Gao Gong looked at Gao pragmatism with some surprise, suddenly laughed, touched his big beard, nodded and said: "I thought you would say, why not just change to an obedient governor Yingtian, and even do it without stopping, even The prefect of Huizhou was also changed."
"Substitution?" Gao Pingshi shook his head and said: "Substitution is not impossible in itself. The third uncle is an assistant minister of the cabinet and is also in charge of general affairs. It doesn't matter if he changes to the governor of Yingtian or the prefect of Huizhou, your majesty will not do it. There may be no approval. However, substitution can only solve this problem, and is our goal just to solve the case of Huizhou's "Huizhou's 'Ren Ding Silk'"? "
Gao Pangshi said sternly: "My nephew just said that the Huizhou 'Ren Ding Silk' case is just a breakthrough. The purpose of us handling this case is to send a signal to others, and it can even be said to kill the chicken to scare the monkey! We just want to make everyone We all know that even if it is only slightly related to the promotion of a whipping method, the central government will attach great importance to it and will never allow pushback or procrastination. Things that should be done today must be done today. If you dare to postpone it until tomorrow, I will I dare to lower your evaluation by one level!"
Gao Gong laughed loudly when he heard this, pointed at Gao Pingshi and said: "Looking at the way you point the way to the country, you look more like Yuan Fu than Li Shilu, hahahaha!"
Gao Pingshi was moved in his heart and said secretly: My goal for your nephew is to be the Yuan Fu!
However, he was still relatively reserved on his face, and just said with a smile: "Uncle San is joking, my nephew hasn't even taken the exam for junior high school students yet..."
"When you mentioned this matter, it reminded me." Gao Gong interrupted Gao Pingshi's words in a rare manner, and said seriously: "Now you have no honors, but you have been admitted to the Hanlin Academy and are accompanying the prince. Although there is a lot of foreshadowing for this matter, you are quite successful and stand out among a group of high-ranking officials' children with your book "Long Wen Whip Shadow". However, the third uncle still wants to remind you that in our Ming Dynasty, only those who were born in the imperial examination can be successful. It's the right path! My opinion is that you should find time to go back to Xinzheng as soon as possible, and at least take the exam as a student member first, so that there won't be too many gossips outside... Do you understand what I mean? "
Gao pragmatic nodded and said: "Originally, I just thought that I was still young and didn't need to be too anxious about the imperial examination. But after all, I didn't expect that there would be a situation like today, so... it's really time to go back and take the imperial examination first." As he spoke, he gradually frowned.
Gao Gong had been paying attention to his expression, and when he saw this, he couldn't help but ask: "Why, it's just a student exam. Are you afraid?"
Gao Pragmatic smiled bitterly and said: "It's not that I'm afraid of failing the exam, but that I'm afraid of wasting time. Also, the county exam is in February, and I can't catch up this year."
Gao Gong glared at him and said, "Even if you make it this year, you won't have to take the exam - this is the year of Gengwu, so how can there be a county exam?"
Gao Pragmatic was stunned for a while before he remembered that even in the Ming Dynasty, even if it was just a county examination, the rules were quite complicated.
The county examination is the preliminary examination for the boy's examination, and the method for setting up subjects is clearly stated: when a scholar starts his career, if he takes the boy's examination, he must have a certificate. In the Ming Dynasty, people who took the exam must be scholars with Confucian, official, civilian, military, craftsman, or medical status within the county. People from this county were not allowed to take the exam from other counties.
The time for the boy's examination is also stipulated, it is two examinations every three years, commonly known as the small examination, also known as the small examination. There are three levels from the county examination to the prefecture examination and then to the road examination. Those who failed can take the test again. Every year of Chou, Wei, Chen, Xu, and Yin, Shen, Si, and Hai, that is, the year of annual examinations and scientific examinations, students will be asked to conduct annual examinations or scientific examinations, and states and counties will issue notices to examine children.
The exam start date is usually in February, and state and county officials must provide the exam date one month in advance. Candidates need to register on time at the county school or county government office, fill in their name, age, place of origin, and resumes of their parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents. They must first find a local student who is studying in the county to sign up to ensure that they do not pretend to be a registered student, hide in mourning, or be a substitute. , False names; clean family, non-prostitutes, elites, slaves, servants, slaves and their descendants, can officially take the exam.
The matter of identity proof is easy to handle, Gao Pragmatic doesn't need to worry, but now that more than half of February has passed, rushing back to Xinzheng will definitely miss the exam period - no, as Gao Gong said this year, there is no county exam to take. So even if Gao Pragmatic takes the exam, he will have to wait until next year.
Seeing this, Gao Gong waved his hand: "Okay, I'm just reminding you to make preparations for this matter earlier. Let's not mention it now." He paused and reminded: "Your prince's companion reading You and the fake bachelors are all under the Hanlin Academy in name. When you get the official seal and waistband, it is time to go to the Hanlin Academy to meet the bachelor of the academy."
Gao Pangshi was startled for a moment: "Do you have to go today?" He then asked: "Who is the current bachelor of the college?" The gentleman here does not mean teacher, it is simply an honorific title - he is a Hanlin bachelor, Qing Dynasty. The noblest among nobles.
A weird smile appeared on Gao Gong's face and he uttered three words: "Zhang Fengpan."
"My uncle?" Gao Pangshi was stunned for a moment. He had really forgotten this - who is called Hanlin? This position has special significance in the Ming Dynasty. Many important ministers who are about to be promoted are often placed in this position. It's gold. Just like many assistant ministers who were promoted to the cabinet by the imperial court, they were often first placed in the position of Minister of Rites, and the same was true for Hanlin bachelors.
After Gao Gong said this, Gao Pingshi remembered that Zhang Siwei was previously a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. Gao Gong's procedure for promoting him was to first promote him to a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy, and then concurrently serve as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. Looking back now, Gao Gong's promotion has profound meaning: with the position of Hanlin bachelor, which is absolutely noble enough, serving as the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs will not make people feel that he is not qualified enough - because Hanlin bachelor directly goes against the court to promote the cabinet It's not that strange. For example, Zhang Juzheng was recommended by Xu Jie as a Hanlin bachelor and directly entered the cabinet.
And Zhang Siwei was originally a bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. He was considered to be the largest official in the Imperial Academy besides the bachelor of the Hanlin Academy. At the same time, there is a deeper meaning here: since a Hanlin bachelor can be directly promoted to the cabinet, then Zhang Siwei will serve as a Hanlin bachelor for one term. After completing the exam in three years, he will also have the experience of being the right minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs. , then it is basically a certainty that he will be directly admitted to the cabinet through Gao Gong's recommendation.
It turns out that the third uncle has long been interested in recruiting his uncle into the cabinet... I am still a little naive - no, I am still not familiar enough with these systems and unspoken rules of the Ming Dynasty officialdom!
After thinking about this, Gao Pragmatic became happy and said with a smile: "The prince told me yesterday that he asked me to go to the palace to meet him today, and I agreed. However, since the Hanlin Academy has its own rules, why can't my nephew do it?" If you don’t dare to break the rules, go to the Hanlin Academy to meet the bachelor of the academy first, and then go to the palace."
