Now that the county government has posted a notice announcing the date of the county examination, the next step is for candidates to register.
In Chongcheng County, County Magistrate Gou has two deputies, namely the county magistrate and the chief clerk. These two are also high-ranking officials of the imperial court and hold considerable power.
Under these two people, there were registrars, yamen runners, and a large number of clerks, or minor officials.
The yamen runners were divided into three shifts, and the clerks worked in six departments, namely Rites, Personnel, Households, Works, Military, and Punishments, corresponding to the six ministries of the imperial court.
If the people of Chongcheng County wanted to take part in the county examination, they had to go to the etiquette room of the county government to register and fill out personal confession, mutual agreement and pledge.
The so-called personal confession actually refers to the situation of three generations of great-grandparents, grandparents, and parents. In order to prevent someone from using adoption to falsify resumes, it is also necessary to write about the three generations of one's biological parents.
This seems very strict, but it is actually not difficult to manipulate it. After all, the household registration management in ancient times was very chaotic.
The original owner's biological father was a county magistrate. He followed his biological father's legal advisor to work in the county government office at a very young age. He knew the situation in the county government office very well and knew what the clerks in the county government office could accomplish with just a stroke of their pen.
When the original owner's father was working in Yu County, a tragedy happened in Yu County. At that time, a relative of a petty official in Yu County had an enemy with his neighbor and begged the petty official to help him get revenge. However, the petty official turned his pen and turned the ten mu of poor land of the relative's neighbor into ten mu of good land.
Later, when grain taxes were collected, the family had to hand over all their grain but it was still not enough. In desperation, the entire family, young and old, committed suicide together.
When the original owner's father first arrived in Yu County, he was just like County Magistrate Gou, and he had no control over the yamen runners and clerks under him. At that time, all the yamen runners and clerks in Yu County obeyed the orders of the chief clerk.
You should know that before the original owner's father took office, Yu County had been without a county magistrate for three years and had always been in charge of the county by the chief clerk.
The original owner's father had a hard time making a living in Yu County. At one point, like the previous County Magistrate Gou, he was ready to go with the flow and do nothing until this tragedy happened.
The original owner's father was so angry that he went to the prefect to file a complaint in person, and finally he was able to catch all those people in the county government who were exploiting the people.
The original owner had always admired his father, and knowing this, Li Qingzhi worked hard to push County Magistrate Gou to power.
All of the above also shows that in this era, there were many places where people could tamper with things, not to mention that the entire Yu County was flooded five years ago.
When the original owner escaped from Yu County, he arranged a perfect identity for himself. There would be no mistakes when filling it out now.
In addition, according to the regulations of Da Qi, one must return to one's hometown to take part in the imperial examinations. However, when the Yao River flooded, countless people were displaced and fled to the south. The imperial court issued an order requiring all places to take in refugees. Li Qingzhi had already been adopted into the Li family, so he could take part in the imperial examinations in Hexing Prefecture.
After this part is resolved, the next step is to find four more people and sign an insurance policy with them. If anyone cheats, all five will be held responsible.
Li Qingzhi doesn't need to worry about this, Zhu Xunmiao has already found someone.
The last thing to do was to find a local student on government stipend to act as a guarantor. This was a simple matter because Li Xiucai was a student on government stipend, and most of the students in his school asked him to act as a guarantor.