Yongzheng Dynasty imperial examination fraud with cheat sheets

In the first year of Yongzheng, there was a fraud case in the imperial examination. Someone was selling exam questions in Bolun House and was discovered by the deputy chief examiner, Li Fu. He spent 70 taels of silver to buy the exam questions and found that they were real exam questions, thus exposing the fraud. There were complicated political factors behind this fraud case. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, he wanted to implement a new policy, but he was hindered by the Eighth Grandfather Party. He urgently needed to discover and train his own talents through scientific examinations to promote reform. However, the political struggle at that time was complicated, and various forces were planting their own people. For example, when Emperor Yongzheng pushed his confidants to the top, his opponents also pushed their own people to the top. In this case, Hongshi colluded with the examiner Zhang Tinglu to create fraud. Because Hongli was valued by Kangxi since he was young, Hongshi was at a disadvantage in the fight for the throne. He wanted to earn money and accumulate connections through the imperial examination. Zhang Tinglu was blinded by greed and wanted to hug Hongshi's thigh and bring her own people. However, due to Li Fu and Li Wei's obstruction, the fraud case was exposed. Later, Hongshi requested to kill Zhang Tinglu quickly in order to silence him, and under the encouragement of his eighth uncle, he went further and further on the road of fighting for the throne, and was finally poisoned by Yongzheng. After the fraud case, the chief examiner Zhang Tinglu was cut in half and the examination hall was reopened. Wang Wenzhao was personally appointed as the top scorer by Emperor Yongzheng, Yin Jishan as the second runner-up, and Liu Molin as the flower. 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 history of China's imperial examinations, there were cases of people directly executing the relevant personnel in the case of fraud in the imperial examinations. For example, in 1657, Emperor Shunzhi held a fraud case in the provincial imperial examination. After the Shuntian provincial examination was exposed, Emperor Shunzhi made a ruling and beheaded five examiners and two Juren. The Jiangnan provincial examination fraud case was dealt with even more severely. The chief examiner, Qian Kaizong, was sentenced to death. Seventeen examinees, including Ye Chuhuai, were sentenced to hanging. Eight examinees, including Fang Zhangyue, were sentenced to 40 boards of punishment. Their family property was confiscated into the government. Their parents, brothers, wives and children were moved to Liuning Ancient Pagoda. There was a similar situation in the Tang Dynasty. Zhang Shi was listed as the first in the first division of the imperial examination through bribery, but was found to be ignorant and incompetent. Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was furious and severely punished all the examiners of the division and stripped Zhang Shi of his title as the top scholar. Although it was not explicitly mentioned whether or not they would be executed, it could be seen that the punishment for cheating in the imperial examination was very heavy. All of this showed that under the imperial examination system, the imperial court would take severe punishment measures, including execution, to maintain the fairness and seriousness of the imperial examination system and prevent the spread of fraud from affecting the selection of talents and the stability of the regime. 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 first year of Yongzheng (1723), in the Guimao Enkewu Palace Examination, three first-class students (granted the Jinshi of Wu) were Li Yan, Bi Wei, Shi Jingfan; 13 second-class students (granted the Jinshi of Wu); 120 third-class students (granted the Jinshi of Tongwu). The list of third-class students was Wang Shouguo, He Ming, Wu Lizhu, Yongfu, Sixty-five, Lin Dong, Yang Zhiting, Zhang Can, Yang Pu, Chi Weilei, Zhu Binggong, Tong Minian, Zhang Wei, Shen Chengyan, Xu Xie, etc. However, only a portion of the top three 120 people were listed. While waiting for the TV series, you can also click on the link below to read the classic original work of "Dafeng Nightwatchman"!