Chapter 813 810 [The emperor has a lot of bad ideas]
Chapter 813 810 [The emperor has many bad ideas]
The Guangxi imperial examination fraud case involved officials from the Supervisory Office, so the case was handed over to the Dali Temple for full jurisdiction.
Dali Temple is equivalent to the highest court in the country.
"Your Majesty, in the Guangxi imperial examination fraud case, the preliminary trial of the parties has ended. Next, officials will be sent to Guilin to investigate the case."
"let it go."
There were only three transcripts of the parties before Zhao Han.
The university graduation examinations in each province have been combined with the provincial examinations (provincial examinations). University presidents can only arrange and organize examinations, but are not qualified to invigilate the examinations in person, or even have access to the examination questions in advance. There are three real examiners, one of whom is from the province
Among the chief judges, one is a Yuanwailang sent by the Ministry of Rites, and the other is an honest censor sent by the Supervisory Council.
Zhao Han carefully read the three transcripts and was able to basically conclude that the fraud case was false.
This is because the examination papers were taken from Nanjing to various examination centers by Yuan Wailang of the Ministry of Rites. On the day of the examination, in addition to the three examiners, the president of the university and the director of the Rites Department of the province must be present. Only when five people are present can the sealed examination papers be sealed.
After opening it and verifying that it was correct, the five people stamped it together and started the exam. If any problem is found in the test paper, the exam must be terminated.
Something went wrong and all five of them lost their jobs together!
The sealing work of the test paper was done by the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, and the Ministry of Punishment together. It was stamped with the big seals of the three ministers. There were also three layers of sealing. The test paper was sealed once, the outer waterproof oil paper was sealed once, and the outermost box was also sealed.
Seal. Each layer of seal is stamped with three large seals. Only the outermost layer is allowed to be damaged by wind and rain.
The printing work of the test paper was carried out by the Office of the Supervisor of Ceremonies, and the whole process was carried out in the Forbidden City. Therefore, the first sealing of the test paper also had the seal of the Supervisor of Ceremonies.
If this can be revealed in advance, the problem is really big, and there are a lot of officials who have been investigated and punished. The Supervisor of Liturgy, the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Rites, the Ministry of Punishment, the Supervisory Yuan, the Guangxi Grand Court, the Guangxi Hall of Ceremony, and Guilin University
The principal...all will be investigated severely.
If there is real fraud in the imperial examination, it won't be because of leaking the questions, but by hiring someone to take the exam for you under false pretenses!
Song Yingxing, the first assistant, said: "Your Majesty, this matter must be investigated strictly, not only the fraud cases, but also the scholars who are knocking on the tower! When knocking on the tower is not good, it must be done on the day of roll call at Donghua Gate.
The door is completely blocked, and even the Jinke Jinshi are blocked inside and unable to get out. If they are not severely punished, where will the majesty of the court be?"
Last year, in the reform of the ministry, three more cabinet ministers were added, and Zhu Shunshui has also joined the cabinet. He said: "The scholars of Kouque should indeed be punished, but they cannot be blindly used force, otherwise it will be difficult to stop the world. Many of them,
I was just deceived. I heard that there was a case of fraud in the imperial examination, so I came to Knock Que with enthusiasm. I thought that it was enough to punish those who took the lead in making trouble and colluding with each other, and there was no need to punish all the Knock Que scholars.
Xiao Huan, who also joined the cabinet last year, disagreed with Zhu Shunshui's opinion: "Your Majesty, I think it should be dealt with strictly. Anyone who participates in the knocking ceremony will not be allowed to serve as an official. However, their official career cannot be cut off and they are allowed to join the provincial government.
The civil service examination of the government."
Chen Maosheng stood up and said: "Most of the people who knocked on the door this time were failed scholars. They only thought about the title of Jinshi. They would rather waste time to repeat the imperial examination, delay a few years and then be released to the seventh and eighth grades, rather than start from the ninth grade.
Officials should start with a solid foundation. Even if a scholar like this becomes an official, he will not be a good official! Also, this imperial examination is more generous than three years ago. The grades of the first and second ranking Jinshi have been improved.
