On March 29, Lu Xiangsheng left the capital in a swaying carriage. Sitting in the carriage, he was still thinking about what had happened in the past few months.

The farce that occurred on the second day of the first lunar month meeting certainly made Zhang Pu a laughing stock and earned him the nickname Zhang Pu, but it also allowed Lu Xiangsheng to see the astonishing power of His Majesty's policies.

In the days that followed, the Empire Daily introduced overseas customs and customs, while also mixing in the changes in government affairs. Lu Xiangsheng himself loved reading various schools of thought, and he himself practiced martial arts all year round. It was precisely because of this that he

I haven’t learned enough about Confucianism.

Fortunately, this year, the emperor suddenly had a whim and changed the subjects of the imperial examination. Although the effort he spent was wasted, it allowed him to get the first place in the comprehensive subject. The result of the general examination is a fixed score.

, there will be no palace examination in the imperial examination this year.

But also, how could five thousand Jinshi have such a large venue to conduct the palace examination? Even if the Huangji Palace could accommodate it, His Majesty the Emperor would not be able to read so many papers.

Thinking of the number five thousand, Lu Xiangsheng was in a trance again. He never expected that the empire would recruit so many candidates this year, with an admission rate of almost one-tenth. It was really terrible. However, this year's imperial examination

He is already well-behaved, so if there is one more abnormality, it doesn't matter.

After obtaining the status of Jinshi, Lu Xiangsheng thought that it was over. He should also be granted the status of Shujishi like his predecessors, and enter the Hanlin Academy as an editor and the center of political observation. He did not think that the huge number of five thousand Jinshi would be

It is not his business to block the way of future scholars.

Then, the emperor's approach once again exceeded his expectations, and four thousand Jinshi were rushed to the Imperial College for classes. Yes, it was a class, and the lecturers were the cabinet elders, the ministers of various ministries, and some senior

Accountants, clerks and the like.

As for the other thousand Jinshi, I heard that they were all assigned to the Governor's Palace. They also had to take classes, but the location was not in the Imperial College, but in the newly established Ming Dynasty Royal Military Academy. In official terms, they were participating in the crash training for officers.

class.

Originally, Lu Xiangsheng was going to be assigned there because of his physique, but it seemed that someone from above had spoken, so he went to the Imperial College. Of course, Lu Xiangsheng didn't know this himself. They all came from his fellow countryman Chen Zhenhui from his father.

Get it, and then tell him.

Lu Xiangsheng was also a little confused about his magical experience. The only thing he could be sure of was that he had no relatives who were officials in the capital, let alone senior officials who could influence the selection of personnel.

However, you'll be at ease once you're here, and study hard when you get to the Imperial College. However, the things taught here are also amazing. Arithmetic, government affairs, economics, construction, military, everything is taught, and everything is based on objective reality as the starting point.

question.

Objective reality is a new word that Lu Xiangsheng learned in the Imperial College. From reading between the lines of teaching things here, he vaguely felt that this theory is somewhat similar to the Guanxue of Zhang Zai in the Northern Song Dynasty, but it is more down-to-earth. Objective reality is what we are exposed to

matter, rather than ethereal air.

In addition to the various big bosses coming to class, the most frequently discussed thing here is the reform of the official system. The entire new official system has been instilled in their minds in detail through the nine cabinet elders and ministers of various ministries, and has been firmly remembered.

Come down.

As new scholars, some of them will be sent out to govern a county, and some will go down to the provincial government to serve as middle-level officials, assisting the local prefect in carrying out administrative reforms. Therefore, the establishment of a complete official system and division of labor and cooperation are what they learn.

The core, everything else is just icing on the cake.

At the end of the teaching, the Imperial College also distributed many strange books, such as "On the Rest and Recuperation of a County Magistrate", "Three Tips for New Officials to Take Office - How to Be a County Magistrate in the New Era", and other "

"How I Became a Prefectural Prefect", these books have strange titles, but the content is not simple. They are all about the assessment of superiors and what they should do after they get to the prefecture.

Everything is written down on it, no matter how big or small. Of course, on the last page, the punishment for dereliction of duty is also written. There is only one, to teach, but what is really scary is the time and place of teaching.

For example, the lighter task is to teach the chieftains of Yunnan and Guizhou for three years, the more serious task is to be sent to Liaodong to brainwash the Jurchen Tatars for five to ten years, and the more serious task is to go to the Western Regions and grasslands to promote Confucianism and educate those who are full of

The smelly Mongols, as for time, it is a lifetime.

Thinking about how he would spend his future in that kind of situation, Lu Xiangsheng couldn't help but shudder. In order not to be judged as dereliction of duty in the next year's official assessment, he opened a booklet. The name of this booklet is

It's much more normal. It's called the "One County Work Plan". It's an official document from the cabinet and is distributed to everyone in charge of a county.

Only then did Lu Xiangsheng know that only those who took the comprehensive examination could be sent to a county. Others either entered various ministries or went to the provincial government to serve as the head of a department. The chief is responsible for the various departments under the provincial capital and county.

The title of the head of the department.

