: In charge of the official affairs of the Imperial College

Author: Sheep Little Star

: In charge of the official affairs of the Imperial College

The next day.

afternoon.

The results of the examination results are similar to what the outside world expected. Fan Zhongyan and Liang Shi both entered the third class, Wang Su and Wu Daiwen entered the fourth class, and Hu Yuan entered the fifth class.

However, although Fan Zhongyan and Liang Shi were both third-class officials, their appointments were completely different.

Fan Zhongyan was directly appointed as Guan Gou Guozijian for official affairs.

In terms of organizational structure alone, the Imperial College's Jijiujiu and Imperial College Siye are the positive and negative officers of the Imperial College, but in the early Song Dynasty, the two positions were not exempted.

Therefore, the actual chief of the Imperial College is the Imperial College Supervisor.

As the actual leader of the Imperial College, his seniority is certainly not too low. Only attendants (two-system waiters or above) can serve.

Generally speaking, there are two people in charge of the Imperial College, one of whom is an Imperial Guard who is above the rank of attendant, and the other is a fellow Imperial Imperial Supervisor.

If the Imperial Son Supervisor is appointed as a non-attendant officer, then "Guan Gou" is added before the dispatch name, that is, Guan Gou Imperial Son supervises official affairs.

Under the current structure, Guan Gou, the Imperial Supervisor, is the second or third-ranking official after Supervisor Peng Guozi.

The Guozijian in the Song Dynasty was an educational institution, such as Guozixue, Taixue, Guangwenkan, and Legal Studies were all its subordinate institutions.

At the same time, the Imperial College is also an educational management institution.

Fan Zhongyan directly became one of the chief officials of the Ministry of Education from a single selection. He truly rose to prominence in one fell swoop.

When the news came out, countless people felt sour in their stomachs.

So sour!

However, for Fan Zhongyan, in addition to being in charge of Gou Guozijian's official affairs, this was an extremely stressful assignment.

Who was the last Supervisor of Jianguozi?

The famous Confucian Sun Shi!

Who is the current supervisor of Beng Guozi?

Jia Changchao, a great Confucian scholar recommended by Sun Shi!

Sun Shi was a graduate of the Nine Classics, and Jia Changchao was a meritorious scholar, and was born with the same Jinshi background. Although neither of them was a Jinshi, they were both famous Confucian scholars in the world.

Managing the Imperial Academy together with Jia Changchao, Fan Zhongyan felt extremely stressed.

How virtuous and capable are you?

In fact, one thing Fan Zhongyan didn't know was that Sun Shi did not simply admire Jia Changchao when he recommended Jia Changchao as the supervisor of the state.

Rather, there are considerable off-site factors.

Sun Shi was the first person to pass the Nine Classics in the second year of Emperor Taizong's reign (989), that is, he ranked first in all the examinations. The number one scholar in this tribute examination was Chen Yaosou.

Although the background in various subjects is not as good as that of a Jinshi, there is one exception. Those who have passed the Nine Classics will be awarded an official rank. Those who have ranked first in the Nine Classics will be awarded an official rank equivalent to the first grade of a Jinshi.

Chen Yaosou and Sun Shi, one was the first in Jinshi and the other was first in Jiujing. They were both in the limelight for a while, so it was natural for them to have some intersection.

After the death of his first wife Wang, Jia Changchao remarried Chen Yaozi's daughter Chen.

Chen Yaozi and Chen Yaosou were brothers. Although Chen Yaosou passed away in the first year of Tianxi, the intersection between Chen and Sun Shi still existed.

It is not difficult to understand why Sun Shi recommended to support the younger generations of the Chen family.

In addition, although Jia Changchao is an expert in exegesis, he himself is not a corrupt scholar. He is very good at making excuses.

Jia Changchao was the first official in the Song Dynasty to ascend to the throne as a Jingyan official.

However, his success in becoming Prime Minister did not depend on his ability, but on his connections.

Jia Changchao's wife, Chen, was born in the Chen family of Langzhou and was qualified to accompany her mother in and out of the palace. Chen first met the wet nurse of Zhenzong's second son, King Zhou, and later met the palace maid Jia.

