Chapter 242: Two Entrances to the Examination Room

The result of the Shuntianfu Township Test is a joke in itself, and Enke, who has been opened by the emperor since he ascended the throne, has made such a farce in Beijing, and whoever is the emperor will be extremely annoyed.

Therefore, when the emperor proposed that he himself be the chief examiner and make up the examination in a decisive way, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were silent and acquiesced in this unorthodox decision.

The Shuntianfu Township trial fraud case involves a wide range of people, and Sun Henian does not say that as far as the more than 100 candidates who have been arrested are concerned, many of them are the children of the family of the minister's doctor, holding the vine and the leaves.

The emperor had only been on the throne for a few months, and so far there had been no major conflict with the civil service. The Ming Dynasty was ruled by the emperor and scholars, and for more than 150 years since the founding of the country, the monarchy and the privileges of scholars have been repeatedly contested, and they have never stopped. It is conceivable that after the emperor and the ministers get acquainted with each other, they will have a contest as usual.

Everyone is watching, and they all choose to compromise and forbear.

The examination was soon held on the fifth day after the verdict in the Shuntianfu Township trial, still in the Gongyuan courtyard in Beijing.

Looking at the gate of the Beijing Gongyuan, Sun Dan felt a little emotional, this was the second time he had come to this place. If he can successfully pass the examination and participate in next year's general examination, he will have to do it again.

In fact, he was already a little tired of the ancient imperial examinations, mainly because the examination time was too long. For example, there are three township exams, each with three days, and nine days in succession, and the papers cannot be submitted in advance. Sun Dan relied on plagiarizing the papers of his descendants all the way through, and he started the questions at an astonishing speed, a question can be completed in half an hour at most, and the rest of the time can only sit in the examination room in a daze with nothing to do.

Unlike the college entrance examination in later generations, if you want to leave the venue early, you only need to stay in the examination room for half an hour. Moreover, after taking a subject, you can go home to eat and sleep.

The most odious thing is that the time for the exam is still early, that is, at four o'clock in the morning Beijing time.

Sun Dan was bound to win this township test, and after coming out of Beiya, he went through all the questions in his mind at home to deepen his impression. He had a cheating weapon in his hand, and he had nothing to worry about in this exam. To be honest, it is in Sun Dan's vital interests that the feudal society uses harsh criminal law to crack down on cheating in the examination room. In particular, the omission is the worst. Everyone knows the exam questions, and they can't show Sun Dan's methods. Speaking of doing eight-strand Shiwen, there were many masters in the Ming Dynasty. Although the model in Sun Dan's hand is classic, if it does not meet the examiner's taste, it may not be able to achieve a good ranking. Now retaking the exam is too good for him to do any better.

First, all the people don't know the exam questions, and the turmoil of the fraud case has caused many candidates to decline. Second, although Sun Dan doesn't know the exam questions, as long as he copies Fan Wen at that time, he will be much better than those who rushed into battle in the same year.

The most important thing is that this time there is only one question to take the test, and there is no need to be bored in the exam room and want to hit the wall.

When they came to the gate of the Gongyuan, the number of candidates was much smaller than last time, only about 3,000 people, which happened to fill half of the Gongyuan examination room.

Sun Dan felt strange, there were six or seven thousand people last time, why did it decrease by half this time?

The officials in the examination room began to take names, because the emperor personally took the exam, and the time was tight, and the major yamen in the capital sent people to assist. Like the Ministry of Rites and the Shuncheon Mansion, the main officials were present. Jinyiwei and Dongchang also sent a large number of people to maintain order.

"Shuntianfu Sun Dan." The eyes of the named officials lit up, and the corners of their mouths couldn't help but leak a slight smile.

There was an immediate "commotion" in the field, Sun Dan was too eye-catching during this time, and many candidates looked at it with awe.

Sun Dan hurriedly walked up: "Sun Dan is here." Looking at the past again, in the light of the lantern, the official named was Yang Shen, an old acquaintance.

Sun Dan felt strange: "Yongxiu, why did you come in person?" ”

Hearing that the official named in person was Yang Shen, the "commotion" was louder, and sometimes it was not someone who was snorting.

These two people, one middle school and one youth, can be described as the two great talents of the Ming Dynasty, but they don't want to appear in front of everyone on such an occasion.

Sun smiled lightly and gave a salute: "I was born here later." ”

Yang Shen smiled and grabbed his hand: "You and I are equals, don't be born late." To be honest, I would like to be the teacher of this subject, but unfortunately the Son of Heaven is the main examiner, so I can't compete with him for a protégé, right? ”

Sun Dan expressed the doubts in his heart and asked Yang Shen why he came, and why there were half fewer candidates in this subject. Yang Shen frowned with a hint of gloom, and replied that the examination period was too tight, and it was the Son of Heaven who was in charge, not only the people from the Shuntianfu School and the Yamen had come over, but even the people from the Hanlin Academy had been sent over to review the papers to see if they could complete all the papers in two days, and then set the rankings.

As for why there are half fewer candidates, Yang Shen said indignantly: "The reason why so many people came to take the test last time was mostly a bit of luck. This time, the Son of Heaven was the main exam, and the Hanlin Academy reviewed the papers, and those who tried to get through the test in confusion were also dead. In addition, the fraud case involved a wide range of cases, and more than 100 cheating candidates were of course subject to heavy punishments, and even their classmates were removed from their reputations. As a result, there were more than 3,000 people in a flash. ”

Sun Dan was speechless, he didn't expect this case to be so involved.

Although Sun Dan felt that it was inappropriate to ask such a question, he still couldn't help but ask: "With cultivation, I don't know how Sun Mansion is doing now." I've been busy preparing for exams these days, studying behind closed doors, and I don't know anything about the situation outside. ”

Yang Shen sighed: "What else, after the death of the Year of the Crane, the Sun Mansion was also raided." The people in the Sun Mansion were also scattered, and only more than 100 masters and family slaves were crowded in the water chestnut temple of the Sun family's family temple, living on gruel every day. Originally, the Sun family still had a lot of soft hidden in them, and it stands to reason that they can survive. It's a pity that Huang Jin did too much, and he led someone to copy it again, scraping the Sun family. ”

Yang Shen said again: "Jingyuan, you are also the Sun family. I heard that the Year of the Crane intended to pass on the title of Marquis of Chang to you before he died, so that you are the patriarch of the Sun family, and it stands to reason that you should take care of them. Hey, the Year of the Crane is also confused for a while, it's a pity. ”

Sun Dan: "That's right, I'm the Sun family, and this matter is naturally obligatory." However, I'll have to wait until I'm done. ”

The two talked for a long time, and no one in the queue behind them dared to be impatient, and they all waited quietly.

Yang Shen came to his senses at this time, "We only care about talking, and forget all about the exam, so let's take the papers and enter the examination room." ”