Haisheng Mingdi

Chapter 662

Outside the noon gate.

Jianyuan.

The Zhongshu department next to the Jianyuan was formally included in the Jianyuan after a year, and became another department besides the six departments of the Jianyuan.Zhongshu Division is in charge of writing edicts, edicts, silver books, iron coupons, etc.

Compared with Tang and Song Dynasties, Zhongshu Sheren drafted edicts with important powers, Zhongshu Ke in Ming Dynasty actually had little real power.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were even five kinds of Zhongshusheren. In addition to Zhongshuke Zhongshusheren, there were also Zhongshusheren in the East Room of Zhiwenhuadian, Zhongshusheren in Zhiwuyingdian, Zhongshusheren in the Cabinet Office, The people in the bookstore in the cabinet system imperial room, etc.

In today's Shaotian Dynasty, the Zhongshu Division was even directly included in the Jianyuan.

Its main task is to write imperial edicts, that is, the certificates of appointment and removal of officials, which were declared in the Tang Dynasty.It records the official rank, official deeds and so on.In the Ming Dynasty, in addition to appointing officials, imperial edicts could even be used to grant gifts to the ancestors, wives, and descendants of officials.

Officials of the first to fifth ranks are given white paper to write, which is called declaring orders.Officials from the sixth rank to the ninth rank wrote it on red paper, which is called the edict.

There are even detailed and strict regulations on the color, pattern, texture, etc. of imperial edicts.

"Everyone cheer up, the canteen has killed sheep and stewed chicken soup."

There are [-] members of Zhongshu Scheeren in the Zhongshu Department, and there is also a palm print.Compared with the six subjects of Jianyuan, their treatment is not as good. They used to work together outside the Meridian Gate, adjacent to the office, and the staff of Zhongshu Sheren and the six subjects were given the same grade. As a result, they are now The six subjects are all fifth-rank officials, and their palm prints are even third-rank, but they are still seventh-rank.

But they are Qingshui yamen after all, and writing edicts is not an important job.

Most of the cores are Jinshi nerds who are good at calligraphy and calligraphy but don't know much about government affairs and human relations.

"Yin Jun, there are so many imperial edicts to be written all at once, is this fatal?" A housekeeper couldn't help complaining, although it is Qingshui Yamen, it is not a Jinshi who is not a Zhongshu, which is actually very important in the center. It is good for young Jinshi to come in and use it as a springboard.

Zhongshuke, Zhanshifu, and Hanlin Academy are all Qingshui yamen, but they are clean and expensive.

Normally, the Zhongshu department is quite leisurely, but who would have thought that the emperor would do so much this time from the central to the local.

Thousands of officials were temporarily appointed, and countless officials were seconded.

Those have not been finished yet, and now the cabinet is changed, not only the cabinet is changed, from the six ministers to the two courts of remonstrance and inspection, and then the General Secretary, Dali Temple, etc. are all replaced, and the local governors and cloth officials are almost a big change.

The Zhongshu Department was overwhelmed all of a sudden.

Not only did they have to write appointment edicts to these officials, but they even had to confer gifts on the ancestors, wives, and descendants of qualified officials according to the system, which directly doubled the workload.

As for the [-] Zhongshu Scheeren of the Zhongshu Department, one person may have to write hundreds or even hundreds of times the imperial edict without making mistakes. It is indeed a heavy task, especially if you are in a hurry.

"If things are done well, they will be rewarded for their merits. If they can't be done well, they will be recorded in the assessment or even punished directly. Then everyone will live directly in the Zhongshu Department, and all food and lodging will be in the yamen. When the errands are finished, when to go home."

Ye Shuzan was only a student of Jiaxing Prefecture at the end of the Chongzhen period. Tu Xiangmei and others from the Imperial Academy rebelled. Ye Shuzan joined the army generously. He was defeated and was captured by the Qing army. His uncle Ye Shiyan redeemed him with [-] stone millet. , and shaved his hair.

