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After the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang was worried that the Secretariat's power was too great and was afraid that Li Shanchang would not be able to control it, so he activated Yang Xian. In his opinion, Yang Xian, who had rich intelligence experience, could become a useful nail he placed in the Secretariat's province. However, judging from his performance in recent years, Yang Xian's actions were quite unsatisfactory. As soon as he entered the Secretariat, he seemed to have become a different person. In the past, Yang Xian worked as a prosecutor and reported to him some people and something, but since he entered the Secretariat, he was like a mad dog, biting people everywhere. Although he had repeatedly found many people, many of them were not as unbearable as he said. Even the loyal ministers who were loyal to the emperor and the country were falsely accused by Yang Xian just because they opposed Yang Xian. He was very angry about this, but thinking of his past achievements, Zhu Yuanzhang had to turn a blind eye and give up.

Hearing the emperor's tone, Yang Xian cried in his heart: "God helps me!" He stood up quickly.

"Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at Yang Xian and smiled, saying, "How is it? Being the Left Prime Minister of the Secretariat is much harder than the former prosecutor?"

Yang Xian hurriedly said: "The procuratorial officer is also working for His Majesty. The Zuo Cheng also works for His Majesty. It is not hard to say. No matter how hard he is to work for his position, he cannot compare to His Majesty's daily affairs. His Majesty is the real hard work!"

Zhu Yuanzhang felt very comfortable when he was about to put down the pen in his hand, he suddenly remembered Zhan Tong and said, "Yang Xian, you are so good. I really have something to ask you?"

Yang Xianzheng hesitated how to speak to Zhu Yuanzhang. He heard that there was something to ask himself, so he hurriedly suppressed the examiner's affairs and bowed: "Your Majesty asked, I will definitely know everything and say everything!"

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded and said, "You know this Zhan, how is your personality and what is your knowledge?"

Yang Xian was stunned. After a moment of pondering, he knew that the emperor must have chosen the exam quota. He wanted to go up and recommend him, but he was afraid that Zhu Yuanzhang would be unhappy. He had accompanied Zhu Yuanzhang for many years and knew that if he hated someone, then this person would be basically abolished. He gritted his teeth and said, "This is Zhan Tongwei, who has been known for his talent. After His Majesty crossed the river, he was a doctor of the Imperial College. In the year of Hongwu, His Majesty came to Xiajun in person. Liu Ji, the chief censor, said: "In ancient times, the ministers and ministers committed crimes, and they were sent to their residences for suicide, so as to inspire shame. This is called the national system of surviving the country." Zhan Tong served in front of His Majesty at that time. After hearing this, he picked up the "Dai Ji" and Jia Yishu to present to the emperor...?"

"Oh - I forgot this, but I didn't say it, it was him? Look at my memory!" Zhu Yuanzhang said while gently hooking the red pen in his hand, and the identity of Zhan Tong's chief examiner was confirmed.

After choosing the examiner, Zhu Yuanzhang seemed extremely happy and closed the memorial. Then he remembered that he had never asked Yang Xian if he had anything important to see him. He quickly put down the red pen in his hand, looked up at Yang Xian, and asked, "Yang Xian, you are here to find me, but you have something to say--?"

Yang Xian had been hesitating whether to say it. After hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's question, he remembered what Liu Bing said, and finally gritted his teeth, put Liu Bowen's advice away, and knelt down and said, "Do you really have something to say?"

Zhu Yuanzhang raised his head and glanced at him, saying, "Then let's say it?"

Yang Xian gritted his teeth and said respectfully: "Your Majesty will be honored this time, promote the imperial examination, and acquire talents for our Ming Dynasty. I am a humble minister...?"

When Zhu Yuanzhang heard the same sentence of his, his expression changed slightly, but suppressed the anger in his heart and said calmly: "What do you want to do?"

Yang Xian was a little scared, but now he was on the verge of arrows and had to fire, so he could only say with a stingy head: "I am not talented, I want to be the chief examiner of this term. Please ask Your Majesty - Your Majesty to fulfill it?"

Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at him and said, "Reason?"

When Yang Xian heard Zhu Yuanzhang's tone, he was neither cold nor hot nor could he figure out Zhu Yuanzhang's thoughts. He felt a little upset. Although it was still a little cold at this time, he was covered in cold sweat and wet his clothes. He pondered for a moment: "In terms of knowledge, I am not as good as Song Lian and others, but I am more experienced than them. When choosing scholars, there were places they could not see. I am aware that those scholars are useful to Your Majesty and to my Ming Dynasty. I am aware that this is the case. I am aware that I am aware——?

