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  Chapter 386 384【Simplify the inner court】

  The examination for female officials in the inner court draws on the rules of the imperial examination of the Ming Dynasty, but there must be some changes.

  The Ministry of Rites organizes the exams, the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises the exams, and officials are selected by various ministries to judge the exam papers.

   In fact, there is no content in the test. First, Datong theory must be qualified, followed by mathematics, and finally various official documents.

  The top 200 were selected by the competition, and the bosses of each department personally presided over the interview—Zhao Han didn't let them participate, and the doctors of each department could handle it, but those ministers were really worried.

   Then it gets interesting.

   "This You Julian is very good, Kong Wu is powerful, and he has also been a missionary teacher, so he can be the seal of the Yuma Supervisor." Li Banghua stroked his beard and nodded in approval.

Pang Chunlai said: "Jin Cui Ping is also very good. Before I became a missionary, I was a cook in the palace. Although I was at the bottom of the written examination and only got 198, it is most suitable to be the supervisor of Shangshan. "

  The two women who were favored by Li Banghua and Pang Chun are both big and round. They obviously did it on purpose, for fear that the female officer would confuse the emperor!

  The use of female officials in the inner court is a pioneering work, and no one knows what will happen, so the leaders of all ministries must be cautious.

  Especially for the first time, you have to set the tone and become the unspoken rule in the future, that is: try to choose mediocre people as possible, and the net worth must be clean.

  After repeated discussions, many ministers voted, and finally elected the official secretary and admiral of the inner court female officer.

  This position can be called internal minister or female minister.

   Still looks mediocre, I can only say that it is not ugly. It is still from the background of a missionary, to ensure that its thoughts pass the test and its origin is reliable.

   This woman's name is Shi Weixian, the daughter of a village school teacher.

  First, she was betrothed to a scholar from her hometown, but her fiancé died before she got married. Married again to Tongsheng from the neighboring county. After half a year of marriage, her husband died again.

   Since then, the name of Kefu has been carried on his back. Just when the Datong army came to kill him, Shi Weixian ran away from home and became a missionary. Her qualifications are very profound, and she joined Zhao Han a month earlier than Li Banghua. She is now thirty-four years old, and she refuses to get married again no matter what.

  Although the written test was out of the top 100, it is most suitable to choose her as the inner face.

  Of course there are women with more senior qualifications, such as Xiaohong and Xiaocui.

  But Xiaohong is now a prefect of the state, and her marriage and family are relatively happy. Xiaocui has also been married for three years, so she quit her job directly and stays at home with her husband and children.

  Many female missionary officers pursue freedom and the value of life, and they do not want to be imprisoned as female officials in the inner court.

  …

  Li Xiangjun was a little disappointed. She got the first place in the written examination, but she only became the director of Yinshoujian.

   Moreover, compared with the Yinshoujian of the Ming Dynasty, the Yinshoujian of Zhao Han's inner court had more than half of its power cut. It can also be in charge of the books in the imperial palace, the letters in the inner court, and the verification of the waist cards in and out of the inner court, etc.

   Kou Baimen is similar, with a top ten score in the written test, he was assigned to an internal official prison whose power was cut by 90%.

   Gu Hengbo got second in the written test, but was eliminated directly because she is a famous prostitute.

  Although Zhao Han abolished the distinction between good and bad, famous prostitutes were not prohibited from participating in the examination for female officials in the inner court. But the interviewers have steelyards in their hearts, and the courtesans come into contact with too many people, what kind of malicious intentions would there be if they sneaked into the palace?

  Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others are even discussing that people from certain industries will not be allowed to be female officials in the inner court in the future.

  Although Chen Maosheng advocates the equality of the good and the low, he also clearly distinguishes the pros and cons, and he acquiesces to their proposal.

   A few days later, they were assigned to a garden training business.

  When You Julian saw Li Xiangjun, she asked with a smile, "What job does my sister do?"

   Li Xiangjun replied: "The director of Yinshou Supervisor."

   "This is really promising." You Julian praised.

  The chief officials of each prison in Zhao Han's inner court are the palm seal, palm book, and palm secretary.

  The director is already the third person in Yinshoujian. Li Xiangjun is young and has a bright future.

   Although points were deducted for her beauty, she scored first in the written test and worked as an official in Jiangning County, all of which left the interviewers speechless.

   Li Xiangjun asked about the candidates for the seals of each supervisor, and You Julian introduced them in detail.

  The palm prints of each supervisor are all from the background of female missionary officers, all of them are ordinary-looking women, and the average age is over thirty years old.

  After making such inquiries, Li Xiangjun instantly regained his mental balance.

Not long after, Shi Weixian, the chief inspector of ceremonies, appeared and said, "I don't know much about the rules of the inner court, but I have been a missionary for many years. Everyone is a female official. You are not allowed to beat and scold your subordinates, and you are not allowed to beat or scold your subordinates." Palace lady. Of course, if you do something wrong, you will be punished. If you should record a serious demerit, you will record a major demerit. If you should report criticism, you will report criticism. If you do something unforgivable wrong, you will be expelled for sure..."

   Well, let a veteran missionary be the supervisor of ceremonies, and Zhao Han's inner court will quickly become the same as the missionary system.

  Shi Weixian added: "The day of your highness's ascension to the throne has been fixed, and from now on you should address him as your majesty. We, the inner court, must cooperate well with the enthronement ceremony, especially the sisters who are all prefects must work harder!"

  The inner court organization of the Ming Dynasty consisted of twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus.

   Zhao Han not only cut more than half of the power of the inner court, but also cut more than half of the inner court institutions.