Although the Jia family and Jia Changchao both had the same surname, they were not closely related. Jia Changchao simply wanted to curry favor with each other, so they called themselves nephews.

When the future Empress Wencheng Zhang (Zhang Yuhan in the play) first entered the palace, she was adopted as an adopted daughter by the palace maid Jia.

Precisely because of his good relationship with the Jia family, as the Zhang family became more and more favored, Jia Changchao's official position rose all the way. He was able to become the governor and was closely related to Empress Wen Cheng.

However, Fan Zhongyan, who came from a poor family, had no idea of ​​these inside stories.

In his eyes, Jia Changchao was indeed a master of Confucian classics.

In the first year of Tianxi (1017), Jia Changchao, who was only twenty years old, compiled an exegetical work "Qunjing Yinbian".

(a work specializing in annotating homographs and synonyms in the group scriptures)

It was at this time that Jia Changchao became an official.

At the age of twenty, he had mastered the Classics, corrected and annotated homographs and synonyms, and was recognized by the academic community. There is no doubt that Jia Changchao was definitely a genius.

Although Jia Changchao was younger than Fan Zhongyan, the masters came first. In Fan Zhongyan's view, his knowledge was incomparable to that of Jia Changchao.

Just when Fan Zhongyan doubted whether he was qualified for this assignment, the maid at home suddenly came to report.

Fan Zhongyan's family originally had no servants, but the servants that are now all married into the Fan family along with his wife Li.

Considering that Li was the legitimate daughter of a wealthy family, even if Fan Zhongyan was not used to being waited on, he had to slowly get used to it.

"Langjun, someone from the Kou Mansion has informed Langjun that he will go to the mansion for a banquet tonight."

Naturally, there is only one mansion in Beijing that can be called a Kou mansion.

Kou Xianggong's Mansion!

"okay, I get it."

Hearing this, Fan Zhongyan had doubts in his heart. Kou Xiang invited him to the banquet?

To this day, he still doesn't understand why Prime Minister Kou recommended him to join the system.

After arriving in Beijing, Fan Zhongyan also visited the Kou Mansion, but the Kou Prime Minister had been very busy recently and had no time to meet him.

Strictly speaking, this meeting was the first time the two met.

When I visit Kou Zhun for the first time, I should bring some gifts, both emotionally and logically.

However, the gift should neither be too expensive nor too light.

After thinking for a moment, Fan Zhongyan remembered that he still had some wine sent from Suzhou at home, and Prime Minister Kou happened to be very fond of what he had in his glass.

It shouldn't be against the rules to give away some local specialties.

After a while, Fan Zhongyan walked out of the house carrying a jar of ten-year-old wine.

Since it was difficult to ride a horse while carrying wine, Fan Zhongyan summoned a Didi carriage before going out.

(In the Northern Song Dynasty, there were taxis, similar to today’s taxis)

Kou Mansion.

"My lord, Fan Zhongyan is here."

After Kou Zhun returned home from work, he immediately received a notice from the manager of the mansion.

"Where are the others?"

Kou Zhun had already heard about Fan Zhongyan, but due to various factors, the two had never been able to meet him.

Today coincides with the release of the examination results, and Fan Zhongyan has also accepted the new assignment. Inviting Fan Zhongyan to the mansion is both a private matter and a public matter.

Fan Zhongyan's new assignment is to supervise Gou, the Imperial Prince, and supervise public affairs. However, his role as Imperial Prince in supervising Gou is different from the previous one.

According to official opinions, Fan Zhongyan's main job was not teaching, but reforming the academic system.

"Waiting in the side hall."

As he said that, the steward smiled slightly.

"By the way, Fan Zhongyan also brought a jar of fine wine when he came, saying that it was a specialty of his hometown and not worth much."

"You see?"

"Um."

Kou Zhun nodded lightly. Obviously, in his opinion, receiving gifts or something was just a trivial matter.

"Just take it and take it."
Chapter completed!