The days when I fished in Daming

Chapter 29
After accepting the imperial edict in a daze, Zheng Xiong couldn't figure out what Lao Zhu meant.

Besides, the attendant is not a big deal, and it's not killing people. No matter how cruel Lao Zhu is, he won't kill you for no reason.

He secretly warned himself that when the time comes, he must be absolutely cautious in his words and deeds, and bury his head like an ostrich, so that he will not notice himself.

Time flies, and in the early morning of the first day of March, I opened my heavy eyes, washed up, took my ID card and walked to the palace, once familiar with the second.

I paid New Year’s greetings to Lao Zhu during the Chinese New Year, and I did not forget this path no matter how I walked. When I came to check in outside the Meridian Gate, it was not a grand court meeting, so not many people came, and the quality could not be maintained.

[-]. General call

The Chief Dispatcher is the official responsible for the overall command and dispatch of the palace examination.

The post of the chief transfer officer is set to two by the imperial court.

The two chief transfer officers are served by two officials from the Ministry of Education.

[-]. Reader
Reader, known as the official who reads the imperial examination papers in the imperial examination, is appointed by the minister handpicked by the emperor. This position began in the Song Dynasty and continued in the Ming and Qing dynasties.

The number of scroll-reading officers was set at four by the imperial court.

The four readers are respectively held by the following four officials.

One person

Sacrifice wine, this should be Guozi Jijiu, the chief education officer in charge of Guozijian or Taixue, is the fourth grade.

Ph.D. alone

Doctor, this should be a doctor of Guozi, who is academically proficient in one classic or one art, and is engaged in the official position of teaching students.

to one of the things

The Ming Dynasty set up Shizhong to be in charge of attendants, admonitions, repairs, pick-ups, review, sealing and refuting edicts, refuting the memorials issued by Baisi, supervising the six departments, impeaching Baiguan, and complementing Yushi.Furthermore, he is responsible for recording and compiling imperial edicts, and supervising the implementation of various divisions; serving as the examiner during the provincial examination, as the co-examiner during the general examination, and as the examiner during the imperial examination (there may be differences before and after);Although humble but powerful.It was initially designated as the fifth rank, and the rank was changed several times later, the lowest being the ninth rank.

Compiled by one person

There are officials and ministers in charge of compiling and compiling the history of the country in the History Museum of the Tang Dynasty.In the Song Dynasty, there were editors and editors in the Shilu Academy, who were in charge of editing Shilu.The National History Academy of the Liao Dynasty and the Hanlin Academy of the Yuan, Ming, and Qing dynasties all had editors and writers, from the sixth grade.

[-]. Proctor
Supervisors are officials responsible for supervising the imperial examinations.

The post of inspectors, the imperial court set up two members.

These two supervisors are served by two censors.

In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the Inspectorate was established, which was in fact the Metropolitan Inspectorate.The Metropolitan Procuratorate, signed by the official, was the highest supervisory, impeachment and remonstrance organ in the Ming and Qing dynasties.During the Hongwu period of Emperor Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, the Yushitai was changed to the Metropolitan Procuratorate.According to the Thirteen Ways, a supervisory censor was set up to patrol the prefectures and counties, specializing in the investigation and impeachment of officials.

[-]. Handling scrolls, accepting scrolls, and sealing officials
Examination Officer: The official responsible for the administration of examination papers.

Examination Officer: The official responsible for collecting examination papers from candidates.

Sealing official: The official responsible for sealing the test papers.

The imperial court set up one officer for each of the officers in charge of the scroll, the officer for accepting the scroll, and the officer for sealing the seal.

These three officials are each served by a principal.

In the Ming Dynasty, the chief officer was set up among the officials of each ministry, and the official rank was raised from the seventh rank to the sixth rank, which was the lowest level among the ministers of the various ministries.

Five, the reader
For the reader, the official who is responsible for proofreading the transcribed Zhu Juan and the original Mo Juan during the imperial examination.

For the posts of reading officials, the imperial court set up two members.

These two read officials each act as a secretary and an editor.

Si Cheng, in the Ming Dynasty, was the sixth rank or the sixth rank, with different positions.

