Before the grading work for the palace examination had even begun, trouble began to arise with Jin Lan, the father of Jin Lan, who had a crush on Jin Lei.
There was a case of fraud in this exam!
The cause was a man named Wang Qian from Yixing, who worked in the Gongyuan of the Ministry of Rites. He had a grudge against Wu Shi, a fellow candidate for the examination, and reported Wu Shi for cheating. When the examination results were being filled out, all the outside officials (examination supervisors) came in and conducted a thorough investigation.
There were cases of fraud, so the results for this session were very late, and the results were released an hour later than in previous sessions.
As a result of the investigation, Wu Shi had no problem, but Chen Zhe, a member of the Jiangyin Judicial Examination Committee, was found to have bribed Jin Keqin, the child of Jin Gui (deputy examiner), to buy the questions.
Chen Zhe was immediately deprived of his qualification for the pilot test, while Jin Keqin fled with the money.
Wang Qian insisted that Wu Shi, a fellow countryman, also bought the exam, so the outer officials were divided into two groups. One group believed that Wu Shi's Jinshi qualification should be revoked (he had already passed the examination), and the other group believed that Jin Keqin should be captured first and confront Wu Shi face to face.
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After all the fuss, Wu Shidu had already gone to take part in the palace examination, but was still inexplicably deprived of his honor.
But Jin Keqin had already absconded. Deputy examiner Jin Gui and mid-term examiner Wu Shi both had yellow mud falling out of their crotches, either feces or feces. After the imperial examination, the news spread throughout the capital, and neither of them could explain why.
The most unlucky thing was Ma Qing, who was assigned to the engineering department. As Wu Shi's room official, he recommended Wu Shi's papers. He was implicated because of this and was transferred to Daming Prefecture as the prefect - it was a complete mistake.
Therefore, in the sixth year of Zhengde's reign, 350 people were admitted to the examination, but only 349 were admitted as Jinshi. Wu Shi was dismissed.
"Ruoxu, have you heard? Someone is cheating in this test!" Jin Lei quickly ran into Wang Yuan's room.
Wang Yuan asked: "What's going on?"
Jin Lei said anxiously: "A friend told me that Jin Gui, the deputy chief examiner, was the father of Miss Jin during the last Si Festival outing. His family boy was bribed to sell questions and absconded with the money long ago. Wu Shi, who had already participated in the imperial examination, was
Take away the fame!"
"Is there such a thing?" Wang Yuan asked in surprise.
"Who says it's not the case," Jin Lei shook his head and sighed, "Right now, there are rumors in the capital that the deputy chief examiner Jin Gui sold countless questions and secretly obtained tens of thousands of taels in bribes. Also, rumors have been spread about you!"
Wang Yuan said speechlessly: "It's none of my business."
Jin Lei said: "Who made you a scholar in Guizhou? There have been no Jinshi in Guizhou for more than ten years. Not only did you pass the exam, but you were also able to take the third place. Those rumors spread everywhere, saying that you bribed Jin Gui with three thousand silver
Two, I got the exam questions in advance, so I was able to get third place!"
"Fuck!" Wang Yuan couldn't help but curse, and it was the same curse he used in his previous life.
Jin Lei said angrily: "I shouldn't have gone out during the last Si Festival. It has been revealed that we went on a spring outing with Miss Jin's family. Even I was questioned for buying the questions. I am a scholar from Yunnan and passed the exam.
Twenty-eight people, in their opinion, must have bought the question."
Wang Yuan didn't care at first, but now his expression became serious.
Rumors are terrible. This is how Tang Bohu was deprived of his fame. The lessons from the past are there!
Damn it, it must be those Nanjing Imperial College students who are spreading rumors.
Because only the Nanjing supervisor who was drinking together by the river knew about Wang Yuan, Jin Lei and Miss Jin's spring outing together. They were all very enthusiastic while drinking, and then turned around and spread rumors, shameless bastards!
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At Li Dongyang's house.
Song Ling'er was extremely anxious and wanted to go out of the city to visit Wang Yuan, but was stopped by Li Dongyang and Wang Yangming.
"You can't go out, you will hurt Wang Erlang!" Li Dongyang said.
"Why?" Song Ling'er asked puzzled.
Wang Yangming explained: "You live in the home of the chief minister of the cabinet, and you are a neighbor of the deputy chief examiner. If you come into contact with Wang Yuan again, people who are interested will probably gossip again."
"Then what should we do?" Song Ling'er was anxious and walked around the room.
Wang Yangming smiled and said: "You said you want to be a female general. People who command troops must not be impatient."
Li Dongyang stood up and said: "There are some rumors, don't pay attention to them. The Wu Shi who was deprived of his fame was actually wronged. How can we deprive Wang Yuan and Jin Lei of their fame because of rumors again? How can we, the Ming Dynasty, take away the fame of Wang Yuan and Jin Lei because of this?
Ruling the country by rumors?”
"I'm afraid the officials will not give up." Wang Yangming reminded.
Li Dongyang straightened his back and said with a sneer: "The chronic illness is getting worse day by day. I'm afraid I don't have much time left. I can't even save two soldiers before I die?"
