Outside the Meridian Gate.

Jianyuan.

The Zhongshu Department next to Jianyuan was officially included in Jianyuan later that year, becoming another subject in addition to the six subjects of Jianyuan. The Zhongshu Department was responsible for writing imperial edicts, making imperial edicts, silver books, iron certificates and other matters.

Compared with the important authority of Zhongshusheren in the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Zhongshusheren in the Ming Dynasty actually had little real power.

There are even five types of Zhongshushe people in the Ming Dynasty. In addition to Zhongshuke Zhongshushe people, there are also Zhishushe people in the east room of Zhiwenhua Palace, Zhiwuyingdian Zhongshushe people, and Zhongshushe people in the Cabinet Imperial Palace.

The people in the study room in the cabinet system's imperial room, etc.

In today's Shaotian Dynasty, the Chinese calligraphy department was even directly included in the Jianyuan.

Its main task is to write imperial edicts, which are official appointment and dismissal certificates. In the Tang Dynasty, the official's official rank, official deeds, etc. were recorded on it. In the Ming Dynasty, imperial edicts were not only used to appoint officials, but also to seal officials.

Gifts are given to the officials' ancestors, wives, and descendants. The living are granted titles and the deceased are given as gifts.

Officials of the first to fifth grades are given a white paper to write on, which is called a decree. Officials of the sixth to ninth grades are given to officials of the sixth to ninth grades to write on red paper, which is called an edict.

There are even detailed and strict regulations on the color, pattern, texture, etc. of the imperial edict.

"Everyone cheer up, the canteen has killed the sheep and made chicken soup."

There are twenty Zhongshu Sheren in the Zhongshu Department, and there is also a Zhangyin. The Sharen are of the seventh grade and the Zhangyin is of the sixth grade. Compared with the six departments of Jianyuan, their treatment is not as good as that of the six departments. They used to work together outside the Meridian Gate and work next to each other.

, the rank of Zhongshu Sheren and Liu Ke Shi Zhong are the same. As a result, they are all fifth rank officials in the Six Branches, and their palm seals are even third rank, but they are still seventh rank.

But they are a Qingshui yamen after all, and writing imperial edicts is not an important task.

Most of Corey's are Jinshi nerds who are good at writing and calligraphy but don't know much about government affairs and human relations.

"Yinjun, there are so many imperial edicts to be written at this time. Isn't this life-saving?" A scholar couldn't help complaining. Although it is Qingshui Yamen, it has to be a Jinshi to be the Zhongshu. This is actually quite important in the central government.

It’s a good experience for young scholars to come in and use it as a springboard.

Zhongshu Ke, Zhan Shifu, and Hanlin Academy are all Qingshui yamen, but they are clean and expensive.

Normally, the Zhongshu Department is quite free, but who would have thought that the emperor would do so much this time from the center to the local areas.

Thousands of officials are on temporary duty and countless officials are seconded.

Those things have not yet been completed, and now there is a change of cabinet, not only the change of cabinet, but also the changes from the six ministers to the two houses of admonishment, and then the General Affairs Department, Dali Temple, etc., the local governors and the governors are also almost completely changed.

The Zhongshu Department was suddenly extremely busy.

Not only did they have to write appointment edicts to these officials, but they also had to award qualified officials with gifts to their ancestors, wives, and descendants according to the system. This workload directly doubled several times.

With just twenty members of the Zhongshu Department, one person may have to write hundreds or even hundreds of imperial edicts without making any mistakes. It is indeed a heavy task, especially in a hurry.

"If something is done well, merit will be recorded and rewarded. If it is not done well, it will be recorded in the assessment or even directly punished. Then everyone will live directly in the Zhongshu Department, and all food and accommodation will be in the Yamen. When the errands are finished, when

Only then can you go home.”

At the end of Chongzhen period of Zhongshu Ke, Ye Shuzhan was only a student in Jiaxing Prefecture. Tu Xiangmei and other officials in Hanlin launched an army to raise righteousness. Ye Shuzhankang joined in, but the battle was defeated and he was captured by the Qing army. His uncle Ye Shiyan redeemed him with fifteen shi of millet. While he was drunk, he

Shaved his hair.

