The war in Hebei had almost no impact on Chang'an, and the city of Chang'an was still prosperous, and more than 100 new scholars returned to Chang'an after a month of vacation, waiting for the beginning of a new chapter in their lives.

They will accept new official positions and go to various places to take up their posts, and the 500 Ming Jing subjects who have passed the examination with them will not have any vacations, and they have taken up their posts one after another more than a month ago.

The scholars of the Ming Dynasty mainly supplemented the gap of high-level scribes, and the officials of the Tang Dynasty were also divided into many levels, like many directors in the county now, who actually belonged to officials in the Tang Dynasty.

In the Tang Dynasty, there were only four officials at the county level, the county order, the county magistrate, the county lieutenant, and the chief book, of which the county order was equivalent to the secretary, the county magistrate was equivalent to the county magistrate, the county lieutenant was equivalent to the senior political and legal official and the director of the public security bureau, and the main book was equivalent to the secretary general of the county party committee.

There are also six Cao under the county, corresponding to the six divisions of the state and the six departments of the imperial court, of which the six directors of the six divisions at the state level are still the nine officials, but the six Cao directors at the county level belong to the officials.

The scholars who were admitted to the Ming Economics Department were to go to the bottom of the states and counties to serve as high-level clerks, or stay in Chang'an to be engaged, their only advantage was that they had the opportunity to be promoted to officials, of course, they must have enough connections and ability.

However, the welfare treatment of the Ming Economic Department is still good, each county has a small official house, the monthly salary is also six to seven yuan, the end of the year double salary, there is ice in summer, there is charcoal money in winter, there are three catties of cotton every year, there are two sheep in the New Year, in addition, each scribe is equipped with an official horse, which is also not available in the court of the Southern Tang Dynasty and Zhu Zhu.

According to the regulations, the top three are awarded from the eighth rank, the fourth to the tenth are awarded the ninth grade, and the tenth place and then are all from the ninth grade.

The official positions are the lowest, and then they begin to boil their qualifications, one level at a time, and generally after four years, and the evaluation is superior, then they can be promoted to one level, and they cannot be promoted if they are promoted to one level, but their income and welfare benefits are improved.

But it is also very important to be promoted by one level, and it is likely that he will be promoted when the next one is done, which is like exchanging serve rights in a volleyball game, and moving up from the lower level to the upper level is just to get the right to serve, but if you are promoted to another level, it is an upgrade in scores, and it is also a promotion from nine to eight ranks.

There are also special circumstances, such as four years from the main book of the lower rank of the ninth grade, if the official evaluation is upper, that is, the highest evaluation, and outstanding political performance, and recommended by the county order and the history of the assassin, there is a chance to directly promote the next level, from the lower rank of the ninth rank to the lower rank of the eighth grade, from the main book to the county lieutenant or county cheng, this situation in the officialdom is mainly fought backstage.

Therefore, the gap between the top three and the top ten is the official career time, which is almost about ten years of official career.

The official positions of the jinshi have already been decided, but they themselves don't know that the jinshi are all living in the official post station, patiently waiting for their official positions to be announced.

At noon, in a tavern outside the East Market Gate, Han Yu, Xie Changming, Xiao Zhenye and Lu Nan gathered for dinner.

Today's noon treat is Han Yu, after he returned to Xuanzhou, the two Zhejiang Province pacification envoy Han Rong and Jiangnan Dongdao Jiedu envoy Liu Qia met with him, and then the state and county government received the reward, and then the local squire's reward, he earned more than 1,000 yuan, and left 500 yuan for the widow who raised him to raise him, he also had seven or eight hundred taels of silver, and his net worth was also rich.

"I'm going to the Ministry of Officials in the afternoon, let's stop drinking at noon, and replace the bar with tea!"

Xie Changming poured strong tea into the wine cup for the four people, and said with a smile: "For the good luck of the afternoon, let's toast!" ”

"Cheers!" Four people raise a glass and drink together.

Xie Changming said with a smile: "Today I heard a news that the prefectures of Hebei will clean up a lot of officials, especially the county officials of Youyan prefectures will be replaced, and hundreds of county officials will be transferred from Guanzhong and Hedong, so that the seats in Guanzhong and Hedong will be vacant, and we may arrange the vacant seats here." ”

"This news should be unreliable!"

Lu Nan shook his head and said: "Our official position was decided more than a month ago, and the recovery of Hebei is a later matter, and it is impossible to predict the prophet." ”

Han Yu also smiled: "Lu Nan is right, but I think there should be fine-tuning, in fact, I think it doesn't matter where you go, the key is to have the opportunity to play your talents." ”

"Xiao Han, you are too naïve!"

Xiao Zhenye sneered and said: "You don't understand the darkness of officialdom, you are tired and tired, it is easy to make a little achievement, and the county order that is credited in the end, change the county order, you continue to be a cow and a horse."

