Prime Minister

Chapter 465 The Power of the Same Years
The first month of each season, that is, Meng Yueshi, is the time for officials to gather attention.

When Wang Zhichen, Wang Jiong, Liu Fengshi and others were in the local area, they were rubbed by the superiors and stumbled by the officials. When they arrived in the capital, they found that they were rubbed, which means that at least someone still cares about you.

But when I arrived at the Ministry of Officials' collection of notes, I saw five or six hundred officials waiting outside the que list, and I don't know how many grooms were accompanying the officials outside the gate.

No one cares about you here.

Wang Zhichen said to Wang Jiong and Liu Fengshi, "Wait!"

Everyone couldn't help sighing, looking at the long line outside the official department, they didn't know when it would end.

They are Bailihou in the local area, but when they arrive at the official department of the capital, they are called around like little officials.

Jiang Yan suddenly said: "I waited for the head to be hanged and the awl pierced the ass. I finally passed the Jinshi examination and became an official. But now I go to the official department to see it. Why are our officials in the Song Dynasty so worthless?"

Liu Fengshi said: "The difficulty of redundant officials in this dynasty has a long history."

"Look at the imperial examination, one subject is taken every two years. There are nearly 200 Jinshi, [-] special titles, and [-] people a year."

"Official shadows range from three to 500 people a year. Concubines, princesses and other relatives can make up for the shadows. The people who can make up for the shadows are Xu Zi, grandson, great-grandson, brothers, uncles, nephews, and even different surnames, even diners and doctors. But, do you think this faculty is missing?"

Jiang Yandao: "That's right, our officials are really worthless."

Wang Jiong said, "That's right, what about Brother Kong and the others?"

Everyone knows that Wang Jiong mentioned Kong Wenzhong.

Jiang Yandao: "He is a Beijing official, so he has to be annotated by the court of trial, unlike me waiting to come to Liu Neiquan."

Wang Jiong was taken aback for a moment, and then said, "I almost forgot."

Although Kong Wenzhong was only from the third class and was born as a top three Jinshi, the imperial court specially granted him the status of a Beijing official because he was a descendant of Confucius.

"The Beijing official commentary is in the trial court, and we are waiting for the selection in Liu Neiquan. No wonder yesterday it was said that there are too many officials. Brother Kong is not anxious at all."

"Everyone has his own way." Liu Fengshi said.

"Then Han Ya Nei and Zhang Zhuangyuan will also go to the official court for annotation!"

Everyone was stunned when they heard the words, Liu Fengshi coughed and said: "Han Ya Nei is going to go to the court for trial, but his official status is now in the Zhengshitang!"

After Liu Fengshi finished speaking, everyone knew what it means to be more angry than others.

Wang Zhichen said with a smile, "The Political Affairs Hall will be eliminated once every two years, and after another two years, I'm afraid that the official family will be acquainted with it."

Everyone sighed when they heard the words.

The rest were fine, but Wang Zhichen and Jiang Yan were the ones who felt the most uncomfortable.

When Jiang Yan got the Provincial Yuan, Zhang Yue was still inferior to him, and Wang Zhichen boasted that his talent and learning were not inferior to Zhang Yue, but he was born as an official, so the number one prize could only be given to Zhang Yue who came from a poor family.

But now both of them are still in the status of candidates, waiting for injection in Liu Nei Quan.

And Zhang Yue stepped directly into the political affairs, and after a few years, I am afraid that the emperor himself will issue an order to appoint an official.It is difficult for others to understand the mood of Wang and Jiang, but only those who have experienced it are particularly profound.

"Uncle Xi, why don't you make a course next year, and you and I will try it too." Jiang Yan asked Wang Zhichen.

Wang Zhichen shook his head and said, "School examinations are different from Jinshi examinations. Jinshi only read poems and prose, but examination examinations don't say whether there are recommendations from senior officials. The two examinations are in the eye, even if you have passed the first two tests. Let's say you have the six exams in the secret pavilion." grasp?"

Jiang Yan stopped talking when he heard the words. It is not difficult for those who can pass the Sixth Test of the Secret Pavilion to pass the Nine Classics test, but it is more than ten times more difficult for those who have to pass the Sixth Test of the Secret Pavilion.

