Daming Town Haiwang

Chapter 1918, the year of scientific research

In Mocheng, Heitu Province, here at Mocheng Academy, the head of the mountain, Wen Shiliang, is receiving several candidates from Mocheng, Heitu Province. This year marks the [-]th year of Hongzhi, and the imperial examination ceremony is held every three years.

As a province that has not been included in the Ming Dynasty for a long time, Heitu Province usually has grace from the emperor's side. That is to say, no matter how well the students in the Heitu Province pass the exam, there will definitely be some people who can go to high school and get titles on the gold list to show the court Grace to Black Earth Province.

The candidates in front of them were the outstanding candidates in the Heitu Provincial Examination last year, and they have a great possibility to be named on the gold list this year.

Once you can get the title on the gold list, then the carp will leap to the dragon's gate. There is a huge gap between Juren and Jinshi.

To become an official, you need to wait until there is a vacancy in the court, and you will have the opportunity to become an official. Moreover, at the beginning, you usually start from an eighth-rank official who is smaller than a sesame seed. And the future is also very bleak, even if you are an official for a lifetime, you may reach the top of the Qipin magistrate.

Over the years, the Ming Dynasty has continued to expand abroad, and a large number of new lands have been brought under the jurisdiction of the Ming Dynasty. The demand for officials has also increased greatly. This has also given many candidates the opportunity to become officials, and many of them became magistrates as soon as they took office. .

In the past, it was very difficult to raise people to be an official. You have to have people and money to open the way to get a position. Otherwise, there are a lot of people in the world, and there are very few vacancies. How can you get your turn?
But the Jinshi is different. The title of the Jinshi in the examination becomes a Jinshi. At least it starts from a seventh-rank official, and because it is a Jinshi, it is promoted and promoted quickly. etc. are also possible.

If the nouns are relatively high in the imperial examination, if you can enter the top two rankings, you will have a bright future in the future. Liu Jian, the former chief assistant of the cabinet, is the best example.

During the imperial examination, nouns were not considered high among the top two, but he stayed in the capital as an official, and later became the teacher of Emperor Hongzhi, and then soared into the sky, becoming the first assistant of the cabinet, and the first rank of the official residence.

If he can rank among the top two in the science and technology examination, he will have the hope of becoming an important minister in the court in the future. If he can edit and compile books in the Imperial Academy, his future is boundless.

Not only the starting point is high, but also the promotion is fast. In the future, he will be the candidate of the six ministers, the great officials of the borders, and even become the cabinet minister.

If you are talented enough, and if you are good-looking, you can enter the first class, or even become the champion. Liu Jin, the current chief assistant of the cabinet, is the best example.

In just over a dozen years, he has gone from a scholar to the emperor's humerus minister, the current chief minister of the cabinet, Tian Shelang in the court, and the emperor's hall in the evening. This is the best example.

Therefore, even though Wen Shiliang is their teacher for the few Juren in front of him, he doesn't have the slightest pretense of being a teacher. They might be able to flourish in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty in the future and make a lot of difference.

"Teacher, I wonder if you know who the chief examiner of this year's imperial examination will be?"

Zeng Ziying is an immigrant who immigrated to Heitu Province. She used to be a scholar. She passed the provincial examination last year and performed very well.

Of course, he himself is a native of Suzhou Prefecture in Nanzhili, and he and Tang Bohu are fellow villagers. When he immigrated to Heitu Province, he also had the idea of ​​emigrating through the imperial examination.

It is too difficult for Nanzhili to be admitted to Juren.

The competition in Nanzhili itself is extremely fierce. Literati come forth in large numbers here, and the style of writing is at its peak. For example, Zhu Zhishan won the exam several times in a row. Wen Zhengming took the exam all his life. You can know how difficult the imperial examination in Nanzhili is.

To use the college entrance examination of later generations to describe it, this Nanzhili is hell-level difficulty, and those who can pass the exam here are basically real talents with extremely high academic attainments.

When Zeng Ziying was in Nanzhili, she had already failed several times in the provincial examinations. In the end, she also heard that if she immigrated overseas, she could easily pass the imperial examinations in overseas provinces.

That's why the whole family immigrated to Heitu Province, and when they arrived in Heitu Province, it was just like the rumors. Last year, they took part in the rural examination and passed the exam easily, and they were also Xie Yuan from Heitu Province.

It is basically impossible to fail the exam if you go to the examination as Heitu Shengjieyuan.

But he still has ambitions, and wants to do better in the exam and get a higher ranking, which will be more beneficial to his future career.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, many default rules have been formed, such as non-jinshi not entering the Hanlin, non-Hanlin not entering the cabinet, etc. This is enough to illustrate the importance of nouns in the imperial examination.

If you want to climb high, you have to enter the Hanlin Academy. The Imperial Academy is the high-level talent reserve of the Ming Dynasty, where promotion is fast, and the starting point is high, and the promotion is faster.

If the term is later, if you are sent to a local government, you will be far away from the center of power in the future, and it will not be so easy to get promoted.

