Since Emperor Wen of Sui Yang Jian founded the imperial examination for the national selection of talents, until now the examination has been the most important way for the country to select talents. In the feudal society for more than a thousand years, China has experienced countless imperial examinations, and all emperors of all dynasties attached great importance to the imperial examinations. Severe punishment for fraud in the imperial examinations is the best manifestation. In the feudal era, most of the punishments for those who are directly responsible for fraud in the imperial examinations were directly beheaded!
not to mention that there is a long way to go, the three dynasties of the Qing Dynasty, which were the most popular in historical TV series, are also the most familiar to us ordinary people. There are more TV series "The Great Emperor Kangxi", " Yongzheng Dynasty ", and Qianlong. Although the TV series has been changed, they are basically in line with the true history. There are cases of fraud in the three dynasties, but the punishment for each dynasty is the same. All the direct responsible persons involved in the case, regardless of their official position, will be executed and beheaded!
is the Wuwu corruption case that occurred in 1858 in the late Qing Dynasty. Wenyuan Pavilion Grand Secretary Bai Wei is the chief examiner, the deputy examiner Zuodu Censor Cheng Tinggui , Minister of War Chen Fuen, Minister of Works Pan Zengying, former Minister of Works of the Ministry of Justice Li Qingfeng and other ministers are all involved in the case. Xianfeng The imperial capital decided to severely punish him. Although he was a senior official of the two dynasties, he wanted to open his mind. However, Sushun and Duanhua were above the hall and argued with Emperor Xianfeng. They believed that the imperial examination was the most critical step for the imperial court to select talents, and those who were favoritism and fraud must be severely punished. In the end, Bai Wei, Pu An, Li Heling and Luo Hongsi were all sentenced to death.
After that, Taiping Heavenly Kingdom Uprising , Qing government was too busy to take care of itself, and other punished victims of the Wuwu corruption case were left unresolved after bribery. After that, Cixi gained power, foreign powers invaded, the Qing Dynasty regime was in turmoil, and fraud in the mortal world became the norm, and no one cared about it anymore. Until the abolition of scientific research in 1905, the Qing Dynasty officially withdrew from history in 1911.
As early as 643 AD, Emperor Taizong of Tang Dynasty Li Shimin said: Using copper as a mirror can correct your clothes and hats; using ancient as a mirror can help you know the rise and fall; using people as a mirror can help you understand gains and losses.
Whether it is the scientific examination in the feudal era or the modern college entrance examination, it is a basic system for selecting talents for the country. It is no exaggeration to say that it is the country.
The kings of the feudal era attached importance to scientific research and severely punished fraud in the field because they knew that such fraud would shake the root of the country, so any feudal monarch or courtier who had a little wise understanding would not indulge the occurrence of fraud in the field.
Learn from history, we should not underestimate the fraud in Shandong’s college entrance examination!
