Patriarch, he doesn't want to take the imperial examinations

What Meng Qing said at the dinner table about the promotion of Wangzhi County will have the result at the end of the official assessment.

As expected at the beginning, Wangzhi County performed well in the flood relief in June this summer. It only took more than a month to resettle the victims. During this period, no work-related injuries and public grievances were caused. The disaster relief was timely and the means were powerful. An example for contemporary officials.

Based on the above good performance, the Ministry of Officials authorized Wang Zhixian to be promoted to the third level, from the original Xianghe County Zhengliupin magistrate to the fourth-rank magistrate of a certain prefecture in another province.

Wang Zhixian originally planned that he could be promoted to the capital, but he didn't want to be transferred to other places.But that's okay, the fourth-rank magistrate of Mushou's side is much better than an inconspicuous Beijing official.

In March of the following year, after the handover of tasks between Wang Zhixian and the newly appointed magistrate, the whole family moved to other places to take up the post.When the carriage drove to the suburbs, a group of people came to see him off. Wang Zhixian got off the carriage, looked at the enthusiastic people in front of him, and was moved to tears for a moment.

He served as magistrate of Xianghe County for six years. Although he did not do any great things for the people, he thought he had never treated the people badly. Looking in the direction of the city gate and the people respectively bowed their hands and saluted.

The reason to leave is to come back better, Wang Zhixian thought to himself.Then, amidst the waves of the people waving goodbye, they got into the carriage, turned the wheels, and left Xianghe County.

An official surnamed Liao took over the post of Wangzhi County.Liao Zhixian is in his early 20s. It is said that he is the son of a certain dignitary in the court.The family didn't want him to be too far away from them, so there happened to be a vacancy for the county magistrate of Xianghe County, so they asked him to arrange him here.

Don't look at Liao Zhixian's young age, but he is full of energy.Because Xianghe County was hit by floods last year, Liao Zhixian paid special attention to people's livelihood after taking office.

It is spring plowing season, and Ku Yin, who embezzled the warehouse in Liaozhi County, bought a large number of crop seeds and distributed them to farmers whose farmland was damaged in the flood last year, asking them to plant them in time for spring.

The farmer's family got the seeds, thanked the newly appointed young county magistrate, and hurried to sow them in spring.

Ordinary people pay the most attention to food and clothing in front of them every day. They don't really care much about which county magistrate has changed in the county. They usually just listen to it.

In their eyes, there are only two kinds of officials, good officials and bad officials. As long as the incumbent does not oppress them, they think that they are good officials.

The merchants corresponding to the farmers do not think so.Merchants often need various procedures to resell their business, so it is inevitable to deal with the government.

The character of the newly appointed county magistrate, whether the gift is cash or valuables, and whether the work efficiency is high or low, all these need to be inquired clearly in advance by the businessman.

However, to their surprise, the new magistrate Chai Yan did not enter, as long as their request was reasonable, the new magistrate would approve them and refused to accept bribes.

It is a good thing for the merchants to go through the formalities in time without sending money. They are naturally very happy, and they unconsciously have a deeper affection for the county magistrate.

In addition to farmers and merchants, Xianghe County also has a huge group, that is, scholars.

As for scholars, they don't listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages and sages. Whether the magistrate of Xianghe County is changed or not has nothing to do with them.Except that they had an interview with the county magistrate as examinees during the county examination, on weekdays, unless there was some grievance in the family, no one would enter the yamen to deal with the government.

The scholar Meng Zhen also thinks so.Xianghe County has a new county magistrate, and apart from hearing Meng Qing occasionally say a few words at the dinner table, he usually pays little attention to this aspect.

Like all talented scholars, Meng Zhen is most concerned about this year's provincial examination.There are less than five months until the township examination. Apart from reading and writing articles these days, he doesn't care about anything outside the house.

From the late spring and March when the city is full of smoke and willows, to the midsummer when the cicadas chirp, and then to the warm and clear autumn.

When the ground was covered with a layer of wet and cool rain, the triennial rural examination came as scheduled.

The township examination is one of the largest imperial examinations in this dynasty. It is held in the provincial capitals (capitals) of each province. Anyone who is a member of the province, a tribute student, and a supervisor who has passed the examination is allowed to take the exam.

The year before each rural examination, students must pass an examination held by the prefectural, prefecture, and county schools to which they belong to the school administration circuit before they can participate in the next year's rural examination.

This kind of examination is the scientific examination.Mengzhen and the others participated in the scientific examination hosted by Xuezheng last fall, and they all passed it.

