In mid-March, Kangxi's eleventh year of the examination came as scheduled, and the sky was not beautiful, and the spring rain continued.

The area around the Chengdong Gongyuan was under martial law a few days ago, and not even a fly could fly in. All the Imperial Forest Army was wearing armor and straddled swords, with a serious expression, and they had the intention of slashing people with knives if they didn't agree with each other, and they didn't even see the surrounding vendors, thinking that they were driven away.

If you are not in this era, you can't feel this atmosphere, no matter in TV novels, you can't just experience it. In this kind of atmosphere, it is probably much stricter than the college entrance examination in later generations, and those who can enter here are the elites of the elites from all over the world, and there are many well-respected families.

Once the title is known to the world", in ancient times, through the cold window hard reading, once the title, jumping the dragon gate, into the eunuch road, is the lifelong dream of countless scholars.

Qiu Tongmian, who was originally in a relaxed mood, was also nervous when he saw such a big battle outside the Gong Courtyard.

Qiu Tongmian knows that in the imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties, all those who cheated for personal gain were guilty of a major crime, and there were not a few who raided their homes and beheaded them.

Qiu Tongmian remembered the two most famous things about fraud in the imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties, one was Zhu Yuanzhang's "North and South List Case", in the 30th year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, the Ming Dynasty ushered in the triennial imperial examination. Zhu Yuanzhang attached great importance to it and personally circled the 78-year-old Confucian Liu Sanwu as the main exam.

After the examination, 51 tributes were selected, all of whom were candidates from the south, so a large number of unsuccessful candidates filed grievances, suspecting that the main examination was suspected of regional discrimination. Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang issued an edict to thoroughly investigate the matter, and after several days of review, the investigation concluded that Liu Sanwu and others read the file fairly and there were no problems. But afterwards, Zhu Yuanzhang made a decision that caused an uproar in public opinion, designating Liu Sanwu and others as "anti-thieves" and re-opening the list of tributes: 51 people were all from the north. This is the famous "North and South List Case" in history.

The second is that in the township examination room in the fourteenth year of Shunzhi (1657), the chief examiner Cao Benrong, the deputy examiner Song Zhisheng, and the examiners Li Zhenye, Zhang Ipu and others either wanted to marry the powerful or were greedy for money and bribes, so they openly flipped through each other's test papers in the examination room, and decided to choose according to the list prepared in advance. After the list was released, everyone was not convinced, and the candidates collectively went to the Temple of Literature to cry at the temple. After Shunzhi verified the matter, he immediately ordered the Metropolitan Procuratorate to interrogate, and it was found that the same examiners Li Zhenye, Zhang Ipu and others had taken bribes.

Shunzhi Longyan was furious, and immediately issued a strongly-worded imperial decree to the officials, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and other yamen: corruption and perversion of the law is really the biggest crime in the field, and the field is clearly an important place to obtain national talents, how can it tolerate rebellious ministers and thieves to do whatever they want? So he issued an order to behead the relevant bribe-taking officials, confiscate their family property, and exile their families.

Qiu Tongmian's teacher Yang Xuezheng was afraid that there would be no one around Qiu Tongmian to take care of him, which would affect his performance, so he specially asked Steward Lin to follow him. You must know that there are three consecutive exams, one of which lasts for three days, and it takes nine days before and after, but it is not easy.

Seeing that all the students were named, Qiu Tongmian threw the burden on his body to Steward Lin and said, "Butler, I'm sorry for you to accompany me to the exam."

The housekeeper smiled, "Where, play well, and fight for the master and your father." Qiu Tongmian arched his hand and said, "This is needless to say, I have been studying four books for ten years, so that this is this day." Uncle Lin, please do me a favor." Seeing Qiu Tongmian's serious tone, the housekeeper asked, "What's the matter", Qiu Tongmian said, "I'm taking the exam these days, and I ask Uncle Lin not to go, just stay by the wall of the Imperial Forest Army, remember, don't stay far away from the Tribute Courtyard."

The housekeeper saw that what Qiu Tongmian said was important, and he didn't ask what it was, so he said, "Don't worry, I'll follow your wishes, and I won't leave a single step."

Qiu Tongmian instructed Steward Lin like this, but it was his mobile phone in the baggage, Qiu Tongmian specially experimented for this exam, this examination room is not allowed to bring anything, even the food is sent in with the examiner, afraid that the mobile phone will not come in, Qiu Tongmian experimented, and found that it was about twenty meters away from the mobile phone, and he could not get in touch with the mobile phone, so he said this to the housekeeper.

A stone fell in his heart, so he bowed to the housekeeper and said, Uncle Lin, go in together.

After the roll call, he lined up in line to enter the venue, and halfway through, Qiu Tongmian saw Yang Xuezheng and saw what he was writing on the copy, it seems that he was right that day, the teacher is the examiner, the main and deputy examiners are unlikely, I think it should be the same examiner, and it is not easy to come forward to say hello. Before passing by the copy, Yang Xuezheng also saw Qiu Tongmian and shouted at him, "This student, what are you thinking, don't go in quickly."

Qiu Tongmian saw Yang Xuezheng's appearance, laughed in his heart, didn't think about it, and hurried in.

When I took off my clothes and searched my body, I saw an acquaintance, it was the second son of Jiafu, Jia Ergongzi was extremely thin, and his skin was fair, if he didn't look at his face and chest, he should really be like a woman, Jia Ergongzi also saw Qiu Tongmian, and when he saw Qiu Tongmian staring at his body for a long time, he had chills and goosebumps, and asked in a low voice, "Brother Xiao, what are you looking at."

