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But Li Kaiji, the number one scholar, his parents were military households in the suburbs of Luling County. To put it bluntly, they were serfs for military officials.As long as he can remember, he has never had a full day, and his eldest brother and third sister starved to death.

It wasn't until Zhao Han came with the Datong army, occupied Luling County, and distributed the land to the military households, that Li Kaiji finally turned around.

The father and elder brother are dead, and the second elder brother has become the pillar of the family. Although it is still very hard,

But farming my own field is indescribably enjoyable every day.

The eldest brother-in-law is also a military household, joined the army to fight with His Majesty, and is now the commander of the [-]th Division of the Datong Army.If it weren't for his poor cultural background and he couldn't write a few words, he might have already become a brigade commander. After all, his qualifications in the army are there.

Life at home is getting better day by day.

There has been no major disaster in Luling County, and the food grown is simply inexhaustible.The old mother occasionally cooks some food and asks the second sister-in-law to sell it in the city, and the second sister-in-law can also make money by spinning herself.There are also chickens and ducks at home, and the second brother is a good farmer, and the extra money is used to buy pens, ink, paper and inkstones for Li Kaiji.

His Majesty the Emperor is still alive, and the family dare not set up a god for the Emperor.On the first day of every month, the old mother,

They will all go to the mountains on the outskirts of the county, go to the Temple of Heroes to offer incense to the martyrs, and at the same time thank His Majesty the Emperor for his kindness in rebuilding.

The old mother often said: "Third son, how can our family afford your majesty's kindness? You have to study well, and you will be a good official in the future, and do a good job for your majesty."

Just as Li Kaiji recalled the past, a classmate shouted from downstairs: "Lao Li, Lao Li, come down to pick up the guests!"

"Bang bang bang bang!"

Then came the crackling sound of firecrackers.

The inn clerk held up firecrackers and set off firecrackers, while the shopkeeper shouted with a smile on his face: "Today's room rate and food will be discounted by [-]%! Xinke Zhuangyuan will live in our store! Whoever comes to stay in the inn in the future will be rewarded with Wenquxing." The joy. The children live in the inn, all of them are smart. The scholars live in the inn, and all the high school emperors! I will give the owner a suggestion to change the name of the inn to Zhuangyuan Building! Spend money!"

"it is good!"

Shopkeepers threw copper coins all over the floor, and passers-by scrambled for them.

It's not for grabbing money, after all, no matter how dexterous your hands and feet are, you can still grab an extra three or five pennies, it's purely for gaining the aura of Wenquxing.

Form matters.

The significance of restoring the imperial examination is not only to regulate the selection of officials, but also another symbol in the hearts of ordinary people.

Chapter 669 [Horseshoe Disease Proud of the Spring Breeze]

All of the two hundred Xinke Jinshi received white-board official uniforms. The clothes had no grade and had to be returned after wearing them.

The main gate of the Forbidden City, which is only opened two or three times a year, is also opened exclusively for Jinshi.Guards of honor, ceremonies and music are the highest level, and are only used on the emperor's ascension to the throne, wedding, birthday, triumph, and New Year's Day.

Li Kaiji, as the No. [-] scholar, led the way at the forefront.

The cannon rang at the Meridian Gate, and the music played again. .

Civil and military officials all enter through the two side doors, but the new subjects can enter directly through the Meridian Gate.Usually, only the emperor can go through the Meridian Gate.

The queen must get married before she can walk through the Meridian Gate.

The majestic palace, the solemn music, the majestic guard of honor, and the extra-standard treatment made the blood of these two hundred Jinshi boil, and the pride of the proud son of heaven was born spontaneously.

Cui Wenxiu's eyes filled with tears instantly, he will never return to North Korea, and will stay in China to repay the emperor's kindness.In order to show his loyalty and make him stand out quickly, he has already decided what to do: he will go to the imperial court and take back the territory south of the Yalu River.

Best of all, if Datong China can annex North Korea, then you will be completely Chinese and will not be discriminated against by your colleagues because of your origin.

Sun Chengen was also very excited, trembling all over.The emperor has not opened the imperial examination for a long time?The emperor divided his family's property?The emperor forcibly separated his family and moved him to Shandong?That is His Majesty's policy of administration, Sun Cheng'en will not complain anymore, with En Rong in his body today, everything he has paid in the past is worth it.

After crossing the bridge, two hundred Jinshi were waiting in the square.

"The emperor ascends to the palace!"

"Hundreds of officials enter the court!"

The music sounded again, and the officials were divided into two columns and lined up to enter the Chengtian Hall.

I don't know what was said inside, and after a while, Chen Maosheng walked out of the hall.Standing behind Dan Bi, holding a passer-by in his hand, he glanced at these scholars.

Zhang Dai, Minister of the Honghe Temple, walked quickly to Chen Maosheng, and bent to touch the sticker.

Then, Zhang Dai walked down the steps: "Emperor Fengtian Yingmin, the rule of the day: the ninth year of the first year of the Republic of China, March [-]th, to test the tribute scholars of the world. The first class is awarded Jinshi and rank, the second class is awarded Jinshi's background, and the third class is awarded Jinshi. Jiaci is from the same background as Jinshi. Tanhua Shenwei!"

