My Sisters Excel in Both Literary and Martial Arts - Chapter 277

[Chapter 274: Bachelor of Bohol (Third update)]

“Mr. Jing, I see you are not in a hurry. Do you have ideas about the official position for a long time, but you just don’t want to tell us?”

Chen Jiannan looked at Jing Zhe and the two women more and more. His eyebrows grew angrier and angrier, and he was so angry that he forgot the experience of being slapped in the face every time he saw Jing Zhe. Finally he couldn’t help it anymore and ended up questioning Jing Zhe.

“Brother Chen, I’m not as powerful as you. My requirements are not high. I can just give it to someone with a bigger official position, more rights, but less things to do.”

Jing Zhe didn’t take it seriously and said casually. .

“…”

Is this not too demanding?

You just want to ask to be the emperor directly!

Chen Jiannan sneered, thinking that he was only good at poetry and didn’t know much about officialdom. How could he miss this opportunity to show off?

Oh, today is my chance to make a comeback!

“Mr. Jing is overthinking it. I told my cousin just now that if we want to become officials in the court, there are only two choices. It’s just a doctorate in Taixue and a bachelor’s degree. By the way, I am the first in the exam. , I can choose one of them, but you, because you did not take the college entrance examination and only won the first place in the Poetry Association, you can only be a bachelor!”

This is not Chen Jiannan’s random talk, but the result based on the rules of these years.

“Grand Scholar? It’s okay. Like the Grand Scholar of Song Dynasty, you can always appear by His Majesty’s side. How great!”

“Mr. Jing, you think too much!”

Chen Jiannan shook his head and said with some disdain: “You think Can all the Grand Scholars be like the Great Scholar of the Song Dynasty? In the entire Anguo, there is only one Second-rank Imperial Scholar, the Great Scholar of the Song Dynasty. My father was only a Fourth-rank Scholar of the Wenyuan in his whole life. Do you think that the Great Scholar Is it that easy to do? “

It turns out that there are many officials called Grand Scholars in Anguo, but there are many grades among Grand Scholars. For example, the highest is the second-grade Hanlin Grand Bachelor, followed by the third-grade Wuying Grand Bachelor, and the fourth-grade Wenshi. There are the Yuan University Bachelor and the fifth-grade Wenhua University Bachelor. The lowest grade is the sixth-grade Bohe University Bachelor.

After all, a bachelor is actually a senior secretary who assists the emperor. He is similar to the prime minister. However, he is mainly responsible for the advance review of memorials and the review of memorials issued by the emperor. Therefore, a bachelor is required to not only have excellent literary skills. , but also the ability to predict and judge national events in advance.

However, the only person who had direct contact with Emperor An was Song Jimao, the Hanlin bachelor. The other bachelors had a clear division of labor and served their superior bachelors.

Under the lowest level of Sixth Grade Bao and Grand Bachelor, there is actually a kind of unranked Grand Bachelor. Most of these people are selected from those who failed the annual general examination, and they are responsible for some chores.

For example, during the Mid-Autumn Poetry Festival, the two young bachelors who stopped Jing Zhe outside the gate of Wuxian Garden fell into this category.

I don’t know whether it was to popularize science for Jing Zhe or to show off his profound knowledge. Chen Jiannan talked boastfully and explained the position of bachelor to Jing Zhe from beginning to end.

Jing Zhe almost wanted to thank him.

So he curiously asked: “Since Brother Chen is so familiar with this, he should also know what positions are arranged by His Majesty, right?”

Chen Jiannan was a little proud, “Sixth-grade Bachelor of Baohe!”

“Bachelor of Baohe? The one at the bottom?” Not so good!”

Hearing this, Jing Zhe shook his head, very disappointed.

So what’s the point of being the first in the Mid-Autumn Poetry Club and getting such a small official position?

But it also made him understand how determined Yu Zecheng was when he said that Lord Protector Yu Sheng could win him a fourth- or even third-grade official position!

From the sixth grade to the third grade, there is more than one natural chasm in between!

“Not so good? Why don’t you go to heaven?”

Chen Jiannan couldn’t help but said, “You think the sixth grade of Baobao and the Grand Bachelor are small, how many more grades do you want?”

“Oh, the last one should be the fifth grade, right?” “

He also heard that the fifth rank is the dividing line between the hierarchical power of Anguo officials. If you cross this line, your future will be bright.

“Fifth rank?”

Chen Jiannan sneered, “Is it so easy for you to get a fifth-rank official position? When my cousin participated in the poetry competition, she became a blockbuster, but in the end she only got a sixth-rank official position. Two years later, she was promoted because of her outstanding performance. She has been promoted to the fifth rank and is now a fifth-rank official. She has already broken many records in Anguo and has become the youngest fifth-rank official in Anguo. “Why, do you still want to break her record?”

Chen Jiannan asked first. He mocked Jing Zhe for a while, and then turned the flames of war on Zhu Xinning, thinking that you would never dare to boast that you were better than your sister, right?

The more I think about it, the more rational I feel.

But before Jing Zhe could reply, Zhu Xinning said calmly: “It is very common for a younger brother to surpass an older sister. Moreover, Zhe’er has made great contributions this time. He is not someone who can compare with the first place in the examination. Even if your Majesty really gives a A fifth-grade official position, that’s what it should be!”

“…”

Seeing Zhu Xinning defending Jing Zhe in this way, Chen Jiannan was envious and jealous, and his face turned red.

Because Emperor An blocked the news, he didn’t know about Jing Zhe’s massive defeat of the Southern Qi Yinlu Army in the competition field, so the analysis was biased.

Seeing that the discussion was getting more and more intense, Zhu Tong intervened at the right time: “Jiannan, you are very confident after listening to your words. Have you planned everything after becoming a bachelor of Bohol?”

Chen Jiannan immediately said confidently: “Actually, that’s right. It’s not really a plan, I just want to do more and learn more!”

“Good point!”

Zhu Tong praised: “Although the rank of the Grand Bachelor of Bohe is not high, he is responsible for a lot of trivial matters. Moreover, most of the current Grand Bachelors of Bohe are old officials sent from the local area and have no ambitions. , living in it, there are fewer and fewer people as enlightened as Jiannan!”

Chen Jiannan felt a little excited after being praised by Zhu Tong.

“Actually, the more you learn and do more, the faster you will progress. I once determined that within five years I would be promoted to the first rank and become a fifth-rank Wenhua bachelor! Then in the age of forty, I would become a fourth-rank Wenyuan bachelor!”

Chen Jiannan spoke with emotion, but Jing Zhe fell into a drowsy state and yawned several times, which happened to be seen by Chen Jiannan.

“It seems that Mr. Jing has high ambitions and low intentions. I’m afraid he will be disappointed when he goes to court tomorrow. But don’t worry, Mr. Jing. From now on, you and I will become colleagues. With our relationship, I can help you more. And after I am promoted, I will take more care of you!”

When talking about “relationship”, Chen Jiannan deliberately glanced at Zhu Xinning, showing a sense of superiority.

However, both Zhu Tong and Zhu Xinning had strange expressions. They looked at Chen Jiannan with sympathy in their eyes.

“Okay, brother Chen, don’t say anything. Let’s drink!”

Seeing that the sky was getting dark and it was almost time to go home, Jing Zhe, who had filled his stomach, felt that it was time to get drunk.

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(End of this chapter)