Since the imperial examinations, related frauds have been followed like shadows. Impersonation, information is involved, and the examiner is cleared, and almost everything is used. Therefore, when his brother said that he could buy the exam questions for two dollars, his brother was not too surprised, but began to ponder.

Although the two brothers are not considered rich and wealthy, they rely on their 3,000 acres of paddy fields and more than 10 shops in Jiangnan, and their families have a very wealthy family. This time, when they went to Beijing for the exam, my father looked at each of them and gave them a silver note of 10,000 taels of silver. He told them to make friends with officials and chiefs, and to make friends with him in the same year, and to get him a half-official position, even a small official of the seventh or eighth rank. As long as he has a real flaw, he will be active in the future and be promoted to another level as usual. Maybe he will be able to return to his hometown in four or five years. Even if he is transferred to a county magistrate, he will be considered a glory to return home.

Therefore, as soon as my brother's motion came out, my brother's mind became active.

what to do?

The air seemed to freeze, and time passed quietly in silence. The younger brother looked at his brother eagerly. He knew that his brother was weighing the pros and conscientiously, he wanted to know the answer earlier, but he was unwilling to disturb the other party's thoughts, so he had to sit down first. He spread out the book and read it first, but he didn't have the heart to turn it down after reading a few pages. The 1,000 taels of silver can be exchanged for the test questions, just like a >. He couldn't concentrate at all.

"No..." After a long time, my brother finally squeezed out a word from his locked teeth.

"Why?" my brother was obviously relieved, as if a big stone had fallen to the ground, but he asked habitually, as if he was very unwilling to accept it.

“The risk is too great!”

"how?"

"You think. Isn't it too cheap for such test questions to be only sold for 1,000 taels of silver? I think there are many people who can afford this price. If there are many people, such a secret matter may be exposed... Fourth brother, think about it, the same thing, would you sell it for 1,000 to ten people or one person for 10,000?"

"I'm afraid... I'm going to sell it to one person." In fact, my brother didn't think clearly whether it was better to be ten or one person, and he just intuitively determined that one person was better.

"Wrong. It doesn't necessarily mean it depends on what it is." The brother sincerely advised his brother, "If it is a common thing, if you have a large amount of stock in your hands, the more people you sell, the better. In the future, it will be spread to ten thousand people, and there will be no worries about not having repeat customers; if it is as secret as the exam questions, the fewer people you know, the better. The fewer the easier it is to keep it secret..."

"If we don't buy it, there will still be someone buying it. Wouldn't our brothers suffer a loss?"

"good!"

"It's okay?" My brother was very worried. Which is the best of this? But he didn't dare to say it. Does the elder brother have the authority of the elder brother?

"You said, how many people will buy the test questions for 1,000 taels of silver?"

"I can't tell you this, but if you can afford the money, there should be one of the ten stops..."

"Are they not afraid of being fooled?"

"I was deceived?" my brother curled his lips, "How can I explain this clearly? Wherever I go, the wind is full of confidence. I say that I will pay 1,000 taels first. If I take the C exam, many people will just give it a try. The 1,000 taels per day is not worth mentioning compared to the 1,000 taels per day. Even if it is fake, I will buy it first."

"That's why I said it. Please keep an eye on it. It's best to hang out the test questions. We two twisted him to see the official." The brother smiled slightly, "Whether this test questions are real or fake, as long as someone dares to sell the test questions secretly, our brothers will make great contributions. Whether it is passed or not, the court will not treat us badly. If the matter is serious and it is passed into the ears of the emperor, you and my brothers will make such great contributions, even if they are not rewarded for their official positions, we will definitely have a great impression in the examiner's heart..."

"Wonderful!" The younger brother thought for a long time and felt that his brother's idea was really good. No wonder his father always said that he wanted his brother to inherit the family business. It seems that it is not unreasonable.

In the Palace of Health, Zhao Bingjun was carefully reporting to Lin Guangyu about the maintenance of public security in the capital during the recent examination. After saying a lot, he accidentally said: "Recently, there are rumors on the market that someone is selling the civil servant exam questions at a high price..."

"Exam questions?" Lin Guangyu stared at Zhao Bingjun with his eyes tightly, "Are you sure?"

"There is such a rumor outside. Although I have not been able to collect detailed evidence, I dare not hide it or report it." Zhao Bingjun's forehead was sweating protruding coldly, and the emperor's eyes were a bit scary.

"Hahaha!" Lin Guangyu suddenly burst into laughter, and said while laughing, "Okay, okay, really courageous!"

"Emperor..." Zhao Bingjun was even more stunned and quickly expressed his opinion, "I will solve the case quickly."

"No!"

"Ah?" Zhao Bingjun was stunned. What does this mean?

The emperor did not explain directly, but only asked: "How much does a set of test questions cost?"

"Please pay 1,000 taels of silver first. If it is in high school, then C... there are rumors that 2,000 taels are not equal to two."

"There are four civil servant exams in total, which one is sold?"

"It's mainly the first game. Although the ones that were later sold, there are not many rumors."

“Very good, very good.”

What a strange thing, why is it a good word?

"You said you would establish the Domestic Intelligence Bureau of the Ministry of the Interior, is there any such incident?"

"Yes!" Zhao Bingjun felt strange. Why did the words come to this place all at once. The emperor's thoughts jumped and made him feel a little difficult to keep up. "But Premier Xu said that the various departments have just planned that it is not appropriate to act in the short term. Otherwise, the Ministry of the Interior will have to set up new departments, and other departments will also have to set up new departments. After a while, the start-up fee is amazing. Last year, the finance department said that there was a hole of nearly 2,000 taels, which has not been filled yet. The rest of the matter should be saved as much as possible. When April is relieved, it will not be too late to wait until the spring tax comes up."

