You should know that in ancient times, although there were other subjects, and even in the Tang Dynasty the imperial examination was open to the entire society and had more than a hundred subjects, the most valuable subject was always the Jinshi subject.
The other subjects are often given a small official position of eighth or ninth rank, and the upper limit is the fifth rank prefect, which is already the limit. It is almost impossible to become a senior official.
This time, the imperial court opened many universities and awarded the title of Jinshi to outstanding students.
Although he was only a third-class Jinshi, not a first-class Jinshi and Wenlinlang, nor a second-class Jinshi and Gongshilang, he was still much better than the fourth-class Tong Jinshi and the fifth-class Ci Tong Jinshi.
At least in terms of the upper limit of officialdom, a Jinshi graduate can already become a high-ranking official. Even if he is a little luckier, if his talents are truly outstanding and he is appreciated by the bigwigs, he may be able to take charge of a first-level department or even enter the Political System Council in the future.
Therefore, this change is obviously a great blessing for the vast number of students who can only squeeze in dozens or at most a hundred places for Jinshi every year.
Even though there will definitely not be too many places for this purpose, it is still better than the internal competition among hundreds of thousands of people in the imperial examination.
In fact, many of Zhao Jun’s major changes this time were subversive, and there were such measures in many aspects, such as officialdom, economy, military, agriculture, education, commerce, industry, justice, etc. There were 139 reform measures.
This is just the first batch, because some reforms are suitable for release right now, while others need to be piloted to see the effects. We cannot just change them immediately if we think they are suitable. It will take time to verify.
Therefore, if nothing unexpected happens, Zhao Jun estimates that within the next three years, the court will carry out as many as 300 reforms, involving more than 40 departments.
The Song Dynasty currently has 52 first-, second- and third-level departments and institutions.
In other words, most of the existing departments of the Song Dynasty will basically have to undergo changes, covering a very wide range.
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In later generations, there were 26 ministerial-level units in my country.
But many special departments are not included in it, so there seem to be few ministerial-level agencies.
However, in the Song Dynasty, almost all departments were directly under the jurisdiction of the Political System Council, and there were only 16 first-level important authority units.
The remaining departments such as the Ministry of Natural Resources, Ministry of Transport, Imperial Court, Ministry of Statistics, Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Geology, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Science and Technology, Ministry of Civil Affairs, and Ministry of Health are second-level institutions.
After that, there were more than 20 third-level departments directly under the Yuan of Constitutional System, including the Imperial College, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Works, the Military Equipment Bureau, the Capital Water Conservancy Bureau, the Liunei Quan, the Sanban Yuan, the Shenguan Yuan, the Pin Yuan, the Firearms Bureau, the Creation Bureau, the Imperial Decree Bureau, the Living Bureau, and the Etiquette Bureau.
This was after the three ministries, the Taichang Temple, the Zongzheng Temple, the Guanglu Temple, the Weiwei Temple, the Taipu Temple, the Sinong Temple, the Taifu Temple, the Guoxin Office, the Protocol Court, the Tongwenguan, the Dutingxi Post Station, and the Huaiyuan Post Station were abolished or merged.
Otherwise, there will be more departments directly under the Constitutional Yuan.
However, although the organization is bloated, it is well organized under the three-level management of the Constitutional Yuan. In this change, many of its less useful departments have been abolished and merged again.
Therefore, the Constitutional Yuan will continue to move towards streamlining and efficiency in the future.
The main focus of this reform is on those first-level units with real power. In addition, there are also changes to folk customs, religious beliefs, etc.
For example, the imperial court held a Buddhist-Taoist exchange conference last year and appointed presidents, vice presidents, directors, etc. of the Buddhist Association and the Taoist Association.
Actively promote Buddhism and Taoism, oppose local cults and bad customs, and resolutely crack down on all kinds of unorthodox religious activities.
To some extent, previous changes only affected people's lives at the policy level.
This time, the imperial court was actually interfering in many things of the people, including their beliefs, concepts, ideas, etc.
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