Before talking about the story, the author will first talk to you about the history of the imperial examination, which originated in the middle of the Sui Dynasty, until the imperial system was abolished at the end of the Qing Dynasty, a total of 1300 years of history, and in such a long period of time, the examination system of this imperial examination system only more than 700 people, and these people took the exam when they took the title of the examination, and only one copy of the ink scrolls that these people took the exam at the time of the examination are now preserved in the country.
The precious examination paper that has been preserved today has become the treasure of the Qingzhou City Museum, and the owner of the test paper is Zhao Bingzhong of the Ming Dynasty, do you want to know how much suffering the experts have experienced for this test paper? After 24 visits, the expert finally got this precious treasure from Zhao Bingzhong's descendant Zhao Huanbin, and the author will explain the causes and consequences of the matter to everyone.
Located in Shandong Province, Weifang City has always had the reputation of the world's kite capital, this city has appeared in history two celebrities, one is Wang Zeng, one is Zhao Bingzhong, Wang Zeng is very famous, he has successively taken the township examination, the hui examination and the temple examination, and all three examinations are the first, he is also known as the three yuan, and in addition to this talent, Zhao Bingzhong's resume is not simple.
Zhao Bingzhong, the character Jiqing, he was born in Zhengmu Village, Qingzhou, Weifang City, Shandong, Zhao Bingzhong's father Zhao Bingzhong was once the right attendant of the Ministry of Rites, and because he was born into a family of officials and eunuchs, Zhao Bingzhong was also diligent and studious from childhood, he was a high school champion at the age of 25, and was later awarded the title of Hanlin Academy Bachelor by the Imperial Court, after which he successively served as a bachelor of attendants, a waiter of the Ministry of Rites and other official positions, and finally achieved the position of the official Shangshu, because of Zhao Bingzhong's integrity, he has selected many outstanding talents for the country.
So how was the number one exam paper that stood out from the crowd be discovered? At that time, cultural relics expert Wei Zhensheng had long heard that Zhengmu Village in Qingzhou was a personal masterpiece, or a place with extremely rich cultural relics treasures, so he would come here to walk around when he had nothing to do, and one day, he suddenly heard an explosive news, and the inkblot test paper of Zhao Bingzhong' high school title, which was known as a volume of Zhao Bingzhong's high school in the world, was in this village.
Hearing this news, Wei Zhensheng was excited, so he immediately conducted an investigation, and soon he learned that Zhao Bingzhong's descendant Zhao Huanbin was in possession of this examination paper, and this heirloom was only one in the country, and the cultural relics expert Wei Zhensheng went to visit Zhao Huanbin and persuaded him to turn it over to the state, but Zhao Huanbin said that there was no such thing, and also said that although Zu Shang had produced a title, he did not have the test paper they wanted, Wei Zhensheng was very depressed after listening to it, and he soon visited Zhao Huanbin.
As a result, Zhao Huanbin's answer this time was very different from before, he said that this test paper did exist, but later lost it, which made Wei Zhensheng very disappointed, so he visited the village and wanted to inquire about some news, but during this visit, he heard the villagers say that they had seen this test paper, which made Wei Zhensheng excited again.
So he went to Zhao Huanbin's home to visit again, but this time the answer was that the test paper was burned in the broken four old, Wei Zhensheng did not give up, he sincerely hoped that the Zhao family could donate this precious cultural relics to the state for safekeeping, so he visited the door 24 times before and after, just to see this treasure.
Finally, under the persuasion of Wei Zhensheng, Zhao Huanbin got up and went back to the house and took out a fold from a rice bag, opened it to see that it was the ancient volume, and finally Zhao Huanbin also agreed to hand over this scroll, after careful study by the experts of the Palace Museum, it was proved that this volume was the Volume of Zhao Bingzhong written during the Ming Dynasty, the paper, Ayako and the pattern of the test paper were all originals of the Ming Dynasty, and this test paper is now the treasure of the Qingzhou City Museum.