I watched Er Chuang’s short video, and everything went numb!

[First, let me talk about why the civil service exam in India is so difficult. ]

[After reading the content just now, everyone will definitely say that it is because the admission rate is extremely low. ]

[But why is it so low? ]

[The first reason is that under India's special civil service system, there are very few official civil servants. ]

[According to data from the Ministry of Personnel, Public Relief and Retirement Welfare of India, the total number of government employees in India exceeds 20 million, but most of them are only temporary contract workers, and only about 7,000 people really enjoy the treatment of national civil servants. ]

[With few places and many people taking the exam, the admission rate is naturally low. ]

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The plane of Emperor Chengzu of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Di was quite shocked.

He remembered that the total population of India exceeded 1.4 billion, which was the largest in later generations.

A country with such a large population actually has only 7,000 official officials?

This ratio is indeed too low.

The population of the Ming Dynasty is only 60 million now, but the number of civil and military officials has reached tens of thousands.

With such a small number of official officials, can a country be managed well?

Zhu Di was a little skeptical.

As for the so-called temporary contract workers, Zhu Di felt that they were similar to the roles of "helpers" and "white servants" in the government offices.

He didn't think such people could be of much use.

In his opinion, temporary workers in the government can only serve as supplements, not as the main personnel of court officials.

Among the more than 20 million officials in the country of India, only more than 7,000 are official officials. This is unreasonable and will affect the implementation of various government affairs.

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[The second reason is a continuation of the first reason. ]

[Because the number of civil servants is extremely scarce, it is reflected in the specific design of the civil service examination, which is extremely difficult. 】

[The civil service examination in India consists of three rounds of examinations: preliminary examination, main examination and interview. It is a great test of the candidates' endurance and ability. According to statistics, it takes more than 30 hours to answer questions in order to pass all the examinations. 】

[The preliminary examination comprehensively tests the candidates' basic knowledge, including questions in history, geography, ecology, biology, art, culture, mathematics, analytical ability, logic, statistics, English and other fields. The content covers a wide range and tests multiple skills, so many candidates are eliminated at this stage. 】

[The main examination is a more complex stage in the civil service examination, which includes 9 subjects and requires candidates to comprehensively apply all aspects of knowledge and abilities. 】

[The examination covers the history and culture of India, international relations, public governance, economic management, science and technology, moral and cultural cultivation, etc., and also includes an optional language qualification examination. 】

【After passing the main test, candidates will also need to participate in the interview phase. The interview score plus the written test score will determine the final ranking and the number of corresponding places. Admission will be based on the ranking. The entire exam takes about a year. 】

Bullet screen:

"It's one more round than our civil service exam."

"Reply - Indeed, we have two rounds, written test and interview, and their written test is divided into preliminary test and main test."

"Reply - I don't know what the specific test questions are like, but there are so many things to be tested, it's daunting to look at them."

"Reply - Indeed, there are too many things to master."

"Reply - I feel that India's preliminary test and main test are more difficult than our written test."

"Reply - There is no doubt that the coverage of these contents alone is more than ours. . ”

“Reply——They should also apply for the exam based on the position, right?”

“Reply——It seems so, but the level of their national exam positions is very high. I heard that the lowest level is the police chief.”

“Reply——Hiss! No wonder the exam is so difficult!”

“Reply——Their exam is different from ours. Their local civil service exams recruit temporary workers, while our local civil service exams recruit formal staff.”

“…”

Many ancient people from all dynasties also felt their scalps tingling at this time.

Although they did not know the specific content of those subjects, the sheer number of these subjects was enough to scare people.

After seeing from the barrage that the people of the Dragon Kingdom in later generations said that it was more difficult than the Dragon Kingdom’s civil service exam, these ancient people were even more shocked.

Because in the previous video, they had seen some of the Dragon Kingdom’s civil service exam questions, which had given them a deep understanding of the difficulty of the Dragon Kingdom’s civil service exam.

The difficulty of those questions made many ancient people doubt their lives.

These ancient people could not imagine what an exam more difficult than the Dragon State Civil Service Exam would be like?

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The plane of Taizu of the Great Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Yuanzhang thought for a moment and said:

"Why do I feel that this is a bit like the imperial examination in our Ming Dynasty?"

"What are the preliminary examination, the main examination, and the interview? Don't they correspond to our provincial examination, the joint examination, and the palace examination?"

Hearing this, Zhu Biao shook his head and replied:

"Dad, it's not quite the same."

"I saw people from the Dragon Kingdom in the future saying that when applying for the civil service examinations in the Dragon Kingdom and the Asan Kingdom, they had already decided what official position they would take."

"Moreover, the interview scores in the future will be included, and some people will be eliminated, which is different from our palace examination."

"Our palace examination is just a ranking, not an elimination."

After hearing what Zhu Biao said, Zhu Yuanzhang thought about it carefully and it was indeed the case.

