Chapter 1315 I rely on the imperial examination to get ahead and become a frontier official (22)
As for official salary...
Take Gu Mo, a capital official, for example. Although he is an editor of the Hanlin Academy, his role is not small. He has the opportunity to deal with the Supreme Leader and various levels of capital officials. He is very dignified and survives it. Not to mention the governor-general and governor of one of the feudal officials.
At least you can become a bachelor and be a good member of the cabinet.
But the problem is that Hanlin editors are actually of low rank and receive very little salary.
In addition, the Hanlin Academy is a Qingshui yamen. If you want to be a corrupt official and make money, you are not as casual and comfortable as an external official. It is impossible to become a county magistrate with a hundred thousand snowflakes of silver in three years.
In view of this situation, Beike was born.
Those who have the conditions and time will travel to various parts of the country to visit guests. If they don't have the conditions, they will plan a route and collect some money through visiting guests, which can be regarded as saving funds for officialdom.
Someone once took a leave of absence to visit guests for a year. After one year, he earned more than 5,000 taels of silver.
Of course, this money is not free, and the local gentry and merchants are not fools either.
So if you take the money, if someone comes to you in the future, can you ignore it?
This is equivalent to their risk investment. Even many wealthy gentry and businessmen will specially select officials they think have great prospects to make large financial investments. You can say this is collusion between officials and businessmen, or you can say it is bribery.
But no matter what, this is tacitly approved by the court and is not illegal.
Gu Mo didn't plan to pay a visit and went directly to Fengjing to take up the post. She now doesn't have a family to support. If she writes a few advanced notes for the imperial examination and the Jinshi examination, and updates them every year, her income should still be considerable.
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Moreover, her manuscripts have already become famous and have a good reputation. Even if there are latecomers to imitate her, as long as she maintains the quality, she will still be very popular in the market.
On the third day when Gu Mo was working in the Hanlin Academy, the female official next to the Supreme Lord came to the Hanlin Academy to find an Hanlin person to answer the emperor's questions.
As we all know, this supreme emperor was a talented and knowledgeable emperor, but the only thing he had was that he had a bad temper.
When he is angry, he likes to spank people the most. Those military generals are okay, the thick-skinned and thick-skinned ones will be full of life after a few days of beating, but those literati usually have to lie down for several months after a spanking. Those who are in poor health will be beaten after a spanking.
Suddenly the people were gone.
There was an attendant in the Hanlin Academy who was beaten so badly that he died the next day.
At this moment, all the old Hanlin officials had learned about the news in advance and knew that the Supreme Being was in a bad mood today, so they asked the female official to come to the Hanlin Academy to find someone.
Therefore, they found various excuses to hide out before the female official arrived, leaving only Gu Mo, an honest man, in the Hanlin Academy.
So Gu Mo was brought to the Supreme Being by the female officer.
The face of the Supreme Being was indeed bad, gloomy, and there were many pieces of paper lying in a mess on the ground. The attendants stood aside, not daring to express their anger.
After Gu Mo kowtowed, the Supreme Lord set his eyes on her.
The official uniform was a bit heavy and bulky, and Gu Mo was short in stature. When it was worn on her, it was like a child stealing an adult's clothes.
Gu Mo, on the other hand, looks very funny. He is standing there seriously at this moment, which is full of comedy effect.
The Supreme suddenly laughed, "Are you Gu Mo, this year's new top scorer?"
Gu Mo's expression was serious, "It's your Majesty."
The Supreme Being said nothing more and began to ask questions. He asked about the interpretation of some saints' words in the book.
Who can enter the Imperial Academy who is not well-read?
Gu Mo didn't have such conditions before, but when she was in the Imperial College, the Imperial College had the second largest library in the country. She took the opportunity to read every day. She had read almost all the books in the library, so it was considered a well-read.
Group of books.
The questions asked by the Supreme Being today may seem simple, but they are not simple at all. Regular answers will do, but to satisfy the Supreme Being, one must have one's own unique insights.
Gu Mo then started to talk, and the Supreme Leader kept nodding his head.
Finally, the Supreme Leader suddenly asked Gu Mo, "Have you been to Kangzhou?"
"I have not had the opportunity to go to Kangzhou, but Kangzhou is close to Qiongnan. I was exiled to Qiongnan when I was seven years old. I know that the people in Qiongnan are strong and the geographical environment is extremely harsh. I have read several travel notes and listened to some knights.
Businessmen have mentioned that the situation in Kangzhou is not much better than that in Qiongnan."
Qiongnan is not much better than Qiongnan. In fact, it is worse than Qiongnan.
The Kangzhou area is basically made up of ethnic minorities. The Central Plains royal family wants to rule them by their own means. They are disobedient and often start rebellions and kill several imperial ministers to express their anger.
If you want to adapt to local conditions, their folk customs are so tough and incompatible with the civilization and etiquette of the Central Plains.
In short, it is very difficult to deal with. The imperial court has always been unable to deal with this area, and it has become a problem for all dynasties.
After the Supreme Being came to power, he sent many people to govern, hoping to educate the local people to be like the people of the Central Plains. However, there was no political achievement at all. The officials who were transferred to that place, after working for a few days, would rather resign and return to their hometowns.
Quit.
"I have carefully read Gu Aiqing's article during the imperial examination that day, and it is quite insightful. I just don't know how this method will be implemented in the Kangzhou area?"
Gu Mo thought for a while and said: "The answer sheet that day was a bit arm's length. After careful consideration, I found that there were many unreasonable things in it."
The Supreme raised his eyebrows and said, "Tell me more."
Gu Mo then explained in detail.
Indeed, the plan she has corrected now is indeed more detailed and reasonable than the answer sheet in the imperial examination.
However, it is still just talk on paper...
The Supreme Being was silent for a moment and said: "I plan to govern Kangzhou according to Aiqing's method of governance, but I am afraid that the people I send will not be able to understand Aiqing's ideas. Why not send Gu Aiqing to Kangzhou as the governor?
,how?"
Gu Mo, "I am willing to share the worries of the Supreme Being."
Now the Supreme Being was speechless.
She was just talking. Unexpectedly, Gu Mo agreed to it without making any excuses.
Seeing that Gu Mo was serious about agreeing to this matter, she looked at Gu Mo with even more admiration.
But of course she couldn't really send Gu Mo to that kind of place.
Since she was optimistic about Gu Mo, she had to polish him up for a while. She couldn't bear to send her new top scorer to that place.
After that, the Supreme Lord asked some more questions and asked Gu Mo to go back.
Colleagues from the Hanlin Academy were quite surprised to see that they were all back without being spanked or demoted. They all came over to ask Supreme Gu Mo what questions he had asked.
Gu Mo then told the truth.
When everyone heard that the Supreme Being planned to send Gu Mo to Kangzhou, everyone showed sympathy.
Although the Supreme did not do that in the end, if the Supreme thinks of it one day...
