Chapter 1919, the year of the scientific examination
In Mocheng, Heitu Province, here at Mocheng Academy, the mountain chief Wen Shiliang is meeting with several candidates here in Mocheng, Heitu Province. This year is the 30th year of Hongzhi, and the triennial imperial examination ceremony is here.
Black Earth Province is a province that has not been included in the Ming Dynasty for a long time. The emperor usually has grace. In other words, no matter whether the students in Black Earth Province do well or not, there will definitely be some who can go to high school and be named on the gold list to show the imperial court.
Grace to the Black Earth Province.
The candidates in front of me were the top performers in last year's provincial examination in Black Soil Province, and they have a great possibility of being placed on the gold list this year.
Once you can be named on the gold medal list, the carp will jump over the dragon's gate. There is a huge gap between being a successful candidate and being a successful candidate.
To promote people to become officials, you have to wait until there is a vacancy in the court, and then you have the opportunity to promote people to become officials. And in the beginning, when you promote people to become officials, you usually start from the eighth rank, which is smaller than a sesame seed.
And the future is also very slim. Even if you want to be an official for a lifetime, you may reach the top of your career as a seventh-rank magistrate.
In recent years, the Ming Dynasty has continued to expand externally, and a large number of new territories have been brought under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. The demand for officials has also increased greatly. This has also given many candidates the opportunity to become officials, and many have become county magistrates as soon as they took office.
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In the past, it was very difficult to promote people to become officials. You had to have people and money to clear the way to get a position. Otherwise, there would be a lot of people to be promoted in the world, and there would be very few vacant positions. How could it be your turn?
But Jinshi is different. You can become a Jinshi by being named on the gold test list. At least, you start as a seventh-rank official. And because you are a Jinshi, you are promoted quickly. You will later become a prefect, a prefecture, or an envoy.
Something like that is also possible.
If the nouns in the imperial examination are relatively high and you can get into the second-tier ranking, you will have a bright future. Liu Jian, the former chief minister of the cabinet, is the best example.
During the imperial examination, I was not ranked among the top two, but I stayed in the capital to serve as an official, and later became the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi. Then my career skyrocketed, becoming the chief minister of the cabinet, and a first-rank official.
If you can rank among the top two in the science and technology examination, you can hope to become an important minister in the court in the future. If you can edit and compile books in the Hanlin Academy, your future is even brighter.
Not only does he have a high starting point, but he can also be promoted quickly. In the future, he will be a minister of the Six Ministers, a candidate for the official of the frontier in various places, and even becoming a cabinet minister will be very easy.
If you are talented enough and good-looking, you can advance to the First Division, or even become the number one scholar. Liu Jin, the current chief minister of the cabinet, is the best example.
In just a dozen years, he went from being a scholar to being the emperor's minister of humerus. He is now the chief minister of the cabinet. He was the minister of farm affairs in the morning and ascended to the emperor's hall in the evening. This is the best example.
Therefore, even though Wen Shiliang was their teacher for the few candidates in front of him, he no longer had the airs of a teacher. They might be able to flourish in the official circles of the Ming Dynasty and make a lot of achievements.
"Teacher, I wonder if you know who the examiner will be for this year's imperial examination?"
Zeng Ziying is an immigrant who immigrated to Heitu Province. She was a scholar in the past. She passed the provincial examination last year and performed well.
Of course, he was a native of Suzhou Prefecture, South Zhili Province, and was a fellow villager with Tang Bohu. He immigrated to Heitu Province with the intention of immigrating to the imperial examination.
It is too difficult to pass the Juren Examination here in Nanzhili. It is too difficult.
The competition in South Zhili itself is extremely fierce. There are many literary talents here and the writing style is at its peak. For example, Zhu Zhishan took the exam several times before passing the exam. Wen Zhengming took the exam all his life and failed to pass the provincial exam 9 times. You
You can know how difficult the imperial examination in Nanzhili is.
To describe the college entrance examination in later generations, this Nanzhili exam is as difficult as hell. Those who can pass the exam here are basically real talents with extremely high academic attainments.
When Zeng Ziying was in Nanzhili, she had taken several provincial examinations but failed repeatedly. Finally, she heard that if she immigrated overseas, she could easily pass the imperial examinations in overseas provinces.
So my whole family immigrated to Black Earth Province. When I arrived in Black Earth Province, it was just like the rumors. I took the provincial examination last year and passed the exam easily. Moreover, I was the Jieyuan of Black Earth Province.
If you go to take the examination as Kurotsuchi Shokaimoto, it is basically impossible to fail.
But he is still ambitious and wants to do better in the exam and rank higher, which will be more beneficial to his future career.
Many default rules have been formed in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, such as those who are not Jinshi will not be admitted to the Hanlin, and those who are not Hanlin will not be admitted to the cabinet, etc. This is enough to illustrate the importance of nouns in the imperial examination.
If you want to climb high, you have to enter the Hanlin Academy. The Hanlin Academy is the reserve of high-level talents for the Ming Dynasty. Promotions are quick inside. If you start from a higher starting point, you will be promoted faster.
