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Since the Sui and Tang dynasties established the imperial examination selection system, this method of selecting talents by examination has continued in the Central Plains Dynasty. In today's Ming Dynasty, this system has been greatly promoted and developed, and more than seventy or eighty percent of the civil officials in the Manchu Dynasty have embarked on official careers through the imperial examination.

Although many people in later generations had many opinions about the imperial examination because of the Ming Dynasty's use of eight shares to select scholars, they thought that this was imprisoning the minds of scholars and was a manifestation of backwardness. But in fact, compared with the previous official election system, the imperial examination system is obviously the most just and fair system, and it is also the most convenient way for poor children to change their future.

As for saying that the eight strands imprisoned the minds of the readers, it is even less worth refuting. The names of those glorious future generations are Yu Qian, Wang Yangming, and Zhang Juzheng...... All of them are top talents who have come out of the Bagu scientific examination, and their talents and abilities, as well as their attitude towards people, have never been weakened or changed because of the eight strands of writing for more than ten years......

Therefore, no matter how later generations denigrate the inadequacy of the imperial examination system, at least in this era, the imperial examination is recognized and accepted by everyone. When the imperial court decided to open an additional Keenke in the seventh year of Jingtai, the world's scholars were even more moved by the wind and went straight to Beijing without tireless work.

The so-called Enke is different from the general imperial examination year, because the Son of Heaven is a scholar and specially added an examination. Generally speaking, as the last two steps in the imperial examination, the examination and the palace examination will only be held once every three years, because Jingtai has only had one in five years, so it will have to wait until seven years before there will be the next imperial examination. But because Jingtai re-established the crown prince in six years, the Son of Heaven not only granted amnesty to the world, but also made the decision to take the throne, which is naturally best for those who are waiting for the opportunity to come out.

After the first lunar month, the candidates from the nearby prefectures and counties of Gyeonggi have already arrived in a hurry, and after entering February, the candidates have gathered in Beijing from all directions, which suddenly makes the city of Beijing, which has just come out of the lively environment of the New Year, become lively again.

You must know that these people who come to take the exam will not just stay in the hall or inn to study after arriving in Beijing. They will interact with each other and hold a series of essay meetings, from those who excel in the imperial examination essay, or the seniors in the scientific field to teach people the various essentials of the Bagu Wen, so as to improve their own reputation at the same time, but also let everyone better understand the imperial examination essay, so as to be fully prepared.

At the same time, some nimble businessmen will also take the opportunity to collect the top few Jinshi in the previous year's examination, or the model texts of the current examiners into a book and sell them, but they can also make quite a lot of profits. It can be said that in the city of Beijing in February of the Chinese New Year, the fragrance of books and texts is everywhere, and even the ordinary people who are not very literate have been affected by this environment, and their speech has become crepe.

It is not too much to say that the imperial examination is a national ceremony.

Of course, there are also people who are quite dissatisfied with this, such as the people of Jinyiwei, who complained a lot because there were suddenly many more people in the capital, which made the burden on their shoulders heavier. Even if the White Lotus Sect is now in danger and it is difficult to pose any threat, the security work in the capital is still quite important, and they dare not slack off in the slightest. In addition, Gongina

Bian also had to send a lot of brocade guards to guard there, in case the invigilators who had already entered the examination room made any trouble.

The imperial examination is a major matter of the country, and it is impossible to make the slightest mistake. Especially when this matter is still linked to the future of thousands of people, it is even more necessary to guard against favoritism and fraud. In order to do this, no matter how strict the defenses, it is not excessive.

For this reason, Lu Zhen sent Yao Gan and several other shrewd and capable subordinates to the Gongyuan early in the morning. At the same time, Jinyiwei's secret agent system has already been running at full capacity, and has been keeping an eye on the situation inside and outside the capital, as long as there is any trouble, Jinyiwei can learn the news at the first time and respond quickly.

This is the first time he has encountered such a major event since he became the commander of the Jinyi Guard, whether it is Lu Zhen or those under him, they all have to be careful to deal with it.

But some things are like that, and the more you try to watch out for him, the more likely it is that something will go wrong. On the 17th day of February, on the eve of the examination, something really happened.

In the afternoon of this day, when Lu Zhen was looking through the details of the local government's purge of the White Lotus Sect traitors in his public house, he led a young man dressed as a guy from a restaurant and rushed over with a nervous expression: "My lord. ”

"But what's the matter?" Lu Zhen heard the movement and asked casually.

"My lord, please look at this." Qinggel didn't dare to slack off, so he presented a piece of paper with a few sentences written in front of Lu Jin.

