In the midst of the world's discussions, Enko's time is getting closer and closer. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoNine days have passed, and it is the time for Enke to start the exam. On this day, the lifters who came to Beijing to take the exam prepared "necessary tools" such as food boxes, pen and ink inkstones, and examination numbers and household registration, and prepared to go to the Gongyuan under the starry night to participate in Enke. After all, this is a big test for three days in a row, and if you don't prepare food, the court won't help you prepare. Because once the examination starts, the entire Gongyuan is sealed, and no one is allowed to enter or leave. This is also to prevent cheating, since the development of the imperial examination, there have been several fraud cases in Dashun, all of which are widely implicated. In order to prevent cheating, maintain fairness, and minimize the power of the family, the imperial examination is increasingly inclined to take scholars from the common people. Even the palace examination was taken to collect information from candidates, and it was more inclined to suppress the family.

Therefore, after the establishment of the Great Shun Dynasty, the family gate valve has declined to a certain extent. In the first year of Qiande, Taizu issued an edict to abolish the law of "public recommendation" and get rid of the monopoly of courtiers (big bureaucrats) to take scholars. At the same time, in order to prevent the disadvantages of the first thanksgiving among the tribute scholars, it is strictly forbidden for the lord to form a relationship network with his protégé. The edict of Taizu is written very clearly, "the state hangs the science to select scholars, and selects people for officials", promoted to the "Gong Dynasty", and the first person is not allowed to worship the magistrate, and is not allowed to call the examiner a favorite, a teacher, or a protégé. From the beginning of the palace, the highest decision-making power of the imperial examination was concentrated in the hands of the emperor, and the person who ascended to the first place was the "protégé of the Son of Heaven", which was not only extremely honorable, but also more conducive to the collection of power in the hands of the emperor.

It's just the love of master and apprentice, how can it be limited by an edict? Even if you don't say it on the surface, secretly the candidates and the teachers are still commensurate with the master and apprentice. As the saying goes, there are policies at the top, and there are countermeasures at the bottom.

Before dawn, the front of the Gongyuan was crowded. This time, Enke is really recruiting talents from all over the world to "be a tool for governance". The imperial examination is open to scholars, regardless of whether it is east, west, north and south, people can participate, and all the tributes from all walks of life are gathered, and the only choice is to choose. For scholars, "the family is not still a pedigree, and the body is not important to the village", and they do not pay attention to the rank of the family. Even "businessmen, miscellaneous" and their children, as long as there are "geniuses and strange behaviors", they can also take the examination for official examinations, and even monks and Taoists can sometimes take the examination. These have been clearly written in the "Dashun Minbao". It's just that many people don't believe it, and they missed such a good opportunity to make a science in vain.

In front of the Gongyuan Gate, there have long been inspectors and the City Defense Department to maintain law and order, and at the same time responsible for checking the examination number, household registration, etc., including careful body searches to prevent candidates from being entrained.

The door of the Gongyuan is not large, and it is usually placed in front of the Gongyuan after checking the household register. Then, in the Gongyuan, the body was searched, and even the food box and pen and ink inkstone had to be carefully checked. After all the candidates entered, the chief examiner Wen Yanbo appeared. But speaking of which, he had been in the Tribute Courtyard for eight days since he received the decree. This is because of the so-called "locked courtyard" system, that is, the examiner is randomly appointed by the emperor, and after the holy decree arrives, he must be temporarily isolated from the outside world during the examination period to prevent the request.

After the chief examiner Wen Yanbo appeared, the incense case had been prepared in the Gongyuan to worship the ancestor of Sage Kong. I saw that after Wen Yanbo wore a bow and bowed, all the scholars answered the bow, and the curtain was admired, and the title was presented in the hall. This question is a question for the examination and questioning, and as for the question of the scriptures, it is printed.

With the sound of a gong, the examination hall was opened, and everyone looked for their own examination house, and after sitting in it, they had to spend three days here. Of course, if you do it quickly, you can also submit the paper early. It's just that the Gongyuan is not open for three days, and if you want to go out, you have to wait for three days in the examination house.

At this time, the scholars were in the tribute courtyard, and there would be soldiers in the corridor to sell inkstones, snacks, rice, tea and wine, and vegetables and meat. Needless to say, these things are unpalatable and expensive, and they are specially sold to some "local tyrants". There is also the eight-compartment Taibao patrol incident, once the cheater is found and the evidence is caught, you don't want to take the test in this subject, and don't even want to participate in the next subject.

In order to maintain the fairness and impartiality of the imperial examination, and for the rule of Dashun, the Dashun court can be said to do everything. not only randomly appoint the chief examiner, but also select and send a number of supervisors to inspect the gate of the courtyard and monitor the entry and exit; Inspect the examination hall to prevent candidates from cheating; In addition, a number of officials related to the provincial examination, such as the frontispiece official and the transcription officer, were appointed to jointly complete the task of the examination. In other words, since the topic was formulated, there have been officials who have not been out of the tribute court for three months. It is not until after the test is completed that you can go out with the candidates.

With such strict precautions, who can cheat!

With the distribution of the Jingyi test questions, nearly 20,000 people began to unfold the inkstone to grind ink in the huge tribute courtyard, while thinking about how to write. What they didn't know was that a big man who could really decide their future had already changed into the clothes of the examiner and entered the Tribute Academy with an exclusive gold medal.

Dashun's imperial examination is still very humane. If you have any questions about the questions, you can ask for them outside the curtain, and the examiner can answer them in detail. Of course, as for the provenance or anything, you don't want to know. If you were told, what else would you need to take? But this time the topic is so shallow, I don't think anyone will ask anything.

The chief examiner, Wen Yanbo, the old god was looking at the exam-taking moves, and he sighed endlessly in his heart: "I think back then, I was also the ...... of the exam."

Suddenly, an examiner appeared in front of him, and he frowned, and was about to summon him up to scold him, only to notice that it was an extremely young face. "Your Majesty'......"

Before he could utter the words, Lu Chengqi made a silent gesture, walked up slowly, and said in a low voice: "Wen Qing, have you ever been used to it in the Gongyuan these days?" ”

Wen Yanbo stood up and shook his hands on his back. In fact, he doesn't have to hide people's eyes so much, such a large amount of questions as scriptures, theories, and strategies may not be able to be written in three days.

"Everything is fine, Your Majesty is worried!" Wen Yanbo replied in a low voice.

Lu Chengqi glanced at the examination institutes, and the dense examination halls in them were like honeycombs, and said: "These moves are not easy, Wen Qing, your responsibility is not small." Most of them can't become officials, but why do they still come to take the imperial examination? It was they who agreed that Dashun was orthodox and came to the exam. Wen Qing, you have to be impartial, don't let me down. ”

Who is Wen Yanbo? An extremely upright courtier, where can he engage in favoritism? He immediately said: "Your Majesty is relieved, and the ministers must act impartially!" ”

Lu Chengqi nodded and said, "I came here today and didn't want to alarm these moves. When I go to the exam, Wen Qing will sit in the hall! ”

Wen Yanbo also heard a little about Lu Chengqi's concession fetish, and said in his heart: "The emperor really cares about the world's scholars!" If he knew what Lu Chengqi was thinking, he would definitely be surprised. Lu Chengqi just wanted to return the pain of being tortured by the invigilator in the previous exam to these scholars.

"Your Majesty, please!" Wen Yanbo didn't know what to say, so he had to bow slightly and bid farewell to Lu Chengqi. Lu Chengqi nodded and walked alone to the examination hall on the left. (To be continued.) )