In the conscience of heaven and earth, although these cheating guys entered the state school, it is not a paradise.
There are those who love learning, those who study hard, some who forget to eat and sleep just to study, and of course there are those who are just dawdling.
Many people just want to have the reputation of being a graduate of a state school so that they can get a position under the family's operation in the future.
In state schools and local governments, they think they can do whatever they want because their ancestors have done it this way for generations.
They accepted the power of the imperial court, gave up their slaves and land, and got a chance to survive. They felt that everything was over, that the imperial court had exerted enough prestige, and would govern the world with benevolence and righteousness.
But they guessed wrong.
The imperial court suddenly changed the rules of the game and completely destroyed the people they once relied on. So they panicked and felt that they could not go on like this. They had to find a way to operate, otherwise they would completely lose their ability to participate in politics, improve themselves and
The possibility of gaining a sense of security.
They have already accepted that they cannot become officials, but does the imperial court no longer carry out the sharing of power in governing local areas?
So, what to do?
A group of people thought about it and finally found a relationship with the Central School through the teachers in the state school. They spent a lot of money to get through the relationship. Then they found students from the state school who had excellent grades but poor family backgrounds and promised them huge profits.
, request a substitute exam.
Through their relationship with the Central School, these people learned some of the exam rules in advance, and then made some plans to have their children and their chosen gunmen sit in opposite cubicles to facilitate their specific actions.
After the whole process, as long as there are no problems in the specific operations, they can basically hide the truth and get the best test results.
But the problem is that they can't spend money to get everyone, especially when it comes to inspecting examiners. People in the Central School don't know when they will become inspection examiners. Everything can only be known when things happen.
Despite this, the three candidates with good grades were willing to go all out for this windfall. They answered the questions by themselves during the day and helped each other answer the questions when night fell. They were so exhausted that they were about to succeed. Who knows what could happen?
Storm.
All their plans were defeated by Liang Paoxi.
This story tells everyone - diarrhea is harmful to health.
After Zheng Xuan learned the specific news, he was extremely shocked. When Liu Bei learned about this, he was angry, but he didn't think it was incredible.
But he just felt that maybe during this period of time he had focused on the outside rather than the inside, so that some people felt that it was time to make extra money.
I have formulated so many welfare contents and such an obvious policy of high salary to support integrity, for the sake of "integrity", not for you to make extra money. Since you want to make extra money, then just leave your head alone.
But before that, Liu Bei felt that there must be some people who slipped through the cracks in the examination room. Since six people did this, it might be possible to find 60 or even 600 people who want to cheat.
So Liu Bei immediately dispatched the imperial army and sent an order to Zheng Xuan, asking them to immediately take control of the examination room and conduct a round of identity screening on all the candidates in the examination room to make sure that the person sitting in that position was himself.
It’s hard to say anything else. Let’s confirm the candidate’s identity first.
Then he immediately ordered that the imperial examination system be patched.
All inspection examiners are free to ask any candidate at any time about their name, place of origin, relatives and other relatively private questions to determine whether the candidate's identity is true.
Liu Bei really didn't expect that his first imperial examination would cause such a big cheating scandal.
If it hadn't been for the accidental discovery by the inspection examiner, this group of people would have succeeded!
It is not strange for local people to collude with each other. Liu Bei never felt that his bureaucratic team was monolithic, but he felt that the central court institutions that he was deeply involved in establishing should be relatively better.
But who would have thought that there was actually a mole in the Central Academy, and he was exposed so easily, which made Liu Bei particularly angry.
After a round of high-profile screening, more than a hundred guys with similar ideas were found. Liu Bei was furious and ordered a thorough investigation of the matter. He also ordered that all these cheating candidates be punished and made to kneel in shackles in front of the statues of the sages.
Repent.
By the time Zhuge Jun and Zhang Yue returned to the candidates' dormitory, the incident had already spread throughout the candidate circle.
"I heard that the emperor ordered a thorough investigation of the school department, and immediately went to arrest the family members of these cheating candidates. They must be punished together and will not be tolerated. It is estimated that more than a hundred people will be unlucky this time."
