The examination for female officials in the inner court drew on the rules of the Ming Dynasty imperial examination, but there must be some changes.
The Ministry of Rites organizes the examination, the Metropolitan Procuratorate supervises the examination, and each ministry selects officials to judge the examination papers.
In fact, there is nothing to test. First, you must pass the theory of Datong, then you must pass mathematics, and finally, you must pass the writing of various official documents.
The top two hundred were selected through a competition. The big bosses of each ministry personally conducted interviews. Zhao Han did not let them participate. The doctors of each ministry could handle it, but those ministers were really worried.
Then it gets interesting.
"This You Julian is very good, has strong military skills, and has also served as a preacher. He can be the hand seal of the Royal Horse Supervisor." Li Banghua stroked his beard and nodded in approval.
Pang Chunlai said: "The Golden Cui Ping is also very good. Before becoming a missionary, I worked as a cook in the palace. Although I ranked last in the written examination, with only 198 people taking the exam, being the Shangshang Supervisor is the most suitable one."
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The two women who were favored by Li Banghua and Pang Chun were both big-bodied and round-waisted. They obviously did this on purpose, fearing that the female officials would confuse the emperor!
The use of female officials in the inner court is a first-of-its-kind initiative, and no one knows what will happen, so the big bosses in the ministries must be cautious.
Especially for the first time, the tone must be set and become the unspoken rule in the future, that is: try to choose someone with mediocre looks and a clean net worth.
After repeated discussions and voting by many ministers, the chief minister of rites, the chief seal officer and the admiral of the inner court female officials were finally selected.
This position can be called the internal minister or the female minister.
He still has an ordinary appearance, which can only be said to be not ugly. He is still a missionary, which ensures that his ideas are passable and his origins are reliable.
This girl's name is Shi Weixian, the daughter of a village school master.
First, she was betrothed to a scholar from the same town, but before they got married, her fiancé died. Then she married a boy from a neighboring county. After half a year of marriage, her husband died again.
From then on, she carried the name of Kefu. Just as the Datong Army came to kill, Shi Weixian ran away from home and became a missionary. She had very deep qualifications and joined Zhao Han one month earlier than Li Banghua. Now she is thirty-four years old.
I don't want to get married anymore.
Although she was ranked outside the top 100 in the written examination, she was the most suitable candidate to be the interior minister.
Of course there are women with more seniority, such as Xiao Hong and Xiao Cui.
But Xiaohong is now a provincial magistrate, and her marriage and family are quite happy. Xiaocui has also been married for three years, quit her job, and stays at home to raise her husband and children.
Many female missionaries pursue freedom and the value of life, and they do not want to be locked up as female officials in the inner court.
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Li Xiangjun was a little disappointed. She ranked first in the written examination, but she only became the head of the Yin Shou Supervisor.
Moreover, compared to the Yin Shou Supervisor of the Ming Dynasty, the power of the Yin Shou Supervisor of Zhao Han's inner court was cut by more than half. He could also control the books in the palace, control the talismans in the inner court, verify the badges entering and exiting the inner court, etc.
The same goes for Kou Baimen, who scored among the top ten in the written examination and was assigned to the internal officer prison with 90% of his power cut off.
Gu Hengbo scored second in the written examination, but was directly eliminated because she was a famous prostitute.
Although Zhao Han abolished the distinction between good and bad, famous prostitutes were not prohibited from participating in the imperial female officer examination. But the interviewers were worried, and the famous prostitutes came into contact with too many people. What harm would happen if they sneaked into the palace?
Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others have even discussed that people from certain industries will not be allowed to be female court officials in the future.
Although Chen Maosheng advocated equality between good and bad, he also clearly distinguished the pros and cons, so he acquiesced to their proposal.
A few days later, they were assigned to a garden training business.
When You Julian saw Li Xiangjun, she asked with a smile: "What kind of duties does my sister do?"
Li Xiangjun replied: "The Chief of the Yin Shou Supervisor."
"This is really promising." You Julian praised.
The chief officials of each prison in Zhao Han's inner court are respectively the palm seal, the chief secretary, and the chief secretary.
The boss is already the third person in charge of Yin Shou Supervisor. Li Xiangjun is young and indeed very promising.
Although her beauty was a deducted item, her written test score was first and she worked as an official in Jiangning County, which left the interviewers speechless.
Li Xiangjun asked about the candidates for each supervisor's seal, and You Julian introduced them in detail.
All the supervisors were female missionary officers, all of them were mediocre-looking women, with an average age of over thirty years old.
After asking about this, Li Xiangjun instantly regained his mental balance.
Not long after, Shi Weixian, the chief minister of etiquette, appeared and lectured: "I don't know much about the rules of the inner court, but I have been a preacher for many years. We are all female officials, and we are not allowed to beat or scold our subordinates.
Palace maid. Of course, if you do something wrong, you will be punished. If you deserve a major demerit, you will record it. If you deserve criticism, you will report criticism. If you do something unforgivable, you will definitely be expelled..."
Well, let a veteran missionary serve as the chief of ceremonies, and Zhao Han's inner court quickly became a missionary system.
Shi Weixian added: "The grand day for Your Highness's enthronement has been decided. From now on, you should call Your Majesty. Our inner court must also cooperate well with the enthronement ceremony, especially the sisters of the Governor, who must work extra hard!"
The inner court organization of the Ming Dynasty consisted of twelve supervisors, four divisions, and eight bureaus.
Zhao Han not only cut the power of the inner court by more than half, but also the inner court institutions.