Ye Shuzhan woke up and found that his hair was gone. He cried loudly and returned it to me. He resolutely left the city and continued to search for the rebels, refusing to surrender and obey. Later, he and his teacher Xu Shiqi went to see Lu Jianguo to serve as a pedestrian, and Shao

Jinshi in the middle of the Tianyuan year, from Hanlin Academy to Zhongshu Department, and now as a sixth-grade palm seal, he looks a bit young.

There are many Zhongshushe people in the Zhongshu Department, who are in their forties, fifties, and even in their sixties. These people are all good at calligraphy and good at writing articles, but they just don’t know how to be an official, so they just

Able to write imperial edicts in the Chinese Script Department.

"I will use the money from the minister's money to reward everyone, two pieces of dragon silver per person. Everyone, please work harder. When this errand is successfully completed, I will apply for three more pieces of dragon silver for each of you."

When they heard that there were five pieces of dragon silver as a reward, as well as mutton and chicken soup, the people in Zhongshushe became very excited.

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Because of this change of cabinet, as well as the major changes in the six ministries and chambers of the imperial court, and local governors, the emperor also issued a special decree to grant amnesty to the whole country, increase the rank and salary of all civil and military officials, and give silver rewards to the imperial camp and soldiers from various places.

All officials will receive a one-month increase in salary, those in the imperial camp and Beijing camp will receive an increase in salary for two months, and those in the outer towns and villages will receive an increase of one month.

Everyone is happy.

In this commotion, the Shangyuan Festival also ended in a lively manner. That night, the emperor took the queen, concubines, princes, and ministers to put Kongming lanterns at the palace gate.

Countless Kongming lanterns were released, filling the sky like stars, flying higher and higher with the good expectations of the monarchs, ministers and people.

After the festival, the envoys to the imperial court also returned one after another, but the official positions of many of the envoys to the imperial court had been changed, especially those of senior governors such as Bu Jian, who were either promoted or transferred.

Every day, officials line up to leave Beijing to resign.

The newly-appointed cabinet bachelors and co-organizing bachelors also took the lead in leaving the capital. Wen Anzhi and other ministers who were local economic governors a few years ago have now become the new cabinet bachelors and stayed in the capital.

The envoys from the Chao Dynasty left Beijing one after another, and the joint examination for the second subject of the Shaotian Dynasty began again.

This time the emperor still set up two rankings, the North and the South, each taking 500 Jinshi, and two Enke rankings, each taking 300, and then the Erxue Hongci Division, and then taking those with good conduct recommended by the local governors.

There are hundreds of scholars who are outstanding in literature and calligraphy.

After several intense exams, the results were announced.

Then came the imperial examination. The emperor himself set the questions and graded the papers, selecting the first, second and third.

Originally, a maximum of 300 Jinshi could be admitted to each subject, but the emperor only admitted 1,000 each time and added another Enke.

Two courses, two encores, plus a erudite and macro-ci subject. The emperor admitted less than 5,000 Jinshi. In the past, there were more than a dozen subjects, one subject every three years. The Jinshi admitted by Shaotian in four years was equivalent to the previous 40 to 50 years.

Number of admissions.

Originally, in the past, even for the Northern and Southern Rankings, only tribute scholars were admitted from the Northern and Southern provinces in proportion during the general examination, and then they participated in the palace examination uniformly.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The imperial examination is only for Jinshi ranking and will not be eliminated.

Of course, there is only one top pick and one top pick each.

However, during Zhu Yihai's general examination, the scholars from the north and the south each took the examination in a Gongyuan. They were admitted separately and the same number was admitted. Then during the palace examination, the examination was also divided into two sides and the admissions were still divided into two separate lists.

So there are two champions, two runners-up, and three runners-up.

The same is true this year, as well as Enke.

So this year there are a total of four Jinshi rankings, four number one scholars, eight number two, twelve top three, and twenty-four in the first grade. This does not include the erudite macro-ci subject of Teke. They are not among these four.

List.

