Doctor of the Great Song Dynasty: In the beginning, Li Qingzhao and Li Qingzhao made a private decis

"What, imperial examination fraud!"

Among the transfer envoys from Zhejiang and Zhejiang provinces, Fan Zheng couldn't help but raise his voice.

Bao Kang bowed his head and said, "Your Majesty, the newly promoted Jinshi Zhang Ruzhou made rude remarks to Your Excellency at the Western Regions Poetry Conference, and his wife exposed him on the spot for his pretensions to increase the number of officials."

The unreasonable increase in the number of people who entered the officialdom is the same as that of later generations who started working at the age of ten. If no one exposed it, it would be nothing. Once it was exposed, it would immediately arouse the excitement of the public.

"Zhang Ruzhou, arrogantly increasing the number of candidates to become an official!"

Fan Zheng couldn't help but sigh, 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 was willing to risk the punishment of two years in prison to report Zhang Ruzhou's imperial examination fraud. However, in this life, Li Qingzhao's life trajectory has changed, and there is naturally no risk of imprisonment.

No one expected that Zhang Ruzhou would seek death on his own initiative. He would fish for fame at the West Lake Poetry Festival and try to attack him to gain fame. Once again, Li Qingzhao discovered the flaw of imperial examination fraud.

A senior master explained: "In my dynasty, scholars were dismissed from the imperial examination. It was not until the Renzong Dynasty that a scholar named Zhang Yuan appeared. He was originally passionate and wanted to be outside Donghua Gate. No matter how bad he was, he still wanted to pass the Jinshi exam and shine. However, Zhang Yuan failed many times, but he was arrogant. He was frustrated in the Song Dynasty, so he defected to Xixia in anger and became the prime minister of Xixia. Xixia could quickly Zhang Yuan’s contribution to the rise is indispensable.”

Bao Kang nodded and said: "The danger of intellectuals surrendering to the enemy is too great. For this reason, the imperial court has specially opened a loophole, that is, those scholars who have repeatedly failed once can directly go to Beijing to participate in the imperial examination! In order to prevent the imperial court from losing talented people. , and it can also make those scholars who think they have unappreciated talents give up."

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

"Of course!" Bao Kang nodded and said, "These failed scholars either falsely reported their age and increased the number of imperial examinations. After all, the imperial examinations are held once every three years. If it takes a long time, they will be far away from Kaifeng and it will be difficult for the court to investigate them."

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

Bao Kang smiled bitterly and said: "The locals naturally know that if they want to falsely report the number of failed exams, they naturally need local cooperation. However, falsely reporting the number of failed exams does not occupy the local government examination quota. Those who commit fraud will naturally give heavy gifts. Another point is these Those who fail the exam are not as knowledgeable as they are. Even if they skip the government examination and go directly to the imperial examination, the chance of becoming a Jinshi is very slim, but who would have thought..."

"No one expected that Zhang Ruzhou would miraculously reach the bottom of the Jinshi list. Moreover, I changed the imperial examination system and advanced the imperial examination from every three years to once a year, which immediately magnified Zhang Ruzhou's shortcomings." Fan Zheng sighed.

Bao Kang couldn't help but sigh. He originally thought that his talents were underappreciated. Once upon a time, he thought that his talents were underappreciated because lucky villains like the evil doctor Fan Zheng occupied official positions. However, he did not expect that it was Xiang Ruzhou and the corruption of the Hangzhou imperial examination that led to the failure of the government. Let him miss his talent.

"I wonder how my boss is going to handle this matter?" Bao Kang suddenly asked.

Fan Zheng sneered: "Since this matter has been exposed, it must be dealt with impartially! Find out the number of imperial examinations Zhang Ruzhou has taken, report it to the court, seize his Jinshi status, and hand it over to Yousi for disposal."

"Your Excellency is wise!" All the masters said with the same hatred.

"At the same time, on the two Zhejiang roads, a thorough investigation will be carried out on the unnecessary increase of the number of cases, and all the officials and officials involved will be severely punished!" Fan Zheng said with a big wave of his hand.

When Bao Kang saw this, he was shocked and said: "My lord, think twice. If this happens, your lord will definitely offend the entire scholar-officials and official circles of the two Zhejiang provinces!"

Fan Zheng sneered and said: "When you find a cockroach, there is already a nest of cockroaches secretly. Zhang Ruzhou is not the first one to increase the number of candidates to become an official, and he is definitely not the last one. The officials in charge of the imperial examination must not be able to escape the involvement, but Restoring the officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces will allow truly talented people to express their ambitions."

Since he took office as the transfer envoy between Zhejiang and Zhejiang, the officials from the two Zhejiang areas deceived him because of his young age and kept obeying and disobeying the rules, making it impossible for him to obey the orders and prohibitions. Now he finally caught the imperial examination fraud case, which is just the third time for the new official to take office. fire.

"Hey!"

Bao Kang couldn't help but sigh. Although he had failed many times and thought that his talents were not recognized, he did not want to see such turmoil in the officialdom of Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

But he also understands that imperial examination fraud is a serious crime in any era. Now that Zhang Ruzhou's imperial examination fraud case has been exposed, if the evil doctor Fan Zheng is not investigated strictly, he may also be robbed by the court.

