Summoning the world to be one

Chapter 447

4Chapter 16: When the imperial examination is in progress

In the 23rd year of Qianyuan, on April [-]th, the day before the imperial examination, the preparations for the first imperial examination in Deng State were all ready. An examination room was built in the zone, which can accommodate nearly a thousand people taking the exam at the same time. On this day, Deng Sheng, along with Zhang Bin, Su Hong, Chen Qun, and Liu Cheng, Minister of Industry who was in charge of the construction of the examination room, came to the examination room to inspect the work.

After visiting the examination room, Deng Sheng was very satisfied, and said to Liu Cheng: "Liu Qing is indeed a minister of the country. It is really not easy to build such a large-scale examination room in a short period of time!" Sheng was very satisfied. It took only two months to build the examination room after the imperial examination was set. In such a short period of time, Liucheng was able to build an examination room that met the requirements without any mistakes, which showed Liucheng's ability. up.

"Your Majesty has praised you absurdly. This is just a minister's duty. I dare not be ashamed!" Facing Deng Sheng's praise, Liu Cheng replied very humbly. Liu Cheng was very self-aware. He is at the bottom of the list, and there are even many ministers, governors, and prefects who are more capable than him. If Liucheng wants to maintain his current status, he can only do things diligently and meticulously to satisfy Deng Sheng. Only then can he continue working in the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Industry.

Deng Sheng is very satisfied with Liucheng's humble attitude. Liucheng is capable, humble and polite. Among the local talents among civil servants, apart from Su Hong, Deng Sheng is most satisfied with Liucheng. Perhaps Liucheng's ability is better than They are not summoned by the system, but they have strong execution ability. As long as Deng Sheng or the three provinces give orders, Liucheng can be meticulous and complete the task perfectly. Deng Sheng feels that he really can't ask for too much.

"I don't know what Zhang Qing, Su Qing, and Chen Qing think about this examination room? Is there anything that needs to be improved?" Deng Sheng asked Zhang Bin, Su Hong, and Chen Qun to see what else they were not satisfied with. of.

But Deng Sheng is satisfied, what opinions will Zhang Bin and others have, and the examination room is really well built, so they said in unison: "No, Liu Shangshu did a good job, and the ministers didn't feel that Where is the problem!"

Deng Sheng nodded and said, "It's good to be satisfied. By the way, tomorrow is the imperial examination. How are you preparing?"

Zhang Bin replied: "Back to Your Majesty, everything is ready. There are a total of 610 candidates for the imperial examination. The required paper business department has been prepared. There are only a few more. A thousand elites were transferred from the Habayashi Guard to protect the safety of the examination room during the examination, and there will never be any problems!"

Deng Sheng nodded in satisfaction. I have to say that with this arrangement, Zhang Bin and others have already done everything they can, but there is one more important thing, that is, the screening of candidates for the exam, the first time since the beginning of the world. The imperial examinations will definitely attract the attention of Qin, Zhaochu and other countries, and they will even send people to sneak into Wancheng or directly into the examination room. In addition, there will be people cheating in the exam. This is something Deng Sheng can't tolerate. Bin and the others said: "When the exam starts, we must do a good job of checking inside and outside the exam room. This time Qin, Zhao, Chu and the Three Kingdoms must have sent people here. We must be careful not to let them mix into the exam room and disrupt the exam. In addition, we must strictly prevent candidates from cheating. And impostors, once discovered, will be directly deprived of the imperial examination qualifications, and will not be able to take the exam again for life!"

Troubled times governing heavy codes, this sentence is also applicable to the imperial examinations. The first imperial examinations were immature in many aspects, and there must be many people who wanted to take advantage of the loopholes. It is directly decided that once an impostor or cheating is discovered, the qualification for the imperial examination will be directly disqualified, and he will not be able to take the imperial examination for life.

"Here! Please don't worry, Your Majesty, I will pay 12 points of attention and never let such a thing happen," Zhang Bin and others responded in unison. The effect is even greater, so Zhang Bin and others dare not neglect, work diligently, and strive to be watertight.

In the 23rd year of Qianyuan, on the first day of May, Deng Guo's first imperial examination officially opened. At dawn, the gate of the examination room began to open slowly, and one after another, candidates entered the examination room through screening.

