The next day.
afternoon.
The results of the examination results are similar to what the outside world expected. Fan Zhongyan and Liang Shi both entered the third class, Wang Su and Wu Daiwen entered the fourth class, and Hu Yuan entered the fifth class.
However, although Fan Zhongyan and Liang Shi were both third-class, their appointments were completely different.
Fan Zhongyan was directly appointed as Guan Gou Guozijian for official affairs.
In terms of organizational structure alone, the Imperial College's Jijiujiu and Imperial College Siye are the positive and negative officers of the Imperial College, but in the early Song Dynasty, the two positions were not separated.
Therefore, the actual chief of the Imperial College is the Imperial College Supervisor.
As the actual leader of the Imperial College, his seniority is certainly not too low. Only attendants (two-system waiters and above) can serve.
Generally speaking, there are two people in charge of the Imperial College. One is the Imperial Imperial College Supervisor who is above the rank of Attendant, and the other is the Imperial Imperial College Supervisor who is the same Imperial College Supervisor.
If the supervisor is appointed as a non-attendant official, "Guan Gou" will be added before the dispatch name, that is, Guan Gou will supervise official affairs.
Under the current structure, Guan Gou Guozi Supervisor is the second or third-ranking official after Guozi Supervisor Fang Guozi.
The Guozijian of the Song Dynasty was an educational institution, with Guozixue, Taixue, Guangwenkan, and Lvxue all being its subordinate institutions.
At the same time, the Imperial College is also an educational management institution.
Fan Zhongyan was selected from the first position and directly became one of the chief officials of the Ministry of Education. He truly rose to prominence in one day.
When the news came out, countless people felt sour in their stomachs.
So sour!
However, for Fan Zhongyan, in addition to being in charge of Gou Guozijian's official duties, this was an extremely stressful assignment.
Who was the last Supervisor of Jianguozi?
The famous Confucian Sun Shi!
Who is the current Supervisor of Beng Guozi?
Jia Changchao, a great Confucian scholar recommended by Sun Shi!
Sun Shi was a graduate of the Nine Classics, and Jia Changchao was a meritorious scholar for his contribution to the literature, and was born with the same Jinshi background. Although neither of them was a Jinshi, they were both famous Confucian scholars in the world.
Managing the Imperial Academy together with Jia Changchao, Fan Zhongyan only felt a lot of pressure.
How virtuous and capable are you?
In fact, one thing Fan Zhongyan didn't know was that Sun Shi did not simply admire Jia Changchao when he recommended Jia Changchao as the supervisor of the state.
Rather, there are considerable off-site factors.
Sun Shi was the first person to pass the Nine Classics in the second year of Emperor Taizong's reign (989), that is, he ranked first in all the examinations. The number one scholar in this tribute examination was Chen Yaosou.
Although the background in various subjects is not as good as that of a Jinshi, there is one exception. Those who have passed the Nine Classics will be given a favorable official rating. Those who have ranked first in the Nine Classics will be awarded an official title equivalent to the first grade of a Jinshi.
Chen Yaosou and Sun Shi, one was the first in Jinshi and the other was the first in Jiujing. They were both in the limelight for a while, so it was natural for them to intersect.
After the death of his first wife Wang, Jia Changchao remarried Chen Yaozi's daughter Chen.
Chen Yaozi and Chen Yaosou were brothers. Although Chen Yaosou passed away in the first year of Tianxi, the intersection between Chen and Sun Shi still existed.
It is not difficult to understand why Sun Shi recommended to support the younger generations of the Chen family.
In addition, although Jia Changchao is an expert in exegesis, he is not that kind of corrupt scholar. He is very good at playing tricks.
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Jia Changchao was the first official in the Song Dynasty to advance to the throne through Jing Yanguan.
However, he was able to get into Feng Zaizhi not because of his ability, but because of his connections.
Jia Changchao's wife, Chen, was born in the Chen family of Langzhou and was qualified to accompany her mother in and out of the palace. Chen first met the wet nurse of Zhenzong's second son, King Zhou, and later met the palace maid Jia.
