On the Tongji Canal, ships were shuttled, and steamships with chimneys sprayed with thick smoke, loaded with cargo and personnel sailed towards their destination. On the official ship with the hull number "Yangguan Bashiwu", in the conference room, Wei Fuzhang, the chief clerk of the Jiaozhou General Administration Office who came to Beijing to report his work, was having a discussion with several officials who also came to Beijing to report his work.

Among the officials here, there is another one from Jiaozhou, namely Fengzhou chief clerk Yuan Yi, and Wei Fuzhao, as the chief clerk of the General Administration, is his superior. Now they are coming to Beijing together, and the two feel like they are transformed.

They were all very young and had just entered the official career and chose to take office in Jiaozhou, a smoky place, in order to take advantage of their own risky places in exchange for progress in their careers.

Now, they bring their families to Beijing to report their duties. After being evaluated by the Ministry of Personnel, they will inevitably be promoted, either working in Zhongzhou or becoming officials in the six ministries. This is faster than the progress of their careers in the "same year".

Because Wei Fuzhuo and Yuan Yi came from Jiaozhou, the Jiangnan officials on the same boat were very interested in asking about the customs and customs of Jiaozhou. Sima Wu Dou, Sima of Jiangzhou, had met Wei Fuzhuo several times before, and asked the other party about the current situation in Jiaozhou.

Jiangzhou is the original place where Jiankang in the south of the Yangtze River is located, and looks across the river from Yangzhou. Every spring, when the southeast wind blows, sea ships from the south berth berth in Guangling, bringing various news about the Ridge and the South Ocean. Wu Dou certainly heard of this.

He heard that the Yeyu Water flowing into Jiaozhou from Nanzhong was red. It is said that because of the transaction of Shengkou, a large number of Shengkou died during transportation, and was then discarded in the water, and the blood stained the river water.

Of course, this kind of thing is nonsense. The land along Yeyushui is mostly red soil. When the rain comes, mud and water enter the river, which will naturally turn the river water into red. After a brief explanation of Wei Fuzhuo, the officials present suddenly realized.

The Yeyu Water originates from Yeyuze in the central and western regions, flows to the southeast, passes through Jiaozhou and winds thousands of miles.

Since the General Administration of Steamship Investment and Merchants established a branch in Jiaozhou, there were also steamers on Yeyushui. The fleet from Longbian could directly reach the area near Yeyuze, which was the territory of the Zhuzhao. Now there are official troops building cities and guarding the Zhuzhao, directly taking over the Zhuzhao under his rule and implementing bans.

There were also caravans stationed in Yeyuze and carried out border markets with the imperial edicts, which made a lot of gains.

The imperial edict is transliterated by the local barbarians, which means tribes. Wei Fuzhuo thinks that there is nothing worth paying attention to in these southwest barbarians, and the officials here are not interested. They are more interested in the customs and customs of Jiaozhou.

As the scale of plantations in the jurisdiction of the Jiaozhou General Administration continues to expand, a large amount of sucrose and rice are exported outward, and more and more merchants are traveling between Jiaozhou and the Central Plains, so the situation in Jiaozhou is becoming more and more known to the people of the Central Plains.

As we gradually realized that this place is not a place where outsiders will die. In summer, there is ice drink to relieve heat. As long as you drink more herbal tea, drink more cooked water, put down mosquito nets when sleeping, and beware of mosquito bites on weekdays, you can still live well in the local area.

The soldiers from the Central Plains (mainly Lianghuai) will be rotated to Jiaozhou regularly for defense. The period is usually one year, and they take the sea route and arrive in half a month. They can also communicate with their families frequently, which is very convenient.

Ordinary soldiers gradually stopped considering going to Jiaozhou to guard the garrison and leaving forever with their families. The military government allowed the soldiers to carry a certain amount of sugar when they came back, which became an incredible benefit, so the soldiers in the Huai River no longer resisted going to guard the garrison.

Instead, I took it as an amazing experience to go to Jiaozhou, and after I came back, I brag about it as if I had gone to Chang'an by myself.

It is said that the same is true for Lianghuai, and it is said that the same is true for Yizhou.

It was originally a chore to have the soldiers of Yizhou Prefecture to take turns to the Nanzhong to guard the Nanzhong Road, but with the widening of Yizhou's entry into Nanzhong, a large number of merchants entered Nanzhong and even entered Jiaozhou to do business. Nanzhong was not that scary for ordinary people and soldiers.

A large number of merchants from Shu brought famous products such as Shu brocade to Jiaozhou through the southern middle school, and then sold the goods to buy a large amount of incense medicine and sugar, and sold them back to Shu. This round trip is said to be several times the profit.