Zhuge Jun whispered: "Brother, I heard that the cheating candidates found this time are from Xuzhou."
"Are there people from Xuzhou?"
Zhuge Liang was a little surprised and said: "Who? Do we know each other?"
"I don't know. It should be someone from other counties."
Zhuge Jun shook his head and said: "But since there are people from Xuzhou, it means..."
"Someone in Zhouxue is going to be in trouble."
Zhang Yue whispered: "I just don't know who it is. Anyway, I think the teachers who have taught me courses in the state school are very conscientious. I don't know who did this. I also heard that this time it was not just
They are in Xuzhou and Jizhou, as well as in Yanzhou, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou.
It’s not just us Xuzhou people who will be unlucky this time, people from many states will be unlucky. With the emperor’s wrath, it’s probably not impossible to lose his head... These people are really brave, it’s the first imperial examination
How dare you cheat so blatantly in the exam!"
"Who says it isn't?"
Zhuge Jun sighed: "This is good. I also heard someone say that the test results this time can only be judged whether they are true or not after the results of the cheating case investigation are released. If it doesn't happen, all of us will have to take another make-up test. What's the problem?
But it’s too big..."
"Ah? Make up the exam?"
Zhang Yue was horrified: "It cost me my life once, but I have to do it again? Can I...can I hold on?"
Zhuge Liang, who had been silent for the whole time, frowned and sat aside, then spoke quietly.
"We are candidates, we can only follow the arrangements. As long as we have a clear conscience, we can persist in doing anything. But for some people, this may be the thing they regret the most, and the supervision of the imperial examinations will be strengthened in the future.
It will definitely be greatly enhanced.”
"Want to enhance it?"
Zhuge Jun said with a bitter face: "I have been tortured these past few days. Although it is true that I have eaten well, my head is about to explode after taking exams for several days. Please don't do it again. If I do it again, I will not be able to do it again."
I really can’t hold it in anymore...it’s all caused by those ignorant bastards!”
Zhuge Jun first grimaced, then gritted his teeth.
"If it hadn't been for those ignorant bastards, we wouldn't have been dragged down by them! We would have been suspected by the court! When I was studying in the state, I only knew how to live and drink, and when it came to it, I actually cheated! It's shameless to the extreme! I really have never
I’ve never seen such a shameless person!”
Seeing Zhuge Jun gritting his teeth, Zhuge Liang was also quite helpless.
However, this matter may not be as simple as it seems on the surface.
Neither Zhang Yue nor Zhuge thought of such profound things, but Zhuge Liang remembered what Zhuge Jin had told him before setting off.
It was after he took the state examination, when Zhuge Jin was celebrating him, he mentioned that some officials in the government office were worried about the imperial examination system.
Because many of the current petty officials in local government offices held positions during the Second Empire. In their minds, Emperor Liu and the court had the final say on who should be officials, and who should be the official officials was decided by the local government themselves.
After discussing it, everyone had their own way of playing.
Even the Zhuge family has lived in Langya County according to this method for more than a hundred years. The family has been officials and officials for generations, and they have followed this method of play.
Therefore, even if the state school was established in the past, the children of local officials' families also entered the state school to study. Some worked hard, but some were just playing the world.
Zhuge Liang has been in contact with them and knows that in their perception, coming to the state to study is just a matter of dawdling around and earning a certificate, and then justifiably take over the official position of the family elders, and continue to dominate behind closed doors.
This is their way of life for several generations, and they think they will continue to live like this.
But who knew that the imperial court suddenly changed the imperial examination system and took away the right to appoint officials. The county guards and governors had no ability or willingness to resist, and they all surrendered to the emperor in a short period of time.
Then they told the local wealthy families who have survived to this day with a grimace - times have changed, no matter how we discussed it before, now we don't care about anything anymore, if you want to be a minor official, let your children take the exam.
Only by taking exams can you obtain official status. If you don't take exams, you won't get anything.
