Idle courtiers

Chapter 289

This is already a very serious accusation.

In the Ming Dynasty, cheating in the examination room would cost one's head. From the year of Hongwu to the present, the number of scholars and officials who died of this crime ranged from ten thousand to eight thousand.Especially in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, the North and South List case was simply bloodshed.

But even so, it did not deter cheaters. In fact, the imperial examination is the only upward channel for all social classes.

Leaving aside lowly households, even a poor farmer or urban vagrant, as long as he is selected as a scholar, he can suddenly become the ruling class.Once you get the fame of juren, you can directly become an official.

The so-called, everything is inferior, only reading is high.

When Xu Yangda said this, Zhou Nan was startled, and looked around guiltily.

"Yes, it must have gone through the door, we refuse to accept it."

Xu Yangda: "We're going to have an audience with scholars and politicians to discuss an explanation."

"Yes, yes, find a teacher."

All Changping scholars clamored for a while, and dozens of people rushed towards the Xuezheng Yamen.

Zhou Nan's complexion changed drastically, he wanted to leave this place of right and wrong immediately, but also wanted to follow.

A scholar from Miyun took his hand and said with a smile: "I would like to admit defeat. This Xu Yangda can't afford to lose so much, so no one should look down on him. Just ignore it, let's go have a drink."

Shen Ning also smiled and said: "Yes, yes, Brother Zimu, don't worry about him. You are the number one in our Tong County's additional test this time, everyone will go back to the county tomorrow, and we will wait until August Qiuwei when we meet again. Why don't we get together today to congratulate all the students who have obtained the qualifications for the exam."

He was also on the list, and he was in a great mood.

"That's right, that's right, it's better to hit the sun than to choose the day, just to get close." Everyone bowed their hands and saluted.

The hospitality was hard to come by, and Zhou Nan had no choice but to find a restaurant with everyone, considering that he would be in the circle of intellectuals in Miyun in the future.

This time there were only about forty people from Miyun's scholars, and four tables were opened, which was very lively.

In gatherings of scholars, apart from drinking and having fun, poetry and poetry are naturally indispensable.

This was Zhou Nan's opportunity to show off, but unfortunately he was worried, so he could only reluctantly copy an ordinary Qing poem to deal with it.When it came to the joint sentence, he made two mistakes in a row.

Seeing that Zhou Nan was not in the right mood, Shen Ning said with a smile: "Brother Zimu is worried that Xu Yangda will make trouble with Master Xuezheng. In fact, you are overthinking it. It's just an additional test, no one takes it seriously."

"Yeah, who is serious, brother Zimu, just think of it as a toad jumping up on your instep, and it can't bite you." Everyone comforted.

Zhou Nan: "Although it can't bite people, it's disgusting!"

After another round of persuasion, Zhou Nan understood.It turned out that Zhu Yuanzhang, the great ancestor of Hongwu, was so cool in politics, killing heroes and officials, the Sapphire case, the empty seal case, and the North and South List case. It can be said that leeks must be harvested every few years.The killing made the officials and intellectuals terrified, and finally everyone figured it out. Being an official is certainly beautiful, but life is important!
In the end, everyone stopped taking the imperial examinations, and settled down at home as a gentry, as the young master of a big landlord's family.

After the Hongwu Dynasty, the country's political atmosphere gradually became more tolerant.During the Renzong and Xuanzong dynasties, the imperial court treated scholar-bureaucrats kindly, and would not kill scholars easily unless it was a heinous crime.

That's right, cheating in the exam room means beheading.But that also has to be said in the examination room such as the provincial examination and the general examination, which are directly related to the title of the examinee's official status. As for the boy's examination, it is actually relatively watery.The test papers are not ambiguous, and the examiner will let you pass if he finds you pleasing to the eye.

Cheating, how troublesome, is it not good to communicate directly with the examiner?

This is the case for the boy's trial, let alone this kind of additional trial.

