Can you still be an official in the Tang Dynasty? What were the ways to be an official in the Tang Dynasty?

The imperial examination began in the period of Emperor Wendi of Sui Dynasty, and the Jinshi branch was established in the period of Yang Di of Sui Dynasty. The appearance of the imperial examination system can be said to have changed the system of selecting officials in China. The whole Tang Dynasty can be said to be an important stage from the initial establishment to the gradual formation of the imperial examination system, but at this time, the admission rate was very low, and few people wanted to become immortal through the scientific examination.

Most people still have to fail, but it doesn't mean that those who land can't be officials. There are still several ways to enter the official career. According to relevant statistics, only 100 people were admitted to the scientific research every year in the Tang Dynasty, and the gap of officials reached 2000. So for such a big gap, there must be other ways to make the scholars who have failed the list embark on their careers. The method of 1 is to get solutions from different places, which is somewhat similar to our current candidates from different places and immigrants from the college entrance examination. At that time, the Tang Dynasty stipulated that there was a certain limit on the number of reference taxis in each state, and candidates who exceeded a certain limit had to pick them up on the spot. However, after the Anshi Rebellion, the state's regulations on this condition were not fully implemented, and things were taken from different places from time to time. Zhang Ji, a famous poet in the Tang Dynasty, is a top immigrant in the college entrance examination. Shen Yazhi once took part in the imperial examinations in three states, occupying places in other states.

The second way is to recruit more people, that is, through the shadow under the door. Because too few people read the imperial examination, the Tang Dynasty stipulated that rich and powerful families, royal families, relatives and the state had great rights to let their children become officials in the DPRK. Most children of middle and senior officials only need to enter school and become apprentices. After the imperial examination, they can enter the official career by means of being an official, fasting and praising lang.

The third way is to enter the shogunate as an adjutant. After the middle and late Tang Dynasty, our envoys became local powerful figures and had the right to set up official positions. Scholars who fail in the list often go to these envoys to serve as aides to our envoys and embark on their official careers. Why there are so many ways to be an official in the Tang Dynasty besides the imperial examination system, mainly because the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty is still in a transitional stage, and the atmosphere in the Tang Dynasty is relatively open, with an eclectic employment style.