Qing Yao

Chapter 51 Self-Study
The future Prime Minister is a typical person who burns bridges after crossing them. He smashes the bowl after eating.

But it’s also true.

Can such a good way to make money be left to the next official?

If you have the ability, do it yourself.

Anyway, official documents from the government have been sent to Jiangdu and Ganquan, clearly stating that the certification of well-known trademarks and famous and high-quality products will be stopped, and the reason for this is to ensure the "gold content" of existing famous and high-quality products. At the same time, it also expresses the intention of reducing the burden on businesses.

If the next official wants to follow suit, he must first overturn the decision of his predecessor.

Is it easy to overthrow?

The predecessor is now the Prime Minister!

Zhao An was left with no choice, but although the quasi-prefect did not take Zhao An to the provincial capital to work hard and also overturned his certification business, it was still okay for Zhao An.

According to convention, if one wants to become an official after donating the title of Jiansheng, he must go through a period of observation. In addition, although this Xuelu is only a small official of the ninth rank, which is almost the same as being of low rank, he is a real noble official.

It is also officially registered with the Ministry of Personnel, which is one level higher than the clerk.

To put it in a more vivid way, the ninth rank is roughly the level of deputy mayor.

There is a shortage of officials in the Qing Dynasty at the moment, and there are too many candidates waiting to be appointed. It is still easy for Jinshi and Juren, but those who donate money to become officials have to donate money to become officials, even if it is just a ninth-rank official.

The so-called "trick" is to pay another sum of money.

The tuition for the provincial school is not expensive, but it costs at least a few hundred taels of silver.

Before leaving, the deputy prime minister waved his hand and directly helped Zhao An to be promoted, so of course he didn't have to pay the money.

Although he had no confidence in being a teacher, Zhao An was still very grateful to the Vice-Prefect for this arrangement.

It doesn’t matter if you don’t have real power or benefits, at least you are a real official.

The prefect was promoted two levels, and he officially entered the officialdom.

The transfer order from the Ministry of Personnel will probably arrive the day after tomorrow. The prefectural yamen, having learned about this in advance, is in a state of excitement.

Because the prefect was promoted and he was going to take a group of people with him, these people would definitely make further progress after going to the province. Those who were not clerks would have the hope of becoming clerks, and those who were clerks would have the hope of becoming officials. How could they not be happy?

Those who were not taken away were also happy, because someone had to fill the vacated position.

Those who want to go further will naturally have to make some calculations and estimate how much money the new prefect will pay to win the bid.

Another exciting thing is that all departments and institutions have to discuss and raise money to send a "farewell gift" to the prefect.

When taking office, one must present the Caogui and the Renzhigui, and when leaving office, of course one must present farewell gifts.

What's more, it's a promotion.

Considering Eqina's rank, the total amount of this special gift would not be less than 50,000 taels.

Not only the people from the prefectural government had to send it, but also the people from the prefectures and counties below had to send it.

You don't have to send it, but your local case file will be kept at the Censorate for a while, or it may be sent back for retrial, which will definitely be a big deal for your local officials.

Zhao An went back to the county government office and told the county magistrate everything about how he was recommended by the prefect to be the registrar of the prefectural school.

The county lord was in a much better mood now, and he was very open-minded. He smiled at Zhao An and said, "This is a good thing, and it is also your opportunity. You must cherish it."

Zhao An bowed and said, "I am able to achieve what I have today thanks to the County Master's support. I will never forget your great kindness!"

No matter how greedy the county magistrate was, he still had nothing to say to Zhao An. If he hadn't helped him solve his identity and academic qualifications so that he could become a student, how could he have been directly promoted by the prefect to become a teacher with a full salary?

The county magistrate nodded and said, "There's still a lot of work to do here. Since the prefect has made such arrangements, you can go and do your work. If the county needs you for anything else, we will send someone to tell you. As for other matters, you don't have to worry about it. The county will take care of it."

It should be the matter of the Certification Department.

