Su Ze went to Changningwei again, and under the leadership of his grandfather, he worshiped his ancestors in the family temple.
In this world, Su Ze is the nephew of the ninth aunt. After paying homage to the ancestors in the family temple, Chang Ningwei held a banquet for three days.
This is the provincial examination Jieyuan!
This is a great example!
Not to mention the candidates, since the establishment of Changning Guard, there has not been even a single scholar!
What is the identity of Jie Yuan in the rural examination? That’s why you don’t have to kneel down when you see the county magistrate. He is a top figure in the entire Nanping County!
When Su Ze was just a scholar, several surrounding villages recognized Chang Ningwei as their younger brother. Now, several surrounding villages beat gongs and drums and sent congratulatory gifts one after another.
The Chen family from Beishan who once fought with the Changning Guards was also beaming with joy. The Chen family and his son did not expect that last year's investment would pay off so quickly.
After the Jianxi River was dredged, Beishan Village never had a shortage of water. Later, Chen always tied himself tightly to Changning Wei, and the grandson of Patriarch Chen was also sent to the Changning Wei School to study.
Now the teacher of Chen’s parents and grandchildren has become the provincial examination Jieyuan! What a blessing this is! The Chen family father and son quickly brought gifts in person and sent them to Changning Wei to congratulate him.
"Brother Aze! My brother gave this to you!"
Lin Liangjun, the little carrot head, brought a small wooden box. Su Ze opened it and saw that it was a model of a small wooden ship.
The model of this small wooden boat was very exquisite, and the details were also very exquisite. Su Ze quickly recognized that it was a Carrick sailboat.
This is a Spanish ship used for ocean voyages. I don’t know where Lin Mojun got the ship model from.
Su Ze couldn't put it down when he saw this model ship. Lin Liangjun was like a naughty kid when he saw the figure. He couldn't help but stretched out his paw, but Su Ze slapped it away.
Lin Liangjun covered his paws and said, "Stingy! My brother won't let me touch it, and you won't let me touch it, Brother Aze!"
Lin Liangjun looked at the model ship and said, "Brother Aze, you passed the exam, why did my brother give you this toy?"
Su Ze picked up the ship model and said, "What do you know? This is not a toy."
"What's this?"
"This is the future."
Su Ze put the ship model back into the box. Sure enough, in this world, only Lin Mojun understood his ambition best.
Three days after the banquet, Su Ze finally felt the joy of the Han Emperor returning to his hometown in glory. However, he still had many things to do. Su Ze said goodbye to his hometown elders and hurried to Nanping City.
Many people in Nanping City knew Su Ze. As soon as Su Ze entered the city, everyone shouted: "Gong Jie Yuang is back!"
Compared with the parade in Fuzhou Prefecture, Nanping County was more enthusiastic. This was the first Jieyuan in Nanping County since the opening of the imperial court!
No matter what, it’s good to enjoy Su Ze’s happiness!
Fang Aizhu quickly stepped forward and blocked the front with the villagers from Changningwei, allowing Su Ze to squeeze out of the crowd.
Su Ze finally arrived at the gate of the county government office, and Bai Zhixian was already standing in front of the door to greet him.
"Jie Yuangong!"
Baizhi County saluted Su Ze with the etiquette of ordinary people, and Su Ze quickly performed the etiquette of an elder:
"Master is here, Su Ze doesn't dare to praise Duke Yuan."
Baizhi County is very happy. Juren can now become an official. As long as Su Ze is willing to go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the capital now, he can become an academic official.
As long as there are no problems with the academic officer, he can be promoted to a county magistrate in a remote area in one or two terms. Moreover, Su Ze is still Jieyuan, so his future is unlimited.
Bai Zhixian already looked at Su Ze with the eyes of his peers.
There are only a few scholars in Nanping County with diplomas, and Baizhi County's attitude is also normal.
But Su Ze was not arrogant, but treated himself as a teacher. Baizhi County felt very useful.
Get on the road! This guy is really on the right track!
Bai Zhixian was more enthusiastic and took Su Ze into the county government office.
"Brother Su Xian, Ju Ren has already obtained an official status. Your mentor is Hai Jiao Yu, and your room master is Wang Supervisor. Remember this."
"Thank you, Master, for your teaching!"
Seeing that Su Ze was so righteous, Baizhixian still said that he was a good brother, but he did not correct Su Ze in calling him eldest brother.
The subordinate officials around are waiting carefully. The rural examination is like a carp leaping over the dragon gate. Ordinary scholars and county officials can still bully them with their power. However, the situation is different. Juren are officials and can write letters to other officials, and even Report to the imperial court.
Juren will not need to be punished if they go to the county government for trial, and they will not be imprisoned unless it is a serious crime. It is already difficult to punish Juren with the methods of ordinary officials with swords and pens.
And this person is even more important, a close and wise brother of Baizhi County, the Chenglong Kuaishu of the former Fang Magistrate, and the proud disciple of the County Xuehai Bijie. How dare ordinary county officials offend him.
