Chapter 26: Compile documents!
With the deliberate spread of the news by Yangzhou officials, public opinion gradually fermented.
The "Preface to Farewell to Changbai of Youyang" that Chu Hong gave to Sheng Changbai when they got married caused a great sensation among officials and students all over the world.
This article vividly depicts the hardships that students go through in their studies. Students who have passed the imperial examinations will feel comforted when they read it and recall their hard years. Students who have not yet finished their studies will be greatly encouraged when they read it and regard it as a holy chapter of their friendship.
The impact and shock of this article was so great that it even exceeded Chu Hong's expectations.
The competition in the imperial examinations during the Zhou Dynasty was so fierce that every one of the students who passed the examination was a true genius.
Even if he was just a small scholar, he was someone who truly studied late into the night and had gone through years of hard study.
When it comes to studying, scholars have a high status and naturally have the opportunity to encounter more temptations. If you want to achieve success in your studies, you really have to endure the loneliness and temptation and study hard.
It can be said that all students and officials in the world, no matter what their character is, whether they are corrupt officials or honest officials, have had a difficult and uncomfortable experience in their studies, but no one can describe it in vivid language. The emergence of "Preface to Sending Off Changbai from Youyang" fills this gap. It is no wonder that students all over the world were shocked and regarded it as a sacred text.
For a time, Chu Hong's reputation reached a new level and became known to everyone.
It is no exaggeration to say that those who are well-known among scholars and students in the world are either world-renowned great scholars or prime ministers in the temple. The reputations of these people have been widely spread for more than ten years before they have achieved such an effect.
And Chu Hong has reached this level before he even reached twenty years old.
Chu Hong's reputation is so strong, and he is Han Zhang's only disciple. He is destined to be the leader of the Han faction in the future. Although many people have never seen Chu Hong, they have been secretly paying attention to him.
After all, with the foundation of a top scholar and being a disciple of a cabinet minister, the probability of him becoming a cabinet minister in the future is too high.
"The number one scholar Chu Zifeng, and the two master and apprentice standing in the snow at Han's door." This is about Chu Hong and Han Zhang, and the story has already spread throughout the world.
Whenever the minister Han Zhang is mentioned, someone will inevitably mention "Han Men Li Xue", which is extended to "Boring Ice to Catch Carp" and "Preface to Sending Off Changbai from Youyang".
These three stories are enough to make these people talk about them for a lifetime and will never fade away. This is actually how the stories of the officialdom came about.
As the character mentioned in the title and the final part of "Preface to Sending Off Changbai of Youyang", Sheng Changbai's reputation has greatly increased. Although it is not very exaggerated, it has barely reached the level of being known by everyone in the world.
After all, his name appears when reading "Preface to Sending Off Changbai from Youyang", and most people are happy to ask who this "Changbai" is.
Of course, the source of Sheng Changbai's fame is an article. People who specifically inquired know that this is Chu Hong's brother-in-law, and people who didn't specifically inquire knew that this was a person called Sheng Changbai. It was the name that became famous, not the person, so this can't be said to be truly famous throughout the world.
However, if Sheng Changbai passes the imperial examination or makes a great career as an official one day, and someone mentions the "Preface to Sending Off Changbai of Youyang" in the future, it will also be another good story.
Bianjing
In the early morning, the creaking sound of the carriage running on the flat stone road has a unique rhythm that makes people feel peaceful and calm.
Chu Hong sat quietly in the car, feeling a little excited. After a three-month vacation, today he would officially enter the court as an official and start his official career.
As the top scholar, Chu Hong was granted the position of editor of the sixth rank and was affiliated with the Hanlin Academy.
Today, he was preparing to report to the Hanlin Academy. He was wearing a green egret official uniform and a black leather belt, and looked quite energetic.
There are two types of clothing for civil officials in the Zhou Dynasty: casual clothes and official clothes. Casual clothes are usually worn in the office, while official clothes are usually used for court sessions and sacrificial ceremonies. They are similar to formal dress and are quite formal.
Therefore, Chu Hong's official uniform now looks very formal.
If it were under normal circumstances, it would not be necessary to be so formal when entering the Hanlin Academy for work, but since it was Chu Hong's first time to report, he wore his official uniform.
As soon as he entered the courtyard, Chu Hong saw many familiar figures, all of whom were first- and second-class Jinshi in the same year as him.
The top three in the first class will enter the Hanlin Academy, but there are certainly more than just the top three in the Hanlin Academy. In the Zhou Dynasty, the eighteenth place was admitted to the Hanlin Academy. In order to show respect for the Jinshi from the top three in the first class to the eighteenth place, people call them "the xxth place in the first class" according to their ranking.