Although the Jia family and Jia Changchao both had the surname Jia, they were not closely related. Jia Changchao simply wanted to curry favor with each other, so they called themselves nephews.
When the future Queen Wencheng Zhang (Zhang Yuhan in the play) first entered the palace, she was adopted as an adopted daughter by the palace maid Jia.
Precisely because of his good relationship with the Jia family, as the Zhang family became more and more favored, Jia Changchao's official position also rose all the way. His advancement to the throne was inseparable from Empress Wen Cheng.
However, Fan Zhongyan, who came from a poor family, had no idea of these inside stories.
In his eyes, Jia Changchao was indeed a master of Confucian classics.
In the first year of Tianxi (1017), Jia Changchao, who was only twenty years old, compiled an exegetical work "Qunjing Yinbian".
(A work dedicated to annotating the homographs and synonyms of the group scriptures)
It was from this point that Jia Changchao became an official.
At the age of twenty, he had mastered the Classics, corrected and annotated homophones and synonyms, and was recognized by the academic community. There is no doubt that Jia Changchao was definitely a genius.
Although Jia Changchao was younger than Fan Zhongyan, the masters came first. In Fan Zhongyan's view, his knowledge was incomparable to that of Jia Changchao.
Just when Fan Zhongyan was doubting whether he was qualified for this assignment, the maid at home suddenly came to report.
Fan Zhongyan's family originally had no servants, but the servants that are now all married into the Fan family along with his wife Li.
Considering that Li was the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, even if Fan Zhongyan was not used to being waited on, he had to slowly get used to it.
"Langjun, someone from the Kou Mansion has informed Langjun that he will go to the mansion for a banquet tonight."
Naturally, there is only one palace in Beijing that can be compared to the Kou Mansion.
Mr. Kou’s Mansion!
"okay, I get it."
Hearing this, Fan Zhongyan had doubts in his heart. Kou Xiang invited him to the banquet?
Until now, he still didn't understand why Kou Xiang recommended him to participate in the system.
After arriving in Beijing, Fan Zhongyan also visited the Kou Mansion, but Prime Minister Kou has been very busy recently and has never had time to meet him.
Strictly speaking, this meeting was the first time the two met.
When visiting Kou Zhun for the first time, both emotionally and rationally, he should bring some gifts.
However, the gift should neither be too expensive nor too light.
After thinking for a moment, Fan Zhongyan remembered that he still had some wine sent from Suzhou at home, and Prime Minister Kou happened to be good at what he had in his glass.
It shouldn't be against the rules to give away some local specialties.
After a while, Fan Zhongyan walked out of the house carrying a jar of ten-year-old wine.
Since it was difficult to ride a horse while carrying wine, Fan Zhongyan summoned a Didi carriage before going out.
(There were taxis in the Northern Song Dynasty, similar to today’s taxis)
Kou Mansion.
"My lord, Fan Zhongyan is here."
After Kou Zhun returned home from work, he immediately received a notice from the manager of the mansion.
"Where are the others?"
Kou Zhun had heard about Fan Zhongyan for a long time, but due to various factors, the two had never been able to meet him.
Today coincides with the release of the examination results, and Fan Zhongyan's new assignment has also been accepted. Inviting Fan Zhongyan to the mansion is both a private matter and a business matter.
Fan Zhongyan's new assignment is to supervise Gou, the Imperial Prince, and supervise official affairs. However, his supervision of Gou, the Imperial Prince, is different from the previous one.
According to official opinions, Fan Zhongyan's main job was not teaching, but reforming the academic system.
"Waiting in the side hall."
As he said that, the steward smiled slightly.
"By the way, Fan Zhongyan brought a jar of fine wine when he came, saying it was a specialty of his hometown and not worth much."
"You see?"
"Um."
Kou Zhun nodded indifferently. Obviously, in his opinion, receiving gifts or something was just a trivial matter.
"Just take it and take it."