The affairs of the Divisional Supervisors and the Shangyi Supervisors were directly abolished. The affairs of the Divisional Supervisors were merged into the Duzhi Jian, and the affairs of the Shangyi Supervisors were merged into the Imperial Supervisors.
Streamline the organization and streamline the personnel.
Things that can be done by one person cannot be done by two people. Things that can be done by the outer court should not be done by the inner court.
Even the supervisors of the shrines were cancelled. Cleaning and maintaining the Ancestral Temple, and offering incense to the emperor were all left to the Ministry of Rites.
Moreover, some of the female officials in the inner court would definitely have to go out of the Forbidden City to do business and have contact with men outside.
Even the office addresses of each prison are outside the Forbidden City and within the Imperial City.
Pang Chunlai, Li Banghua and others strongly suggested adding a rule: female officials in the imperial court who are pregnant and give birth should not be regarded as princes or princesses!
Because it may have been caused by an affair with a guard or a civil servant.
If a female officer really wants to get married, she can resign at any time.
In the future, if the emperor likes a female official, she will have to remove her from her position first and leave her post to enter the harem for more than ten months. The baby she gives birth to will be considered as a member of the royal family.
Using female officials is such a hassle, but using eunuchs doesn't require you to consider fertility issues at all.
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As the date of Zhao Han's accession to the throne approaches, Nanjing's public security management has become increasingly strict.
Hanlin Academy.
Liu Rushi was currently working on deleting the dictionary, and their first draft was typed back by Zhao Han. The entries for each word must be deleted as much as possible to make it as concise as possible so that beginners can understand it.
Use common Chinese instead of classical Chinese!
It was really tiring to revise this, even more tiring than when I first started compiling it.
"Xueshi Liu!"
A Hanlin Academy servant came over in a hurry and said in a low voice: "Your maid is here. There is something urgent at home. I want you to go back quickly."
Liu Rushi didn't know why, so he quickly walked out of the Hanlin Academy and saw the maid standing there with a happy face.
"What happened?" Liu Rushi asked.
The maid was a maid she hired in Nanjing. Now she lives in a rented house and has a cook at home.
The maid said happily: "Someone comes to the house to accept some gifts."
Liu Rushi smiled and said, "Just drive him away."
Nacai means asking for marriage, and only after the woman agrees does the birth date and horoscope begin.
When an emperor and a prince get married, they also have to go through this process.
The maid laughed softly and said: "He is someone sent by King Wu."
Liu Rushi was stunned for a moment, then smiled with a bit of disbelief on his face.
Except for the time when Zhao Han was on his own expedition, she had been corresponding with Zhao Han. They first talked about poetry and literature, and then talked about work content, such as compiling pinyin and dictionaries. Zhao Han kept giving instructions through letters.
Later, the correspondence became more casual, and we even talked about some interesting things in life.
Liu Rushi feels that her intimacy with Zhao Han is getting closer, but she has less and less expectations of marrying Zhao Han. After all, Zhao Han is the one who wants to be the emperor, and she herself is a famous prostitute.
Unexpectedly, it actually happened!
Liu Rushi took his maid, summoned two roadside sedans, and hurried back to the rental house in the sedans.
The recipient was also a female official, in her thirties, and brought a team of Wu Prince's personal guards. When she saw Liu Rushi, her face was full of smiles.
After the business was done, the female officer said: "Xueshi Liu, King Wu has an order. Even if you are conferred as a concubine, you can continue to work in the Hanlin Academy, but you will not be able to go out easily after the palace is repaired."
"Your Highness is interested." Liu Rushi was even more happy that she could finish compiling the dictionary.
The next day, the matter reached the Hanlin Academy, and Qian Qianyi and Zhang Pu came with everyone to congratulate him.
At the same time, he also avoided suspicion even more and did not dare to come within two steps. Even when discussing the compilation of the dictionary, he specially invited a third person and did not dare to talk to Liu Rushi alone.
Liu Rushi felt helpless about this, and she completely became an alien in the Imperial Academy.
That night, Liu Rushi drank alone, drank several glasses of rice wine, and wrote a poem while drunk. The content was a bit sad, but there was joy in the lines, and he started laughing as he wrote it.
For Zhao Han, one concubine and two concubines were enough, but since all the Fei sisters were concubines, one or two more women had to be selected as concubines.
Whether it's balancing or striking, this is no longer Zhao Han's chores.
In this case, of course, when choosing a concubine, you must choose someone who knows everything about her. Zhao Han thinks Liu Rushi is good. He likes her very much and has a good character. It doesn't matter what her background is.
Zhang Pu invited Qian Qianyi for the first time, and the two went to a brothel for tea.
Screening away the brothel woman, the two drank and chatted alone.
Zhang Pu lamented: "In one month, the dynasty will change."
"Yes," Qian Qianyi also lamented, "Looking back for decades, it feels like a dream. The struggle between the government and the opposition is really ridiculous. The Ming Dynasty is really gone."
Zhang Pu said: "This person at the moment must be a wise ruler. But he often does things out of line, which is unpredictable, and it is hard to predict whether it is a good thing or a bad thing. Academician Liu is naturally talented and beautiful, but his background... an ordinary emperor cannot do it.
come out."
Qian Qianyi laughed loudly: "Extraordinary people have their own extraordinary actions, which cannot be imagined by ordinary people. Who would have thought that instead of using eunuchs, he would use female officials instead? Female officials will definitely cause a lot of trouble. It depends on the future monarchs and ministers.
How to remedy and improve it.”
"Two or three generations later, I estimate that eunuchs will be used again." Zhang Pu couldn't help laughing.
Qian Qianyi said: "Why should we worry about things that will happen two or three generations later? Come and drink this cup!"
