Chapter 105
Chapter 105
After the imperial examination was over, the newly-appointed scholars went to various places to observe government affairs.
More than a month has passed.
Basically all the observing scholars were just waiting for the selection of Shujishi on the ninth day of July.
This is one of their chances to "leap" again.
As long as you enter the Hanlin Academy, your future will only be better.
Ordinary people think that the order of imperial examination titles is scholar, juren, jinshi, and at most they think there is the most impressive zhuangyuan above them.
In fact, there are many subdivisions.
For example, when it came to scholars, there were scholars on government stipends, additional students, and attached students.
Today, the first, second and third place Jinshi
Little did people know that after passing the imperial examination, except for the first-class special candidates, the other second- and third-class candidates still had to go through a final round of assessment.
Shujishi.
If you can pass the examination and become a Shujishi, you can enter the Hanlin Academy.
This is the last chance to turn things around. Even if you are a top three Jinshi, you can get in now.
To put it bluntly, it's just gilding.
It will sound better when you say it later.
You can also establish good relations with the ministers in the Hanlin Academy.
It was the last and extremely important examination for Jinshi candidates.
Let yourself be the invigilator?
Ji Yuan thought he had heard it wrong.
They both passed the imperial examination in the same year, he was the invigilator and the other was the examinee?
Wouldn't that be bad?
Li Shoufu looked at him and said, "Why? Don't you want to go?"
Before Ji Yuan could answer, the other party said, "If you go, you can ask three questions every day."
???
The Prime Minister taught him how to handle government affairs? !
The Prime Minister’s experience pack?
You would be sorry if you don’t lick this bag!
Although there are only three questions a day, the experience is invaluable.
If Ji Yuan still can't see that this is the Prime Minister's support, then he is a fool.
Ji Yuan immediately saluted.
He will definitely agree!
But if this gets out, it will be troublesome.
Not to mention, he was living under the same roof with two Jinshi who were going to take the examination for Shujishi.
Li Shoufu smiled and said, "You still want to go home? From today on, you will live in the government office."
???
Just not going home?!
Ji Yuan handed over the matters at hand to the left and right classics.
Although they both hold low official positions, they are calm and reliable, and they are also his right-hand men. There will be no problem letting them be in charge of the Historiography Office for the next period of time.
Song Liuqun and Xie Zhifu had no objections either.
Anyway, there are only a few people in the Historian's Office, and they are working hard to deal with the documents.
After all, there is still some time before a new batch of Shujishi arrives.
They must learn to deal with these things before the Shujishi arrive.
Otherwise, it would be so embarrassing if your subordinates ask you how to do something and you don't know the answer.
But they still envy Ji Yuan.
As they were both newly-appointed Jinshi, he went directly to be the examiner for other Jinshi.
Alas, there is nothing I can do about it even if I'm envious.
The two of them were even somewhat used to it.
When you get in touch with Ji Yuan, you will find that he is not only smart but also hardworking, and he has an indescribable keenness in doing things.
At the beginning, I said something and looked down on students from the countryside.
Now I know that my shortsightedness is not an empty talk.
I don’t know if they were too tired from work to think about it, or if they were used to Ji Yuan’s talent.
When Ji Yuan was called to select the scholars, the two of them completely lost their previous jealousy.
In other words, in Ji Yuan, the Historiographers' Office was managed in perfect order, and even according to everyone's needs, those who deserved promotion and salary increase were given promotions and salary increase, those who deserved honors were given honors, and those who deserved official positions were assigned official positions.
They knew that this year's top scholar would definitely be Ji Yuan.
If they were in Ji Yuan's position, they would definitely make a mess of things.
Ji Yuan packed his things and went to the examination room to prepare in advance.
The news that he became one of the examiners for selecting Shujishi spread like wildfire.
Dong Kang, Monk Bai, and Gao Laosi, who had a good relationship with Ji Yuan, were surrounded in an instant.
You have a good relationship with Ji Yuan and even live in the same house.