  Such as the department set up prison, Shangyi prison, etc., they will be cancelled. The affairs of the divisional supervisor were merged into the Duzhijian, and the affairs of the Shangyijian were merged into the Imperial Prison.

   Streamline the organization and staff.

  What can be done by one person, two people are not allowed to do it. What can be done by the outer court is not allowed to be done by the inner court.

   Even the Jingu Supervisor was cancelled. Cleaning and maintaining the Taimiao, and offering incense to the Emperor of the Taimiao were all left to the Ministry of Rites.

   Moreover, some female officials of the inner court must go out of the Forbidden City to do business, and they must have contact with men outside.

   Even the office addresses of the prisons are outside the Forbidden City and within the Imperial City.

  Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others strongly suggested adding a rule: Inner court ladies who are pregnant and give birth cannot be regarded as princes and princesses!

  Because it may be caused by which guard or civil servant he had an affair with.

  The female officer really wants to marry and can resign at any time.

  The future emperor, if he likes any female officer. You have to remove your post first, and after resigning and entering the harem for more than ten months, the baby born is considered a royal family.

   It is so troublesome to use a female officer, and there is no need to consider fertility issues at all when using a eunuch.

  …

  As the date of Zhao Han's ascension to the throne draws near, Nanjing's public security management has become increasingly stringent.

   Imperial Academy.

  Liu Rushi was editing the dictionary, and their first draft was sent back by Zhao Han. The entry of each word must be edited hard to make it more concise, so that beginners can understand it.

   All changed to vulgar Chinese, classical Chinese is not allowed!

   This is really tiring to change, more tiring than when I first started editing.

   "Scholar Liu!"

  A servant of the Hanlin Academy came hurriedly and said in a low voice, "Your maid is here. There is something urgent at home, so I want you to go back quickly."

   Liu Rushi didn't know why, so he walked out of the Imperial Academy quickly, and saw the maid standing there with a happy face.

   "What happened?" Liu Rushi asked.

  The maid is a maid she hired in Nanjing. Now she lives in a rented house, and there is a woman who cooks at home.

  The maid said happily: "Someone came to the house to accept."

  Liu Rushi smiled and said, "Just drive them away."

  Nacai is to ask for marriage, and the birth date is only started after the woman agrees.

  The emperor and the prince got married, and they had to go through this process.

  The maid laughed softly, "He was sent by King Wu."

  Liu Rushi was taken aback for a moment, then smiled all over his face, with some disbelief.

  Except for the time when Zhao Han was on his own expedition, she kept in touch with Zhao Han. At the beginning, we talked about poetry and literature, and then we talked about work content, such as compiling pinyin and dictionaries. Zhao Han has been writing letters to give instructions.

   Later, the correspondence became more casual, and even chatted about some interesting things in life.

  Liu Rushi felt that her intimacy with Zhao Han was getting closer, but she was becoming less and less extravagant about marrying Zhao Han. After all, Zhao Han was going to be the emperor, and she herself was born as a famous prostitute.

   Unexpectedly, it actually happened!

  Liu Rushi took the maid and brought two roadside sedan chairs, and hurried back to the rental house in the sedan chairs.

  Na Caizhe is also a female official, in her thirties, with a team of Wu Wangfu's personal guards, seeing Liu Rushi with a smile on her face.

  After finishing the business, the female officer said: "Liu Xueshi, the King of Wu has an order. Even if you can become a concubine, you can continue to work in the Imperial Academy, but you can't go out easily after the palace is repaired."

   "Your Highness has a heart." Liu Rushi was even happier, she could finish compiling the dictionary.

  The next day, the incident was reported to the Imperial Academy. Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu brought everyone to congratulate.

   At the same time, he avoided suspicion even more, not daring to approach within two steps. Even when discussing the content of dictionary compilation, they specially recruited a third person, not daring to speak to Liu Rushi alone.

   Liu Rushi felt very helpless about this, and she completely became an outlier in the Hanlin Academy.

  That night, Liu Rushi drank alone, drank a few glasses of rice wine, and wrote a poem while drunk. The content is a bit sad, but there is joy between the lines, and I laugh as I write.

  For Zhao Han, one queen and two concubines are enough, but the Fei family sisters are all concubines, so one or two women must be selected as concubines.

   Whether it's balance or beating, this is no longer Zhao Han's chores.

  Since this is the case, of course you must choose someone who knows the basics when choosing a concubine. Zhao Han thinks that Liu Rushi is good, he likes it very much, and he has a good personality, so it doesn't matter what his background is.

   Zhang Pu invites Qian Qianyi for the first time, and the two go to a brothel to play tea.

   Screened off the brothel girl, the two drank and chatted alone.

  Zhang Pu said with emotion: "In another month, the dynasty will change."

   "Yes," Qian Qianyi also sighed endlessly, "Thinking back for decades, it's really like a dream. The struggle between the ruling and the opposition is really ridiculous, and the Ming Dynasty is really gone."

Zhang Pu said: "At present, this person must be the British Lord Mingjun. But he often does things out of line, making people unpredictable, and he doesn't know whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. Liu Xueshi is naturally talented and beautiful, but his background... ordinary emperors can't do it .”

Qian Qianyi laughed loudly: "An extraordinary person has his own extraordinary actions, which are beyond the imagination of ordinary people. Who would have thought that he would use female officials instead of eunuchs? Female officials will definitely cause a lot of trouble. It depends on the future monarchs and ministers." How to make it perfect."

   "After two or three generations, I guess eunuchs will be used again." Zhang Pu couldn't help laughing.

  Qian Qianyi said: "Why do we need to worry about things after two or three generations? Come, drink this cup to the full!"

  (end of this chapter)