In the afternoon, Weikou and the port area were busy, with a large amount of goods loading and unloading here and then transporting to all directions. Businesses and traveling to Guanzhong and Hedong were also gathered here. At the water and land station, officials waiting for the ship gathered in groups of three or five, and were discussing.

Many people hold a book in their hands, and while flipping through it, they talk to others. Everyone has different expressions, some are happy and some are sighing.

Du Yan, who was traveling from business to the Weikou, sat in the corner and looked at "Search for Qualifications" and was very devoted. The pot of tea on the table had already been cold, but it had not moved at all.

Recently, there was a big event that attracted more attention than the imperial examination, that is, the court decided to reform the official selection system and implement "qualification". The news came out and attracted a lot of discussion.

In fact, in recent years, the Zhengshi Hall has been planning to reorganize the problem of redundant officials that is gradually emerging. This problem will inevitably become more and more obvious in the future with the implementation of the imperial examination. Therefore, it is reasonable for the officials of the Zhengshi Hall to prepare for the future.

For scholars who do not have an official position, the imperial examination is the top priority, but for officials who have entered the official career, the rules of promotion are what they must pay attention to.

When the Zhengshi Hall was discussing the restructuring, the news spread one after another. Therefore, when the court determined that the selection of officials was restructured to "qualification", it would not make the court and the outside world feel abrupt. However, when the "qualification" was settled, it still attracted a lot of discussion.

To sum up the qualification means to rank seniority. To put it bluntly, it is similar to the "stop year" practiced by Cui Liang, the Minister of Personnel during the Yuan and Wei dynasties. Therefore, many knowledgeable people wrote letters to criticize that "collecting qualification" was a detriment to the country.

But when the specific content of the qualifications was made public, the doubts became much less. Many people began to study this new official selection system to see how to adapt so that they could find shortcuts and make progress in their careers.

In order to let all officials better understand what "qualification" is, the Ministry of Personnel specially published "Qualification Answering Confuses". Now this book is very popular. Even if officials of all sizes are not owned, they basically know the general content.

Du Yan also has a book in his hand, so he has been studying it for a while. He wants to see how he should delve into the new rules so that he can continue to climb up.

The first priority to becoming an official is to climb upward. High officials and generous salaries are the greatest wishes to become an official. What is the original intention of becoming an official is to apply what you have learned, to help the people, and to show your ambitions are just an excuse.

This is Du Yan's voice. He became an official for himself. Therefore, if the emperor has something to do, he will be even more likely.

Du Yan is not the eldest son in the family and has a bad relationship with his brother. Even if the elders want to support him, they will give priority to the boss. It is not his turn, so everything depends on himself.

He relied on his own efforts to enter the official career, and took the initiative to go to Nanzhong for many years to survive, and had a good future. Now that the court is "qualifying", he feels that he must "understand" the "mysteries" in time and find a shortcut for himself as soon as possible.

Qualifications are based on seniority as the condition for promoting officials. This method is very rigid. Talented officials will stop because their seniority is not as old as mediocre people, so simply qualifications are actually not good.

Therefore, there must be another system to supplement it, that is, the dispatch and the service system, which is actually the "breaking qualification" corresponding to the "qualification".

A small official from the Ministry of Rites, with a low seniority, and if he was promoted seven or eight years later, he was proficient in port affairs, so he was attracted by the magistrate. He took the dispatch of a transfer envoy, and followed the new transfer envoy to transfer Hebei to Liaodong.

The dispatch lasted for half a year. After the transfer officer was disbanded, the small official returned to the Ministry of Rites to serve. However, because of his outstanding performance in the office, his political achievements were included in his seniority, which increased his seniority a lot.

It was originally necessary to wait six years before a new appointment was available, but now it has been a big increase in the number of seniority, and it only takes three years to go to the line.

Therefore, the qualifications that the imperial court has to follow now are different from the cessation of the Yuan and Wei dynasties. There is an extra path of promotion, and this path will inevitably be overcrowded.

Du Yan felt that "sent, entrusting" was such an obvious shortcut, and even officials were not fools, and everyone wanted to take the shortcut, but not everyone could go well, so they had to look at the food.

The appointment of the emperor or the magistrate is to be appointed by the emperor. First of all, the magistrate has to be interested in you, so that you have the opportunity to get this position. Even if you are not the chief, it is good to be an assistant.

For officials who are sent and envoys, ordinary small officials do not have a certain connection, so don’t think about it.

So what everyone wants to fight for is the assistant officer, and the assistant officer is actually the one who does practical things, so you must have real talent and knowledge.

If you are an assistant to the Transport Authority, you will understand navigation and port affairs; if you are an observer, the assistant to the Political Observer of the Study Government can understand learning and government affairs, the assistant to the Military Observer of the Military Appearance Authority can understand military affairs, and the assistant to the Mountain and River Observer can understand mining affairs.

And he is very proficient in mining.

Du Yan was in Nanzhong and participated in the mining of Dongchuan copper mine. He made great achievements. His experience in supervising mining affairs left a strong mark on his resume.

Nowadays, with the large-scale application of steam pumps, steamships, and steam cranes, the demand for coal is increasing in all parts of the world, and more and more mines appear in various coal mining areas, so mining has become one of the most concerned affairs of the government affairs hall.

If mining is started, it will be impossible to avoid a mine disaster, and people will die. The victims and relatives and friends gather in front of the official office to cry, begging parents to be fair. If the handling is not done properly, a civil unrest will cause civil unrest.

In order to maximize profits, many mine owners have cruelly exploited miners and caused deaths. What's more, bad mine owners plundered good people as slave workers to go down to mine, so the imperial court attaches great importance to mining.

Not only did he set up a special agency to manage mines in various places, he also sent observation envoys to supervise mining affairs from time to time, so Du Yan knew that once the qualification system was established, he would have more opportunities to get his seniority.

According to the new system, when appointing a position, the superior does not force himself to be proficient in related matters, but the assistant officer must be proficient. The so-called "proficient" mainly depends on the resume.

Only officials who have been engaged in related affairs will have a high chance of being elected as the sergeant.

But Du Yan felt that his advantage was not great, because there were many officials proficient in mining affairs. So he had to find a shortcut from this qualification system as soon as possible to accumulate seniority faster than others and climb upwards.

Officials are divided into four categories: Qingwang official, Qingwang official, skill official, and clerical official. Being a Qingwang official is the easiest and easy to support hope. They wander in front of the emperor and the prime minister all day long, and there is a great chance of promotion, and everyone wants to do it.

But only the powerful and noble children of aristocratic families have the opportunity.

The same is true for honest officials, and the competition is fierce, so for Du Yan, if he climbs up as a craft official, he has to make tricks on crafts.

Art is not a technology, because such as music officials, it is also classified as a skill level. Today, I am very interested in strange skills and tricks, focusing on practice, industry, steam engines, steamships and a large number of workshops, which is proof of the emergence of this.

Then, Du Yan must give his preferences, because directly pleasing the emperor is much more efficient than pleasing the powerful.

It is not enough to be proficient in mining operations, but you must also understand navigation and port operations. If you want to be proficient in navigation, then it is necessary to understand the operation of the steamship.

Thinking of this, Du Yan looked at his pocket watch and found it was still early, so he handed the book to his followers, got up and walked out.

He wanted to go to the dock to talk to the officers in charge of port and ship affairs, and to the owner and crew.
Chapter completed!