Therefore, he is also very concerned about the chief examiner of this imperial examination. The personal preferences, life experience, political views, etc. of the chief examiner need to work hard to study.

At that time, if he can write an article that fits his preferences and political views, he will naturally be able to enter high school, and his ranking will definitely not be too low.

As for the palace examination, basically the emperor decides the top three people, and the other ones are determined by the chief examiner. The emperor doesn't have so much time to take care of this matter.

"I don't know about this either. At present, it is very likely that the cabinet minister, Prince Wang Shouren, will preside over the imperial examination."

Wen Shiliang thought for a while and said: "The chief assistant of the cabinet, Liu Jin and Mr. Liu, is unlikely. Mr. Zhong and Mr. Zhong are already old and in poor health. Not to mention presiding over the imperial examination, he can't even go to the early court."

"I heard that I have already written a letter of invitation to the emperor. Perhaps the emperor will allow him to return to his hometown soon to recuperate. The only one who can preside over it is the prince."

"Of course, perhaps the Son of Heaven may let Han Wen Han Gong, Minister of Officials, or Jin Gui, Minister of Household, Mao Ji, Minister of Rites, and Yang Yiqing, Minister of Industry among the six ministers to preside over it."

"Isn't there any news coming out of the capital?"

Sun Tianjing frowned after listening.

Each of the princes in the court has his own preferences and political opinions. If this is not settled, it will be difficult to handle, and there is no way to prepare in advance.

"How could this kind of thing be decided so early? It is usually decided before the imperial examination."

Jiang Xi shook his head and said: "Nowadays, all the princes in the court, the princes, the Duke of Han and the Duke of Jin, or the chief assistant of the cabinet, Mr. Liu, are all officials of the faction of hard work. The idea they have always advocated is to rejuvenate the country through hard work and be tough with the outside world."

"As for Yang Gong, Mao Gong, Jiang Gong, etc., they belong to the traditional school officials, and the idea of ​​governing the country advocated is to govern the country with benevolence, righteousness and morality."

"I just need to decide the style of the essay according to the chief examiner."

"Hmm~"

"Brother Jiang is right."

Sun Tianjing and Zeng Ziying nodded again and again, but Chen Peter who was on the side kept silent.

Zeng Ziying, Sun Tianjing, and Jiang Xi all immigrated from the provinces of Daming to Heitu Province, and they are all out-and-out Daming people. Chen Peter is different, he is a native Slav of this Heitu Province.

His family was the first nobleman to surrender to Daming. His father had already seen the great changes in Heitu Province, so when the Prince of Ming Dynasty led the army to sweep Heitu Province, he secretly surrendered to Daming before the army arrived.

Constantly providing Daming with all kinds of information, raising logistical supplies, etc., can also be regarded as one of the heroes of Daming's conquest of Black Earth Province.

Even when His Highness the Prince came to Moscow, his father gave his daughter to His Royal Highness, and it is said that he has now given birth to a son to the Prince.

Thanks to his father's management, their family has also become one of the few nobles in the Black Earth Province who are highly valued and retained by the Ming Dynasty.

Peter Chen's father is currently working in the Heitu Province Education and Education Bureau, and is responsible for the popularization of Ming culture in Heitu Province and the promotion of the spirit of the Ming Dynasty.

To put it simply, Daming implemented a policy of comprehensive Mingization and Sinicization in Heitu Province. For this reason, it also became the Bureau of Education and Education, which is similar to the Immigration Bureau. It is directly under the jurisdiction of the Chief Envoy of Heitu Province.

For this reason, Peter Chen's father was the first to change his Chinese surname and take a Chinese name, and changed it to Chen's surname. Even Peter Chen was sent to the academy in Mocheng to learn the language, characters and culture of Ming Dynasty.

This Peter Chen is very smart and has an extremely strong learning ability. Just a few years of study has allowed him to pass all the tests quickly. He performed well in the township examination last year and was admitted to Juren.

This is certainly due to the grace of the Black Earth Province in taking care of the local Slavs, but Peter Chen himself is quite talented, and he has already mastered the Four Books and Five Classics by heart, and his ranking is actually extremely high.

But in the end, the time is still too short, and he still doesn't know much about the rules of the Ming Dynasty's officialdom and examination room, so when everyone talks about these things, he just listens instead of talking, and remembers what he heard. in the heart.

"Brothers, our Heitu Province is far away from the Great Ming capital, which is thousands of miles away, and the train hasn't been repaired yet, so I think it's better for us to leave for the capital as soon as possible."

"When we arrived in the capital earlier, we could also communicate and get to know the students of the same period. This will be very helpful for our future career."

Zeng Ziying looked at a few people, thought about it and suggested.

In the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, the same period, same year, classmate, classmate, etc. are very important relationships. The imperial examination held every three years is very important. It is best to go there early and visit more fellows, same year, same period, and classmates And so on, exchange, exchange, deepen the relationship.

(End of this chapter)