Bu Jin! Divine. The sound of singing the praises of virtue sounded again, Li Shimin sat down with a milk, felt tired, got up and left the table, and returned to the Ganlu Palace, and the ministers also dispersed, and went down to have fun with the people, eating, drinking, and having fun.

The Shangyuan Festival lantern festival in the Tang Dynasty was relatively short, only three days. Not as in the Song Dynasty there were five days. Ten days in the Ming Dynasty, and four or five days in the Qing Dynasty. The three-day lantern festival will pass in a flash, and as soon as the lanterns are collected, the New Year will be over.

As soon as the New Year is over, the department will start immediately. The scientific examination of the Tang Dynasty was different from that of the later dynasties, and each dynasty and generation in the future had already formed a convention, and there was a fixed date for the examination to start and when it ended.

The scientific examination of the Tang Dynasty is not timely, but there is a principle that does not delay the production of the people, the scholars come to Chang'an in advance in order to take the exam, that is the matter of the scholars themselves, the court does not advocate coming early, and the time to release the list is also fast, more than ten days can release the list of miscellaneous subjects, although the entry of the scholar is slow, but there are about 20 days, it is almost the same. Some scholars are farming families, and they will go back early after the exam, so they will not delay the farm work at home.

An agrarian society, of course, should be based on agriculture. If the scholars pass the exam, they will stay as officials, and if they fail the exam, they will quickly go home to farm, and come to the department to take the exam again.

As soon as the Shangyuan Festival passed, only one day later, Shangshu Province ordered the opening of the department. In this scientific examination, the examination room was set up in the Imperial History Mansion, and it was presided over by a special examiner. Strictly speaking, the examiners are the main examiners, but their status is too low, and they do hard work, and the scholars don't have to thank them after passing the exam.

Since it is not a vague exam, it is easy for the examiner to cheat. Examiners like Zhi Suiliang and Wang Ping'an, their marking papers is actually a retest, and the examiners have to go through the exam papers first.

If the handwriting on a certain volume is scribbled and there is a place to scribble, it will fall directly on the paper, and Wang Ping'an will not be able to see this volume. In this way, the examiners sometimes deliberately stained the papers, so that the scholars fell off the list.

In order to prevent this method of cheating, a name obfuscation system was created, that is, the names of scholars were pasted so that the examiners who marked the papers could not see them. But later, this method did not work. Because you can tell who is who from your handwriting, if you want to cheat, you just need to let the examiner know your handwriting in advance. So there was a transcription system, that is, the candidate's test paper was copied by a special person, and then shown to the examiner, who could not see the original paper, so naturally he could not distinguish the handwriting.

However, the scholars still have a way, they discussed with the examiner in advance, how many words in the article, which special word to use, first agreed on the special word, and then answer the paper, so that even if the examiner can't see the original paper, he can also distinguish who needs to be taken care of.

The scientific examination system is becoming more and more perfect, and the methods of cheating are also updated. Anyway, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, no matter how perfect your system is, I can still find a loophole to drill.

In the early Tang Dynasty, it was the best era of cheating, the system was not perfect, as long as you had a little brainwork, you were not a nerd, and miscellaneous subjects were still better. After all, you can afford to read books in this era. There are not many people who have the financial resources to take the exam in Beijing, and the competition is not as fierce as in later generations, except for Jinshike, of course.

Before dawn that day, Wang Ping'an, as the deputy chief examiner, naturally arrived at the Imperial History Mansion early, and saw that Skirt Suiliang and another deputy chief examiner had arrived, and they were waiting for him. Waiting for the door to open.

When it was three minutes away, the gate of the Imperial History Mansion was opened, and the officials stood at the door to roll names, counting the names of the scholars one by one, and whoever they clicked came in, and arranged the seats in the examination room.

The main hall was still far away from the gate, and Zhu Suiliang had no intention of getting up, so Wang Ping'an had to sit too, looking from afar, and saw that the scholars who came in looked nervous, and some people came here in the middle of the night to wait. In the early spring, the weather was cold, and there was no heating equipment outside, so many people were so cold that their faces turned blue, and they sat behind their examination desks, shivering. Wang Ping'an said: "Adults, it is better to raise a few stoves in the examination room, so that the candidates can warm up, so as not to get in the way of their hands being frozen, and when they pick up the pen and answer the paper, they can't swing at the usual level." ”

Zhu Suiliang glanced at him and said, "Only when you suffer hardship can you become a master." After a pause, he said, "Then let's raise a few stoves!" ”

The officials immediately went out, brought in a few fires, and placed them around the examination room.

