What? How is it possible to sell exam questions or sell them in restaurants? After listening to Li Wei's words, Yinzuo's first reaction was that this muddy boy was talking nonsense, the confidentiality measures of the exam questions in this year were many times stricter than the college entrance examination in later generations, and if the exam questions were leaked, it would be a quarrel to destroy the nine clans. According to the Qing system, the examination questions are written by the emperor himself, and a few sentences are taken out at will from the four books and five classics, and once they are written, they are immediately sealed, not to mention the general examiners, even if they are the main examiners, they do not know the examination questions, only after the dragon gate is opened, they can be opened, and the whole process can contact the examination questions out of the emperor, the celebrant eunuch and one or two small eunuchs who have no way of knowing.

The matter is important, but Yinzuo did not dare to slack off, and asked Li Wei to invite Mr. Wu and Mr. Lin to come to the study to discuss matters, but he carefully looked at these three test questions - "Seeing the Meaning", from the "Analects", which means: When you see a profit, you immediately think about whether it is righteous and reasonable, and whether you should get it; "Only ashamed of virtue", from the "Book of Shang", taken into the soup in the south nest of the allusion; "Virtue by force" comes from "Mencius", this title is abbreviated, and its original text is: The one who pretends to be benevolent with force is the hegemon, and the hegemon must have a big country. The king who is benevolent with virtue does not wait for the great. Its general meaning refers to the king who convinces people with virtue and the hegemony who convinces people with strength. These three exam questions are not difficult, nor are they obscure, which can be said to be a lot less difficult than the questions of the previous competitions.

Yinzuo is quite repulsive to Confucianism, but if you want to get ahead in this dynasty, it is impossible not to be proficient in the Four Books and Five Classics, and he has also worked hard in this regard, relying on his extraordinary memory and extremely high literary talent, although he is not a Confucian master, but half a master can still be called. At this time, seeing that these three exam questions are all German characters, although the sources are different, but the meaning of the questions is the same, Yinzuo is a little reluctant to believe that this matter is true, but looking at the "Sanyuan Restaurant" guarantee book but is very puzzled - "Sanyuan Restaurant" is not a big restaurant, but it is also a time-honored brand, not like it will do such a deception, it is a matter of self-inflicted death, once it is pierced, the people of the entire restaurant will not escape the big crime of quarreling and exterminating the clan, what is the strange here?

During this period of time, the situation in Japan and the DPRK was very stable, and there was no major event in the country, after the fourth child fought hard with the old eight and a gang in Henan, he had stabilized his position, and basically cleared the power of the old eight, and the work of measuring the acres of land was also carried out in an orderly manner, quite a little voice, and all the energy of the fourth child was put on this; The third child led a group of literati such as scholars and writers of the Hanlin Academy who were busy compiling the "Kangxi Dictionary"; The eighth brother was successively put together by Yinzuo and Yinzhen, and his strength was greatly damaged, and he was busy licking his wounds at the moment; Yinzuo was busy with the implementation of the thunder plan, the court suddenly quieted down, Yinzuo didn't need to discuss matters every day, Wu and Lin also had some free time, it was late at the moment, and the two had already rested, but when they heard Li Wei's words, they each hurried to the study, and after listening to Li Wei's statement, they read the exam questions and the book again, and each buried their heads in thought.

"Dog, did you follow the 'tail' when you returned to the inn?" Wu Sidao asked lightly.

Li Wei shook his head and said: "Back to Mr. Wu's words, the small one led Chen Qian and the others to deliberately turn around several times, but no one was watched, even the small one went back to the palace after a big circle, and no one should find out." ”

Although Li Wei, this little guy is not good at reading, and his martial arts are also very usual, but his wit is not comparable to ordinary people, and it is not easy to keep an eye on him without being discovered by him, since he is so sure, Wu Sidao did not ask any more questions, lowered his head and thought about it: "These three questions are all about virtue, quite weird, looking at the questions of the past years, there is no such reason, but it is difficult to say, whether this matter is true or not, the prince has to prepare early." ”

"Preparation is naturally to be done, if it is fake, but it is easy to do, let Shuntianfu come forward to copy the 'Sanyuan Restaurant', and take the demon road, but if it is true, the power of this is related, then ......" Yinzuo said this, and he was also taken aback - if these three exam questions are true, there may be how many people will lose their heads.

