On the third day of the April 19th, it was almost dawn, and Li Ling had already washed up and stopped working, had breakfast, and was about to go out.

"Brother, wait." At this time, Yue'er hurriedly ran out of the inner courtyard. The little girl had just gotten up, her hair was scattered behind her. At this moment, she didn't care about her image. She rushed to her brother quickly and handed over a small sachet, "Brother, you're going to the yamen for the first time today, so you have to be fine."

Li Ling smiled and took the sachet from his sister: "It turns out that this is the gift you have been saying two days ago to give me the gift you took over?"

"Well, I finally made this. It was embroidered by Yue'er. Brother, do you like it?" Yue'er raised her face and looked at her brother with anticipation. Li Ling put this small sachet that might not seem so exquisite to her waist, and put it on the jade token that she had just received. Then she said, "Since Yue'er, you made it for me, I am of course happy. But don't just focus on making these female reds at home next. You have to read and write more books, but don't forget the agreement between us."

"Brother, don't worry. Yue'er works hard at home and will definitely not embarrass you, this Tanhua." Yue'er said, waving her fist, looking really cute.

Seeing this, Li Ling reached out and squeezed her pink face lightly: "Then go back and wash up quickly, you see, everyone is watching you."

"Ah..." Yue'er then remembered the messy look she had just woken up. After screaming, she quickly turned around and ran to the backyard, complaining, "It's all your fault!" But Li Ling laughed. It was not until she saw her sister passing through the moon gate between the front and back yards that she walked out of the yard and boarded the carriage that had been waiting outside. Li Moyun, who was at the shaft of the carriage, smiled and said, "Moyun, let's go."

As Li Moyun's wrist trembled slightly, the horse whip blew on the horse's back, the two horses accelerated forward, and took the not-too-large carriage forward along the narrow alley, and soon turned into Benfang Long Street and headed towards the imperial city to the north.

The whole month of March is the new Jinshi.

Whether it is the most anticipated final palace examination, the subsequent announcement of the list and parade of horses, the subsequent meeting of the palace and the Qionglin banquet, these new Jinshi became the focus of everyone and were incredibly glorious.

Even after the Qionglin Banquet, many famous Jinshi were not short of social engagements, and they could receive invitations from various powerful figures in Luoyang City to the banquet almost every day. Even those like Li Ling who did not like social engagements could not refuse the enthusiastic invitations from their seniors and fellow villagers. They could only appear in various residences for several days, drinking in the same hall with those high-ranking officials and nobles who were far higher than themselves, and their seats were far more than those of those who had already had official positions. They deservedly became the focus of everyone's praise.

Such glorious days lasted half a month, and it was not until March was over that their halo of new Jinshi was truly faded. Next, they had to work hard for a longer official life in the future.

As the third-year senior official in the imperial examination, Li Ling could choose a much wider range of official positions than in the same year. According to the rules of this dynasty, ordinary Jinshi could take three paths of official positions, the most precious of which was to enter the Hanlin Academy, continue to study in it as a Hanlin Academy, and then cultivate his hopes by compiling and studying history books, improve his own abilities, and finally make the emperor pay attention to himself through the monthly lectures, so as to ascend to heaven, become a close minister of the emperor, and even go straight to the center!

This is naturally the ideal future for many readers who only read the books of sages and turn a blind eye to the outside world. However, there are also shortcomings. The first point is that the conditions for entering the Hanlin Academy are quite harsh. Only by passing a few rigorous exams and confirming their talents can they enter it. Of course, there are exceptions. For example, the first three people can enter the Hanlin Academy without taking the exam.

The second point is that the word "Qinggui" is the word "Qinggui". Hanlin is a real Qingshui yamen. Apart from compiling historical books or accompanying the emperor and the prince to study, there is no actual job. In this way, you can only rely on that little salary to make a living. In a big city like Luoyang, this is naturally a big problem.

The third and most important point is that the Hanlins are actually not easy to make a comeback. Even if we do not mention the strict regulations that have become increasingly abolished, the strict regulations that this dynasty emphasized earlier that "no entry to the center of the Jingzhou Prefecture" was not easy for these Hanlins who had been studying the scriptures to really gain the attention of the emperor. Although there are always lectures every month, they have to be qualified for the seniority, let alone who can be sure that what they say can really win the will of the emperor?

