It didn’t take long before Wang Yuanji’s article was crowded with the failed scholars.
Originally, these people were ready to find faults in the eggs. But after reading Wang Yuanji's article, they all opened their mouths and were stunned.
The topic of this examination is: Questioning the Emperor’s Government and the Emperor’s Heart.
This kind of question is actually extremely difficult. The question is too broad and difficult to answer. Moreover, it involves emperors, and if you do not answer well, there will be taboo remarks. The unlucky situation of the northern scholars is actually somewhat related to this question.
Many scholars thought that they would get good grades if their articles were full of fear of Emperor Ma. Now when they see Wang Yuanji's articles, they all look ashamed.
"When I hear that the emperor is coming to control the interior of the house, he must have the practical administration of the manager, and then he can control the crowd, and intricately combine everything to lead to the rule of Hongwu; he must have the sincerity to advocate and lead, and then he can encourage all workers and invigorate the general affairs.
There is a principle of achieving prosperity." Someone couldn't help but murmured, reading Wang Yuanji's article and chanting...??.
"Good, good article, good idea! Just with this sentence, I am willing to be inferior, I am not as good as me."
As the saying goes: Experts can tell whether something is good or bad as soon as they make a move. Of course, there are often ambiguities about whether an article is good or bad. This leads many scholars to believe that their own articles are no worse than anyone else's.
But once the knowledge is too high, you can only look up to it, and you won't even have the intention to catch up.
Take Han Jingyun for example, no one dares to challenge Han Jingyun's math skills anymore, or even think about it. After all, Han Jingyun stumped everyone in the world by casually arranging trees.
So far, no one has been able to break out of Han Jingyun's sixteen-row arrangement. Not to mention, Han Jingyun has surpassed himself again and pushed the arrangement to twenty rows.
The same goes for Wang Yuanji’s article.
Before seeing these failed scholars, they never thought that there could be such beautiful articles in the world. Now that they have seen it, don’t say anything, don’t ask anything, just kneel down and that’s it!
Although scholars often say, "If the trees are beautiful in the forest, the wind will destroy them", but that is because you show them too low.
If you can show off to the point of flying, then everyone can only worship you and blow you up to the sky!
Now Wang Yuanji is showing off to the sky, without even showing his face, he has gained a lot of fans.
Of course, they are not without cunning intentions and shameless faces. In the hearts of these people, they don't care about the quality of their articles. What they care about is whether they can pass high school. Knowledge is just what they use to get into officialdom.
It's just a stepping stone on the road.
"How can such an article be done by manpower? Fraud, fraud."
The faces of several scholars were extremely ugly, and they waved their arms shamelessly and shouted. It seemed that it was precisely because the article was so good that they had more reason to believe that it was fraud. After all, if they had not known the topic in advance, how could they have done it?
Can you write such a beautiful article?
But this time, there were only a few people who responded to them. Most of them looked ashamed, and looked at a few people with eyes full of contempt.
This was the first time they had seen such a shameless person. If they had known these people were such a scumbag, they would not have collaborated with them in the first place. Looking back now, they feel guilty.
As for those few people, no matter what other people think, in their opinion, being able to use others to achieve their own goals is the most important thing. Face is nothing, can it be eaten?
But these people have forgotten one key point, that is, knowledge is so high that people look up to it, and no matter how much they talk about cheating, it is meaningless.
Take Wang Yuanji’s article as an example. Not to mention that there was no fraud, even if there was real fraud and the topic was known in advance, how many people could write such an article?
Not to mention ordinary scholars, even great scholars who have read poetry and books would find it difficult to do it.
Han Du originally thought that it was just a few scholars who were dissatisfied and could not cause any trouble. As long as most people were convinced, the matter would be over.
But what he didn't expect was that the storm didn't stop there.
At the court, officials from the north launched an attack and unanimously demanded a re-investigation of the fraud case in this department.
These people insist that there is fraud in the undergraduate examination, and their intentions are obvious. Originally, there were northern scholars rushing in front, but they hid behind the scenes and took action secretly, so as not to attract attention.
But now, after reading all the examination papers, especially the Huiyuan examination papers, most scholars feel ashamed and no longer participate in the troubles.
I never expected that these northern officials would hook up with a few shameless scholars and take the risk to stand up and make trouble.
Han Du glanced at the people who stood up and sneered in his heart: Some people really don't care about their lives in order to be promoted. Lao Zhu is not easy to deal with. Now that these officials are standing up to cause trouble, even if they are the last officials
temporary gain
I mean, in the end Lao Zhu will definitely wait until the future to settle accounts with them. Lao Zhu is not a generous person, so don’t underestimate Lao Zhu’s narrow-mindedness.
Lao Zhu was naturally angry at the constant entanglement of these people. He finally saw hope of uncovering the matter, and now he was provoked by these people again.
