In this era, although the Taixi people were strongly influenced by Ming culture, they were not completely assimilated by Ming Dynasty.
The vast majority of Thais still retain typical Thai-Western thinking.
The key is that the vast majority of Thais and Westerners did not have the opportunity to live in the Ming Dynasty for a long time.
Knowledge of the Ming Dynasty mainly comes from books and newspapers, and the information in newspapers has changed hands countless times.
When most Thai and Western people understand the cultural things of the Ming Dynasty, they usually instinctively find ways to find corresponding things in the Thai and Western culture they are familiar with.
The honors such as students, candidates, and scholars obtained through the imperial examination are regarded as non-hereditary titles.
The reputation of the Dongyi Kingdom was corresponding to the knighthood of Scotland or Ireland by the British. The British king often conferred the knighthood of these countries on people.
The same Englishman may hold Irish, Scottish, and English titles at the same time.
The vassal states without a king established by the Ming Dynasty were regarded as territories where the Ming Emperor directly served as the king.
It is regarded as a country like Ireland where the King of England is also the King.
Once they pass the final round of exams, they can get the title of Lord of such a country.
Everyone is looking forward to the last result.
Gauss also waited anxiously for more than ten days.
It was until the end of July that the final round of the Dongyi Kingdom's first imperial examination was finally released.
More than a thousand people who took the exam all crowded into the municipal square to watch the results.
Gauss squeezed into the crowd, looking forward from the bottom of the list with anticipation and tangle.
A total of more than 300 people were on the list, and more than 1,000 people took the exam. The admission rate was almost one-third.
But Gauss looked for a long time and still couldn't find his name.
I walked straight ahead and saw the front row.
"If my article is written like that, there is no way it will rank so high..."
Gauss considered the situation in his mind and began to feel guilty about giving up, but he saw his name.
Among all the more than 300 people, he was ranked tenth from front to back.
At the same time, there were shouts of exclamation all around, and many people were shouting in disbelief.
"Why isn't there my name?"
"This is impossible!"
"Why is my ranking so low! All the articles are talking about the advantages of Ming Dynasty!"
“Isn’t this list wrong?”
"Do these people in front of us write much better than us?"
Gauss himself was a little unbelievable, but there seemed to be no answer to this question.
Dongyi Kingdom has not disclosed the contents of the test paper, and has no plans to let anyone check the paper.
The result is what it is and no one can question it.
The actual standards are based on Zhu Jingyuan's suggestions.
For those who make a serious and relatively objective analysis of the pros and cons, they will be given a little evaluation and ranking, which is equivalent to a small bonus.
For those who find that Thai and Western culture was influenced by the Ming Dynasty, give them as high a rating as possible, which is equivalent to a substantial bonus.
For those who completely blindly praise the Ming Dynasty and belittle Taixi as worthless, their rankings will be slightly lowered, which is equivalent to a small deduction of points.
Those who think that Ming Dynasty as a whole is not as good as Taixi will be directly eliminated and banned from entering for life.
Ming Dynasty can allow you to have a certain degree of self-respect and ensure that they can objectively analyze the situation in Europe and the West in the future.
If you want to belittle Ming in turn, wouldn't you be happy if you were left with nothing to do?
However, in the end, no candidates were found to do so, so no one was directly kicked away.
Therefore, the final scores of the candidates basically reflect the actual level of the candidates.
The first batch of talents who passed the examination were really the highest level among all the candidates.
It's just that there is a slight tendency in their rankings.
In this way, the first batch of students in Dongyi Kingdom, also known as scholars among the people, were successfully selected.
There are a total of 512 people, which is really a lot compared to Dongyi Kingdom's total population of less than one million people.
However, almost half of them are foreign students, and there are only more than 200 local candidates.
On the third day after the exam, Liu Ruozhi and Ruan Yuan met all the candidates at the Changshifu Yamen in Lin County and Wei County, Changdao, and arranged for the existing translators to issue diplomas and certificates to them.
There was originally a harmonious and festive atmosphere, and many Thais and Westerners were ready to call Liu Ruozhi their master.
As a result, things changed quickly, because Liu Ruozhi also arranged jobs for them while issuing certificates.
According to Zhu Jingyuan's request, these Thai and Western talents all started as translators.
Either go to various counties, villages and towns to work as an interpreter, or go to a certain army or a certain militia team to work as an interpreter.
Come and try it quickly. 】
Most of the new talents were originally prepared to become civil servants, and now they are naturally willing to accept the job of translator.
