If you want to say who is the worst literati in ancient times, it must be the literati of the Ming Dynasty. Only after less than 20 days, Zhu Yuanzhang tore up Chen An and killed him!
It is a glorious thing to be admitted as the top scholar, but unfortunately Anchen is unlucky. Ten years of hard work turned out to be such a tragic ending. It really belongs to the kind of blood mold that has fallen for eight generations.
Zhu Yuanzhang was a famous peasant emperor in the ancient history of China. After he won the world, he founded the Ming Dynasty, with the title Hongwu. In the early Ming Dynasty, the state system was not perfect, and even if there were elections, they were mostly recommended. The imperial examination was not on the right track until the seventeenth year of Hongwu.
In February of the thirtieth year of Hongwu, the imperial court held an examination. Zhu Yuanzhang sent Liu Sanwu, a bachelor of Hanlin, to study bachelor's degree. After many examinations, 52 Jinshi, including Song Cong, were finally admitted.
There will be a palace exam after the exam. These 52 Jinshi took part in the court examination in March. In the end, Li was the top scholar, and Song Cong was a friend and a flower explorer.
Why did Zhu Yuanzhang crack the new champion Chen An? Facts have proved that the imperial examinations have achieved good results with the efforts of Chen An and others. However, after the results came out, many candidates made trouble. They even jointly signed Peng Daxiang's calligraphy and painting works, accusing the examiner of unfair marking and thinking that the imperial examination was suspected of favoritism.
All these troublemakers are northerners. The reason why I am so angry is that the 52 Jinshi admitted this time are all southerners, and the examiners Liu Sanwu and Bai are also southerners. In Juzi in the north, no one reached the summit. Many Juzi people come from Zhu Yuanzhang's hometown, and they are confident that the examiner is deliberately partial to southerners!
This is Zhu Yuanzhang's temper and there is no room for any sand in his eyes. When he heard this, he was very angry. He immediately ordered twelve people, including Zhang Xin, Dai Yi and top scholar Chen An, to reread the examination paper with the invigilator and join the ranks of outstanding scholars in the north.
After re-reading, Chen An and others sorted out excellent papers for children in the north, but compared with those in the south, their literary talent was really poor, and some people even wrote taboos in their papers!
At this time, others sued Chen An and others. They said that An Chen and the invigilator deliberately showed Zhu Yuanzhang the papers of the North Examination.
Zhu Yuanzhang was even more furious and executed Bai, Zhang Xin and others with a wave of his hand. Eighty-four-year-old Liu Sanwu was exempted from the death penalty because of his age, but the death penalty can be exempted. Liu Sanwu was finally sent to defend the border. In addition, members of the imperial examination, Song Cong, Liu Wei, and others, were also sent to guard the border!
The above is the first major imperial examination case since the opening of the port in the Ming Dynasty, and it is also an unjust case. In fact, the entrance examination in the early Ming Dynasty will not be accepted by region at all, and the examination papers are all fair. The reason why the 52 candidates admitted are all southerners is that the economic and cultural level in the south is higher than that in the north.
Unfortunately, Fu lost his life because of the civil war, or died in a car accident. He has been the number one scholar for less than 20 days, and he has already made a name for himself before he gets ahead!
After this incident, in order to calm the storm, Zhu Yuanzhang personally accepted Ren Boan as a scholar. Finally, Han Kezhong is the top scholar, Wang Shu is Hui Yuan, and Jiao Sheng is exploring flowers.