Or be realistic, income and welfare are fundamental, go to a rich big county, the county government has a lot of income, the county order eats meat, we can follow the soup, I have a relative, in the south of the Yangtze River to do the county Cheng, the county rent and ground rent income is rich, his monthly subsidies are three times higher than Yulu, the income of thirty or forty yuan a month, the official house is still five acres of house, one is more than ten years, I don't want to transfer at all. ”

Xiao Zhenye's words made Han Yue pout, and the pattern was too low.

At this time, the shopkeeper came over and said, "Everyone, it's almost time, don't you still have something to do?" ”

Everyone was a little panicked, they didn't expect time to pass so quickly, although it was just the end of the day, and there was still half an hour, but they had to go early! Not to mention the way to go.

Han Yu paid the bill, everyone packed up their things, and hurried to the Ministry of Officials.

The Ministry of Officials is in Xingqing Palace, that is, the Jin Palace, it is the head of the eight divisions, and the official office is also more magnificent, there is a gate, there are soldiers standing guard at the door, at this time you can already go in, you need to check the Jinshi card before you can enter.

The four of them entered the gate and were led to a courtyard, which was actually a garden, with rockeries, pavilions, and stone benches, and many places to sit, and there were already fifty or sixty people in the courtyard, all of whom were new science and technology scholars, waiting for the people of the Ministry of Officials to announce.

"What is the process?" Xie Changming asked a Jinshi in a low voice.

"I heard that the first is the chief and deputy Shirou to meet, a few words of encouragement, and then go through the formalities, the name will be called, wait with peace of mind."

The four of them found a bench and sat down, patiently waiting for the summons, and the time gradually came to the end, and more than 100 jinshi had all arrived.

At this time, an official walked out of the main hall and said in a loud voice: "Please come to the lobby with the following six people, Cui Anlie of Beizhou, Yan Shiliang of Jingzhao Mansion, Han Yu of Xuanzhou, Lu Nan of Suzhou, Prince Ji of Taiyuan Mansion, and Pei Ji of Puzhou." ”

This is the first six to go first, Han Yu hurriedly pulled Lu Nan, and the two walked into the lobby quickly, there are official rooms around the lobby, and there are three rooms in front, and there are several rows of brocade chairs outside.

"Sit down first, and I'll call you in."

All six of them sat down, and after a while, a person from the middle room walked out and said, "Xuanzhou Han Yu, please come in!" ”

Han Yu was stunned, he was only the third, how could he call himself first, he had no time to think, and hurriedly walked in, and then Cui Anlie and Yan Shiliang also walked into the next two rooms respectively.

In the middle of the room was a large table, and behind him sat a high-ranking official in his fifties, who had just returned from Taiyuan, Wen You, who was Zuo Sima and also served as the secretary of the ministry.

Wen You has long wanted to see this Han Yu, but he has never had the opportunity, and today the official department was ordained, so he took this opportunity to meet this scholar who was valued by the King of Jin, not only did he make him a Tanhua, but even the official position was decided by the King of Jin himself, which really made Wen You curious.

"Old man Wenyou, you should know!"

Han Yu was startled, it turned out that it was Wen You who personally bestowed his position, and he hurriedly bowed down and saluted: "Protégé Han Yu, see Wen Sima!" ”

"Please be seated!"

Wen You didn't mention the matter of the protégé at all, this is official business, you can't talk about personal friendship, he smiled lightly: "I may not remember your father Han Zhongqing, but your eldest brother Han Hui and I still have the impression that he is extremely talented, but unfortunately he was implicated in Yuan Zai and demoted to an official, and died young, it is a pity, your literary talent is also very good, especially the calligraphy is quite skillful, and it is also a reflection of strength to be able to take the exam. ”

After speaking, Wen You handed a large envelope to Han Yu, which was the appointment letter of the undertaker, with the big seal of the Ministry of Officials and the seals of Changshi Pan Liao and Sima Wenyou, and there was also a copper fish charm, the copper fish charm below the sixth grade, the silver fish charm from the sixth grade to the fourth grade, and the goldfish charm above the fourth grade, which was a symbol of the identity and status of the official.

Han Yu hurriedly got up and respectfully accepted the appointment letter, Wen You smiled again: "The following is your official arrangement, either go to the local government as an official, or stay in the court, the top three have a chance to choose, do you want to stay in the court or go to the place to be an official."

Han Yu has been thinking about this problem for a long time, going to the local government is a relatively high income, the official house is big, he can take the widowed sister-in-law to his side to support, the widowed sister-in-law is nearly twenty years older than him, after the death of the eldest brother, it has always been the widow sister-in-law who raised him, he regards him as a mother.

On the other hand, local officials can also give him the opportunity to display his talents.

"Students want to go to the local government to become officials!"

A smile appeared on Wen You's face, ordinary people would do everything possible to stay in the court, but this Han Yu wanted to go to a local place to be an official, which was really different.

He nodded, and said, "As the chief officer of the Ministry of Officials, I will officially appoint you as the county lieutenant of Fengxian County." ”