"Boss, I think this method of deciding the position first and then taking the exam is very interesting."

Zhu Yuanzhang spoke to Zhu Biao again.

He thinks this method will help solve the problem of redundant officials.

"Yes, and it is also a good method to have separate examinations for the central and local governments, as in Longguo."

Zhu Biao replied.

Zhu Yuanzhang nodded slightly.

He planned to think about it carefully and see if he could reform the imperial examination system of the Ming Dynasty based on this.

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[So, since the civil service examination in India is so difficult, why do people in India still take the examination so hard, even at all costs? ]

[Because once you pass the examination, it is equivalent to changing your fate, especially for the low castes in India. ]

[About 3,000 years ago, India had a caste system and hierarchy after the Aryans entered. ]

[According to the caste system, there are four levels: the first level is Brahman, the second level is Kshatriya, the third level is Vaishya, and the fourth level is Shudra. ]

[The four levels have strict regulations on status, power, occupation, and obligations, and they are inherited from generation to generation. 】

[The Brahmins at the top of the contempt chain are mainly monks and nobles, in charge of religion. They have the final right to interpret all scriptures and doctrines. They have the ability to call the wind and rain, do whatever they want, and call a zebra a zebra. 】

[The second place in the contempt chain is the Kshatriya, who is in charge of military and political affairs, and has the power of thugs, financial management, and administration. They are the personal bodyguards of the Brahmins, second only to one person and above ten thousand people. 】

[The third place in the contempt chain is the Vaishya, which is the ordinary people engaged in industry and commerce. 】

[As for the Shudras at the fourth place in the contempt chain, they are senior servants and craftsmen. 】

The barrage flew out:

"Is there a fifth level?"

"Reply - Dalit" Right, they are untouchables, the "untouchable" class, and are not considered human beings in India, and are not among the four major castes. ”

“Reply——Good fellow, the Shudras are lowly enough, I didn’t expect there is a Dalit who is even lower and doesn’t even deserve a name.”

“Reply——What’s even more outrageous is that the various classes in India have accepted this system for thousands of years, and the untouchables and low castes have already recognized their status.”

“…”

Looking at the information on the giant screen in the sky.

Many ancient people from all dynasties were shocked.

Although in various feudal dynasties in China, there were also distinctions between high and low between various groups.

But it is definitely not like India, where all people in the country are strictly divided into four caste levels. Oh, if you add the fifth level that is not considered a human, it is five levels, and there is an insurmountable gap between each level.

Even in the aristocratic family who pays the most attention to bloodline, In the era of the tribes, it was not so outrageous.

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The Great Qin plane.

A look of surprise flashed in Qin Shi Huang’s eyes.

It is also bizarre that this caste system that almost completely solidified class mobility could exist for thousands of years.

And the top class was actually the monk aristocracy, which was simply too outrageous.

According to the description, that Kshatriya was a bit like the emperor of the ancient Asan Kingdom, but he was actually ranked below some monk aristocracy Brahmin, how absurd?

Qin Shi Huang felt cold in his heartWith a snort, a look of contempt flashed in his eyes.

The emperor of the ancient Asan Kingdom was really incompetent.

As an emperor who advocated absolute imperial power and as the first emperor of China, he looked down on the emperor of the ancient Asan Kingdom.

No matter what the reason was, he believed that as an emperor, if he could not make the imperial power supreme, it would be the emperor's incompetence.

Not only Liu Che.

In many other dynasties, there were many emperors who had similar ideas.

They strongly disagreed with the situation that the emperor was in the second level.

By the way, they also had the same view on the emperor of the ancient Asan Kingdom as Qin Shihuang, that is, they were quite contemptuous.

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The plane of the late Tang Dynasty.

Huang Chao sneered disdainfully.

He was extremely disgusted with this surname system.

What he believed more was: "Are kings, princes, generals, and ministers of the same species?"

Just as he learned a saying from the sky screen, "Political power comes from the barrel of a gun!"

He wanted to use swords and guns to ask those noble families, where is the innate nobility of the nobles?

Thinking of this.

A sharp light flashed in Huang Chao's eyes.

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[Although the caste system has been abolished in India for more than 70 years, this thousands of years of thought is still deeply rooted. In India, it can be said that it is dead in name only. ]

[Among the two high castes, Brahmins account for about 3% of the total population, and Kshatriyas account for about 5%, but they monopolize more than 80% of the advantageous jobs. ]

[Once you get a civil service position, your social status will be greatly improved. No matter how high the class barriers are or how strict the caste system is, it will become irrelevant, which is comparable to being reborn. 】

【Wherever you are in India, Porsche and Ferrari are just the roar of the machines that attract the attention of passers-by, but a small broken car with red and blue lights on the top can get the salute of the traffic police-just because it is the car of the Indian civil servants. 】

【In some backward rural areas, becoming a civil servant is almost equivalent to "becoming a god". 】

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"So that's it."