The chief examiners of the rural examinations were appointed by the emperor, and most of them were Hanlin officials who were born as Jinshi.The chief examiner is divided into chief and deputy. The chief examiner of the Shuntianfu Township Examination is the previous champion Lang.

The chief examiner enters the Gongyuan on the sixth day of August, and first holds a banquet for entering the curtain and riding the horse. The banquet is locked after the door of the Gongyuan is locked. Candidates can only come out after the examination is over and the test papers are reviewed.

Candidates enter the examination room on the eighth day of August.In the early morning of this day, Meng Zhen, like all the candidates, came to the gate of the tribute courtyard early with his test basket. When the door of the tribute courtyard opened, the candidates lined up and entered the tribute courtyard in an orderly manner.

The Shuntian Mansion Tribute Academy is not only used for the provincial examinations, but also the general examinations in the spring of the coming year. In addition to the provincial examinations, the annual government examinations and the courtyard examinations held twice in three years are also held here.

Mengzhen has been here during the prefectural exam, so he is more or less familiar with it.After accepting the body search and inspection by the yamen servant, he checked the identity document information with the yamen servant.

The identity document has the candidate's name, age, place of origin, physical appearance and other identity information.If the check fails, candidates will not be allowed to enter the examination room.

Candidate Meng Zhen, aged 53, is from Xianghe County, Shuntian Prefecture.

The yamen servant stared at Meng Zhen for a long time with the identity document, and after checking it was correct, he was allowed to enter.

Meng Zhen came to his dormitory according to the test guide (examination admission ticket).The dormitory is one by one, and the space is very narrow. There are three consecutive exams for the township examination, and each exam requires three days and two nights in the dormitory. After the three exams, it is nine days and six nights.

There is no food provided in the examination room. Candidates must bring their own food. There is a built-in stove in the dormitory, which is used for heating food.It's just that it's August weather, the daytime in the dormitory is still a bit stuffy, the space is already cramped, and with a pot of charcoal fire, the candidates will really suffer unspeakably.

Just after you hour (five o'clock in the afternoon), all the examinees were checked, and then the door of the Gongyuan was locked.

Since the exam was on the second day, Mengzhen sat in the dormitory with nothing to do, ate a few mouthfuls of pancakes and drank a few sips of water, put the two boards together and lay down to rest.

But this rest is not good, lying on the board and sleeping with clothes on, because the space is too narrow, the body can only curl up, and the legs and feet cannot be stretched at all.

After such a night, back pain is common.But this is just the beginning. The township examination takes three consecutive exams, nine days and six nights. Usually, many candidates can't stand the first exam. If the dormitory is close to the stinking hall (toilet), the weather in August is stinky, Candidates felt nauseated and had a headache from being smoked. Not to mention answering the questions well, it would be good for candidates to walk out of the examination room safely.

Fortunately, Mengzhen was far away from the stinking horn, and the stench could not reach him.Moreover, he has the spiritual power given by the system, and he uses it on himself when he is sleepy, and he is immediately full of energy.

On the ninth day of August, just after dawn, the examination papers were handed out. There were four scriptures and three essays, one poem with five characters and eight rhymes, and four classics and meanings.

The Four Books are written from "The Great Learning", "The Doctrine of the Mean", "The Analects" and "Mencius".

The classics and meaning questions come from the Five Classics of "Book of Songs", "Shangshu", "Book of Rites", "Book of Changes" and "Spring and Autumn Annals". Candidates select the corresponding scripture questions according to the scriptures they applied for.

Regardless of whether it is a question on the Four Books or a question on the classics and meanings, the format of the article must be written in the stereotyped format, and there are corresponding requirements for the number of words in the article.

There are three exams in total for the township examination, and each exam is three days. For all three exams, you need to enter the exam room one day in advance and leave the exam room one day after the exam.

The ninth day of August is the first session. Candidates enter the venue on the morning of the eighth day and appear in the afternoon on the tenth day. The answering time is the ninth day and the tenth day.

Because of the large number of exam questions, many candidates could not finish answering in two days, so candles were distributed to candidates in the examination room. During the night between the ninth day and the tenth day of the lunar new year, candidates can also answer questions, as long as you are healthy enough to stay overnight All night is fine.

However, the dormitory is cramped. Candidates sit in it for three days and two nights, and their brains are almost starved of oxygen. They can't eat well or rest well, and they are prone to physical problems.

In the row of houses where Meng Zhen lived, two of them fainted early in the morning on the tenth day, one suffered from eating bad food and had diarrhea, and the other suffered from headaches.