Let graduates from self-financed universities also have the qualifications to be sent abroad. The imperial court is already giving in, and the failed scholars will continue to press hard. If the imperial court gives in again, I wonder what unreasonable demands will be made in the next imperial examination!"
"What are you going to do?" Zhao Han asked.
Chen Maosheng said: "Those who participated in the knocking ceremony will have their honors revoked. Their university diplomas will be taken back. Not only will they no longer be officials, they will not even be allowed to take the civil service examination!"
"No!"
Other cabinet ministers objected in unison and did not agree with Chen Maosheng's statement.
Chen Maosheng, however, had a firm attitude: "For the sake of a Jinshi title, I would not even look down on a ninth-grade official. I would rather take the exam for three more years, six years, nine years, or even more than ten years. What do such people do as officials? They
Even if you become an official, will you do things seriously? Will you ask for orders from the people? No, they will only form cliques to climb up the ladder! If they are not severely punished, they will definitely encourage their arrogance and create unhealthy tendencies in the officialdom.
In the end, it became like the previous Ming Dynasty. The first list looked down on the shuji scholars, the shuji scholars looked down on the ordinary Jinshi, the second list looked down on the third list Jinshi, and the Jinshi looked down on the people who were promoted to officials, and the people who were promoted looked down on the officials who were appointed as tributes! With the same ranking, the same subject, and the same hometown
, roommates discuss friendship, form cliques, officials protect each other, form parties and fight!"
Everyone was silent, it was hard to argue anymore.
Zhao Han smiled and said: "There are so many failed scholars, so I will take a step back..."
"Your Majesty, don't give in!" All the cabinet ministers stopped him.
"If I don't give in, how can I dispel the grievances in the hearts of the scholars?" Zhao Han smiled even more happily, "I ordered the Ministry of Rites to post a list outside Donghua Gate, saying that I would be allowed to participate in the examination indefinitely in the future. They are determined to take the exam.
Jinshi, then let them take the exam. But..."
As soon as the ministers heard "but", they knew that the emperor was going to do something bad again.
Zhao Han said: "First, as long as you fail the first examination and give up the opportunity to be promoted to a ninth-grade official, you will not be able to be promoted directly in this life. You must pass the Jinshi exam before you can become an official. Second, you must pass the Jinshi exam three times before you can become an official."
If you pass the Jinshi exam, you can no longer be a government official, you can only be a miscellaneous official, or be sent to a local school. Thirdly, if you are over thirty years old, you are not allowed to take the civil service exam again!"
The ministers were all suppressing their laughter. The emperor was really full of evil.
If these three conditions are taken out, even if the imperial examination is allowed indefinitely, most of the failed scholars will choose to be directly released as ninth-level officials. Except for the truly confident people, who the hell would dare to take the imperial examination again? Once they fail the exam three times in a row
, I can only be a miscellaneous official in this life, it is better to go out directly.
In this way, it can not only block the mouth of Youyou, so that the candidates who failed the exam can no longer complain. It also gives the truly capable candidates the opportunity to take the exam three times. They cannot suffer from diarrhea and illness in the three exams within nine years.
Right? If such a thing really happens, don’t complain. It’s only right to find a temple and burn incense.
Suddenly, Zhao Han's expression became serious: "The leader of the investigation into this matter will be stripped of his honors and his university diploma will be withdrawn!"
…
Outside Donghua Gate, it has been very lively these two days.
The knocking scholar knelt down and refused to leave, which gave him an advantage over the small vendors.
Although stalls are not allowed outside Donghua Gate except during major solar terms, stalls can be set up far away. Noodles and Chaos are sold three times a day. Anyone who is hungry can order takeout.
Several officers were walking back and forth, and suddenly their eyes lit up. A officer came over and pointed at the chaotic soup on the ground: "Your Majesty is merciful and allows you to eat outside Donghua Gate, but you are not allowed to dirty the city gate. Who spilled it?"
Soup, fined ten cents!"
The failed student who accidentally spilled the soup couldn't stand the arrogance of the guard. He wanted to argue for a few words, but he was afraid of ruining the matter. He could only put down the bowl, took out two coins as five big coins and said, "Take it!"
