Just after Yuanbao achieved the top scorer position in the imperial exams, Song Wei and his colleagues faced their triennial performance evaluations.
This year, because the Left Army Commander Su Qing scored a great victory in his first expedition to the Northwest, Emperor Guangxi was delighted, and the evaluation standards were lowered. As long as there were no major mistakes in governance over the past three years, they were generally promoted.
Song Wei and Xie Zheng were among them.
Song Wei was promoted one rank, from the Standard Sixth Rank Imperial Tutor to the fifth-rank scholar, which not only improved his status and salary, but his job responsibilities also changed; he would no longer be responsible for teaching Emperor Guangxi.
Xie Zheng was promoted half a rank, from the seventh-rank editor to Junior Sixth Rank Historian, responsible for compiling historical records.
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