There are several candidates in their row who are in poor health, not to mention thousands of candidates in the Gongyuan, and this is only the first test of the township test, and there will be two tests of the same three days and two nights later. Under difficult conditions, it is not ordinary people who can pass the exam.

On the afternoon of the [-]th day of August, candidates began to hand in papers one after another. Meng Zhen came out of the examination room at about [-]:[-] p.m.

Meng Zhen was accompanied by his second son Meng Hong in all previous exams, and this time the rural exam is no exception.Meng Hong waited at the gate of the Gongyuan until his father came out, and then the father and son went back to the rented house together.

Meng Zhen only rested in the room for one night, before dawn the next day he came to the gate of the Gong Yuan, waited for the door of the Gong Yuan to open, entered the examination room again, and took the second exam.

The second round of the township exam was on August [-]th, so I still got in one day earlier and left the day after the exam.

Mengzhen sat in the original dormitory on the afternoon of August [-]th and rested in the dormitory overnight. On the second day, the examination papers were distributed on August [-]th. five.

Discussion is an essay question, and the topics come from the "Four Books", "Five Classics" and other officially prescribed books.The thesis that Meng Zhen is examining today, "Great Yao is the king", comes from the four books "The Analects of Confucius·Tai Bo Pian".

After finishing the thesis, the next step is the imperial edict.Imperial edicts and imperial edicts are official documents that candidates may use after entering official positions.An edict is an edict, a document issued by the emperor; an imperial edict is a document appointed or bestowed by the emperor.

Imperial edicts and edicts are generally used by Hanlin officials, especially those who are in charge of edicts by civil and military officials.

A watch is a kind of memorial, which is usually used for festivals or major events.Judgment is the sentence used in judging the case, so the judgment questions are all related to the judgment.

The above is the content of the second round of the provincial examination.Instructor Yang usually has a lot of training on these exam questions, so it is not difficult for Meng Zhen to write them.

After the second exam, I left the exam room on the afternoon of August [-]th.After going home to rest for a night, I entered the examination room again on the next day, August [-]th, and started the third examination.

In the third round of the rural examination, there are five strategies.Policy is policy question, also called policy theory. The theory here is different from the theory of the second exam. The theory of the second exam is an essay question, that is, write an argumentative essay according to the test questions, mainly about your own understanding of the question asked .

Policy questioning is to put forward countermeasures for some specific problems.Essay questions are generally shorter, while policy questions are longer, and the number of words for policy questions also has corresponding requirements, generally no less than [-] words, and some require no less than [-] words.

The last exam ended on August [-], just after the Mid-Autumn Festival.

When Meng Zhen came out of the examination room, he was in a daze, feeling a little powerless.I have the spiritual power given by the system, and I am not a human being or a ghost who is tortured by the provincial examination, let alone those candidates who have no external support.

Some young people came out of the examination room, their bodies were fluttering, their walking was unstable, and they felt that if they were not careful, they would fall down.And some older candidates, such as Meng Zhen's age, couldn't get out of the examination room, and they were dragged out by the yamen servants.

Meng Zhen felt that without the spiritual power given to him by the system, he would have died in the examination room long ago.

Meng Hong picked him up outside the Gong Yuan, and seeing his father's exhausted appearance, he knew that his father had suffered a lot in the examination room, so he wanted to take him back to the rented house to have a good rest.

But Meng Zhen waved his hand, and said weakly: "Let's go home, to Xianghe County."

Seeing his father like this, Meng Hong didn't even have time to leave the house, so he drove his father back to his home in Xianghe County.

The author says:

The content of the rural examination and the rural examination in this article comes from the Internet Baidu.

Next, let’s talk about the official rank. In the article, Wang Zhixian is the county magistrate of Xianghe County. Xianghe County belongs to a county in the capital city, that is, Jing County. Local magistrates are generally of the seventh rank.

Wangzhi County was transferred to a prefecture in other provinces as magistrates. The local magistrates were from the fourth rank (the reference here is the official rank of the Qing Dynasty, and the local magistrates in the Ming Dynasty were the fourth rank). The first rank is from the first rank to the ninth rank from the ninth rank.Therefore, Wangzhi County has been promoted to three levels in a row from the sixth-rank magistrate to the fourth-rank magistrate.

