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There are many brothels near Chunnu Building that are not much less famous than it. Pei Yuanqing naturally said that he wanted to sit in such and such a building, but Wang Junlin was too lazy to accompany them and said goodbye to each other with fists in their hands.
But when saying goodbye, this young general who always liked to run to brothels at a young age said something with a half-smile: "Today the eldest prince wants to see you first, maybe because after the test, you probably won't be able to escape." Please ask."
Wang Junlin was startled for a moment, and he heard a hint of information revealed in the other party's words. Three days later, the autumn examination competition officially began. Although he was not the person who marked the papers, he had the responsibility of supervision. This power was no more powerful than that of Gao Ying's examiner. How much smaller.
In the evening, Wang Junlin returned to his mansion, talked briefly with Shen Guang, Niu Jinda, and Zhan Peng about the meeting with the deposed prince during the day, and then welcomed the expected guest-Yuwen Chengdu.
He ordered his cheap senior brother to sit down for tea and serve wine, but the latter had the character of a warrior. He was too lazy to say anything polite to Wang Junlin and directly handed over a note written by Prince Yang Guang himself. King Junlin.
Looking at the names on this note, Wang Junlin thought that this kind of thing is the same whether it is ancient times or later generations, whether it is feudal society or later generations...
He smiled inexplicably, and of course he knew what the prince Yang Guang wanted from him. Although he seemed to be very close to Yang Guang to outsiders because of his closeness to Yang Zhao, in fact, neither Yang Guang nor himself , they all knew that he had not truly surrendered to Yang Guang, but Yang Guang unceremoniously asked Yuwen Chengdu to send him the note.
Yang Jian wanted to open a new subject to obtain scholars. On the surface, he wanted to provide a way for poor scholars in the world to advance and make use of the talented people in the world. But the real purpose was to break the situation where aristocratic families controlled the government and local officials. But The final result of the examination... If the candidates are all the nobles and the poor scholars who have secretly joined the top families, then it is of no use. It can only be a failed imperial examination.
"Why are you showing me this?" Wang Junlin was unwilling to do such a thing from the bottom of his heart, so he took the piece of paper in his hand, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Brother, Gao Ying is the only one who knows how to grade exam papers. After all, I have no way to interfere."
Over the past month or so, whether it was when Mai Tiezhang led people to raid the original mansion at night, he saved Niu Jinda, or he used it to deal with the old man and his wife of Tianying Palace in the future, the two of them have cooperated in an extremely tacit understanding, and There is nothing too conflicting about each other's personalities, and the two of them are genuine brothers, so now they naturally get to know each other a lot better.
Yuwen Chengdu was a little surprised that Wang Junlin would say this. He pulled the tea cup aside, picked up the wine glass, drank it all in one gulp, and explained loudly: "Junior brother, you should know what these names are."
Of course Wang Junlin knew that the day after tomorrow was the day when the national examination would start. At this juncture, the poor scholars were running around everywhere, suffering from the lack of connections, while the nobles of various families were constantly communicating secretly. As long as the family members were in the Ministry of Rites The back door of families with officials was almost trampled to pieces. It is said that Zhou Chengyan, the Minister of Rites, went to great lengths and did not dare to offend too many princes, nobles and various noble families, so after having secret talks with Gao Ying, he simply closed the door on the grounds of physical discomfort. Thank you. Apart from Gao Ying, the chief examiner, the other four fellow examiners and promoters also avoided going home and simply stayed in the Rites Yamen.
But in Wang Junlin's view, based on the energy of the East Palace, if Prince Yang Guang wants to promote some young scholars who have joined him in this autumn imperial examination, he should have connections and methods. Although Yang Yong and Gao Ying have been gaining momentum recently
Quite a few, but after all, Yang Guang is the real prince, and he has staunch supporters of the Dugu clan behind him. He can casually pass a message to someone in the Ministry of Rites, even if Gao Ying interferes with it, as long as there are not many people,
It's not like there's a big problem. How could it be caused by yourself?
Yuwen Chengdu saw the doubts in Wang Junlin's heart. He remembered something, his face became angry, and said: "That old man Gao Ying is so shameless, and a bunch of bastards from the Ministry of Rites are so brave. They don't even have the rules for this autumn examination."
Tell junior brother."
Wang Junlin was stunned for a moment and said: "The Ministry of Rites sent someone to send an agenda, but I was too lazy to read it."
"Ahem...ahem...Junior brother, you, you...are really..." Yuwen Chengdu almost spit out the sip of wine he just drank. A major event like the autumn imperial examination involves the interests and thoughts of many people.
He, the supervisor, was so lazy that he didn't even read the plan. If this was heard by Yang Jian, who wanted to use Wang Junlin's fierce methods to successfully hold the first imperial examination, he would be so angry that he would not take the Dragon Tiger Pill that night.
