In order to prevent fraud, the examiners must live in the tribute courtyard since receiving the order. The outer curtain officers cannot go out until the exam is over. As for the inner curtain officers, they have to wait until the results are released before they can regain their freedom.
After coming out of Beiyuan, Wang Xian and all the curtain officials took a carriage to the Gongyuan located in the east of the city. On the carriage, there were civil servants who were co-examiners and talked as if no one else was around. They were usually with the military attachés, and they talked more and were more likely to talk.
He is more literate and loves to drop his book bag... For example, why Gongyuan is located in the east of the city because it means Eastern civilization. For example, Gongyuan and the observatory stand facing each other, which is based on the astronomical observation in the "Book of Changes" to observe changes in time.
Humanity, to transform the world, means...it can often make a group of military attachés feel ashamed of themselves and become even more afraid to say anything.
However, the situation is different this year, because there is Wang Xian in the military attache team, and the military attaches hope that he can say something to save some face for them. Wang Xian knows his own affairs, so he just relies on his knowledge
If you really want to talk to someone about his ink, the secret will probably be exposed. Fortunately, those civil servants did not call him by his official position, but by his nickname. Obviously they did not want to regard him as a military attache, and they were quite polite in their words.
Respect...
"Brother Zhongde was in the limelight yesterday." A head of the Ministry of Etiquette, who served as a reading officer, said with admiration: "Mr. Hu's palindrome couplet actually has a lot of background, but it was not actually made by them on the spot," he said with a mysterious smile
Said: "Does Zhongde know whose handwriting it is?"
"Could it be Scholar Hu?" Wang Xianxin said, "As expected," he said, and was very curious.
"It's not Academician Hu, it's Academician Jie. Academician Hu is knowledgeable, but not as talented as Academician Jie," the head of the Ministry of Rites said with a smile: "In those days, Academician Jie was the chief executive of "Yongle Emperor,"" he said, revealing his memories.
His expression: "The academic scholars at that time were so suave and unrestrained. After work every day, they would gather together a group of officials to drink and have fun together, or to sing poems and lyrics, or to compose literary plays. This first couplet is about a banquet.
While drinking, Scholar Hu came up with it, but unfortunately, with his talent, he did not think of the second couplet."
"How does Brother Zhicheng know so clearly?" Wang Xian asked strangely. Everyone greeted each other before getting on the bus. The head of the Etiquette Department was named Zhang Wen Zhicheng, and Wang Xian remembered it correctly.
"Brother Zhicheng was also one of the compilers and compilers of "Yongle Dadian" back then." The civil servant next to him said.
"Disrespect, disrespect." Wang Xian said hurriedly and solemnly.
"No, no," Chief Zhang said with a proud look on his face and a bit of bitterness: "The "Yongle Dadian" is naturally shocking in the past and today, but I am just one of the hundreds of editors and editors, so it is really not worth mentioning." He said
There is still half a sentence left, but from his lonely expression, everyone knows what he means...According to the regulations, all reading officers are around forty years old, fifth to seventh rank, and there are people who can do it. This article
At that time, he was born in Hanlin, and he was promoted to the sixth rank at the age of thirty. Just because he participated in the compilation of "Yongle Dadian", he was naturally classified as a member of the Jiejin Party. He has been suppressed in recent years, and he is still a chief today. However, Mr. Zhang is not
Although he resented Xie Jin, he was very grateful to him for giving him the opportunity to participate in the compilation of "Yongle Emperor". He sighed and said: "Xie Jin has knowledge, and I must be very happy to know that Brother Zhongde has written the second couplet."
Although the news of Jie Jin's death did not appear in the newspaper, there is no airtight wall in the world. It has already spread throughout the capital. In fact, Wang Xian was behind this, otherwise the news would have spread too late, and others would have
Mistakenly thinking it was his responsibility.
At the mention of Xie Jin who died in prison, everyone sighed and stopped talking loudly until they arrived in front of the gate of Yingtian Gongyuan.
The carriage stopped at the square in front of Gongyuan, where the disciples would gather a few days later. Wang Xian got off the car and looked around. He saw an archway on both sides of the square. The one on the left said 'Tengjiao' on the outside, and the one on the right said 'Tengjiao'.
On the outside of the archway is written "Qi Feng," and when you cross the archway, you can see that on the back of the two archways, there are "Ming Jing Qi Shi," written on the back of each archway, "Seeking talents for the country." These four powerful characters fully point out the purpose of this place.
In the square in front of the Gongyuan, hundreds of bearers and servants have gathered. These are the servants who will serve the examination officials during the next period. As the talent promotion ceremony of the Ming Dynasty, the cost of the examination is very huge.
Expenses that are only listed in the account books of the Household Department include the repair fee for the examination hall, the examination item management fee, the examination banquet supply fee, the replenishment of household fire in the examination venue, the craftsman labor fee at the examination venue, and the daily expenses of the examination
Nearly a hundred projects including fees.
The amount of firewood used for heating and cooking in the examination room alone amounts to 66,640 kilograms, 32,700 kilograms of charcoal, 33,000 kilograms of coal, and 18,000 kilograms of straw.
Jin, 4,130 kilograms of reeds... It can be seen from this that the cost of the test is huge.
As for the examination officials, the imperial court also gave them great honors and preferential treatment. Needless to say, the chief examiner and the chief inspector, for Wang Xian, the prosecutor, he was assigned sixteen servants and grooms. During the examination,
Take care of his daily life and food, and listen to his orders. The leader is a squad leader named Chen Laoliu, who leads the crowd to greet him, and leads the horse to ask the prosecutor to mount it. This horse is for the prosecutor to ride during the examination.
