Women Wearing Men: The Growth Path of the Bastards of the Aristocratic Family

Chapter 199 Family Arrives in Beijing
The first-class Jinshi has been awarded an official position, while the second-class and third-class Jinshi have to wait for the selection and examination of the Shujishi before being awarded an official.

Shujishi is a short-term position in the Hanlin Academy. After passing the examination, the second and third best candidates are selected to take up the position. Daily official duties include drafting imperial edicts, compiling historical records, etc. The work content is generally similar to that of Cheng Yan and the others. They all belong to the emperor's close ministers. .

The difference from the first-class and three direct-awarded officials is that the term of the Shujishi is three years, and there will be another examination after three years, which is called "dissolution".Shuji scholars decide whether to stay or not according to the assessment results. Those who are good will stay in the Imperial Academy, where they will be edited and reviewed; Jishi, after the closing of the museum, he was assigned to Huke to do the work.In addition, there are also those who are directly sent to various state capitals as local officials.

In fact, Hanlin officials do not have any real power in their hands, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are "Qingshui Yamen".However, Hanlin officials are called noble positions, and the "noble" among them is mainly due to the special status of the Hanlin Academy.

The main source of officials of the Hanlin Academy is the imperial examination Jinshi, and they are the best among them. base" nature.

After the Palace Examination, the future promotion paths of the Shinke Scholars can be roughly divided into two.One is to be sent to the local area, where they have been trained in various state capitals for many years, and finally become a senior member of one party, taking charge of one's own affairs;

The officials from the Imperial Academy, whether they go to the local area or stay in Beijing, are promoted much faster than others, and they are the reserve candidates for important officials in various ministries of the imperial court.Among the officials of the Imperial Academy, the promotion speed of the top three in the imperial examination is the fastest.

Taking Cheng Yan and the others as an example, they don't need to take the selection exam, and they can serve as Hanlin editors and editors from the very beginning.After the selection of Shu Ji Shi, although Gu Yunxiao was successfully selected into the Imperial Academy, he still had to get an excellent grade in the final examination three years later before he could be awarded editing or review. Cheng Yansan was slow at the start A lot of people.

But no matter what, Gu Yunxiao was able to be selected as a good scholar, which has surpassed most of the new scholars.If there are no accidents in the future, he will stay in the capital with Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan, and start his own road to promotion in the capital.

Although the Xinke Scholars have received their official positions, there are still several months before they officially take up their posts.The reason why the imperial court made this arrangement was not only to allow the new scholars to return home with glory, but also to leave a gap so that the officials sent to the state capitals could arrive in time to take up their posts.

Because Gu Kaizhen and the others were already on their way to the capital, the Gu Yunji brothers did not intend to return to Songjiang Mansion, and planned to stay in the capital directly to reunite with their families.

However, they were not idle during this time. Today they attended the Qionglin Banquet, and tomorrow they were going to pay homage to their masters. There were also gatherings invited by relatives and friends from the same village, literary meetings held among new scholars...etc. They were too busy , The day is very fulfilling.

What Gu Yunji didn't expect was that Gu Kaizhen and others, who were supposed to arrive in the middle and early May, actually arrived in the capital at the end of April.When he went to the gate of the city to meet him, he was a little unresponsive.

Looking at Gu Kaizhen, who was dressed in dust and dust, but was particularly energetic, Gu Yunji couldn't laugh or cry: "Didn't you say that you will lead the whole family to move to the capital this time? It stands to reason that it will take a lot of time to tidy up the property and pavement, but it was done so quickly?"

Two of the three sons have won Jinshi, and they will stay in the capital to serve in the future. Gu Kaizhen thought that instead of staying in Songjiang Mansion, he might as well move his family here and live in the capital with his sons for a long time, so as not to worry about his own flesh and blood. separate.

For this reason, Gu Kaizhen also sold a lot of farm shops, and with the help of Gu Yuanhui, he bought a house in the capital.Unexpectedly, before the house was tidied up, he had brought Mrs. Wang, Gu Yunqiao, Zheng Xiuyun's mother and son to the capital.

Hearing this, Gu Kaizhen waved his hand indifferently, and said: "There are so many things in the house, and there is nothing to clean up. Let's come here first, leaving your second brother, his wife, and your aunt to take care of it slowly."

Mrs. Wang said with a smile: "On the day I received your letter, your father was so happy that he didn't fall asleep all night, and he started to pack his luggage the next morning. Later on the road, he learned that you were awarded Tanhua. Your elder brother's name is Lie Erjia was even more impatient, he only regretted that he didn't have wings and couldn't rush to the capital immediately."

"Fortunately, it's a good season right now. There is neither frost nor snow nor summer floods. The official road is still easy to travel. I hurried along the way, and finally arrived in the capital before May."

Gu Yunji said: "Since that's the case, Mom and Dad should send us a letter in advance. The house is still empty now, and even the rest room hasn't been cleaned up yet."

"What's the matter? I can't live in the house for the time being, so I'll stay at the inn first." Gu Kaizhen was not at all tired from the long-distance travel, and he was in surprisingly good spirits. "We came here so early because we wanted to get your wedding done quickly. , after all, you are not too young, so it is not good to drag it on."

Mentioning this, Gu Yunqiao glared at Gu Yunji, and said angrily: "Brother still said, the matter between you and Miss Xu's family has been going on for so long, and you didn't even tell us!"

Gu Yunji smiled helplessly: "So what if I tell you in advance? If I don't pass the Jinshi exam, just relying on my mere reputation as a scholar or a scholar, do I have the nerve to ask my parents to go to the gate of Xu's house to ask for marriage for me? Of course I have to wait for the gold list It is the best time to tell you after the title is inscribed.”

Zheng Xiuyun interjected with a smile: "The father-in-law and mother-in-law were still very worried before, thinking that the third younger brother is now a Jinshi, although he has leaped into the dragon's gate, but there is no woman around him who can match him, so it is difficult to arrange a marriage At that time, we may have to ask my uncle to help me set up a bridge. I didn't expect that the third brother had already been selected, so we don't have to worry about it at all."

Speaking of Gu Yunji's marriage, Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang were all smiling, with satisfaction and relief that couldn't be hidden in their eyes.

Xu Shuhua himself is both talented and beautiful. His father Xu Chengyu retired from the position of chief assistant in the cabinet. Although he is not in the court now, his prestige is still high; his elder brother Xu Shujing is currently a member of the household department Wailang, holding a solid job and has a bright future.Moreover, her family was born in the Xu family of Shaoxing, a well-known family in the south of the Yangtze River, and its influence in the court was even stronger than that of the Gu family.

No matter in terms of personal talent, appearance or family background, Xu Shuhua and Gu Yunji are very well matched.Therefore, when Gu Kaizhen and his wife learned about the two of them, they were overjoyed. They felt that there was no better marriage than this, and they just wanted to hurry to the capital to finalize their marriage.

After chatting for a while, Gu Kaizhen and the others, led by Gu Yunji and his brother, came to an inn in Beijing to temporarily settle down, preparing to move in after the house was tidied up.

(End of this chapter)