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Shogunate Documents
During the reign of Emperor Guangxu, Shen Mosheng failed the examination five times and became disheartened and entered the government office of Jiangning. Relying on his exquisite writing skills and insight into the rules of officialdom, he rose to prominence in the practical work of criminal names, money valleys, and river engineering. He used his pen as a sword to mediate among various forces, stirring up troubles in silent places. As a commoner, he profoundly affected the political pattern o
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A Blood-Stained Injustice
"Blood Seal and Strange Injustice" tells the story of a shady imperial examination spanning thirty years. Chen Wenrui, a young student, died suddenly in the examination room. The papers in his arms revealed that Zhou Wenyuan, the chief examiner of the provincial examination, had taken bribes and cheated. His son Chen Qingshu carried the coffin to Beijing, only to find that the Zhou family had been destroyed. The only clue - the strange handprint on the paper exactly matched the private seal of a
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Han Leng Lu
"Han Deng Lu" tells the tragic life of Su Yan, a scholar from Jiangnan who failed in twenty scientific examinations. He was impoverished during his lifetime, but the diary he left behind after his death was discovered and published by a bookseller, causing a sensation in both the government and the public - because the diary detailedly recorded the shady affairs of the imperial examinations and official corruption over the past forty years. The emperor was furious and investigated thoroughly, an
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End of the Road
In the last years of Chongzhen, four scholars took the imperial examination together. Chen Zhenhui advocated self-cultivation, Hou Fangyu denounced power and traitors, Gu Yanwu advocated practical learning, and Wu Weiye defended himself wisely. Doomsday policy questions reflect four completely different choices for family and country. The building will collapse, and their fate will come to an end together with the dynasty.
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Peep Tianqi City
Cheng Yanqing, a student from a poor family, took the exam with an ancient inkstone passed down from his ancestors, and the answer revealed in the inkstone was revealed. After high school, Gu Yan was mysteriously stolen, and he was forced to enter the mysterious "Foreign Object Market" underground in the capital - where rare objects from the imperial examinations were sold, which could reveal secrets of heaven and change destiny. The real controller of the market is actually Si Tianjian, who obs
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Spring and Autumn Ink Scroll
In the autumn of the thirty-seventh year of Jiajing, the "Spring and Autumn" examination papers were "accidentally" destroyed one after another, leaving only forty-three volumes, and the "regicide" paradox was hidden in each volume. The examiner Xu Jie is in a deadlock: if he is selected, he will be in trouble, but if he is removed, the examination hall will be shaken. A water-stained page and a few lines of iron paintings and silver hooks pulled out three hundred erased authentic scrolls. The i
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Jingyi Guchen
In the spring of the ninth year of Zhengde's reign, there was a discussion on "Shang Shu" policy, and everyone in the audience sang his praises. Shen Yan, a scholar from a poor family, directly interpreted the original meaning of the scriptures and vigorously demonstrated the true meaning of "people-oriented". The fellow examiner angrily dismissed him and scolded him for his wild behavior. Xu Yuanjian, the minister of the Ministry of Rites, said against everyone's opinions: "This is a true schol
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Tears Falling into the Grave
"Tears at the Tomb" tells the story of a dusty imperial examination injustice case in Qinghe County during the Ming Dynasty. Woodcutter Li Si accidentally unearthed dozens of failed examination papers buried in Xishan. Each paper had "It's a pity" and "It's so painful" annotated by academic Zhou Wenyuan. When the criticisms are circulated in the market and copied into books, the shady story of twenty years ago is gradually torn apart - the corruption of the powerful, the martyrdom of the scholar
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Longmenxuanzi
The "Longmen Stone" of Gongyuan has appeared over the past century, and now the eight-character prophecy has actually appeared: "It's not in the examination, it's in the examiner." On the eve of the release of the results, the imperial edict suddenly issued, and the examination was reviewed, and the undercurrent was turbulent. When a name appeared on a wordless scroll in the light, editor Shen Moxuan was forced to be involved in the whirlpool - God's will never meant the written article, but the
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Mohenjingtao
Ten years ago, transcription student Lin Yan witnessed the examiner tampering with the examination paper of Xu Ziling, a scholar from a poor family, and secretly memorized the full text. Xu Sheng died of illness soon, so Lin Yan hid the evidence and went north to take the exam. Ten years later, when he was promoted to censor, he impeached Liu Kun, the mastermind who had become a highly respected official, in the court hall. Faced with the accusations of tampering with test papers, embezzling pro
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Nightmare Inn
"Nightmare Inn" tells the story of the night before the imperial examination results were released. More than thirty candidates stayed at the inn. They all dreamed that they were famous in the strange fragrance. Only Shen Qingyuan, a talented man from the south of the Yangtze River, dreamed of high school alone. The results were released the next day, and it was like a dream - he was the only one out of all the candidates to win the exam, and he was a high school student. The mysterious shopkeep
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Tongguang Yingxiang
In the late Guangxu period of the Qing Dynasty, Shen Wenlan, a young man in western Hunan, discovered wild tung oil trees in the mountains. He relied on what he learned from "Tiangong Kaiwu" and combined with carpentry skills to successfully squeeze out the first barrel of gold oil. Faced with extortion by bandits and oppression from his tribe, he determined to turn this "wild oil" into "gold liquid", open up the Youshui trade route, and sell it as far away as Hankou. He vowed to lead the people
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Brick Gap Blood Book
During the Guangxu period, blood letters were discovered during the renovation of the Gongyuan, revealing the fraud in the imperial examination forty years ago. Lin Wenqian, a student of the Imperial College, was involved and found that the person who took the exam had become a second-rank official in the dynasty. The hunt ensues, and the secret list implicates all parties in the court. When he holds evidence that can overturn half of the officialdom, he faces not only a crisis of silence, but a
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