There are generally three official careers of scholars in the Qing Dynasty, namely, Hanlin, Liubu for the people and local. Since the sixth year of Kangxi (1667), in the Qing Dynasty, except the first scholar was awarded Hanlin, most of the second and third scholars were selected as Jishi Shu, and they were candidates in order. Jinshi's selection of counties is divided into two categories: class selection and class removal. Those who choose classes, those who have orders to use the magistrate of a county, choose the direct line, no matter whether it is single or double months, and choose it if it is missing; Other Jinshi who return to the class are classified as the former class and are candidates in order. According to the candidate system of the Qing Dynasty, the official department draws lots once a month after selecting candidates for vacant positions, and distributes the list of officials according to positions, qualifications and shifts, and distributes it to a department or a province (that is, to the target place) for use by the Committee, which is called standby.
Time from standby to actual location. At first, only five people were elected every two months, and some officials were elected as late as ten years. In the second year of Yongzheng (1724), assistant minister Shen also chose four people for a single month. Since then, it takes about two or three years for Jinshi to choose a magistrate.
That is to say, there was no normal employment record in the first year or two when he was sent to various places, that is, magistrate of a county. For example, Li Yuchang, the hero of one of the four major unjust cases in Qing Dynasty, was Chen Wujinshi in the 13th year of Jiaqing (1808). Later, the magistrate was used to allocate vacancies such as Jiangsu government offices, and later he was used as a backup magistrate. In the same year, he was sent to Yang Shan to inspect the disaster relief, and there was no real job.