Shen Wei walked out of the queue. The traditional rule is to kneel in front, but now he just needs to stand there.

Zhang Dai shouted again: "No. [-] Zhang Shouyue!"

Zhang Shouyue also stepped forward immediately.

Zhang Dai shouted again: "No. [-] Scholar Li Kaiji!"

Li Kaiji walked forward even more, until he stood in front of Dan Bi's champion, taking the meaning of the number one scholar "to be the champion".

Zhang Dai continued to shout: "No.1 Wang Zunxun.

It took a while for Chuanlu to finish the roll call, and the music changed again. This time it was Zhonghe Shaoyue, which was specially played for the new scholars.

"Le Bi!"

"Start the guard of honor!"

The female officials and guards of the imperial city, holding umbrellas and guards of honor, guided the Jinshi to the main hall.Originally, I went directly to Donghuamen, but the emperor wanted to give a lecture temporarily,

So he brought them into the palace and talked about it.

"See Your Majesty, long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Li Kaiji was so excited that he forgot the Book of Rites and knelt down to the emperor, and the Jinshi behind him also knelt down.

Zhao Han said, "Get up and talk."

All Jinshi Xie Enping died.

Zhao Han said with a smile: "The Jinshi in the previous dynasty were at least seven-rank magistrates, and those who were retained as eighth-rank officials were also pedestrians. Now you are admitted as Jinshi, but you are only allowed to be eighth or ninth rank. Some people say that I treat new division Jinshi too lightly. Do you have resentment in your heart?"

"I dare not!" All Jinshi shouted in unison.

Zhao Han said: "A fierce general must be sent from the army, and a prime minister must be raised from the state. Why? Those who have never been officers and soldiers at the grassroots level do not know what the small soldiers think. What are you looking for. In the early Ming Dynasty, ten years of hard study, and once released to the county magistrate,

Do you really know how to be an official and rule the people? "

Zhao Han swept down, slapped the seat, and said emphatically, "They know what a fart!"

Officials and Scholars all looked at Zhao Han in surprise. The emperor actually swears in a formal occasion.

Zhao Han continued: "The county magistrates in the former Ming Dynasty, let alone governing the villages, they couldn't even manage the county government. When they take office immediately, they have to hire a master.

Master has to come up with ideas on everything.Officials filled their pockets, masters plundered places, and petty officials lied to each other. This is how the Ming Dynasty was corrupted! "

"If you are an official under me, you are not allowed to hire a master. Since the master can govern the government, what do you want to be an official? Isn't it good to just let the master be an official?"

"From now on, when Xinke Scholars are released to other places, they will not be allowed to govern for the first three months. Instead, they will go to their respective yamen and observe politics for three months. You must figure out how to do things, so as not to understand anything after taking office; Sort out the personnel affairs of the yamen, so as not to be deceived by local officials!"

"Don't worry, the officials in the future will start from the eighth and ninth ranks. No one will be ahead of the others, and they will all have to be promoted step by step!"

"Li Kaiji, Zhang Shouyue, Shen Wei, the three of you step forward!"

The three first-class Jinshi hurriedly stepped out.

Zhao Han said: "I wanted you to observe politics for three years, but the cabinet elders said it was too long. Then stay in the cabinet, first observe politics for three months, and then serve as middle school staff for nine months, and then release the place for From the seventh rank. You can directly become the seventh rank official, this is the preferential treatment for first-class Jinshi."

"Thank you, Your Majesty!" The three bowed in unison.

Zhao Han said: "Guangnan, Ryukyu, Taiwan, Qiongzhou, and the northern provinces with empty populations. Then you can choose for yourself and see whether you like heat or cold. From now on, I will give the first-class Jinshi to the poorest and most poor. A poor place. Of course, the poorer the place, the faster the promotion will be.

Is there anyone who doesn't want to? "

"I would like to go to Ryukyu!" Li Kaiji made a choice on the spot. He felt that Ryukyu should be the worst.

Zhang Shouyue said: "I am from Guangdong, and I am not afraid of the heat. I would like to be an official in Guangnan!"

Shen Wei said: "I can go to Liaoning."

One Jinshi made a statement, and the rest of the Jinshi spoke out one after another, all requesting to be officials in poor places.

Young people, their ambitions are still alive, they all want to be promoted quickly, and in the future, they will enter the cabinet to pay homage to the minister or guard the party.They are the first Jinshi of the new dynasty, and they have gone to the poorest places. Even if their political achievements are quite satisfactory, they will be promoted quickly when they are evaluated and transferred.

After a few years of hard work, become a high-ranking official and do great things!

"Okay, I'm so relieved," Zhao Han said with a smile, "Since the imperial examinations are resumed, the selection of the halls will also be resumed. However, the Shuji scholars of the new dynasty cannot enter the Imperial Academy as a chancellor, but are selected as Zhongshu Scheeren, go to the cabinet to assist the elders in the office. The term of office of Zhongshu Scheeren is about one to three years. When they are released, they are treated the same as first-class Jinshi. When they go to the local area, they can be a seventh-rank follower."