The examination room of this era is completely different from that of the Ming and Qing dynasties, divided into several halls, each hall is an examination room, with countless tables in the middle, and the scholars are sitting together for the exam.

Wang Ping'an pointed to the examination room and said, "Look, adults, the examination table is arranged in such a way, which is not conducive to supervision. If you have a long neck and good eyes, then you will be able to see other people's test papers! It's good to say that the article can't always be the same, but the Ming Jing subject, as well as other miscellaneous subjects, is the same question, and the answer is the same. ”

Qi Suiliang frowned and said, "Then how should the seats be arranged?" ”

The other deputy examiner was sent by the Ministry of Rites. It was a sixty-year-old waiter of the Ministry of Rites, and the old waiter smiled: "The prince said that he laughed, that may copy each other, and no one can let others see the answer, and I am afraid that I can't cover it, the admission quota is limited, the same answer, but not necessarily all of them are selected, whether the font is beautiful, whether the fame is significant, all of them must be considered!" ”

In the early Tang Dynasty, when the scientific examination system was still in its infancy, not only was the imperial court groping for how to improve the system, but the scholars were also groping for ways to cheat.

Wang Ping'an snorted and said, "That's not necessarily. According to what you mean, the more people who answer correctly, the more threat they will have, right? ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites immediately nodded and said with a smile: "Can that mean anything else?" Treat adults. You tell me?.

Qi Suiliang also nodded and said, "The old man can't think of anything else." ”

Wang Ping'an said: "You can think about it the other way around, what if someone deliberately answers wrong?" They have straw paper, they don't write the answers directly on the main roll."

Zhu Suiliang and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites were stunned at the same time, looked at each other, and their hearts were trembling, they understood what Wang Ping'an meant!

One more person to get it right. There is one more threat, but one less person answers correctly, and there is one less threat! If there is a scholar who lacks virtue and deliberately writes the wrong answer on the straw paper, and then deliberately lets others see it, and he himself covers the correct answer, and when he hands in the paper, he submits the correct one, then it is equivalent to flashing other scholars!

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites shook his head and said: "No, this is a disadvantage of the heart, oh, Wai Jia is detrimental to people's interests, and the world is so filthy!" Person? ”

Wang Ping'an smiled: "No? Then treat it as if there is nothing! ”

Qi Suiliang frowned, he took a breath, and said, "I don't know if anything like this has happened before." The old man always thought that cheating would only appear when marking the papers, and it was okay not to think about it in this examination room, and it was so evil. So if you don't have any disease, how should you arrange the exam desk? ”

Wang Ping'an said: "There is no need to arrange an examination table, as long as an examination booth is built, and each person has a small single room, and the problem of plagiarism can be solved." He said what he saw from the pawn, the style of the examination shed in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

Zhu Suiliang and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites listened to it, and they all thought in their hearts: "Hey, this method is good, repair the examination shed, why didn't we think of it before!" ”

It took a while. Only then did the scholars all enter the venue, divide the examination room by subject, and all sit down.

Mao Shi, known as the beginning of the sun in ancient times, is the time when the sun rises from the east.

As soon as the golden bell hit, the brass drum sounded three times, and the examination officially began.

Several examiners, holding test questions in their hands, came to each examination room and read out the exam questions aloud, each question three times, which is called no more than three, and asked the candidates to record the exam questions.

In this era, the exam questions were not printed on paper, but only one copy, which could only be opened at the beginning of the exam to prevent missing questions, and the candidates themselves recorded the questions and then answered.

Wang Ping'an listened to the topic and had something to say. He said: "It seems inappropriate to read the title like this. ”

Zhu Suiliang said: "What's wrong with it?" ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites thought to himself, "It's not appropriate again?" This hasn't started yet, and the candidates haven't answered the papers, so you've got two things wrong, are you here for the invigilator, or are you here for the thorns? ”

Wang Ping'an said: "Two adults, listen, when they read the question, what they said was Yayan and Zhengyin, right?" ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said: "Of course you have to speak the correct tone, is it possible to speak in tongues!" ”

Yayan or Zhengyin, which refers to the official dialect, is Chang'an dialect in this era. Xiangwang Ping'an spoke with a Xuzhou accent, which cannot be regarded as the standard official dialect in the early Tang Dynasty.

