In China's feudal era, the imperial examination system was established from the Sui Dynasty and has continued for more than 1,300 years, and such a system has also been provided for many han disciples
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Opportunities, however, where there is a system, there will be rebellion, just as the so-called great benefits are as tempting as there are, which also makes some people who are not afraid of death, bold people dare to gamble on their future, cheat in the examination system, cheat and cheat.
From ancient times to the present, we have always resolutely resisted such fraudulent behavior, but in that era of underdeveloped science and technology, how difficult it was to find out how difficult it was to find out the fraud in scientific expeditions. What should I do to find the mastermind behind it?
How to deal with it after finding out, and how difficult is it to explain a fair statement to the people of dawn? What I want to talk to you about today is the case of scientific expedition fraud, and this farce case occurred in the prosperous era of the Qing Dynasty.
Fifty years of the Kangxi Dynasty
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A complex fraud farce
In this imperial examination, the number of officials involved in it was very large, and the class and grade were also different, not only there were seven officials, such as Chen Tianli, but also one-pin officials, such as Governor Gali and University Scholar Zhang Pengfei.
There were not only high-ranking officials in the central government, but also local dignitaries, not only Jiang Ning weaving, who was the emperor's confidant, but also high-ranking feudal officials.
In such a grand examination,
But there was a big fraud farce,
With the help of the middleman Li Qi, candidates Cheng Guangkui, Xu Zongxuan, Wu Bi, and others paid bribes to the main examiner Zuo Bifan and the deputy chief examiner Zhao Jin. Because this examination has a unique and special nature, the number of officials involved and the high rank of officials, it is very difficult to investigate this matter clearly.
The power game of the glamorous rays
If you want to make this matter clear, you have to go back to the day when the Jiangnan Township Test was issued in the fifty years of The Kangxi Dynasty.
Since ancient times, the day of the list has always been a few joys and a few sorrows, some people get their wish to pay for high school, some people will unexpectedly fall off the list,
Most of the candidates who are named Luosun Mountain will start another year after a big deal, and they will give up the scientific expedition and find another way out, but this scientific expedition is unexpectedly mysterious.
Those who usually have high hopes from everyone
All in one fell swoop
, and those who usually have a general level of candidates have been admitted, and everyone has taken a closer look at the list released, and found the problems in it.
——The name of the excellent candidate has fallen into the sun mountain, but the person who does not understand the writing can be impressively listed, which is really intolerable. Is this a coincidence? Or did someone do it on purpose?
Such a result naturally can not convince the public, ten years of cold window hard reading is actually for others to make a wedding dress,
In the face of these glamorous behaviors that block their careers, no one will give up.
So the Jiangnan examinees collectively mobilized under the fury, and the city of Jiangning was even more empty, where there was suppression, there was resistance. Indignant candidates in a hurry,
In addition to changing the word "gongyuan" to "sold out", and confucius as a "rich man", they also used couplets to ridicule examiners.
In such a turbulent situation, the governor concealed the report, violently enforced the law, and took advantage of the position to arrest nearly ten troublesome candidates, hoping to suppress the boiling situation.
However, just as the so-called people do not know, unless they do nothing, the righteous people are always the majority,
At that time, the inspector of Jiangnan was Zhang Boxing, as an inspector, it was indispensable for the people to eliminate harm, but in addition to Zhang Boxing, there was also Suzhou Weaving Li Xu to uphold justice.
He was not accustomed to the inaction and chaotic behavior of the official government, and together with Zhang Boxing, he presented the chapter to the Kangxi Emperor in one fell swoop.
Who is Li Xu? Why should the little five-pin sesame official offend the big official for something that has nothing to do with him? It turned out that although the weaving at that time was not high, it was all the emperor's spies, the eyeliner of the Son of Heaven,
They are the eyes and ears sent by the imperial court to the localities, so it is their duty to uphold justice for the people to eliminate harm.
The emperor at that time, Kangxi, after knowing the cause and effect of the matter, was even more angry and corrupt.
Reply directly, "Shame on you."
From this sentence, it is enough to see the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart, as well as the guilt and sympathy for the people of dawn and the students of the cold door.
Therefore, Kangxi immediately summoned the ministers to discuss a solution, and sent Zhang Pengfei and Heshou to Jiangnan overnight to investigate thoroughly.
Behind the complex relationship diagram is a power game of different sizes of officials,
The chief judge saw that the money was open and was bribed by the children of the rich family who did not understand the words; and the deputy judge was forced to collect some money because of the situation, if it was forced to act, it was better to say that he could not resist the temptation of money, and finally made a mistake and ruined his future.
Under the cautious style of the two Chincha ministers, in order to be able to better serve the people, show their fairness and integrity, in order to prevent themselves from wronging the real talents, they also gave a new examination paper to several rich children who were honored to be on the list in this examination.
Candidates who lack connotation cannot even write the "Three Character Classic" and "Hundred Family Names", which is enough to show that this exam is simply absurd.
However, only this, the matter has not been completely closed, and the matter has come to light. Rich merchants pay bribes, examiners are careless? Is that all?
When the two Chincha ministers wanted to write a closing report to the emperor, there was a problem, and there was a big gap between the amount of bribes paid by the candidates and the amount accepted by the examiners.
If the righteous have doubts and fears, the world will not be stable
As we mentioned earlier, it was through the middleman Richie that the candidates had the opportunity to pay bribes to the examiners, so they immediately found Richie, although Richie did not confess to his behavior, but under repeated interrogations, he finally confessed.
It turned out that the biggest beneficiary and the black hand behind the scenes was not the examiner or the middleman, but the Governor General Kali.
Gali was naturally angry and wanted to kill Richie in one fell swoop. Just as the so-called entanglement of power, Ka Li is not only the governor of the governor, but also has a kind of in-law connection with Zhang Penglin, so at this moment of a thousand guns,
Zhang Pengfei immediately announced that Li Qi had framed the imperial court officials and immediately announced his retirement.
Zhang Boxing was naturally very surprised, but he was not stupid, and when he realized that these ministers could not count on them, he immediately wrote a new recital to Kangxi, explaining the events of the matter in 1510 places. But at the same time, the wicked people of Kali filed a complaint first, and also wrote a letter to Kangxi, in which Galizi was false, and framed Zhang Boxing for deliberately leading Li Qi to frame himself.
Accusing Zhang Boli of irresponsible behavior, he also used the literal prison to use the "Nanshan Ji" incident to put Zhang Boxing to death.
Not only that, they also directly killed Chen Tianli and reported to Kangxi that Chen Tianli committed suicide in fear of sin. In this way, Zhang Boxing became the biggest criminal, not to mention asking for the people's lives.
At this moment, whether or not we can keep the head on the item is a question.
But Kangxi was not confused, how could he not know the two men's strategy, in order to find out the truth, he immediately transferred back
Zhang Pengyi
He sent others to go, but because the official position of The Gari was too big, he could only punish Zhang Boxing as a false accusation in the end.
Kari, on the other hand, received verbal warnings only for the sin of dereliction of duty.
Such a result, Kangxi was definitely not satisfied. But he also knew that if he continued to investigate, he would not find out the results he wanted.
So Kangxi decided to check it himself.
But the result was still a great disappointment to Kangxi —The Kali still did not deserve it.
In the end, Kangxi could only say sadly—
If an upright person has doubts and fears, the world cannot be stable.
From this incident, it is not difficult for us to see that since ancient times, the officialdom has had an intricate network of relationships. Even in the kangxi dynasty, there were worrying power games.