As soon as this remark came out, all Jinshi were delighted.

Second and third-class Jinshi, there is another chance, as long as they are admitted to Shujishi, they can work in the cabinet.Not only does he get in touch with important national affairs every day, but he can also get to know the big bosses of the cabinet. In the future, there will definitely be hidden preferential treatment for career promotion.

"Disperse!"

Zhao Han left the table, and the ministers bowed and saw him off respectfully.

The two hundred Jinshi slowly exited the main hall, led by the guard of honor with the canopy, and headed to Donghua Gate collectively.

There are a lot of horses there, all brought from the racecourse in the suburbs of Beijing.

In Daming, only the new champion can ride a horse through the streets to go home.When they arrived at Zhao Han's place, all Jinshi rode horses, and the Jinshi were treated more favorably in terms of ritual.

"Zhuangyuan Lang, please." Jinling Mansion Yin said with a smile.

Li Kaiji cupped his hands and said: "There is a labor fee for the governor."

The governor of Jinling Prefecture was a little surprised: "Zhuangyuan Lang recognizes me?"

Li Kaiji said with a smile: "The younger generation lives in the suburbs of Luling County, and knew Fu Yin when he was in Luling County."

"Hahahaha, then we are indeed old acquaintances!"

The governor of Jinling was Fei Yu, Fei Yuanjian was born as a book boy, and he was Zhao Han's secretary at first.When in Qianshan, Zhao Han's "Legend of the Condor Heroes"

The manuscript fee was paid by Fei Yu who helped contact the merchant to sell it.

Fei Yu personally led Li Kaiji's horse, with a canopy guard of honor in front of him, and walked out of Donghua Gate with gongs and drums.

The rest of the Xinke Jinshi are not treated so well, they are just ordinary imperial city guards leading their horses.

"The number one scholar in the new discipline, Li Kaiji, has come out of Donghuamen!"

When they went out, there were small officials calling names, and countless people in the capital stood by to watch, even older girls and daughter-in-laws.

Li Kaiji was wearing a champion robe, a black gauze hat, and flowers on his temples.Guards of honor lead the way, gongs and drums clear the way, the governor leads the horse, all eyes are on him

Li Kaiji seemed to be in the clouds, and his whole body floated into the sky.

The number of Jinshi who rode out from Donghuamen on horseback was increasing, and they collectively toured the whole city along the streets.Passing by along the way, there was thunderous cheers, and even the shopkeepers ran to the side of the street to watch the excitement.

It was spring at this time, and some people picked wild flowers, wove them into bouquets or garlands, and threw them towards the Jinshi laughingly.

Some Jinshi happened to catch it, so they took off their hats and put wreaths on their chests, which drew even more enthusiastic cheers.

Standing in the private room of the restaurant, Mao Bijiang watched the bustle outside through the window, and muttered to himself: "The spring breeze is proud of the horseshoe disease, and I can see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. Alas, time is also fate!"

We... think too much. "Wu Weiye said.

Both of them came from rich families and their talents spread far and wide, so they couldn't afford to be petty officials, otherwise they would have been promoted to high-ranking officials long ago.After coming to Nanjing, although he was more talented, he has been waiting for the imperial examination to become an official.

Who would have thought that the emperor restored the imperial examinations, but set an upper age limit for traditional scholars.

The two of them are not even qualified to take the imperial examination at their age!

Looking at the Xinke Scholars with hairpin flowers parading the streets now, it would be a lie to say that they are not envious or jealous. At this moment, I wish I was the one riding the horse.

Cui Wenxiu was riding a tall horse, and wherever he could see, there were crowds of people, all of whom seemed to be cheering for him.What a prosperous capital, what a great glory, he is even more determined to go to Shu, and he must ask the emperor to annex North Korea, so that he can be a [-]% Chinese.

The ranks of Jinshi parading hairpin flowers even went to the Qinhuai River.

Proceeding along the riverside street, the windows of the attics on the street opened one after another.The girls waved their handkerchiefs, laughing and shouting without hesitation, some simply threw down the champagne, and some excitedly threw fruit at the Jinshi.

"Come on, Xinke Jinshi was knocked unconscious by the fruit!"

“No heavy objects allowed!”

Chapter 670 [In the name of filial piety, foot binding is prohibited]

"Xinke Jinshi was knocked unconscious by the fruit?" Zhao Han couldn't help laughing.

Song Yingxing: "It's not that he was knocked unconscious by the fruit, but fell from the horse in shock and fell on the ground."

Zhao Han asked: "Is there any serious problem?"

Song Yingxing: "It's all right.

After the resumption of the imperial examination, the minds of the scholars are settled, even though many of them are not qualified to take the exam.But you can educate your children. The gentry, wealthy businessmen, and wealthy businessmen are all crazy about spending money to train their offspring. ·

People all over the country have also adapted to the new education system and official selection methods.

In their minds, small is the former society, primary school graduates correspond to children, middle school is the former county, and middle school graduates correspond to scholars.The university is the government and the Imperial College, and the graduates of the university correspond to the candidates.