Ten Dragons Take the Inheritance

Chapter 210 The Exam Case ([-])

What?Selling test questions, or selling them in restaurants, how is this possible?After listening to Li Wei's words, Yinzuo's first reaction was that this bastard was talking nonsense. The secrecy measures for the exam questions in this year's competition are many times stricter than those in the future college entrance examination.According to the Qing system, the examination questions were all inscribed by the emperor himself. A few sentences were randomly selected from the Four Books and Five Classics as the title. In the whole process, the emperor, the eunuchs and one or two small eunuchs who have been exposed to the examination questions have no way of knowing.

This is a very important matter, but Yin Zuo dared not neglect it. He asked Li Wei to invite Mr. Wu and Lin to come to the study to discuss the matter, but he carefully looked at these three test questions—"Seeing and Thinking", from "The Analects of Confucius" , which means: when you see a benefit, you immediately think whether it is in line with the righteousness and reason, and whether you should get it; "De" comes from "Mencius".The king who acts with virtue and benevolence does not wait for a king.It generally refers to the king who conquers others with virtue, and the overlord who conquers others with strength.These three exam questions are neither difficult nor uncommon, and they are much less difficult than the questions in the previous competitions.

Yinzuo is quite repulsive to Confucianism in his heart, but if he wants to get ahead in this dynasty, it is impossible not to be proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics. He has also worked hard in this area, relying on his extraordinary memory and extremely high literary talent , although it is not a master of Confucianism, it can still be called a half-master.Seeing that these three exam questions all focus on moral characters, although the origins are different, but the meaning of the questions is the same, Yinzuo doesn't quite believe that this is true, but looking at the "Sanyuan Restaurant" Bao But the book is a little puzzled—"Sanyuan Restaurant" is not a big restaurant, but it is also a time-honored restaurant. It is not likely to engage in such deception. If it is broken, the people in the entire restaurant can't escape the crime of quarreling and exterminating the family. What's wrong with this?

During this period of time, the situation in the DPRK was very stable, and there were no major incidents in the country. After a fierce fight with Lao Ba and his gang in Henan, Lao Si had already stabilized his position and basically wiped out Lao Ba's influence. The work of measuring the acres of fields was carried out in an orderly manner, with a bit of sensuality. The fourth child put all his energy on it; Ba was put together by brothers Yinzuo and Yinzhen one after another, his strength was greatly damaged, and he was busy licking his wounds at the moment; Yinzuo himself was busy with the implementation of the Thunder plan, the court suddenly calmed down, and Yinzuo didn't need to worry about it anymore. Wu and Lin also had some free time to discuss the affairs of the day. It was getting late at this moment, and the two of them had already rested, but when they heard Li Wei's message, they packed up and rushed to the study room. After listening to Li Wei's narration, They read those exam questions and guarantee letters again, and each buried their heads in deep thought.

"Dog, did you ever follow the 'tail' when you returned to the inn?" Wu Sidao asked lightly.

Li Wei shook his head and said: "Returning to Mr. Wu, the young one led Chen Qian and the others around several times, but no one was following him. Even the young one returned to the palace only after a long circle. Nobody found out."

Although Li Wei is not good at studying, and his martial arts is very common, but his wit is not comparable to ordinary people. It is not easy to follow him without being discovered by him. Since he is so sure, Wu Sidao will not Asking again, he lowered his head and thought for a while: "These three questions are all about morality, which is quite weird. Looking at the questions over the years, it is absolutely unreasonable, but it is hard to say. Get ready."

"Naturally we have to prepare. If it's fake, it's easy to handle. Let Shuntian Mansion come forward to copy the 'Sanyuan Restaurant' and take that demon way. But if it's true, the relationship between it and the Then..." When Yin Zuo said this, he was taken aback too - if these three test questions were true, there might be many people who lost their heads.

Lin Xuanyi sighed and said: "My lord, whether it's true or not, it's better to let the 'Honghu' move and monitor the 'Sanyuan Restaurant'. If these three questions are false, it's easy to handle. There are too many involved, in Li He's view, this matter should be cautious, the fraud case in the examination room has a long history, it is common to cheat, pass notes, and blur names, and bribe the examiner to use uncommon characters as marks. Openly selling exam questions is unheard of."