Ye Shuzan woke up and found that her hair was gone. She cried and sent me a message. She resolutely went out of the city and continued to search for the rebels. Jinshi in the middle of the Tianyuan year, from the Hanlin Academy to the Zhongshu Department, now he is a sixth-rank palm seal, looking a little young.

There are quite a few members of Zhongshushe in the Zhongshu Department. They are in their 50s and 60s, and some are even in their [-]s. The Zhongshu Department writes imperial edicts.

"I will reward everyone with silver from the envoy's money, two dragon silvers per person, everyone, work hard, and when this job is successfully completed, I will apply for three more dragon silvers for each of you."

When they heard that there were five pieces of dragon silver rewards, as well as mutton and chicken soup, the people in Zhongshushe became more motivated.

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Because of this change of cabinet, as well as the major changes of the six ministries and two courts of the imperial court, and the local governors, the emperor also specially issued an order to amnesty the world, increased the rank and salary of all civil and military officials, and gave silver rewards to the imperial camp and soldiers from all over the place.

All officials' salaries will be increased for one month, the imperial camp and Beijing camp will be increased for two months, and the towns and towns outside the town will be increased for one month.

All are happy.

Amidst the hustle and bustle, the Shangyuan Festival was also over. That night, the emperor took the empress, concubines, princes, and ministers to put Kongming lanterns at the gate of the palace.

Numerous Kongming lanterns were released, and the sky was full of stars, flying higher and higher with the good expectations of the monarchs, ministers and common people.

After the festival, the court envoys also returned one after another, but the official positions of many court envoys have changed, especially the senior governors and governors, who have either been promoted or swapped.

Every day, officials lined up to leave Beijing.

The former cabinet scholars and the co-organizers also left the capital first, while Wen Anzhi and other ministers who were the governor of the local economy and strategy a few years ago have become the new cabinet scholars and stayed in the capital.

The court envoys left Beijing one after another, and the Shaotian Dynasty's second subject examination began again.

This time the emperor still set up two lists in the north and the south, each with [-] Jinshi, and two Enke lists, each with [-], and then learned macroci, and took the recommended by the local governors and inspectors. There are hundreds of outstanding scholars in calligraphy and calligraphy.

After several tense exams, the candidates were selected.

Immediately after that came the Palace Examination. The emperor personally set the questions and scored the rankings, and selected the first, second and third best.

Originally, there were at most [-] Jinshi admitted in one subject, but the emperor admitted [-] every time, and an Enke was added.

Twice the department and twice Enke, plus a subject of erudite macroci, the emperor admitted a small five thousand Jinshi, when he was a dozen subjects in the past, one subject in three years, the Jinshi admitted by Shaotian in four years is equivalent to the admission in the past four or 50 years quantity.

In the past, even the second rankings in the north and the south, they only recruited tributes from the north and south provinces in proportion during the general examination, and then participated in the palace examination uniformly.

The palace examination is only for the ranking of Jinshi, and it will not be eliminated.

Of course, there are only one No. [-] pick and No. [-] Tanhua.

But Zhu Yihai’s General Examination means that during the general examination, scholars from the north and the south will take the examination in a tribute academy, and they will be admitted separately, and the same number will be admitted for each.

So there are two No. [-] candidates, two each for No. [-], and three each for Tanhua.

This year too, and Enke.

So this year there are a total of four Jinshi lists, four champions, eight second places, and twelve third-ranked candidates. There are 24 candidates in one first-ranking list. This is not counting the erudite and macroci subjects of the special department, and they are not on these four lists.

The four champions are Changke Beibang Shandong Xincheng Wang Shizhen, Nanbang Jiangxi Fu Yijian, Enke Beibang Li Jinming, Nanbang Jiangsu Jiading Li Shitang.