So after all, the Hanlin nobles are nobles, and they have few disputes with other officials, not involved in party disputes, and have more than one's own protection, but they are not enterprising. Perhaps you have won a safe and long-term life. Maybe you have studied history for twenty or thirty years, and rely on your qualifications to become the second-in-command official of the Six Ministry or other yamen one day.

However, this is obviously not the yamen that Li Ling hoped to enter. Although Xu Cang was admitted to the Hanlin Academy in the subsequent Hanlin exam - this was also his long-cherished wish - Li Ling refused the invitation to enter the Hanlin Academy without the examination, and decided to make a choice from the latter two.

The second way is to enter the Censorate and become a censor. This is also an excellent choice for many new Jinshi officials, especially those young people who have no background and passionate blood. Because the censor wants to be able to criticize current ills and point out the faults of some people inside and outside the court. As long as you say it right and well, even if you refute the powerful and nobles in the court, you don’t have to be at all burdened - at least that’s what the law says, after all, the speaker is not guilty, and even if you say it wrong, you will not be responsible.

Therefore, like Hanlin, censors are also regarded as the Qingliu among the essay officials, and are the first choice for countless new Jinshi. Because everyone knows that this Censorate is more of a springboard. As long as you make a name for it, you can be transferred to other better yamen to serve as officials in a few years, and then move up faster. Wearing a purple and purplish head and a beam of harp may not be a dream.

Of course, like Hanlin, censors also have their own shortcomings, that is, they have certain dangers. Although Dayue always emphasizes that the speaker is innocent, if you really offend some big bosses in the court for some impeachment words, or even today's son, you will definitely have a price to pay. And the open and secret arrows in the officialdom are not something that these young people with only passionate blood can be wary of. At that time, as long as you make a mistake, it will be a terrible end.

What's even more terrible is that the identity of censors makes it difficult for them to truly be independent of the court's party struggles. Naturally, they will be swept by different forces and become swords in the hands of those high-ranking masters. In the end, they will be involved in the fight, and it will be unpredictable to live or die.

Li Ling may not be very clear about the disadvantages of censors, but he does not have any favors for these guys who only know how to talk and specifically pick people wrong. In his eyes, the so-called censors and censors are no different from some "public intellectuals" in later generations. They can do everything if they say it. When it is time to do it, they are all caught and can't do anything except bad things.

So he also PASSed the second choice very simply. In this way, there was only the third option left - to observe politics in a certain yamen for several months, and then based on his performance in the past few months, the yamen boss decided whether to keep someone to serve, but the initiative was completely transferred to others.

This is the so-called pragmatic "turbid current" mentioned by civil servants, which is a more difficult road in sharp contrast with the Hanlin and censors in the first two paths. Because most of the people who choose this path are those who do not perform well in the imperial examination, or simply are the senior Jinshi and even those who are waiting to be elected as officials. Therefore, in the eyes of Qingliu, who thinks he is superior to others, officials who take this path naturally become turbid current.

Since it is a turbid current, dirty and tiring work is naturally inevitable. Once something goes wrong during the job, the boss will naturally throw the blame down. In the end, the unlucky one is likely to be the new Jinshi who have just entered the yamen to observe politics. Although you were in great honor last month, once you lose the halo of the new Jinshi and really enter the officialdom, you will be nothing and can only become the lowest level in the yamen...

Of course, this path is not entirely a disadvantage. Although there is a saying that in the officialdom, do more mistakes, do less mistakes, and do not do well, there is also a certain chance that you will have a contribution to get what you do right, and soar to the sky! However, this probability is still much greater than taking the blame in the end.

Therefore, when Li Ling, the highly anticipated new science Tanhua, resolutely chose the third path and told the officials of the Ministry of Personnel's Wenxuan Department's decision, the official was stunned for a while before he responded. After asking him again and still getting the same answer, the official of the Ministry of Personnel said the vacancies in the two yamen after looking at him, and asked Li Ling to choose the Ministry of Justice and the Ministry of Revenue.

This naturally has no doubts for Li Ling. No matter from any aspect, he could not choose the former. Without any hesitation, he proposed that he was willing to observe politics from the Ministry of Revenue.

As a result, two days later, Li Ling rushed to the Ministry of Revenue and began his first official position in his official career. Although in a sense, he is not a formal official of the Ministry of Revenue, he believes that he will definitely make a career in this important yamen that is important to the court, the country, and the people of the world.

At least when he came to the gate of the Ministry of Revenue, he still thought so in his heart.
Chapter completed!