The first-class jinshi is completed, while the second-class and third-class jinshi must wait for the completion of the selection of the Jishi before conferring the officer.

Shu Jishi is a short-term position in the Hanlin Academy, after the examination, select the second and third of the outstanding people to serve, daily official duties include drafting edicts, compiling historical books, etc., the work content is generally similar to Cheng Yan, they all belong to the emperor's close ministers.

Unlike the first three direct officials, the term of office of the Kujishi is three years, and after three years, the examination will be held again, which is called "sanguan". According to the results of the assessment, the scholars decided to stay, and the best ones stayed in the Hanlin Academy, and were awarded the editing and review; The good ones are assigned to the six departments to serve as the director, or to give the imperial history and other officials, such as Gu Mingxuan was successfully selected as a Shujishi at the beginning, and after the museum was disbanded, he was sent to the household department to do things. In addition, there are also those who are directly sent to the state capitals as magistrates.

In fact, the Hanlin officials did not have any real power in their hands, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that they were "Qingshui Yamen". However, the Hanlin official is known as the noble position, and the "noble" in this is mainly due to the special status of the Hanlin Academy.

The main source of officials of the Hanlin Academy is the imperial examination jinshi, and it is the best among the imperial examination jinshi, and there has always been a saying in the DPRK and China that "non-jinshi do not enter the Hanlin Academy, and non-Hanlin does not enter the cabinet", which reflects the essence of the Hanlin Academy as the "training base for senior officials of the imperial court".

After the palace examination, the future promotion path of the new science and technology scholars can be roughly divided into two ways. One is to be sent to the local area, and for many years in various state capitals, he finally becomes a party leader and takes charge of himself; The other is to stay in Beijing, starting from the six low-level officials, and slowly climb up step by step.

And the officials who came out of the Hanlin Academy, whether they went to the local area or stayed in Beijing, were promoted much faster than others, and they were reserve candidates for important members of various ministries of the imperial court. Among the officials of Hanlin, the promotion speed of the first and third places in the palace examination is the fastest.

Taking Cheng Yan and the three as an example, they don't need to take the selection exam anymore, and they can be appointed as Hanlin editors and Hanlin editors from the beginning. After the selection of Gu Jishi, although Gu Yunxiao was successfully selected for Hanlin, he had to be excellent in the dispersal assessment three years later before he could be awarded the editing or review.

But in any case, Gu Yunxiao was able to be selected as a scholar, which has surpassed most of the new science and technology scholars. If there is no accident in the future, he will stay in Beijing with Gu Yunji and Cheng Yan and start his own road to promotion as a Beijing official.

Although the new officers have received their official positions, they are still several months away from officially taking office. The reason why the imperial court made this arrangement was not only to allow the new scholars to return to their hometowns with glory and glory, but also to leave a gap so that the officials sent to the state capitals could rush to the local places in time to take up their posts.

Because Gu Kaizhen and the others were already on their way to the capital, the Gu Yunji brothers were not ready to go back to Songjiang Mansion, and planned to stay in the capital directly to reunite with their families.

However, they were not idle during this time, they participated in the Qionglin banquet today, and tomorrow they will go to thank the master, and there are also any gatherings invited by relatives, friends and fellow villagers, and the cultural meeting held between the new science and technology scholars...... Wait, it's very busy, but life is very fulfilling.

What Gu Yunji didn't expect was that Gu Kaizhen and the others, who were supposed to arrive in mid-to-early May, actually arrived in the capital at the end of April. When he went to the city gate to answer him, he didn't react a little.

Looking at Gu Kaizhen, who was dressed in dust and dust, but his spirit was extraordinarily refreshed, Gu Yunji couldn't cry or laugh: "Didn't you say that you were going to lead the whole family to move to the capital this time?" It stands to reason that it will take a lot of days to tidy up the field and shop, but it was cleaned up so quickly? ”

The three sons and two sons have been admitted to the Jinshi, and they will stay in Beijing in the future, Gu Kaizhen thought that instead of staying in Songjiang Mansion with his old couple, it would be better to move his family over and live in the capital with his sons for a long time, so as not to separate his flesh and blood.

For this reason, Gu Kaizhen also sold a lot of land shops, and with the help of Gu Yuanhui, he bought a house in the capital. Unexpectedly, now that the house has not been cleaned up, he has already brought Mrs. Wang, Gu Yunqiao and Zheng Xiuyun's mother and son to the capital.

Hearing this, Gu Kaizhen waved his hand indifferently and said, "There are so many things in the house, and there is nothing to clean up, so let's just come over first, and leave your second brother and his wife and your aunt to take care of them slowly." ”

Mrs. Wang smiled: "The day I received your letter, your father was so happy that he didn't sleep all night, and he began to pack his luggage the next morning. Later, on the road, I learned that you were in the middle of the Tanhua, and your eldest brother was among the top two, and he was even more impatient, and he only hated that he didn't have wings and couldn't rush to the capital immediately. ”

"Fortunately, it is a good time now, there is neither frost and snow nor summer waterlogging, and the official road is still easy to walk, so I hurried along the way, and I arrived in the capital before May."

Gu Yunji said: "Even so, my father and mother should also send us a letter in advance, now the house is still empty, and even the resting house has not been cleaned up." ”

"What's this, the house can't live for the time being, so let's stay in the inn first." Gu Kaizhen didn't have the fatigue of traveling long distances at all, and his whole spirit was surprisingly good, "We came here so early, and we also want to get your marriage done quickly, after all, you are not too young, so it is not good to delay it any longer." ”

At the mention of this, Gu Yunqiao glared at Gu Yunji and said angrily: "Brother still said that the matter between you and Miss Xu has been going on for so long, and you didn't even tell us!" ”

Gu Yunji smiled helplessly: "What about telling you in advance?" If I didn't get into the Jinshi, would I be embarrassed to ask my father and mother to go to the gate of the Xu family and ask for marriage for me? Of course, I will tell you after the title of the gold list, which is the best time. ”

Zheng Xiuyun interjected with a smile: "Before, my father-in-law and mother-in-law were still very worried, thinking that the third brother is now a Jinshi, although he has jumped into the dragon gate, but there is no woman around him who can match him, but it is not easy to arrange marriage, and when the time comes, I may have to ask my cousin to help match the bridge." I didn't expect the third brother to be selected a long time ago, so we don't have to worry about it at all. ”

Speaking of Gu Yunji's marriage, Gu Kaizhen and Mrs. Wang were full of smiles, and there was unconcealed satisfaction and relief in their eyes.

Xu Shuhua himself is both talented and beautiful, his father Xu Chengyu retired from the position of the first assistant of the cabinet, and now although he is not in the court, his prestige is still high; The elder brother Xu Shujing is currently a member of the household department, holding a real job, and his future is bright. Moreover, her family was born in the Xu family of Shaoxing, and she is a well-known family in the entire south of the Yangtze River, and her influence in the court is even deeper than that of the Gu family.

Whether it is in terms of personal appearance or background, Xu Shuhua and Gu Yunji are very compatible. When Gu Kaizhen and his wife learned about the two of them, they were overjoyed, and they felt that there was no better marriage than this, so they just wanted to come to the capital quickly and finalize the marriage between the two.

After chatting for a while, Gu Kaizhen and the others, under the leadership of Gu Yunji and the two brothers, came to an inn in Beijing to settle down temporarily, and then moved in with the whole family after the house was cleaned up.

(End of chapter)