In fact, the off-site college entrance examination is not a product of today. China has a vast territory, and there was an "off-site college entrance examination" in ancient times.
Since the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the imperial examination system has replaced the imperial examination system, giving civilians more opportunities to rise. However, due to the imbalance of educational resources, the admission quota of Beijing Zhaofu (Chang 'an), the capital, is much higher than that of other regions. In the Tang dynasty, the national examination was admitted regardless of region; Local exams select candidates according to the size of the state. Generally, the number of places in the state is two or three, while Chang 'an has dozens of people at a time, sometimes even exceeding 100. This can be seen in Liu Zongyuan's preface to seeing off Xin Sheng: "Jing Lao Gong Xiucai often opposes Baijun."
The admission quota in the Song Dynasty was also seriously unbalanced. Ouyang Xiu, one of the eight masters of the Tang and Song Dynasties, said in a letter to the emperor: "Scholars in Southeast China and soldiers in Southeast China recruited only 20 or 30 people, and one in every 100 people was selected.
At most, there were no more than 100 people in the northwest state army, but there were more than 10 people in the army, and one person was taken from ten people. The state with low admission rate is 100: 1, and the state with high admission rate is 10: 1. The disparity in proportion is surprising.
Beijing has always played the role of "low-scoring depression" in areas where the enrollment ratio varies greatly. Taking the fifth year of Jiayou (1060) as an example, the number of people who passed the local examination in Kaifeng, the capital, was 266, while only 123 in Shaanxi and 84 in Guangdong. Moreover, the settlement of imperial academy 108 people does not include Kaifeng.
The number of candidates who passed the national examination in Kaifengfu, imperial academy accounted for about half of all candidates.
In Qing Dynasty, the number of candidates in Shuntianfu (Beijing) was always the first in China. In the first year of Tongzhi (1862), the number of candidates in Shuntianfu was 185, that in Zhejiang, a cultural province, was only 152, and that in Guangdong was 102.
Beijing's admission quota exceeded that of any major province, and this situation continued until the end of the imperial examination system.
Because of this, some candidates use their brains, take exams in different places, take exams in places with a large number of places, and increase their admission opportunities, thus embarking on their careers and changing their lives.
However, in ancient times, taking exams in different places was not an easy task. According to the law of the Tang Dynasty, all candidates who take the imperial examination must register at the registration place.
Therefore, off-site examinations can only be "operated behind closed doors" and are not known to others. For example, Bai Juyi, a famous optimist poet in the middle Tang Dynasty, was a member of the off-site examination. Bai Juyi was originally from Shaanxi, and later moved to Xiabang Town, Weinan County, Shaanxi Province.
According to the truth, Bai Juyi should take the exam in Weinan County, but he took the exam in Xuancheng, Anhui Province. Why did Bai Juyi risk breaking the law? Because the admission rate in Anhui is higher than that in Shaanxi.
In ancient times, there were also people who violated the regulations of college entrance examination in different places without punishment. From the current point of view, it can probably be regarded as "opening the back door." Wang Wei, a great poet in the Tang Dynasty, was born in Zhou Pu (present-day yongji city), but he took the imperial examination in Jingzhaofu, which had the highest admission rate. The reason is that he has a talent for playing the pipa, and he accidentally showed his talent and intoxicated a princess. The princess came forward to dredge the relationship and finally made Wang Wei take the off-site exam "aboveboard" as he wished.