Wang Ping'an said: "Not every candidate will be able to say the right tone, in case they are the first time to come to Chang'an, even if they can say a few words on the scene, but if they are nervous, they can't fully understand the question at this time, then they answer the question, wouldn't it be bad?" This has nothing to do with the quality of learning, some of the good learning, just because they can't understand the correct sound, they will fall off the list, which will lose talents! ”

Zhu Suiliang and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites took a breath and looked at the field together. Sure enough, they saw that some candidates were indeed frowning and hesitant when they put down their pens to record the exam questions. This is obviously not understanding the question, but guessing the question!

It's easy to say about other subjects, but if it's like medicine, or clear arithmetic, if you remember the wrong question, what else to answer, the difference between one word and a thousand miles!

Zhu Suiliang stood up with a sigh of relief, and the waiter of the Ministry of Rites also stood up slowly, and Wang Ping'an had no choice but to stand up as well.

Qi Suiliang took a few breaths, sat down again, and looked at the waiter of the Ministry of Rites next to him, and saw that the waiter of the Ministry of Rites was pale and his lips trembled. Neither of them thought about it, "It should be said that the Manchu Dynasty civil and military forces have not thought about this problem, and the accent can affect the scientific examination, which is really not something they can imagine!"

The scientific expedition was created in the past, and the Tang Dynasty was determined, but the former Sui was so chaotic, and the Tang Dynasty was not established for many years, and the scientific expedition was only held in total, who would have thought of the problem of accent? Even if he is as smart and wise as Li Zhi, under the premise that Wang Ping'an doesn't tell him, he is not smart enough to think of this problem!

Zhu Suiliang was immediately anxious, he pointed to the examination room, and said, "This, this, this" What can I do? I didn't prepare for this beforehand! ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites broke out in a cold sweat and stammered: "That, that, you can't let the candidates learn the correct pronunciation now, or let the outsiders switch to various local dialects to read the questions, it's too late!" ”

The two looked at Wang Ping'an together, and said with a good feeling: "No disease, you have to come up with an idea!" In a hurry, he said all Li Zhi's mantras!

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites said: "Prince, you have a mind, please come!" ”

Wang Ping'an was surprised and said, "Is this problem so difficult to solve?" ”

He picked up a piece of paper on the table, shook it, and said, "Write the question in big characters and hang it on the beam in the examination room, so that the candidates can see it, and it will be difficult to write it according to it." Candidates don't even know the big characters, don't they know the words, what else do they take? ”

Zhu Suiliang choked, and then he slapped his head and said: "Old man" was confused for a while, why didn't he even think of this! ”

The waiter of the Ministry of Rites was dumbfounded, such a simple method, why didn't I think of it!

Zhu Suiliang recruited back the examiners and asked them to write the questions in large characters and hang them at the front of the examination room so that the scholars could see them. The examiners were also surprised, but turned to joy. That's right, why bother to read each question three times with your throat straight, write it out and hang it in the exam room, and you won't get it!

When they copied the questions and hung them out, they heard a slight exhalation sound in the examination room, and many people seemed to be relieved.

Zhu Suiliang saw that the scholars all lowered their heads and answered the questions, he said: "No disease, you are really a material to be the chief examiner, the first time you presided over the exam, there were two important loopholes, such as the record of the scientific examination in the history books, there must be a stroke of yours, and countless scholars in later generations will thank you!" ”

Wang Ping'an hurriedly said: "Awards, awards, this kind of small problem, even if the officials don't say it, the two adults will deal with it!" ”

The two questions he said were the most basic problems in the scientific examinations of later generations, because he had more than a thousand years of knowledge, and immediately became an idol, and he was also thanked by the scholars of later generations.

After sitting for a while, he stood up and said, "The two adults sit widely, and the lower officials go for a turn." ”

He prayed, "But it doesn't hurt to go." ”

Wang Ping'an walked out of the main hall and went to the examination room one by one. I looked at it slowly.

When the waiter of the Ministry of Rites saw him leave, he whispered to Zhu Suiliang: "My lords, I really don't hide it, when the emperor ordered the prince to be the deputy chief examiner, the lower officials were quite dissatisfied in their hearts, and they always thought that he was not very old. In addition to being able to do a few poems, he really has no other ability, and he has always thought that he belongs to a wasted person, but he doesn't dare to declare it! ”

Zhu Suiliang smiled and twisted his beard and asked, "Now, what do you think?" The waiter gave a thumbs up and said, "Now, just two words, admire!" If you want to know what happened next, please log in, more chapters, support the author, support genuine reading!