Ancient National Examination: The Qin Dynasty needed to have money, and "catching a son-in-law under the ranking" was popular in the Song Dynasty

National Civil Service Examination, referred to as "National Examination". In ancient times, the national examination was called the imperial examination. There was no imperial examination system in the Qin, Han, Wei and Jin Dynasties, so it was also called the imperial examination. The costume drama "The Unruly Wife Su Xiaomei" interprets the attitudes of scholars in the Song Dynasty towards the imperial examination. The Lujiang official Jiao Zhongqing in the traditional drama "The Peacock Flies Southeast" is a beneficiary of the imperial examination system in the Han Dynasty. It's time for the National Examination again next year. Let's talk about another side of the ancient National Examination, combining the inside and outside of the play.

Rich people in the Qin Dynasty were qualified to be officials

In the selection of officials in the Qin Dynasty, three conditions were mainly focused on: 1. Having certain family assets, poor people were not allowed to be officials. For example, when Han Xin first became a commoner, he was poor and had no job, so he could not be selected as an official. Xiao He's family conditions are better than those of Han Xin and Liu Bang. 2. You must be able to write and understand the law. Xiao He was diligent and studious, and he had studied the laws and regulations of the past dynasties quite a lot. 3. The age must be "prime" or above, and you must be at least 17 years old before you are eligible to serve as an official. In the year when Qin Shi Huang died, Xiao He was 48 years old.

Of course, the Qin Dynasty also had the military merit system, the enfeoffment system, the hereditary system, etc. The so-called "generals from Kansai and prime ministers from Kanto" came from here.

In the Han Dynasty, filial piety and filial piety were the prerequisites for the imperial examination.

In 196 BC, Liu Bang issued the "Qiuxian Order", which was the first imperial examination system. In the second year of the Yuan Dynasty, Emperor Wen issued an edict to "recommend virtuous and upright people who can speak out and give the most advice." At this point, the inspection and examination system has basically been finalized.

The imperial examinations in the Han Dynasty were divided into two categories: Suiju and Imperial Imperial Examinations. The annual examination is a regular subject and is recommended once a year. The subjects include "Xiaolian" and "Xiucai". Xiaolian and Xiaolian were originally two subjects: Xiao and Lian, and later they were combined into one subject. Filial piety was the premise and integrity was the reference. It became the only way for Han Confucian students to jump to the Dragon Gate.

The candidates for promotion of filial piety and integrity include local officials with a salary of less than 600 shi and Confucian scholars who are familiar with Confucian classics. They are recommended by the prefecture to the central government every year. If the former are promoted, they will have the opportunity to be appointed as Langguan by the central government. The latter can obtain official qualifications. Jiao Zhongqing lived in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. If he had not been extremely filial to his mother, how could he have become a small official in Lujiang?

The most popular thing in the Song Dynasty? To catch a son-in-law under the ranking?

In the Song Dynasty, the imperial examination system entered its glory period. Scholars felt proud, and rulers paid more attention to them. Many talents were selected, and stories of "catching a son-in-law under the ranking" often happened, which made people laugh.

Once a scholar passes the exam, his or her job will be assured, and other valuable rewards will also be astonishing. Therefore, the standard for people in the Song Dynasty to evaluate the prosperity of a family was to see how many men in the family had passed the imperial examination and how many women had married those who had passed the imperial examination. As a result, the "National Examination" examination room has become a place where the rich and powerful compete for the son-in-law who can ride the dragon.

After the palace examination in which the emperor serves as the examiner, a roll call ceremony will be held. This is the moment when the names of the "gold list" will be revealed. As the saying goes, "the scholar of yesterday is the official of today". After the roll call is over, there is the first round gathering, which is the banquet for the new candidates. However, the roll call and the period collection are not in one place, which provides conditions for those who choose a son-in-law. The journey from the roll-call location to the gathering place has become the place to "select a son-in-law". Rich families and nobles compete here to watch and choose the satisfactory one. When the market is good, people in the Middle East can be as good as eighteen or nineteen in a day.

Of course, there are also a lot of jokes. There was a handsome young man who had just passed the imperial examination. He was spotted by a powerful family and asked him: "I have a daughter who would like to marry the young master. Is it okay?" The young man bowed deeply and declined: "I Coming from a humble background, it would be a blessing to be able to reach such a high level. How about you wait until I get home to discuss it with my wife? Everyone in the audience laughed when they saw this.