"Good! Good! Well answered! ”

Zhu Cihong looked at the Tianjin student in front of him who was born in "difficult to follow", and nodded with a smile - this guy is "born in difficult times", he is his own person, and he is reliable! Well, it's good-looking, elegant and elegant, like that.

"Shao'an," Zhu Cihong continued, "Since you have chosen to answer the question of 'how to use the clear stream for the country', and proposed a method, I think you are willing to take care of the mouthpiece and pen for the palace." ”

There is not only one question in today's interview, but there are four, one is how to use it for the country-this question is used to recruit propaganda cadres of the imperial court.

The second is how to manage the rent collection of the Guantun military field - with the increase in the number of military guards, many officials need to manage it, and the talent gap in this area is also huge.

The third is how to recruit militia groups to train their courage and make them capable of fighting -- this is the topic of recruiting county commanders for Jiangbei, Henan, and Shandong counties.

Fourth, how to collect commercial taxes and customs duties without harming the foundation of industry and commerce - this is to recruit county orders for each county in the south of the Yangtze River.

Candidates for the interview must answer at least one of the four questions, but they can also choose more questions until they are all selected.

The number of questions and the level of answering will determine whether the Gongshi is gloomy or high school, and he is the first to be the best.

And the Lei Shaoan in front of him only chose one question, and the first, second, and third grades were out of luck, but the Jinshi background of the fourth class could still give it a go.

"The student is willing to be the mouthpiece of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!"

Well answered! Zhu Cihong nodded with satisfaction - he said that he was willing to be the "mouthpiece of the prince", that is, he put himself in the position of a princeling. And his background also determines that his ass must be sitting with Zhu Cihong.

He is a native of Tianjin, and has no industry in the southeast, although he has settled in Hezhou now, but it is just a registration number, which is convenient for receiving vocational fields after high school. In Hezhou, he is still an outsider with no roots.

If the family wants to live a good life, they have to follow the prince to clean up the local disobedient doctors in the southeast!

"Okay," Zhu Cihong praised again, "You are a righteous servant, and you are Donglin (Zhu Cihong arranged to enter Donglin), and you have real talent and learning, this palace gave you a Jinshi background, ranking fourth!" ”

Lei Shaoan hurriedly got up and kowtowed to Zhu Cihong, "The student bows to His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"Hehehe," Zhu Cihong smiled, "get up, get up and speak." ”

Seeing Lei Shao'an stand up, Zhu Cihong smiled again: "Shao'an, your Jinshi background is lifelong, as long as you are not arrested by Jinyi Wei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, you can't be dismissed." However, the official position granted to you by this palace is not so secure...... Starting from the eighteenth year of Chongzhen, the civil officials of this dynasty will gradually implement the trial official system and the last elimination system.

The so-called trial official system is used for three months before the official appointment of officials. Three months later, the officials and the officials will evaluate their political performance, and those who pass will be converted into official officials, awarded official ranks, and issued full salaries. During the probationary period, they will be awarded the same rank and will be paid half a salary.

The last rank is that the officials will conduct an annual examination of an official with the upper officials, and the annual examination is for the lower, or demoted, and if there is no rank, the official will be eliminated! Moreover, there is a quota for the number of evaluations, and those below the Earl of Victory must have one of every ten officials! ”

Prince Zhu's official is really not good! Not only is it not very good to be greedy and pervert the law, but it is not even allowed to eat and wait for death - there is actually a last-place elimination system! If you take the annual exam, you will have to be demoted or even cut off!

And the most terrifying thing is that there are still indicators for the score of "down", and there must be one of the ten officials!

Of course, not all officials have to worry about "going down", and Zhu Cihong is not so unreasonable.

First of all, meritorious heroes above the Count of Kenan do not have to take the official examination. They are the heroes of "taking shares", as long as they don't let Jinyiwei and the Metropolitan Procuratorate make a big mistake (if they are less greedy, Zhu Cihong also has to cover up), and lose their titles, no matter how incompetent they are, they have to be raised by an idle errand.

Secondly, those who have troops and have territory are of course not tested. People are affiliated "franchisees", it would be good not to rebel and be traitors, what is the test?

Thirdly, there are still many officials in various places who are eating and waiting to die, and they will not participate in the official examination for the time being. Because Prince Zhu has too few civil officials at hand, if he takes the exam too fiercely, he can't pass the exam, someone has to be the official, right?

