What strange things happened in ancient China?

Anecdotes in Ancient Examinations In 746 AD, Du Fu, a great realistic poet, first sought an official position in Chang 'an. At that time, Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty was obsessed with a rich and gentle dream and was too lazy to handle political affairs himself. He gave Li the "outer court" and Gao Lishi the "inner court". The next year, in 747 AD, Du Fu and a large number of outstanding talents took part in the "examination" set by Xuanzong for selecting talents. At that time, Li was the examiner. He is the prime minister of the dynasty, but he is a jealous villain. We must try our best to get rid of those who are favored by Xuanzong because of their talents and achievements, or those whose positions exceed their own. Zhang Jiuling, Yan Tingzhi, He, Li Yong, Li and many other outstanding figures were persecuted and even assassinated by Li. He was particularly jealous of those literati who were rewarded for their literary talent, and he was afraid that those extroverted sages would get a chance to contact the emperor. So he wrote a letter to expose his true colors and earnestly accused him of his evil deeds. Therefore, this prime minister with honey in his mouth and a sword in his stomach tried his best to block the way of speaking. As a result, no one who took the "make-up exam" was admitted, which means that the admission rate of the exam results is zero. In order to cover up his plot, he also congratulated Xuanzong on his exam results: all the wise men in the world are serving the country, and there is no omission. How many people make the best use of everything! Even Yao, Shun and Mingjun can't be so observant! More sadly, Li Longji, the founder of Kaiyuan Shi Sheng, acquiesced in such an examination result. Other famous poets Gao Shi and Yuan Jie were fooled in that exam. Qin Gui, a traitor, was in power for 19 years. He set up his own business, collected traitors, excluded dissidents, framed Zhongliang, established Song Gaozong Zhao Gou, and took charge of Chaogang. "Therefore, all power at home and abroad belongs to Zhai, and those who are not pro-party and ignorant are not allowed to be loyal to the official. Moreover, in the twenty-four years of Shaoxing (1 154), he won the first place for his grandson Qin Zhong, who was still under 1 year old (only 9 months old). He used his power to appoint Wei Shixun, a trusted counselor, Tang Situi, an assistant minister of the Ministry, Zheng Zhongxiong, an official in charge of Langzhongquan, Tai Chang, Shen, Dong and Zhang Wei, the supervisors, as invigilators. These examiners got the news of Qin Gui's intention, and they wanted to take this opportunity to please Qin Gui, so as to gain a high position. So, they colluded to cheat and prepared to admit Qin Yu as the top scholar. Later, it was revealed that he didn't win the top prize and got the second place in high school, which is undoubtedly a great irony for people who have been poor for decades. What's more, in this imperial examination, due to Qin Gui's graft, his nephew Qin Yang, in-laws Shen Xingjie, cronies Zhou Huan and others all got the title of Jinshi. Zhang was a famous peasant uprising leader in the late Ming Dynasty. In the seventeenth year of Chongzhen (1644), Chengdu was invaded, and the insurgents claimed that 600,000 troops entered Chengdu, and soon took control of most counties in Sichuan. In Chengdu, Zhang Xian was known as the King of Qin, and later announced the establishment of the Great Western Country, and later became the emperor. Chengdu was the Xijing, and he became the emperor of Dashun in August of 16. This autumn, the Qing army won a great victory, and its Dashun regime was crumbling. In order not to leave talents for the new regime, Zhang Xiazhao held a "special course" to recruit juren, Gong Shi, Jian Zi, folk talents, doctors, monks and hermits from all over Sichuan to take the exam. People who don't want to take the exam "are urged to go on the road by military law, and those who don't take the exam are killed, which is better than sitting as neighborhood instructors." After arriving in Chengdu, in the name of convenient management, he concentrated all the candidates in Qingyang Palace, Chengdu, and raped and killed them all, claiming that "there are descendants who are doing nothing" and created a terrible massacre in the history of human civilization. Source: Bookstore