For us now, if we want to get a job, most of us have to go through exams. At the beginning of the small ascension, the beginning of the promotion, and then to the university, until the participation in the work, there will be large and small examinations, and in ancient times, before the implementation of the examination system, many talented people were buried, and those who had money and power looted the people everywhere.
For the ancients, it was not easy to get promoted, and some people may not be able to rise in their lifetime, but this cannot be absolute. For example, there was an official in the Qing Dynasty who reported his father's name and was promoted to the third level, no matter who heard it, he would be surprised, what is the situation? Who was his father?
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="3" >, diligent and hardworking, admitted to the jinshi</h1>
The man who reported his father's name and was promoted was named Xie Xingyao, and was born in Changsha, Hunan during the Jiaqing period. Xie Xingyao has been very clever since he was a child, learning everything quickly, influenced by his father, Xie Xingyao liked to read very much when he was a child, and his grades were naturally excellent. With the encouragement of his father, Xie Xingyao, who grew up, took the imperial examination and was successfully admitted to the Jinshi.
At that time, it was very difficult for a soldier in the eight townships of ten miles to be able to enter the school, and many officials' children did not necessarily be able to pass the examination many times. Xie Xingyao has an honest personality, works very low-key, and is a real talent. After being admitted as a jinshi, Xie Xingyao was not proud, at first he went to work in the Hanlin Academy, and later he was transferred to Baofeng County as a county commander, and he was a Zhengqipin official. The reason why he went to the grassroots level is because in his heart, nothing is more important than ordinary people.
When he was a county commander, Xie Xingyao worked hard and never complained bitterly and tiredly. In just one year, he solved all the problems left over from the previous county decree, and the people never refused to help him, treated the work carefully and seriously, and personally went with the people to build water conservancy without any shelf. Under the leadership of Xie Xingyao, the people of Baofeng County live and work in peace and contentment, and their lives are getting better and better.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="7" > meet the prince and be asked questions</h1>
As the saying goes, it is gold that glows sooner or later. One year, the Jiaqing Emperor asked various localities to elect outstanding officials to participate in the examination in the capital, and Xie Xingyao was recommended by the inspector for his outstanding ability. For the people at that time, the emperor was the son of heaven, and it was a very honorable thing to see the emperor, if Xie Xingyao could seize this opportunity and coax the emperor to be happy, then the promotion and salary increase was a sure thing, but if he could not be discovered by the emperor, then it was estimated that he could only be a county commander in the county in this life.
The main examiner of this examination is the emperor himself, and the assessment items are divided into a written examination and an interview. After passing the written test, Xie Xingyao entered the interview part without much effort, but he never thought that one of the emperor's questions could change his life. After seeing the emperor, Xie Xingyao was calm and self-assured, not nervous at all, and he answered every question of the emperor perfectly.
Just as the interview was about to end, the Emperor suddenly asked, "What is your father's name?" This question was asked to Xie Xingyao, and it turned out that the emperor had a familiar feeling when he first saw him, so he wanted to ask his father what his name was. Xie Xingyao thought about it for half a day, not knowing how to be good, but he couldn't help but answer, so he replied: "My father's life is Xie Zhending, and he used to be an official in the ceremonial department."
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="11" > windfall, three levels in a row</h1>
Xie Xingyao's voice just fell, and the emperor jumped up in surprise, laughing and closing his mouth, and his mouth kept saying: "Reward! I'm going to reward you heavily!" Three levels in a row! "How can you say that the name of your father can make the emperor so happy?" This sudden reward made Xie Xingyao confused, what kind of big man was Xie Zhending?
In fact, Xie Zhending's position was not very high, nor was he a person who had made any great contribution to the imperial court, and the reason why the Jiaqing Emperor was so impressed with him was related to an event he had done, and this incident made the Jiaqing Emperor happy for one night. Everyone knows that Hekun was the favorite of the Qianlong Emperor and the big red man in front of Qianlong's eyes, especially after his son married a princess, his status was even higher.
When the Jiaqing Emperor did not succeed to the throne, he did not look down on this Hekun at all, because his hands were too long, and there were many of his forces in the imperial court, and the point was that people like Hekun were not worthy of the favor of their father. Hekun is so red, and his servants are also a high-spirited appearance, often bullying the people.
Xie Zhending was very angry when he saw Hekun's slaves bullying the people, so he let them beat them up. After the slave was beaten, he immediately went home and told Hekun that Hekun felt that Xie Zhending and a small official dared to bully his own people, so he found an opportunity to demote Xie Zhending back home.
<h1 class="pgc-h-arrow-right" data-track="16" > Conclusion:</h1>
Because Xie Zhending was degraded, the Jiaqing Emperor was very upset with him, so he secretly decided to invite Xie Zhending back as soon as he became emperor, but he died before xie Zhending was reinstated. Therefore, when the Jiaqing Emperor learned that Xie Xingyao was Xie Zhending's son, he fulfilled his promise and promoted him to three consecutive officials.
References: "Shu Xie Yushi", "Seven Cultivation Genealogy of the Great Sect of Xie"