As soon as Zhao Si's question came out, everyone present had different expressions. Lv Yihao, the right servant of Shangshu Province and the Shangshu of the Ministry of Personnel, turned a little pale.
Zhang Shuye stood up and explained: "Your Majesty, the situation is like this."
"Every year, after half a year of studying in the Hanlin Academy, some of the candidates who take the national examination will stay in the First Academy of the Three Provinces and the Fourth Academy of Xuanhui to serve, and a large part will need to be sent to the counties to serve. There are rich and poor in each county, and they are far away from home.
Recently, everyone has their own demands. Previously, the Ministry of Civil Affairs and the Administration Department made unified distribution, which gave some people room for personal gain and fraud."
"Both Master Zong and Shen Si know that the Quanzheng Department has always been the hardest hit area for the civil service department. Two Du Si, four Zuo Si and more than a dozen Qian officials have been investigated successively."
Zongze and Guo Yong both nodded in agreement.
Zhang Shuye glanced at Lu Yihao and continued: "After Yuan Zhi took charge of the Ministry of Personnel, he was determined to solve this shortcoming. He thought about it and decided on this measure. After the national examination, those who need to direct the county to gather in one place after training.
Draw lots in public and go to whichever county you draw."
"So that's it." Zhao seemed to understand.
In the 20 years since the New Deal, the imperial examination has been transformed into a national examination, forming an elite admissions system based on school education. Moreover, after 20 years of replacement, those who originally became officials through Jinshi, legacy, recommendation, etc. have been eliminated several times, and the remaining
There are not many students who pass the national examination, and those who take the national examination have become the mainstream.
At the same time, the petty officials who were directly promoted from the subordinate clerk's office to full-time positions gradually retired. However, according to the existing official system, various bureaus and departments of state and county offices require a large number of clerks. These low-level and eighth- and ninth-grade petty officials,
It is not appropriate to rely solely on those who have passed the national examination.
First, the number of candidates for the national examination is not large. There are only a few hundred people in each session. These people are the elites of the Song Dynasty. Using them as minor officials is too wasteful under the current circumstances. There is still a huge shortage of officials in the Song Dynasty.
Especially for judicial officers, a large number of candidates for the national examination are filling this hole.
Therefore, during Cai Bian's tenure as prime minister, the official system was supplemented.
The Establishment and Establishment Regulations Office of each county compiles statistics once a year and reports the number of official vacancies in the prefectures and counties under its jurisdiction to the Provincial Establishment and Establishment Regulations General Administration. After approval, each county holds a county examination to recruit officials according to a quota.
The county examination is presided over by the Chief Secretary of the county and held under the supervision of the Inspector General. The Provincial Examination Yuan and the Metropolitan Inspector Yuan will select personnel to supervise the examination. The recruitment targets are graduates of certain majors from universities and colleges with no household registration in the county.
The county examination is divided into subjects A and B. Subject A is for political affairs officers, and subject B is for special affairs officers, that is, teachers.
It’s just that teachers who pass the secondary examination of subject B in the county examination must start teaching in elementary school. They must wait five years to take the “rank promotion examination” and pass the examination before they can become teachers in middle schools.
Those who pass the National Entrance Examination in Section C will start by becoming teachers in middle schools.
Candidates who have passed the county examination in Section A will study for half a year in a training class specially set up by the county university, and will be assigned to various states and counties to serve as grassroots officials. They will start as junior officials and work their way up through the ranks.
After serving for three years, civil servants are eligible to take the "promotion examination" of the Examination Yuan in each county, also called the academy examination. Before the age of forty, they are eligible to participate. If they have not passed the examination after reaching the age of forty, they can only accept their fate.
, worked hard and worked hard until he reached the ninth rank and became an official.
If you are lucky, you can become an official at the eighth level.
Those who pass the college examination enter the Hanlin Academy to study for half a year, cross the first hurdle, and become a seventh-rank official. They start from the same starting point as those who passed the national examination and start the transition to success - it is hard work to get through the qualifications and pass the examination.
It’s about achieving political achievements.
Although in the well-known "hidden rules", those who take the national examination have much more opportunities and will be promoted much faster. However, the officials who take the county examination have the opportunity to pass the college examination, which is the same as those who take the national examination.
Stand on the same starting line.
As for the possibility of falling behind in subsequent promotions, that is also fate, but at least we can move forward on this track.
After twenty years of continuous correction and adjustment, if you want to enter the official career in the Song Dynasty, there are two ways: the county examination and the national examination.
For both pathways, one must complete five years of primary school and four years of middle school national education, and then be admitted to a university or junior college. Only after two to four years of graduation can one be eligible to take the county examination and the national examination.
According to regulations, graduating students have a four-year window period. They usually take the National Examination A in the first year and apply for judicial officers.
Judicial officers are the most difficult to pass and are also the most valuable. Judicial officers can easily transfer to administrative affairs officers, which gives them a lot of room for movement. However, those who have not passed the entrance examination in Section A cannot become judicial officers.
If you don't pass the mid-term exam the first time, you will apply for the B-level national examination in the second year and apply for the administrative officer exam. If you still don't pass, you may continue to apply for the B-level exam in the third year, or take the county examination in Fushu County.
If you don't hit the target the third time, you have to be careful.