However, there are more than a hundred people who do not want to be civil servants.
Many people take the exam just for the title of "Lord" of the Dongyi Kingdom of the Ming Dynasty.
Some have even retired or are preparing to retire.
For example, the former Governor of New York, Earl Dunmore and Macartney, both old men could hardly move.
There are also people who have been officials in New York and the United States, or are congressmen in New York City or even New York State. Now it is impossible for them to come here directly to work as low-level translators.
There are also some well-known businessmen who already run huge industries, so it is impossible for them to directly become translators.
There are also some who are originally dedicated to scientific research and do not want to work as ordinary translators for the Dongyi Kingdom in the afternoon.
Now Liu Ruizhi arranged the work directly without any explanation, but they had no way to take it.
When Liu Ruozhi arranged work for Macartney, the old man didn't think too much at the time and said with a smile:
"Thank you very much for your kindness. However, the student is old and frail. His time may be short and he will really be unable to serve the Ming Dynasty."
Liu Ruozhi looked at Macartney, who really looked like he was about to die, so he didn't say anything.
But when it was sent to Isaac Roosevelt, a sixteen-year-old boy, the boy directly said that he did not want to enter politics.
Now Liu Ruozhi became a little angry:
"Studying things, cultivating knowledge, cultivating one's family, governing the country, and serving the people are the natural obligations of scholars in the Ming Dynasty. Since you have no intention of pursuing an official career, why did you come to participate in this imperial examination?"
Liu Ruizhi questioned Roosevelt, and without waiting for the other party to defend himself, he turned to look at the others and announced loudly with a straight face:
“This imperial examination was originally held to select translators.
"Since you came to take the exam and passed it but didn't accept the job, are you looking down on our Ming Dynasty Dongyi Kingdom?
"I have ordered that all those who are unwilling to perform their duties will be directly dismissed from their positions and deported immediately.
"And immediately reported it to the Ming Dynasty court, and the relevant personnel were never allowed to participate in the imperial examination.
"The descendants of the relevant personnel will never participate in Ming Dynasty official business."
Roosevelt and many of the rookies around him were stunned when they heard this order.
I had just fought hard for several months, fought my way out from tens of thousands of people, and finally got the honor, and now it was gone!
Did the governor of the Ming Dynasty change his title at the drop of a hat?
Do you have to serve the Ming Dynasty court if you obtain the title of Ming Dynasty?
If you don’t become this translator, all future generations will be sanctioned by the Ming Dynasty!
Is this the cultural tradition of the Ming Dynasty?
I have never heard of such news at all. The books only contain records of many people resigning and not doing anything.
Those are all regarded as legends of a generation...
What they don't know is that before the Renwu Dynasty, it didn't matter if you didn't want to be an official after taking the exam.
But it didn't work after the Renwu Dynasty.
According to Emperor Shizu's words, he doesn't want to be an official for me, but he still wants to take up my title, and he still wants to gain fame and reputation?
I can't tolerate you guys making trouble.
Not only should I get out of here, but my descendants will never be allowed to take part in the imperial examinations, and they will never be allowed to participate in government-run industries.
This is actually the unlimited joint sanctions of Ming Dynasty.
In fact, this situation is basically impossible to happen in Ming Dynasty.
Those who are really willing to take the exam for meritorious service are those who want to be officials.
Even if you pass the exam, there may not be any shortage, because the civil servants in Ming Dynasty are also very popular.
Even if you really don’t want to be an official, you still want to get fame.
Go to work for a while first. If you really can't do the job well, or you get injured or sick, then you can ask to leave.
Never refuse when you are recruited, because you will be blacklisted forever.
The new Taixi talents present were all shocked.
Considering the terrorist threat Liu Ruizhi made, even those who really didn't want to be a translator did not dare to speak.
In addition, everyone is reluctant to give up. After finally getting this honor, I really don’t want to give up just like that.
So in the end, all the rookies accepted Liu Ruozhi's appointment and were ready to give it a try first.
Including Roosevelt, who wanted to postpone it just now, and Hegel, Faraday, Fourier who followed...
Gauss received perfect scores in all mathematics-related exams, so he was retained in the Changshifu Yamen as a translator for the tax department.
Byron and Hegel were assigned to the propaganda department, and Faraday was assigned to the power and energy department.
Although these translations are translations, most people are definitely more than just a translator.
They are just civil servants who started out as translators.
With the addition of this large number of new forces, the administrative efficiency of Dongyi Kingdom can be greatly accelerated.