Do you know the test questions?
Even if you don’t know the test questions, it’s okay to know the scope.
Monk Bai and Old Fourth Gao thought to themselves.
If he hadn't been an examiner, he might have been able to help us predict the questions.
But now that I’m an examiner, I definitely won’t say a single extra word.
No matter how the two explained, it was useless until they heard that Ji Yuan was appointed today and had already packed up to go to the examination room.
Only then did everyone disperse with regret.
Monk Bai and Gao Laosi both breathed a sigh of relief.
Fortunately, Ji Yuan didn’t come back in the next few days, otherwise they would definitely be pestered with test questions every day!
Isn't this embarrassing for the three of them?
Nowadays, everyone is keeping an eye on Ji Yuan. If he dares to leak questions, someone will file a complaint with the emperor right after he leaks the questions.
This was not the first day for everyone to be in the capital, nor was it the first day for everyone to be an observer or a Jinshi.
If you still don’t understand this.
Then the more than one month of observing politics was all in vain.
Forget it, let’s not talk about it. They should just study hard and wait for the selection on July 9th.
Today is June 27th, and there are still twelve days left.
Speaking of which, why did Ji Yuan and the others go there so early to make preparations?
Ji Yuan also had this doubt in his mind.
Even for the provincial and imperial examinations, there's no need to schedule them so far in advance, right?
Moreover, the selection of Shujishi only lasts for one morning.
There are actually twelve days left until the exam. Is this too long?
It was only after Ji Yuan went to the designated office that he found out what was going on.
This is an old government office that has fallen into disrepair. It used to be the courtyard of the Ministry of Rites, but it was quite far from the Ministry itself, so it became abandoned.
It is now freed up to be used for the selection of Shujishi and for the Hanlin Academy to sort it out and then allocate it to the Hanlin Academy for use.
Therefore, this is not only about selecting Shujishi, but also about letting Jiyuan do the work.
As soon as Ji Yuan arrived, the officials from the Ministry of Rites smiled and waved at him, saying, "Our Shangshu said that the number one scholar would come, and I thought it was a joke."
As he was speaking, Dong Kang, who was observing government affairs in the Ministry of Rites, passed by Gao Laosi and made a small gesture towards Ji Yuan.
The two of them were moving the classics left behind by the Ministry of Rites and were very busy at the moment.
The "Shangshu Lord" mentioned by the officials of the Ministry of Rites must be the Minister of Rites, one of the Four Grand Secretaries of the Hanlin Academy.
The four Grand Secretaries of the Hanlin Academy were the Minister of Personnel Li Shoufu, the Minister of Revenue Chu Grand Secretary, and the Minister of Justice Zhang Da Ren.
The last one is the Minister of Rites, Lord Liu.
Their age and status are also ranked in this order.
The fact that the Minister of Rites was able to be one of the Grand Secretaries shows how powerful he was.
Since he was paying attention to Ji Yuan, other people in the Ministry of Rites were naturally polite to him.
Ji Yuan was also a newly-minted Jinshi and had no family background, but the attitudes of these people were completely different.
If Ji Yuan did not have a good friend who was a Jinshi in the same imperial examination, he would probably have thought that the Ministry of Rites always treated people in a gentle and polite manner.
So seeing the other party being so polite, he smiled and said, "There is something going on in the government office, so I naturally have to come here to do the work. I have little experience, so I am grateful to you for your help."
After hearing what Ji Zhuangyuan said, the officials from the Ministry of Rites were still polite.
Isn't this too polite?
Ji Yuan remained calm and nodded with a smile.
In fact, we have already taken precautions.
Fortunately, the people from the Ministry of Rites were not in charge. They came here mainly to hand over the work to the people from the Hanlin Academy.
In Jiyuan's era, the person in charge of this assignment was a fifth-rank bachelor of imperial studies.
Needless to say, the highest-ranking officials in the Hanlin Academy are basically not responsible for specific affairs.
