"What, cheating in the imperial examination!"

In the middle of the two Zhejiang transport envoys, Fan Zheng couldn't help but raise his voice.

Bao Kang bowed his head and said: "Lord Qiyu, the new jinshi Zhang Ruzhou made disrespectful remarks to the adults at the Western Regions Poetry Conference, and was exposed by his wife on the spot for his vain promotion to the official. ”

Vainly increasing the number of officials and participating in the work at the age of ten in later generations can be described as the same thing, if no one breaks out, it will naturally not be over, and once it is exposed, it will immediately cause excitement among the masses.

"Zhang Ruzhou, vainly increase the number of officials!"

Fan Zheng couldn't help sighing, and suddenly felt how magical the gears of fate were.

In his previous life, Li Qingzhao was deceived into marriage by Zhang Ruzhou, and he would rather risk the punishment of two years in prison to report Zhang Ruzhou's fraud in the imperial examination, but in this life, Li Qingzhao's life trajectory has changed, and naturally there is no risk of going to prison.

No one thought that Zhang Ruzhou would take the initiative to seek death, and even sell his reputation at the West Lake Poetry Conference, wanting to attack him to gain fame, and Li Qingzhao once again discovered the flaws of fraud in the imperial examination.

A senior master explained: "I originally dismissed the scholars in the imperial examination, until the time of the Renzong Dynasty, a scholar named Zhang Yuan appeared, he was originally enthusiastic, and wanted to be the champion outside the Donghua Gate, and no matter how bad he was, he also wanted to take the Jinshi Guangyao lintel, but Zhang Yuan repeatedly fell first, but he was arrogant, and he was unwilling to do anything in the Great Song Dynasty, and he took refuge in the Western Xia in a fit of anger, and became the prime minister of the Western Xia. ”

Bao Kang nodded and said: "The harm of literati surrendering to the enemy is too great, so the imperial court has opened a special opening, that is, to let those scholars who have repeatedly fallen to the first rank reach one number of times, and they can directly enter Beijing to participate in the imperial examination!" In order to avoid the loss of talents in the imperial court, it can also make those scholars who think that they have no talents. ”

"This also gives some scholars the opportunity to take advantage of loopholes, and they only need to falsely report the number of times they have failed the list, and they can skip the government examination and go directly to Beijing to catch the exam!" Fan Zheng's heart moved, and he instantly thought of the reason for this matter.

"Yes!" Bao Kang nodded and said, "These scholars who fail to make the list either falsely report their age and increase the number of imperial examinations, after all, the imperial examinations are held once every three years, and if the time is long, they will be far away from the Feng area, and it will be difficult for the imperial court to check at all." ”

Fan Zheng frowned and said, "Even if the imperial court can't find out, doesn't the local prefect know about it?" ”

Bao Kang said with a wry smile: "The local people naturally know that if they want to falsely report the number of failures, they naturally need local cooperation, but the number of false reports does not occupy the quota of the local government examination, and those who cheat will naturally give heavy gifts............. ”

"No one thought that Zhang Ruzhou would miraculously get to the bottom of the Jinshi list, and the official changed the imperial examination system, bringing forward the original imperial examination once every three years to once a year, which suddenly made Zhang Ruzhou's break bloom." Fan Zheng sighed.

Bao Kang couldn't help but sigh, he originally thought that he was also a person who thought that he would not meet Huaicai, once upon a time he thought that he was not met because of a lucky villain like the evil doctor Fan Zheng who occupied an official position, but he didn't expect that it was the corruption of Zhang Ruzhou and the Hangzhou Imperial Examination that made him Huaicai not meet.

"I wonder what the owner is going to do with this?" Bao Kang asked suddenly.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Since this matter has been exposed, it is natural to deal with it impartially!" Find out the number of imperial examinations of Zhang Ruzhou, report to the imperial court, seize his position as a jinshi, and hand it over to Yousi for disposal. ”

"Your Excellency is wise!" A group of masters are angry with the enemy.

"At the same time, in Liangzhejiang Road, we will thoroughly investigate the matter of arbitrarily increasing the number of people, and all the participating people and officials will be severely punished!" Fan Zheng waved his hand.

Seeing this, Bao Kang was shocked and said: "My lord, think twice, in this way, my lord will definitely offend the entire Liangzhejiang scholars and officialdom!" ”

Fan Zheng sneered: "When you find a cockroach, there is already a nest of cockroaches in secret, Zhang Ruzhou is not the first, nor the last, the official in charge of the imperial examination will definitely not be able to get out of the relationship, only by restoring the officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces can let the truly talented people show their ambitions." ”

Since he took up the post of transfer envoy of Liangzhejiang, the officials of Liangzhejiang have bullied him when he was young, and he has been disobeying the yang and yin, so that he can not do the prohibition at all, and now he has finally caught the case of fraud in the imperial examination, just to burn the third fire of the new official taking office.

"Hey!"

Bao Kang couldn't help sighing, although he has also failed many times, and he thinks that he has never met Huai Cai, but he doesn't want to see such turmoil in the officialdom of the two Zhejiang.

