Qing Yao

Chapter 52 This statement is not good
What others teach is not valuable enough. Knowledge is not constant and can change at any time. Only by studying and understanding it on your own can you gain the true meaning.

Using the same textbooks, why can some people become the top or third place in the imperial examination, while others remain just a student their entire life?

Is the difference just that you are not diligent enough or hardworking enough?
The answer is definitely not.

Ultimately, it is the difference between reading books mechanically and reading books actively.

The former seems to be studious. If he doesn't understand something, he will ask the teacher. He can understand it after the teacher teaches him. However, what he understands are only superficial principles. He cannot grasp the deeper things, nor can he apply what he has learned to other situations.

No matter how hard such people work, their achievements will be limited.

It is different for those who read lively books. They are truly talented and can often see the essence through phenomena. Only in this way can they accurately hit the examiner's sore spots and thus reach the peak of life through high school.

Since he was engaged in education and happened to meet a student who came to seek knowledge, Zhao An had to pay attention and did not want the young man to follow the path of rote learning.

Go back and think about it carefully, maybe you can make a breakthrough.

Asking the teacher when you don’t understand is a bad habit and it can easily lead to dependence.

Besides, if the teacher is really good, he wouldn’t be teaching you here, right?

The young man left the "office" with great doubts, but he didn't know that if he continued to question Teacher Zhao, the desperate Teacher Zhao would probably blurt out: "You ask me, who the hell should I ask?"

Out of boredom, he picked up a pile of "documents" on the principal's desk and started reading them. Most of them were materials about personnel management in the prefectural school, and there was nothing particularly attractive to Zhao An.

Only one piece of promotion material in the education system made him look at it for a while longer. After reading it, he realized that the professors of provincial schools, county school instructors, and teaching officials such as prefectural school principals and instructors were all selected from the Juren. Only the professors in Shuntian Prefecture had to have Jinshi qualifications, and the starting rank was the sixth rank.

If a professor at the provincial school is promoted, he will not be promoted to the position of provincial governor of education, because the governor of education is not an official official position, but a temporary position established by the Qing court, similar to an imperial envoy.

That is, the original rank remains unchanged, but the person is sent to a certain province to take charge of education.

Therefore, the academicians in some provinces were appointed by vice ministers or officials in the capital, while in other provinces they were appointed by officials who were among the two lists of Jinshi, such as Han, Zhan, Ke, Dao, and other officials.

This resulted in some academicians being high-ranking officials of the second rank, while others were high-ranking censors of the fifth rank.

However, even the fifth-rank academician had the power to make secret reports and could compete with the governor, provincial governor, and censor within the province.

The chances of promotion for the academician were much higher than those for other officials, so those who were born into a family of donations could not serve as academicians.

Since the instructors in prefectures, counties and districts were not Jinshi graduates, their best prospects were to be promoted to the positions of Imperial College librarian, Hanlin Academy attendant, Beijing professor, or county magistrate.

As for Zhao An's position as a school recorder and instructor of prefecture and county schools, it was not limited to those who were born in the Juren era. Generally, they were selected from the annual tribute students, that is, the outstanding students of the Imperial Academy. The best future was to be promoted to the Hanlin Academy as a clerk, or to the positions of experience in other prefectures, county magistrate in other counties, and county instructor.

In other words, if Zhao An was promoted to the provincial governor and forgot about him in the Yangzhou Prefecture School, the highest position he could reach in his life would be an eighth-rank official at the department level.

When Ma Xuezheng, who was in charge of the personnel of the prefectural school, came back, Zhao An was still looking through the documents on the table. This made Ma Xuezheng frown and said coldly, "Who are you and why are you in my room?"

Hearing the voice, Zhao An quickly stood up and bowed, saying, "My name is Zhao Youlu. I have been ordered by the prefect to come to the prefectural school to register and take up the position of academic registrar."

"Are you Zhao Youlu?"

Ma Xuezheng must have known about this. Although the prefect was not actually in charge of the prefectural school, he still had a say in matters big and small. He walked to the desk and sat down and asked, "Since you are here to report, have you brought the yellow list?"

"I brought it,"

Zhao An hurriedly put the file bag he had taken from the county's official department on the table.

Ma Xuezheng opened the book and took out the materials one by one, reading them carefully. After finishing, he looked up at Zhao An and said calmly, "Zhao Youlu, you are a student of the Imperial Academy, and the procedures for admission are not yet completed. According to the rules, the Imperial Academy should not accept you. However, since it is the prefectural governor's order, we cannot refuse his honor. I hope you can pay more attention to the affairs of the Imperial Academy in the future and not cause trouble."

His tone was full of contempt for Zhao An, and he was a little worried, probably because Zhao An was a regular supervisor and had some connections.

"Yes Yes Yes."

What could Zhao An say? He just nodded and smiled apologetically.

Ma Xuezhen nodded, picked up the pen and started filling out Zhao An's file, then stamped it with the seal of the prefectural school. After finishing, the file was not returned to Zhao An but kept in the prefectural school for another copy.

The Ganquan County Government Office actually has a "copy" of Zhao An's file. In this way, no matter where Zhao An's file is transferred, the original unit where he worked can be traced back to the old files.

Ma Xuezhen handled the temporary work procedures for Zhao An. The formal procedures could only be processed after Zhao An's student certificate was sent to Yangzhou Prefecture. In addition, the prefectural school would report to the provincial education administration office to register Zhao An for an official position in the school.

At that time, Zhao An would be considered an official official of the Qing Dynasty, although he was only of the ninth rank.

Zhao An came to register and go through the formalities today, so he didn't have to go to work. After he finished, Ma Xuezhen asked him to go back first. He will officially go to the provincial school to "go to work" tomorrow. Someone will explain the specific work content tomorrow.

After graduating from the provincial school, Zhao An went to the Certification Department. When he arrived at the local area, someone in the county government was arranging layoffs, and the originally assigned personnel returned to their original units to continue working.

Liu Xiaolou was also packing his things. Zhao An went over to greet him and asked Liu Xiaolou to help deliver the things he had left at the office to his new home at the county school.

"When Lord Zhao becomes rich one day, please don't forget me."

Liu Xiaolou is a man with vision.

Although not many people know that Zhao An donated money to become an official in the provincial school, the fact that Zhao An was highly appreciated by the county magistrate and often went to the government office already showed that he was "successful". So Liu Xiaolou, who had a good personal relationship with Zhao An, naturally hoped that Zhao An would be able to help him in the future.

I don't ask for great wealth, but I just want to be a small boss who manages a few people.

"Rich? That's not a good way to put it. You should say it this way: If you become rich, don't forget me."

Zhao An smiled and patted Liu Xiaolou on the shoulder, telling him that he was going to his cousin's house and asked him to take care of the moving. He also left Liu Xiaolou a few dozen coins for hiring a mule cart for the move.

Liu Xiaolou said he didn't want anything, but Zhao An forced it on him because he knew the boy didn't have much money.

The members of the Green Gang had dispersed long ago. Zhao An remembered that day when Sun Rui said that "Uncle" wanted him to go to the incense hall to observe the rules. He had been too busy these days and forgot about it. He thought of finding time to go there in a couple of days.

The Qing Gang still needs to be used. If one day someone becomes a prime minister in the white world or a boss in the black world, we might have to organize millions of Qing Gang members to go to Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)