Shen Ning also said: "Who is Duan Tixue willing to take, and what ranking he will give to whom, he has his own considerations, why should others talk about it? Xu Yangda is probably going to make fun of himself in the past this time. Moreover, he gathered a crowd to make trouble, and he cannot escape the guilt. Zimu, keep your heart in your arms! Brother Yu has already sent his family to investigate, and will report as soon as there is news. Let's sit in the tower and watch the mountain scenery today, let's see how bad luck is for Xu Yangda!"

When Zhou Nan heard it, it was the truth!If this kind of exam should also be investigated for cheating, and those who shouted to be beaten and killed, wouldn't the county magistrates and academic officials of the Ming Dynasty want to kill them all?They don't know how many favors they have to give out in the boy's test every year, can they be held accountable?

"Extremely, extremely." Everyone laughed.

A scholar said: "However, the Xu family still has some influence in Changping. The Xu family is from a military family, and there are many officials in the family. He is an official in the same dynasty. Duan Tixue probably won't do anything to him. At most, he will be dismissed." .”

Zhou Nan: "Is Xu Yangda a military household?"

"That's right." Someone introduced that Xu Yangda's ancestral home was in Suizhou, Henan, and he was from a wealthy Guide family.

In the Ming Dynasty, the military and political status of Suizhou was comparable to that of Luoyang and Kaifeng. /
The Xu family was an officer of the Ming army when the Ming Dynasty was founded, and they were awarded titles, and they were local military dignitaries.

There are four wealthy families in Suizhou, namely the Tang family, the Ye family, the Hou family, and the Xu family.In addition to the four giants, there are more than a dozen medium-sized giants such as the Wang family and the Song family.

Among the four giants, the Hou family is particularly worth mentioning. This family has produced many talents since the early Ming Dynasty.One of the four great talents in the late Ming Dynasty, Hou Fangyu, the protagonist of the book "Peach Blossom Fan", is the Hou family of Suizhou.

Xu Yangda's father, Xu Han, was a Jinshi during Xiaozong's time and is now retired at home. His brother Xu Yangxiang was a Jinshi in Zhengde Bingchen and is now an official in Guangxi.

The Xu family also produced a character, Xu Qian, the second uncle of Xu Yangda, who is currently the chief political envoy of Fujian.

This is simply a shining official family!
Zhou Nan was curious, and asked the Xu family who was born in Suizhou, why did they come from Miyun?

"Without him, the imperial examination in Hebei is easy to hear." The man smiled and said to Zhou Nan: "Isn't it the same, Brother Zi?"

It turned out that the Xu family was also an immigrant from the college entrance examination. Zhou Nan suddenly realized, and felt a little guilty.

He was a little embarrassed, picked up the wine glass and drank with the sentient beings, and continued to inquire as if he didn't care.

In the year of Hongwu, Zhu Yuanzhang considered that the scholars in the south were too good at studying and taking exams. Every time they took the imperial examination, they filled up the Chinese-style quotas. As a result, the scholars in the north were very resentful, so they implemented the north-south division system.

Later, with the further development of the economy, the Central Plains also prospered.The competition in the examination field in the north is becoming increasingly fierce.Therefore, on the basis of the north-south list, several provinces such as Henan, Sichuan, and Hubei were set aside to establish a separate middle list.

It is also very difficult to be in the list. In the year of Zhengde, it is not even much easier than the south list.

At this time, it happened that Xu Yangda's father was transferred to Jizhen, so the family settled in Changping and became a branch of Xu's family in Suizhou.

The Changping test area belongs to Shuntian Prefecture. It was too easy for the Xu family to take the test here. It was like later generations of Shandong candidates ran into the test room of the snowy plateau and the Western Regions.Because of this, the Xu family produced three Jinshi in one breath.

"It turns out that Xu Yangda is also an immigrant in the college entrance examination!" Zhou Nan thought to himself.

(End of this chapter)