"Come here, take Zhang Ruzhou to prison immediately for interrogation, and seal all the imperial examination files!" Fan Zheng ordered.

"Yes!"

The transshipment made the Yamen immediately take action upon hearing the news and immediately sent out troops.

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"What, imperial examination fraud!"

"Zhang Ruzhou was exposed in public by the Li family for trying to increase the number of candidates to become an official!"

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

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

"Although Zhang Ruzhou was admitted to the official position by unreasonably increasing the number of examinations, it would be too much to say that it was a fraud in the imperial examination. Zhang Ruzhou did falsely report the number of failures, but he was a Jinshi in Bianjing. This is his real ability! "A scholar frowned.

"If he hadn't falsely reported the number of times he had failed, how would he have been qualified to go to Bianjing to take the imperial examination, let alone pass the imperial examination!" A young scholar said angrily.

He participated in the imperial examinations honestly and failed many times. Naturally, he was particularly angry when he saw Zhang Ruzhou taking advantage of the loophole.

Scholars in the entire Liangzhejiang area were divided into two groups. Some supported Zhang Ruzhou after all, Zhang Ruzhou did not occupy the quota in Liangzhejiang. Others advocated severe punishment for Zhang Ruzhou. This move destroyed the official atmosphere.
"It is simply a shocking news. In addition to Zhang Ruzhou, there is actually a child prodigy in Zhejiang and Zhejiang who took the imperial examination at the age of eight!"

Then another shocking news came, which immediately made the scholars of both Zhejiang and Zhejiang very angry.

Participating in the imperial examination at the age of eight is simply challenging one's bottom line. Ordinary people may still be in elementary school at the age of eight. This person has already started to falsely report that he failed in the imperial examination. Although this person is not as lucky as Zhang Ruzhou, although the false report still failed in the end, the nature of it is Extremely bad.

Immediately, more and more scholars who falsely reported that they had failed the imperial examination were found out. Everyone knew that the imperial examination in the entire Zhejiang and Zhejiang regions was completely corrupt.

"The officialdom of Zhejiang and Zhejiang is so dark! Please Sir Fan, please bring peace to the world!" A group of scholars from Zhejiang and Zhejiang were filled with indignation.

Fan Zheng received the report and immediately knew that the time had come. He immediately ordered: "Master Bao, it's time to take action!" "Yes! Sir!"

Bao Kang nodded solemnly and immediately led his troops to arrest all the officials involved in the case!

As people involved in the imperial examination fraud case were arrested and brought to justice, the people were shouting that they were happy, and the officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces was floating.

Zhang Ruzhou's previous life was revealed only twenty years later. All the files and personnel involved had long been unverifiable, and only Zhang Ruzhou himself was severely punished.

But in this life, Zhang Ruzhou had just been exposed as a Jinshi, and all the officials involved were still in office. Fan Zheng could say that he would be sure of everything.

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

"Your Majesty, the transfer envoy, think twice! If you cleanse the officialdom of the two Zhejiang provinces like this, the two Zhejiang areas will be unstable!" Tan Hong, the transfer envoy's yamen, hurriedly came to advise Fan Zheng.

In his opinion, the evil doctor Fan Zheng is too young, and other officials will definitely be dissatisfied. He has been working in the Zhejiang and Zhejiang areas for many years, so he can definitely take Fan Zheng away in one fell swoop.

But no one expected that Zhang Ruzhou would expose the imperial examination fraud case, giving the evil doctor Fan Zheng an excuse to clean up the officialdom of Zhejiang and Zhejiang.

Fan Zheng looked at Tan Hong and said coldly: "Lord Tan, you should understand that all dynasties have zero tolerance for fraud in imperial examinations, and there are even rivers of blood. If this matter cannot be given to the officials and the court to a satisfactory explanation, I am afraid that the two Zhejiang provinces will no longer be able to obtain the Sacred Heart.”

Tan Hong wiped cold sweat and said: "But the two Zhejiang provinces are the granary of the Song Dynasty. If the two Zhejiang provinces are unstable, it may not be conducive to water transportation and delay the supply of rice and grain to Bianjing."

Fan Zheng waved his hand and said: "It doesn't matter, the Song Dynasty is now booming in maritime transport, and the rice in Nanyang countries can be harvested three to four times a year. Even if Zhejiang and Zhejiang are not concerned, a large amount of rice can still be dispatched from Nanyang, enough to ensure that Bian Beijing food supply!”

Tan Hong's expression suddenly changed. When Fan Zheng mentioned Champa Rice, he immediately understood that Fan was dissatisfied with the officials from Zhejiang and Zhejiang who had originally obstructed the promotion of Champa Rice.

Fan Zheng continued: "Furthermore, fraud in the imperial examination is a serious case. If we don't punish it severely, you and I will be the unlucky ones. I have just taken up my post, and my concubine discovered the fraud case in person. Naturally, I can easily pass the test. And Magistrate Tan may be in trouble, after all, Zhang Ruzhou's fraud case occurred under your rule."