The ancients of all dynasties understood it instantly.

No wonder the people of India have such a strong obsession with taking the civil service exam.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, many ancient people think that this is indeed the most direct way out.

Especially the ancients of various dynasties after the birth of the imperial examination system can understand it better.

Isn't taking the imperial examination the most direct and effective way to change people's destiny?

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【In addition to improving social status, the actual benefits are also huge. 】

【First of all, the salary of civil servants in India is generous. Generally, a new civil servant who has just started working earns 120,000 to 250,000 rupees a month, which is equivalent to about 10,000 to 20,000 dragon coins. 】

【After that, the salary will increase year by year as the number of years of work increases.Rising. 】

[In contrast, in India, the average monthly salary in 2023 is only 33,000 rupees (about 2,800 yuan), and many people cannot reach this average. 】

[Secondly, the benefits of Indian civil servants are also sought after by all Indian citizens. They have various subsidies, such as transportation, water and electricity, children's education, etc., and they try every means to give money. 】

[If you rise to a certain level in the civil service system, you will get corresponding benefits, such as housing, private cars, and even drivers and nannies. 】

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The plane of Taizu of the Ming Dynasty.

Many officials looked at the giant screen in the sky and were extremely envious.

They also want to have high salaries and so many benefits.

Being an official in the Ming Dynasty, their life was hard.

This is not that these officials are not satisfied, but relatively speaking, their treatment is indeed low.

For example.

The highest official of the first rank in the Ming Dynasty had a monthly salary of 87 shi, and the lowest official of the ninth rank had a monthly salary of 5 shi.

The highest official of the Han Dynasty had a monthly salary of 350 hu, and the lowest was 16 hu (1 hu equals 1 shi).

The rice salary of officials in the Tang Dynasty was lower than that of the Ming Dynasty, but officials had land income. The monthly salary of the first rank official was 108 shi, plus 9,800 coins, and the monthly salary of the ninth rank official was 15 shi, plus 1,300 coins.

The salary of 537 officials in the Song Dynasty was higher than that of the Han and Tang Dynasties.

It was precisely because of the low salary system of the Ming Dynasty that many honest officials were very poor.

For example, Hai Rui could not afford a coffin after his death, and Liu Zhun, the censor of Guangxi Province, had a salary so low that he could not support his wife and children, so he borrowed money and rice from his colleagues and superiors. Later, Liu Zhun died of illness and his family could not pay him back.

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[The last point is that the work of civil servants in India is extremely easy. ]

[They have too many holidays a year to count, and those public holidays are of course not to mention, they must take holidays. ]

[In addition, there are some national festivals, such as Diwali and Holi, and they also need to take a few days off; ]

[Civil servants also need to take a break to commemorate the birthday of the founding father of India. ]

[In addition, there are countless religious festivals. Anyway, as long as it is called a festival, the administrative office of India will close its doors. ]

[And the most shocking thing is that civil servants in India can also have one month of paid vacation, 20 days of medical leave and 20 days of half-pay leave every year. 】

[According to this calculation, Indian civil servants basically have nearly 200 days off a year. 】

Barrage flew out:

"Ah? Is it so outrageous? Working for more than 100 days a year? No wonder the efficiency of Indian government departments is so low."

"It's really eye-opening. No wonder the Indian civil service exam is so difficult. It turns out that there are such good treatments!"

"High status, high salary, good benefits, and less work. Who wouldn't love such a job?"

"With such a holiday system for civil servants, the people of India are really 'blessed'."

"..."

See here.

Officials from all dynasties were shocked.

Are the civil servants of India too many holidays?

Although compared with modern Dragon State civil servants, officials in ancient Chinese dynasties had many more holidays.

But it is still far less than the number of holidays for Indian civil servants.

Among the dynasties of China, the Song Dynasty had the most holidays, with officials having more than 120 days of holidays, which is almost 80 days away from the 200 days of holidays for Indian civil servants.

The plane of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty.

Li Shimin shook his head.

Government officials have so many holidays throughout the year, so what about the various government affairs? Who will handle it?

In the end, it is likely that government affairs will pile up like a mountain, and the people will complain endlessly.

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[The benefits on the surface are so tempting, and the "gray income" in secret is countless. ]

[In India, the huge change of "a wild chicken turning into a phoenix" by passing the civil service exam has caused a huge psychological distortion in many "new civil servants". ]

[They completely regard this job as an opportunity to make money, rather than an opportunity to serve the people and the country. ]

[In India, almost every two Indians have bribed government officials, which may be a bag of fruit, a bag of rice, or all the savings of the family. ]

[It seems that as long as there is no bribery, the Indians' affairs are doomed to fail. ]

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"Ah! How could it be like this?"

Many ancient people in all dynasties were deeply shocked. This is too outrageous.