Now the official situation in the Ming Dynasty is gradually becoming clear. Although there are no eunuchs to rely on, wouldn't it be a faster way to rise to prominence if one can rely on the emperor?
Of course, most of those who are qualified to win the emperor's favor are officials in the capital. Officials in local areas also have opportunities, but they are fewer.
However, the emperor opened up another channel for entering the officialdom through the new learning and the transfer of officials, in addition to the imperial examination, which attracted countless scholars to participate.
Lu Qinghou, who originally only wanted to be an accountant in a restaurant to support his family, was one of the many scholars attracted to the capital by the new policy.
Compared with the imperial examination where thousands of people had to compete for a single place, entering a new school and getting an official position, although not as glorious as being on the list of successful candidates, was a godsend and a great favor from the emperor for a scholar like Lu Qinghou who thought it was difficult for him to do so.
Compared with being an official, Lu Qinghou felt that the preferential treatment for students that the court wanted to cancel was nothing.
Arriving in the capital, Lü Qinghou was greeted by a completely different kind of prosperity. Before he had time to fully appreciate the sight, he hurried to enroll in the new school.
The enrollment process went smoothly. With his title of scholar and experience as an accountant, Lu Qinghou was assigned to the accounting major.
The new school currently offers only five majors: accounting, agriculture, water conservancy, law, and business. The names of the majors suggest that graduates of the accounting major are undoubtedly tax officials.
While Zhu Youxiao determined these five majors, he also stipulated that students could add another major as a minor in addition to studying their main major.
When asked about his minor, Lü Qinghou thought for a moment before settling on law. He believed that hearing cases was the primary job of a county magistrate, and knowledge of this subject would be very helpful in his future career.
After registering and going to the dormitory arranged for him, the new school was very kind and gave Lu Qinghou two days of vacation so that he could have a good rest and relieve the fatigue of the long journey.
Even the two of them wouldn't get such treatment in top universities in later generations!
Lü Qinghou thought it was fine, but the students who had arrived earlier and had already settled in the dormitories for several days were somewhat dissatisfied. It wasn't that they disliked Lü Qinghou, but they felt that the conditions and treatment of the new students were unfair to the scholars.
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