"Those who can do this are nothing more than a few elder brothers. Of course, the prince will not do such a thing. The rest who can do this are only the third master, fourth master, eighth master, and fourteenth master. Yi Yulu It seems that the fourth master is calm by nature, and he is not like a person who does such things, so the one who has the courage to do this can only be the eighth master or the fourteenth master." Wu Sidao calmly analyzed the few who had the conditions to commit the crime. Brother.

"Old Fourteen may not have the ability, right? On the contrary, Old Eight lost his seagoing ship during this time, and lost a lot of money in Henan. He is very short of money, so he might do something about it, but if Old Eight If you have the guts to sell the real test questions, this king can't believe it." Yin Zuo said with a frown.

"The Fourteenth Master may not have that ability, and even the Fourth Master may not be able to escape the suspicion. If there is a plan to blame him, it is hard to say." Lin Xuanyi obviously did not agree with Wu Sidao's opinion.

Yin Zuo shook his head and said, "It doesn't matter who did it, if the test question is true, how should I deal with myself?"

The imperial examination is the way for the country to select talents. As long as the emperor is not a fool, he will definitely not make fun of the imperial examination, not to mention that Mr. Kangxi is a generation of wise emperor, so he will not tolerate the existence of fraudulent cases in the imperial examination.It is certainly a great achievement to start the imperial examination fraud case, but the next thing is not very fun-the imperial examination fraud case together, a lot of officials, big and small, lost their heads, and the offended people will go to sea, this is still a trivial matter , once the black hand behind the scenes is found out, the face of the Tian family will be almost lost. In terms of Mr. Kangxi's personality, whoever makes the report will be the one who investigates the case. There may not be good fruits to eat, but the gains and losses in it have to make everyone think about it.

"Investigate!" Wu Sidao's eyes sparkled, and he said in a cold voice: "This matter must be investigated regardless of whether it is true or not. Although the prince may suffer some grievances temporarily for this righteous thing, he can win the Sacred Heart, and even win the world's soldiers." The benefits far outweigh the disadvantages, and now it is not a question of whether to investigate, but how to investigate."

"That's right, Yulu's words are justified, and this matter is of great importance. Isn't Qian Mingyu, a servant of the prince's family, also one of the examiners of the [-]th room of the present department? It's up to this person, and there are still four days left for the examination period Why don't you, my lord..." Lin Xuanyi clapped his hands and said with a smile.

"Okay, I'm going to go all out. Let Qian Mingyu enter the mansion to discuss matters tomorrow morning. If you want to play, you can play a big one." Yin Zuo suddenly got up, with a determined face.

Shuntianfu Gongyuan is located in the southwest corner of the capital. Since the Ming Dynasty, it has been the key point of the imperial court's talent ceremony. It has been repaired and repaired repeatedly. Although it is a bit old, its grandeur is better than the six yamen.When the rooster crowed on the tenth day of March in the 42nd year of Kangxi, the sky was still dark. Thousands of people had been waiting outside the gate of the Gongyuan for a long time with a basket and a lighted candle in their hands. Following Xiong Cilu, they shouted: "Open the Dragon Gate!" The Yanxi Hall official then shouted: "Open the Dragon Gate. Open the Dragon Gate." The two red-lacquered and copper-nailed gates of the Gongyuan slowly opened, and thousands of officials entered in order of roll call, waiting for the officials to check them one by one. After carrying the things they brought, they each entered the Gongyuan to find their own examination booths and took their seats, preparing for the biggest examination in their lives.

Xiong Cilu cleaned his hands in the golden basin, bowed to the imperial test questions enshrined in the golden plate, and opened the first test question with his own hands, but saw the four characters "Only ashamed" written on it , the deputy chief examiner He Longling took it over, looked at it, and then asked the officials who took the questions to hold the questions and distribute them to each examination room, and each examination room wrote the test questions and distributed them to the students' examination booths.

