I was the emperor in the Ming Dynasty

Chapter 47

The fourth-rank official title does not sound very high, but for countless scholars, it is already an ambition that only the ancestral graves dare to contemplate

A talented Mongolian boy started school at the age of eight and had to study hard for 12 years before he could take the imperial examination.

During these 12 years, you must not be disabled, you must not break the law, and you must not make any remarks that attack the court.

Moreover, in the year of taking the imperial examination, no direct blood relative in the family can die. If there is a direct blood relative who dies, it will have to wait another three years.

The first hurdle of the imperial examination is the Tongsheng Examination held in the county. Only after passing the Tongsheng Examination and getting the fame of a scholar can one truly stand at the starting point of an official career.

After becoming a scholar, one must be ready to take the provincial examination within one month.

The rural examinations are generally held in the provincial capitals of the provinces. Because they are held in autumn and August, they are also called Qiu Wei.

On the way to the provincial capital, you must protect yourself from encountering bandits and bandits; after entering the provincial capital, you must be cautious, so as not to offend the concierge of a high-ranking official in the provincial capital, and make 12 years of hard work in vain.

Even if everything goes well and one is lucky enough to pass the provincial examination and become a Juren, there are still two hurdles: the general examination and the palace examination.

And if you fail in any exam, you have to wait another three years.

The general examination is in the capital, and the palace examination is in the palace.

During these two exams, none of the direct blood relatives can die. Only the blood relatives die. The examiner will send you home immediately with a letter of decree.

Of course, you can hide it.

But if one day the incident comes to light, it will not be as simple as depriving him of fame.

Regardless of strength or luck, you finally stood out from all the students in the world and won one of the three hundred Jinshi places.

At this time, you can take office and start to be an official?
No, except for the champion, the second place, and Tanhua, the other Jinshi will all enter the Imperial Academy, or become editors who copy history books all day long, or become waiters who do nothing all day long.

It is true that the imperial court will not treat these talents killed out of thousands of people badly, and each of them will bear the title of head of the six departments and alternate magistrate.

But most of these titles are empty positions, because there are no official vacancies in the Six Ministries and the county governments in various places.

At this step, the children of the aristocratic family have already begun to show their magical powers, trying their best to make the name real.For most ordinary Jinshi, they usually have to stay in the Imperial Academy for at least three years before they have the opportunity to go out to fill vacancies.

At this time, you are 24 years old, and your official title is the Lord of a County of the seventh rank.

After becoming a parent official in a county, you have to deal with trivial cases of common people, treacherous local subordinates, and countless government affairs.

If there is a mistake during this period, if it is not demoted, the chance of promotion will be completely lost.

The imperial court conducts a performance appraisal every two years, and your county magistrate did well and passed.

At this time, you will come into the sight of the Department of Literature and Selection of the Ministry of Officials. As long as you can hold your temper, you will be transferred back to the capital from the county magistrate of the seventh rank within half a year, and will be promoted to the head of a division of the sixth rank.

During your tenure as director, you have to deal with your colleagues and superiors, and you have to make certain achievements. You still have to wait for another performance appraisal by the court two years later.

At this time, you are 27 years old, and your official title is the head of a department of Zhengliupin.

In another round of performance appraisal by the imperial court two years later, you successfully passed the test because of your experience as a county magistrate and the appreciation of your superiors.Once again, he entered the key observation list of the Ministry of Officials' Literature Selection Department.

This time you wait longer, because the higher you climb, the fewer vacancies there are.After waiting for three years, you are finally promoted again.At this time, you are 30 years old, and your official title is Uiro, a member of the fifth rank.

You have lost your youthful spirit, and you have become more tactful, and you know how to please your boss and exclude your colleagues.

Another two years have passed, and a new round of government performance evaluation is coming, and you have reached the most critical moment.

Because as long as you successfully go out this time, you will be able to become a general judge from the fifth rank, and you will not be far away from the prefect of the fourth rank.

With all your favors and the strong recommendation of your superiors, you once again successfully entered the list of reserve officials of the Ministry of Officials, and even the emperor heard of your name.

It's a pity that there are only 210 eight prefectures in the world, and there are only 210 eight prefectures of the fifth grade.

But you are still lucky, after only ten years of waiting, you will be greeted with the opportunity to go outside.

It's not that it took ten years for someone to leave office, but you, who were born as a commoner, tried all your connections, but you couldn't resist the casual words of the elders of those aristocratic families.

But you are still lucky, because most Yuanwailang have no chance of promotion.

At this time, you are 40 years old, and your official title is a general judge in one government.

When you reach this height, you will be overwhelmed by overwhelming glory and wealth. There are rich and powerful people who want to bribe you, and other officials want to exchange favors with you.You are inescapable, but under your deliberate wrist, you are not defeated.

In the third year of your tenure as the general judge, finally there is a third-rank feudal official who appreciates you and is willing to give you a hand.

And the price you pay is that you are firmly tied to the senior officials who appreciate you, and you will be honored and lost, and you will become his lackeys.

With the help of noble people, you finally don't have to worry about getting promoted.

Within five years, you have worked in several yamen from the middle of Beijing to the local government, and your resume has finally become a thick stack, which was presented to the emperor's case by the nobleman in the form of recommendation.

At this time, you, at the age of 48, are within reach of becoming a prefect.

The emperor is very satisfied with your background as a commoner and your excellent achievements in government. You only waited for a month before you were successfully promoted to the prefect of the prefecture.At this time, your temples have already turned gray, but your city has also become bottomless.

Your nobleman has always stood firm in the court struggle and has not fallen, and you, who have followed him for decades, have become his most reliable helper.At this time, you are already 53 years old, not only have your own power, but also begin to develop greater ambitions.

You have used all means and done many things against your heart, but you have also successfully entered the emperor's sight.In the eyes of the emperor, you have a clean background, rich experience, you are a capable official, and you have finally started to soar into the sky.

With an imperial decree, you were called back to the capital and became a servant of the third rank.And where you are, there are no more than twelve in the whole world.

As a member of the third rank, you began to participate in the struggle of the imperial court, trying to figure out the emperor's thoughts every day without sleep or food.

Your luck is really great. Your boss suddenly fell down. At the age of 58, you succeeded in taking over. You became a minister, became the right-hand man of the emperor, and became the pride of the people in your hometown.

Your official career has finally reached the climax of your life, and the last step is to worship the prime minister and enter the cabinet, becoming the current prime minister with one person under one man and above ten thousand people.

The emperor thought of your hard work, but after three years, he worshiped you as his prime minister and personally welcomed you into the cabinet.

At this time, you are already 61 years old, you have lived a perfect life, you are an extremely human minister, and you have become a prime minister.

The literati praised your achievements, the historians wrote books and biographies for you, and the emperor wanted to marry you.

It's a pity that your body and bones are no longer strong at this time. After working in the position of prime minister for only two years, you are old and dim-sighted, so you can only beg for your bones to return to your hometown.

Looking back on the past, you sighed leisurely, feeling that your life was not in vain.

(End of this chapter)