Kuang Hengsheng's words shocked Wu Wu, there was really such a thing. No wonder I heard the villagers at the foot of Weimang Mountain say before that the county government has not had a county magistrate for several years, and the biggest official is the son-in-law of the Bao family, Liu County Lieutenant.

Originally from ten years ago, every county magistrate of Qiyang County was not allowed to die well, no matter whether he was honest or not, he could not escape his fate.

Ten years ago, a county magistrate died in the public court, the next county magistrate suddenly went insane, and the next county magistrate hanged himself under a plaque hanging from the mirror.

What's even more strange is that these three county commanders all had accidents when they were about to serve for a year. The imperial court and the state government also sent people to investigate, and the possibility of his killing has been ruled out.

In the following seven years, almost no one dared to take over the post of county magistrate. In fact, six years ago, there was a new county magistrate who did not believe in evil and came here to take office. However, half a year later, he was on the verge of collapse, and he had to move elsewhere through family connections.

Since then, the Qiyang County Ya has been rumored to be the grave of the official career.

Qiyang County has become a major stain on the Yongzhou government's political achievements, and has damaged many county orders in a row, seriously affecting the reputation of the state. In order not to amplify this negative influence, officials are no longer forced to serve here. As a result, the post of county magistrate here has been vacant for many years, and there is not even a county magistrate. The county lieutenant became the de facto parent official here.

However, in private, Yongzhou Mansion still gave a heavy reward.

There is a document promising that whoever can serve as the county commander in Qiyang County for three years will be promoted to one level, that is, from seven to six. If something happens, it will be counted as a vain death, and it will only be reported to the court as an illness.

But no one asked for it, so the standard was lowered to two years, and finally to another year, but no one tried.

Although it is not unreasonable to be able to move up the ladder in a year, no one wants to gamble their lives. The Yongzhou government once wanted to promote the county lieutenant of Bapin County in Qiyang County to the county commander, but the county lieutenant Liu also refused. In fact, for County Lieutenant Liu, even if he is not a county order, he is the actual leader of Qiyang County.

Recently, Dazhongzheng, who is in charge of the selection of scholars in the state of Yongzhou, has changed his thinking, and he hopes that some new scholars from humble backgrounds will take over this position.

It is generally impossible for a new scholar to be awarded the position of Qipin County Commander at the beginning, and it will take a few years, or even many years, to get this grade. This temptation has some appeal to some new scholars. Especially for people from humble backgrounds, although they are among the officials, some people cannot be promoted to the seven-grade county order in their lifetime.

Although there is already a new way to enter the imperial examination in this dynasty, the nine-product Zhongzheng system is still the mainstream.

Under this system, the imperial court has a first-class Dazhongzheng, who is in charge of the future of the world's scholars.

Each state has at least one second-grade Zhongzheng, who is responsible for the future of the state's scholars, and will also set up a number of four-rank Zhongzheng Tongzhi. Each Zhongzheng Tongzhi governs multiple counties, and each county generally has a seven-grade Zhongzheng.

In fact, most of these Zhongzheng officials who are responsible for the selection of scholars are part-time. For example, the imperial court is a central government, and most of them are led by the Zhongshu Order, which is also the prime minister.

Most of the state's chief officials are concurrently appointed by the governor of the state, and his staff or subordinate officials are appointed as the chief of the state. The head of the great family in many states has also been awarded the position of Zhongzheng Tongzhi, which shows how great the influence of the great family is.

The ownership of each county is not fixed. In some counties, the county magistrate is concurrently in charge, while in other counties, the patriarch of the local noble clan is in charge, and the decision is entirely determined by the Zhongzheng or Zhongzheng Tongzhi at the state level.

Kwong Hengsheng was born in a poor family and tried to enter the office.

The two-level selection of the township examination and the general examination itself has a conflict of interest with the Jiupin Zhongzheng system. Moreover, the scholars selected by the township examination and the general examination will eventually be under the control of the central officials.

Prior to this, all dynasties basically relied on the nine-grade Zhongzheng system to select officials. At the beginning, the talents and family background of the scholars will also be assessed. However, as the major families occupied the position of Zhongzheng, the trend of forming parties and running private interests became more and more popular, and later they only looked at the family and did not look at it. This led to the disciples of the poor family or the disciples of non-big families cutting off the door to enter the office.

The disadvantages of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system are also manifested in the fact that the emperor gradually lost his dominance over the appointment of officials. Because the scholars selected are all children of great families or official eunuchs, there are very few talented scholars, and no matter who is appointed, they are all short-selected generals.

Therefore, the dynasty attached great importance to the township examination and the meeting examination, one is to select truly talented people, and the other is to gradually get rid of the moderation of the major families.

However, the scholars selected by the township examination and the general examination were all rejected and suppressed by the central officials, and it was very difficult for them to get ahead, and most of them were arranged to wait for vacancies. This is an open and covert struggle between the two forces of conservatism and innovation.

There will be brave men under the heavy reward, and there is really a young man who invited Ying to come here to take office. He is Kuang Hengsheng, who was born in a poor family, has an innocent family background, and has no foundation for promotion. Because he was a native of Yongzhou, he would pass the Jinshi, but in fact, in the eyes of Dazhongzheng in the imperial court, he was a hot potato, so he was pushed to Yongzhou Dazhongzheng, nominally returning to his hometown to serve.

But Yongzhou Dazhongzheng just asked him to go home and wait for the vacancy. This is three years, and it is too difficult to get ahead. Therefore, coming to Qiyang County to take risks is the last resort and the only choice. As for the details of Qiyang County, the Zhongzheng officials in Yongzhou have already explained to him in advance, and if something happens, he will die in vain.

Carefree actually has a lot of doubts in his heart. He asked Kuang Hengsheng: "Since the Holy Lord attaches so much importance to the township examination and the general examination, why can't the jinshi selected by the examination be reused? He is the emperor, he can give special care to these people!"

Kwong Hengsheng sighed: "The current saint was sick many years ago and couldn't afford to collapse. It is said that it has not been a court for many years. He was reused back then, and he really supported the exam, but all of them have been deposed or demoted over the years. It's the same if you still want to try it now, after all, the holy decree cannot be disobeyed. ”

"Then who is going to rob you of your official seal and uniform? How did you find out in advance?"

Kuang Hengsheng asked, "Whose interests are the most threatening when I go to Qiyang County?"

Worry-free was stunned, and after thinking for a while, he was not stupid and quickly figured it out: "County Captain Liu!"

"That's right! He didn't want to risk being the county magistrate, nor did he want someone else to do it. Because he, the county lieutenant, is actually the number one in Qiyang County. So, he's going to stop me from getting in his way. Kwong Hengsheng said.

"And how did you know in advance?"

"Although I was born in a poor family, my ancestors were also from a prestigious family, and there were ancestors who were state-level Dazhongzheng. Therefore, there are still some ways to smell officialdom and find out the inside information of some officialdom. "When Kwong Hengsheng mentions the glory of his ancestors, he still has some pride.

"Then how do you say that you will be safe when you get to the county seat? County Lieutenant Liu is in the county seat, and he wants to frame you, isn't it easier?"