The country was first established, the four sides were pacified, and all industries were waiting for prosperity. An Chen wants to serve his country. If he wants to realize his wish, he must pass the imperial examination, so he studies harder and harder.
In the spring of Hongwu's thirty years, it was the imperial examination once every three years. With his extraordinary talent, Chen An passed the provincial examination and the imperial examination, and finally won the imperial examination, and was appointed as the top scholar by Zhu Yuanzhang.
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The news of Chen An's top student in high school soon spread all over southern Fujian, and many people congratulated him for a while. Chen An, a white horse in a red robe, was surrounded by local officials for "three days", not to mention the scenery.
But no one expected that at this time, the last candidate in the north jointly filed a corruption complaint against Liu Sanwu and examiner Bai Xin.
The reason is that all the 52 scholars admitted are from Renye Fang, but none of them are from North Korea.
This situation has never happened in history. Suspicious candidates from the north visited again and found that Liu Sanwu and Bai were also southerners. This is terrible. They decided that Liu Sanwu and Bai Xintiao were partial to the candidates in the south, so everyone joined forces to March around and complain, and the quarrel was raging. Finally, even Zhu Yuanzhang was shocked.
Zhu Yuanzhang was born in cloth and was very sympathetic to the people. After hearing about it, I also felt serious. So we must strictly check the order. So, he ordered the lecturer Zhang Xin and others to re-examine the papers and add more northern candidates.
Zhang Xin and others did not dare to delay, so they immediately re-examined the papers and found that Sanliu and others did not engage in graft.
Subsequently, Zhang Xin and others reorganized the exam. Results The southern candidates are still better than the northern candidates.
Therefore, Zhang Xin and others reported the results and presented the test papers of the north and south candidates to Zhu Yuanzhang, claiming that the north candidates were indeed inferior to the south candidates in terms of arts and sciences. Even some candidates have taboos, so it is reasonable to fall behind.
However, this result makes the northern candidates more and more dissatisfied. They claimed that the marking officials must have accepted bribes from Liu Sanwu and others, so they deliberately presented the poor papers of the northern candidates to Zhu Yuanzhang. As a result, the candidates in the north became more and more fierce, and even some northern officials joined in, calling for their rehabilitation.
Zhu Yuanzhang did not expect that Zhang Xin and others did not understand the sacred meaning, but added fuel to the fire. Inevitably flew into a rage, so Zhang Xin and others were killed. Liu Sanwu, also known as "Hulan Yu Dang", was originally going to put him to death together, but because of his age, he was exiled to the frontier.
The most pitiful thing is Chen An, who has just been appointed as the top scholar. In order to calm the anger of northern candidates, Zhu Yuanzhang even accused him of cheating, split his car and died.
Subsequently, Zhu Yuanzhang personally presided over the palace examination, recorded 6 1 northern candidates, and appointed the northerner Han Kezhong as the top scholar to calm the storm.
This is the famous confusion case of "North-South List" in the history of Ming Dynasty.
Then, Zhu Yuanzhang knew it was an unjust case, why did he create bloodshed, wronged the examiner and treat them with such cruel means?
Obviously, the main reason is that Zhu Yuanzhang is the ruler. For the long-term stability of the country, he eased the contradiction between North and South. Therefore, whether it is cultural education or official appointment, he wants to achieve a balance between the north and the south, so that more candidates have hope, and North Korea will also be balanced by North and South officials.
So the officials who died in this scientific research case naturally became cannon fodder for Zhu Yuanzhang to consolidate his imperial power. The most innocent person is an Chen, a university tyrant who has studied hard for ten years and stands out from the crowd. In the end, he didn't "learn to be an official", but ended up in a sad end.
But from then on, Zhu Yuanzhang knew the difference between north and south candidates, and the imperial examination began to adopt the system of "North and South points".