Zhu Yuanzhang had a Gu Jingbubo on his face, but he looked at Yang Xian with a profound meaning. There was a little more undetectable disappointment in his eyes. This faint disappointment came quickly and went quickly, so Yang Xian naturally could not detect it.

After a moment of silence, Zhu Yuanzhang glanced at the memorial in his arms, completely put down the red pen in his hand, and said, "Yang Xian, you were trained by me, and I naturally know your loyalty to me, but I have been prosecuted to be a magistrate and used the eight-part essay to be an official. I want to tell scholars all over the world that the scholars I have chosen are only those who study, only those who do eight-part essays, and only those who recite the words of the saints can pass the gracious examination, become my disciple, become an official in the Ming Dynasty, and glorify the ancestors----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Yang Xian was stunned and then said, "The emperor was familiar with the path and was able to see the world. I naturally didn't know it. But I thought that whether it was a scholar or a martial artist, he would be a scholar or a scholar, and he would not be his students. I understand this principle, but the students may not understand it. Therefore, I am the only courageous person. I ask this examiner to help His Majesty monitor other examiners for favoritism and fraud, and the other hand, I also want to select a few real talents for His Majesty...?"

"It's rare that you have a heart? But I have my own considerations? My eight-part essay is based on the words of a saint, and students read the books of a saint, and they can understand my intentions. Your talent is not as good as Liu Ji, Song Lian and others. If you become the chief examiner, first, the students in the world will not accept it, and second, Song Lian and others have their own opinions. Therefore, I will never give you the position of chief examiner!" Zhu Yuanzhang said with a gloomy face.

"Emperor—?" Yang Xian was anxious. Although he did not have much hope for the examiner this time, he thought that only by taking the position of the examiner could he eliminate Li Shanchang in one fell swoop, Hu Weiyong's power could not help but get anxious.

Zhu Yuanzhang snorted coldly and said, "Although I can't give you the chief examiner, you also reminded me-?"

Yang Xian was already extremely disappointed, but after hearing Zhu Yuanzhang's words, his heart trembled, and a hint of hope arose. He looked up at Zhu Yuanzhang, his eyes full of expectation.

Zhu Yuanzhang frowned slightly, pondered for a moment, and suddenly said, "I can arrange for you to be the supervisor, responsible for supervising the examiner, so as not to be favoritism and fraud! The hearts of all students in the world are also ruined my intentions!"

There are countless cases of fraud in the chief examiners of all dynasties. Among the various methods of fraud in the imperial examination, "passing the joint" is the most common and difficult to prohibit. The so-called "passing the joint" is the so-called "back door" now, which refers to candidates bribing the examiner or engaging in relationships with the examiner, so that they can give their own papers high and get a title on the gold list.

In the early years of the Northern Song Dynasty, the "submission" of candidates was very popular in the Tang Dynasty's imperial examination style. The powerful and authoritatives could recommend talents to the examiner, which was called "public recommendation". After the candidates were admitted, they should thank the examiner, calling the examiner a "teacher's sect" and "honor's sect" and call themselves "disciple". Shortly after Song Taizu ascended the throne, they abolished the privilege of recommending candidates to the examiner, and ordered candidates not to call examiners the examiner a favoritism and profession in the future. All Jinshi who passed the examination were considered disciples of the emperor. Although Song Taizu canceled the recommendation system to prevent the interpersonal relationship of the imperial examination system from causing favoritism and fraud in the imperial examination and forming cliques in the officialdom. It was cancelled openly, but secretly, the relationship still exists.

Later, the Song Dynasty's imperial examinations introduced two anti-fraud measures - "典" and "典". The so-called "典" means to miss the candidate's name, origin, and first-determined information; the transcription means to copy the candidate's examination papers again and give the copy to the examiner for review, which indeed eliminated many suspicions of favoritism and fraud. However, in the Song Dynasty, the chief examiner of the scientific examinations repeatedly occurred and repeatedly banned. Zhu Yuanzhang's suspicion was already serious. At first, he did not expect that after Yang Xian reminded him, he thought of this and had an idea in his mind. He wanted the students of the world to use it for his own purposes. If the chief examiner controlled all this, he would never tolerate it.

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