When it is five big coins, it is already the highest denomination of Datong copper coins.
The new dynasty of Datong was very unkind. Only copper coins of the dynasty were allowed to be used, and Tongbao from the Tang, Song, Yuan and Ming dynasties could not be used.
Of course, in order not to seriously affect people's lives, there is no one-size-fits-all approach. As long as it is copper coins, you can get it to Datong Bank to exchange, weigh and check the quality. Anyway, the bank will not suffer losses. The garbage in the last years of Chongzhen is worth ten coins.
When you get it to Datong Bank, ten cents can only be exchanged for one cent of new money.
Even low-quality copper coins cast by Li Zicheng were accepted, but the exchange value was very low.
This practice has caused people in some areas to see their little savings shrink significantly.
Therefore, in many provinces, they dare not only collect money when levying agricultural taxes, but allow farmers to pay the grain directly, because they are afraid that there will be trouble if the people have no money to pay taxes.
"Brother Da Zhong fainted, take him to the hospital quickly!"
The team that kowtowed for mercy instantly became chaotic. It was really unbearable to kneel for two days in a row.
In the midst of the chaos and noise, many scholars took the opportunity to adjust their postures, stretch their arms and loosen their legs. Some people's legs and feet were stiff because they had been kneeling for too long, and they could not move at all. They simply lay down and said to the people who came to help:
"It's okay, it's okay, I'll just lie down for a while."
They were lying all over the floor in various shapes and sizes.
After a while, there was even a sound of snoring, and I don't know which friend actually fell asleep.
Zhang Tianzhi stood far away and whispered: "Will Your Majesty give in?"
Li Xun said: "Even if I make concessions to the failed scholars, I will not give in to us former Ming scholars. To be honest, I have some regrets. I am originally from Nanjing. If I had joined the army as a minor official, I would probably be a prefect now."
Yes. I have a classmate who was a classmate when I was young. He was not even admitted to the scholar examination, but now he has become the prefect of Yongping. Although Yongping is remote and the people are rare, the prefect is still a prefect after all. The time is also fate, and it is all his fault.
Too high."
"How can you think like this?" Zhai Wenben said, "We all have the reputation of being a civil servant, so how can we be officials of swordsmen and pens? It is a great shame and humiliation!"
"An official mission is coming!" Zhang Tianzhi's eyes widened.
A civil servant from the Ministry of Rites, followed by two miscellaneous officials, walked quickly from the south street.
They arrived outside Donghua Gate. One clerk was painting the paste while another clerk posted the notice on the wall. The clerk said: "Stop kneeling and read the notice."
The failed scholars who were knocking on the exam quickly got up and gathered around the notice to read it carefully.
There were a few scholars who failed the exam, probably because they were self-reliant and felt that they had performed abnormally this time and would definitely pass the exam next time. They cheered and knelt down again, kowtowed to the Donghua Gate and shouted: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty
Long live Long live Long live!"
More failed scholars looked at each other and were speechless for a long time.
"Oh, let's break up."
Finally someone left with a sigh, limping as they walked because they had knelt for so long.
For the vast majority of scholars, they simply did not dare to risk their lives. The emperor seemed to have given them the opportunity to take the imperial examination indefinitely, but the conditions attached were too harsh and it was very easy to beat the odds. It would be better to do the ninth grade after the first examination.
official.
Moreover, they have no reason to continue making trouble.
The emperor did give him a chance and made concessions. If he continues to make trouble, he will only look unreasonable.
But the court did not let them go easily. An official from the Ministry of Punishment came with the police: "We have them all. Go to the Ministry of Punishment for questioning. Don't worry, only the leading troublemakers will be investigated. You can report each other. And His Majesty is merciful and only arrests three people.
All others are innocent."
After all, Zhang Xiliang, who had not performed well in the exam due to illness, was so frightened that he fainted when he heard these words - it may be that he was exhausted from kneeling for two days.
Zhao Han's idea is very simple. If you have a problem, you can go to the exam. Unsuccessful candidates are also eligible to go to the exam. You can connect hundreds of people and go to the exam together. What's the point of taking the lead and knocking on the door to ask for orders?