Examiners never pay much attention to the ranking of other exams, and Wang Anshi doesn't care even more.
So basically it was Mei Yaochen who had the final say. But they argued endlessly about a paper, and in the end they had no choice but to let the examiner make the decision.
"Looking at this paper, the poems are very sloppy, the poems are excellent, and the essays are amazing. But of the five essays, two are not very careful, and three are very sophisticated. The level is so fluctuating, I really don't know what to give.
Whether he's high or low, he hits the mark."
Wang Anshi took it over and read it through, and he knew it in his mind. He turned to the last policy article, read it carefully, nodded and said: "This article is majestic and upright. It has escaped the unrefined and obscure trend of the Five Dynasties, and the argument is very powerful."
He smiled with a rare smile and said: "The earlier article "On the Perfection of Punishments and Rewards," advocated leniency in the use of punishment. This article, "The Treatise on Punishments and Rewards, of Honesty and Honesty," advocates the ruthlessness of state law."
"...Therefore it is said that 'Heaven and Earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs; sages are unkind and regard the people as stupid dogs'." Wang Anshi read softly: "If there is a law and you do not follow it, then the law will be in vain. If you show mercy outside the law, then the people will not fear the law."
, if it is violated by many, it is harmful to the people." The main purpose of this article is that legislation is a major matter of the country, and officials, as law enforcers representing the court, can only make discretionary decisions within the scope permitted by the law, and must not make arbitrary opinions.
Just to show personal kindness, you trample on the dignity of the law.
The argument is diametrically opposed to the previous article. One advocates governing the country with benevolence and righteousness, and advocating governing the country by law. Needless to say, everyone knows which article Wang Anshi will prefer. In fact, comparing this article with the previous one shows his attitude:
"Coincidentally, he also used a very similar allusion. And it's from the Book of Rites, so it's absolutely correct."
Chen Ke used an allusion to say that one of Zhou Gong's family members broke the law, and the judge caught the man and sentenced him to death. Zhou Gong said no three times, but the man replied three times that he would not let him go. After three times, he did not ask Zhou Gong and took care of the matter himself. Zhou Gong sent
People chased him and said he must be spared, but the judge said it was too late and had already been killed...
"But he also has a very general strategy. I'm afraid he won't be able to convince the public by taking a high ranking." Mei Yaochen said.
"Give him sixth place." Wang Anshi wrote down the ranking with a stroke of his pen. Mei Yaochen didn't guess, but he had already guessed whose exam paper it was... Judging from his writing style, he was from the same hometown as himself.
My good friend Zeng Gongji was probably from the same school.
Looking at the haste of the first two articles, it is obviously due to time constraints. Then the owner of this volume is ready to come out...
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Outside the examination room, Chen Ke didn't know what rank he got, let alone he didn't care about it. All his attention now was on tracking down the culprit who framed him.
In this life, Chen Ke has never suffered such a big loss. He has to admit that the other party picked his weakest moment and launched an attack. With only a cheat sheet, he almost destroyed him.
In the examination room, the examiner is God. No matter what identity the examinee is, he must obey the examiner unconditionally. Especially the two proctors have the power to expel him from the examination room. Once he is expelled, he will have no excuse.
, can no longer prove his innocence.
And he was expelled from the examination room. At the very least, he will definitely not be able to pass the exam. Even if the officials come forward, it can't be changed. It doesn't matter if you fail to pass the Jinshi exam, but you must not take the blame for the rest of your life...
Therefore, Chen Ke would rather receive ten sticks than give the prison officer an excuse to drive people away.
What kind of tyrannical person he is? But he has to suffer this humiliation, and the anger accumulated in his heart has already set a prairie fire. Coupled with the torment by Wang Anshi, his whole person has turned into a powder keg.
No matter what, you cannot forgive your enemy. Otherwise, you will be cruel to yourself!
It took him five days of rest at home to recover from his unprecedented overdraft.
As soon as he could move freely, he received a report from Li Quan and Chang Baima was caught!
"Where did you catch it?" Chen Ke suddenly felt energetic all over his body.
"This guy is quite a thief. He has gone to Puyang a long time ago." Li Quan said with a smile: "But it's also his fault for burning buns. He actually lives in a brothel every day. But he doesn't know that the brothel is run by our Imperial City Department."
"where are you now?"
"Because you need someone, I haven't sent it to the Imperial City Division yet." Li Quandao said, "I have agreed with them that we will send him there tomorrow morning. Now he is being held at Zhang Cheng's house."
"Take me to have a look." Chen Ke got dressed and put on a hooded cloak.
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Under the leadership of Li Quan, Chen Ke came to Zhang Cheng's house in the north of the city and met the middle-aged man with some vitiligo on his face.
"Sir, this is the kid." Zhang Cheng didn't go to work today just to keep this important criminal in custody at home.