Compilation, in the Ming and Qing dynasties belonged to the Hanlin Academy, with the seventh grade of compilation and revision, the position was second to Xiuzhuan, and they were called historians together with Xiuzhuan and Review.During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the editors and editors of the Hanlin Academy were held by one, two, and three Jinshi and Shujishi who stayed in the library, without real positions.

[-]. Inspections and inspections of prison gates

Search and coercion, responsible for body searches when entering and exiting the imperial examination room, and coercion during the examination.

Prison gate patrol, responsible for guarding the gate of the examination room during the imperial examination, patrolling the examination room, etc.

[-]. The Ministry of Rites promoted officials
The Ministry of Rites appoints officials, and the Ministry of Rites is the sponsoring department of the palace examination, so there are specially appointed officials to command and dispatch the Ministry of Rites.

The Ministry of Rites promoted and transferred the posts of officials, and the imperial court set them as two members.

The officials appointed by the Ministry of Rites were appointed by the two ministers.

Just like the last time I came here, I hid in a corner and shivered.In the big room, there are two members of Zhongshu Province, Li Shanchang and Hu Weiyong.Yushi Zhongcheng Liu Bowen was demoted to Song Lian, who was the editor of Hanlin.

It is worth mentioning here that Liu Ji, Song Lian, Zhang Yi, and Ye Chen are collectively known as the "Four Gentlemen of East Zhejiang".

At this stage, the Zhe faction headed by Yushi Zhongcheng Liu Ji is Zhu Yuanzhang's main force in attacking Huaixi nobles.

Divided into two circles, they are clearly separated, and some are incompatible.

Immortals fight, mortals suffer, and none of the big bosses is below the seventh rank, so they dare not say anything or ask anything.

Fortunately, this process did not last long, and Lao Zhu was still very diligent. After being notified, the group rushed to the Hall of Preserving Harmony.

The palace examination only examines policy questions. Candidates enter at dawn, go through the etiquettes of roll call, unraveling papers, praise, salute, etc., and then issue policy questions.

When a group of officials arrived at the Hall of Preservation and Harmony first, Lao Zhu held a temporary meeting to confirm everyone's responsibilities.

At this time, those who took the exam have already registered their names and arranged their seats, and then the papers are released, praises, salutes, and the formal exam begins.

It only takes the strategy test, and it depends entirely on the performance on the spot. It takes one hour, two hours, not only to do the answers well, but also to copy them all over again. The time is still very tight.

Zheng Xiong was very bored sitting in front of the hall, there was no shortage of tea and snacks, he didn't dare to drink, urgency was not easy to solve, but he ate a few pieces of snacks to fill his stomach.

The others whispered in twos and threes, and naturally they wouldn't take him to play if they didn't know Zheng Xiong.

On the contrary, there were two enthusiastic chatterers with Zheng Xiong, some of them were chatting, and they also dealt with a few casually, they didn't want to make friends, most of them were officials from Huaixi nationality, but they were all the targets of Lao Zhu's attack, it would be no good to get involved by themselves.

It was hard for the examinees to finish their exams, and they were nervous about grading papers. There was no work for Zheng Xiong, and it was very uncomfortable to just do it. From noon to afternoon, I only moved around while eating.

On the second day, after resting, Zheng Xiong was full of energy.

The rankings are also arranged. No.1 is naturally Guo Chong from Shanxi. Just like history, he looks a little ugly. Lao Zhu considers that the No.1 champion has a high exposure rate, so he only ranks second.

Although Wu Bozong, a handsome guy from Jiangxi, only ranked 24th, he was immediately spotted by Lao Zhu at a glance, and he was appointed first.

This exam was also for the selection of officials, Lao Zhu didn't procrastinate, he directly canonized, Wu Bozong directly canonized the member of the Ministry of Rites, Wailang, from the fifth rank, it can be said to reach the sky in one step, and the start is much higher than ordinary people.

Zheng Xiongju was born as a ninth-rank sesame official at the beginning, but he was promoted to eighth rank because of his meritorious service.

Guo Chong is not bad either. The head of the Ministry of Officials' Examination of Merit, a sixth-rank official, is better than Wu Bozong in terms of power, and it can be regarded as Lao Zhu's compensation.

The Jinshi present all started at the eighth rank, and the youngest outsiders were all county magistrates.

Seeing that it was almost the end, Zheng Xiong was still confused, what did he ask him to do, soy sauce.

(End of this chapter)