high official

Chapter 532 The Unexpected Incident
"What does this explain?" Wang Xian said with a somewhat distracted gaze after packing the thick stack of cheat sheets in a wooden box.

"It doesn't explain anything," Xiong Gai said reluctantly with a smile, "This kind of thing is very common. It should be that some famous teacher publicly estimated the questions at a certain essay meeting, and then passed on the results ten to ten, right?"

"What kind of famous teacher is so confident?" Wang Xian said quietly: "How dare you be sure that you will have to take these three questions and four books?" There are three exams. In the first exam, there are seven stereotyped essays, including three questions about four books and four questions about scriptures.The second test is one of the Five Classics, and one test of imperial edict, judgment, table, and imperial edict, and the third test is a topic of policy discussion.But because of the examination time and the difficulty of judging the papers, in fact the examiners only pay attention to the three questions and four book questions in the first round. As for the other four scripture questions, as well as the second and third exam questions, it is fine as long as they do not make big mistakes.

Scholars spend more than [-]% of their efforts on the "Four Books", because the rest are just going through the motions, and only the three questions about the Four Books are the key.

But according to common sense, the exam questions are ever-changing, and there are more than tens of thousands of questions that can be asked?Even if there is a famous teacher to estimate the questions, at least dozens or hundreds of questions must be estimated, and one may not be correct.However, this master only gave three articles, which is not a big deal, but a joke.However, so many people believed in him, and he really only asked the gunman to write these three admissions. People have to admire that master, who can fool the students into fools.

"This..." Xiong Gai also felt that it was too unbelievable. After thinking about it, he couldn't figure it out. He laughed and said, "Could it be that there is a half-immortal who can count and guess the test questions?"

"It's also possible." Wang Xian smiled and said, "But don't those fortune tellers always say that the imperial examination is a national artifact, protected by divine light, so they can't calculate the questions?"

"Haha, I didn't expect adults to believe this..." Xiong Gai couldn't help but said, people in this age are superstitious about fortune-telling. In the year of the imperial examination, there are many people who want to calculate the exam questions, but no matter how powerful Banxianer is, they don't have this ability , I had no choice but to use this saying to prevaricate, and over time, it spread all over the country and became a well-known saying.

"I don't believe it." Wang Xian suddenly said with a cold face: "If things go wrong, there must be evildoers. Let's wait until the exam questions are out."

"Yes..." Seeing Wang Xian's sudden change of face, Xiong Gu couldn't help shivering, and asked in a low voice, "Could it be that your lord thinks...someone leaked the question?" When he said the last few words, his throat trembled violently, very It was difficult to complete.

"Let's talk about it after the exam questions come out." Obviously, Wang Xian would not draw conclusions at this time, but just replied lightly, and stopped talking about it.

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The general examination is the same as the rural examination, with three sessions in nine days and one session in three days.Generally, the first day is used to enter the field, and the third day is used to leave the Gongyuan. The actual test is mainly used on the second day.However, in previous years, because the inspection was a formality, the candidates usually all entered the venue on the first afternoon and sat down, and then they could distribute the test questions.

As for the exam questions, the master examiner will naturally come up with the questions, which is why the chief examiner Liang was locked up in the Gongyuan half a month in advance... just to let him use his brain to write the questions quietly, and of course to cut off contact with the outside world , so as not to leak the test questions.

At this moment, the exam questions for Chun Wei are quietly lying in a wooden box in the Zhigong Hall. The box is covered with seals, and there are Jin Yiwei guards around it. It should be foolproof.

Because of the perverted inspector Wang Xian in this test, at dusk, all the candidates entered the Gongyuan, received the test papers, and sat down in the test numbers that looked like beehives. At this moment, even though Kong Kong was looking out with his head outstretched and his feet stretched out, the entire tribute courtyard was completely silent, waiting until the chief examiner in the court hall issued the examination questions.

But in the process of waiting, the candidates naturally greeted Wang Xian, the villain who delayed their precious time to answer questions, a hundred times.

At this time, Wang Xian and Xiong Gai, who had completed the inspection tasks, did not return to their residences to rest, but, like the examiners, looked in the direction of the Supreme Court and waited quietly for the examiner to issue the examination questions.

At this time, the sky was already dark, and the chief examiner Liang in the Zhigong Hall did not dare to delay any longer. He washed his hands in the copper basin first, and then bowed deeply to the examination questions in the Jinyiwei arch guard before going forward under the supervision of Ji Gang. Carefully tearing off the seal, he took out the key from his bosom, opened the nanmu box, and took out the examination questions lying quietly inside.

Under the hall, the person in charge of engraving the test questions also concentrated on their pens, waiting for the master examiner to announce the test questions.

"The first question, Master said, Guan Zhongzhi's weapon is so small..." In fact, Liang Qian came up with the question. At this moment, his pretentiousness was just a gesture, unfolding the yellow silk, and he pretended to read the first question.

As soon as the examiner made an announcement, the person in charge of the transcription immediately wrote out the test questions, and then the craftsmen carved them out on the spot, finished them in a short time, and quickly printed the test questions... What was supposed to be a leisurely matter, was disturbed by Wang Xian, and he had to hurry up.Hurrying quickly, it was finally printed before dark, and the exam questions with the smell of ink were distributed to the examinees in the Gongyuan.

