Since ancient times, cheating in exams has been punished accordingly. In ancient times on the mainland, in order to prevent cheating, the imperial examination used to implement the policy of "Zhu Mo does not match", that is, the test papers that candidates answered with ink pens were then copied by a special person with a red pen to avoid favoritism and fraud by examiners because they knew the candidates' handwriting.
After the implementation of the Ninth Amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, the first college entrance examination is approaching, which clearly stipulates that those who organize cheating in the national statutory examination will be punished by the criminal law, with a maximum sentence of seven years in prison. In the Qing Dynasty, there were countless officials who were dealt with for cheating and even died.
Lu Xun's grandfather Zhou Fuqing was widely known for the Zhejiang Township Examination fraud case during the Guangxu period, although he survived death for various reasons, but Zhou Fuqing's son Zhou Boyi was deprived of the qualification to take the exam, and finally died of depression, and the family was ruined. Zhou Fuqing's "death reprieve" has a different meaning in ancient times than today, and the ancient "death reprieve" must be implemented, and Zhou Fuqing can be forgiven by Emperor Guangxu, which is really a fortunate thing. This case of attempted fraud can be called the most in history, openly bribing the examiner, ignoring the discipline of the imperial court examination, and only giving a "suspended death sentence", which is really a light sentence. On the other hand, in other "college entrance examination" fraud cases in the Qing Dynasty, most of the people involved were beheaded.
In the fourteenth year of Shunzhi, the same examiners Li Zhenye, Zhang Ipu and others were beheaded for fraud, and the candidates and their families were also exiled, and their family property was lost. This case was the first major case in the Qing Dynasty, and the severity of the punishment can be seen. However, the blood did not curb the trend of fraud in the "college entrance examination", and in the same year, a fraud case was exposed in the Jiangnan Township Examination, and the chief examiner, the deputy chief examiner, and many fellow examiners were all hanged, and none of them were spared, and such severe punishment is rare in history.
In the 50th year of Kangxi's Jiangnan Township Examination, most of the admitted people were the children of Yangzhou salt merchants, and there was obviously a suspicion of fraud. Later, after the investigation of Emperor Qianlong, a number of officials and candidates were sentenced, among which Zhao Jin, the deputy chief examiner, and others were sentenced to be executed.
During the Qianlong and Jiaqing periods, there were also many cases of fraud in the scientific field, and those involved were severely punished. In the Shuntianxiang examination in the eighth year of Xianfeng, the fraud case caused by the "Zhu Mo inconsistency" of the play's age was widely implicated, among which the chief examiner Bai Ye was also beheaded as a first-class member, which shows the severe punishment of fraud in the field of science in the Qing Dynasty.
The so-called "Zhu Mo does not match", that is, the special system of the imperial examination in the Ming and Qing dynasties, candidates answered with ink pen, and then copied by a special person with a red pen to prevent the examiner from favoritism. However, in the Ping Ling case, it was at this point that the cheater did his tricks, which led to the involvement of the examiner Bai Ye.
During the Yongzheng period, Yu Hongtu, the chief examiner of the Hubei Township Examination, was beheaded for fraud, becoming the last official in history to be tortured. Yu Hongtu leaked the questions after drinking, and was used by his wife and lover to sell the exam questions at a high price, and finally the East Window Incident occurred, and Emperor Yongzheng was furious and ordered him to be beheaded. Afterwards, Yongzheng heard about Yu Hongtu's tragic situation, and felt compassion, so he abolished the punishment of beheading.
No matter how times change, cheating on exams is always the most stupid thing to do. I hope that all candidates can abide by integrity, play their true level, and achieve excellent results.