For example, Sheng Changbai's "13th place in the first class" was actually the 10th place in the second class. This title was also to highlight the difference between the top 2nd class Jinshi who were qualified to enter the Hanlin Academy and other 2nd class Jinshi. It was essentially a form of flattery. In the Zhou Dynasty, only Jinshi could enter the Hanlin Academy, and only Hanlin could enter the cabinet.
Therefore, Jinshi is divided into four categories:
The first class is the top three, which are awarded as the No. 1, No. 2 and No. 3.
These three people will go through the process of entering the Hanlin Academy. Their future is limitless and they are the prime candidates for future cabinet ministers.
The second class is the top two, and those who are selected as Shujishi can study in the Hanlin Academy for three years.
After three years of further study, these top two-class Jinshi will take the exam again. The excellent ones will stay in the Hanlin Academy and officially become Hanlin officials like the top three, and move up the path of the first-class Hanlin.
These people will start their career three years later than the top three, but their path is the same as the top three, and they will also have the opportunity to become cabinet ministers in the future.
The third class is the second place after the eighteenth place.
These people had no chance to enter the Imperial Academy, but were sent to the six ministries, temples and other important departments for training. During the training period, they only had official ranks but no official positions. They had to wait until there was a vacancy of the same official rank in the department before they could officially become officials in Bianjing. In fact, they were just substitute laborers for Bianjing officials, and it was extremely difficult for them to get promoted during the substitute period.
The fourth class is the third-class Jinshi.
After the imperial examination, the top three Jinshi will be assigned to local departments in various provinces. In theory, if there are vacancies in official positions such as county magistrate or county magistrate, they can be filled later, but in reality, most of them start as ninth-rank officials like Sheng Hong. Most of them have mediocre prospects, and it is extremely difficult to get promoted without a strong background.
These four grades have, to a certain extent, differentiated the future of Jinshi. If a third- and fourth-grade Jinshi does not have Hanlin experience, it is basically impossible for him to become a cabinet minister in the future.
However, everything has a turning point. If these officials who did not enter the Hanlin Academy during the Jinshi period are promoted step by step from the local to the central government, and are valued by the emperor and selected as the main officials of the Hanlin Academy, they can also be regarded as having Hanlin experience and have the opportunity to enter the cabinet and become prime ministers.
Well. Actually, it doesn't matter whether this rule exists or not. In the more than one hundred years of the Zhou Dynasty, no one has really risen from the third-class Jinshi to the Cabinet Grand Secretary.
Chu Hong was the top scholar in the imperial examination, and he had Han Zhang as his teacher. As soon as he walked into the Hanlin Academy, many people came over to greet him. The officials in charge of welcoming him also stepped forward to guide Chu Hong to worship the statue of the saint.
After various formalities, Chu Hong's life of compilation officially began.
The main responsibility of the editor is to compile historical materials, which are generally divided into historical materials of the previous dynasty and the daily records of the current emperor.
The historical materials of the previous dynasties had already been excavated almost completely, and there was nothing rare there. Someone had also been responsible for the daily records of the current emperor, so Chu Hong's responsibility was to proofread the historical materials of the previous dynasties, that is, to see if there were any typos, any private opinions mixed in, or any political errors.
The life of a Hanlin scholar can be summed up in one word: leisurely!
There is no clear progress schedule for proofreading historical materials. Even if you only read one page in a month, no one can say anything.
Drink tea, read a book, and relax.
As a compiler of the sixth rank, Chu Hong did not have to do most of the proofreading work himself. He had many subordinates under him. These people were the main force in proofreading historical materials and were the ones who had a clear progress in proofreading.
Chu Hong was also amazed. Hanlin is often equated with nobility and now it seems that the reputation is well-deserved.
The experience in the Hanlin Academy is actually just a transition for the officials here. After three years of leisurely time, a bright future will naturally come to them.
In the following time, Chu Hong spent his days leisurely reading, drinking tea and making friends.
It is not an exaggeration to say that every official in the Hanlin Academy is a top talent. Less than twenty people are selected into the Hanlin Academy through the imperial examination held every three years. Each of them is naturally a real top talent. In the future, most of the high officials of the Great Zhou Dynasty will be these people.
Chu Honggui was the top scholar of the dynasty. He took the initiative to make friends. The Hanlin officials who usually looked extremely arrogant put aside their arrogance and looked extremely humble. Those who were not good at speaking suddenly became enthusiastic.
In this way, time passed day by day
ps: In the original work by Sheng Changbai, it is indeed ranked thirteenth in the first class, but this is not quite the same as the commonly known first class, so there are some minor changes.
I have also seen everyone's opinions on Chapter 6, and will try to revise it this afternoon. Sorry, sorry, today is also k, to express my apologies.
(End of this chapter)