The imperial examination of the Jingyuan Dynasty was held once every three years, commonly known as the spring examination, and the township examination was held the year before the examination, commonly known as the autumn examination or autumn trouble.

Each examination can admit 300 tributes to become tributes, and then the palace examination, the emperor in the palace to the examination of the tributes personally consulted, in order to determine the first rank.

Admission is divided into three grades, the first one is given the title of "Jinshi and the first", the first name is the champion, also known as the Dingyuan, the second name is Bangyan, and the third name is Tanhua, which is collectively called the "top three"; A number of second-class names are given the title of "Jinshi Origin"; There are several top three.

This year's Chunyu Bai Jinqing finally won the third place in the first class in the palace examination, that is, Tanhua, while Hu Yushan entered the second class, and Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu entered the third class.

Because Hu Yushan performed well in the re-examination, he was qualified to enter the Guozijian with Bai Jinqing to participate in the revision of history, but he is currently only in the inspection stage, and he will have the opportunity to continue to be promoted according to his performance after three years.

And Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu were originally only in the top three, and because of their poor results in the reexamination, they were only sent to a remote place like Wanxian to be the county order and county leader.

That's why Hu Yushan sighed that the two of them had no chance to enter Beijing as officials, because the mountain was high and the emperor was far away, even if they did a good job, no one would know.

With performance, it can only be counted on the head of the county guard or even the assassin above, and the promotion of the rank of a low-level official may be almost completely none.

But fortunately, three of the five of them are officials in Beijing, and if they have the opportunity in the future, they may be able to take care of it, and among them, Shao Xi is currently the highest official, and it is when he is proud of the court.

If the two of them are angry, Shao Xi will naturally have the opportunity to recommend the two in front of the saint, and it is very likely that the two will be transferred to the capital as officials.

However, it also takes a long process, and there is no such thing as a one-step ascension.

There is a big difference between being an official in the capital and being an official in a local area, and if you are a seven-rank official, if you are a Beijing official, because you are closer to the center of power in the capital, you will have more opportunities to get promoted, and it is very likely that you will enter the elite class in the future.

It's different to be an official in a local area, the credit for doing a good job or not is someone else's, and you may only be able to do an official position such as a county commander or a county officer for the rest of your life, and it is even more difficult to promote the official rank.

It is no wonder that many local officials are corrupt, after all, there are not many opportunities for promotion, it is better to use the power in their hands to loot more wealth in the local area, which can be regarded as finding a balance for themselves to a certain extent.

It has to be said that the lack of channels for the advancement of officials is also an important factor causing local corruption.

When the normal channel becomes narrow, it is natural that some people will find a way to find another way to seek their own interests from another direction.

However, not everyone is like this, such as Cui Qi of Yujiang County and Tao Qingyun of Nanshui County are doing their part with all their hearts, and they do not make a lot of money in the local area because they have no opportunity to be promoted to the official rank, and seek personal benefits.

That's why Shao Xi chose to recommend people like this in front of Xiao Changyi, hoping that these two people can have the opportunity to better display their talents.

In the same way, if Han Shaoguang and Zheng Yuanxiu can do their best in the local area, Shao Xi will have a way to transfer them to Kyoto.

Even if you are just a petty official with sesame mung beans, you will have a lot of opportunities to be promoted in the future.

If Shao Xi wants to establish his own power in the court, he must have some trustworthy people around him, and these people must find ways to arrange them in some important positions.

But the premise is that the two of them have to compete and give themselves room to speak in front of Xiao Changyi.

Bai Jinqing and Hu Yushan were a little surprised and surprised when they first heard that Shao Xi had a way to transfer the two of them back to Kyoto, but then they understood the meaning of Shao Xi's words.

For this kind of thing that can only be understood and unspeakable, the two naturally chose not to ask more, because they believed that Shao Xi said that he had a way, then he must have a way to do it.

"Brother Shao, there is no one else today, and I might as well say some things bluntly, in fact, Brother Yushan and I both understand that Brother Shao's temperament is by no means the kind of person who is willing to be restrained in the officialdom and compete with others for power.

"Brother Shao must have his own reasons for becoming an official in the court, I know that my grandfather and my father know more about Brother Shao than I do, and I won't ask more until they tell me the reason behind the matter.

"However, I can see that Brother Shao intends to establish his own side of the court in this court, and we don't know which force in the court you want to fight against, but please Brother Shao must believe that our classmates and friends will definitely stand behind you when you need it.

"This matter is by no means something that can be done overnight, after three years, Brother Yushan and I will be promoted in the court, and we can advance and retreat together with Brother Shao.

"Now everything is just beginning, please be patient with Brother Shao and give us a few years, and we will definitely become Brother Shao's help in the court."

Shao Xi had to admit that Bai Jinqing was indeed a very smart person, although he seemed to be indifferent to everything on weekdays and didn't care too much.

