high official

Chapter 528 Perseverance
After Xiong Yushi finished reading, Wang Xiancai said in a deep voice: "Everyone may only know that my surname is Wang. Let me introduce myself. My official, Wang Xian, is the governor of Beizhen Fusi!"

As soon as this remark came out, all the soldiers, who were a little restless because of excitement, fell silent all of a sudden. They never expected that this young adult was actually the boss of Beizhen Fusi, no wonder he was so tricky and ruthless.All the soldiers were awe-inspiring, and they looked at Wang Xian with fear in their eyes.

"So you don't have to worry about my determination. The purpose of the emperor's selection of scholars is to select real talents for the court, and it is definitely not to open the door for those who cheat!" Wang Xian continued in a serious tone: "So Don't neglect your duty. I will reward you as much money as you find cheating candidates. If you neglect your duty and fail to find out the cheaters, if you are discovered by the later inspectors, you will be punished. Responsibility twenty! Wait until you get out of the Tribute Court, and then go to Beizhen Fusi to receive the punishment!"

"Here..." Everyone responded in fear.

"Don't blame me for being too strict," Wang Xian sighed, "According to the regulations, if a candidate is found to have entered the examination room with writing in his hand, the officials and soldiers in charge of the search will be punished." His gaze swept across the crowd mercilessly, and he burst out a few cold words from between his teeth: "Whoever implicates me, I will kill him, do you understand?!"

"Understood..." All the soldiers said in fear.

"I didn't hear that!" Wang Xian shouted violently.

"Understood!" All the soldiers hurriedly raised their voices, shouting hoarsely.

"Go!" Wang Xian then waved his hand and asked them to go down and follow Chen Laoliu to learn how to search and find out the entrainment hidden in various items.

After all the soldiers went down, Wang Xian looked at Xiong Yushi who was sluggish beside him, and said with a relaxed expression: "I'm sorry, I have to talk like this with these Qiu Ba, and it spoiled Brother Yuanjie's audiovisual."

"Where is it?" Xiong Yushi hurriedly shook his hand vigorously, and swallowed: "It's just that I really didn't expect that my lord will strictly rectify it this time..."

"Hehe, brother Yuan Jie blames me for not saying hello with my eyes?" Wang Xian smiled, his frank eyes looked directly at Xiong Gai's heart.

"Where is there..." Under Wang Xian's gaze, Xiong Gai felt that there was nowhere to escape. "My lord is also very kind."

"That's true." Wang Xian nodded and said with a smile: "One person is responsible for the work, so you don't want to meddle in this matter."

"Since the lower official is your lord's deputy, you have to take care of everything together," Xiong Gai is the official censor. Seeing what Wang Xian said, he couldn't help but blushed and said, "I just don't know what your lord will do. Let the chief examiner know in advance." Are you a grown-up?" The chief examiner of this year's examination is Liang Qian, a native of Taihe, Jiangxi Province, and a scholar in the Imperial Academy.After Xie Jin's accident, he took over as the president of "Yongle Dadian", and he can be regarded as the number two figure in the Jiangxi Party after Hu Guang.And Xiong Gai is from Jishui, Jiangxi. Although he is an upright official, he is not exempt from common customs.But he is still very kind, and he doesn't want to make a small report without telling Wang Xian.

"Never." Wang Xian shook his head and said, "Brother Yuan Jie can go and report on his behalf."

"It's better for you to report it yourself." Xiong Gai said softly: "If you have anything to say, you can say it in person."

"Alright." Wang Xian nodded and went to the court.

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"My lord Wang's proposition is probably not in line with the Taizu's lenient treatment of Juzi." Wang Xian knew that if Xiong Gaifan said that, he would not be able to cut it first and then play it. Instead of letting Xiong Yushi be caught in the middle, it would be difficult to do People, why not explain it to the master examiner yourself.As expected, the chief examiner was not impressed by Wang Xian's rules, but he still saved him some face, which was considered polite.

"The reason why Emperor Taizu said to be lenient to Juzi is that there are prerequisites. They are knowledgeable, rational, honest and shameless, and they will not cheat," Wang Xian replied: "However, the world has changed with time and the world has deteriorated. The officials have long heard about it. Today’s move is quite an act of taking advantage of the opportunity and betraying the good intentions of the Emperor Taizu.” He said with a straight face: “The lower official thinks that in order to set the record straight and convince the hearts of the people, it is indeed necessary to seriously examine the discipline and conduct a thorough investigation. If Sure enough, no one is entraining, then it means that my Ming Dynasty's actions have not failed the Emperor Taizu's expectations." After a pause, he said: "Besides, before coming, the Holy Lord reminded us that our invigilating officials not only have to live up to the law, but also His eyes are sharp, and he does not let those who engage in self-interest and fraud get away with it. The lower officials also thought that when the country selects scholars, it is actually Jian Ba ​​who is an official of the emperor's herdsmen. An official is first of all moral, and an official with bad morals, the greater the ability, the greater the harm. We crack down on cheaters, isn't it just to keep those with bad morals out of the examination room, so that honest and innocent candidates have a fair chance of being selected?"

