Chapter 245: Respect and Humility
On the second day after the Enrong meeting, the new Kejin Shi needed to report to Honglu Temple for a three-day "pre-job training", mainly to learn official etiquette such as court meetings, feasts, and sacrifices.
After Lin Haoran and the other eleven people arrived at Honglu Temple in the morning, they met with other new science and technology scholars again, and then were taken to the Confucius Temple by Honglu Temple officials for a series of thanksgiving ceremonies.
In addition to the saints of Confucius, they also thanked the four sages, the twelve philosophers and the sixty-two sages, that is, the seventy-two disciples of Confucius and some outstanding juniors.
It is worth mentioning that these sages are all in a strict order, and the order of pouring tea must not be mistaken. Even the sixty-two sages have a strict distinction between high and low.
Different from the idea that everyone is equal, although Confucianism has been propagating words such as "do unto others as you would have them do unto you", the concept of respect and inferiority is simply deeply rooted in the bone marrow.
After worshipping the Confucius Temple, another ceremony is carried out, that is, the inscription tablet of the Jinshi.
The Jinshi inscription tablet is not created by this dynasty, but originated from the Yuan Dynasty Renzong, the new science and technology Jinshi of the year was inscribed on the stone tablet, so as to show the ancestors and live for generations.
It's just that things have proved that the original intention of the Jinshi inscription monument is afraid that it will be difficult to achieve his wish. Because the Jinshi Monument of the Yuan Dynasty has been destroyed, the Jinshi Monument seen today is the Jinshi Monument of the Ming Dynasty.
It is conceivable that if the Ming Dynasty were overthrown in the future, their names on the Jinshi Tablet would also be destroyed.
But no matter what, it is also a great honor to be able to leave a name here at this time. Therefore, everyone flocked to the newly erected Jinshi monument, and when they saw their names engraved on it, their eyes were full of excitement and pride.
"How can this Jinshi monument be covered by a red cloth?" Someone noticed a Jinshi tablet covered with a red cloth next to it, and immediately asked his companions around him in confusion.
Lin Haoran was also puzzled, and the leading Honglu Temple official called him over, and then said respectfully to him: "Please also ask Zhuang Yuanlang to unveil this Jinshi monument for us." ”
For this request, Lin Haoran naturally agreed, and immediately ripped off the red cloth.
The Jinshi who were watching the excitement gasped, and then looked at Lin Haoran with envy.
Lin Haoran was puzzled at first, and when he looked at the front of the Jinshi Monument, he also gasped.
The material of this Jinshi tablet is precious white marble, and other Jinshi tablets are one zhang high, the head is decorated with auspicious cloud pattern, and the thick seal in the middle reads: "Da Ming Wenkui", and then the following is the life introduction of Lin Haoran.
In the forest of Jinshi steles, an independent stele is something that has never happened in the Ming Dynasty, and the white marble stele is also particularly conspicuous here. It's just that Lin Haoran, who is six yuan in a row, can really afford such treatment.
Lin Haoran also didn't expect that there would be this one, and he was also extremely happy in his heart.
"This monument was erected by the will of the Holy God, and from today on, you are a model for my Ming generation readers!" The official of Honglu Temple next to him looked at him with a smile and said seriously to him.
"Holy Longen, how dare Weichen be!" Lin Haoran looked flattered and grateful in the direction of Xiyuan.
This is naturally the majority of performance elements, he is a more pragmatic person, and real money is far better than these false names, or let him be promoted to three levels.
Next, in the face of everyone's congratulations, Lin Haoran did not seem arrogant or impatient. Everyone who congratulates him will return the salute in earnest, while trying to remember what they look like.
Three days passed in the blink of an eye, except for the first-class jinshi, the rest of the people went to the ministry to participate in the court examination.
In just one day, the Ministry of Officials hung up the distribution list of 357 new science and technology scholars in front of the yamen.
Lin Haoran, as the champion of the new department, is naturally the second-sixth-grade Hanlin revision, and the list-eyed Mao Xuanyuan and Tanhua Xu Wei are both the seventh-grade Hanlin revisions, and the three of them have no suspense.
The long-awaited Ji Ji Shi of the second class Jinshi also came to an end. As Ning Jiang had guessed before, the number of Shu Jishi admitted this time has shrunk greatly, and there are only 12 of them.
They are actually interns at Hallym and can study at Hallym Academy for three years. After three years, if the results of the loose examination are excellent, they will be awarded the official and officially become a Hanlin official.
Although this road is relatively far, far less pleasant than the direct conferral of a first-class jinshi, in the eyes of all new science and technology jinshi, this Jishi is the best distribution.
It's just that this Shuji is a monk with more porridge and less porridge, and most of them have no relationship with the Hanlin Academy. After the loss of the Hanlin Academy, the place of storage, everyone's eyes naturally fell on the six departments and nine qing.
There is no unified answer to which of the six ministries and nine qings is the first choice. Some people push the officials of the six ministries, and some people will push the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the former has the right to evaluate personnel, and the latter is the imperial historian who "bites" the members of the imperial court.
If you can join the six ministries and nine secretaries, although you are destined to miss the cabinet, as long as you get through honestly, you may also become the leader of the yamen. Like today's Ministry of Officials Wu Peng, although he is not from Hanlin, who dares to peek at him?
It's just that the truth is always so cruel, most of the Jinshi not only can't enter the Hanlin Academy, but also can't stay in the central departments of the Six Ministries and Jiuqing, and all of them have to go down to the local government to serve.
When these officials go to the locality, they will get the real shortage of seven products, and most of them are county magistrates. It's just that such officials are far away from the political center, and if they don't have strong connections and opportunities, it becomes extremely difficult to get promoted.
In addition, if you can be assigned to a rich land as an official, you can live a comfortable life, but if you are assigned to a remote and poor area, I am afraid it will be really difficult to survive.
But the world is afraid of comparison, there is no worst, only worse.
The second-class jinshi are afraid of the six departments and nine qings in Nanjing, and the third-class jinshi are afraid of the palace officials. The former is reluctant to go to the nursing home to drink tea with the elderly, and the latter is unwilling to go to the "pigsty" to eat with the pigs and wait for death.
It is worth mentioning that the new science and technology jinshi has the privilege of refusing to be assigned, and can strongly express that he wants to stay in Beijing to serve. The officials can also tolerate this kind of refusal to assign new science and technology scholars, but these new science and technology scholars can only enjoy the entry treatment of lifting people, often starting from the nine rank officials.
When the list was posted, Lin Haoran and the other eleven people came to the yamen of the Ministry of Officials to watch the list together with the Guangdong Xinke Jinshi who happened to come over, and everyone's mood suddenly went up and down.
Ningjiang really arrived at the military department, and Zhang Wei entered the Metropolitan Procuratorate, but everyone else was assigned to the place, some were assigned to the rich land of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, and some were assigned to the "new province" of the Ming Dynasty - Jiaozhi Chengxuan Political Envoy Division, that is, Vietnam in later generations.
The most surprising thing is that Yang Futian, who was despised by everyone, entered the Ministry of Industry, which was really a broken eyeball.