"What does this mean?" Wang Xian put the thick stack of cheat sheets in a wooden box and asked with a somewhat distracted look.
"It doesn't mean anything," Xiong Gai said with a somewhat forced smile: "This kind of thing is very common. It should be the result of a famous teacher publicly evaluating the topic at a certain literary conference and then passing it on to others, right?"
"What kind of famous teacher is so confident?" Wang Xian said quietly: "You dare to be sure of these three four book questions that must be tested in this exam?" Wang Xian has passed the provincial examination and knows that the content of the examination is the same as that of the provincial examination.
There are three exams. The first exam is about seven eight-legged essays, including three questions about the Four Books and four questions about the meaning of the classics. The second exam is about one of the Five Classics, and one exam each for imperial edicts, judgments, lists, and imperial edicts. The third exam is about strategy.
However, due to the grading time and difficulty of the paper, in fact the examiner only focused on the three four-book questions in the first session. As for the other four classic meaning questions, as well as the questions in the second and third sessions, as long as they did not make a big fallacy, it would be fine.
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Scholars spend more than 80% of their efforts on the "Four Books" because the rest is just a formality, and only the three questions on the Four Books are the key.
However, according to common sense, the test questions are ever-changing, and there are more than tens of thousands of questions that can be asked. Even if a famous teacher evaluates the questions, he will have to estimate at least dozens or hundreds of questions, and he may not be able to get one right. However, this expert only gave
Three articles, that's not just asking for help, it's just child's play. However, so many people believe in him, and he really only asked the gunman to write these three articles. One has to admire that master, who can fool the students.
Become a fool.
"This" Xiong Gai also thought it was too incredible. After much deliberation, he couldn't come up with a clue. He laughed and said, "Is it possible that there is a semi-immortal who can calculate and guess the test questions?"
"It's also possible." Wang Xian smiled and said: "But don't those fortune tellers all say that the imperial examination is a national artifact and has its own divine light to protect it, so it can't predict the questions?"
"Haha, I didn't expect adults to believe this..." Xiong Gai couldn't help but laugh. People in this era are very superstitious about fortune-telling. During the imperial examination year, there are many people who want to calculate the test questions, but no matter how powerful the half immortal is, they don't have this ability.
, so I had to use this statement to excuse myself. Over time, it spread all over the country and became a well-known statement.
"I don't believe it." Wang Xian suddenly turned cold and said, "When something goes wrong, there must be a monster. Let's wait and see when the test questions come out."
"Yes." Xiong Gai couldn't help but shudder when he saw Wang Xian's sudden change of expression, and asked in a low voice: "Do you think... someone leaked the question?" When he said the last few words, his throat was shaking violently, and it was very difficult for him to do so.
Finish.
"Let's wait until the exam questions come out." Wang Xian obviously would not draw a conclusion at this time, so he just replied lightly and stopped talking about the matter.
The general examination is the same as the provincial examination, with three sessions in nine days and one session in three days. Generally, the first day is used to enter the examination hall, and the third day is used to leave the tribute courtyard. The second day is mainly used for taking the examination. However, in previous years, due to the inspection,
It's just a formality, so candidates usually all come in and take their seats in the afternoon of the first day, and then the test questions can be handed out.
As for the questions of the general examination, they are naturally set by the examiner. This is why Chief Examiner Liang was imprisoned in the Gongyuan half a month in advance. It was to let him use his brain quietly to come up with questions. Of course, it was also to isolate himself from the outside world and avoid contact with the outside world.
Leak test questions.
At this moment, the questions for this spring exam are lying quietly in a wooden box in the Zhigong Hall. The box is covered with seals, and there are guards guarding it all around, so it should be foolproof.
Because of meeting Wang Xian, a perverted prosecutor, in this examination, all candidates entered the Gongyuan at dusk, received their examination papers, and sat down in the examination room that looked like a honeycomb.
At this moment, although everyone was looking out, the whole Gongyuan was completely silent, just waiting for the examiner in the court hall to hand out the examination questions.
However, during the waiting process, the candidates naturally greeted Wang Xian, a villain who wasted their precious time in answering questions, a hundred times.
At this time, Wang Xian and Xiong Gai, who had completed the inspection task, did not go back to their residences to rest. Instead, like the candidates, they looked towards the court hall and waited quietly for the examiner to issue the examination questions.
At this time, the sky was already dark, and Examiner Liang who was in the court hall did not dare to delay any longer. He washed his hands in the copper basin first, then bowed deeply to the examination questions in the imperial guards, and then stepped forward under Ji Gang's supervision.
Carefully tearing open the seal, he took out the key from his pocket, opened the nanmu box, and took out the examination questions lying quietly inside.
In the hall, the person responsible for printing the examination questions was also concentrating on writing, waiting for the examiner to announce the examination questions.
"The first question, Confucius said, Guan Zhong's weapon is small..." In fact, the question was given by Liang Qian. The pretentiousness at this moment was just to follow the situation, unfold the Huang Ling, and he pretended to read out the first question.