Seeing that Lao Zhu looked at the others coldly and said nothing, Han Du stood up without hesitation, bowed and said: "Your Majesty, I have something to say."
"Yes." Lao Zhu looked a little better when he saw Han Du coming out.
Han Du straightened up, turned to look at the northern official who was also standing in the middle, and said angrily: "Sir Huang keeps saying that the undergraduate examination is fraudulent and demands a thorough investigation. Do you have any evidence to prove that the undergraduate examination is fraudulent?
If there is any, please bring it out, Mr. Huang."
If this person insists on cheating, he is targeting the academy, so Han Du naturally doesn't have a good look on him.
Naturally, the person surnamed Huang cannot provide evidence, because there is no fraud at all in this interview. Where can he find evidence?
However, even if there is no evidence, he will not give up. If Han Du can be circumvented, there is no chance of benefiting from it.
The official surnamed Huang was refreshed. He faced Han Du with a straight face and asked sternly: "Marquis Zhenhai, your academy has passed two hundred Jinshi examinations in one go. Don't you want to give the world an explanation?"
Han Du sneered disdainfully and said, "Explain what? Who do the scholars need to explain to when they pass the imperial examination based on their ability? Since the examination papers were made public, even the scholars who participated in the examination have no doubts. Mr. Huang, do you have it?"
What reason do you have to come forward?"
What you are saying is, who do you think you are with the surname Huang? When will it be your turn to come forward?
The official surnamed Huang was delighted when he heard this, and quickly grasped Han Du's words.
He turned around and saluted the emperor, and said: "Your Majesty, scholars who are not familiar with the world can easily be deceived by others. Although there is no problem in using high and low test papers, it cannot be ruled out that someone leaks the questions to the academy in advance. I sincerely request the emperor to send officials again.
Thoroughly investigate whether Liu Sanwu has colluded with the academy to commit fraud."
Xiang Zhuang dances with sword, aiming at Pei Gong!
When Han Du heard that this person's goal was directly at the academy, how could he not know that he was coming for him? He immediately cheered up, went all out, and dealt with this person's attack cautiously.
I feel that I cannot let Lao Zhu send officials to investigate the case again!
It’s not that Han Du has something in his mind, but that once Lao Zhu sends officials to conduct a thorough investigation again,
Then the officials investigating the matter will try to figure out what the emperor means. Faced with the emperor repeatedly sending people to investigate the matter, the officials will wonder: Did the conclusion of the last investigation not satisfy the emperor?
In order to curry favor with the emperor, some officials were able to detect fraud even if there was no fraud.
This is what the official named Huang had in mind. As long as the emperor agrees to send people to investigate the case again, the conclusion is almost certain. When the evidence is put in front of him, even if the emperor is unwilling, he will have to punish Liu Sanwu and Han Du.
Even the scholars who passed the undergraduate examination will suffer from this.
And he became able to profit from it and accumulated extraordinary prestige among northern scholars and officials.
"Sir Huang, the questions for the undergraduate examination were ordered by the emperor himself that day and were sent to the Gongyuan without stopping. At this time, all the scholars were already in the Gongyuan. How can we cheat? There is not enough time.
It’s totally inappropriate, Mr. Huang, it’s better not to make any assumptions without permission, let alone regard your assumptions as evidence.” Han Du asked with a sneer.
Han Du's words couldn't help but make many officials nod in agreement. All the scholars were already in Gongyuan before the test questions were delivered. Even if someone could intercept the content of the test questions in this short period of time, it would be completely useless. The Gongyuan closed its doors.
After the bolt was tied up, the security was as tight as guarding the palace city, and no one could pass on the news at all.
Being ridiculed by Han Du, the official surnamed Huang did not feel nervous at all. Instead, he walked up to Han Du in two steps and asked in the tone of interrogating a prisoner: "Two months ago, the Marquis of Zhenhai took away all the examination papers from the imperial court.
Have you taken the exam?"
Hearing the words of the official named Huang, Han Du's heart tightened, and he immediately understood that this person had come with bad intentions. Only Zhu Biao knew that he took the examination papers from the East Palace. Han Du did not think that Zhu Biao would tell this matter.
It seems to him that the huge East Palace is also a sieve with air leakage from all sides.
"What's wrong?" Han Du pretended not to know and asked calmly.
"I am asking the Marquis." The official surnamed Huang looked serious and his eyes were fierce. "The Marquis just needs to say yes or no."
"Yes." Han Du replied without any hesitation. Since the official named Huang had even inquired about this matter, there was no point in Han Du hiding it.
This is because the official named Huang must have witnesses and physical evidence to prove that Han Du removed the examination papers from the previous examinations from the imperial court.
If Han Du denies it outright, then it would be more harmful than giving the official named Huang a clue. It would be better to admit it directly and openly.