That year, that cicada, that sword

Chapter 344

Xu Beiyou didn't say how he was in Jiangdu City, but asked the three of them how they were doing in Jiangdu City now, and then talked about the past in Xiaofangzhai. Wu Yu accompanied Xu Beiyou, not saying a word The words fully interpret the four characters of gentleness and virtuousness.

As we talked, we talked about becoming an official. In fact, neither Fang Sanqing nor Fang Dahong had this idea, but Fang Zhengxin had this idea, and after he learned that Han Xuan had become a high official in the imperial capital, This idea grew wildly like a weed, and it was hard to stop.

A righteous name may not be a true one.

Xu Beiyou smiled, "I'm not a member of the officialdom, and I don't know much about official affairs, but my junior sister is the daughter of an official family, and I have been fascinated by it since I was a child. Let her explain it to you."

Today's Wu Yu is wearing a plain long dress, a white ribbon around his waist, and white embroidered shoes embroidered with blue lotus blossoms. Apart from a pair of jade earrings carved into the shape of plum blossoms, he has no other jewelry on his head, except for a jade hairpin. With three thousand black hairs, it is pure and dignified, awe-inspiring and inviolable.

Hearing Xu Beiyou's words, Wu Yu smiled, and said generously, "Senior brother is ridiculous."

Fang Zhengxin didn't dare to look at Wu Yu, but Fang Sanqing asked, "How big is Miss Wu's father? Is it older than the magistrate?"

Xu Beiyou said with a smile: "Of course it's bigger than the magistrate. Have you heard of the Sansi yamen? Uncle Wu is the chief envoy of Qizhou, a real frontier official."

Fang Dahong, who was buried in his meal, was taken aback. He was not Fang Sanqing, and he knew the power of the Sansi Yamen. He is a great person.

Thinking of this, he became more and more convinced that the relationship between Wu Yu and Xu Beiyou was unusual, otherwise, why should a dignified chief minister's daughter be by your side?
So he looked at Xu Beiyou with even more awe. They said that a high family would marry a daughter, and a low family would marry a woman, and he could marry a daughter of the chief minister. What do you think Xu Beiyou is now?
The people are like this, they are afraid of officials almost to the bone, if you tell them about Jianzong Daomen, they will go in without knowing it, but if you tell them about the imperial court, the results will be seen immediately.

Wu Yu quietly glared at Xu Beiyou, blaming him for revealing his family background, then looked at Fang Zhengxin, and said gently, "Master Lan once said that the easiest thing in the world is to be an official. If you don’t even know how to be an official, it’s useless. This statement is debatable. My father thinks that the easiest thing is to be an official, but to be a high-ranking official, the bigger the official, the easier it is to do. The opposite is true for small officials. , the smaller it is, the harder it is to do.”

Fang Zhengxin's eyes lit up. This statement was quite unique, which gave him a refreshing feeling.

Wu Yu went on to say: "If you want to become an official, you usually have to get a good name first. Regardless of the supervising students of the Imperial College, you must first get the status of a student in the state school year exam, which is the so-called scholar, and then you can take the provincial exam. If you pass the middle school examination, you will be a candidate and you can take part in the general examination."

"The examination is presided over by the Ministry of Rites, also known as Li Wei. It is held in the second year of the rural examination, and the examination period is in February, so it is called Chun Wei. The examination is divided into three sessions, held on the ninth, 1th, and [-]th day of February. The chief examiner is called the president, also known as the master or the master. Those who pass the exam are called tributes, commonly known as tributes, also known as Mingjing, and No.[-] is called Huiyuan."

"The palace examination is held in the same year after the general examination, on the first day of March. The palace examination is presided over by the emperor himself, and only one topic of current affairs policy is tested. The candidates are tributes. Gongshi will not fail in the palace examination, but the emperor will rearrange the ranking. Palace examination After finishing, read the papers the next day, and release the list the next day. The admission is divided into three tops: the top three, the top three, the No. 1 is the champion, the second place is the second place, and the third is the flower. One, two, and three tops are commonly referred to as Jinshi, and the list of Jinshi is called Jiabang, which is written on yellow paper, so it is called Jinbang.