As soon as the chief examiner announced the announcement, the person in charge of copying immediately wrote out the examination questions, and then the craftsmen stereotyped them on the spot, completed them in a moment, and quickly printed the examination questions... What was originally a very leisurely matter, Wang Xian interfered with it, and he had to hurry up. Urgent.
I hurried slowly and finally printed it out before dark, and distributed the test questions with the scent of ink to the candidates in Gongyuan.
Although Wang Xian and Xiong Gai are not candidates for the examination, it is no problem if they want to take a look at the exam questions, and they will definitely get them earlier than the candidates.
When the fresh examination paper was delivered to Wang Xian, he only glanced at it and handed it to Xiong Gai. Xiong Gai didn't look at it, but he was completely shocked when he saw it. It turned out that there were three questions on the examination paper.
The questions are exactly the same as those in the hundreds of cheat sheets with only three questions that I found during the day, but the order has changed, from 'one, two, three,' to 'one, three, two,' that's all.
Xiong Gai stayed for a while. When he came back to his senses, he was sweating profusely and trembling all over. He stammered: "How...how could this happen?"
"What else can I do? The test questions have been leaked in advance," Wang Xian gritted his teeth. At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed through his mind, illuminating the things he couldn't figure out before.
"No, it's impossible..." Xiong Gai said in horror, as if he was in a mountain of corpses and a sea of blood, "How could this happen?" He also wanted to excuse the examiner, but the facts are here, with irrefutable evidence, making it impossible to know.
Defence. He clearly saw a major case in the examination room and was about to commit it.
Wang Xian shook his head. Although he had already made some guesses, it was obviously not yet time to express his opinions.
"Sir, what should we do?" Xiong Gai looked at Wang Xian blankly.
"Immediately report it to the examiner, and he will make the decision." Wang Xian said with a businesslike expression.
"Then it's going to be a big fuss. The imperial examination will definitely be postponed," Xiong Gai shook his head and said, "I don't know how many people will be dead by then, and I don't know how many people will be dead." As he spoke, his train of thought
Gradually he became clearer and stopped stammering. He stared at Wang Xian and said: "Sir, we are only responsible for the search. As for what the search finds, it is our responsibility." Obviously, he hoped that Wang Xian would not make any noise and let the exam
continue.
"If I remember correctly, Brother Yuanjie is the censor, so he said such words?" Wang Xian said with a lot of sarcasm in his tone.
"Sir." Xiong Gai's face turned red after being said: "If we publicize this matter, it will immediately cause shock to the government and the public, and it will also affect the overall situation. This is a relationship like a sea of blood, so we must not be careful."
"Then what do you mean, let's just pretend to be deaf and dumb and pretend we don't know anything?" Wang Xian looked at him expressionlessly and said, the awe in his tone was already obvious.
"Then what you mean is..." Xiong Gai was startled, and then he remembered Wang Xian's original identity. He was the governor of Fusi in Beizhen, and the chief of the Jinyiwei secret agents. He told him this, not because the old man was eating arsenic and was disgusted with it.
Will you live longer?
"What should I do?" Wang Xian had no intention of settling a score with him, but said coldly: "Since someone has leaked the test questions, it is natural to report it to the examiner immediately, and let the examiner make a decision."
"Yes, yes." Xiong Gai heard the slow change in Wang Xian's tone and nodded hurriedly: "The official was frightened just now. He should report it to the examiner immediately."
"What are you still staring at?" Wang Xian walked towards the court, and Xiong Gai had no choice but to follow closely.
In the courtroom, Wang Xian and Xiong Gai asked the examiners to step aside, and then presented the physical evidence they had found. Liang Qian didn't know why at first, but after seeing the words written on the waistcoat, he was stunned and sat down.
On the chair, there were only four big black characters in my mind: "The incident happened."
According to the rules, after an official is selected to take the main examination, he must immediately enter the Gongyuan for confinement and cannot step out of the Gongyuan. The rest of the people can only enter and exit, not to mention people, just a piece of paper, and not a word is allowed to leave the Gongyuan.
The purpose is to prevent the examination questions from leaking and ruining the imperial court's talent promotion ceremony.
Although the Gan Party is powerful, it is not good at evil ways. Therefore, even if Liang Qian serves as the examiner of this examination, there is no way to convey the news to the outside world. But if he tells the questions he is going to ask before entering the examination room,
For outsiders, that's a different matter. In fact, the Gan Party also adopted this method, because the National Examination is a country's most important ceremony for recruiting talents. Although the specifications are not as good as those of the Palace Examination, the Palace Examination does not exclude candidates, so the real
In fact, there will still be an examination in the talent promotion ceremony, and the palace examination is just to determine the final ranking of the successful candidates.
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, which one has not been punished? After deducting the officials who have served as examiners, the officials who are truly qualified to serve as examiners can actually be counted, and nine out of ten are from Jiangxi
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