If the noun comes later, it means that if you are sent to a local government as an official, you will be far away from the center of power, and it will not be that easy to get promoted.
Therefore, he is now very concerned about the examiner of this imperial examination. He needs to work hard to study the examiner's personal preferences, life experience, political opinions, etc.
If he can write an article in line with his preferences and political views, he will naturally be able to go to high school, and his ranking will definitely not be too low.
As for the imperial examination, basically the first three are decided by the emperor, and the rest are decided by the examiner. The emperor does not have that much time to take care of this matter.
"I don't know about this. At present, it is very likely that the cabinet minister Wang Shouren will preside over this imperial examination."
Wen Shiliang thought for a while and said: "It is unlikely that Liu Jin, the chief minister of the cabinet, is Liu Gong. Duke Zhongzhong is old and in poor health. He can no longer even attend the morning court, let alone preside over the imperial examination."
"I heard that he has already written a resignation letter to the emperor. Perhaps the emperor will soon allow him to return to his hometown to live in his old age. The only one who can preside over this is the prince."
"Of course, perhaps the emperor may let Han Wenhan Gong, the Minister of Personnel, or Jin Gui, the Minister of Hubu, Mao Ji, the Minister of Rites, and Yang Yiqing, the Minister of Industry, among the six ministers, to preside over it."
"Isn't there any news in the capital yet?"
Sun Tianjing frowned and said after hearing this.
Each of the princes in the court has his own preferences and political opinions. If this is not settled, it will be difficult and there is no way to prepare in advance.
"How could such a thing be decided so early? It is usually only decided before the imperial examination."
Jiang Xi shook his head and said: "In today's dynasty, all the princes, princes, Han Gong, Jin Gong, or the cabinet's chief minister, Liu Gong, are all officials of the practical school. The philosophy they have always advocated is to rejuvenate the country through hard work and be tough externally."
"As for Duke Yang, Duke Mao, Duke Jiang, etc., they are traditional officials and advocate the idea of governing the country with benevolence, justice and morality."
"When the time comes, I just need to decide the style of the article I'm going to write based on the examiner."
"Hmm~"
"What Brother Jiang said makes sense."
Sun Tianjing and Zeng Ziying also nodded repeatedly, but Chen Peter who was standing beside him didn't say much.
Zeng Ziying, Sun Tianjing, and Jiang Xi all immigrated to Black Earth Province from various provinces of Ming Dynasty. They are all Ming people. Chen Peter is different. He is a Slavic native of Black Earth Province.
His family was the first noble to surrender to the Ming Dynasty. His father had already spotted the great changes taking place in the Black Earth Province, so when the Ming Prince led his army to sweep across the Black Earth Province, he secretly surrendered to the Ming Dynasty before the army arrived.
He constantly provided various intelligence to the Ming Dynasty, raised logistical supplies, etc., and was considered a contributor to the Ming Dynasty's conquest of the Black Earth Province.
Even when His Highness the Crown Prince came to Moscow, his father gave his daughter to His Highness the Crown Prince. It is said that he has now given birth to a son.
Thanks to his father's management, their family has become one of the few nobles in Black Earth Province who are valued and retained by the Ming Dynasty.
Chen Peter's father now works in the Education Bureau of Heitu Province, responsible for popularizing Ming culture and promoting the spirit of Ming Dynasty in Heitu Province.
To put it simply, the Ming Dynasty implemented the policy of comprehensive Ming and Sinicization in Black Earth Province. For this reason, it also established a separate Education Bureau, which is similar to the Immigration Bureau. They are directly under the jurisdiction of the Chief Envoy of Black Earth Province and are at the state level.
For this reason, Chen Peter's father also took the lead in changing his Chinese surname to Chen. Even Chen Peter was sent to an academy here in Mocheng to learn the language, writing and culture of the Ming Dynasty.
This Chen Peter is very smart and has extremely strong learning ability. In just a few years of study, he quickly passed all the exams. He performed well in the provincial examination last year and was admitted to the Juren Examination.
This is certainly due to the grace of the Black Earth Province to take care of the local Slavs, but Peter Chen himself is also quite talented in literature. He has already learned the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, and his ranking is actually very high.
But after all, the time was still too short, and he still knew too little about the Ming Dynasty officialdom and some of the rules of the examination room, so when everyone talked about these things, he only listened but did not talk, and kept what he heard in mind.
In the heart.
"Brothers, our Black Earth Province is thousands of miles away from the capital of the Ming Dynasty, and the train has not been repaired yet, so I think it is better for us to leave for the capital as soon as possible."
"By arriving in the capital earlier, we can communicate more and get to know the students at the same time. This will be very helpful for our future career."
Zeng Ziying looked at the people, thought about it and suggested.
In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the same period, same year, classmates, classmates, etc. are very important relationships. The imperial examinations held every three years are very important things. It is best to go there early and visit more fellow townsmen, same year, same period, classmates.
Like that, communicate, exchange, and deepen feelings.