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Wang Junlin was also a little embarrassed. He originally wanted to look through the agenda sent by the Ministry of Rites the night before the exam.
Yuwen Chengdu thought for a moment and said: "In order to show his fair side in front of His Majesty and the people of the world, Gao Ying, on the grounds of preventing fraud, stipulated that the papers of the candidates for the examination must be re-copied to prevent the handwriting from being copied.
The examiner will recognize him, and then the most critical step is to conceal his name."
Hearing this, Wang Junlin nodded thoughtfully. Yuwen Chengdu took a sip of the wine Wang Junlin poured for him and continued: "The five names on the paper were all interviewed and taught by His Highness the Prince himself.
Four of them are from noble families, and one is from a poor family." He smiled and said, "When His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was taking the exam, I was watching from the side, and these five are all talented people."
After a pause, Yuwen Chengdu took out another piece of paper with some embarrassment, handed it to Wang Junlin and said: "These three people are the children of my Yuwen family. I also ask my junior brother to take care of them. I will take care of them someday."
Let’s toast to our junior brother and thank him.”
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After seeing off Yuwen Chengdu, Wang Junlin sat quietly in his study, looking at the two pieces of paper in his hand. Although he already knew the fate of the Sui Dynasty, he still felt a little faintly angry.
Three days later was the official day of the general examination, and he didn't know until today that after Gao Ying submitted the plan to Yang Jian, in addition to Gao Ying as the main examiner, the deputy examiners and promotions were all chosen by Gao Ying and His Majesty.
Among all the officials in the examination, Yang Jian personally ordered him to play a very troublesome and important role - supervisor.
The so-called supervisor is fully responsible for the supervision of this examination, and he holds great real power in his hands. More importantly, after the papers were sealed at night, and during the long night before the papers were revised, Yang Jian personally
Before selecting a close servant who could write and re-copy the papers, he was solely responsible for the anonymity.
And to this day, I don't know why my performance after coming to the capital was much better than Yang Jian expected every time, or because Yang Jian had other thoughts and never summoned him, only to tell him about this matter again.
As for the various wealthy families and various forces that want to engage in favoritism and malpractice in this examination, the first thing they have to deal with is the obscurity of their names.
Even if the background behind those students has bribed the officials of the Ministry of Etiquette and the examiners, or even Gao Ying himself wants to take care of someone, if he does not do something to hide his name first, the examiner who marks the examination paper will not be able to do it, because he does not know which one.
The test paper is a test paper for the person you have to take care of.
Of course, if this is left to later generations, there will be too many ways. Even in the Ming and Qing Dynasties, when the imperial examination was very mature, there were many ways to deal with the name-obscuring measures. However, the autumn examination of the Great Sui Dynasty was the first imperial examination in Chinese history.
, whether it is the examiner or the examinee, the methods used to cheat are only being explored and studied.
Originally, for more than a month, these fraudulent and self-interested transactions have been secretly allocated by various aristocrats and various forces. However, because Wang Junlin is the supervisor of this autumn examination, everything is full of variables.
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Although Wang Junlin is now a big noble, strictly speaking, he does not seem to belong to the same family as other nobles.
Secondly, based on what Wang Junlin has done since he came to Beijing for more than a month, it seems that His Majesty is using it specifically to deal with the nobles.
Besides, Wang Junlin often acted unexpectedly. Even though an official from the Ministry of Rites was sent by a group of nobles to test him some time ago, the various noble families and various forces in the court were still a little unsure. No one knew about this murderous person.
What kind of things will the famous and ruthless Poison do?
Therefore, the prince asked Yuwen Chengdu to come to Qin'anhou Mansion without hesitation. He believed that Wang Junlin would not go against his will, and Yuwen Chengdu also gave his family's name to Wang Junlin without hesitation.
Moreover, in these days, the prince thought that he had shown enough kindness to Wang Junlin, and it was time for Wang Junlin to express his attitude.
Wang Junlin took another look at the eight names on the two slips of paper, and remembered them in his mind for the time being. He sighed, rubbed his hands together, and destroyed the two slips of paper into powder. He thought that no matter what, Yang Guang is now
They are the people he cannot offend the most in this world, and Yang Guang is not too outrageous. There are only five people, and I heard that they are really talented and learned people. Helping them cheat is nothing. As for the three people Yuwen Chengdu sent
Just one name, three more people won’t be a big problem...
But he still underestimated the complexity of the matter.
The next day, Changsun Wuji came, also holding a note in his hand, but only two names were written on it.
Pei Shiju asked Pei Yuanqing to run away again and sent three names.
The patron king Yang Lin asked his son Yang Cheng to also send a gift and also told him the names of three people.
General Han Qinhu sent someone to bring the gifts that Han Ziliang brought from Tianshui County to Wang Junlin, along with two names.
Even the eldest princess Yang Lihua asked the Nighthawk envoy to send a list of names, which was the same number as Yang Guang's, there were five people.
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