Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2577 People's hearts and morals

  Chang'an.

   ENCO exam.

  With the examinations again and again, the examination system, or the "imperial examination", is gradually not as simple as it was before, but with more rules and rules, and it looks more and more like that.

  Speaking of which, although the "imperial examination" system promoted by Feiqian has been implemented for some time, it has not yet reached a very perfect level. Just like the frequency of this examination, it is not completely fixed and changes according to the actual situation.

   This time, there were more students coming to Qinglong Temple for the Great Discussion, so we took advantage of the opportunity to open Enke.

   It's like one of the three famous sayings of later generations, "Anyway, it's coming..."

In the feudal dynasties where imperial examinations were prevalent, in the Song Dynasty, those few sentences in the Exhortation to Learning became the motto of many students, "The rich do not need to buy good land, but the books have thousands of millet; There is a golden house in the book; don't hate unscrupulous matchmakers when you marry a wife, there is Yan Ruyu in the book; if a man has a lifelong ambition. Read the Six Classics diligently to the window. 』

  But there is a problem with this poem describing the imperial examination.

   This poem was written by Zhao Heng.

   Zhao Heng was the third emperor of the Song Dynasty.

   Is this guy...

   Zhao Heng was neither Taizong's eldest son nor the empress's son, so it was not his turn to succeed to the throne. But his eldest brother Zhao Yuanzuo went crazy due to the death of his uncle Zhao Tingmei, and his second brother Zhao Yuanxi died suddenly without any illness, so he was lucky to become the prince. Of course, no one dared to say how many dirty things happened in the palace, but Zhao Heng's "Chanyuan Alliance" was indeed a very important factor that caused the Song Dynasty to be useless.

  The Chanyuan Alliance is the result of Zhao Heng’s favorable military situation, but he turned into a summation. The specific reason is not that he cannot fight, but that he is unwilling to fight...

  For the Song Dynasty, on the one hand, most of the land in Youyun Sixteen States could not be recovered, and on the other hand, it had to lose money and silk so that the Liao Dynasty would not invade the south. After that, the Liao Dynasty continued to ask for money in exchange for peace. As far as the Liao State is concerned, it took advantage of the unfavorable military situation and obtained things that could not be obtained on the battlefield.

  In order to be as patient as possible in the military, Zhao Heng tried his best to advocate in the imperial examinations that the strategy of using literature to control military forces could be implemented smoothly. Through this poem, Zhao Heng described the various beauties of getting rich overnight, beauties falling into his arms, and power in his hands after leaping into the dragon's gate. It can be called the first "Shuangwen" in the Song Dynasty.

   Zhao Heng wrote this in order to lure students and publicize their family's imperial examination, in order to make scholars all over the world crazy about their family's imperial examination.

It's not that there is anything wrong with the "Shuangwen" describing the imperial examination, but the guys who have become simplistic because of studying hard, have memorized the number one Shuangwen in the Song Dynasty, and it has become an obsession in their hearts , once these guys become officials, the first thing to do is to use the power in their hands to get tickets, naizi, cars for themselves...

  So what good can Da Song do?

  Advertisements are advertisements after all. They only exaggerate the curative effect, but forget that they are actually ordinary drinks, not panacea for all diseases.

   Just like the exam is not the purpose, but the purpose of selecting talents through the exam is the purpose, and reading should not be just for tickets and cars...

   There is a saying that "one general succeeds and ten thousand bones die". Isn't it the case in fighting above the literary field?

  The long-term depression and obsession in the heart are finally released, and Fan Jinzhongju's ugly behavior can be seen.

  The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked, which eventually leads to the crooked lower beam.

   Those lucky ones who broke out from the siege, which one didn't pay an extremely heavy price?

  It took them an average of 30 years to pass the examinations with an astonishing elimination rate.

  Thirty years is enough to turn a naive child with a milky voice into a wretched uncle with a beard. The most beautiful and precious youth and youth in life are wasted like this, and the price is not heavy.

   This kind of heaviness has been placed on the students from generation to generation.