Either apply for subject C of the national examination and become a middle school teacher by becoming a special officer; or directly apply for subject B of the county examination, or change to a remote county to take subject A of the county examination - in remote counties, there are fewer people applying, and the chances are much greater.
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If you haven't passed the exam for the fourth time, it means you are very unlucky - the admission rate for Section C of the National Examination is very high, and the admission rate for Section B of the County Examination is as high as 80%. You haven't passed the exam yet...
At the end of the four-year period, students lost their qualifications for the county examination and the national examination, and could only work honestly in trading companies, factories and other commercial and industrial jobs. After twenty years of changes, the atmosphere of the Song Dynasty was changing, but the elites who studied in universities
, more than 70% of the people’s first choice is to pursue an official career.
At present, the main talent source for Dasong trading companies, factories, transshipment, maritime and other commercial industries is still vocational schools and colleges.
Vocational colleges specialize in recruiting primary school graduates - it is not compulsory education now. Primary school is admitted to middle school, and the admission rate is only 30% to 40%. Vocational colleges give a future to many students who cannot pass the middle school entrance examination.
Vocational colleges require four to five years of study and will train students to become qualified technical workers, cashiers, helmsmen, and sailors... Vocational colleges are another option for students who take the joint entrance examination after graduating from middle school and fail to enter university.
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After three years of study, they will be trained to become qualified technicians, accountants, navigators, second officers... Because the imperial court has specially set many restrictions, only some majors can participate in the national and county examinations, so a large number of junior colleges
Graduates will go into industry and commerce.
There is also a very special group - doctors. They are all outstanding talents who have completed national education and taken the joint entrance examination to enter various medical schools or military medical schools.
After graduation, they need to take the "Doctor Qualification Examination" hosted and supervised by the Shangshu Provincial Examination Yuan, jointly organized by the Medical Institute of the Academy of Sciences and the Military Medical Bureau of the Privy Council Joint Service Headquarters. Once passed, military doctors become deputy lieutenant officers, and ordinary doctors become special officers.
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Every detail of the New Deal official system reform flashed through Zhao Si's mind. He was very considerate of the difficulties faced by Zhang Shuye, Changsun Moli and Lu Yihao.
It is necessary to ensure fairness and justice, but also to be efficient and get things done. It is indeed necessary to weigh the pros and cons and take everything into consideration. And when executing, you need to be courageous and not stagnate because of obstacles.
"I can understand your difficulties. Yanyou, please tell me about the situation of the person outside."
Xu Huiyan quickly replied: "Your Majesty, the troublemaker is named Wang Wenjia. He is from Suzhou, Jiangdong. He is a graduate of Chengjun University School of Political Science. He passed the national examination last year and completed his training period this year. When the county was divided, he wanted to return to Jiangdong County. I heard that
He also spent a lot of thought and relied on a lot of connections. It was just a matter of drawing lots by county. This is an iron rule of the official department and no one can be exempted from it..."
"Wang Wenjia was drawn to Yunling County and burst into tears on the spot, saying that he had old parents at home who needed support and did not dare to stay away... He begged the officials of the Ministry of Civil Affairs and Administration, but could not get the solution, so he thought of a way,
Use the waist badge issued during the training period to observe politics and sneak into the Donghua Gate..."
"I asked Wang Wenjia just now, and he said that the drawing of lots was unfair and that the officials did not consider his difficulties... so he took the risk to come to the cabinet and wanted to make a complaint to the cabinet elder or the officials."
"Chen Qing? Why does he have the face to complain? The drawing of lots is unfair, so what is fair? I see, what is in line with his wishes is fair, and what is not in line with his wishes is unfair and cheating! He has difficulties and difficulties, and he cannot go to Yun.
Ling, then others deserve to go? Why is he an official? I don’t think he is here to repay the emperor’s favor, to do his duty for the country, and to benefit the people. I think he is here to enjoy happiness!”
After saying that, Zhao Si pointed at Yu Wenxuzhong and Yu Huatian. The two came forward and whispered a few words in their ears. Zhao Si asked a few more questions softly, and the two answered a few more in turn.
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Zhao Si nodded and made up his mind: "Yan You, go out and take that Wang Wenjia away and tell him that I have deprived him of his qualifications for the pilot examination and will never be employed! Tell him to go back and support his parents! Don't tell him when he is studying.
Support your parents. When you go to the national examination, you don’t say support, but when you are selected to go to Yunling County, you say you will support your parents. Then you can support me well, and you don’t have to be an official!"
Xu Huiyan responded, turned around and went out.
"Your Majesty—" Lu Yihao just said something, but Zhao Si waved his hand to stop him.
"Yuanzhi, you don't need to say it. I trust you and the officials under your rule. If there is any fraud or injustice, there will be the Shangshu Provincial Administration Bureau, the Provincial General Administration Department, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and the Zhongshu Provincial General Administration.
You can expose and complain about any situation. But Wang Wenjia didn’t go anywhere and came directly to the cabinet to have a try. What does it mean?”
Zhao Si looked around at everyone.
"It shows that he has a guilty conscience and can only rely on making trouble to bet that the cabinet bosses do not want to make things worse. Even a top student at the School of National Science and Technology at Sungkyun University has used his intelligence in crooked ways. If such a person really becomes an official, it will be unreasonable.