I want to be emperor

Chapter 231 An official is a mother

After returning from the yamen of the Ministry of Ethics and Education to the newly rented house, Zhang Zijin still had what Li Huan said in his mind.

"I heard from the adults above that this year's encore encore time is too tight, so there are no examinations at all levels below the rural examination. There is only a preliminary examination in Hanyang City. After the preliminary examination, you can take the general examination. Jinshi fame."

"However, this is just a special case. By next year, formal imperial examinations at all levels will still be organized."

"This time we are sent to inspect schools in various prefectures and counties to prepare for next year's imperial examinations. In the spring and summer of next year, we will hold imperial examinations at all levels according to the tradition. There will be county examinations, prefectural examinations, and hospital examinations. You can become a student of our Great Chu."

"It is expected that the township examination will be held in the autumn of next year. If you pass the examination, you will be awarded the Juren, and you can then take the general examination. If you pass the examination, you will be awarded a Jinshi."

"And when the time comes, I will wait for a few to go to various prefectures to preside over the examination."

It was not beyond Zhang Zijin's expectation to go to the local area to preside over the college examination. After all, they were awarded the official position of inspector, and they would have been sent to the local area to supervise academic affairs.

Although Zhang Zijin was not very familiar with the official system of the Great Chu Empire at the beginning, after a few days of understanding, he basically understood some basic information.

These are the inspectors who belong to the Inspector Office of the Imperial Examination Department of the Ministry of Rites and Education, and their essential job is to supervise the learning of Taoism in various places.

Although the organization is different, the things they do are actually similar to those of the provincial admirals in the Ming court, and even their grades are similar.

The provinces of the Ming court often served as the deputy envoy of the fourth rank or the deputy inspector of the fifth rank. These two official positions are of different ranks, but in fact they all do the same thing.

As for Zhang Zijin and the others, the inspectors who belonged to the inspector's department are also fifth grade, which can be roughly matched.

Of course, the Rural Protectorate Army has no provincial institutions at all because of its small territory and only half of the land on the left and right. However, the official system of the Rural Protectorate Army is actually set up to rule the entire Huaxia region, and various provincial institutions are also scheduled. .

This has also led to a lack of layers in the official system in the current Great Chu Empire. The highest level on the ground is no more than the fourth rank, but there are a lot of second and third ranks in the central ministries...

But, the rules are the rules, that’s how Da Chu’s official system works, you can’t mess around just because the territory is temporarily too small, such as raising the rank of the magistrate to the second rank, or lowering the rating of various ministers to the third rank, etc... …

In this way, after the Great Chu Empire has laid down more territories, the official system will have to be revised again, which will be too troublesome and will affect the internal administrative system of the Great Chu Empire.

Therefore, the Great Chu Empire would rather have many embarrassing situations temporarily than change the current official system indiscriminately.

In this way, Zhang Zijin, a school inspector who was supposed to be in charge of the school administration affairs of a province, could only take charge of the school administration affairs of a prefecture.

But even so, Zhang Zijin will not feel depressed, anyway, his grade is here, and he will not be in charge of the academic affairs of a prefecture or a province, which will not affect his future too much.

Although it was still some time before he went to the local area to support the academic administration, Zhang Zijin was already thinking about what problems he should ask at that time.

At that time, he must come up with a special answer question, hum, let those scholars know that the imperial examination is not so easy.

Just when Zhang Zijin began to think about what questions he should ask when he went to the local government as a student and presided over the exam, Song Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Education, just came out of the other palace.

Just now, he had entered the palace to meet the saint and reported on the matter of ascending to the Enke Enke this time, and the emperor Luo Zhixue had personally finalized the time for holding the ascending to the Enke Enke.

September 27, which is four days later.

On the whole, the time is still relatively tight, but it doesn’t matter if it is not urgent. Now the Township Protection Army will launch a cross-river offensive soon, and once the cross-river offensive is launched, the civil and military administrative agencies of the entire Great Chu Empire will surround the cross-river offensive in an all-round way Turn around, even the emperor Luo Zhixue will not have much other time to deal with ordinary government affairs.

Therefore, this time, Enke ascended to the pole before the army launched an offensive across the river.

As for continuing to move forward and hold Dengji Enke after the cross-river offensive is completed, then the time may be extended to November or even December.

At that time, on the one hand, the weather will be too cold, and the exam venues in the Great Chu Empire are still relatively small, and open-air arrangements will have to be made at that time. If the weather is too cold, it is not suitable for large-scale exams.

After all, it is very troublesome for students to go to the exam. If the exam is held in the cold weather, people might freeze to death.

Another more important reason is that the most important purpose of becoming Enke this time is not to recruit many talents.

The Ministry of Rites and Education and the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not expect to be able to recruit many talents through the hasty Enke Enke.

The political significance of holding this Dengji Enke is greater than the practical significance.

The Great Chu Empire wants to further confirm the authority and legitimacy of the regime through a Dengji Enke.

