What kind of official was the champion of the ancient imperial examination?

The champion is not an official, but the title of the first place in palace examination in the last imperial examination. Can only say that it is an official qualification. As for the number of officials, there are differences in the past dynasties. Basically, it's Tang Jiupin and Song Bapin, which came from Liu Pin in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

The imperial examination system was founded in the Sui Dynasty and flourished in the Tang Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty officially named the champion. However, it should be noted that, unlike the unitary system of later generations, there were many kinds of imperial examinations in the Tang Dynasty, including regular examinations (institutionalized imperial examinations) and institutional examinations (selecting talents according to the emperor's special purpose). In general subjects, there are dozens of classifications, among which Scholar, Mingjing, Jinshi, Faming, Shu Ming and Shu Ming are common and extremely complicated. It is mainly composed of scholars, Ming Jing and Jinshi. It is very difficult for a scholar to make a master plan of scientific research, and the governor of the state will be punished, which eventually leads to no one being interested in this scholar's subject and becoming synonymous with a student in the Ming and Qing Dynasties. It is the easiest to learn Confucian classics in Ming Dynasty. Scholars are somewhere in between, and learning current affairs strategies in Mingjing is more valuable than rote learning.

What official position was awarded by the champion? In fact, the number one scholar in ordinary classes has no advantage. All students who pass these subjects also need to pass the official examination, the so-called selection examination, before they can officially become officials. It doesn't make much difference whether the last champion or the last one crossed the line. At the end of the test, a grade will be given. For example, the scholar will be awarded the eighth rank of the upper class, the Ming Dynasty will be awarded the eighth rank of the upper class, and the Jinshi and Faming will be awarded the ninth rank. The second one is awarded under the Nine Grades.

In addition, in addition to regular subjects, there were institutional subjects in the Tang Dynasty. This kind of imperial examination is directly awarded to the official position and does not need to pass the examination of the official department. As far as the system is concerned, those who have no background or official position are generally named as county chiefs from above or below the Nine Grades, and some are also named as princes below the Nine Grades. Jinshi generally starts from the ninth-grade Jinshi, which is one to two grades higher than Jinshi. The former official can be promoted, and those with excellent grades can be promoted to the third and fourth grades. Those who take and pass the exams in succession can be promoted quickly and will soon become the top five officials. For example, Zhang Shuo, the prime minister of Xuanzong in Tang Dynasty, was the highest scholar of this system in Wu and Zhou Dynasties. There are also the famous poet Wang Wei, the calligrapher Liu Gongquan and the famous Wu, all of whom won the first prize in different subjects.

Then talk about the Song Dynasty. A typical improvement of the imperial examination system in the Tang Dynasty in the Song Dynasty is that after passing the imperial examination, you can directly enter the official position without going through the official department selection examination. Moreover, in the Song Dynasty, the provincial examination (not the local province now, but the central institution Shangshu Province) and the three-level imperial examination in the court examination were defined. There are three of the top three (one for Jinshi, the second for Jinshi and the third for fellow Jinshi). There are three people in one armor, the first one is called champion, the second one is called second child, and the third one is called flower exploration. This system has also been used by later generations.

Unlike the top scholar in the Tang Dynasty, he can only be a nine-product official. The Song Dynasty paid more attention to literati. Since Emperor Taizong, every time the imperial examination results were announced, the starting point of Jinshi was Jiang Cheng (Grade 8) or Marble Ping (Grade 8), and the general level of Jinshi was also improved accordingly. Moreover, in the Song Dynasty, the status of Jinshi was officially higher than that of Mingjing, and the champion was sent to Dazhou as a general judge. Three years later, the new champion was born, and the fair champion immediately returned to work in North Korea. Since then, his career has flourished. The number one scholar in the Song Dynasty is also full of talented people, such as Lv Mengzheng, a famous figure in the Northern Song Dynasty, Huang Shang, a poet (the author of Jin Yong's novel Jiuyin Zhen Jing), Chen Jia, a great philosopher in the Southern Song Dynasty, and Zhang Xiaoxiang, a famous poet. Of course, the most famous is Wen Tianxiang, who is healthy and upright.

In the Yuan Dynasty, the imperial examination system was once frustrated because Mongols did not attach importance to scholars. For a long time, imperial examinations were not held, and Renzong was mostly a formality, many of which were controlled by Mongolian semu people and awarded by officials at will.

During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the imperial examination system was further standardized. It also directly stipulates the official positions that should be awarded to the champion, the second place and the flower exploration. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, the first prize was awarded by imperial academy (from the sixth grade), and the second prize and flower exploration were awarded by imperial academy (from the seventh grade). The rest of the Jinshi, outstanding as Jishi Shu entered imperial academy, and the rest were sent to other places to be small officials. Jishi Shu is not a formal official position, but it is similar to an internship. At the end of the three-year term, it is called "disbanding the museum" and should be assessed. Those who pass the examination will stay in imperial academy, and will be awarded the editor of Zhengqipin or become a full academician through the evaluation of Qipin.

The rest were assigned to ministries and localities. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, Hanlin was often promoted step by step. The cabinet in Ming Dynasty, the southern study room in Qing Dynasty and the military departments often selected outstanding officials from Hanlin to enter the highest decision-making level. The number one scholar compiled by the Hanlin Academy has a unique advantage. Yang Shen, Wang Hua, the father of Wang Yangming, and Zhou Yanru, the cabinet official at the end of Ming Dynasty, were the top scholars in Ming Dynasty. In the Qing Dynasty, there were Yu Minzhong, president of Sikuquanshu, Wang Jie, minister of military affairs in Wenhua Hall of Qianlong Dynasty, minister of military affairs who brought down Shenyang in Jiaqing period, Chongqi, governor of the same country, Weng Tonghe, a famous minister in the late Qing Dynasty, and Zhang Jian, an industrialist in the late Qing Dynasty.

There is also a martial art, which was founded in the era of Wu Zetian and also needs to be investigated, such as the strategy of war and other swords and guns. The past dynasties are different. It was not until the Qing Dynasty that there was a clear stipulation about granting military attache. In the third year of Shunzhi, it was stipulated that the champion Wu awarded the right Daoism to the participating generals, the champion Wu awarded the right Daoism to the guerrillas, and the generals awarded the right Daoism. The second level is a five-level garrison, and the third level is a five-level garrison. During the Kangxi period, it was changed to half of the battalion, which was an official who directly led the troops, and the other half was a bodyguard, which was the palace bodyguard of the emperor. Yongzheng began to formally stipulate that Wu Zhuangyuan was awarded the first-class bodyguard (third class), and Wu Bangyan and Tan Hua were awarded the second-class bodyguard (fourth class). Then choose the top ten from dimethyl and give them a third-class escort (plus five products). The rest are registered in the Ministry of War and awarded garrison posts. Since then, it has remained basically unchanged.