Qian Mingyu, the No. 12 examiner of the examination room, was born as a Jinshi in the 39th year of Kangxi, a servant of Yinzuo's family, a servant of the Imperial Academy, a good writer, and talented, but an upright personality, similar to Guo Xiu back then, Yinzuo because of his Because of his personality, he was not sent abroad, but was placed in the Imperial Academy to grind his temper. Unexpectedly, it will be of great use at this time, but it is also a crooked attack.After Qian Mingyu received the first question from the official who was responsible for the question, he opened it and saw that his forehead was sweating, and his heartbeat accelerated a lot. He remembered what Yin Zuo had told him four days ago, and secretly touched his sleeve. Forced himself to bear it down, he directed those written notes to write down the exam questions clearly, and distributed them from various test booths. flustered.

On the evening of March 42, Kangxi [-], it was time to open the second exam questions. After Qian Mingyu took the exam questions sent by the officials who took the questions, he could no longer keep his composure. ", it was the first of the three exam questions that Yinzuo gave him, and he didn't care about handing out the exam questions, and strode towards the examiner's room, and when he saw the examiner Xiong Cilu, he immediately shouted: "Master Xiong, This test question has already leaked."

Xiong Cilu has been an old official for many years, and he has always been good at nourishing his energy. He has always been happy and angry, but when he heard Qian Mingyu's words, his face suddenly changed, and he paled and shouted: "Master Qian, why did you come out?" With this statement, it must be known that this matter is not a joke.”

The deputy chief examiner, He Longling, is the eighth elder brother's servant. This time, he was also entrusted with entraining a few candidates. He already had ghosts in his heart. When he heard Qian Mingyu's words, he immediately raised his voice and said, "Nonsense, this is Examination room, how can you let you go crazy, come on, detain this fellow, and after the examination, I will play impeachment."

Seeing that a few yamen servants were about to attack, Qian Mingyu became anxious, took out three pieces of red paper from his sleeve, and said loudly: "Wait a minute, I have evidence in my hands."

With a pale face, Xiong Cilu waved his hands to make the yamen servants retreat, and shouted away the officer from the door who heard the sound, and calmed down, looked at Qian Mingyu and said, "What evidence do you have? Let me have a look."

Qian Mingyu handed over the three pieces of red paper in his hand and said: "Lord Xiong, please look, this is a question bought by a friend of the lower official from a certain restaurant, and there are already two questions on it, if there are three All right, this, this, how should this be done?"

Xiong Cilu glanced at the three pieces of red paper, and immediately found that the ink was old, and it was not written in the past one or two days, and two questions had already been written in it, and the sweat on his head was dripping down. Stretching out his hand tremblingly, he took the last test question enshrined in the golden plate in his hand, collected himself, and unwrapped it. After looking at it, his eyes suddenly turned black, and his hand trembled. The mounted imperial seal test questions fell to the ground.

He Longling picked up the test question and looked at it, and immediately collapsed on the chair. The test question was "power to virtue".For a moment, all the people in the examiner's room were dumbfounded, each in a daze, and there was an eerie silence in the room.

"Seal, seal the tribute courtyard, I will go to the palace to face the saint and ask for a thorough investigation." Xiong Cilu gave the order weakly.

"Slow down, Mr. Xiong, we need to be cautious about this matter. As the examiner, you and I bear the relationship of a sea of ​​blood. If it is really overthrown like this, this, this may cost thousands of lives." He Longling somewhat Said anxiously.

"Human life, human life, alas, the old man has served as the chief examiner four times, how can I not know the joints in it, now that things have come to this point, paper can't cover the fire, you and I will each have our own destiny, alas." Xiong Cilu shook He nodded his head and sighed.

"My lord, think twice, if this is, if..." He Longling's face was pale, and he didn't know where to start.

Xiong Cilu ignored He Longling's order, and raised his voice to order: "The court is closed! No one is allowed to leave the examination room, and those who violate the order will be punished for fraud in the examination room. I will immediately enter the palace to face the saint." Stepping towards the gate of the Gongyuan, the footsteps seem to be a lot staggered...

The sun has already set, and the night falls quietly. The night is coming, and the little lights are lit up one by one, embellishing the whole capital very warmly, but the storm under the night is about to unfold, but who will be in this night? fall...

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Brothers, Xiaoliu is kneeling here and begging for a monthly pass. Big guys, please help me out.

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