Bai Zhixian led Su Ze into the back house. All the county officials accompanying him had already left. Only then did Bai Zhixian ask:
"Have you ever gone to the county school to meet your mentor?"
"The students have just returned to the county town and came to pay a visit first."
Baizhixian was happy in his heart and said: "To respect teachers, teachers should come first, but I also want to tell you some good news. Your teacher is going to be promoted!"
Su Ze was shocked. Hai Rui had only been in Nanping for a year. Logically speaking, it would be difficult for him to be promoted so quickly if he had not been a student officer for three to five years.
Bai Zhixian said: "It turns out that your father-in-law didn't tell you. After Mr. Fang came to Jiangsu and Zhejiang, he recommended Haigangfeng to the imperial court. I heard that the imperial court appointed him as the magistrate of Chun'an County, Zhejiang. The appointment documents are already on the way."
Su Ze looked at Baizhi County in surprise, sighing at the changes in the historical timeline and its ability to wrap things up.
Hai Rui was promoted from Nanping Jiaoyu to Chun'an County Magistrate, but he was only recommended by Xu Jie, the second minister of the cabinet, in the 37th year of Jiajing.
As for why Xu Jie was able to recommend Hai Rui, it was naturally because Xu Jie had served as an official in Yanping Mansion, and there were also former disciples and former officials of Xu Jie in Yanping Mansion.
Being a disciple and an old official is a very powerful political influence, and it is also an official's subordinate.
Yan Song was able to firmly control the power of the cabinet and suppressed Xu Jie, relying on his disciples and old officials.
Xu Jie was able to fight Yan Song for so many years because of his disciples and former officials.
Now in the thirty-fourth year of the Jiajing reign, Hai Rui was recommended by his future father-in-law and went to Chun'an to be the magistrate. Su Ze felt it was very strange.
Bai Zhixian said: "It is a time of chaos in Zhejiang now, but it is also a time of chaos, so Haigangfeng can do something great when he takes office. I haven't told him the news yet. I will talk to him when you go to visit later. Tell me."
Su Ze knew that this was the news that Baizhi County had received in advance, so he specially asked himself to report the good news to Hai Rui. He quickly thanked Baizhi County.
Bai Zhixian added: "There is another thing. This county has been waiting for a few months to go south."
Su Ze said quickly: "Congratulations, sir!"
Thinking about it, Magistrate Bai was in Nanping County when he was the last magistrate. Now that he has survived two terms of magistrate, it is his turn to be promoted.
Bai Zhixian said with a smile: "We still need to wait until Xinzhi County takes office and hand over the customs seal before we go south."
Normal promotions require handover before leaving office. Fang Zhifu was a special promotion, so he left so quickly. Baizhi County had to continue with the affairs of the county, and could not take up his post until the new Nanping County Magistrate took office.
"Going south?"
Bai Zhixian said with a smile: "I will go to Guangfu, Guangdong to be the magistrate."
Guangfu? Isn’t it Guangzhou Prefecture?
Su Ze's eyes lit up, Guangzhou was the largest port in the south of the Ming Dynasty!
Moreover, Macau, the only port in the Ming Dynasty that has connections with the West, is also under the rule of Guangzhou!
Su Ze said quickly: "Guangfu is the most important town in the south. Congratulations to Bai Fuyin!"
The promoted prefect Bai was in a very happy mood. He accepted Su Ze's congratulations and finally said:
"Rulin, you have to study hard. Next year is the year of the National Examination. You are Jieyuan in the Provincial Examination, so you should be able to pass the Jinshi. But you can study for a few more years and participate in the National Examination four years later."
Bai Zhifu said earnestly: "I took the provincial examination for many years. As soon as I passed the examination, I was busy going to the general examination. Although I won the Jinshi in the end, my subject score was too low, so I was awarded the county magistrate in the end."
Baizhi County is not Versailles anymore. The imperial examination has a great influence on the future. If you are in the first or second class and the grade is young, you can take the imperial examination, which is the Hanlin Academy exam. Once you enter the Hanlin Academy, you will be the treasurer of the country. The prime minister is the future prime minister of the country.
The remaining ones can serve as public officials. The Sixth Section gives heavy responsibilities to Shizhong and the Censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. It will also be Yan Maoqing's turn to go out to do errands. If he does well, he can be promoted when he returns home.
As for the low-ranking Jinshi in Baizhi County, they can only start from the county magistrate and slowly endure hardship.
Baizhi County also has a backend and connections, and that's why it got the lucrative post of Guangzhou Prefect.
Therefore, many people in the Ming Dynasty who had good scores in the provincial examination would wait several years before taking the national examination.
Su Ze is young anyway, and the meeting is held every three years, so he can even participate in the meeting four years later.
However, Magistrate Bai didn't know about Su Ze's thoughts of rebellion. Su Ze just handed over his hand and said, "Thank you, sir."
Baizhi County added: "After the New Year, Rulin will go to the Imperial College to enter prison. We in Fujian can enter the Nanjing Imperial College."