Through this event, Enke announced to the world that their Great Chu Empire was not a bandit-style regime, but that the Great Chu Empire was an orthodox, complete, and traditional Chinese-style dynastic regime.

At the same time, it also sends a signal to scholars all over the world, that is, our Great Chu Empire still accepts and reuses scholars.

You and other scholars can also consider defecting to our Great Chu Empire.

Any water that is too cold can cause itchy scalp and the like.

Even if the emperor is changed in this world, you can still continue to be officials.

For Luo Zhixue, conveying such a signal is not to say that he really values ​​these scholars, but to further disintegrate the unity of the core ruling power of the Ming Dynasty, that is, to divide the gentry class.

The real masters of the Ming Dynasty were not the Zhu family's royal family, nor were they vassal kings, nor even those generals, but the gentry class based on scholars.

By suppressing some and wooing some to disintegrate this class, it finally created favorable conditions for the Great Chu Empire to replace the Ming Dynasty.

This is why the Dengji Enke of the Great Chu Empire was held before the launch of the Battle of Crossing the River. The Dengji Enke was held first and the signal was sent out first, so that the resistance encountered by the army after crossing the river would be less.

After Song Zhang, Minister of the Ministry of Rites and Education left the palace, he returned to the yamen of the Ministry of Rites and Education to hold a meeting and make the final preparations for envoy Enke.

The next day, in a small teahouse in the city of Hanyang, several plainly dressed scholars who all wore robes sat together.

One of the middle-aged people in gray clothes said: "Now the announcement has come out, and the first preliminary test will be held the day after tomorrow. Just like what I said before, this time Enke will only take two tests, one is the rural test, as long as you pass If you pass the provincial examination, you will be awarded the title of Juren.”

"After passing the preliminary examination, you will be able to participate in the next general examination, and you will be awarded the title of Jinshi if you pass the examination."

"Besides, as long as you pass the provincial examination, if you fail the general examination later on, you can still become an official with the fame of raising people."

"It is stated in the announcement that a person who is promoted to the seventh rank will be promoted to the seventh rank, and our town magistrate in Dachuli is only the seventh rank. The town is from Qipin."

"The directors of Fu in various places in the county are also from Qipin."

"If you can pass the Jinshi examination, then it will be even more difficult. The first grade will be awarded the sixth grade, the second grade will be awarded the sixth grade, and the third grade will be awarded the seventh grade."

"This is much better than applying directly and only awarding the ninth rank, and the best ones are only awarded the eighth rank."

At this time, another person who was slightly younger, in his thirties, said excitedly: "And I also heard that the Ministry of Civil Affairs has conducted a large-scale selection of officials before, and other places don't know about it, but we All the students in Chengtian Mansion who want to become officials have already been granted official positions."

"As for the remaining students, they are all unwilling to become officials."

"That is to say, our competitors this time are all child students from various counties below the student staff, and many of them are not even child students."
"Although I'm not a student student, I'm still a child student who has studied hard for more than 20 or [-] years. Brother Wang, you were only one step away from passing the college examination last time."

"This time as Enke, I'm waiting for a great chance!"

The others said again: "That's right, even if you fail the general exam, there is definitely no problem with the rural exam. I still don't believe it, we can't even pass the rural exam."

"As long as we can pass the provincial examination, we will be able to become officials with the honor of juren, and we can also take another general examination next year."

"The worst thing you can do to become an official is to be a member of the eighth rank."

"Take a step back and say that even if you fail the ranking, you can still apply for an official position. If you apply for an official position in Hanyang City, there is a high possibility that you will be directly assigned to various ministries in Gyeonggi Province. This way you will have more opportunities. If you want to go outside in the future, you will start. It can be higher."

Similar discussions are going on in many places in the city. This time, Dengji Enke has actually released the wind in mid-September, and sent orders to all prefectures and counties to notify them, so that scholars who are interested in participating in Dengji Enke can hurry up. Go to Hanyang City to participate.

Although the time was short, there were still many scholars who rushed over from nearby prefectures and counties. This group of people were all students from Chengtian Mansion, that is, Anlu Mansion.

They are all a group of children who have failed for a long time...

The youngest are in their twenties, and the oldest are even in their 40s.

These people failed the imperial examinations because they had participated in the imperial examination for a long time, and these people were basically from families, even poor children.

They all dreamed of passing the imperial examination and becoming an official, and gaining glory and wealth.

It is said that there is a golden house in the book, and there is Yan Ruyu in the book. Since the imperial examination of the Zhu Ming Dynasty did not give them a chance, or they should not be blamed for going to Hanyang to participate in the imperial examination of the Luochu Dynasty.

They just want to be officials, no matter who they are for!

Whether it is the Zhu Ming Dynasty or the Luo Chu Dynasty, there is no problem.

Even if Dongyao enters the customs and steals Kyushu that day, they don't mind leaving a rattail for Dongyao to be an official!
(End of this chapter)