Tan Hong's expression suddenly changed, and he quickly said: "Please be more careful, sir. This official is definitely not involved in this matter."

"Oh! It must be the lower-level officials who deceived the superiors and concealed the truth from the inferiors. I hope the prefect will see clearly and don't let these black sheep continue to harm the officialdom of Zhejiang and Zhejiang!" Fan Zheng stared at Tan Hongdao.

Tan Hong's expression suddenly changed. He naturally heard Fan Zheng's threat. If Tan Hong took the initiative and threw out a group of scapegoats, he would have something to explain to the court. Otherwise, the court would blame him. Fan Zheng is a member of the official family. The red man can easily get away with it, but he is not so lucky.

"I understand!"

Tan Hong said solemnly at the moment.

Now, after Tan Hong returned, he no longer protected the Hangzhou officialdom. In order to distance himself from the relationship, he took the initiative to kill him, even abandoning his own confidants! "

"Master Fan is wise. Tan Hong's move to protect himself will definitely lose the hearts of the officials in Hangzhou." Bao Kang couldn't help but admire Tan Hong when he saw that he had fallen into the trap.

Fan Zheng shook his head and said: "When Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty held the imperial examination, he once sighed: "All the heroes in the world will be in one place. "From ancient times to the present, being an official has almost become the obsession of scholars. Even if a case of imperial examination fraud breaks out today, if this loophole is not plugged, some people may take desperate risks in the future. I have decided to reform the imperial examination system again in Hangzhou as a pilot! "

"Reform the imperial examination system again!"

Bao Kang couldn't help being shocked. Fan Zheng had already passed the age of reforming the imperial examination, and he wanted to reform the imperial examination again.

Fan Zhengdao: "The last reform of the imperial examination 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 inflating the number of candidates for official positions."

"May I ask what you have to say, sir!" Bao Kang asked.

Fan Zheng thought for a while and said: "The imperial examination system of the Song Dynasty was inherited from the Tang Dynasty. There were only the examinations hosted by the state government and the provincial examinations hosted by the Ministry of Rites. This was not conducive to the selection of talents. The number of people who could be examined at one time was too large. Too much, people take advantage of it.”

Bao Kang nodded. This is how Zhang Ruzhou took advantage of the loophole, which led to the imperial examination fraud case that shocked the Song Dynasty.

Fan Zhengdao: "I am the transfer envoy between Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Naturally, I cannot interfere with the provincial examinations hosted by the Ministry of Rites. However, I can take the lead in reforming and interpreting the examinations."

"Explanation of reform?" Bao Kang thought. This was indeed within the scope of authority of the transfer envoy between Zhejiang and Zhejiang. Moreover, given Fan Zheng's position in the hearts of the officials, he would definitely not refuse.

Fan Zheng continued: "The two Zhejiang roads are composed of various prefectures and counties. Now Lu Dafang is promoting city-wide education, and the number of students in each county has increased sharply. If we continue to use the test, people along the way will be able to Participating in the imperial examination is too cumbersome and unrealistic, so I decided to divide the examination into three parts: the county examination, the government examination, and the original examination."

"County test, government test, solution test!"

Bao Kang couldn't help but was shocked. Fan Zheng's move could be said to be clear at a glance. The county examination was naturally an examination for a county, while the government examination was naturally an imperial examination for a prefecture. The interpretation examination was also the imperial examination for the entire Zhejiang Province.

Fan Zheng stepped down and said: "The county examination is a test taken in one county. The standard is not high. Even many teenagers can pass the test and are called children."

"Only after becoming a Tongsheng can you be qualified to participate in the government examination. The government examination will naturally be more stringent. Those who pass the selection will naturally be quite outstanding and are called scholars! Only after becoming a scholar can you have the opportunity to compete with the scholars from the two provinces in Zhejiang Province. Participate in the examination together, and the best ones are called juren. Only juren can go to Beijing to take the provincial examination. "

"This is a wonderful strategy!" Bao Kang exclaimed: "Your Excellency is wise. In this way, through layer-by-layer selection, there will definitely be no shortage of talents, and it will also reduce the pressure of interpretation and provincial examinations."

Although the Bao family was a family of officials, by Bao Kang's generation, the family had already fallen into decline. Transportation in the Song Dynasty was inconvenient. Originally, there was only one imperial examination examination in the entire Liangzhe Road. He had to travel from the remote Muzhou to Kaifeng Prefecture to participate in the examination. It would take at least a month to go back and forth, and the food and drink expenses along the way would not be a small amount, which would ruin the family's fortune.

Even if he is like this, other scholars from other provinces have spent a lot of money on the imperial examination. Now that there is a third-level examination, the most elite people can be directly screened out through layers of selection, so that others do not need to spend a lot of money. Travel expenses to Hangzhou for the imperial examination.

At the same time, through layer-by-layer elimination, even those who failed were convinced, and at the same time, the number of people who took the test was greatly reduced.

Fan Zheng smiled confidently. This was the most mature imperial examination model in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. After hundreds of years of verification, it was naturally the best method. (End of chapter)