Li Dongyang has decided to take matters into his own hands. Anyway, he has shouldered countless blames in his life, not least of which are Wang Yuan and Jin Lei.
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The East Pavilion is the place where the examination papers are reviewed.
Li Dongyang was helped to come here by Yang Tinghe, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of Jinshen Palace, Liu Zhong, the Minister of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of Wuyingdian Palace, Liang Chu, the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of Wuyingdian Palace, Yang Yiqing, the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel and a bachelor of Wuying Palace.
Jin Gui, the right minister and a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, Wang Chang, Minister of the Ministry of War, He Jian, Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Li Sui, Minister of the Ministry of Industry, and others all came forward to greet him.
According to the system, there is only one official official, but there are a series of official official officials in front of us. Even Li Dongyang, the chief minister of the Ming Dynasty, also served as official official official.
Only Yang Yiqing is really in charge of the affairs of the Ministry of Personnel, and the other ministers of the Ministry of Personnel are all nominal.
Why is this so?
Because during the Zhengde Dynasty, the court would arrange the official shifts, and the six ministers would be ranked before the cabinet ministers. If the ministers did not hold the title of minister, they would have to stand behind the six ministers every time they went to court to see the emperor.
After bowing to each other, Li Dongyang said directly to Jin Gui: "Don't worry about some comments."
Jin Gui smiled bitterly and said, "It's my fault for bribing my children. I'm really ashamed of myself."
Li Dongyang walked to his seat and sat down: "Let's start marking the papers. I'll take care of Yan Guan."
Yang Tinghe was inconvenient to talk from beginning to end, because his son also participated in the joint examination and the palace examination. He originally asked to avoid it, but the emperor did not allow it, so he could only come to participate in the marking work.
To be honest, Yang Tinghe didn't want to take part in the imperial examination. With Yang Shen's talent and knowledge, he could still get into the second place no matter how blindly he took the exam. Even if he didn't make it into the top three, he would still be admitted to the Hanlin Academy, and he could still rise to prominence. Why bother?
What about making a mess?
Yang Tinghe could fully imagine that if his son took the exam and got the top prize, he would be criticized by both the government and the public.
As soon as Li Dongyang sat down, he saw three papers placed separately. He could only look at them and shake his head with a bitter smile.
Those three papers are naturally those of Zou Shouyi, Yang Shen and Wang Yuan. Logically speaking, the candidates' information is sealed and cannot be found out in advance, but in fact there are such unspoken rules every year.
Before the Jiajing Dynasty, the palace examination had a very large scope for maneuver.
The official can see the names of the candidates and often lists the top three papers in the examination separately and sends them to the East Pavilion for selection, so as to prevent the palace examination marking officer from confusing the top three papers into the third list of Jinshi.
If the top three in the general examination only make it to the top three in the imperial examination, that would be a slap in the face of the examiner. That is why there is such an illegal operation of secretly sending papers. In this way, the top three in the general examination will at least be able to
Enter the palace and test the second rank.
There is also a more outrageous operation, which is that the marking officer lists someone in a certain position on the test paper. The marking officer knows it at a glance, so he puts the person higher. To put it bluntly, it is collusion with cheating.
After marking the papers, the marking officer could still go home to rest at night, so the emperor didn't even read the answer sheet. As a result, the good article had spread throughout the capital.
In view of various shortcomings, historically, reforms were carried out in the fifth year of Jiajing: First, the sealing officials were not allowed to participate in submitting papers to avoid collusion with the marking officers; second, the marking officers were not allowed to go home and could only live in the Ministry of Rites to prevent the imperial examination papers from being advanced
Give way.
Li Dongyang first read Zou Shouyi's paper and was a little disappointed. Although the article cited scriptures, it was a moral article and had no practical content.
This is normal. Zou Shouyi has never been an official, and he has not delved deeply into history books. He mainly studies classics and meanings. What truly useful strategies for governing the country can such a nineteen-year-old scholar write?
It's not the examinee's problem, but the questions are too difficult for officials from the six ministries to answer.
Next came Yang Shen's paper. Li Dongyang frowned as he looked at it.
This answer sheet is so comprehensive and the text is so wonderful that it doesn't look like it was written temporarily in one day. It is more like getting the test questions in advance, reading historical materials and classics at home, and revising them carefully and repeatedly.
Did Yang Tinghe deliberately omit the question for his son?
Li Dongyang was already suspicious, but he did not dare to draw conclusions easily, because Yang Shen was not only the son of Yang Tinghe, but also his direct disciple of Li Dongyang! He knew that his disciple was knowledgeable about the past and the present, so he might actually have such talent.
Looking at Wang Yuan's paper again, Li Dongyang's expression was even weirder.
Although Yang Shen's imperial examination article was colorful, comprehensive, and detailed, it was actually full of empty words and nonsense, and it was as difficult as Zou Shouyi to talk about substantive issues.
And what about Wang Yuan?
The article is written dryly, but it is full of practical information and points directly to current ills, as if it were written by a veteran cadre.
Could it be that Wang Yangming secretly stole the question and asked Song Ling'er to take it out to Wang Yuan to read?
This year’s imperial examination is full of monsters and monsters!