In fact, Fu Yijian should have belonged to the candidate in Shandong. His ancestor was Shang Yongfeng. His distant ancestor Fu Huizu went to Guan County, Shandong Province as a magistrate during the Hongzhi period, and gave birth to seven sons. After he resigned and returned home, he only brought back four. There are three older ones who have already established businesses in Shandong.The first son, Fu Xiang, stayed in Liaocheng to do business. Because Liaocheng is adjacent to the Grand Canal, Fu Xiang quickly made a fortune.

Although Fu Xiang is in business, he still pays attention to reading.

Fu Yijian was the successor of Fu Xiang. When he arrived in Fu Xiang, due to the war and famine, the Fu family was in decline. Fu Yijian was able to recite books at the age of three, memorize the classics and history at the age of five, and passed the examination at the age of 20. pregnancy.

The Qing army went south, and the current situation was turbulent.

During Zhu Yihai's Northern Expedition to Shandong, the imperial battalion came to Liaocheng and mobilized many people to move south. Fu Yijian went south with him, and then returned to his ancestral home in Jiangxi. Because of his reputation as a scholar, he became an instructor in the county government.

It was Shaotian's first test, but he didn't come in time to participate.

Last year he took part in the provincial examination in Nanchang, Jiangxi Province, and won the first place in the Juren Jieyuan. This year, he came to Tokyo for the examination and won the Changke Nanbang Huiyuan, and then won the first place in the palace examination.

Lianzhong Sanyuan, Da Sanyuan.

The 39-year-old Fu Yijian can be regarded as a world-renowned title on the gold list.

Wang Zhiren, the second assistant of the new cabinet, went directly to the list to arrest his son-in-law, and the family members of the Wang family took Fu Yijian home in a clumsy way, and wanted to marry his daughter to him.

Fu Yijian was nearly forty years old, of course he married a wife and gave birth to children before, but later his wife died of illness, Wang Yiren had inquired early on, and it happened that he had many daughters, so he carefully inquired about the four new champions, and finally chose Fu Yijian , although he is older, but he has no wife.

He could also choose a young Jinshi who didn't marry a wife, but Wang Zhiren heard that the emperor also appreciated Fu Yijian, and it was a rare event in a hundred years, so he took this new champion who was a few years younger than him as his husband.

Although Wang Zhiren is a newly promoted second assistant, of course he will not really kidnap someone as his son-in-law. In fact, this is just a retro performance. He also met Fu Yijian in advance and offered to recruit him as his son-in-law. Did not refuse.

The Fu family's family is in decline, and they won the Jinshi when they were almost 40 years old. If they can be the second son-in-law, it is still a good choice, and it will be of great help in their official career.He can't compare to those sons of famous families. For example, Li Jinming and Wang Shizhen are both sons of famous families in Shandong. Wang Shizhen's family even has 72 memorial archways bestowed by the imperial court.

Li Jinming is also a famous Zhangqiu family, a family of three generations, five Jinshi and seven candidates.

Of course they can disdain Wang Zhiren as the second assistant of a military general, but he is no match.

Wang Zhiren took the lead in catching his son-in-law, and Zhang Mingzhen, a newly promoted co-organizer, also sent his son to catch his son-in-law, and took the second place in the list, Lu Gong, back.Many other ministers also followed suit, not only Wu Kai, Liu Mu and other honorable officials and military generals, but also first-rank civil servants such as Yan Wogong, Chen Qianfu, Yu Dafu, etc., also followed the list to catch their sons-in-law.

Fortunately, the emperor has recruited [-] Jinshi at one time this year, otherwise, I am afraid that there will not be enough to catch.

It is said that many Xinke Jinshi with wives are extremely envious and jealous when they see the son-in-law of the Minister of Civil and Military Affairs beating gongs and drums under the list.

It's a shame to miss such a good opportunity. With the ministers of the court and even the prime minister as the father-in-law, the future will be very good.

During the Tang and Song Dynasties, especially in the Song Dynasty, many prime ministers chose Xinke Scholars as their son-in-laws, and there were even many stories about both father-in-law and son-in-law being prime ministers because of this.

