In the eyes of many people, Beijing officials and local officials are different.
The local magistrates worship the fourth rank, which is far inferior to the fifth rank Beijing officials.
Some of them seem to be obviously promotions, but in fact they are implicit derogations.
And Xie Yanzhi is like this!
The number one scholar entering the Imperial Academy is from the sixth rank, and there is a saying in the Imperial Academy.
Those who are not members of the Imperial Academy are not allowed to join the cabinet, and those who are not commoners are not allowed to serve as chief ministers.
Except for those in the top three, other Jinshi in the same class who want to enter the Imperial Academy need to take the imperial examination.
After entering Hanlin, there is a major exam every three years.
This is what is commonly known as disbandment. Only those who succeed in the assessment will stay.
Those who do well in the examination will still have the opportunity to jump from the seventh grade to the fourth grade as a minister, lecturer, etc.
As for those who dispersed, they need to be arranged elsewhere.
If you have the connections and perform well in the past three years, you can go to the other six departments.
It can be said that the Hanlin Academy is a great springboard for civil servants.
At present, Xie Yanzhi, the number one scholar, did not even enter the Hanlin Academy and went directly to work as a fellow scholar.
One can imagine what those people were thinking.
You know, Dongfeng Mansion is still the poorest and most backward place in the entire Yun Kingdom.
Those who sympathized with him saw that he was promoted from the first rank to the fifth rank, but staying away from the capital and the Hanlin was actually a demotion.
Everyone knows that it is not easy for a local official to return to a capital official.
Even if he can come back one day, it is still unknown whether he will have a good position in the court.
Coupled with the lack of political achievements, it is too difficult to return to Beijing!
However, is it so easy to achieve political achievements?
Most of those who envied him knew that they would not be admitted to the Hanlin Academy and were destined to be exiled as well.
It's just that they are ordinary Jinshi, or they are fellow Jinshi, and they have to start from a junior official.
Generally speaking, it is the county magistrate and chief registrar of a certain place.
It's just that even these official positions are not something they can get if they want. There must be vacancies.
Xie Yanzhi is different from them!
He is the number one scholar after all. No matter how poor the place is, there are still places of wealth no matter how poor the place is.
And this person is not a chief registrar, county magistrate, or county magistrate.
They are fellow connoisseurs of the fifth rank, an official position they may never be promoted to in their lifetime.
There are those who are quick-witted, or the elders in the family are also important officials in the court. They guessed some inside stories and decided to follow Xie Yan.
The emperor showed his differences towards Xie Yanzhi as early as the examination.
Because of him, many people in the court were demoted and punished.
Now Emperor Kang Jing couldn't send him to Dongfeng Mansion smoothly. No matter what, he just had to follow his footsteps and have a good relationship with him.
Anyway, it only takes a few years!
If ten or eight years pass and he is still there and unable to return to Beijing, the family will just find a way to transfer them back.
Because of these speculations, after the Qionglin Banquet, the number of people taking the imperial examination in the Hanlin Academy was much smaller than before.
In previous years, Dongfeng Mansion was a place that many people did not want to go to.
This year, however, is unusual.
After it was confirmed that Xie Yanzhi would take up a post in Dongfeng Mansion, people from various forces in the DPRK and China began to take action.
Anyone who can arrange for Dongfeng Mansion should be placed there quickly.
Those who cannot be placed are those who intend to get close to the Jinshi who is expected to take office there this time, and the same Jinshi.
Xie Yanzhi didn't have to worry about this. He knew that since the emperor sent him to Dongfeng Mansion, he would not let those messy people go if he needed to make political achievements.
Dongfeng Mansion is located in the southeast of Yun Kingdom. It can barely be regarded as an island city.
It is warm all year round, but it rains a lot and there are typhoons every year.
The people are very poor. Firstly, transportation is inconvenient, and secondly, typhoons cause serious losses every year.
There are not many native-born people there, more of them are people who committed crimes at home and were exiled to take root there.
It can be said that the population is chaotic and difficult to manage.
Transportation is inconvenient and natural disasters are severe.
Xie Yanzhi had already guessed where he might go, but his guess was mostly in the northwest.
If it weren't for the water the palace servants poured him during the Qiong Lin Banquet, he might have thought he was hearing hallucinations.
But it was precisely because the wine in his glass was water that he clearly knew that the emperor was serious.
The day after Xie Yanzhi returned to Xie's house from the palace, Li Sanhai and others came over.
All of them were extremely happy, with thick smiles on their faces.
No matter what, if you win the top prize, it doesn't matter even if you go to the poor and scumbag Dongfeng Mansion to be a fellow scholar.
They country people are not afraid of poverty as long as they have hands and feet.
What's more, they have high-yield sweet potatoes, and Yuan Niang also has high-yield corn.
And there is a secret medicine at home that can make crops grow quickly.
Therefore, as long as food production increases, will we continue to be poor over time?
Because of this belief, everyone congratulated Xie Yanzhi in a hurry, and then their families gathered together to eat and drink, and then the matter was settled.
Just do what everyone should do normally.
But before Li Sanhai left, he asked Li Yuan: "Mother Yuan, did Shao'an say when he will take office? If you have free time, set off to Dongfeng Mansion early. If you can pass by Li Jia'ao in Lanxia City, go back Let's see."
"Third uncle, Brother Xie has been very tired these days. I'll ask him tomorrow. If I have enough time, I will go back. My eldest brother said in a letter before that he hopes that Brother Xie can go back when he has free time after becoming a Jinshi. One trip.”
"That's fine! Yuan Niang, Third Uncle will keep an eye on everything here. You just have to rest assured and follow Shao An to take office."
Li Sanhai made a serious promise, and when he was about to leave, he remembered one more thing that he had not asked.
"Ms. Yuan, before you talked about sweet potatoes and said that the emperor would pave the way for Shao'an on this basis, then you are going to Dongfeng Mansion. What will you do about this?"
Li Yuan almost forgot about this because she was busy.
At this moment, she heard her third uncle mention it, thought about it, and said: "Third uncle, to be honest, I don't know either. I don't dare to guess about this kind of thing. In this way, I will ask Brother Xie together later. Regardless of whether I give it back or not. Brother Xie paved the way, but I think the credit that belongs to my Li family will not be easily erased."
"Well, when you leave, your third aunt and I will come to see you off."
After saying this, Li Sanhai left.
Su Mingshan hasn't left yet. Because of her relationship with Li Yuan, Caiwei and Qingsha, she considers herself a member of the Xie family.
After everyone left and only two people were left in the courtyard, he said, "Sister Li, I have something I want to discuss with you."
"Well, tell me!"
"Sister Li, I discussed it with Brother Ting after I learned about the place where my brother-in-law took office. I will stay in the capital for three years to assist Can Niang and help you take care of things here. Brother Ting, when the time comes, I will go to where my brother-in-law will take office. Local merchants.”
She said, fearing that Li Yuan would disagree, and continued: "Sister Li should know that if a place wants to become rich, it must start business. The journey may be inconvenient, but many things depend on human effort."