Below him is the chief officer, a Hanlin scholar of the fifth rank.
Next is the fifth-rank bachelor of studies, who is the undisputed second-in-command in the actual affairs of the Hanlin Academy.
It would be most appropriate for him to be in charge of the selection of Shujishi and the handover of the old Ministry of Rites.
Ji Yuan went to see the Attendant Scholar. In addition to working in the Imperial Academy, the Scholar also held a position in the Six Ministries. He was not surprised to see Ji Yuan and said, "Just follow me and watch. If you have any questions, come and ask me."
The other scholars of the same imperial examination who came to do odd jobs could not help but envy Ji Yuan's treatment when they saw how he was treated.
They are all the same group of candidates, but the difference is too big!
Ji Yuan followed the Bachelor of Imperial Tutoring, and at first he was just an assistant, but by the afternoon he was able to help with some things.
Running errands and doing odd jobs is no problem for him, and he can ask questions in time if he has any. This makes him more reliable than many older Jinshi candidates.
That night, Ji Yuan and his colleagues stayed in the old government office as they would continue to be busy the next day.
The next morning, when Ji Yuan woke up, no one else was awake yet. He washed up quietly, and by the time everyone else got up, he had already run around the old government office.
It’s true, this government office is really big and it’s a pity to see it abandoned.
People from our own Hanlin Academy didn't think anything of it when they saw it.
The people from the Ministry of Rites secretly took note of it.
When the news reached the ears of the Minister of Rites, he felt even more satisfied.
Work hard, even exercise hard.
This top scholar is really good.
He is just a little young. I heard that he will only be turning 15 at the end of this year.
The Minister of Rites is fifty-three years old this year and is the youngest among the four grand secretaries.
Even so, his granddaughter was already fifteen or sixteen years old, and it was time to discuss marriage.
When his family was discussing it, his granddaughter said that she had someone she liked.
His eldest son and his wife were about to get furious, thinking that some family was frivolously provoking their daughter.
I'll find out after asking carefully.
It turned out that she fell in love with the top scholar of that year's exam when he was parading in the Imperial Street.
After keeping the matter secret, he still told it to the head of the family, the Shangshu.
The Minister of Rites was originally dissatisfied.
The top scholar is indeed good and the emperor also values him.
But is the top scholar who appears once every three years really that rare?
After all, he is a Grand Secretary of the Hanlin Academy, so it is still unclear whether the other party is worthy of him.
But thinking about the literary talent of the new top scholar, the Minister of Rites decided to examine him personally.
Just don't investigate.
If you take a closer look, it's actually quite good.
He also managed the Historian's Office well and had some practical skills.
I used to look down on him for not having any family background, but now it seems quite good. His family has no family background, but I do.
When Ji Yuan went to do the work, which was related to the Ministry of Rites, the Minister of Rites would naturally let his subordinates take a look.
His subordinates thought that the Shangshu was optimistic about this political newcomer.
Little did he know that the Minister of Rites wanted Ji Yuan to go directly to his house and be his son-in-law.
Ji Yuan worked in the old government office for three days, which was considered as three days of observation.
Even Dong Kang and Gao Laosi, who were doing odd jobs, had noticed it, so how could Ji Yuan not know it? But even though he knew it, he had to pretend not to know.
Fortunately, the handover at the Ministry of Rites has been completed and the officials have left. From now on, this place will belong to the Hanlin Academy.
Ji Yuan asked curiously, "This yard is quite big, what will it be used for in the future?"
The person being asked is naturally the Bachelor of Attendant Studies.
This scholar was in his forties, and he looked at Ji Yuan as if he were a junior. After spending a few days together, he spoke more kindly: "From now on, this will be a place for Shujishi to study and improve themselves."
ah?
This place will first be used to select scholars, and then let them study and improve themselves here?
Does this mean that we need to train a new batch of high-level talents?
There is also too little space in the Historian's Office, and there is not much room for office work.
That is, his future territory?