The four top picks are Wang Shizhen of Shandong Xincheng on the North List of Changke, Fu Yijian of Jiangxi on the South List, Li Jinming of Enke on the North List, and Li Xitang of Jiading of Jiangsu Province on the South List.

In fact, Fu Yijian should have been a candidate in Shandong. His family ancestor was Yongfeng. His distant ancestor Fu Huizu went to Guanxian County, Shandong Province as a county magistrate during the Hongzhi period and gave birth to seven sons. Later, he resigned and returned to his hometown, but only brought back four.

There are three elders who have already established businesses in Shandong. One son, Fu Xiang, stayed in Liaocheng to do business. Since Liaocheng is adjacent to the Grand Canal, Fu Xiang quickly made a fortune.

Although Fu Xiang is engaged in business, he still pays attention to reading.

Fu Yijian came after Fu Xiang. During the time of Fu Xiang, the Fu family was in decline due to war and famine. Fu Yijian was able to recite books at the age of three, memorize classics and history at the age of five, and passed the examination to become a scholar at the age of twenty.

Linsheng.

The Qing army moved south, and the situation was turbulent.

During Zhu Yihai's northern expedition to Shandong, the imperial camp reached Liaocheng and mobilized many people to move south. Fu Yijian followed him south, and later returned to his ancestral home in Jiangxi. Because of his reputation as a scholar, he became an instructor in the county government.

Shaotian's first audition, he didn't come in time to participate.

Last year I took part in the provincial examination in Nanchang, Jiangxi, and won the first place in the examination. This year I came to Tokyo to take the examination, and won the first place in the Chang Ke Nanbang examination, and then won the first place in the palace examination.

Three dollars in a row, three dollars in a row.

The thirty-nine-year-old Fu Yijian can be regarded as a world-famous person who was named on the gold medal list.

Wang Zhiren, the second assistant in the new cabinet, directly appointed Fu Yijian to capture his son-in-law. The Wang family servants carried Fu Yijian home beating him, hoping to marry their daughter to him.

Fu Yijian was nearly forty years old. Of course he had married and had children before, but his wife later died of illness. Wang Yiren had already found out that he had many daughters. He carefully inquired about the four new champions and finally selected Fu Yijian.

, although he is older, he is the only one who does not have a wife.

He could also choose a young unmarried Jinshi, but Wang Zhiren heard that the emperor also admired Fu Yijian very much, and it was a rare chance in a hundred years to meet Da Sanyuan, so he captured this new No. 1 scholar who was a few years younger than him.

husband.

Although Wang Zhiren was the newly promoted second assistant, of course he would not really force someone to be his son-in-law. In fact, this was just a retro performance. He also met with Fu Yijian in advance and offered to recruit him as his son-in-law. Fu Yijian was defeated.

Didn't refuse.

The Fu family was in decline, and he was awarded Jinshi at almost forty years old. If he could be the second son-in-law, it would still be a good choice, which would be of great help in his career. He was not as good as those children from famous families. For example, Li Jinming and Wang Shizhen were both from famous families in Shandong.

Wang Shizhen's family even has seventy-two archways given by the emperor. Both father and son are ministers, and his brothers are all high officials.

Li Jinming was also from a distinguished family in Zhangqiu, with three generations, five Jinshi, and seven scholars in his family.

Of course they can disdain Wang Zhiren, a general and second assistant, but he is incomparable.

Wang Zhiren took the lead in catching his son-in-law, and the new co-organizer Zhang Mingzhen also sent his sons to catch his son-in-law, and snatched Lu Gong, who was second on the list, and returned. Many other ministers also followed suit, not only Wu Kai, but also distinguished ministers like Liu Mu

When military commanders seize their sons-in-law, the same goes for Yan Wo Gong, Chen Qianfu, Yu Dafu and other first-class civil servants.

Fortunately, the emperor has admitted 1,600 Jinshi this year, otherwise he would not be able to catch enough.

It is said that many new scholars who have wives become extremely envious and jealous when they see the servants of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs beating gongs and drums to catch their son-in-law.

It's a shame to miss such a good opportunity. With a minister or even a prime minister as your father-in-law, your future will be very good.
To be continued...