Having said that, let me mention the difference between Beijing officials and local officials.Beijing officials are located in the capital, and they mainly revolve around the imperial city and the emperor. Top Beijing officials like those six ministers, the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the Secretary of the General Administration, and the Minister of Dali Temple have a lot of money. There is ice respect in summer, and charcoal respect in winter. Of course, ice respect and charcoal respect do not refer to ice and charcoal in a simple sense, but various kinds of money that are too numerous to count.Although the salaries of officials are limited, these top Beijing officials are not poor at all because of the filial piety of local officials.

But ordinary Beijing officials can't do it. Ordinary Beijing officials have generally or low positions. Apart from dead wages, they have no other sources of money, so they are relatively poor. , It’s not bad if you don’t starve to death.

However, although these ordinary Beijing officials have no money, they are located in the capital, and have more opportunities to contact the emperor, nobles, and important ministers, and have more opportunities to be promoted, and the promotion speed is relatively faster than that of local officials.Even with seniority, it is easier for Beijing officials to reach a relatively high position than local officials.

So Wangzhi County originally wanted to squeeze into the Beijing government, although it failed to get what it wanted, it would be good to go to Mufang Zhifu.Although the promotion of local officials is not as fast as that of Beijing officials, and some are difficult to get ahead, local officials have a lot of money, and even the lowest subordinates can use various channels to make money, let alone administrative officials like county magistrates and magistrates. Oh, how many people are rushing to give money to others.Moreover, the mountains are high and the emperor is far away, and the emperor can't control them, so they can earn more.

"Three years to clear the magistrate, one hundred thousand snowflake silver" is not for nothing.The "Qing" here does not refer to the Qing Dynasty, but the clean and honest Qing. This sentence is a satire on officials who flaunt their incorruptibility, but in fact they are also wantonly extracting the people's fat and anointing.Source "The Scholars".

The above is the difference between Beijing officials and local officials. Both have their own advantages and disadvantages.If you want to make more money, you can go to the local government. Local officials are richer than ordinary Beijing officials.If you want a good future and want to climb higher, then you can become a Beijing official. The qualifications of Beijing officials will be slowly developed, and promotion will not be a problem.

Finally, let’s talk about Shuntianfu.In the Ming and Qing dynasties, there were four buildings with the word "Tianfu": Shuntianfu, Yingtianfu, Fengtianfu, and Chengtianfu.Tian is the Son of Heaven, and Tianfu has a direct relationship with the Son of Heaven, either the birthplace of the emperor before he became emperor, or the fiefdom before he became emperor.

1. Yingtianfu in the Ming Dynasty. Nanjing was the capital at the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, and the capital was Yingtianfu. Later, when the capital was moved to Beijing, the capital became Shuntianfu, and Yingtianfu served as the accompanying capital.Later, when the Qing Dynasty entered the customs and established the Qing Dynasty, Yingtianfu was renamed Jiangningfu and was no longer Tianfu.

2. Fengtian Mansion in the Qing Dynasty, that is, Shengjing (now Shenyang, Liaoning), was the hometown of the Qing emperors. Later, the Qing soldiers entered the pass and moved their capital to Beijing (Shuntian Mansion).

3. Chengtian Mansion in the Ming Dynasty was established by Emperor Jiajing Zhu Houcong (cōng). The reason why Zhu Houcong became emperor was because his cousin Zhengde Emperor Zhu Houzhao died too suddenly, and Zhu Houzhao had no heirs, so Zhu Houcong picked it up Cheap, able to inherit the throne of Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Houcong was born in Anlu Prefecture (now Zhongxiang, Hubei). After Zhu Houcong ascended the throne, Anlu Prefecture was promoted to Chengtian Mansion.After the Qing soldiers entered the pass to establish the Qing Dynasty, they changed Chengtian Mansion into Anlu Mansion.

4. Shuntianfu, now Beijing, the capital of the Ming and Qing dynasties.The highest administrative officer of Shuntian Mansion is Fu Yin, which is different from prefects in other places. Shuntian Fu Yin can only be called Fu Yin, not prefect.There is also Fengtian Mansion, the highest administrative officer is also Fuyin, but anyone with the word Tianfu will be called Fuyin.

Fu Yin and magistrate mean the same thing, they are both the highest administrative officials of a prefecture, but Shuntian prefecture is the capital, and its status is definitely not comparable to that of other local prefectures.The governor of Shuntian Mansion is at the third rank, while the magistrates in other places are from the fourth rank, and the official rank is a full three ranks higher. His status is obvious, and of course it is not ordinary.

Suddenly, I found that in the previous chapters I wrote Shuntian Fu Yin as the magistrate, so I am going to change it.

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