No wonder Prime Minister Li asked him to take care of it himself.
The Imperial Scholar said, "Don't even think about it. You are a transient scholar. You can't stay here for too long. It would be better for your career if you were sent out for a few years and then come back."
It is best to go out and achieve some real results.
Ji Yuan thanked the scholar for his advice and continued to work.
It wasn't until the fourth day of July that the place was finally in shape.
Then, under the guidance of the attendant scholar, Ji Yuan drafted a document imitating the tone of Li Shoufu, and together with the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites, requested the examination.
This is the formal request to the Emperor for this year's selection of Shujishi.
This kind of drafting of documents was something Ji Yuan and his companions had learned when they were in the provincial school, and they had also taken the test in the imperial examinations, but this was the first time they had actually written it down.
Ji Yuan couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
The wording should not be too difficult to pronounce, nor too straightforward, and the request should be written concisely and clearly.
At this moment, the documents he had read more than a month ago finally came in handy.
After reading so many practice questions, it is still helpful when doing the questions yourself.
After the bachelor of imperial studies nodded, the document was handed over to Prime Minister Li, who nodded in agreement and stamped it, then together with the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel, requested the emperor.
The emperor approved it on the sixth day of July and wrote the word "approved" in vermilion.
The selection of Shujishi in the 38th year of Huayuan.
It’s finally time to begin.
I had only taken the exam by myself before, and I only knew that it was complicated, but I didn’t know it was to this extent.
Not to mention tidying up old government offices, which was also part of the job.
Now that he finally saw the emperor's approval, Ji Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.
The bachelor of reading smiled and patted his shoulder: "This is just the beginning."
"Although the selection of Shujishi depends more on the preferences of our Prime Minister, it is still a part of the imperial examination after all, and the necessary procedures must be followed."
"Coordinate with the appropriate guards to find out if their background is connected to the person taking the exam."
"Confirm whether the applicants meet the requirements."
"I have to print the examination papers, monitor the progress of the entire examination, and supervise the examiners to comment on the papers on time. I have to issue the results within two days, copy them, get the Prime Minister's approval, and then send the list to the emperor for review."
The bachelor of studies spoke a long speech again. This time he didn't need to slow down deliberately, because he knew that Ji Yuan would definitely understand.
"This is just the last stage of the imperial examination. Now you know what the examiners are like during your examination, right?"
Wait, is the bachelor of studies so skilled?
Ji Yuan subconsciously asked, "Sir, are you the deacon of the examination?"
The bachelor of reading smiled slightly: "Yes, I am half your teacher."
The Tianqi Kingdom also had the custom of calling examiners "zuo shi".
This is indeed considered half a master.
If you like to build relationships, you can just call him "Master" and the bachelor of studies will happily respond.
As they were talking, Chu Daxueshi, who had not been seen for a long time, came over. He naturally came to check on the preparations and added, "Half a teacher? As the chief examiner of this undergraduate course, he is the real teacher of Jiyuan."
Scholar Chu is fifty-six years old this year. He looks energetic and the gleam in his eyes cannot deceive anyone.
He was also extremely satisfied with the era.
If the imperial examination had not ended and he had gone on another official business trip, he would have definitely recruited Ji Yuan under his command.
But there's no rush.
Prime Minister Li is not a person who likes to engage in factionalism.
I definitely didn’t win over Ji Yuan.
However, Grand Scholar Chu was also very busy. After making sure that everything was fine here, he had to do other things.
After he left, the Imperial Academy student curled his lips and said, "The imperial examination was basically prepared by Li Shoufu. Even if it's Master, you should be Li Shoufu's student."
Ji Yuan couldn't respond to this.
Speaking of which, he has been in the Hanlin Academy for almost two months.
I vaguely know that the Hanlin Academy is divided into two factions, namely Prime Minister Li and Minister of Justice Zhang, and they are both in Wenyuan Pavilion.
The Jixian officials opposite were Grand Secretary Chu and Grand Secretary Liu, the Minister of Rites.