Qiu Tongmian saw him ask himself, and said with a smile, "I saw that you were in such a good shape, I couldn't help but look at it twice", ignored him after speaking, and went in with the examiner to find a seat.

The examination room is not like the seats in later generations, but a small cubicle, after the candidates entered, the door was locked, leaving only a window to send food, Qiu Tongmian was curious for a while, and looked around, but was seen by Yang Xuezheng, who happened to come over. Yang Xuezheng coughed, and when he saw Yang Xuezheng looking at him, he immediately behaved, knowing that this was a reminder of his rules.

After a while, the exam paper came down, Qiu Tongmian contacted the mobile phone, the housekeeper really didn't go far, looked at the question, and after getting the answer, he began to do the question, in order to make his words not affect the results, this is the slowest eight-strand essay that Qiu Tongmian has ever written, one stroke at a time, without slackening.

For nine days in a row, someone was also found to be cheating in the middle and was pulled out, thinking that the answer should be written somewhere on the clothes, Qiu Tongmian listened to the cry, and he was also a heart twist, a little unbearable.

Looking at the last policy topic, Qiu Tongmian hadn't touched his pen all morning, not because he didn't know what to write, but because he was thinking about whether he could write or not.

It's not that Qiu Tongmian wants to take risks, but he knows that the previous ones are all order-based questions, as long as everyone is about the same level, there is nothing outstanding in it, if you want to make this test paper stand out, you can only rely on this policy question, which is related to the impression of the marking officer, if this marking teacher is an enlightened person, I think this policy should be able to give a good score, if you meet a diehard, I am afraid that you will be sentenced to death directly.

Qiu Tongmian thought of the next year, in March of the twelfth year of Kangxi in history, with Pingnan Wang Shang Kexi's request to return to the old Liaodong, but asked to keep his son Shang Zhixin to continue to guard Guangdong, which triggered a fierce debate on whether to withdraw the domain. In the end, Emperor Kangxi believed that "the feudal town has held a heavy army for a long time, and the momentum is large, and it is not the country's interest", and decided to order the "withdrawal of the feudal domain". In later generations, those who have seen wild history know that this is something that Kangxi has planned for a long time, not something sudden.

Even Kangxi is bent on withdrawing the feudal domain, why can't I write, Qiu Tongmian thought of this, he was much bolder, a long speech, and thousands of words were completed.

I asked his mobile phone to polish it for me, read it again, and was very satisfied, so I began to officially copy it on the test paper.

It was a little late, Qiu Tongmian came out of the main gate, I wanted to see if the teacher was still there, but when I saw that I was the only one in the examination room who came out so early, I dispelled the idea of looking for Yang Xuezheng, found the exit and went out, and when I passed by the corridor, I ran into Jia Ergongzi again.

I saw Jia Ergongzi biting his braid and still rushing to catch the test paper, he was happy in his heart, and he coughed deliberately, which attracted his attention, Jia Ergongzi was suddenly inspired, and he wrote quite comfortably, but was interrupted by a sudden cough, and when he looked up, he saw Qiu Tongmian looking at himself outside the house, and his heart was furious, and he wondered if he was a fellow countryman who had never offended him, and every time he met, he greeted him politely, politely, but why did he target himself repeatedly.

Seeing that the effect was achieved, Qiu Tongmian immediately flashed people. Seeing Steward Lin at the gate of the Tribute Courtyard, he was also extremely moved, and it is estimated that he has not left a single step these days. Butler Lin was very painful, I don't know where to find a stool to sit near the copywriter next to the door, and there are also royal forest soldiers who came up to drive people away, saying, it is because the door is blocked, if it weren't for Steward Lin to tell him that he is Lord Yang's subordinate, I am afraid that he would have been kicked out a long time ago.

Qiu Tongmian was in a happy mood, grateful for the housekeeper's help, and pulled the housekeeper out of the tribute courtyard and found a restaurant to drink. The housekeeper saw that Qiu Tongmian was in a very good mood, presumably he did well in the exam, and he was also very happy for him, and when he saw that Qiu Tongmian wanted to invite him to eat and drink, he readily agreed, and the two went to the largest restaurant in the capital.

Qiu Tongmian still has a lot of entanglements, Master Xue is generous, and he has been in this world for a lot of time, and finally figured out the consumption power of currency in this era, seeing that the first floor of the restaurant is full of people, that is, noisy and displeased, Qiu Tongmian called Xiao Er, asked for a private room on the second floor, and the two went upstairs.

Let Xiao Er pick the most expensive dishes, and after a while, the table will be full of delicacies, and the two of them asked for a few pots of wine, and they ate and drank nonsense, but they were very happy.

Steward Lin looked at Qiu Tongmian, who was still in a state of excitement in front of him, and said, "I think the test should be very good", but Qiu Tongmian didn't reply directly, but saw that there was no wine in the housekeeper's cup, so he stood up and poured it full, and replied, "But the test is good, Uncle Lin, you and I have no reputation as a master and servant, whether there is a family relationship, you take care of me like this, I am speechless, this glass of wine, I go in together, I respect you, these days, I have worked hard for you."

After saying a glass of wine, Steward Lin was very relieved to see Qiu Tongmian so polite, stood up together, drank with Qiu Tongmian, and said, "That is so affectionate, one of them, you don't have any shelf, I am a subordinate, although I am a housekeeper, but I am still a subordinate, Tongjin has never had a frame with me, and he is also respectful, saying a thousand ways and ten thousand, I like Tongjin like this, not pretentious, the second is that the master also has great expectations for you, and specially instructed me to take good care of you."