At the same time, the two turned off their thoughts about the examination system.

The Jinshi test is for talent, and the system test is for extensive knowledge and memorization, and there will be no one who is talented and can have extensive knowledge and memorization...I'm afraid...in 100 years.

Originally, the two of them were somewhat dissatisfied with Zhang Yue from the bottom of their hearts, but now they are convinced.

Everyone waited for half a day before they came to Que Bang.

The Que list is the official position released by Liu Neiquan this time. After seeing the official position, the candidates must apply for the que according to their qualifications.

The Que Bang released by Liu Neiquan naturally has less meat and more bones.

Most of them are dispatched by small prefectures in remote or poor counties. It's like going to Lingnan to be an official. It's a close call.For example, there is a place in the south of Lingnan called Yangchun County, where almost none of the officials sent to serve because of the severe malaria poisoning survived.

In order to encourage officials to serve as local officials, the Ministry of Officials promised that some officials who went to Yangchun County to serve as county magistrates for three years could be changed to Beijing officials without raising their masters. Even so, the officials still avoided it.

As for the rich counties, Dazhou and Chixian, Gyeonggi, etc., it will be even more difficult.

According to the list of ques, the officials will list their official positions, and then plan to confer ques according to the sequence of qualifications.However, everyone had already heard the news before the Que Bang of the Ministry of Officials, and they just took another look to confirm before coming to the Que Bang.

After passing the Quebang, I saw the annotator sitting tall in the court, facing the questioning of the elected officials in the court, and the elected officials would answer aloud.

According to the approval of the officials to be elected, the central note officer will "go" or "not go".

The official of the Jizhu official is a servant, above the Langzhong, wearing a scarlet robe, and he doesn't need to put on airs for the lowly officials below, but the aura of superiority is naturally revealed.

"We are really like assassins in the prison camp." Wang Jiong said this dissatisfiedly.

Wang Zhichen and Jiang Yan felt the same way when they saw it.

When it was Jiang Yan's turn, the officials on the side urged a few words, Jiang Yan went to the court to present an example, and sued him, and the annotator asked: "Would you like to go to the annotate?"

Jiang Yan said: "Please note Luzhou military promotion officials!"

After talking, Jiang Yan handed in the Sheque form, and officials on the Sheque form can fill in three volunteers, but there is only one official position that meets Jiang Yan's wishes, so he only filled in the post of Luzhou military promotion official.

The annotator looked at Jiang Yan's qualifications and wondered: "You are the first in the provincial examination, why don't you seek promotion in the palace examination?"

Jiang Yan blushed and said: "Students are not talented, ashamed to speak out."

The annotator heard the words and slightly praised: "You are imitating the internal system."

Fan Neizhi is Fan Zhen, and Fan Zhen is also the Provincial Yuan and also did not enter the top three, and he is also ashamed to speak out.But with the example of Fan Zhen, the province behind him probably didn't dare to speak out.

Jizhu official said: "Such a virtue should be praised, but you are taking the lead this time..."

The annotator looked at the merit points on Jiang Yan's printed calendar paper. This is the general standard for officials' merits and offenses. From forty to four points, they are divided into seven grades, and each grade is treated as one.

"There are laws and decrees in the Quansi. Judging Si Bowei has two appointments and four examinations, and no one has two appointments and five examinations. Scholars and releases are exempted from one-year grinding and inspection. You can follow the order of transfer. Although you have political achievements, your qualifications can be ordered. You have been promoted to the first rank, but you have not chosen the master, if it is Linglu (county magistrate to join the army), I can arrange it for you on the spot, but the Luzhou military officer is a junior officer, and I am afraid that I will have to wait."

Waiting for Que is the candidate for several officials in this position, and the betting officer cannot make a decision on the spot, so he has to wait until everyone has finished asking.

Jiang Yandao: "The student is from Lanxi, his parents are in the hall, and the Lujiang River is close to Lanxi. I still hope that Quan Cao will be successful."

The annotator hesitated and said: "This will be difficult, let's wait."

Although Jiang Yan was disappointed when he heard the words, he also knew it was reasonable, so he bowed his hands and retreated.