Wang Xianhao made a long speech, not to mention how the chief examiner Liang was doing, he himself blushed, God, isn't I just doing something in a crooked way?Isn't this scolding yourself?Still scolding so righteously?
Fortunately, Chief Examiner Liang thought that his blushing was caused by excitement, but he didn't think about it, instead he was secretly ashamed.He knew what Wang Xian said was true. Ever since Emperor Taizu said that he would be lenient to candidates, the imperial examinations have been open to convenience over the years. An upright person with real talents and learning is squeezed out of the gold list by cheaters.It is indeed time for this imperial examination to be rectified!
But Liang Qian didn't want to rectify this session, as that would make him a target of public criticism.Moreover, as the umbrella of the Jiangxi Party in this imperial examination, he has to support as many as [-] fellow villagers. Although these people do not need to bring their documents to enter the venue, if they fail to ensure that they have become the target of public criticism, others will find themselves wrong.

The so-called righteous man first straightens himself, if he himself is not upright, he naturally has no face to care about others.Since the late period of Hongwu, Jiangxi people have dominated the examination and have been engaged in this kind of resource monopoly.If you take all the best positions by yourself, it's not easy to care about other people's petty tricks.So speaking of it, these Jiangxi bigwigs really can't escape the responsibility for the corrupt atmosphere in the examination hall.But then again, if it weren't for the atmosphere of the imperial examination, Jin Wen and others would not have helped Wang Xian run the township examination because of the reputation of Jin Wen and others. The rectification movement will surely offend a large number of people.

Liang Qian is already old, and has witnessed what happened to his old boss Xie Jin. He has long been convinced of the emperor, and now he just wants to stand up for his class and send those Jiangxi students a ride. Completed his mission.After this imperial examination, you can go back to the Imperial Academy to compile books and revise history with peace of mind, and you don't have to worry about your descendants anymore... because he is not fighting alone, he is a member of the Jiangxi Party, and he has done his duty. , naturally someone else will do the duty...

So although he agrees with Wang Xian's statement emotionally, Liang Qian can't allow Wang Xian to act recklessly. Thinking about his words, he said to Wang Xian seriously: "What you said makes sense, but have you thought about the consequences of doing so?"

"It's nothing more than infamy." Wang Xian said lightly. "The examiner is a famous minister of Qingliu, so it is natural to estimate his reputation. But the lower official, the governor of Beizhen, doesn't care about his reputation."

"This..." Liang Qian remembered that this young inspector was still the head of the emperor's trusted spy.Seeing Wang Xian's white teeth showing when he smiled, the examiner couldn't help shivering. He suddenly thought that Wang Xian's sudden convulsions and insisted on strict investigation, did he follow the emperor's secret decree?Even if he didn't follow the order, if he wanted to report to the emperor, it would be enough for him to drink a pot.However, Chief Examiner Liang has been through a lot of troubles after all, so he calmed down and said, "This is not a matter of cherishing one's life, but that no matter what you do, it is wrong. Think about it, if the results of the search show that there are only a very small number of people who carry words , then you, the prosecutor, can’t afford to be guilty, and to put it seriously, you are despising the great ancestor and disobeying the ancestor’s precepts!"

Wang Xian knew that he was blaspheming himself, but unfortunately he was not scared too much, so he sneered and said, "Does your lord think that there is such a possibility?"

"Maybe there are still some." Liang Qian's confidence was seriously lacking.

"Well, as long as the master examiner makes a written statement that if the cheat sheet is found in the examination room, it will not be considered the responsibility of the search and inspection of officials and soldiers, and I will do so." He has been patiently explaining, but the person surnamed Liang dares to open his eyes and speak nonsense, it is really a toast without eating and fined wine!

"How can you talk like that!" Liang Qian was also a little angry. "Could it be that something happened, can I, the chief examiner, escape responsibility?"

"I only care about myself and my subordinates, whether I will be blamed." Wang Xian said blankly, the implication was very hurtful, that is, how you are the chief examiner is not in my consideration.

If it were an ordinary prosecutor, Liang Qian might have to put on the majesty of the chief examiner, reprimand him severely, and then let him go as far as he can.But Wang Xian is the boss of Beizhen Fusi, and the number one confidant of His Royal Highness, so naturally he is not something he can reprimand at will.

"Okay," Liang Qian secretly recited a passage to calm down the anger in his heart, and said as calmly as possible: "What if, I mean what if a large number of cases with words are found in the search?"

"According to the "Law of the Ming Dynasty", fork off the sidelines and inform the Ministry of Rites to disqualify candidates." Wang Xian said lightly.Because all those who took the exam were juren, they were already officials, so they couldn't be punished arbitrarily until the Ministry of Rites revoked their status as juren.But because they were kicked out of the Gongyuan because of cheating, no one can keep them. The Ministry of Rites will definitely revoke their Juren background, which means that they will have no chance of being in the examination room for the rest of their lives. For scholars who regard merit as life, this is really worse than killing them cruel.

"What if there are too many crimes?" Liang Qian asked.

"Find one, fork one!" Wang Xian said murderously: "Find one thousand, fork one thousand!"

"What if the start of the exam is delayed because of this?"

"One day is enough, and the start of the exam will not be delayed."

"What if there are not enough people to start the exam?"

"If such a scandal really happens," Wang Xian said with a sneer, "what else is there to take? Just report it to the emperor!"

"This..." Seeing that Wang Xian was not something he could deal with, he practiced Tai Chi and said, "Since my lord insists, I, the chief examiner, can't say anything, but I still have to ask the chief supervisor for instructions on this matter."

"It's natural." Wang Xian replied softly, but sneered in his heart. He couldn't see that the examiner was playing football, but he was just perfunctory the examiner.Anyway, he has already made up his mind, so he won't go to Ji Gang to find it unpleasant. Anyway, tomorrow's inspection is his own decision, and it's best for someone to mess up the situation. If the errand is mixed up, he doesn't have to be in a dilemma.

(End of this chapter)