  The hunger and thirst in the early stage, and the madness of compensation in the later stage are becoming more and more obvious, and this kind of survivor's deviation of suddenly getting rich will stimulate the next batch of students to crazily invest in this huge vortex...

Fei Qian wants the curative effect of the medicine "Imperial Examination", but also wants to clearly eliminate its side effects, so he has to be careful not to brag about the curative effect of the Imperial Examination, and at the same time open up promotion channels other than the Bachelor of Arts, so as not to Everyone was crowded on a single-plank bridge, and eventually it was inevitable that they would step on each other.

  Three single-plank bridges, plus a thorny road, how can it be better than the feudal dynasty of later generations?

But even so, because Dahan actually has almost zero promotion space in various counties and counties at present, and the private recruitment of local prefects cannot be recognized by the central court at all, so this time the Enke Examination, the number of references greatly exceeds that of Fei Qian expected.

  At the same time, Fei Qian did not expect that there would be new problems in this Enke exam.

   Some old problems before are actually being solved.

   Such as accommodation.

This time, there are a lot of students who came to participate in the Great Discussion of Qinglong Temple. Most of these students are the children of gentry from all over the country, and they have some entourages. They are scattered in various mausoleums on weekdays. Advance and retreat together, and during several big debates and lectures, there were soldiers dispatched by Fiqian in advance to maintain order, so there were no problems in accommodation and travel.

   But there are other new problems...

  For example, when the anthology test booth was open for the Enke exam, because there were a large number of students from all over the country, the more people there were, the things would naturally become complicated, and all kinds of unimaginable situations would appear.

Among these students, some went to have fun on the eve of the exam. After all, there is no shortage of fun souls in any age; I forgot; there are also those who step on dog **** when going out, or trip over the right foot with their left foot on flat ground...

  All kinds of strange things will happen on the day of the exam, which is beyond anyone's imagination.

  Some of them came smelling of alcohol, and they couldn't even stand upright, staggering, as if they were falling down. Some were so nervous that their faces turned pale, as if a thief was caught at the scene of committing a crime for the first time, causing the inspecting soldiers to check their identities repeatedly. Others lost their nameplates and begged tearfully to enter the examination room.

What's even more exaggerated is that when the time has passed, the drum has already sounded, most of the candidates have already entered the arena, and some of them are rushing from a distance, then naturally they are not allowed to enter, and the result is that they kneel in the closed room. Howling outside the gate of the school, throwing and rolling accusing the injustice of the world, the inhumanity of the hussars, the officials and soldiers in the examination room without any human touch, etc.

   Isn’t it just a little bit worse?

   It's just the front and rear feet, can't you wait a little longer?

  As for whether his crying would cause some negative impact on the students in the examination room, these guys didn't think about it at all, saying that they were so miserable, couldn't others have a little more compassion? Without compassion, can you still be like a human being?

  Things like this, the more complicated people are, the more complicated they are.

  Sima Yi stood on the high platform with his hands behind his back, looked coldly at the students who were crying and cursing outside the examination room, frowned and said to the little official beside him: "Hurry them away!" Those who disobey will be punished by the crime of disturbing the Yuanmen! 』

  The clerk quickly led his soldiers and beat the students away with sticks, which reduced the noise at the entrance of the examination room.

  『What law should be followed and how much should be punished for making noise outside the examination room... Now the Senate is really getting more and more lazy. If the lord doesn't explain it, is there nothing wrong with it? Hmm... My lord ordered me to preside over this exam, is it for this reason? 』

   It seems that it is okay to deal with it by colliding with the gate of the government office, but it is not very appropriate after all.

  Sima Yi thought to himself. Now that he is the Minister of Dali Temple, he naturally pays more and more attention to the law, and the examination of Hushi General has been held many times, and there is still no law that has been formed. Concerned, now that he is the chief examiner, it has caused Sima Yi to think.

   It seems that those who have achieved Sima Yi's current position are basically not fools, and no one wants to be a fool.

  Including Sima Yi, Hussars General Fei Qian's political middle and upper-level officials all understand one thing, that is, this kind of examination mode will continue to be promoted, and it will eventually become an important way for talent selection.