But he also understands that the case of fraud in the imperial examination is a major crime in any era, and now that Zhang Ruzhou's fraud in the imperial examination has been exposed, if the evil doctor Fan Zheng is not strictly investigated, I am afraid that he will also be robbed by the imperial court.

"Come on, Zhang Ruzhou will be immediately imprisoned and interrogated, and all the imperial examination files will be sealed!" Fan Zheng gave an order.

"Yes!"

The transfer made the yamen immediately move when he heard the wind and immediately sent people and horses.

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"What, cheating in the imperial examination!"

"Zhang Ruzhou was exposed in public by everyone Li, and he vainly increased the number of officials!"

"Evil doctor Fan Zheng ordered a strict investigation and sealed all the imperial examination files!"

As soon as this news came out, it immediately detonated the entire officialdom of Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

"Although Zhang Ruzhou is vainly increasing the number of officials, it would be too much to forcibly say that it was a fraud in the imperial examination, Zhang Ruzhou did falsely report the number of times he failed the list, but he was a jinshi in the Bianjing examination, this is a real skill!" A scholar frowned.

"If it weren't for the number of times he failed the list, how could he be qualified to go to Bianjing to participate in the imperial examination, let alone be admitted to the Jinshi!" A young scholar said angrily.

He honestly participated in the imperial examination, but he still failed repeatedly, and when he saw Zhang Ruzhou taking advantage of the loophole, he was naturally very angry.

The scholars in the entire Liangzhejiang region were divided into two factions, some supported Zhang Ruzhou after all, Zhang Ruzhou did not occupy the quota of the two Zhejiang, and some advocated severe punishment of Zhang Ruzhou, which undermined the atmosphere of officialdom.

"It's just an earth-shattering news, in addition to Zhang Ruzhou, there is actually a prodigy in Liangzhejiang who participated in the imperial examination at the age of eight!"

Immediately, another shocking news came, which immediately made the two Zhejiang scholars angry.

Participating in the imperial examination at the age of eight is simply challenging people's bottom line, ordinary people are probably still studying at the age of eight, this person has begun to falsely report that he has failed in the imperial examination, although this person is not as lucky as Zhang Ruzhou, although the false report is still not admitted in the end, but its nature is extremely bad.

Immediately, more and more scholars who falsely reported that they had failed in the imperial examination were found out, and everyone knew that the imperial examination in the entire Liangzhejiang region was completely eroded.

"The officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces is as dark as this! Please also ask Master Fan to return a bright future! The two Zhejiang scholars were indignant.

Fan Zheng got the report, and immediately knew that the time was ripe, and immediately ordered: "Master Bao, it's time to act!" ”

"Yes! My lord! ”

Bao Kang nodded solemnly at the moment, and immediately led the people to arrest all the officials involved in the case!

As the people involved in the imperial examination fraud case were arrested one by one, the people shouted and were happy, and the hearts of the entire officialdom in Zhejiang and Zhejiang fluctuated.

Zhang Ruzhou in his previous life was only revealed 20 years later, and all the files and personnel involved have long been unverifiable, and only Zhang Ruzhou himself was severely punished.

And in this life, Zhang Ruzhou has just been promoted to the Jinshi, and he has already been exposed, and all the officials involved are still in office, and Fan Zheng can be said to be accurate.

Not to mention that these people are also involved in other cases of fraud in the imperial examination, and their butts are not clean at all.

"The transfer makes the adults think twice! If the adults clean the officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces like this, the land of the two Zhejiang will be unstable! "The transfer envoy Yamen, Tan Hong hurriedly came and advised Fan Zheng.

In his opinion, the evil doctor Fan Zheng is too young, and other officials will definitely not be convinced, and he has been deeply involved in the Liangzhejiang region for many years, so he will definitely be able to override Fan Zheng in one fell swoop.

But no one thought that Zhang Ruzhou would expose the fraud case of the imperial examination, so that the evil doctor Fan Zheng found an excuse to clean up the officialdom of the two Zhejiang.

Fan Zheng looked at Tan Hong and said in a cold voice: "Lord Tan should understand that all dynasties and dynasties have zero tolerance for fraud in the imperial examination, and even rivers of blood are not a few. ”

Tan Hong wiped a handful of cold sweat and said: "But Liangzhejiang is the granary of the Great Song Dynasty, if Liangzhejiang is unstable, I am afraid it is not conducive to Caoyun and delays the supply of rice and grain to Bianjing." ”

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "It's okay, the Great Song Dynasty is now prosperous by sea, and the rice of the Nanyang countries can be harvested three to four times a year, even if the two Zhejiang provinces don't ask, they can still dispatch a large amount of rice grain back from Nanyang, which is enough to ensure the supply of grain in Bianjing!" ”

Tan Hong's face changed suddenly, Fan Zheng mentioned Zhancheng rice, and immediately understood that Fan Zheng was dissatisfied with the two Zhejiang officials who originally obstructed the promotion of Zhancheng rice.