But he has been vigorously expanding the industry in Daliang City, establishing a network of contacts in the DPRK and China, and even opening his own school, after all, Bai Jinqing saw that he had a long-term plan.

In the eyes of many people, they may think that Shao Xi is just tossing so much to obtain a lot of wealth, but I believe that people like Bai Dinggong, Liu Xingzhai, including Bai Jinqing, can see that Shao Xi actually has other plans.

There are many ways and means for a person who pursues wealth to make money, and Shao Xi is vigorously developing the cultural and educational industry, and those who can understand it will understand that Shao Xi is gradually mastering public opinion information channels and talent education resources.

When a person expands his influence in these areas, he wants more than just wealth.

But those who know Shao Xi also understand that Shao Xi is by no means the kind of person with extremely inflated ambitions, and the purpose of doing this will never be to worship the prince in the future and become a powerful minister in the court.

When such a person is desperately doing these things through his own efforts, he has only one purpose, that is, to contend with a certain force in the court.

As for why? Perhaps only Bai Dinggong and Bai Jingnian, who know Shao Xi's true identity, are the clearest in their hearts.

So no matter what Shao Xi does, Bai Dinggong chooses to support it with all his might, because he knows that what Shao Xi did was just for self-preservation, but also to get justice for Fengjiazhuang back then.

In the eyes of Bai Dinggong, Shao Xi is by no means a person who is greedy for power and wealth, but a person who has the talent to govern the world, can influence the people of the world with his talents, and educate all living beings in the world.

Therefore, after Bai Jinqing became an official in the court, Bai Dinggong repeatedly instructed him to try his best to become Shao Xi's help in the court in the future, and work with Shao Xi to gain a firm foothold in the court.

This is not only for Shao Xi, but also for Bai Jinqing to have a better foothold in the court in the future.

Bai Dinggong believed that with Shao Xi's ability, if he was willing to join hands with Bai Jinqing, he would definitely become the pillar of the new generation of the Jingyuan Empire.

Although he himself is not an official in the court, all the ministers in the Jingyuan Dynasty have more or less something to do with him, and Bai Dinggong knows everything about the current Jingyuan court, but he is also clear.

Many unsatisfactory aspects in the court actually made Bai Dinggong worried, although he had some influence among the ministers of the Jingyuan Dynasty, but there were some things that he could not do.

To change these status quo, we can only rely on young generations like Shao Xi and Bai Jinqing to reverse the atmosphere of the court and change the pattern of the court, but how easy is it to do this?

The first thing to do is to let them be able to gain a firm foothold in the court, so Bai Dinggong has long instructed Bai Jinqing to join forces with Shao Xi in order to build a new order in the court in the future.

Before that, it is necessary to form its own side of the force, otherwise in front of those old foxes who have been officials for many years and have been scheming for many years, young officials who fight alone will have no power to fight back.

Only by supporting each other and working together can Shao Xi and Bai Jinqing and other classmates and friends become a new backbone in this court.

Shao Xi looked at Bai Jinqing and Hu Yushan, with a relieved smile on his face.

"No wonder you supported me so much when I opened the bookstore, it turns out that you already know what I want, in this case, I can be regarded as a person who has a common plan for this court matter in the future.

"But right now, the two of you are in the Guozi Prison to cultivate history in peace, don't reveal any intentions, now that there are many factions in the court, it won't be long before someone will woo the two of you.

"You don't have to pay attention to it for the time being, the last few years have been the time for us to cultivate obscurity, if there is anything I can do alone, I will remove them one by one in the future, and share the worries of the saint."

Hu Yushan asked a little puzzled at this time: "Since ancient times, emperors have liked to use the art of checks and balances to make the ministers in the court restrain each other, why did Brother Shao say that he would uproot the forces in the court one by one in the future?" Isn't it against the will of God to do so? ”

"What Brother Yushan said is good, the Holy Lord can indeed avoid the monopoly of some forces in the court through the art of checks and balances and thus monopolize the government of the court, but if there are many factions in the DPRK and China, each of them acting separately and tilting each other, it will be extremely disadvantageous for the country and the people.

"What we see now is only the contradiction between the six departments of Shangshu Province, but if we look at it, there has been a lot of contention between Zhongshu Province, Menxia Province, and Shangshu Province for many years.

"Coupled with the perennial slander and attacks between the prince faction and the crown prince's faction in the court, how can the saint not feel worried in the long run?

"For a country to prosper, what is needed is political communication and harmony, and the art of checks and balances is only to avoid the loss of power, but not to make government decrees unsmooth as it is now."

Bai Jinqing nodded in agreement: "Brother Shao is right! Now that the disagreement between the three provinces is due to the secret rivalry between the left and right sides, the various factions in the DPRK and China have long had grudges, and it is indeed impossible to continue like this. ”