Chapter 94 The General Examination Begins
"Tuotuo, you continue to lead your troops to harass Xuanda and draw the Ming court's attention to Xuanda. I will take advantage of this opportunity to capture the three guards of Duoyan."< br>
When Tuotuo heard that An Da was going to capture Duoyan Sanwei, the excitement in his eyes could no longer be suppressed.
The Three Guards of Duoyan are a sharp sword hanging over the capital of the Ming Dynasty. As long as the three guards of Duoyan are captured, the Tumote army can go south from Gubeikou without any worries and penetrate directly into the capital of the Ming Dynasty!
Tuotuo said excitedly: "Follow the Great Khan's order."
Just when Ada planned to seize the three guards of Duoyan by seizing the east and attacking the west, the bustling city of Beijing also ushered in the triennial Spring Trial Competition.
The Chunwei Examination during the Ming Dynasty was much stricter than that of the later Manchu Qing Dynasty.
First of all, the most obvious example is that "Enke" rarely appeared in the Ming Dynasty examinations. Throughout the three hundred years of the Ming Dynasty, Enke did not appear more than six times.
In the Qing Dynasty after the Ming Dynasty, the number of encores increased suddenly. For example, on the anniversary birthdays of the emperor and the queen mother, etc., the number of encores may be increased to show the court's grace.
The Manchu Qing's move to increase the number of Enkos was, to put it bluntly, a conspiracy to win over the Han gentry.
The temptation of this conspiracy was irresistible, so during the Qing Dynasty, Enke alone was used 26 times. This shows that the Qing rulers' use of Enke became commonplace.
So much so that the last imperial examination in history ended with Enke.
After nearly a month, under Gao Gong's selfless guidance, Hai Rui's eight-part essay has also improved significantly. Although his writing style still retains its unique "Hai-style" style, But there have been great changes in the choice of words and sentences, and there is a bit of the true meaning of Hanlin articles.
It can be said that with Hai Rui's current writing style, as long as there are no accidents, I dare not say that I am a first-class or second-class writer, but a third-class writer is still possible.
Of course, the final result still depends on the final exam results.
After all, there are no standard answers in the imperial examination. It is not certain that the articles written by Hai Rui will catch the eye of the examiners, so there is still a high probability that he will be rejected.
In an imperial examination, about five to six thousand candidates take the exam at the same time, and in the end only two to three hundred people can be selected.
The acceptance rate is only around 5%.
If we consider the admission rate of the previous provincial examinations and other examinations, it is not an exaggeration to describe the birth of a Jinshi as one in ten thousand.
This unique honor may be extremely important to scholars, but it does not seem to be the case for the court.
After all, the imperial court will select two to three hundred Jinshi every three years. Not to mention other things, there are hundreds of first-, second-, and first-class Jinshis in the Hanlin Academy, and this does not include the Imperial Court and the Six Paths. Jinshi, as well as those who watch politics in the six departments.
If we include them, it can be said that among the more than 2,000 officials in the capital, there are more than 1,000 Jinshis of about seventh grade.
Therefore, the imperial court may regard Jinshi as a routine talent recruitment for later generations, and the only ones recruited are "management trainees" and "reserve cadres".
If these "management trainees" and "reserve cadres" want to get ahead, they not only have to improve their own qualifications, but also compete with each other's Jinshi in the same class, previous classes, and subsequent classes.
Otherwise, it is simply a fool’s errand to expect that one can rise to prominence just by being a Jinshi!
We must know that among the accumulation of Jinshi in this class, there are many unlucky Jinshis who may end up worse than "lower-class" scholars who were born as juren or supervisors.
Without personal ability and support from big bosses, many Jinshis are stuck at around the fifth rank, and can only become the prefect of a prefecture if they can survive. And those Jinshi who are capable and supported by big bosses are much more powerful.
For example, the seventh-grade censors in the Imperial Academy are almost all ruthless people who have survived the Hanlin Academy.
The speed at which these people are promoted can simply be described as unreasonable.
For example, the famous anti-Japanese minister Hu Zongxian.
Before he took over the task of anti-Japanese war, he was an "ordinary" censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate. Because of his ranking, he had never entered the Hanlin Academy before, and was just a small official in the Ministry of Justice to observe politics. , and was later released as a county magistrate. After that, Ding worried about the death of his parents for more than five years.
Later upon his recovery, he was appointed as the censor to patrol Xuanda, and became a lowly and powerful senior censor. Then after several years of polishing and the display of personal practical abilities, he finally soared to the sky and patrolled Zhejiang as the censor of Youqiandu. After Zhejiang Governor Zhang Jing and Zhejiang Governor Li Tianchong were both framed and killed one after another.
Hu Zongxian also seized the opportunity and recommended Yan Song, the chief minister of the cabinet, to Zhejiang in the name of worshiping the sea god. Zhao Wenhua, the right minister of the Ministry of Industry, who was sent to the south of the Yangtze River to supervise coastal military affairs, was on official business in Zhejiang. Hu Zongxian was cautious and tactful. In the end, not only was he not blocked by Zhao Wenhua, but he was also appreciated by the latter.
With the strong recommendation of Zhao Wenhua, he was directly promoted to the rank of Zuo Shilang of the Ministry of War and Zuo Qiandu Censor of the Imperial Procuratorate. He was also appointed as the Governor of Zhijiang and the Governor of Zhejiang, South Zhili and Fujian.
It can be said that only these noble Hanlin and censors have the opportunity to achieve such a speed of promotion.
It is actually very difficult for a low-level official like Hai Rui, who has only a civil servant background, to make a difference in the officialdom.
After all, in the original history, Hai Rui started out as a low-ranking county magistrate, but in such a position, Hai Rui relied on his personal ability and personal charm to rise from this position. It took decades for him to get promoted from a low-level official position to the rank of right minister of the Nanjing Ministry of Civil Affairs, the third rank, and finally he was posthumously named the crown prince's Taibao from the first rank.
But this kind of legendary experience is still relatively rare, and it is not as fast as the promotion of Jinshi Qingliu officials like Hanlin Yushi.
So if you want to get ahead, you still have to sharpen your head and take the Jinshi exam. Only by obtaining the Jinshi and having a good background can your future future be said to be unlimited.
Otherwise, no matter how capable they are, without exceptions for promotion, appointment and dismissal, the powerful first- and second-grade official positions will never be obtained by scholars other than Jinshi.
In order to avoid suspicion, Zhu Zaijing has never seen Hai Rui again since he met him in Liulichang. Even now that the trial is about to start, Zhu Zaijing has not appeared again. .
Only Gao Gong came to see Hai Rui into the examination room wearing casual clothes.
Before entering the venue, Hai Rui bowed to Gao Gong and said, "Hai Rui, thank you for your guidance."
After more than a month of contact, Hai Rui also Dare to call himself "I'm here" in front of Gao Gong, because for more than a month, Gao Gong was like his teacher. Not only did he find many former Jinshi papers for him to study, but he also helped him correct his articles to make them stereotyped. Great improvement in skill.
So now Hai Rui also behaved as a disciple in front of Gao Gong.
Gao Gong looked at Hai Rui and stroked his beard with satisfaction. After more than a month of getting along, Gao Gong also liked Hai Rui's jealous temper, which suited him very well.
Gao Gongdao: "You should encourage me. The examiner at the moment is Mr. Zhang Ge. He likes a steady, elegant and elegant writing style. Your progress during this period is not small. I hope you will not let me down. Looking forward to getting a good result.”
(End of this chapter)