Although the integration of officials and officials is now in place, after all, it is only the policy that has been implemented and has not yet begun. They act as the heads of officials, so they naturally feel uncomfortable. These chiefs are all doing practical things. How can those in the comprehensive department who are county magistrates be as happy as they are?

, that is the magistrate known as Bailihou.

However, even though the new scholars were reluctant, they still had to hold their noses and go to their posts with official documents. There was no other way. Jinke was different from the past. The Ministry of Rites issued an order to the death, and anyone who dared to resign from office would be dismissed.

, it will never be used, and the imperial examination was prohibited for the third generation.

Strict warnings forced these Jinshis to serve as local officials in the thirteen provinces of the Ming Dynasty. However, they were not the most unlucky. Those who failed to pass the examination were even more unlucky than them. Once again, it was different from the past, and the remaining

Those who were not selected as Jinshi were not sent back to their hometowns, but were all recruited by the Ministry of Civil Affairs.

According to the approximate physical and ability, these candidates were assigned to the name of each Jinshi. Each of them took five or six to go to the post. This will be their subordinates from now on. As for those who don't go, hum, anyway, all the people who have received

The candidates who received the official appointment documents obediently found their superiors, and then went to the Yima Courtyard together, and the Yima Courtyard arranged the trip.

Lu Xiang was promoted to the top of the comprehensive department, so he was naturally appointed to a county outside the country. The place where he took office was quite good, which was South Zhili, um, it is now Jiangsu Province, Songjiang Prefecture, and Huating County. Of course

, Huating County is now renamed Shanghai County.

In Shanghai County, half a million rebellious people were used last year to build a huge port, and this port is one of the three major customs offices under the Ming Dynasty General Administration of Customs. The other two are Tianjin Port and Guangzhou Port

.

These are the three commercial ports that will be opened to the sea in the future. Shanghai Port is even more important. Nanzhili has always been a land of fish, rice, mulberry and hemp. The habit of planting mulberry and raising silkworms is very strong here, and it is also the place with the most looms.

, the silk output is huge. Moreover, the Yangtze River connects the north and the south, and tea and brocade from Bashu land can be directly connected here. It can be said to be the economic center of the south.

From this we can see how heavy the burden is on Lu Xiangsheng’s shoulders.

The wheels were rolling. Since various shock-absorbing parts were installed, and the road leading to Tianjin Port was the first to be repaired and the most complete, Lu Xiangsheng didn't feel too uncomfortable.

This small convoy heading to Tianjin Port and preparing to take a boat to the south has three carriages. Except for the one at the front which is slightly smaller, the two at the back are both large carriages. In the last one, crowded are twelve men under Lu Xiangsheng.

There was a Juren, and the car in the middle contained some Jinshi and Juren, they were customs officers.

The one in the front was occupied by Lu Xiangsheng and two other customs leaders. Although his rank was only half a rank higher than that of the Jinshi in the middle carriage. He was from the sixth rank, while those were from the seventh rank, but his status

But it was a world of difference, not to mention that Lu Xiangsheng was still the Marquis of Baili who was in charge of the same place.

This alone puts him on an equal footing with the two customs chiefs who started from the fourth grade.

There are two customs chiefs, one named Sun Chuanting and the other Hong Chengchou. The former and Lu Xiangsheng went to Shanghai on the same road, where he is the chief of Shanghai Customs, while the latter is going to Guangzhou to prepare to be the chief of Guangzhou Customs.

Two of them, one was a Jinshi in the forty-fourth year of Wanli, and the other was a Jinshi in the forty-seventh year of Wanli. They happened to be his seniors and had higher official positions than him. Therefore, Lu Xiangsheng was cautious when getting along with them, for fear that one of them would not be the same.

Even worse, it left a bad reputation in Shilin.

"Jiandou, you don't have to sit so far away, are we going to eat you again?" Seeing Lu Xiangsheng's look, Sun Chuanting, who was bored, jokingly looked for a topic.

As the leader of Shanghai County, he will inevitably have to deal with the other party in the future. There are not many people available at Shanghai Customs. If there is a problem in the future, he will definitely ask the other party for help. In this case, it is better to establish a good relationship and maintain a good relationship now.

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"No, no, how could you do it?" Lu Xiangsheng felt a little embarrassed at being told that, and moved his butt this way to show that he didn't think so.

In fact, he was not so cautious in the first place, but he had no choice. In the past few months, too many things had happened in the capital, especially during their studies in the Imperial College. The high-ranking officials of the second rank they had come into contact with had to

Be careful. That's why he developed this cautious attitude.

"Haha." Sun Chuanting didn't take it seriously. He laughed and started to get to know Lu Xiangsheng warmly. The two of them were young and it was their first time to go out. Moreover, they were in the same place and they still had a good relationship with each other.

It really feels like we share the same disease, and we are all downgraded people in the world.

After chatting, the two of them immediately felt that the other person was not simple. Neither of them was that kind of bookworm. They had dabbled in hundreds of schools of thought and war books, and they could feel it after interacting with each other. They were very happy in their hearts. From now on

I don’t have to worry about having no one to communicate with in Shanghai.
Chapter completed!