"Then I'll take my leave!" Zhao An didn't stay with the county magistrate, he still had to report to the provincial school.

The prefect has taken care of the relevant procedures for him, so he can just go and report.

In fact, I would like to ask the county magistrate what to do if the principal or director asks him to teach students when he arrives at the provincial school.

How is his educational level? How could the county magistrate not know?

He thought about it but didn't say anything, because he was from a regular school and at best was at the level of an elementary school student, while the provincial school was equivalent to a provincial key middle school. Asking him, a primary school student, to teach students from a provincial key high school would be difficult.

It is impossible for the principal and the dean of studies to not have this vision.

The prefect was promoted, not dismissed or demoted.

The county magistrate probably guessed that Zhao An's going to the provincial school was just a transition, and he would most likely be transferred once the prefect had established himself in the province, so he was just "eating dry rice" in the provincial school waiting to be transferred.

Zhao An's file was in the clerk's office of Ganquan County Government. After taking the note issued by the county magistrate to the clerk's office to submit his file, he did not rush to the government office, but went back to see his wife and daughter.

Even if he didn't work for the county, the county would not be able to take back the house.

When I got home, I saw Miss Luo squatting at the door washing clothes. I didn't know where she got the water from.

Seeing Zhao An coming back, Miss Luo quickly stood up and said timidly, "You're back."

Zhao An hummed, "I came back to see you and your mother. I have to go to the prefectural school to do some work soon, so I may not be able to take you out for a walk today."

He went into the house and played with his daughter Xiaoxiao who was playing on the bed, then came out and asked Miss Luo to cook by herself.

"Ask your neighbors where to buy groceries. If you feel bored staying indoors, take a walk around and get familiar with the area."

After giving the order, Zhao An patted Miss Luo's butt and said, "My husband may not be back until the evening. Please prepare a bath for me and wash yourself clean and wait for me."

After saying this, he ignored the young lady whose ears were turning red, and went out to call a mule cart and headed straight to the government school.

Yangzhou Prefecture School is located in Ganquan, about seven or eight miles away from Ganquan County School where Zhao An lives.

Just like the county school and the Confucius Temple are combined together, there is also a Confucius Temple in the prefectural school.

The four systems of education, salt administration, grain transport, and river channels in the local official system of the Qing Dynasty were independent of the prefectural, state, and county governments. The officials in charge of prefectural schools were seventh-rank professors, while those in charge of counties were eighth-rank instructors.

Below the professors in the provincial school, there are also officials such as academic principals, instructors, and tutors. Although Zhao An holds the rank of academic registrar, he is not responsible for the management of the provincial school, so it would be more appropriate to call him Teacher Zhao.

After arriving at the provincial school and showing the "letter of introduction" from the government, Zhao An went to the school's personnel office to go through the employment procedures.

Since the Xue Zheng, who was only responsible for onboarding, was not there, he waited in the house bored.

Just as he was getting impatient, there was a gentle knock on the door. Then, a boy about fourteen or fifteen years old who looked like a student walked in nervously. He was disappointed to see that Mr. Zhang, whom he was looking for, was not there. Just as he was about to go back to the classroom, he saw Zhao An sitting there in a decent manner. He couldn't help but ask, "Are you the newcomer?"

"Well, what's the matter?"

Teacher Zhao coughed lightly and put on an appearance of a role model.

When the student heard that it was a new teacher, he hurriedly handed the book forward respectfully and said, "Teacher, I am confused by the question of how magnificent and majestic you are, how successful you are, and how brilliant your writing is. I hope you can help me solve this puzzle."

Ok?
Zhao An took the book. He knew all the words on it, but he didn't know what they meant when put together.

The students had no idea that he was completely ignorant and was eagerly waiting for the teacher to explain his doubts.

After a while, Zhao An closed the book and said seriously, "Do you know what is the most important thing about studying?"

The young man blurted out, "It means hard work."

"Wrong,"

After casually handing the book to the boy, Zhao An gave the correct answer: "It's not about studying hard, it's about studying on your own."

(End of this chapter)