After deducting the above, the officials who are now being "tested" are mainly middle- and low-level officers who do not have titles in the new army system; Born in Den Leenko, a low-ranking official who served in the central yamen such as the Generalissimo's Office or the Sixth Cabinet Ministry; Imperial history in the Imperial Inspectorate system; Chongzhen's eighteenth year of Enkede's new science and technology jinshi; After September of the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, all officials who entered the ministry belonged to the Ministry of Officials and the Ministry of War.

The basic principle is the old way of the old official, the new way of the new official!

Of course, new officials are not only facing the new method of official examination, but also their salary!

Zhu Cihong then said: "This palace not only has to conduct official examinations, but also eliminate incompetent officials, and will also raise officials with high salaries!" Shao'an, you are a Jinshi background, the official is from the seventh grade, is the seventh grade, according to the new salary method, there are 20 taels per month, in addition to 300 acres of vocational land.

You are now registered in Hezhou, and your career is also receiving in Hezhou...... Although Hezhou is in Jiangbei, it is also a rich land, and 300 acres of vocational land always have a rent of 100 to 150 stone of white rice a year. plus two hundred and forty taels a year, it is quite good. ”

The price of 150 stone white rice in Nanjing is at least 300 taels of silver, plus 240 taels of official salary, and when Lei Shao'an passes the probationary period, his annual income can reach 540 taels, and he can have an average of 45 taels of silver per month.

In addition, if he was an official in Nanjing, the imperial court would also provide free housing.

A seventh-grade official who has just joined the rank can get this number, how can it be regarded as a high salary!

"Shao'an," Zhu Cihong asked with a smile, "Are you satisfied with this income?" ”

"Satisfied, so satisfied, thank you......" Lei Shaoan immediately got up and bowed to thank you.

Zhu Cihong waved his hand, "No need to worship...... If you are satisfied, the palace will grant you the official position of a scholar of the Hanlin Academy. ”

What the? Hallymin Temple!?

Lei Shaoan was stunned and looked at Zhu Cihong with a surprised expression.

Zhu Cihong understood his thoughts, and said with a smile: "Now that the imperial court wants to reform the official system, Shu Jishi is not as noble as before. This official position is arranged for you because you are going to serve in the Donglin General Association...... The Donglin Association is not the yamen of the imperial court, and you are an official of the imperial court, so you have to have a yamen, and it will be shelved in the Hanlin Academy.

As for how you should be on the errand of the Donglin Association, this palace will tell you when I turn around. Now you go to the official department to get the official certificates, official uniforms and so on, and then go to the Hanlin Academy to join the company. The probationary period starts on the first day of the next month, and if you can use it, you will be granted a field after three months. ”

While speaking, Zhu Cihong wrote the ten words "Hanlin Academy Jishi, from the seventh rank" on the paper of Lei Shao'an's interview, and then handed it to Lei Shao'an. At this point, an interview is over.

Watching Lei Shao'an leave after bowing, Zhu Cihong picked up the list of tributes and looked at it, and the next one was Fengyang Qi Yuanbi - this person was Qi Jin's third son. Qi Jin is Qi Jiguang's nephew, who followed Qi Jiguang to fight when he was young, made many military exploits, and rose all the way to the general army. Later, he resigned due to illness and returned to his ancestral hometown of Fengyang Dingyuan to live in seclusion. Later, because of the rise of Houjin, he made a comeback and died in the Battle of the Hunhe River. His three sons, Yuan Gong, Yuan Fu, and Yuan Bi, all lived in Dingyuan, Fengyang. Among them, Yuan Gong and Yuan Fu both served as officials in Zhu Chunchen's garrison department. And Qi Yuanbi is a lifter, and he also came to Kaoenke this time. Because I didn't turn in a blank paper, I went to high school...... The topic of his interview was "how to recruit the militia to train and make them able to fight", and it seemed that he wanted to go to Fengyang Mansion to be a county magistrate.

Below Qi Yuanbi is Songjiang Xu Ermo, he is Xu Guangqi's grandson, originally only showed his talent and fame, and donated thousands of stones of rice to Enke for the exam this time, and bought a lifter. The topic of today's interview is "How to manage rent collection in Guantun Juntian", and he also recommended a "peerless study" - proficient in Western languages! This is a rare talent!

And what Xu Ermo wants to see later is Yan Yingyuan, a Gongshi who is directly affiliated to Tongzhou.