   Maybe some people had concerns before, but seeing more and more people participating in this exam mode and benefiting from it, even the most stupid people understand that the general trend cannot be violated.

These officials who have been promoted from the examination and gradually entered the court, as time goes by, as long as they can be stable for ten years or even shorter, some of these people will go to the central court. position, and then this examination system will be completely stabilized as these people take power in the center.

  This is easy to understand.

  Before he became the chief examiner of this exam, Sima Yi was called away by Fei Qian. Apart from talking about the news from Shangdang, the rest was about the exam mode. With the gradual expansion of the current examination mode, this kind of basic screening examination for candidates will be distributed to counties and counties.

   That is to say, Fei Qian is going to launch the second-level exam mode.

  Similar to county examinations and general examinations, there may be lower-level township examinations in the future.

  And this kind of preliminary screening and examination mode for talents who are going to be decentralized to the county level will require a more standardized and strict process system, as well as supervision methods.

   This is Sima Yi's main job this time.

  Although he was somewhat worried about his father, Sima Fang, it was said that the threat of pursuers had been eliminated, and after arriving at Shangdang under the **** of Zhang Ji, he was basically safe. So Sima Yi told Fei Qian that he is qualified for the job of the chief examiner and there will be no problem.

  Seeing that the time indicated on the hourglass was approaching, Sima Yi nodded to Zong Li, the gate inspector beside him.

Zong Li, a native of Anding County, Nanyang, Jingzhou, came when a large number of people from Jingzhou migrated to Guanzhong last time. He was also a civil official who passed the examination and was selected. Responsible, this time he was transferred to serve as the "gate inspector" of the examination room.

  The door inspection system is newly established. Although it existed before, it is basically relatively simple.

   Precisely because the previous inspection was simple, a new problem appeared in the last few exams, which was cheating.

  As the number of references increases, it is necessary to have certain means for quick preliminary screening. Adding some fill-in-the-blank questions is obviously the most appropriate mode.

  There are policies on the top and countermeasures on the bottom. With the increase of the simple screening mode of filling in the blanks in the exam, the number of people who cheat also increases.

   This has already appeared in the last exam. Some people tried to entrain them, some people simply peeked in the examination room, and some even tried to bribe the invigilator...

  There are always more solutions than difficulties.

  How bold people are, how productive the land is.

   and so on, different.

   Cheating, plagiarism, piracy.

  According to Youwen Division's spying, many candidates have made some crooked ideas in this exam, and they must be stopped in time, otherwise there will be endless troubles.

Because there have been several exams before, it was only about the theory of exams, and there were even semi-public exams on "On the Pastoral System", so even though the exam mode has been improved, the exam questions are no longer announced in advance, but there are still some candidates. I plan to make an article first, bring it in and copy it, or bet on a few topics first, and copy whichever one is close.

   It is said that this time, many candidates bet on the topics of "serious solutions" and "Huaxia Quartet"...

   Some of them are written by themselves, and then they are written by memorization. This kind of problem is not a big problem, just like which kind of exams in later generations do not have pre-examination questions? The big problem is those guys who simply find gunmen instead, who don't even bother to memorize, and just want to copy an article on the spot to finish the job.

   Cheating?

In later generations, Huaxia still pays little attention to copyright, patents, technology, and related intellectual output, and even openly supports, allows or acquiesces in cheating, plagiarism, and piracy, and makes profits from it, and at the same time ridicules originality. Those who are stingy, obsessed with money, or not organized enough.

  False papers, copyright fraud, creative theft, etc., the list goes on and on.

   When the whole country is poor, and even food and clothing are a problem, survival naturally comes first.

But when the problem of food and clothing is gone, or even a certain amount of money is in the hands, the only thoughts in the head are cheating, plagiarism and piracy, especially when the country has obviously shifted to the direction of developing technology and developing productivity. At that time, there were still some people who still took cheating, plagiarism and piracy as glory, and felt that they had the ability to cheat, plagiarize and piracy, then there was a problem.

