Of course, the palace examination is not about selecting the top scorer and determining the second scorer and Tanhua. All candidates in the future must also be ranked first, second and third grade. First grade is generally called Jinshi and second grade. Second grade is given the Jinshi, and third grade is the same Jinshi.

Don’t underestimate this ranking. The rankings of first, second, and third grade basically determine the future of candidates.

The first class usually goes directly to the Hanlin Academy, the top scholar is the editor of the Hanlin Academy, the second scholar and Tanhua are the editor of the Hanlin Academy, and the others are the Shujishi. These are actually short-term positions. Entering the Hanlin Academy means that you have the qualifications to be a senior official. When the local or central middle and senior positions are vacant, you will usually select people from the Hanlin Academy to subsidize them. In the Ming Dynasty, there was a regulation that "no entry to the cabinet unless you are a Hanlin Academy", which means that you don't want to enter the cabinet if you are not from the Hanlin Academy.

Secondary school usually takes the exam for Shujishi and strives to enter the Hanlin Academy. If the exam fails, they will be directly awarded official positions. They are usually sixth and seventh ranks under the Qing officials of the six ministries, or prosecutors and judges of various prefectures. Of course, some are lucky enough to be appointed as the judiciary, that is, the sixth rank and the various supervisors. Although these two censors are only in the seventh rank, they have great power. They have mentioned it before, so I will not repeat it here. In short, Secondary school is still a bit promising.

The third grade is different. They usually directly delegate local governments to serve as county magistrates or seventh-rank officials at the first level of the prefecture. Unless they make amazing political achievements in their lives, they will have to be transferred all over the country, and they will survive to the sixth-rank official and will never be able to reach the next level again.

Of course, these refer to local candidates in the Ming Dynasty. This Dingchou Palace Examination is not only candidates from the Ming Dynasty, but also candidates from vassal states such as Korea, Japan and Ryukyu. Although their future is not necessarily the same as those of the Ming Dynasty candidates, they will be affected more or less by rankings. If you run back and don’t look at the rankings and randomly get the officials, you will be able to get the positions of the third and second grades and Jinshi higher than those of the second grades or Jinshi who will be given the first grades or Jinshi. They will probably go to the Ming Dynasty to make a complaint, and then the Ming Dynasty will have to deal with those vassal kings and kings. Who is going to let you mess around!

This time, because the number of candidates more than doubled, the quota of the third grade has also been adjusted accordingly. In the past, the Ming Dynasty generally selected the first grade Jinshi and the tenth place. The second grade was awarded 100 Jinshi, and the third grade was given nearly 200 Jinshi. This time, the first grade was awarded 20 Jinshi, the second grade was given 20 Jinshi, and the second grade was given 20 Jinshi, and the third grade was given 20 Jinshi, and the third grade was given 400 Jinshi.

Zhu Cijiu did not come by the ranking of the Jinshi, but almost all of them were determined according to the standards of the strategy. After all, candidates from Japan, Korea and Ryukyu had to be distracted from studying the language and culture of their own country. They spent much less time studying the Four Books and Five Classics than candidates from the Ming Dynasty, and their level was naturally limited. Therefore, the first and second grades were almost all local candidates from the Ming Dynasty. The candidates from Japan, North Korea and Ryukyu were basically the third grade.

In order to comfort these candidates who came from the vassal states, Zhu Cijing specially left two positions for Japan and North Korea in the first class, and twenty positions for Japan and North Korea in the second class. As for Ryukyu, there were only a few dozen candidates in total, and less than ten Jinshi were given. It would be almost the same for a second class quota, and the rest were all in the third class.

The palace examination is over, but all the candidates who took the palace examination did not leave the capital immediately. Zhu Cijiu also tried his best to prepare a series of activities for them.

First, Zhu Cijing asked the Ministry of Rites to prepare a big red book for all candidates of this class, which is their "Jinshi Certificate". The covers were printed with three rows of gold-plated characters:

The upper left corner of the first row is printed with the first grade of the Ding Chou Chronicle in the Ming Dynasty, the second grade of the Ding Chou Chronicle in the Ming Dynasty, and the third grade of the Ding Chou Chronicle in the Ming Dynasty;

The second row is printed with the Jinshi and the Jinshi, and the Jinshi origin is given respectively;

The lower right corner of the third row is uniformly printed with the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, and the Imperial College was amnesty.

The candidates' names, ages and hometowns are written separately. They are also covered with seals from the Ministry of Rites of the Ming Dynasty, the Imperial College of the Ming Dynasty and the Emperor Chongzheng Zhu Cijiong. They are bright red and look very beautiful.

In fact, candidates from the Ming Dynasty did not need this thing at all, because the Ministry of Rites and the Ministry of Personnel both have their files. You can tell when you are promoted. However, candidates from Korea, Japan and Ryukyu are different. This is their official position, especially those from North Korea and Ryukyu. They are vassal states, and officials are appointed and removed by vassal kings. Once this thing is taken back, the vassal kings must be given a seventh-rank county magistrate. Of course, depending on the rare number of Jinshi in the two countries, they are likely to be magistrates, prefects or even six ministers.

As for the Japanese candidates, because they are vassal states, all their positions are appointed and removed by the Ministry of Personnel of the Ming Dynasty. The symbolic significance of this thing is greater than the actual significance. However, being able to return such a gold-toned red book is also a cost of showing off. Taking it back to show off in front of relatives and friends is also a great deal of face.

Zhu Cijiu had already made arrangements for the appointment and removal of Japanese officials. He asked the Ministry of Personnel to directly reorganize the Japanese court according to the Ming Dynasty's civil service system. Those left ministers, right ministers, internal ministers, foreign ministers, grand nayan, middle nayan, small nayan, etc. were all exempted from them and changed to the title and position of the Ming Dynasty. At least North Korea had a title and position once. No one in Japan had the reputation of the Jinshi in the Ming Dynasty before, so this time the candidates were basically high-ranking officials of the six ministries and were at the level of the prefecture and prefecture. It would be considered unlucky to be a county magistrate.

The next day, Zhu Cijing specially recruited all the Jinshi to Huangji Hall, and handed over the "Jinshi Certificate" to them, and everyone encouraged them. It was nothing more than being diligent as an official, being honest and honest, being loyal to the emperor and patriotism, etc. Don't underestimate this ceremony. In the future, these Jinshi will deeply remember today's scene. The majesty of His Majesty the Emperor of the Ming Dynasty will always be engraved in their hearts.

Zhu Cijing wanted to let them understand that the emperor of the Ming Empire was the real co-lord of the world, and the vassal kings belonged to the king and were just the princes under his command.

After the Dingchou imperial examination was over, many juren from vassal states did not return to work. They all chose to stay at the Daming Academy of Literature and Arts to continue their studies, striving to be nominated for the Golden List in three years. This is also a benefit given to them by Zhu Cijing. All juren from vassal states, who fail the imperial examination and do not achieve the title of Jinshi, can apply to stay at the Daming Academy of Literature and Arts, and the Ming Dynasty will provide free food and accommodation.

This will cost a lot of money, and even the Daming Academy of Liberal Arts and Sciences will expand the dormitory because of this, but Zhu Cijing didn't care about this little money at all. He wanted to downplay the influence of the vassal kings and kings in this way, and strengthen the sense of belonging to the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Cijiong believed that after this lasted for decades or even hundreds of years, even if the vassal kings and the kings wanted to make an independent career, no one would win him off, and the Ming Dynasty would be as stable as a rock.
Chapter completed!