After an hour passed, all the candidates had already entered, Zhang Bin ordered the gate of the examination room to be closed, and from this moment on, only exits were allowed but no entry was allowed in the examination room.

After all the candidates were seated, Zhang Bin, as the chief examiner of the imperial examination, came to all the candidates and said loudly: "Students, I am Zhang Bin, the chief examiner of this imperial examination. I believe that all students will listen to me." The official's name is now, so we won't talk nonsense, and now I will read the rules of the imperial examination to you!"

All the candidates listened to Zhang Bin's words with pricked ears, for fear of missing something.

Zhang Bin calmed down, and then said: "My lord Long En, I know that all the students in the world are rich in poetry and books but have nowhere to serve the country. Therefore, in order to give the students in the world a chance to show their ambitions, we hold an imperial examination to attract talents from all over the world. You can come here It is enough to prove that you are all well-educated people, but you can only rely on your own ability to pass the exam. During the exam, if you find cheating or pretending to take the imperial exam, you will be deprived of the imperial exam qualification and announced to the world. You will not be allowed to take the exam again for life, and I hope that you students will not make mistakes. In addition, this imperial examination will last for four hours. Within the four hours, if you have finished your answers, you can hand in the paper in advance. During the exam, if there are whispers, Is it clear to everyone that it is dealt with by cheating in the exam?"

"Return to Zhang Xiang, I will understand everything!" All the candidates responded in unison.

Zhang Bin nodded and said: "In this case, the official announces that the imperial examination has begun, and now the soldiers will announce the questions to you. You all have a cup of tea to write down the questions!" Dozens of soldiers came to each corner of the examination room with wooden boards in their hands. On the boards were the two questions of this imperial examination.

The time for a cup of tea passed, Zhang Bin told the soldiers to retreat, and then said loudly: "The exam begins!" Zhang Bin gave the order, and all the examinees began to answer on paper.

All the work in the examination room was proceeding in an orderly manner, and at this time in Qianyang Palace, General of the Habayashi Guard Deng Ai was reporting the situation to Deng Sheng, and besides that, there was Su Hong, Minister of the Ministry of War and the head of the Ming Dynasty.

"My lord, today I have arrested 48 secret agents in Wancheng, ten of them are from Chu State, 20 are from Zhao State, and 18 are from Qin State. I don't know how to deal with them?" Deng Ai said. During an imperial examination, Deng Sheng entrusted Habayashi Wei to be responsible for the security in Wancheng. Deng Ai lived up to Deng Sheng's expectations. In Wancheng, many spies from Qin, Zhao and Chu were caught.

Deng Sheng smiled and nodded, and said: "Deng Qing has done a good job. These secret agents will be imprisoned temporarily. After the imperial examination is over, they will be interrogated one by one. I already know whether they have other plans besides probing the imperial examination. Yes!" Deng Sheng didn't believe that for an imperial examination, Qin Zhaochu and the Three Kingdoms sent dozens of secret agents, and there must be other plots.

"Here!" Deng Ai responded!
"By the way, Su Qing, I don't know if there has been any movement of these aristocratic families during this period of time?" Afterwards, Deng Sheng asked Su Hong about the movements of the aristocratic families during this period of time.

Su Hong shook his head and said, "Going back to Your Majesty, since receiving His Majesty's warning, the aristocratic nobles who were still in frequent contact with the poor family's children have all restrained a lot, and there is nothing out of the ordinary!"

"They are knowledgeable and interesting, otherwise I wouldn't be polite to them!" Deng Sheng is quite satisfied with the current situation. The imperial examination system is regarded by Deng Sheng as a sharp weapon to break the monopoly of the aristocratic family and nobles in the officialdom in the future, and the poor family's children are one of them Sharp knife, Deng Sheng will never allow the aristocrats of the aristocratic family to get involved with these poor children. Fortunately, after receiving Deng Sheng's warning, these aristocrats of the aristocratic family who have been acting frequently chose to restrain themselves, otherwise Deng Sheng would really want to kill them. , even more confirmed the name of the butcher. Although Deng Sheng didn't mind, he didn't like to do it. Killing is the last resort. Deng Sheng is not willing to choose to do this unless it is a last resort.

(End of this chapter)