone's position.

He, the chief examiner, had nothing to do all day, so he was looking at these people with a telescope on the Mingyuan Building in the middle of the Gongyuan.

This Mingyuan Building has three floors and is five or six feet high. It is the highest point of the Gongyuan. Standing on the top floor, one can have a panoramic view of the entire examination room, and he can clearly see the weird behavior of those examiners.

Hehe, Wei Zhongxian, it's interesting that you play the same tricks as me, let's see how you play!
After the first test, the examinee felt normal, except for a little cold, nothing else.

The atmosphere in Gong Yuan in the second exam was a bit strange, because there was an extra question in the exam.

One of the test questions turned out to be: if you are rich, you will be rich; if you are poor, you will be poor; what is rich and what is poor;

This question is wrong!
Candidates naturally know that this sentence comes from "Book of Rites. The Doctrine of the Mean". The problem is that the original text is not like this.

The original text is: If you are rich and honored, act according to riches and honor; if you are poor and humble, act according to poverty;

The meaning of this original text is a typical golden mean!
If the questions are written according to the original text, everyone will know how to answer them.

The problem, after adding ingredients, it is not the golden mean!

How do people answer this question?
Many candidates frowned, holding their pens in a daze.

Seeing this, Taichang couldn't help but smile coldly in his heart.

Hmph, these nerds are starting to be in a daze after such a simple question, you must be stupid after reading!
This question really stumped many people, but some people just frowned and thought about it before starting to write.

The second exam didn't cause too much trouble. After all, it was just a question that was a little bit wrong. Everyone knew that it was normal to have extra questions, but this time the extra questions were a bit abnormal.

As soon as the third exam started, many candidates were about to cry!
Two of the five current affairs policies have added ingredients, and this addition is even more abnormal.

Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and be prepared when you think about it. If you are prepared, what are you prepared for?Call for money, call for food, call for soldiers, call for weapons?However, where are the money and food, and where are the weapons?
My God, what money, food, soldiers, weapons!

The original text of "Spring and Autumn. Zuo Zhuan" is "Be prepared for danger in times of peace, and be prepared when you think about it. If you are prepared, you will be safe." Okay?

Why do you have to add such a long list of messy things later!
The "Four Books and Five Classics" doesn't contain any discussion of these things, is it good? How can people answer this question?
Also, the four limbs are not diligent, and the five grains are not distinguished, who is the master?If you don't understand the art of war and strategy, how can you serve your country?
Wouldn't it be nice to not have such an addition?
The original text in "The Analects of Confucius" is "The four bodies are not diligent, and the five grains are not distinguished, which one is the master?" Okay?

Is it interesting to add this sentence after you?

We are taking the Wenju exam, not the martial arts exam. What kind of art of war, what kind of strategy?

Most people who take the imperial examination these days concentrate on studying the "Four Books and Five Classics", and will not read any military strategies.

Because the "Four Books and Five Classics" is what is tested in the imperial examination, so if you want to gain fame, you must concentrate on studying the "Four Books and Five Classics"!
Of course, not all scholars are so eager for quick success.

Those students who are determined to serve the country will still study the art of war and research strategies.

For example, Sun Chengzong, Sun Chuanting, Lu Xiangsheng, etc., these are all serious Jinshi backgrounds, and they also have a lot of research on the art of war and strategy.

This kind of person is a person who is truly determined to serve the country.

Taichang needs such talents.

As for those who are eager for quick success and focus on reading the "Four Books and Five Classics" to death, most of them are similar to the Qi Chuzhe Party, Donglin and Eunuch Party. The purpose of obtaining fame is to become an official, and the purpose of being an official is to fight for power and profit!
Such people will definitely form cliques and fight endlessly when they reach the court, because party struggles in the Ming court have become a habit.

Therefore, as long as this kind of person, Taichang is not going to want any of them this time!

The main purpose of his writing these exam questions is to select talents, and at the same time to eliminate those who are eager for quick success.

In this third exam, some people were happy and some were sad.

Those who are determined to serve the country, who study "Four Books and Five Classics" and are also familiar with military books, are very happy.

They knew very well that the emperor was looking for talents like them.

Those who are eager for quick success, and those who concentrate on reading the "Four Books and Five Classics" to death, really want to cry.

They also knew what kind of talent the emperor was looking for.

However, they are not!

At the end of the nine-day examination, nearly [-] students left the Gongyuan with exhausted bodies, but they did not leave the capital.

Because, the next Gong Shibang is the ultimate goal of their trial.

Once it is on the list, it is equivalent to being named on the gold list!

(End of this chapter)