"No.1 in the provincial examination is called Jieyuan, and No.1 in the general examination is called Huiyuan. Together with the No.1 champion in the palace examination, they are collectively called Sanyuan. There are only a handful of people who have won the Sanyuan in ancient and modern times."

Xu Beiyou laughed and asked Wu Yu if he knew so clearly, if he wanted to be the number one female champion, Wu Yu was rarely joking, and hated being a man.

Fang Zhengxin couldn't help asking: "Will winning the number one prize make you a chancellor?"

Wu Yu shook his head with a smile and said: "It's still far away. After the palace examination, the number one scholar will be awarded the editor of the Imperial Academy or the cabinet bachelor, and the second place and Tanhua will be awarded the editor. The rest of the Jinshi who pass the examination are called Shu Jishi of the Imperial Academy. Three Those who pass the examination after the next year will be awarded the editors, reviewers and other officials of the Imperial Academy, and the rest will be distributed to various ministries as directors, or given priority to the magistrates. Years later, the imperial court formed a situation where non-jinshi could not enter the Hanlin, and non-hanlin could not enter the cabinet."

Fang Zhengxin was speechless: "The title of the gold list is only a county magistrate, when can I ascend the pavilion to pay homage to the prime minister?"

Wu Yudao: "The county magistrate is the seventh rank. If a magistrate passes the evaluation for three consecutive years, he can be promoted to the sixth rank. By analogy, even if the road is unimpeded, it will take 36 years for you to climb to the first rank. , if you count as 20-year-old Jinshi, that is 56 years old."

Xu Beiyou couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "Gongmen's practice is even more difficult than becoming an immortal."

Seeing Fang Zhengxin's yearning expression, Wu Yu couldn't help pouring cold water on him and said: "The officialdom is ups and downs, and there are ups and downs. I don't know how many people die of old age in the county magistrate for a lifetime, wasting their lives. Sixth rank to fifth rank, fourth rank From the first rank to the third rank, from the second rank to the first rank, they are all thresholds. I don’t know how many people in the public are stuck on the threshold. Unless they meet a noble person in the temple, they will be unable to move an inch, and they will not be able to advance an inch in life. If they offend someone or stand on the wrong side Not only is the official position difficult to protect, but it may also bring the whole family to suffer."

Fang Zhengxin came back to his senses, wondering if he had listened to Wu Yu's words, and asked, "Sister Wu, why do you say you have climbed to the first rank?"

Wu Yu smiled and said: "The official road is rough, how many people can walk up it? Since they can't walk up, they can only climb up."

The young man suddenly realized, and then sighed again and again: "Listening to what Sister Wu said today is better than reading ten years of books."

After eating a meal, it can be regarded as a good time. Xu Beiyou hinted a little that he would help them. Except for Fang Zhengxin, Fang Dahong and Fang Sanqing were very satisfied with the result. When they walked out of Tianxiang Tower, their waists were straightened a little After all, there is such a rich and powerful fellow, so he is naturally full of confidence.

Xu Beiyou asked Wu Yu to send Fang Sanqing and Fang Dahong off, and then arranged a suitable errand for the two of them. After all, helping the urgent rather than the poor was considered as the utmost benevolence.

Xu Beiyou left Fang Zhengxin alone, and said in a gentle voice, "It's a good thing if you want to be an official and stand out. However, compared to children from aristocratic families with elders to take care of us, we children from poor families must pay several times or even ten times more hardships." , the way of the world is like this, don't blame others, and don't be cynical. Don't those aristocratic children look down on us? It doesn't matter, let's show them the three yuan, who said that poor families have no noble sons?"

Fangzheng nodded heavily.

Xu Beiyou patted him on the shoulder, "Study hard, if you want to borrow any books or encounter any troubles, just come to me. If I'm not here, it's the same to look for your sister Wu."

Fang Zhengxin suddenly asked in a low voice: "Brother Beiyou, are you considered to be a leader now?"

Xu Beiyou was startled, then nodded after a long silence, "That's right."

(End of this chapter)