Zhao Bingjun said that the truth is indeed true. According to the rough estimate of the Ministry of Finance,

The annual fiscal revenue reached a record 3147 taels, but the expenditure was fast, more than 350 million taels. Moreover, the continuous growth was mainly because the provinces had not yet reported all the figures to the Ministry of Finance to cancel the accounts at the end of last year. Although the three embezzlement groups received stolen money of up to 150 million taels, the amount of this part of the money was immediately included in the public account, which reduced the deficit by more than 20 million taels, and the rest of the money was not exaggerated. On the contrary, the smallest fiscal year before the Gengzi - even if the finance was difficult, it was not as good as the Gengzi compensation.

“How much does it cost?”

"200,000 taels of silver!" Zhao Bingjun whispered, "We will maintain it in the future.>Annual funds."

"How to handle intelligence collection now?"

"The Ministry of the Interior has always had open and secret spies in various provinces, but it has been a clue and has been difficult to rectify. In this Wuchang incident, the spies of the Ministry of the Interior have actually smelled some rumors in advance and submitted reports to the imperial envoy. However, their strength is insufficient. They only know that the revolutionary party is going to cause trouble and failed to spy on when, where, and where, and what laws are going to do. Therefore, Wuchang is convenient. I think... I think... I have the domestic intelligence bureau. I have the position and power, and I have the funds, and I can improve it later."

"The world is so big, 200,000 taels are enough?"

"That... If we want to discuss the layout of each province, this amount of money is not enough. But now the finances are in a tight position, and I am thinking about it. First, the five key places in the capital, Fengtian, Zhili, Hubei and Jiangsu will be handled first. If there is results in the future, then applying for additional funds may be smoother. Ze Gong was in a bad mood recently because of the financial hole, and Premier Xu also had difficulties. As a colleague, I should not bother too much at such a delicate moment, so I did not fight. Prince Su also said that he did not fight hard, but he looked at the emperor with a eager eye. He knew that after collecting a large amount of royal bonds and checking the income of corrupt officials, the emperor's treasury was very generous. He wanted to follow the imperial guards and the navy and ask the emperor for a little, but he refused to say it.

"I know what you are thinking. I'm very rich recently, but the money has been arranged for other purposes. Not to mention anything else, I have to find a way to repair the financial holes in the local area last year. So I can't give you the 20s, and I can't open this hole for you. Otherwise, when other ministries find out, they will take care of me for money. What should I do if the treasury is done?"

"Yes, yes." Zhao Bingjun was faintly disappointed, but he didn't dare to show it.

"I can't give you money, but I can give you a way to make money." Zhao Bingjun pricked up his ears and listened to the emperor's explanation, "Isn't someone bidding 1,000 yuan to sell the test questions? The Ministry of the Interior quickly stared at people, and when he saw that he was selling it, he could get all the stolen money... I'll say hello to the Ministry of Finance to make up for the start-up expenses."

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It turned out to be this move. Zhao Bingjun asked: "If you act like this, it is better to fish for big fish in a long line. But I wonder how important it is to take the civil servant exam. If too many exam questions are leaked and the crowds are involved, it may damage the prestige of the court. That is not something that can be compensated by a few hundred thousand taels of silver."

"Do you know why I was laughing just now?"

"This..." Zhao Bingjun scratched his scalp and said embarrassedly, "I really don't know."

"Thank you to the bottom of the matter. So far, the questions for the first exam have not been decided. The so-called 'test questions' are nothing more than a vulgar trick to deceive people who are blinded..."

"So that's it, I know." Zhao Bingjun was shocked. The exam was about ten days away. Why was the emperor still not sure about the exam? How did the official department preside over it? Tang Shaoyi has always been a steward, so why couldn't he tell such important matters clearly?

Zhao Bingjun thought this way and was wrong. As early as a month ago, the official department had sent Lin Guangyu the local examination questions to the qualification examination for review. In addition to the official department, the Ministry of Education, the School of Political Science, and the Ceremony also drafted several sets of test questions for this examination. However, after reading it, Lin Guangyu was not satisfied and believed that these test questions did not highlight the characteristics of the qualification examination and did not reflect the substantive element of qualification restrictions in the test questions. They were either too biased or too easy. Finally, they decided to put them all away and the emperor personally set the questions.

When it comes to exams, the emperor Lin Guangyu is much stronger than his ministers. Before studying for a doctorate, Lin Guangyu experienced countless exams in his life, including seeing all kinds of biased questions, difficult questions, and strange questions, as well as getting in touch with the entrance exams, quality exams, Olympiad exams, and ability tests. He has accumulated too much experience and experience. It is really too easy for young people who are eager to be officials.

These days, after repeated consideration, he finally formulated a set of test questions. In order to prevent leaks, he kept secret and planned to let the official department handle it in the last three days.

On the first day of March, tens of thousands of candidates who took the civil servant exam qualification for the first exam received this imperial examination paper. After receiving this test paper, one-third of the people were secretly happy and more than half of the people were shocked. For those who know, all the questions were extremely plain and unbiased. Although they claimed to be all-encompassing, they were basic knowledge. For those who don’t know, all the questions were unheard of and unseen. Except for those who know the words, how to answer them is really helpless.

There are not many questions in the test, with a total of ten questions, which are limited to one hour and are required to answer one by one. If you answer correctly, you will pass the qualification test. Moreover, taking the qualification test as a study abroad is exactly the same as the questions obtained by those who take the qualification test as a study abroad, reflecting a high degree of fairness. The difference is that the test papers seen by those who take the examination as a study abroad are written in the Chinese language, while the others are copied in Chinese.
Chapter completed!