Chapter 474 475 [Yunzhou University Examination]
In the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Emperor Qianlong looked at the half-faced golden lock, while thinking about the last words left by the nanny, his heart was extremely confused.
If what the nanny said is true, he is not a Manchu but a Han Chinese, which will shake his throne and make his rule lose legitimacy.
At that time, those rebellious officials and thieves will use this as an excuse to oppose him. Even if he could suppress them one by one, he didn't know how much manpower, material and financial resources would be spent, let alone how many heads would be cut off.
During the Kangxi period, there were as many as ten rebellions under the guise of [Zhu Third Prince]. Millions of taels of silver have to be spent every time to suppress the rebellion, killing people in the wild, leaving corpses everywhere, bleeding and floating in the oars, in order to temporarily subside.
Emperor Qianlong knew that if he was a Han Chinese, the harm to the country would be no less than that of [Third Prince Zhu]. It will definitely shake the country and bring chaos to the court.
Therefore, he did not dare to easily believe what the nanny said.
But he also knew that the nanny raised him since he was a child, and she can be said to have cared for him with deep affection. In his mind, the nanny would not lie to him.
He is most likely a Han Chinese, and his biological mother is living among the people at the moment. Maybe they are suffering, being tired, enduring hunger, starving, or being bullied.
After all, the human heart is made of flesh. Mother and child are connected, thinking of this, Emperor Qianlong couldn't help but feel worried, his internal organs were burned, and he wished he could fly to Yunzhou Mansion to investigate what happened.
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"Come here, Xuan Ji Xiaolan enters the palace~" Qianlong ordered immediately.
"Report to the emperor, Mr. Ji has gone to Yunzhou Prefecture to inspect the township examination." The **** Shunxi beside him immediately replied.
When Qianlong heard this, he was greatly disappointed.
Without Ji Xiaolan by my side, there is no one to consult with when things happen, which is really heartbreaking.
At this moment, the **** outside the door shouted, "The Queen Mother is here!"
Qianlong hurriedly got up to greet her, and saw the Empress Dowager, accompanied by maids and eunuchs, walked into the hall.
"I heard that the nurse was poisoned and died?" The queen mother said with a sad face, "Your Majesty, this matter is no small matter, you must deal with it carefully. We must avenge the nurse, but also stabilize the harem, and don't make the city full of storms."
"Yes, the queen's mother, the son emperor knows." Qianlong nodded.
The harem is connected to the former dynasty. Once the harem becomes unstable and word spreads, the former dynasty and even the people will turn against each other, causing countless disturbances.
So the nanny case needs to be investigated, but it can't be made a big fanfare, and the scale must be accurate.
"Well, before the nanny dies, what last words can she leave?" The queen mother asked again, "The nanny has raised you since she was a child, and she has worked hard all her life. If she has any last wishes, the emperor can help her fulfill them."
Qianlong's heart moved, and he said tentatively, "Mother Huang'er, the nanny wants me to find someone...Bai Niangzi~"
Hearing this, the Empress Dowager was surprised.
"Emperor Niang has heard of this name?" Qianlong asked quickly when he saw it.
"The Ai family has never heard of it, and I don't know it." The Queen Mother denied with a slightly flustered expression.
When Qianlong saw it, he became more suspicious, and decided to go to Yunzhou Prefecture to investigate.
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Xiang Nan worked hard all the way, finally came to Yunzhou, and was warmly received by the local prefect Wu Zui.
Food, wine, and even the maids who serve her are all smart and handsome, and their appearance is not inferior to those Internet celebrity beauties.
On the eighth day of August, the first round of the Yunzhou prefectural examination.
Xiang Nan, Wu Zui, and many local officials sat together on the high platform of the Gongyuan, condescending, and supervised the inspections of the officers and soldiers.
Ming and Qing imperial examinations, in order to prevent cheating, the system was very strict, and no single word on a piece of paper was allowed to be brought into the examination room. Anyone who violates the law will not only be disqualified from the examination, but also be shown in public with a shackle as a punishment.
But because once you pass the exam, you can become a juren, and you will not pay taxes or corvee, and you can also become an official. There are also small farmers and small businessmen who belong to their families in order to avoid taxation and labor. It can be said that the carp leaps over the dragon's gate and is worth a hundred times.
Just like after Fan Jinzhongju, not only his father-in-law treated him respectfully, but even the local gentry took the initiative to meet him and gave him a house and money.
The temptation faced may be so great, so many people are willing to take the risk and still want to cheat.
Ji Xiaolan was born in Kejia, and knew very well about the fraud in the imperial examination. Xiang Nan inherited his memory, so naturally he knows this matter well.
Therefore, he looked at these candidates with a keen eye, and he could tell at a glance whether he was trying to cheat.
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At that moment, he saw a candidate.
The examinee looked unnatural, and his eyes were always looking up, as if there was a fairy on his head.
Xiang Nan smiled, then tapped his official hat.
Prefect Wu Zui immediately understood, "Take off his hat~"
The officers and soldiers listened to the order to take off his hat, and sure enough they found a dozen cheat sheets inside.
"Pull him down!" Wu Zui's expression darkened immediately, and he shouted sharply.
Immediately, two officers and soldiers stepped forward, wiped their shoulders, folded their arms, and escorted the candidate down.
"I don't dare, I don't dare, my lord, spare me!" He begged for mercy again and again in fright, and the screams made other candidates turn pale with fright.
"Your Excellency is really astute!" Wu Zui flattered with a smile.
"Hey, it's really disappointing that they don't even want to reinvent the cheating methods." Xiang Nan pretended to be X.
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Because the entrained person was detected, the next search will be much stricter than before.
Not only the hats were taken off, but also the clothes were untied and searched. Sure enough, many candidates were dropped.
Those candidates had cheat sheets on their stomachs, some hid them in their shoes, and some hid them in their braids... In short, they were varied and eye-opening.
Xiang Nan watched it with relish at first, but as he watched, he saw Du Xiaoyue in the queue.
Although she was dressed in men's clothing, Xiang Nan recognized her at a glance.
Firstly, Du Xiaoyue's teeth are white and her lips are red, and she has a very high appearance. Standing in the crowd, she stands out from the crowd; secondly, Du Xiaoyue is full of martial arts and full of energy, and has more temperament than these frail scholars; Come on, after all, Xiang Nan has watched the drama and seen Du Xiaoyue's appearance in men's clothing, so she was not deceived by her.
Seeing that Du Xiaoyue was about to be searched, Xiang Nan was worried that something might happen, so he smiled and said to Wu Zui, "Prefect Wu, I'm sorry, I'll go to the back to make it easier."
"Master Ji, please, please!" Wu Zui hurriedly said with a smile, and then ordered the two servants, "Hurry up and serve."
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After Xiang Nan left, all the officials in the Yunzhou government breathed a sigh of relief.
As the admiral, Xuezheng, and the emperor's imperial envoy, he came to inspect the Yunzhou rural examination today, and found so many candidates who intended to cheat.
Once it is reported, the local officials in Yunzhou cannot escape the responsibility.
A bad style of study is enough to change the color of everyone's top.
So he left, for everyone, it was really a relief.
(end of this chapter)