After returning to the newly rented house from the yamen of the Ministry of Ethnic Education, Zhang Zijin's words still appeared in his mind.
"I heard from the adults above that this year's Dengji Enke time is too tight, so there are no examinations at all levels below the provincial examination. There is only a preliminary examination in Hanyang City. After passing the preliminary examination, you can take the general examination. If you pass the examination, you will be awarded. Jinshi meritorious service."
"But this is just a special case. By next year, formal imperial examinations at all levels will still be organized."
"This time we are sent to supervise schools in various prefectures and counties to prepare for next year's imperial examination. In the spring and summer of next year, we will hold various levels of imperial examinations according to tradition. There will be county examinations, prefecture examinations and college examinations. You can become a member of our great Chu."
"It is expected that the provincial examination will be held next fall. Those who pass the examination will be awarded the title of candidate. The candidate will then be able to take the national examination. If the candidate succeeds in the examination, the candidate will be awarded the title of student."
"And when the time comes, I and a few others will go to various prefectures to preside over the college examinations."
Going to the local area to preside over the college examination was not unexpected by Zhang Zijin. After all, the official position they were awarded was that of school inspector, and they would have been sent to the local area to supervise academic affairs.
Although Zhang Zijin was not familiar with the official system of the Chu Empire at first, after a few days of understanding, he basically understood some basic situations.
They are directly subordinate to the Supervisory Office of the Imperial Examination Department of the Ministry of Ethnic Education, and their essential job is to supervise the study of Taoism in various places.
Although the organization is different, the things they do are actually similar to those of the provincial admirals in the Ming Dynasty, and even their ranks are similar.
The provincial academic affairs of the Ming Dynasty were often held by the fourth-rank minister and deputy envoy or the fifth-rank minister, the minister. These two official positions were of different levels, but they actually did the same thing.
And Zhang Zijin and the other inspectors who belong to the school inspection office are also in the fifth grade, which can generally be matched.
Of course, because the Baoxiang Army has a small territory, with no more than half a territory left and right, there are no provincial institutions at all. However, the official system of the Baoxiang Army is actually set up to rule the entire Huaxia region, and provincial institutions are also scheduled. .
This has also led to the current lack of layers in the official system of the Great Chu Empire. The highest grade on earth is only the fourth grade, but there are a lot of second and third grade in the central ministries...
But, the rules are the rules. This is how the official system of Da Chu is done. You can't do anything randomly just because the territory is temporarily too small, such as raising the grade of the prefect to the second grade, or lowering the rating of each minister to the third grade, etc... …
In this way, when the Chu Empire gains more territory, the official system will have to be changed again. This will be too troublesome and will affect the administrative system within the Chu Empire.
Therefore, the Da Chu Empire would rather have many embarrassing situations temporarily than make random changes to the current official system.
In this way, there emerged an inspector like Zhang Zijin who was supposed to be in charge of the academic affairs of a province, but could only be in charge of the academic affairs of a government.
But even so, Zhang Zijin will not feel depressed. Anyway, his rank is here, and presiding over the academic affairs of a government or a province will not affect his future too much.
Although it is still some time before he goes to the local area to support academic affairs, Zhang Zijin has already begun to think about what topics should be raised by then.
When the time comes, he must come up with a special answer question, humming, to let those scholars know that the imperial examination is not that easy.
Just when Zhang Zijin began to think about what questions he should ask when he went to be a local academic administrator and presided over the examination, Song Zhang, the Minister of Ethical Affairs, had just come out of the palace.
He had just entered the palace to meet the emperor and reported on the matter of this Dengji Enke, and the emperor Luo Zhixue had personally decided on the time for this Dengji Enke.
September 27th, four days later.
Generally speaking, time is quite urgent, but it is not urgent if it is not urgent. Now the Baoxiang Army is about to launch a cross-river offensive. Once the cross-river offensive is launched, the entire civil and military administrative agencies of the Chu Empire will be fully focused on the cross-river offensive. If things go wrong, even the Emperor Luo Zhixue won't have much time to deal with ordinary government affairs.
Therefore, this time the expedition to Enke was before the army launched a cross-river offensive.
As for continuing to move forward and wait until the cross-river offensive is completed before holding the Dengji Enke, then the time may be moved to November or even December.
On the one hand, the weather will be too cold by then, and the exam venues prepared in the Dachu Empire are still relatively small. Open-air arrangements will have to be made by then. If the weather is too cold, it will not be suitable for holding large-scale exams.
After all, it is very troublesome for students to go to the exam. If the exam is held in the cold weather, people may freeze to death.
Another more important reason is that the most important purpose of this visit to Enke is not to admit how many talents.
The Ministry of Etiquette and the Ministry of Civil Affairs did not expect to be able to recruit many talents through the hasty Enke.
The political significance of holding this summit enke is greater than the practical significance.
The Dachu Empire wanted to further confirm the authority and legitimacy of the regime through an encore.