Needless to say, the political resources brought in will definitely save 30 years of struggle.

It's a pity that people who have wives look down on them, so they can't send their daughters to be concubines, that's impossible.

The Holy Emperor also had a decree long ago that relatives and noble ministers of the third rank and above, and meritorious officials with titles, can marry a concubine, similar to a flat wife, and can also accept a concubine, but ordinary people are not qualified to marry a flat wife, otherwise it is bigamy and illegal.

Fu Yijian, Lu Gong and many other Jinshi Daihua rode horses through the streets, proud of their horseshoes. One side was inscribed on the gold list, and the other side was listed by the prime minister and senior officials to capture their son-in-law, and then bridal chamber.

Fu Yijian is the most proud. Originally, he was a poor family man who lost his wife in middle age. He was forced to leave his hometown and go south with his young children. He became an instructor with a meager income to make ends meet. , and immediately became the son-in-law of the second assistant.

Immediately, he was awarded as the editor of the Hanlin Academy, directly from the sixth-rank official, compared with the second- and third-class Jinshi, he had to take an exam, and only the best could enter the Hanlin Academy to study for Shu Jishi for three years. Those who did not pass the exam, They can only go to the yamen of the Beijing Normal University, the local vassals and other yamen for three years to practice, but they are much stronger.

Compiling this official position is very easy, similar to the daily life of the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the main job is to record the emperor's words and deeds, lecture on scriptures and history, and compile factual records.

The work is easy, but extremely clear and promising.

Even the emperor gave him a mansion in the East City of Tokyo, the number one scholar, and his father-in-law Wang Zhiren even gave him 1 silver dollars, many servants, and a [-]-acre farm on the outskirts of Tokyo. It's the dowry.

All of a sudden, he reached the pinnacle of his life.

The other three champions, although they had wives, failed to get their sons-in-law on the list and became the sons-in-law of the prime minister, but they all directly became the sixth-rank Hanlin, and the emperor also bestowed the first place in Tokyo.

If it weren't for the strictness of the imperial court nowadays, I am afraid that countless people would have sent their names and donated land, and many businessmen would have come to volunteer as slaves, let alone those who gave gifts.

But even though there are many rules, there are still countless invitations that come to your door every day.

Last year, the Tartars took the Beijing Examination, and Jinshi from Shandong accounted for less than half.

But this time the imperial court examination, among the [-] candidates admitted to the Northern List, half of them were Jinshi from Shandong. The two top candidates in the Northern List, Zhangqiu Li Jinming and Xincheng Wang Shizhen, were both from Shandong and from Jinan Prefecture.

In the past, half of the Tartar courts were in Shandong, and now half of the Jinshi in Shaotian Beibang were in Shandong. The strength of Shandong people is still extremely strong.

The emperor praised Shandong very much for this result.

The whole territory of Shandong was recovered last year, and many problems were discovered when the land was cleared afterwards. The powerful and powerful clansmen of Shandong colluded with the officials of the Tartars in Shandong, wantonly carve up and embezzled the original Huangzhuang, Wangtian, Juntun, Guantian and Xunqi's fields in Shandong, etc. The Kong family owned a lot of land, and the problem was very serious.

Fortunately, with the efforts of Huang Zongxi, Qi Lisun and other Shandong officials at all levels, the clean-up and rectification work went well. They did kill a group of villainous gentry like Luo Ji, and exiled some gentry such as Kong Shangren. Zhangqiu Li Jinming, Xincheng Wang Xiangjin, Changshan Liu Kongwu and many other gentry families actively cooperated with the retreat.

It is also a newly recovered land, and the situation in Shandong is much better than that in Henan.

The Henan side is still quite chaotic now. Basically, the local regiments separatist and control various places, and even some places are under the stubborn resistance of the Qing army. Not to mention the clearing of the fields, even the tax side is still a mess.

The place is restless, and culture and education are difficult to flourish.

Fortunately, Shandong has stabilized, and Henan will soon.

(End of this chapter)