There is nothing that money can't do, although this sentence is very vulgar, but it is true.

In ancient times, it was not easy to get a high school jinshi. There are many people who have not passed the Jinshi examination.

The promotion system of the literati in ancient times was very different from that of today, and if there were any similarities, it seemed that the comparison could only be made with that of civil servants.

If a scholar passes the first-level examination of the county government, he can be called a showman.

In the ancient imperial examinations, it was a great thing for a child to be able to pass the examination, although there was still a long way to go before the title of the gold list. But in the examination, Xiucai is also the first time in his life that a scholar can experience the glory that reading brings to him.

In fact, most of the talents are not poor, at least in the future, the standard of living will be greatly improved. An ordinary person's wedding and funeral must be presided over by Xiucai, and oil and water are naturally indispensable;

Second, if you continue to study and become a student, you can also get a certain amount of silver taels from the government every year.

The most important thing is that if you are selected for the show, it is possible to seek the improvement of economic status through the improvement of social status, which is the most fatal temptation.

In the Qing Dynasty, although Xiucai could not ascend to the sky in one step, he was at least worth a big step higher than that of civilians, which was manifested in the following aspects.

First, the common people who have no merit and fame should kowtow and kneel when they see the magistrate, and call the county official the lord, while Xiucai can not worship, call himself a student, and have a seat to sit in the conversation with the magistrate.

Second, in the Qing Dynasty, the buttocks of scholars began to become precious, and they could not be beaten easily if they committed a crime. And once you win the show, you have a fame, and the butt can't be moved, the county official doesn't even have the power to beat, at most you can only beat the palm of your hand, and you have to be a teacher to beat, not by the officials, so the status of the show is higher than that of the officials, and the inferior people can't just beat the upper people. Unless that Xiucai has committed a major crime, the magistrate will report to the feudal Taige to make Xiucai famous, and then he can receive an ordinary punishment.

Third, Xiucai can not be subject to forced labor, and even his own house can be raised immediately, three inches higher than ordinary people's houses, so Xiucai can wear a three-inch top on his head.

In some areas in the north, Xiucai can also be exempted from the official rent of a few acres of land, but not in the south, which is caused by the imbalance in the economic and educational levels.

Xiucai enjoys so many privileges, of course, the old boys and students are desperate to take the test for a Xiucai.

Qing Feng Youlan's father was born in Jinshi, once served as a county magistrate, in his "Sansongtang Self-Introduction" Feng's father has a sentence: "I don't want my children and grandchildren to come out of Hanlin, I only hope that my children and grandchildren will produce a showman, who can cultivate and read heirlooms, although they are not as prominent as the official eunuchs' homes, but they are more beautiful than the homes of ordinary people." ”

Although the feudal dynasty is said to be "under the whole world, it is not the king's land; In fact, the emperor is far away, and the emperor's power can only reach the county level, and the county officials exist in the local area as the emperor's representative, and most of the people do not need to see him in their lives.

The change of officials and even the change of dynasty is far from being as obvious to many ordinary people as those in the upper class, and the situation of "not knowing whether there is a Han, regardless of the Wei and Jin dynasties" not only exists in Peach Blossom Spring, but also exists in reality. For ordinary people, as long as they can have food, they can't worry about it.

At that time, the common people mainly relied on the local gentry and clan system to maintain order, and the contradictions among the people could often be satisfactorily mediated by these virtuous people. In particularly serious cases, the patriarch may open an ancestral hall to judge in front of the ancestors, but everyone is very uneasy about alarming the gods of the ancestors, and this kind of thing usually rarely happens, let alone a lawsuit by the county government.

In this system of gentry autonomy, Xiucai naturally became the main force of gentlemen, because those who could be admitted to the examination were waiting in line to become officials. In addition to the two kinds of gentlemen who are not officials, there are also two kinds of people who are officials and retires, and the retired people are generally old, and they are not as good as those talents who are young and enthusiastic about public affairs.

In the process of handling public affairs, these talented gentlemen naturally enjoyed all kinds of benefits, accumulated contacts, and naturally had more ways to get rich, and many people began to develop from the proletariat to the landlord class.

In fact, the relationship between landlords and tenants in the past was mostly harmonious, and by no means as incompatible as the class struggle suggested.

Because the word Xiucai contains rich developable resources, many new Xiucai who have not yet married have become fragrant and sweet in the eyes of matchmakers, and those official eunuchs and wealthy families also like to find a Xiucai to be the groom for the young lady in the family, even if the other party is poor.

Everyone regards Xiucai as a potential stock, although the stock price is low now, but the possibility of soaring is not ruled out. So there is an old saying, although it is a little rougher, but it is very true, "Go to the examination room to fart, and fight for the ancestors".

After becoming a showman, you can participate in the township examination, and if you pass it, you can participate in the national unified examination, and if you pass, you can be called a jinshi.

But the problem is that if the ancient Juren did not pass the Jinshi examination, what kind of official could he be. Under normal circumstances, if you are admitted to the promotion of people, you also have the qualification to be an official, that is, you are a lifter, and you now have the qualification to be an official. In fact, it is only nominally qualified. After the middle lift, he is a scholar recognized by the state, and he has a fixed salary from the state.

After the examination, if you want to be an official, it is generally a small official such as a county official or a teacher, and if you are lucky, you will be sent to be a county magistrate. Generally speaking, this kind of petty official of the eighth grade is the starting point of the officialdom of raising people, which is relatively much lower than that of Jinshi.

In fact, it is not low to say, the county is equivalent to the current deputy county magistrate or deputy county senior official, and the teaching is equivalent to the director of the education bureau. Compared to ordinary people, it is already a privileged class.

In "Fan Jinzhongju", Fan Jin went crazy with joy, and the different attitudes of the old man towards him also illustrated this.

If you ask how big an official you can be after becoming a lifter, this all depends on your personal ability and connections, Hai Rui was born in a small county, from a small county to the Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate Right Jindu Yushi, which is equivalent to now being promoted from the director of the education bureau of a small county town to the ********** of Beijing.

There is an even more powerful one, that is, Zuo Zongtang, who was also born as a scholar, a minister of military aircraft, and is in the highest center of power in the country. However, Zuo Zongtang's situation is relatively special, he belongs to saving the country from danger, and he did not start as a petty official.

Because of his outstanding military exploits, he was directly recommended by important ministers of the country such as Lin Zexu and Zeng Guofan, and he was directly used by the military department.

Therefore, in ancient times, the starting point was generally a small sesame official, and generally speaking, the starting point was much lower than that of Jinshi, and many people died in their own small official positions in their lifetime without taking a step forward, and Jinshi generally started from the county, but the county was just gilded, and he could soon be promoted and become a high-ranking official.