Although Wang Xian and Xiong Gai were not candidates, it was no problem if they wanted to have a copy of the exam questions, and they must have gotten them earlier than the candidates.

When the freshly baked examination paper was delivered to Wang Xian, he only glanced at it before handing it to Xiong Gai.Xiong Gai didn't look at it, but he was completely stunned when he saw it. It turned out that the three questions on the examination paper were exactly the same as the questions in the hundreds of cheat sheets with only three questions found in the daytime. The order has changed, from 'one two three' to 'one three two' and that's it!

Xiong Ga stayed there for quite a while, and when he came back to his senses, he was already sweating profusely, trembling all over, and stammered, "Why...how did this happen?"

"What else, the exam questions were leaked ahead of time!" Wang Xian gritted his teeth.At this moment, a flash of lightning flashed in his mind, illuminating the place that he couldn't figure out before!

"No, it's impossible..." Xiong Gai seemed to be in a mountain of corpses and a sea of ​​blood, and said in horror: "How could this happen?" He also wanted to excuse the examiner, but the facts are here, and the evidence is so strong that it is impossible to understand distinguish.He clearly saw that a big case in the examination room was about to happen!
Wang Xian shook his head, even though he had guessed a lot, it was obviously not time to express his opinion.

"My lord, what should we do?" Xiong Gai looked at Wang Xian blankly.

"Immediately report to the examiner, and let him decide." Wang Xian said with a businesslike expression.

"That's going to make a big fuss. This imperial examination will definitely be postponed," Xiong Gai shook his head and said, "by then, how many people will fall to the ground, and how many people will fall to the ground?" As he spoke, his train of thought It gradually became clearer, and his mouth stopped stammering. He stared at Wang Xian and said, "My lord, we are only responsible for the search. As for what is found in the search, it is our responsibility!" Obviously, he hoped that Wang Xian would keep quiet and let The exam continues.

"If I remember correctly, Brother Yuan Jie is the censor, why did you say such a thing?" Wang Xian said sarcastically.

"My lord." Xiong Gai said with his old face flushed by the words: "If we publicize this matter, it will immediately cause a shock in the government and the public, and it will immediately affect the overall situation. This is a relationship like a sea of ​​​​blood, so don't be careless!"

"Then according to your opinion, let's pretend to be deaf and dumb, as if we don't know anything?" Wang Xian looked at him expressionlessly and said, the awe-inspiring meaning in his tone was already obvious.

"What does your lord mean..." Xiong Gai was startled, and then he remembered Wang Xian's original identity. He was the governor of Beizhen Fusi, the head of Jinyiwei's secret service, and he told him this. Is your life long?

"What to do, what to do." Wang Xian didn't mean to settle accounts with him, but said coldly: "Since someone has leaked the test questions, it is natural to immediately report to the examiner, and I ask the examiner to make a decision."

"Yes." Xiong Gai heard the slow turn in Wang Xian's tone, nodded hurriedly and said: "I was frightened when I was dismissed just now, and I should report it to the examiner immediately!"

"What are you still doing?" Wang Xian walked towards the Supreme Court, and Xiong Gai had no choice but to follow closely.

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In the Supreme Court, Wang Xian and Xiong Gai asked the examiner to stand back, and then presented the physical evidence they had found.Liang Qian didn't know why at first, but when he saw the words written on the waistcoat, he was stunned and sat down on the chair. There were only four big black characters in his mind, "East Window Incident"!
According to the rules, since an official is selected as the chief examiner, he must immediately enter the tribute courtyard for confinement, and cannot step out of the tribute courtyard.The rest of the people can only come in and out, not to mention people, it is just a piece of paper, and not a single word is allowed to flow out of the tribute courtyard, in order to prevent the leak of the examination questions and ruin the imperial court's talent ceremony.

Although the Jiangxi Party is powerful, it is not good at crooked ways, so even if Liang Qian is the chief examiner of this exam, there is no way to pass the news to the outside world.But it would be a different matter if he told outsiders about the questions he was going to answer before entering the examination room.In fact, the Jiangxi Party also adopted this method, because the national examination is a national talent test. Although it is not as good as the palace test in terms of specifications, the palace test does not exclude candidates, so the real talent test is actually a test. The palace examination is nothing but to determine the final ranking of the winners.

Therefore, the conditions for being the chief examiner of the general examination are very strict. First, he must be a famous official from the Imperial Academy, second, he must be of high rank, and third, he must have never been punished by the court... Don’t underestimate the third rule, officials who have been in the ups and downs of their careers for more than ten years , which one has not been punished?After deducting the officials who have already served as examiners, the officials who are really qualified to serve as examiners can actually be counted in two slaps, and nine out of ten are from Jiangxi.

During the Chinese New Year, Hu Guang, a bachelor, took advantage of the gathering of his fellow villagers and invited these people who were promising to be the chief examiner of Chunwei to his home, and asked them each to think about three questions and four books.Although they didn't say anything clearly, everyone knew that if any one of them was lucky enough to be selected as the main examiner, this would be the three questions and four books he gave!
Liang Qian was lucky or unlucky, and was selected as the chief examiner of this exam!He naturally kept his promise, and took the three questions and four books he gave during the Chinese New Year directly as the exam questions, just adjusted the order...

(End of this chapter)