The two sides confronted each other and their political views often disagreed.
But what does it have to do with him, a small shrimp!
He should hurry up and prepare for the selection of Shujishi.
The tutor was just grumbling. Although he knew that Ji Yuan was tight-lipped, he still said, "Our emperor is wise and wise. He should just do his job well and not do those roundabout things."
Ji Yuan understood, but he was also grateful for the other party's suggestion.
He followed the bachelor of imperial studies and had a thorough understanding of the imperial examination process.
A little more clear.
These "examiners" were arranged to stay in the examination room in advance and were not allowed to leave. This was to prevent them from leaking the questions to the candidates.
It's clearly protecting them!
What the bachelor of studies said opened his eyes.
As soon as the chief examiner was confirmed, gold and silver were thrown into his house, and some even kidnapped the examiner's children, just to get the answers.
They lived in the examination hall and were spared from all those troubles!
Having said that, I still feel bored here.
Ji Yuan was the youngest among all the "examiners", so he simply made tea for his superiors to relieve their boredom.
Even Mr. Fang liked his tea-making skills, let alone these officials.
For a while, the place was full of joy.
When Li Shoufu, the chief examiner of the selection of Shujishi, came over, they were almost on the verge of becoming brothers with Ji Yuan.
Prime Minister Li's beard even curled up.
How old you are, how old the era is!
You guys are still brothers?!
When everyone saw Prime Minister Li coming, they quickly stood up.
When they looked at the distinguished man in bright yellow robe walking in from behind, everyone gasped.
Your Highness the Crown Prince!
Why is His Royal Highness the Crown Prince here?
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince! Meeting Prime Minister Li!"
Ji Yuan naturally followed suit and saluted.
The prince is not good-looking, but he has a gentle temperament, which is somewhat different from the impetuous emperor.
But the prince was very familiar with government affairs. He asked a few key questions, and when he knew that the preparations were ready, he encouraged them a few more words.
When he saw Ji Yuan, the prince didn't say anything, but just took everyone away.
Ji Yuan felt that the prince's eyes looked strange. Was there another mission for him?
Forget it, I don’t want to think about it anymore.
Tomorrow is the ninth day of July.
It’s my first time being an examiner, and I’m really nervous!
Although he was just one of the examiners, Ji Yuan still felt a lot of pressure.
What if the questions are accidentally leaked? What if an emergency occurs?
What if something goes wrong during the exam?
Ji Yuan was not nervous at all when he was taking the exam himself, but now that he was an examiner, he was extremely nervous.
Fortunately, he managed to remain calm.
The morning of July 9th.
The newly graduated scholars who came to take the exam saw a serious face.
ah?
Why is Ji Yuan so serious?
Are the test questions this time particularly difficult?
Or did something happen?!
Ji Yuan also felt his own seriousness and smiled at everyone again.
???
What about laughing?
Is this a problem or not?
Ji Yuan took a deep breath.
Can't you just stop laughing?
Ji Yuan imitated the usual examiner behavior and actually fooled quite a few people.
It was not until the selection of Shujishi officially began that Ji Yuan wiped the sweat from his forehead.
The exam finally started!
It’s not easy!
Just as he was thinking, the bachelor of reading beckoned him over and handed him a test paper: "When the exam starts, it will be fine. Come, do today's test questions."
???
Does the examiner still need to do questions?
Is this fair?
The attendant scholar thought to himself, the prince has specifically asked you to take the exam, there is nothing we can do about it.
Moreover, he heard that the emperor's eldest grandson would soon start his education, and that a scholar would most likely be selected to serve as his study companion.
Although the companion reader was only an eighth-rank official, Ji Yuan was still a sixth-rank editor in the Hanlin Academy. The title of this companion reader was more like a gilded title, and Ji Yuan did not really use it in normal times.
It seems that the prince intends to choose an era.
You must seize this good opportunity!
Come on! Jiyuan!
I'm rooting for you!
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