In order to ensure the fairness of the examination and avoid cheating, it is strictly forbidden to bring mobile phones into the college entrance examination in later generations, and each examination room is equipped with monitoring, and signal jammers will be set up around the examination room to prevent candidates from cheating by scientific and technological means.

And in ancient times, when there was no high-tech assistance, how did the imperial examination prevent cheating? Ants checked a lot of information and found that the methods of ancient people were really not much worse than those of modern people.

First of all, the selection of the examiner is a temporary assignment, and it will not be announced to outsiders until the last night.

Second, it is the question writers, these great Confucian masters, as well as ordinary question writers, as long as they are selected, they will be isolated in a tightly guarded house, forbidden to go out, or disclose information to the outside world, until the end of the exam.

Third, during the tribute examination, in order to prevent cheating with entrainment, there are special guards from other places before entering the examination room to search for candidates.

When the candidates pass this level, they will be arranged into the three-walled number room, in order to prevent the passing of papers or words, and at the same time to restrict the candidates from making noise or leaving the venue, even if they go to the toilet, they need to be followed by soldiers at all times.

The examination time is three days and two nights, during this time, the entire examination room is in a closed state, outsiders are not allowed to enter, and people inside are not allowed to go out, which is called "locked courtyard".

After the examination, in order to prevent the examiner from knowing the candidate's pen, the imperial court specially arranged for someone to transcribe the candidate's paper, similar to the "copying" of later generations.

In addition to this trick, methods such as sealing and obfuscating names will also be used to prevent candidates and examiners from cheating and favoritism.

These methods can not be said to be not strict, but the success of the imperial examination, to a certain extent, can be said to have won a lifetime of wealth and glory, therefore, the fraud in the scientific field has never been completely and effectively eliminated, and the means are becoming more and more diverse.

"I said, Brother Wang, your test question is fake, right?" The dog frowned and handed the paper back to him.

Wang Lin took it and flipped it over and said, "How is it possible, that person swears to get by!" ”

The dog took a sip of the tea bowl, glanced at him and said, "Really?" Dare to ask Brother Wang, what is the origin of the person who sold your test questions? ”

"It's not a small mile!" Wang Lin excitedly explained to the dog: "It is said that he has a confidant friend who is an errand boy in the Ministry of Rites, and that person is one of the examiners of this imperial examination, so these test questions are what he did, and I don't know how to get them, he only said that this imperial examination question is most likely in these questions!" ”

Looking at his serious expression, the dog was really speechless.

"I said Brother Wang, is the person who sold your test questions an old scholar who is wearing some shabby clothes, and he also claims to have participated in the provincial examination three times."

"Hey, how do you know" Wang Lin looked at the dog suspiciously.

"Alas, Brother Wang, you have been deceived, I listened to the shopkeeper of the inn from the old scholar, he didn't even pass the examination at all, and every year in the year of the imperial examination, he got some test questions, peddled them everywhere, and deceived many candidates from other places."

After speaking, the dog looked at Wang Lin and still didn't seem to believe it, so he said: "If Brother Wang doesn't believe it, go to a few inns outside the door to inquire, and!" ”

The dog stepped forward and took the question paper in his hand, stretched out his finger and pointed to one of the questions: "This question is the provincial test question of Yuanfeng in the fifth year, and the last question of the three policy questions in the third year of this grand view, so Brother Wang ......"

Wang Lin looked at the little fingers pointed by the dog on the test questions and kept moving, his face was getting worse and worse, and suddenly he stretched out his hand and dragged all the thick test questions over, and said straight thief in his mouth, ready to tear off the test paper.

The dog hurriedly stopped and said, "Brother Wang, what is this for?" ”

"What can be done? I'm going to tear this liar off, straight thief, grandpa's money was all cheated out by him! I'm going to tear him apart today! ”

The dog wanted to ask for the test questions, and as soon as he had nothing to do, he regarded it as a practice, but seeing that he looked angry, he had to hold back the words back into his mouth.

Then the test questions became snowflake-like fragments, and after venting, Wang Lin sat on the stool angrily and scolded the old scholar for being a liar who was struck by lightning, and he didn't rest until the evening.

"Pity my money, it was finally recovered, and this time I was deceived by this old liar, alas, it seems that my brother is really hopeless this time!"

"Can't say that!" The dog comforted him and said: "I can't say that this time the topic is simple, Brother Wang Hongyun can win it!" ”

Wang Lin shook his head and sighed: "Brother Zhao, we are not like you to lock the hall to test, how many talented people in this country, just like some time ago, I met the Fujian lifters, and I thought that I was inferior to them as a brother, this is a point, and also, how many people can be recorded on the emperor list?" So, it's hopeless for my brother this time."

As he spoke, Wang Lin stood up on his legs and walked out of the door in frustration, and the dog saw him so beathing, but he was worried that he would throw himself into the river when he went out, so he had to follow him out, and chased him up and persuaded him:

"Brother Wang, don't be discouraged, how can you know until the last moment, so you still have a big chance, but don't do stupid things!"