Lin Xuanyi sighed and said: "Lord Wang, whether it is true or not, you have to let the 'Honghu' move first, and monitor the 'Sanyuan Restaurant', if these three questions are false, it is easy to do, if this matter is true, the involvement is too large, according to Li He, this matter should be cautious, the fraud case in the field has been going on for a long time, and it is common to buy the examiner to use rare words as a mark, but it is unheard of to openly sell exam questions." ”

"The people who can do this are nothing more than a few elder brothers, the prince will naturally not act like this, and the remaining people who have this ability are nothing more than the third master, the fourth master, the eighth master, and the fourteenth master, according to Yulu, the fourth master is calm and calm, and he is not like a person who does such a thing, so that the one who has the courage to do this can only be the eighth master or the fourteenth master." Wu Sidao calmly analyzed the several elder brothers who had the conditions to commit crimes.

"Old Fourteen may not have this ability, right? However, the eighth had no sea ships during this time, and he lost a lot of money in Henan, and he was very short of money, so it was possible to do something about it, but if he said that the eighth had the courage to sell real exam questions, this king couldn't believe it. Yinzuo said with a frown.

"The fourteenth master may not have that ability, even the fourth master may not be able to get rid of suspicion, but it is difficult to say if there is a plan to make a mistake." Lin Xuanyi obviously didn't agree with Wu Sidao's opinion.

Yin Zuo shook his head and said, "No matter who did this, if this exam question is true, how should this king deal with himself?" ”

The imperial examination is the way for the country to select talents, as long as it is not a faint monarch, he will not joke about the imperial examination, not to mention that the old man Kangxi is a generation of Ming Jun, and he will not tolerate the existence of malpractices in the scientific field. The first imperial examination fraud case is certainly a great achievement, but the next thing is a little not very fun - the science field fraud case, there are many big and small officials who have lost their heads, and the offended people will go to the sea, this is still a trivial matter, once the black hand behind the scenes is found, then the face of the heavenly family should be almost lost, in terms of the personality of the old man Kangxi, who must report who will investigate the case, and at the end of the investigation will be found out, of course, it will be over, and the person who investigates the case may not have good fruit to eat, but the gains and losses in it cannot but make everyone think about it.

"Check!" Wu Sidao's eyes flashed, and he said coldly: "Whether this matter is true or not, it must be investigated, although the prince may suffer some grievances temporarily, but he can get the sacred heart, and he can win the heart of the world's scholars, the advantages far outweigh the disadvantages, and now it is not a question of whether it should be investigated, but how to investigate." ”

"Yes, Yulu's words are reasonable, and this matter is indispensable for righteousness. Isn't Qian Mingyu, a servant of the prince's disciple, also one of the examiners of the eighteenth room of this department? This matter can fall on this person, there are still four days before the examination date, why don't you ...... the prince" Lin Xuanyi stroked his palm and smiled.

"Okay, this king is also out of the way, Ming'er let Qian Mingyu enter the mansion early in the morning, and if you want to play, you can play big." Yin Zuo stood up, his face full of determination.

Shuntianfu Gongyuan is located in the southwest corner of Beijing, since the Ming Dynasty is the key point of the imperial court's great ceremony, it has been repaired repeatedly, although it is somewhat old, but the grandeur of its momentum is still more than the six yamen. On the tenth day of March in the forty-second year of Kangxi, when the rooster crowed, the sky was not bright, and thousands of people had been waiting outside the gate of the Gongyuan for a long time with a basket and a lit candle. A group of Yan Xitang officials then shouted, "Open the dragon gate." Open the dragon gate. The two vermilion lacquered bronze nail doors of the Gongyuan slowly opened, and thousands of scholars entered in the order of roll call, and after the officials checked the things they were carrying one by one, they each walked into the Gongyuan to find their own examination booths and sit down, preparing for the biggest exam in their lives.