"As soon as the news came out, most of the staff and some petty officials in the entire government office became nervous. They looked for people everywhere to ask about the truth, and then there were complaints... To be honest, I also had some such thoughts, but after a while
When I think about you and Jun being so good, and even taking the exam as a reference, I don’t have so many ideas."
Zhuge Jin's words did not attract Zhuge Liang's attention at the time, but looking back now, perhaps from that time, or before, many people planned to use special means to obtain some benefits from the imperial examination.
Once such a situation is discovered, it will inevitably cause a violent reaction from the court and the emperor, and the local government will definitely pay a heavy price for it. As for what happens next...
Zhuge Liang did not dare to say that his batch of candidates would be able to escape unscathed.
However, any change in the rules will inevitably cause a series of chain reactions. Cheating in the imperial examination is one of them. There will definitely be other situations in the future, but it is difficult for Zhuge Liang to say what they are.
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Zhuge Liang thought about many aspects in the candidates' dormitory, while Liu Bei was furious in the palace.
"More than 100 people were found in the first screening. You can imagine how many people are hidden behind these 100 people to give them advice and make things convenient. It doesn't matter just where they are, but there are actually people like this in the central government. I'm sure there are people like this in the central government.
There’s more than one!
Fortunately, there are not many people who know the specific rules of the imperial examination. It is not difficult to screen them out. Let me find out everything from the central government to the local governments! There are people who dare to take advantage of the first imperial examination.
I don’t know what to do with my time in the future!”
Liu Bei smashed three tea bowls in succession, leaving a mess all over the hall.
Zhang Rang made a serious face and asked the eunuchs to quickly lie down on the ground to wipe and tidy up. The officials of the academic department who led the imperial examinations led by Zheng Xuan stood in front of His Highness and did not dare to say a word.
"I trust you very much, that's why I have left all matters related to the imperial examination to the academic department."
Liu Bei walked up to the academic officials and looked at their faces one by one.
"But I found that my tolerance does not seem to be felt by some people. They will only squander my tolerance and trust like garbage, and then expect that I will give them more tolerance and trust.
They were wrong, so wrong!
My tolerance and trust are only once, and there will be no next time. This incident slapped me in the face and let me know what a stupid mistake I made. In this case, your entire school is ready, and I will take you in.
Open them all and put them under the sun to see who is loyal and who is traitorous!"
From the expressions of these academic officials, Liu Bei couldn't tell much. He only felt that some of them looked stiff, and something seemed wrong.
However, he is a person who pays attention to evidence and will not use the Great Memory Restoration Technique unless necessary. He does not want to wrongly accuse a good person, nor will he let a bad person go.
Finally, Liu Bei stood in front of Zheng Xuan and looked at Zheng Xuan.
"Zheng Butang, I believe you, but this matter happened in the academic department, so after the imperial examination and until the matter is investigated clearly, you will not be able to return home with honor. I am also very sorry that this happened. However, this
There’s nothing we can do about it.”
Zheng Xuan pursed his lips and frowned.
"Such a scandal occurred in the academic department, and I bear an unshirkable responsibility. After this incident, I will give an explanation to Your Majesty."
"Find out the matter first, and then talk about it. Everything else is not important."
Liu Bei turned his head and looked at the three big bosses of the Third Judicial Department standing on the other side - Guo Hong, the Minister of Justice, Ma Rixi, the Yushi doctor, and Ling Manchong, the Zhongshu.
"This matter is of great importance and requires joint investigation and enforcement by the three judicial departments. I am now handing this matter over to your three judicial departments. Within one month, I will dig out the traitors in the central department. Within two months, all the traitors in the world will be found."
Can we catch them all?"
Guo Hong looked at Ma Rixi, and Ma Rixi looked at Man Chong.
Man Chong took a step forward.
"Your Majesty has an order, how dare I disobey it?"
"So good."
Liu Bei waved his hand with a cold face and said: "The grading work is started simultaneously, but until the traitors in the court are dug out, the results will not be announced. We will make a conclusion after the incident is investigated clearly."