One of the two tall horses used, there are also two red satin horse mattresses, two white fans, two large umbrellas, two hand beds, two green silk umbrellas, and sixteen red silk umbrellas, all made by Mr. Chen
The sixth class received it in advance, carried it on their backs and followed him into the tribute courtyard.
At this time, all the officials said goodbye and began to enter the Gongyuan surrounded by their servants. There was also an archway in front of the gate of the Gongyuan, with the words "Tian Kaiwen Yun" written on it. Behind the archway was the gate, and there was a wooden fence next to the gate.
There are also soldiers guarding day and night to prevent idle people from entering and leaving. In the middle of the gate is the gate of Gongyuan. The gate is divided into three gates, left, middle and right, facing south. On the main gate hangs the "Gongyuan" written by Emperor Taizu and a plaque.
The curtain officials filed in through the left door. After bypassing the screen wall, there was the Yimen. After passing the Yimen, there was the Dragon Gate. On the two dark doors, there were inlaid "dragon," and "men" respectively.
The two large gilt characters indicate that this is the place where scholars can leap over the dragon gate. But after entering the dragon gate, whether you can soar the dragon and raise the phoenix is a must, because the corridor in the dragon gate is bound to be swept gracefully.
This is where candidates are searched.
The corridor in the past was filled with rows of dormitories as far as the eye could see. The dormitory houses were densely packed and narrow, with no room for seats. They were as densely packed as a honeycomb. There were a hundred houses in each row, forming a long alley only four feet wide. The entrance of the alley
There is a gate and a toilet at the end of the alley. During the examination period, the candidates ate, drank and had sex here.
Going north from the avenue between the dormitories, there is a very majestic building in the middle, which is the Zhigongtang. This Zigongtang is the landmark building in the outer curtain part of the Gongyuan. It is where the examiner invigilates the examination during the examination.
The side rooms on both sides of the court hall are the offices of the outer curtain officers who are responsible for examination room discipline, invigilation and examination paper processing. Behind them is the living place of the public curtain officers.
Wang Xian found a place to live and walked around accompanied by Chen Laoliu. He saw that the wall of the Gongyuan was one foot and five feet high, covered with thorns, and there was also a tall watchtower. Standing on the tower, the scene in the Gongyuan
At a glance, it was comparable to the prison he was responsible for.
"It can be said that they are very guarded against Juzi," Wang Xian couldn't help but sigh.
"Hehe..." Chen Laoliu was a Xiaoqi of Longxiang Guard. He didn't know that this young Lord Wang was the boss of Fusi in Beizhen. Seeing his polite words, he said without any scruples: "Sir
Never heard of the saying that there are policies from above and countermeasures from below?”
"Of course I have heard of it." Wang Xian said calmly: "Can it be that under such strict precautions, someone still cheats?
"Of course there are, and they are not just a few." Chen Laoliu said with a smile: "I am not boasting. Since the early years of Yongle, I have been working in the examination room, including county examinations, government examinations, college examinations, township examinations, and general examinations.
Having experienced it, I can say that I know all about the evil ways here."
"You might as well tell it and listen to it." Wang Xianruo looked at him with enlightenment and said, "If you speak well, you will be rewarded."
"It's easy to talk about," Chen Laoliu saw that this young adult was very wise, and he said: "Speaking of these various tricks, the first one is to take the test. This is mainly to exploit the loopholes of name recognition, as long as the appearance is roughly similar.
, it is possible to pass the exam if you take the exam for you. The people who take the exam for you are called gunmen. Some people specialize in this. They take the county exam, government exam, and college exam for others, and usually pass it smoothly. This is called "a green onion."
It is very common when taking the scholar examination, almost three or four out of ten. There are also people who take the provincial examination and the general examination, but because it is too difficult, there are fewer, but you can still find one and a half out of ten people."
"There are two to three hundred people there," Wang Xiandao said, "It's really a lot."
"Two to three hundred people are required for the provincial examination, and even fewer are required for the professional examination." Chen Laoliu explained hurriedly: "After all, it is very difficult to find people who are not qualified but have the ability to take the tribute examination."
"As long as we recognize this carefully, we can still find it, right?" Wang Xiandao said.
"You can find out some of them, but there is a way that you can't recognize them." Chen Laoliu said: "That is the 'Dragon Gate Paper Adjustment', which allows both the candidates and the shooter to enter the examination room innocently. After entering the examination room, the two people exchange test papers and exchange papers.
Go to the other party's room to answer questions. However, the price is too high to bribe Juren to give up a Chinese-style opportunity.
"After the exam starts, wouldn't it be solved if we do another room-by-room identification?" Wang Xiandao said.
"It seems possible." Chen Laoliu thought about it.
"Continue." Wang Xian nodded and let him continue.
"Then there's 'entrainment.' There are many different methods of entrainment. The purpose is to avoid the gantry inspection. It depends on whether it is hidden secretly or the search is thorough." Chen Laoliu said with a smile: "Anyway, the little ones can pick it up from their ears and eyes.
They were found in the hair, in the soles of shoes, in cushions, in candlesticks, in cakes, and the most amazing thing was when a cheat sheet was pulled out of a candidate's asshole..."
Wang Xian felt nauseated after hearing this, and said hurriedly: "What else?"