Xiong Ci cleaned his hands in the golden basin, bowed to the imperial seal test questions enshrined in the gold plate, and opened the first test question with his own hands, but saw that it was written with the four big words "only ashamed", and the deputy chief examiner He Longling took it, looked at it, and then asked the subject clerk to hold the question and send it to each examination room, and then write the examination questions in each examination room and distribute them to the examination booth of each student.

Qian Mingyu, the examiner of the No. 12 examination room, Kangxi was born in the thirty-ninth year of Jinshi, a slave under Yinzuo, a waiter in the Hanlin Academy, the writing is good, and he is also talented, but his personality is upright, similar to Guo Xiu back then, Yinzuo did not send it out because of his personality, but put it in the Hanlin Academy to grind his temperament. After Qian Mingyu received the first question sent by the undertaker, he opened it and looked at it, his forehead suddenly sweated, his heartbeat accelerated a lot, remembered what Yinzuo confessed four days ago, secretly touched his sleeves, forced himself to endure it, and commanded those pen posts to write the exam questions clearly, and sent them from various examination sheds, and he couldn't sit still, so he got up and walked back and forth in the examination booth to pretend to be patrolling, so as to suppress the panic in his heart.

On the evening of March 10, the forty-second year of Kangxi, it was time to dismantle the second exam questions, Qian Mingyu took the exam questions sent by the examiner, and could no longer keep his composure. ”

Xiong Cixu has been an old official for many years, and he has always been happy and angry, but when he heard Qian Mingyu's words, his face suddenly changed, and he said with a pale face: "Why did Lord Qian say this, you must know that this matter is not a joke." ”

He Longling, the deputy chief examiner, is the eighth elder brother's subordinate minion, and this time he was also entrusted with a few moves, and there was a ghost in his heart, as soon as he heard Qian Mingyu's words, he immediately pulled his throat and said: "Nonsense, this is the examination room, how can you be allowed to go crazy, come on, take this house down, and then the official will play impeachment after the examination." ”

Seeing that a few officials were about to come up and make a move, Qian Mingyu was anxious, took out three pieces of red paper from his sleeve, and said in a loud voice: "Wait, there is evidence in the hands of the lower officials." ”

Xiong Cilu waved his hand with a pale face to let those officials retreat, and shouted back the official who heard the sound outside the door, calmed down, looked at Qian Mingyu and said: "What evidence do you have, and let the official look at it." ”

Qian Mingyu handed over the three pieces of red paper in his hand and said: "Lord Xiong, please see, this is a question bought by a friend of Xiaguan from a restaurant, and there are already two questions on it. ”

Xiong Cilu glanced at the three pieces of red paper, and immediately found that the ink was old, not written in the past two days, and two questions had been opened in it, and the sweat on his head brushed the ground down, and he stretched out his hand tremblingly, and took the last test question enshrined in the gold plate in his hand, settled down, and untied it.

He Longling picked up the test question and looked at it, and immediately collapsed on the chair, and the test question was "strength to virtue". For a while, all the people in the entire examination room were dumbfounded, and they were in a daze, and there was an eerie silence in the room.

"Seal, seal the Tribute Academy, this official will enter the palace to face the saint and ask for a thorough investigation." Xiong Cixu gave the order weakly.

"Slow, Lord Xiong, this matter needs to be cautious, you and I are the main examiners, and we are responsible for the relationship of the sea of blood, if we really overturn it like this, this, this is afraid of thousands of lives." He Longling said a little anxiously.

"Human life, human life, alas, the old man has served as the chief examiner four times before and after, how can he not know the joints, and now that the matter has come to this, paper can't contain the fire, you and I will have our own destiny, alas." Xiong Cixu shook his head and sighed.

"My lord, think twice, if this is, if it is......" He Longling's face turned pale, and he didn't know where to start for a while.

Xiong Cilu no longer paid attention to He Longling, and ordered in a high voice: "Seal the courtyard!" No one is allowed to leave the examination room, and those who violate the order will be punished for fraud. The official immediately entered the palace to face the saint. As soon as the words fell, he strode towards the gate of the Gongyuan, and his steps seemed to stumble a lot......

The sun has set, the night has quietly fallen, the night is coming, the lights are lit up in turn, and the whole Jingshi is embellished with incomparably warm, but the storm under the night is about to begin, but I don't know who will fall in this night......

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