  Sima Yi's attitude is that once he discovers that these students have problems, they should be completely eliminated, and they should be beaten to death with a stick...

  But Fei Qian said that we still need to give a little chance. After all, no one is perfect. If you make a mistake, as long as you are willing to really correct it, it is always better than those guys who don’t correct it and put gold on their face.

  So when Zong Li got off the court, he faced the candidates lined up to enter the examination room and said, "Everyone! To select the virtuous by talent, the most important thing is fairness! To enter the examination room, the gains and losses are based on knowledge. If you have the intention of plagiarizing and cheating in the examination room, you will definitely not have the intention of working hard for the government and the people! Hussars are merciful, and would like to give you a chance to repent. If you have all kinds of transcripts and attempt to cheat, you can throw them all on the ground within ten breaths, and you will not be punished as cheating! If someone is obsessed and does not change, once found out, in addition to being punished on the spot and displayed to the public, his name will be widely announced, and the county and county will be notified to the countryside, and he will not be allowed to be an official for life! I hope you don't make mistakes! 』

   After finishing speaking, Zong Li stopped for a while to let the examinees think about it, and then ordered: "Everyone in the examination room, soldiers around, patrolling, stand with your eyes closed, wait for a few tens of breaths to open, and then enter the examination!" 』

  『Ten, nine, eight...』 Zong Li closed his eyes first, and then began to count slowly.

   After Zong Li issued the command to open his eyes, some miscellaneous things appeared on the ground.

  Sima Yi, who was standing on the high platform, sneered twice, and asked the little official beside him, "Have you written it all down?" 』

  The little official on the side quickly said: "I have written it all down." 』

  The Hussar General is kind, but Sima Yi is not. He intends to keep all these cheaters on the record. Maybe he will be a petty official for the rest of his life, but don't even think about being promoted. When dealing with my own knowledge, I always think of making fakes. If I want to be an official, can I really do things?

  But because of the order of the hussars, Sima Yi will not pursue these people on the spot.

   Zong Li was also a little bit tongue-tied at the sundries in the arena, but he didn't say anything, and just ordered to prepare for inspection.

  These candidates started to line up to pass through the newly built passage one by one according to the requirements, only to realize that Zong Li's words were not just words...

  The first thing to check is the clothes. Whether it is a hat or a robe, they must be taken off and checked by two people in turn, and then there must be a special person to check the remaining single clothes.

  The next step is to search for the items they brought, pens and inks, inkstones, and some food and so on.

   Of course, what is better than later generations is that there is a cloth curtain before entering the examination room, at least when undressing, you will not be seen by the long line of people behind.

   Some people were very dissatisfied, and they yelled that they were insulting, and then they were crossed out by soldiers.

   But more people bowed their heads and accepted the inspection.

It is inevitable that there will always be lucky ones. Although it is not as perverted as when the imperial examination system was completed in later generations, even the **** and belly button were checked, but a few students who still refused to give up cheating were also searched. Immediately, he was pushed down to the ground by the patrolling soldiers, and was thrown out with a wooden shackle to show the public.

When they were caught, these guys wailed loudly, expressing their remorse, and hoped to be forgiven again. They all looked at it coldly, as if they heard the chirping of a few autumn cicadas before the doomsday.

Immediately after finding out the names of these guys' hometowns and so on, they announced it loudly in the examination room, and even the fellows from the same town or county couldn't help but feel a little offended by these guys. Humanoid contempt, and its own innocence.

  『This... this is going to be true...』

  『…』

  In the waiting queue, some more "clutter" appeared at some point.

   Zong Li saw it, frowned, hesitated for a while, and said nothing. Although he said that he would not pursue it within ten breaths, in fact, as long as he hadn't entered the inspection shed and voluntarily gave up, he would not directly go to the shackles to show the public.

   After all, the acceptance and inspection system has just begun, and many rules and regulations still need to be continuously improved in the future.

  Examination and cheating, this pair of natural enemies, is at this moment, a hundred years in advance, launched a **** fight...

  (end of this chapter)