Lu Zhen looked at it casually, and frowned slightly: "Wan Zhong accepts it without distinguishing between etiquette and righteousness. Wan Zhong is in my place. 'From now on, the years will be.' ’…… These are the contents of the Four Books and the Five Classics. What are you doing with these? Because he knew that his identity was from the imperial examination, Lu Zhen had also read those classics in his spare time, and he still had some impressions of the contents.

"My lord, this is what we just found, and someone is selling a few questions from this year's Enkoga exam to candidates." Qingle replied with a solemn expression.

"What? Are you saying that someone has already taken a test that has not yet been examined and has openly sold it? When Lu Zhen heard this, he slammed his hand, and as soon as he let go, the paper full of words also fell on the bookcase.

"Exactly. Say it. Qingle glanced at the somewhat nervous young man and said, "This is the information you found, you will be more detailed." ”

"Yes!" The man swallowed his saliva, calmed down, and then respectfully reported to Lu Jinyu: "Governor, his subordinate is a spy in the southern city of the capital, and he was ordered to disguise himself in the Dingxiang Building to keep an eye on those who went to the exam. And this morning, when a group of people came to the building to drink, someone took the initiative to approach them, and quietly asked them that they had the test questions for the current imperial examination, and asked them if they would like to pay for it. As a result, most of those people did not believe it, and only one person paid a high price of 300 taels, and from then on, he bought such a test question...... The subordinate overheard their conversation outside, so he found an opportunity to steal such a test question from the man. ”

"Is there such a thing? Does anyone really dare to sell test questions to Juzi so blatantly? Lu Jin's eyes narrowed.

"My lord, this matter is very important, and I have to guard against it. The lowly position has made people keep an eye on those who raise their hands and sell exam questions, and as long as the adults give the order, they can be all arrested. Qingler said with some eagerness. He really couldn't help but feel nervous about such a big event.

But Lu Jin's performance was much calmer than him, and at this time, even the initial surprise on his face was gone, only a thoughtful expression: "This matter is indeed not trivial, of course, there is a premise for this, that is, what they are selling is indeed a real exam question." If that guy just deceived the examinees and took such a fake exam question, we Jinyiwei would only fall into the hands of others if they took people at will. ”

After sitting in this position for a while, Lu Zhen has become more and more stable. He knew very well how much Jinyiwei was jealous of his colleagues in the DPRK and China, and if he made a mistake in his judgment on the major matter of this imperial examination, he would inevitably give them an excuse to attack his own family. Therefore, it is better to check the authenticity of this kind of thing first.

"This ...... But it's a little harder. Qinggel said with some embarrassment: "Now the examination room of the Gongyuan has already been sealed with four doors, and people who are waiting for leisure will not be able to enter at all, even our Jinyi guards will not be able to know the authenticity of those exam questions." ”

Lu Zhen then nodded: "The problem is here." It's very difficult for even our Jinyiwei people to find out the exam questions, do you think others can really do it? If I had gone to the Son of Heaven before, if something went wrong, it would have delayed and disrupted the test. ”

"Your concerns are understandable, but what if it's true?" Qingler was also entangled.

"So I had to take a chance." Lu Zhen was silent and said: "After all, the credibility of the imperial court is at stake, and we can't pretend not to see it." Yao Gan, isn't he in the examination room? Just let him think about the exam questions and pass them out. After we mirror the two phases, won't we be able to confirm their authenticity? ”

"This ......" Qing Gele suddenly looked embarrassed again, because the stakes in this matter are really a bit big, and if Yao Gan misses, the consequences will be quite serious.

However, Lu Zhen had already made up his mind, and immediately said: "It's decided, if something really happens, the official will bear it." "This is about Enko's exam, and he doesn't want to make a scandal because of some people's selfishness.

"Subordinates obey." Qingler had no choice but to clench his fists and respond.

"Another point, the person who sells the exam questions has to send someone to keep an eye on it, and I feel that if those exam questions are true, there must be a very large network of interests behind them that is driving all this. However, until you find out the truth, don't startle the snake. Lu Zhen said again.

Qinggel hurried to receive the order again, which was obviously much easier to handle than the previous thing, in the city of Beijing, as long as the Jinyi guards wanted to investigate, no one could escape their surveillance.

After the two subordinates retreated, Lu Jin slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity, although there was a great danger in doing so, but as a courtier, he still had to share his majesty's worries. He knows very well that this kind of leakage of exam questions is difficult to hide to the end, once it is revealed after the exam, it will be a big blow to the Son of Heaven and the Prince. So he had to get to the bottom of things before they could get to the bottom of it......

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