顺天府主考 早就想走您的门路
“The Shuntian chief examiner has long wanted your favor.”
THE DIALOGUE REEL
那也没有办法
“There's nothing we can do about it.”
顺天府主考 早就 想走您的 门路
“The Shuntian chief examiner has long wanted your favor.”
这回呢 正好赶上 青哥 四爷都下场
“This time, it just happens to coincide that Xuanqing and Yanwen are taking the exam.”
“You have full leverage over the chief examiner, so we can effortlessly fix the examination results for our sons.”
In historical China, building informal ties (menlu) with examination officials was a common, though illicit, strategy among elite lineages to ensure bureaucratic succession.
LEARNING CHUNKS & PARTICLES
to pull strings; to seek influential connections
A pragmatic phrase describing bypassing official channels by tapping into patronage networks.
chief examination commissioner
Historical term designating the presiding official in charge of provincial or metropolitan civil examinations.