After that came Wang Zhichen. The annotator looked at Wang Zhichen's calendar and said with a smile on his face, "It turned out to be the second place. According to the regulations issued by the imperial court in the third year of Jiayou, the second and third Jinshi, Shi Shi The brown queen is a low-ranking official, and can be changed to a second-ranking Beijing official after the return."

"You have only been an official for three years, but you have three candidates. The future is really good, but why don't you go to the court to judge the official and change the official? What about Liu Neiquan?"

Of course, Wang Zhichen had his own reasons. He went to the court to wait for the trial. Those who competed with him were all Beijing officials. He, the lowest Beijing official, might not be able to give his advice as he wished.

But in Liu Neiquan, he can be said to be invincible at the same level.

Therefore, before he changed his official position, he first went to Liunei Quanzhu Que to obtain a US official, and then went to the trial court to change his official position.

Wang Zhichen said: "I heard that the official's job is to be close to the people..."

After Wang Zhichen said something, the annotator was very satisfied, and then Wang Zhichen said that he was willing to annotate the post of judge of the Hedong Army in Taiyuan Prefecture, and he gave it on the spot.Jiedu magistrate is also the highest official position that Liu Neiquan can give.

Two servings of people-friendly officials can be a general judge, if you don't want to go to the local area, you can be a general judge, or you can be an official in Beijing or take part in the library examination, and you will be awarded a post in the library. In short, your official career will be much easier in the future.

He, Wang Zhichen, struggled for three years and finally reached the starting point of Zhang Yue's number one scholar.It's even a little higher, because Taiyuan Prefecture is a Jiedushi prefecture.

After Liuneiquan's annotation to the que, most of the fifty or sixty Zhang Yue's in the same year did not get what they wanted. Except for a few proud ones, most of them were waiting for the next time, otherwise they had to change to other official positions.

If the officials made mistakes while in office, then the Ministry of Officials did not have that much patience, and directly planned to send them out forcibly.

Selecting people in Liuneiquan to select officials is facing a situation of too many and not enough. Only after being changed to a Beijing official can he be free until he is approved by the trial court.Therefore, when selecting a person to be an official, in order to get a good comment from the Shangguan, he has more credits on the calendar printing paper.

Jinshi who had not found official positions at the beginning were very depressed. At this time, many people began to look for ways or visit each other to inquire about the news. There was really no way.

At this time, someone mentioned what Han Zhongyan said at the banquet that day.

Many officials were in trouble, and Han Zhongyan said he was helping them, but is this gang from the white gang?
What kind of price will be paid during this period?
According to Han Zhongyan's habits in the yamen, after receiving his kindness, he will have to be called back and forth in the future, so he is really a slave of the Han family.

However, for most of the officials who were waiting, they had no choice at all, and many of them went to meet Han Zhongyan in private.

After seeing them, Han Zhongyan didn't say anything else, he just denounced Ren Shouzhong for taking money and breaking the law.

A few days later, dozens of officials gathered at the gate of the Political Affairs Hall, and posted a post to the prime ministers of Zhongshu, demanding that Ren Shouzhong be strictly punished, and this thief who caused harm to the country and the people be killed!
These officials were all filled with righteous indignation and impassioned. Among them were Jiang Yan, Wang Jiong, etc., as well as Wang Zhichen and Liu Fengshi.

All the officials condemned Ren Shouzhong, asking why such a heinous person was able to survive the impeachment of the admonisher?

This incident not only alarmed the Zhengshitang, but also the official empress and the Empress Dowager Cao who had just returned to power.

On the same day, Sima Guang also impeached Ren Shouzhong, and the last straw was added.

At this time, Zhang Yue and Han Zhongyan were sitting in an inconspicuous restaurant and drinking.

The two chatted happily while looking towards the direction of the imperial city from time to time.

It was a turbulent scene that day!

PS: Judging from his official career experience, Wang Zhichen's first official seems to be Feng Lilang of Taichang Temple, and Jinshi is generally not conferred this position when he is first conferred, so Wang Zhichen is a first-time official and then a Jinshi.But since there is no factual evidence, I still follow the routine of the novel...

(End of this chapter)