Fan Zheng continued: "Moreover, the fraud in the imperial examination is a big case, if we don't punish it severely, when the time comes, it will be you and me who are unlucky. ”

Tan Hong's face suddenly changed, and he hurriedly said: "Please also ask your Excellency to be aware that the lower officials are definitely not involved in this matter." ”

"Oh! It must be the low-level officials who deceive the upper and lower levels, and I hope that the prefect will be aware of everything and not let these black sheep continue to endanger the officialdom of the two Zhejiangs! Fan Zheng stared at Tan Hongdao.

Tan Hong's face changed suddenly, he naturally heard Fan Zheng's threat, if Tan Hong took the initiative and threw out a batch of scapegoats, then he would also give an account to the court, otherwise the court would blame him, and he Fan Zheng was a celebrity of the official family who could easily get away with it, and he was not so lucky.

"Xia Guan understands!"

Tan Hong said solemnly at the moment.

At the moment, after Tan Hong went back, he no longer sheltered the officialdom in Hangzhou, and even took the initiative to kill the killer in order to clear up his relationship, and even his own henchmen did not hesitate to give up! ”

"Master Fan is wise, Tan Hong's move is to protect himself, and he will definitely lose the hearts of the people in Hangzhou officialdom." Bao Kang couldn't help but admire Tan Hong's plan when he saw it.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "When Tang Taizong held the imperial examination, he once sighed: "All the heroes in the world are in the hub." "From ancient times to the present, being an official has almost become an obsession of scholars, even if the imperial examination fraud case is broken today, if this loophole is not plugged, I am afraid that there will be people who will take risks in the future, and this official decided to use Hangzhou as a pilot to change the imperial examination system again!"

"Change the imperial examination system again!"

Bao Kang couldn't help but be shocked, Fan Zheng had already changed the age of the imperial examination, and he had to change the imperial examination again.

Fan Zhengdao: "The last time the law was changed to take the imperial examination, it was to cooperate with the old party and promote compulsory education in the city, but this time it is to completely solve the loophole of arbitrarily increasing the number of officials. ”

"Dare to ask your Excellency what you think!" Bao Kang asked.

Fan Zheng thought for a while and said: "The imperial examination system of the Great Song Dynasty was inherited from the Tang Dynasty, and only the provincial examination presided over by the state government and the provincial examination presided over by the Ministry of Rites, so that it is not conducive to the selection of talents, and the number of people who take the examination at one time is too large, which makes people take advantage of the loopholes." ”

Bao Kang nodded, Zhang Ruzhou took advantage of the loophole in this way, which is why there is the imperial examination fraud case that shocks the Great Song Dynasty now.

Fan Zhengdao: "This official is a transfer envoy between the two Zhejiang, so naturally he can't interfere with the provincial test presided over by the Ministry of Rites, but he can do the main change of the law to solve the test." ”

"Changing the law to solve the test?" Bao Kang's heart moved, this was indeed within the scope of the authority of the two Zhejiang transfer envoys, and with Fan Zheng's position in the hearts of the officials, he would definitely not refuse.

Fan Zheng continued: "The Liangzhejiang Road is composed of various provinces and counties, and now Lu Dafang is promoting education in the whole city, and the number of students in each county has skyrocketed. Therefore, the official decided to divide the test into three, which is divided into the county test, the government test, and the original test. ”

"County test, government test, solution test!"

Bao Kang couldn't help but be shocked, Fan Zheng's move can be said to be clear at a glance, the county examination is naturally a county examination, and the government examination is naturally a government's imperial examination, and the solution examination is also the imperial examination of the entire Liangzhejiang Road.

Fan Zheng said: "The county exam is a county's place to take the exam, the standard is not high, and even many teenagers can pass the test, which is called a child." ”

"After becoming a child, you can be eligible to participate in the government examination, and the government examination will naturally be more stringent, and those who pass the selection are naturally quite excellent, called Xiucai! After becoming a Xiucai, he has the opportunity to participate in the examination with the Xiucai of the two Zhejiang Road provinces, and the best person is called the lifter, and only the lifter can enter Beijing to take the provincial exam. ”

"That's a great idea!" Bao Kang exclaimed: "My lord is wise, in this way, the selection at all levels will definitely leave no one behind, and it can reduce the pressure of solving the test and saving the test." ”

Although the Bao family is a family of eunuchs, but to Bao Kang's generation, the family road has long been in the middle, the Great Song Dynasty traffic is inconvenient, originally there is only one imperial examination in the entire Liangzhejiang Road, he needs to come from the remote Muzhou to Kaifeng Mansion to participate in the examination, it takes at least a month to go back and forth, and the amount of food and drink along the way is not a small amount, so that the original family road is even more dilapidated.

He is still like this, and the scholars of other foreign provinces have spent a lot of money for the imperial examination, and now there are three-level examinations, and under the layers of selection, the most elite people can be directly screened out, so that others do not need to spend high travel expenses to go to Hangzhou to go to the imperial examination.

At the same time, under the layer of elimination, even those who fail are convinced, and at the same time, the number of people who understand the test is greatly reduced.

Fan Zheng smiled confidently, this is the most mature mode of imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties in later generations, and after hundreds of years of verification, it is naturally the best method. (End of chapter)