Therefore, Nanzhong became an important transit point for the Shu commercial road. A large number of caravans ran around the north and south. The barbarians and bandits were repeatedly cleared by the official army and even the slave arresting team, and the whole process became peaceful.

More and more people from Shu entered Nanzhong along the lively official road, clearing land and farming, settling down. A large number of settlements appeared along the official road, further gathering popularity.

Because of the convenient transportation, if officials in Jiaozhou want to return to Beijing to report their duties, they can go to the lively Yijiao Road, which is very safe along the way. If it weren't for the southeast wind blowing, Wei Fuzhao and other officials would have to go to Beijing via Nanzhong to Yizhou and then to Guanzhong.

It took more than two months to take this route. If you take the sea route from Jiaozhou to Yangzhou, and then take the steamer from Tongji Canal to the Yellow River to enter the westward direction, the whole route will be about more than a month. However, there are risks in taking the sea route, and you have to wait for Hyacinth. It can be said that the two routes have their pros and cons.

Wei Fuzhuo's long speech made the officials present concentrate. Suddenly, the sound of a whistle came from outside the ship. Everyone then felt that the boat they were riding seemed to be slowing down. Not long after, looking through the porthole, he saw a passenger ship coming from behind, surpassing the ship and heading forward.

There was actually a civilian boat that dared to give way to the official boat. Wei Fuzhang felt strange in his heart. Seeing some flags on the passenger boat, he wrote the word "take the exam" and asked Wu Dou: "Is this word "take the exam"?"

"That is, now that the spring exam is approaching, candidates from all over the country rushed to the examination room. The government understands that students are not suitable for studying hard. Only the ships that are licensed to carry candidates have priority."

"So that's it..." Wei Fuzhuo looked at the passenger ship gradually fading away, feeling a lot of emotion.

Back then, he also participated in the examination selection as a candidate. He failed many times, but he "fighted repeatedly" and finally entered the officialdom as he wished.

At that time, the examination selection had not yet become a fixed system. No one of the candidates who failed the exam then knew whether there would be any examination selection next year or in the future. Therefore, people have an imbalance in their mentality every time, resulting in poor performance.

Now, after reading newspapers and communiqués sent by the court to the general administration, the Wei Fu Prize has finally completely institutionalized the examination and selection after nearly ten years of implementation of academic and political education.

For exam selection, no matter whether you are born or read, you only look at your knowledge. You do not need recommendations from state and county officials. From children from aristocratic families to poor people, you can take the exam and have a stable way to enter the officialdom.

This is a new selection system, divided into four levels, and the corresponding examinations are conducted in spring and autumn seasons every year, called Spring Examination and Autumn Examination. The time interval is three years, which gives all those who are eager to enter the government hope.

Being an official is not difficult for the noble families and powerful families, because they have the support of elders and can also be protected by their parents. However, for poor families, it is difficult to become an official. Countless people serve as dogs for the noble families and powerful families and are humble, just to be an opportunity to enter the officialdom.

Now, a relatively fair new selection system is implemented, called "Enterprise and Scholars", also known as "Imperial Examination". It is conceivable how many people will forget to eat and sleep for this.

"When I see it, I am sure."

Wu Dou said slowly, sighing: "In recent years, many clans have tried their best to bring good teachers to the family's wealth, buy textbooks, and teach the children of the clan according to the "Teaching Outline"...

"There are also selected people with outstanding achievements, and they are delicious and delicious. They don't need to do anything else. They just need to stay up and sleep every day and do exercises... "

"It is to participate in the imperial examination and be famous on the list. As long as one person becomes an official, the clan's fate will be different."

Everyone nodded after hearing this. They knew very well what it means to be an official in the clan. Not to mention anything else, there are some in the clan who are an official, at least those treacherous clerks dare not easily extort and exploit them.

Wu Dou looked at the ship that was leaving, looking forward to it in his heart, hoping that his son would have a good future, pass the exam and become an official, start a family and start a career.

Once upon a time, he also had a happy family, but the world of dogs made his parents, wife and children die.

After some twists and turns, Wu Doushi came to dominate Jiangnan, supported the Zhou army, became an official, had a new family, and a wife and children.

Now it is a peaceful world, Wu Dou hopes to live a peaceful life with his wife and children, but what should he do when his sons grow up?

He has a title, but only his eldest son can inherit the title. Wu Dou is not very good at engaging in the camp, so he doesn't know how to find a background for the other sons. Now that he has the imperial examination, it's easy to deal with.

Wu Dou made up his mind to go to the school club to invite the best teacher to teach at home, so that those bastards would study since childhood, grow up, take the imperial examinations, and become officials.

Not only Wu Dou, many people think so. The imperial court opened the imperial examinations to select talents and selected talents through the imperial examinations, which made countless people see hope and future.
Chapter completed!