Was it possible for an ancient scholar to be a magistrate or something just by a gangster?

1, which is absolutely impossible. Unless it is a folk drama, or the bridge of the Qing palace drama.

2. Scholars in the Tang Dynasty were not necessarily granted official positions, or it took several years or even longer to be granted official positions. Han Yu, the leader of the eight masters in Tang and Song Dynasties, was awarded an official position after six years of being a scholar.

3. Jinshi in the Song Dynasty, awarded the right nine grades, or "judged, divided, recorded and embarrassed" from the eight grades. In the Song Dynasty, only the East, West, North and South all had "prefects", mostly former prime ministers, who were "positive three products".

4. In the Ming Dynasty, Jinshi generally awarded the right eight to the right seven, and the magistrate was the right four. The gap is still far away.

5. The main official positions in Qing dynasty should be provided to the nobles of Manchu and Mongolian dynasties. In the middle and late period, more than 60% of the official positions are for sale (according to Yan Chongnian's data), and there is nothing wrong with Jinshi.

6. In the Song Dynasty, when Jinshi was most respected and had the highest status, only 15% of the officials came from Jinshi. Most of them are the second generation of "Yin Bu". Only a few people eventually became high officials in the imperial examination, of which about 60% were famous officials and scholars with biographies in Song history.