"Your name is Chang Baima?" Chen Ke sat on the edge of the Kang and stared at the man coldly.
Chang Baima nodded, admitted his identity, and asked: "Then who are you?" He was not afraid of Chen Ke at all, he was obviously a piece of meat.
"My name is Chen Ke, and I am the one your master wants to harm." Chen Ke said calmly.
"I don't have a master. I'm just a broker. I work as a matchmaker for both parties and earn a lot of hard money." Chang Baima denied it flatly and said with a smile: "You may have found the wrong person."
"Nonsense!" Zhang Cheng slapped the case hard and said, "Then why are you running away?"
"The villain didn't run away, he just went to Puyang to play." Chang Baimai has been on the road for many years, and you can't tell which of his sentences is true and which is false: "You don't know yet, the brothels in Puyang are better than
It’s half cheaper in Bianjing, and poor people like us all go there to go whoring.”
"Fart," Li Quan said angrily: "I have never seen anyone like you in the brothel in Puyang before!"
"This is my first time going back." Chang Baima said immediately: "But I have heard about it many times before, so I thought of going to Hua Chai Hua Chai. Who would have thought that within two days, you would have captured him."
"I think you won't shed tears without seeing the coffin." Li Quan tightened the wrist guards on his hands and said with a ferocious smile: "Bai Mazi, do you know the biggest difference between the Imperial City Division and Kaifeng Mansion?"
Chang Baima looked confused and said: "What?"
"Kaifeng Mansion will not use torture casually, but we will." Li Quan looked at Chang Baima with gloomy eyes, and said quietly: "And it will not leave any traces..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhang Chenggong blocked Chang Baima's mouth and tied his hands. Then he covered his face with a black cloth, tied him with five stripes, and tied him to a door panel.
Zhang Cheng and Li Quan worked together to place the door panel on the edge of the kang and the chair, taking advantage of the height difference between the two, so that Chang Bai Ma's head was at the bottom and his feet were at the top.
Li Quan added three more layers of towels to the mask, picked up the water glass and poured it towards his face.
Chang Baima's hands and feet were tied, and his eyes were blindfolded. He could not see or move, like a helpless quail in the dark. Suddenly he felt water slowly rising up his nose, and he subconsciously held his breath for a moment.
However, the man had to gasp. After holding on for a while, he had to exhale and inhale again. Inhaling made the wet cloth stick tightly to his nostrils, like a huge wet paw, and suddenly it tightened
Capture his face.
Chang Baima didn't know whether he was exhaling or inhaling. He was not only drowned by the water, but also drowned by the flood of fear, and his feet started to flap violently.
Li Quan and Zhang Cheng looked at Chen Ke and saw him sitting in front of the window, with the winter sun shining through the window paper on his face, showing an expression of enjoyment.
After a few more breaths, Chen Ke nodded, and Li Quan took off the mask, only to see Chang Baima, gasping for breath like a bellows, with saliva, tears and snot dripping all over his face.
"I'll do it, I'll do it, I'll do it all..." Chang Baima is no longer a slippery piece of meat on a hob, but has become a piece of braised pork that's soft and easy to rot.
"Oh my god, you just washed your face and then you were tortured?" Li Quan and Zhang Cheng stared wide-eyed. Compared with the method Chen Ke taught them, the various torture methods of the Imperial City Division were simply too weak.
Of course, it is extremely weak. This is a trick used by Americans in later generations to interrogate stubborn terrorists. Anyone who is tortured like this will, without exception, all confess. It is just a matter of how long they last... The kind of people who think they are going to drown.
The feeling of fear can never be understood without personal experience.
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"Who do you belong to?" Chen Ke turned his head, and his face fell into the shadows, making his eagle-like eyes look deep and terrifying.
"I really don't belong to anyone." Chang Baima was subdued once and said weakly: "I'm really a broker who gets paid to eat."
"Who hired you?" Chen Ke said coldly: "Don't tell me that you don't know - if you don't know his background, then do you dare to do business with him?"
"I know..." Chang Baima looked at the handkerchief in Li Quan's hand and resigned helplessly: "The person who asked me for help was once a housekeeper of Boyixuan. That person gave me fifty taels of gold and let me
I will finish this matter, then fly away and hide for a while." He sighed and said: "I originally planned to stay in Puyang to see the situation, but I really regret not going farther..."
"Where does Boyixuan's housekeeper live now?" Chen Ke asked quietly.
"It's still in Boyixuan." Li Quan replied: "Although it's closed to the public, everyone is inside."
"Very good," Chen Ke nodded, stood up and said to Li Quan: "Go to Zuo Jiande to collect the money, and then help me thank the brothers in the Imperial City Division. Of course, you also have a share." He lowered his voice and said: "But
Chang Baima’s matter still needs to be kept secret.”
"Yes." "I understand." The two of them responded quickly.