At this time, even if he stood out from thousands of people across the country and became one of the thirty people who did not enter the ranks every Chinese New Year's Eve, he could not directly obtain an official position, but only obtained the qualification to be an official.

If you want to get an official and a half position, you must also participate in the assessment of the Ministry of Shangshu Province, and only after passing the pass can you be awarded an official position, which is called Quanxuan.

In this dynasty, they belong to high-ranking officials above the fifth grade, and they are generally directly appointed by saints.

Therefore, after passing the selection of the officials, the jinshi who came out of the imperial examination could only be petty officials of the eighth and ninth grades at the beginning.

In addition, there is still a three-year waiting period between the Jinshi and the first to participate in the election, which is called the election.

Of course, if you don't follow the process, you can wait for a long period of three years, and you can also take the annual subject selection exam, and you can be awarded an official after enrolling.

Uncle Liu went to Chang'an eight years ago to take the Jinshi examination, and finally reached high school four years ago, during this period, he must entrust a letter every year, probably because their brothers and sisters are determined to take the imperial examination, and the letter never reported good news or bad news, but the Jinshi examination and the practical problems of seeking official positions after that.

Judging from the letters from Jinshi and the followers, Uncle Liu participated in the subject selection examination of the Ministry of Officials every year, but he fell to Sun Shan second and then to Sun Shan, and he also failed in the same year.

Now it is the fourth year of Uncle Liu's Jinshi and the first, counting the three-year election time required by the Jinshi and the first, this year Uncle Liu is just eligible to participate in the election of the officials.

However, when I think that most of the Jinshi and the first officials are local county lieutenants for the first time, then they went to Chang'an, didn't they just miss it perfectly with Uncle Liu?

As soon as Liu Chenxing heard what Liu said, he didn't have time to be happy that Uncle Liu had finally obtained an official position, so he was disappointed, put down the chicken soup bowl happily, and said: "I heard that every year, there are thousands of people who go to Beijing from all prefectures and counties across the country to elect officials, and Uncle can be elected for the first time, which shows how powerful Uncle is!" What official position can I say in my uncle's letter? Can it be close to our Qingyang County? This will also take Grandma over. ”

From the imperial examination to obtaining an official and a half position, it can be said that he has passed five levels and cut six generals.

She has now passed the state exam and has become a township tribute person who can go to Beijing to take the exam, but she has only just taken the first step towards the ultimate goal of "learning and excelling", and the road ahead is long, so she doesn't worry about how many mountains need to be jumped in the back, and first turn over the mountains in front of her before talking about anything else.

At this moment, Liu Chenxing was disappointed for a moment and wanted to miss Uncle Liu, but in general, he was even more happy that Uncle Liu was finally able to get an official position, and he couldn't help but ask excitedly.

Seeing that although the youngest daughter had not seen her younger brother for eight years, her words and demeanor did not hide her closeness to her younger brother, and her heart was at ease, and then her face was full of rare pride, and her tone was even more honorable, and said: "Your uncle is an idle person, guess what kind of position he is awarding this time?" ”

Looking at the warm orange light of the oil lamp, what kind of expression does A-Niang look proud of, what else is there to guess?

But in disbelief, the brother and sister couldn't help but glance at each other, and found that they thought the same thing, and immediately said in unison: "Uncle was elected as Beijing!?" ”

Liu Shi put down the wooden spoon that held the soup, brushed the broken hair scattered around his ears reservedly, chuckled, and laughed very happily, "Exactly, your uncle was not only elected as a Beijing official, but also awarded the secretary of the ninth rank of the provincial school scholar!" ”

"Secretary Provincial School Shulang!?" The brother and sister repeated again parrotingly.

Seeing the surprised look of his children, Liu couldn't help but chuckle again, and said, "What's so surprising, I'll go and get your uncle's letter." After that, he got up and went to the left room to pick up Liu Wensu's letter.

After a while, Liu's trust came.

Liu Chenxing took the letter, knelt at the dining table with Liu Qingshan, and read the letter together.

After a cursory reading of the first glance and ten lines, the official position conferred by Uncle Liu is Jiupin Zhengshang - the secretary of the provincial school.

The so-called learning and excellence is the ultimate goal of scholars at that time.

Since the scholar studies with the goal of becoming a scholar, he naturally has to know all the official positions of this dynasty.

Liu Chenxing was not exempt from vulgarity, and began to recite all kinds of official positions and bureaucratic systems from the central to the local level as early as the age of ten.

The secretary province, one of the three provinces of the Inner Palace of the Honjo, is responsible for sorting out all kinds of national books, documents, etc., which is equivalent to the royal library. The school secretary is a grassroots official who is a junior official who is in the ninth rank of the secretary, and although his rank is low, he has a good starting point.

In the first year of the empress's accession to the throne, she issued an edict saying: "Those who are from the outflow and those who are from the official position are not allowed to recognize the school book, orthography, the main book, the long history and other internal officials." ”

This edict can very well highlight the "Qingwang" status of the school book, which means that the foreign officials and the inspection officials who do not have a meritorious background are not qualified to serve as the school book.

If so, for the Jinshi and the first scholars, the secretary of the provincial school Shulang is a good place to go, at least much better than being sent to a remote place to serve as a county lieutenant.

However, the position of secretary and provincial school scrivener, the incumbent has always been extremely demanding, and he generally has to participate in the subject selection that is more difficult than the jinshi, and Uncle Liu is not on the list of subjects every year, why was he awarded the school scrivener?

As soon as the thought flashed, I knew that there must be a hidden secret, which also showed that Uncle Liu had a very good way.

Liu Chenxing was puzzled and immediately threw away, only for Uncle Liu's happy words: "Uncle has issued this issue, and the income of Yulu and Zhitian adds up, at least 15,000 Wen per month." ”

Liu didn't expect that the first sentence of the little daughter's reading letter was to think of the school scrivener's fortune first, and she really couldn't cry or laugh at this little daughter who got into the eyes of money, so she only said angrily: "Little lady, think about this, you are not allowed to do this in front of outsiders in the future." ”

As he spoke, he carefully took the letter back from his daughter's hand and folded it, temporarily put it away in the placket, and then said happily: "Your uncle is twenty-eight years old this year, and he can be regarded as an official and a half-job, and he can have a lot of money every month, and it should be no problem to marry a wife." ”

Hearing this, Liu Chenxing was silent, saying that she always thinks about money, but isn't this also concerned about her monthly income?

Liu didn't know about his daughter's belly, so he said happily: "If you marry a bride this year, it is estimated that you will have a son and a half daughter next year, so A-Niang should also rest assured." ”

Looking at Ah Niang, who had fallen into a fantasy, Liu Chenxing felt that he needed to remind him that the eight characters had not yet been skimmed, so he said: "Ah Niang, have you discussed the choice of aunt with your uncle?" There is also an uncle in Chang'an, and he can't come back when he is free, so where can he get married? ”

The two questions were like a basin of cold water poured on his head, Liu Shi woke up from the beautiful fantasy, glanced at his daughter angrily, and no longer talked about Liu Wensu's marriage, and preached back to the truth: "Anyway, with your uncle in Chang'an, you will finally be able to take care of yourself when you go to Beijing to take the exam." ”

"Okay, it's not too early, let's eat the twilight first, and we'll talk about the rest later."

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