Through this ascension, Enke declared to the world that their Great Chu Empire was not a bandit-like regime, but an orthodox, complete, and traditional Chinese dynasty regime.
At the same time, it also sends a signal to scholars all over the world, that is, our Great Chu Empire still accepts and values scholars.
You scholars can also consider joining our Great Chu Empire.
If the water is too cold and the scalp is itchy, it can be cured.
Even if the emperor changes in this world, you can still continue to be officials.
To convey such a signal, Luo Zhixue did not mean that he really valued these current scholars, but to further disintegrate the unity of the core ruling forces of the Ming Dynasty, that is, to divide the gentry class.
The real masters of the Ming Dynasty were not the Zhu family royal family, nor any vassal kings, nor even the generals, but the gentry class based on scholars.
By suppressing some and recruiting others to disintegrate this class, we ultimately created favorable conditions for the Chu Empire to replace the Ming Dynasty.
This is also why the Dachu Empire's Dengji Enke was held before the cross-river battle was launched. The Dengji Enke was held first to spread the signal first, so that the resistance encountered by the army after crossing the river would be smaller.
After leaving the palace, Song Zhang, the Minister of Rites and Education, returned to the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites and Education to hold a meeting and make final preparations for enthroning Enke.
The next day, in a small teahouse in Hanyang City, several scholars dressed simply but all wearing robes sat together.
One of the middle-aged men in gray cloth said: "Now that the announcement has come out, the first preliminary examination will be held the day after tomorrow. As mentioned before, there will only be two examinations in Dengji Enke this time, and one is the provincial examination. As long as you pass If you pass the provincial examination, you will be awarded the title of Juren."
"After passing the preliminary examination, you can take part in the next examination. If you pass the examination, you will be awarded the title of Jinshi."
"And as long as you pass the provincial examination, even if you fail the subsequent examination, you can still become an official with the title of Juren."
"The announcement said that people who have won the title of official will be awarded the eighth rank, and they will be intern in various counties and ministries for one month. If the internship is successfully passed, they will be promoted to the seventh rank, and our magistrate in Dachuli is also the seventh rank. At the same time, The town is from the seventh level."
"The directors of the blessing departments in various places in the county are also from the seventh grade."
"If you can pass the Jinshi examination, then nothing more. The first grade will be awarded the sixth grade, the second grade will be awarded the sixth grade, and the third grade will be awarded the seventh grade."
"This is much better than applying directly and only being awarded the ninth rank, and the best ones are only awarded the eighth rank."
At this time, another slightly younger person, about thirty years old, said with excitement: "And I also heard that the Ministry of Personnel Affairs had conducted a large-scale official selection before. Other places don't know about it, but we All the students in Chengtian Mansion who want to become officials have already been awarded official positions."
"As for the remaining students, they are not willing to become officials."
"That is to say, our competitors this time are all children from various counties below the level of student staff, and many are not even children."
"Although I and several other students are not students, they are still students who have studied hard for more than ten or twenty years. Brother Wang, you were only one step away from passing the college entrance examination last time."
“I’ll have a great chance to reach Enke this time!”
Another person said: "Yes, even if you fail the provincial examination, there is definitely no problem in this provincial examination. I still don't believe it. We can't even pass the provincial examination."
"As long as we can pass the provincial examination, we can become officials with the title of Juren, or we can take another examination in public."
"The worst thing you can do to promote someone into an official position is to be of the eighth grade."
"To take a step back, even if you fail, you can still apply for an official position. If you apply for an official position in Hanyang City, you will most likely be directly assigned to various ministries in Gyeonggi Province. This way, you will have more opportunities. If you want to start working abroad in the future, It could also be higher.”
Similar discussions are going on in many places in the city. In fact, the news of this time's Enke Dengji had already been released in mid-September, and all prefectures and counties were ordered to report it, so that scholars who were interested in participating in the Enke Dengji could hurry up. Go to Hanyang City to participate.
Although time was short, many scholars came from nearby counties. This group of people were all students from Chengtian Mansion, that is, Anlu Mansion.
They are all a group of children who have failed the test for a long time...
The youngest ones are in their twenties, and the older ones are even in their forties.
These people have failed in the imperial examinations for a long time, and these people are basically from ordinary or even poor families.
They all dream of passing the imperial examination and becoming an official, so as to gain glory and wealth.
It is said that the book has its own golden house, and the book has its own Yan Ruyu. Since the imperial examination of the Zhu Ming Dynasty did not give them a chance, there is no need to blame them for running to Hanyang to participate in the imperial examination of the Luo Chu Dynasty.
They just want to be officials, no matter who they are for!
Whether it is the Zhu Ming Dynasty or the Luo Chu Dynasty, there is no problem.
Even if Dongli invaded the country and captured Kyushu that day, they wouldn't mind leaving a rat tail for Dongli to serve as an official!