Su Ze nodded and said: "I am also planning to enter the Nanjing Imperial College first."
"Entering prison is just a formality, but the assessment of candidates in prison has been strict in recent years. Rulin will wait and see whether he will study in Nanzhili or at home."
Most of the people with local household registration in Nanping are not in Nanping now.
According to Lord Hong Wu's design, those who are admitted as candidates will go to the Imperial College to study. Only candidates who are in the Imperial College can take part in the examination.
But in fact, because the Imperial College is getting tighter and tighter, most of the candidates are not willing to attend classes in the Imperial College. They will choose to study abroad or stay at home.
This is also the reason why Nanping County does not have a single young official who lives in leisurely life except for official officials.
Baizhixian had also been in prison before, and he imparted some experience on how to fish in the Imperial College. Su Ze was naturally grateful again.
Magistrate Bai was in a happy mood, and he added: "The fight that Eunuch Tao is causing is quite big. I heard that you have frequent contacts with Eunuch Tao? This is not good for the reputation of us scholars. Ru Lin should be careful."
Su Ze said: "Eunuch Tao really wants to work for Fujian. If I oppose him because he is an eunuch, wouldn't that mean that I am putting my personal reputation above the common people? I won't do it!"
"This time I came to the county government office to explain Eunuch Tao's plan to control the Minjiang River to the elder."
Su Ze took out the hydrograph, pointed at the Minjiang River and said:
"The Minjiang River meets at Nanping. To govern Minjiang, we must first govern the Minjiang River. To govern the Minjiang River, we must govern Nanping!"
In fact, Baizhi County was about to resign, and he originally did not want to get involved in such a troublesome matter as flood control.
But for Su Ze's sake, he still said, "That's true, but Ru Lin, what suggestions do you have?"
Su Ze said: "Storage water and build a dam behind Jiufeng Mountain. This is originally the place where three streams converge. We only need to dig through a few places to store water."
"If there is water coming upstream, the dam can store water for flood control. If the water is dry, the water in the dam can be slowly released for disaster relief."
Baizhi County looked at Su Ze's plan carefully. The construction volume was indeed not large and the design was very clever. He sighed: "Rulin is a great talent!"
Su Ze struck again while the iron was hot and said: "This time, Eunuch Tao has provided the money, and the manpower has been recruited. We only need to recruit workers to complete the water storage project before the typhoon comes. This can also be regarded as the credit of the great master's tenure. In the future, the common people When the monument is built, it must also have the name of the great master."
Hearing this, Bai Zhixian was moved.
What scholar can refuse the honor of being recorded in a monument?
Hangzhou also has Su Causeway and White Causeway, which are the status that only famous ministers have through the ages.
Floods in the Minjiang River were serious. In the four years since Baizhi County took office in Nanping, the Minjiang River flooded twice.
Su Ze's project seems reliable, and Eunuch Tao also provided the money, so it's not an abuse of people's power.
If the common people have money, they will definitely be willing to do it, and I can just sit back and take the credit.
Bai Zhi County now said: "Then start the construction as soon as possible. Then Rulin should be more careful and don't cause any civil unrest."
Su Ze said on the spot: "Of course!"
After Su Ze came out of the government office, he finally realized the benefits of being a candidate.
The benefits of being promoted are not just the privilege of not having to kneel before an official, nor is it the benefit of being exempted from taxes.
During the Jiajing period, the control of exemptions and exemptions was still very strict. Official land taxes were not exempted, but only Ding labor was exempted.
That is to say, the people who surrendered in Su Ze's name could be exempted from the imperial service.
Only two people are exempted from military service. In fact, this is similar to the two taels of silver per month for county students, and it is considered the most basic welfare.
The greatest benefit of being a person is status.
Once you pass the Juren exam, you will have the status of an official, and your relationship with those officials will be that of an official and an official, and will no longer be the previous relationship between an official and a citizen.
These are the people of the bureaucracy.
As one of our own, we have influence. For example, Su Ze can influence the decision-making of Baizhi County, and as long as Su Ze speaks, the county can provide some benefits to Changning Wei.
This is also the source of power for many civil servants in the countryside. County government officials often change, and they have to maintain good relations with the local civil servants. These civil servants who live at home can influence local officials and form the so-called tyrants of the country gentry.
Su Ze sighed with emotion, it's no wonder that the local power in Ming Dynasty is still strong.
Immediately afterwards, Su Ze went to visit Hai Rui and told Hai Rui that he had been recommended by Fang Magistrate and promoted to Chun'an Magistrate.
As a scholar, Hai Rui naturally wanted to benefit the country by serving as an official, and he was naturally very happy to be in charge of the country.
Next, Su Ze put on coarse clothes, led Fang Aizhu and Chang Ningwei and a group of Xiangyong to protect him, and plunged into the farm near Jiufeng Mountain.
This is Su Ze’s second rural investigation into the countryside near Nanping.
(End of chapter)
