Daming: I, Yang Xian, really govern Yang!

Chapter 120 Unopened Exam Questions
Every time there is a scientific examination, someone will be found with a cheating note.

As the imperial examinations developed into the Ming Dynasty, there were many ways to cheat, the most common of which was concealment, that is, carrying cheat sheets.

The imperial examination lasted for several days. Since you could bring food, candles, etc. to the entrance, some people would copy the Four Books and Five Classics and stuff them into steamed buns, or sew them in the middle of clothes.A more advanced method is to hollow out the inside of the candle from the bottom up along the lead, stuff it with a note, seal the bottom flat with candle oil, and then bring it into the examination room.

Once discovered, the consequences will be very serious. Needless to say, the qualifications for the examination will be cancelled, and the consequences will be dealt with according to the Ming Law.

Li Jin is naturally disdainful of this. For someone who needs to cheat in this kind of exam, what real materials are available.

In his opinion, even if these people were allowed to bring cheat sheets into the examination room, it would be of no use.

Li Jin sat in his dormitory, quietly waiting for the scientific examination to begin.

the other side.

In addition to Prince Zhu Biao, Zhu Yuanzhang also appointed someone to serve as the examiner this time. This person was Li Shanchang, the left prime minister of Zhongshu Province.

Regarding Zhu Yuanzhang's appointment as the chief examiner, Li Shanchang seemed a little worried, and the scene when Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly summoned him that day appeared in his mind.

The imperial palace, the Hall of Supreme Harmony.

"Shanchang, we heard that when you were in the imperial examination before, your reputation was in decline." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang and asked.

"Yes." Li Shanchang didn't know why Zhu Yuanzhang suddenly mentioned this matter, so he paused before continuing. "But I didn't attach much importance to the encore organized by Yuan Ting back then. What do they know?"

"Yes, yes." Zhu Yuanzhang looked at Li Shanchang's somewhat ugly expression and said with a smile. "Yuan Ting was in a coma at that time, and the examiners were blind and did not see the great talent of the gentleman."

"Let's do this. I will ask you to be the examiner of Ming Dynasty's first Enke session. What do you think?"

Li Shanchang said: "Your Majesty, I didn't even pass the Jinshi exam. Is it appropriate?"

The smile on Zhu Yuanzhang's face became brighter and brighter, and he said: "It's appropriate, it couldn't be more appropriate. We just want students all over the world to take a closer look. Our Ming Dynasty's imperial examinations are completely different from those of previous dynasties. No one in the previous dynasty was even a Jinshi." Those who pass the exam will be able to coordinate the examination in this new dynasty!"

"This is also an earth-shaking change. Besides, with your dignity as prime minister, you will serve as the examiner of the grand examination. This also represents the importance of the imperial court."

Zhu Yuanzhang had already said this, what else could Li Shanchang say.

Naturally, I can only thank the emperor for his kindness.

These days, Li Shanchang has never figured out Zhu Yuanzhang's intention. You must know that in the previous Masandao incident, because Lan Yu and other Huaixi nobles entered the palace to use the power to suppress people, although he did not go, it was not his instruction. He's not that stupid.But in the eyes of outsiders, as the leader of the Huaixi Party, he cannot escape his involvement.

Originally, he was waiting for Zhu Yuanzhang to attack him on this matter. He knew Zhu Yuanzhang and knew that fools like Lan Yu and others had already violated Zhu Yuanzhang's taboo on this matter.I never thought that Zhu Yuanzhang not only did not blame him at all, but also gave him such an important position as Enke's examiner.

But the more this happened, the more uneasy Li Shanchang became.

When things go wrong, there must be monsters. He has followed Zhu Yuanzhang since the beginning of his conquest of the world. In his opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang has never been the kind of broad-minded master. He does not believe that Zhu Butcher will one day become a living Bodhisattva.

Therefore, during his tenure as the examiner, Li Shanchang was always careful and careful, for fear of making any mistakes.

At the same time, restrain the group of Huaixi nobles under his command not to interfere in this matter, otherwise don't blame me, Li Shanchang, for being rude.

In his opinion, Zhu Yuanzhang was very likely to use this imperial examination to attack him.

As for this year's exam questions, he heard that they were not written by great scholars like Song Lian, but by Prince Zhu Biao himself. Although Li Shanchang was a little curious, it was nothing to him.

As long as he didn't ask the question.

Then no matter good or bad, it cannot be blamed on him.

Because he did not participate in setting the questions for this year's Enke exam.Inside the examination hall.

Candidates who successfully passed the body search were admitted to their dormitories. Those who failed will probably never have such an opportunity in this life.

"As a scholar, I don't know how to write the word "shame", and I actually carry a cheating note!" A young examiner's voice sounded in the examination hall. "Come here, pull him out, cancel his qualifications for reference, and deal with it according to the laws of the Ming Dynasty!"

"Sir, I know I was wrong. Please let me go, sir."

The shouts became farther and farther away until they could not be heard. It was obvious that the cheating candidate had been completely dragged out of the examination room by the soldiers.

According to Li Shanchang's explanation in advance, cheating in this scientific examination was extremely strict, and Li Shanchang did not want to give anyone who was interested in these matters a clue.

After a while.

The entire examination room scene returned to silence again.

The breeze carried the leaves and slowly fell to the ground.

You must know that this is the first Enke exam since the founding of the Ming Dynasty. Everyone is subconsciously nervous because they don't know what kind of exam questions Enke will ask this year.

If it hadn't been the first time Enke, they could have used the previous Enke to infer the general scope of Enke's question this time, and they wouldn't be as confident as they are now.

Now they can only prepare according to the imperial examinations of the Yuan, Song, and even Tang Dynasties.

Of course, in their view, it is probably impossible to escape from the Confucian classics, and they all focus on this aspect, with the Four Books and Five Classics being the most important.

All the candidates were sitting on the wooden benches in the single room of the dormitory, waiting for the issuance of the Enke examination papers. They had studied hard for ten years just for the present. Some people were so nervous that they could even hear the beating of their own hearts. .

Not being nervous is a lie, this is an opportunity to climb the Dragon Gate!
Time passed minute by minute.

With the exam hall doors completely closed.

At the same time as announcing that late candidates were disqualified, an examiner rang the gong in the examination hall.

"The test will begin!"

As the joint examination officially began, the examination institute finally sealed the test questions that had been sealed in advance.

As the examiner, Li Shanchang, like all the candidates in the examination institute, saw the examination content for the first time.

But when Li Shanchang saw clearly the content of the specific questions on the examination paper, he was completely confused.

Here at the Examination Yuan.

The previous episode involving cheating has passed.

Li Jin sat in his dormitory, quietly waiting for the test papers to be distributed.

Along with the test questions, they are distributed to each dormitory in order.

Li Jin also got his copy of the exam paper.

However, when he saw the test questions, he was stunned.

(End of this chapter)