Tang Bohu cheated in the imperial examination

Tang Bohu could not take the imperial examination because he was involved in the fraud case. Tang Bohu and his good friend Xu Jing visited Cheng Minzheng (who later became the chief examiner of the subject) before entering the capital to participate in the general examination. They compared notes with each other on possible questions. Although no one took it seriously at the time, Xu Jing had told these questions to other examinees, and the questions Cheng Minzheng had set in the general exam coincidentally coincided with what he had said before, so he was suspected of buying the questions from Cheng Minzheng. In the end, Tang Bohu was deprived of his fame and was not allowed to participate in the imperial examination for the rest of his life. Although most of the later generations believed that Tang Bohu did not bribe Cheng Minzheng, he was still judged to have committed fraud and suffered this punishment. While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!

In the 12th year of Hongzhi, Tang Bohu and his good friend Xu Jing entered the capital to participate in the examination. Xu Jing was born in a rich family. On his way to the capital, he talked with Tang Bohu about classics and papers and discussed his studies. After arriving in the capital, the other students were preparing for their exams in peace, but the two of them were active everywhere, visiting officials and scholars, including Li Dongyang, the Minister of Rites who later served as the chief examiner, and Cheng Minzheng, the scholar of the Imperial Academy. In February's exam, the chief examiner Cheng Minzheng's questions were unfamiliar and obscure. Many students could not write, but Tang Bohu's pen was full of flowers and his results were excellent. He seemed to be the best choice for the top scholar. Because the two of them had been running around before the exam, and their results were exceptionally good after the results were released, rumors spread among the students in the city in an instant. It was widely rumored that Xu Jing had used a large sum of money to buy the exam questions, and the examiner, Cheng Minzheng, had sold the exam questions. Huachang impeached Cheng Minzheng for selling the title to profit, implicating Xu Jing and Tang Bohu. In fact, Xu Jing did bribe the examiner's butler to get the questions in advance, but Tang Bohu did not know. In the end, the examiner was dismissed from office, Xu Jing was demoted to prison, and Tang Bohu was implicated and deposed as an official. He was forbidden to take the examination again and become an official. His fate was completely changed. While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!

During the Shunzhi years of the Qing Dynasty, there were many cases of cheating in the imperial examination. In the 14th year of Shunzhi (1657), there was a case of fraud in the provincial examination of Shuntian Prefecture. This was the first case of fraud in the provincial examination of Ding You. Because the examiner bribed and sold "joints", the main examiner was Cao Benrong, the son of Zuo Chunfang, the left concubine of Zhan Shi Mansion, and the deputy examiner was Song Zhisheng, the right middle of Zuo Chunfang, the right middle of Zhan Shi Mansion. Among the examiners were Li Zhenye, the left judge of Dali Temple, and many others. There were many examinees in this provincial examination, but the admission rate was less than 4%. The competition was fierce. After the examiner's cheating was exposed, Emperor Shunzhi was furious. The bribe-taking examiner Li Zhenye and others were punished. Ten candidates were nearly beheaded. Among them, Wang Shude was demoted by five grades because his uncle Wang Yongji did not know about his bribery. Xu Rong and others were sent to Shangyang Castle for bribing Li Zhenye. In the 15th year of Shunzhi, there was another case of fraud in the Jiangnan provincial examination. This case was even more serious than the fraud in Shuntian Prefecture, so much so that Emperor Shunzhi put aside the matter of taking care of the sick Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang to personally investigate. In order to check the students 'real skills, Emperor Shunzhi re-tested the students on Yingtai and let the Eight Banners Guards hold knives to supervise the field. Wu Zhaoqian, a talented scholar in the south of the Yangtze River, abandoned his examination paper and was exiled. Seventy-four people were allowed to participate in the exam, 24 were disqualified because of their lack of knowledge, 18 candidates who bribed the examiners Qian Kaizong and Fang You were executed, the examiners Qian Kaizong and Fang You were hanged, and their families were demoted to slaves. In the same year, there was also a case of fraud in the provincial examination of Shanxi Province in Shandong Province. The examiners of the provincial examination in Shanxi Province, Tang Jin, He Qiang, Zhang Zhen, etc., tampered with the examinee's answer sheet. This case was not as famous as the Jiangnan provincial examination case. Perhaps the attitude of the Shanxi students was not as strong as that of the Jiangnan students. Emperor Shunzhi gave the officials of the Shanxi fraud case a lighter punishment and only demoted them to three grades. These fraud cases showed that although the Qing Dynasty attached great importance to the imperial examination, there were still examiners and scholars who took risks in the face of the temptation of huge profits. When Emperor Shunzhi dealt with these fraud cases, he would punish the officials and candidates who made mistakes according to the specific circumstances. While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!

Lu Xun's grandfather, Zhou Jiefu (also known as Zhou Fuqing), was involved in cheating in the provincial examination held in Zhejiang in 1893. At that time, he was worried at home. In order to let the Zhou family's children pass the examination, he gathered ten thousand taels of silver to bribe Yin Ruzhang, the chief examiner. In his letter to Yin Ruzhang, he listed the names of five candidates from his relatives and friends, added the name of his son Zhou Boyi (Lu Xun's father), and explained how to mark the test paper. Zhou Fuqing's servant was exposed in the process of sending bribes and banknotes. Zhou Fuqing was arrested and brought to justice. In the end, he was sentenced to "beheading the supervisor's marquis"(death sentence suspended). Lu Xun's family also declined from then on. While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!

The details of Tang Bohu's cheating case are as follows: Tang Bohu and his good friend Xu Jing went to the capital to participate in the exam. After they arrived in the capital, they followed the tradition of the time to pay their respects to the officials and celebrities and make friends with the literary world. They were introduced by Liang Chu, the chief examiner of the provincial examination, to Li Dongyang, the Minister of Rites and the Grand Scholar of Wenyuan Pavilion, and Cheng Minzheng, the Right Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Rites and the Hanlin Scholar. Cheng Minzheng appreciated Tang Bohu's talent and took great care of their visits. Tang and Xu often went in and out of his mansion to ask questions and acted casually and frivolously. Xu Jing also let his entourage bring generous gifts every time he visited. Soon, rumors about the two people spread. On the sixth day of February in the 12th year of Hongzhi (1499), Li Dongyang and Cheng Minzheng were appointed as the examiners. Later, it was Huke who reported Tang Bohu's fraud in the examination room. In fact, the people involved in this fraud case might be very innocent. In short, Tang Bohu also suffered bad luck because of this. His fate went from the original smug to the bottom. While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!