Rely on your real skills, and you can't pass the test! I want to spend money to buy some way, but now I was cheated out of money by a scammer, why am I so unlucky, it is really better to find a secluded place with beautiful scenery, and end this life to pull down, at a certain moment, Wang Lin really thought so, but the next moment, the dog's words made him give up this plan.

"Brother Wang, don't forget, the parents of the body, the elders of your family are still looking forward to your safe return, this time there will be a next time, besides, well, you won't be able to drink water, the river water is cold and seeping, how uncomfortable, don't eat this sin, this time take an experience, and come back to the next department!"

The two of them were talking in the middle of the stairs, when suddenly a question sounded at the door of the inn.

"Hey, I said the two ministers, why did this big festival quarrel here, did you encounter something?"

The dog listened to the question, and hurriedly looked up, and saw Li Zhutou wearing a brand-new robe, looking at the two of them curiously with a waist knife, so he arched his hand and said: "It turned out to be Li Zhutou!" Aren't you on a bad day, why are you still busy working outside? ”

Li Zhutou slowly walked into the store, picked a pair of tables and chairs to sit down, and ordered the tea doctor next to him to bring tea, and sighed after taking a sip: "Originally, it was a holiday, but there was a sudden emergency in the yamen, so I just left!" ”

Gou Er and Wang Lin also went down the stairs, came to sit on the stool opposite him, and said: "There are many people and miscellaneous things this year, and there are cases that occur if they can't keep it together, so Li Zhutou is often happy!" ”

"Not really!" Li Zhutou replied with a dog, then turned his head to look at Wang Lin, who was dejected, and frowned: "What's the matter with Wang Juren, why do you see that your mood is not high?" ”

When Wang Lin heard him ask himself, he originally opened his mouth and wanted to say it, but after thinking about it, this matter was already very embarrassing, and it was embarrassing to say it to make him laugh again, so he had to shake his head and say that it was okay.

The dog saw it on the side, and guessed that he was afraid of losing face, so he refused to say, but he was not afraid, so he quietly sorted out the topic in his heart, and said to Li Zhutou:

"Alas, don't mention it, Wang Juren was cheated out of money!"

"What? Scam money? ”

"yes!" The dog nodded and said: "It's embarrassing enough to say this, but Li Zhutou is not an outsider, and it doesn't matter if he says it's okay with you, it happened yesterday, Wang Juren went out to buy some books, but he met an old scholar selling test questions halfway, and he didn't notice it for a while, and he cheated all the money away by his rhetoric!" ”

Speaking of this, the dog glanced sideways at Wang Lin, who was blushing and head-piercing, and continued: "The result is back, open it and take a look, the test questions have been done, you say, you spent a lot of money to buy a bunch of questions that have been done, isn't it embarrassing?" ”

Li Zhutou has a lot of experience in solving cases, but he really doesn't know how to read and make articles, so after listening to what the dog said, he felt that it was right, so he nodded and said: "It's a shame, I spent seven taels of silver to buy a bunch of questions, this is not what it is!" ”

After speaking, he slapped the table with his big hand, made a bang, and said loudly: "You still have an impression of this old scholar, I will go to find him, and give you the money to get it back!" ”

The dog's final idea was like this, so he hurriedly put the scene of meeting the old scholar in the bookstore in the street market, and put it on Wang Juren, only saying that he would buy the test questions to do, but not to buy the imperial examination questions to do.

Buying and selling imperial examination questions, even if they are fake, is a big crime according to the laws of the Great Song Dynasty, so the dog guessed that the old scholar would never dare to say that he was selling "imperial examination questions", so the chance of Li Zhutou coming back is greater.

"What about the test questions? Show it to me! ”

Dogs: ......

"Oh, just now in the bedroom, Brother Wang found out that he had been deceived, and he tore up all the test questions in a fit of anger, well, the shredded paper is still in the house, Li Zhutou wants to see it, just follow us!"

Li Zhutou thought, he didn't understand it after reading it! He said: "Put it in the house first, don't throw it away, let's go, let's go find the old scholar first!" ”

After saying that, he got up to leave, and Gou'er and Wang Lin followed closely behind.

The three of them inquired and walked away, but fortunately, the old scholar looked, and many shopkeepers who sold books had an impression, so it was easy to find, and one hour, everyone found him in the Chenghuang Temple in Qianxian County.

The old scholar was sitting behind a low table, writing a letter to an old woman, and when he looked up, he saw a man leading two scholars straight towards him, and he knew what was going on.

Three times and five times, he wrote the letter, handed it to the old woman in front of him, and wanted to leave without confiscating the money, how could Li Zhutou not see what he thought, his mouth was open, and he yelled at him: "Yu Qian is so big, where do you want to hide?" ”

In this way, the two parties confronted each other, and the old scholar, as expected by the dog, really didn't dare to mention that he was selling "imperial examination questions", but only said that he was selling ordinary test questions, and did not deceive Wang Juren.

Seeing that there were more and more people around, Gou'er was worried about causing chaos, so he stopped Wang Lin, who was reasoning with him, and said: "You sell the provincial test questions of Yuan Fengnian, do you think that we candidates are stupid?" ”