As a new Jinshi with no background, the starting point for the seventh grade is already very high.

Of course, except for the nobles like Qi Xuan, this guy was born as a seventh-rank scattered official, and he was already a fifth-rank rank when he was an adult. Even if he didn't take the imperial examination and did not join the army, he would just wait in Chang'an City for a lifetime. When he was forty or fifty, he could still get a third-rank or even second-rank scattered official.

There is no way to compare between people.

However, Lin Zhao had the identity of the chief editor of the eighth grade before, so it was not completely unreasonable to give him a seventh grade, but this official position is very intriguing.

Zhan Shishizhi.

As the name suggests, he is the official in charge of "integrity" in the Zhanshi Mansion. To put it more simply, he is the discipline committee member Lin Zhao called.

If the Zhan Shi Mansion is equivalent to the Secretariat of the Eastern Palace, then this job is probably equivalent to the Censor. If you see something you don’t like, you can “report” to the Zhan Shi Mansion in the Secretariat or directly to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

It is worth mentioning that there are two people in this position.

In other words, there will be another Zhan Shizhi who will be colleagues with Lin Zhao.

On the way back to Chang'an, Lin Zhao and Xie Danran were both sitting in Qi Xuan's carriage. Xiaolin Tanhua looked at Qi Xuan and asked, "Brother Qi, what's the purpose of what do you mean by the court?"

Lin Zhao has not yet figured out the official system of the court yet. He should ask this nobleman for advice. However, here he was talking about the intention of the "Court" and did not mention the intention of the Ministry of Personnel, because in Lin Zhao's mind, this job must have been arranged by the palace for him.

Because of the relationship between him and the Secretary of Zhou, the Ministry of Personnel would never have arranged such a high position for Lin Zhao despite the gossip of others.

"What else can it be used for?"

Because it was cold, Master Qi put his hands in his sleeves and said indifferently: "It means that the court wants to reuse you, or to reuse the Grand Master."

"How did you say this?"

Lin Zhao smiled bitterly and said, "As far as I know, the Zhan Shi Mansion is a leisurely yamen and there is no work to do on weekdays."

The Zhanshi Mansion openly manages the administration of the East Palace and the guards that everyone knows are the sixth leader. However, the small court of the East Palace is just a false reputation. Even His Royal Highness has not obtained any real power in the court, so the Zhanshi Mansion is even more in name only. As for the internal affairs of the East Palace...

There are eunuchs sent from the palace in the East Palace, so there is nothing wrong with the Zhan Shi Mansion.

Not to mention the Six Directions of the Eastern Palace, these troops are nominally the prince's guards, but the prince cannot command because they protect the prince under the arrangement of the court, rather than protecting the prince under the order of the prince.

The reason is simply that there are too many people with the Six Rings. If power is really given to the Eastern Palace, it may take a few days before the Tai Chi Palace will change its owner.

"Of course there are no errands in the Zhan Shi Mansion, but the officials of the Zhan Shi Mansion are very valuable."

The eldest son of Qi looked at Lin Zhao and said slowly: "According to the previous rules of the Ministry of Personnel, after three years of certification, the new Jinshi will usually be promoted to the first rank. If he performs well, he will be upgraded in another way."

After he paused, he continued, "And the official in the Zhan Shi Mansion... After he succeeds, he will usually be promoted to the first rank. If he can get the appreciation of that person, he can even be promoted to the second rank official on the spot."

Speaking of this, Master Qi looked at Lin Zhao and said, "Tsk tsk": "Sanlang, you can calculate it. By then, you will be at least a fifth-rank official."

In the official system of the Great Zhou Dynasty, civil officials were rank 9 and 29, third rank and above, and were first rank and two levels, that is, the third rank and third rank, while officials below the third rank are first rank and fourth rank.

That is, there are differences between the four grades above and the four grades below.

If, according to Qi Xuan, Lin Zhao will be able to complete the three-year probation period of the Ministry of Personnel and add the bonus of the Eastern Palace official, one day after the old emperor is burping, Lin Zhao will be able to directly reach the fifth rank, or even higher!

The ranks of officials in the Great Zhou Dynasty are generally not high, and the prime minister is only a third rank. If a fifth rank is in Chang'an City, he can already be called a tycoon in the court!

If we calculate the age, Lin Zhao was probably about twenty years old at that time.

Of course, this is just a theoretical level that can be achieved. Even if everything is as Qi Xuan said, it will only be possible to achieve it after Lin Jian successfully enters the cardinal.

"Fifth-rank official."

Qi Xuan sighed: "There are so many powerful and noble children in Chang'an City, and there are very few who can truly reach the fifth-rank position in the officialdom. If Sanlang can reach the fifth-rank position in his young age, he will probably... he will be the prime minister in the future."

"At that time, my Qi family will rely on your care."

The Prime Minister of the Zhengshi Hall has extremely powerful power. Even the prime minister who has just entered the Zhengshi Hall has more than six ministers in real power, and is nominally the Shangguan of the Six Ministers, and is the pinnacle of the civil officials.

As for the generals...

The highest point of military generals should be the governors scattered everywhere. As for the positions of governors and escorts in the early years of the founding of the country, they have already died in name only.

"Brother Qi, don't make fun of me."

Lin Sanlang shook his head and said helplessly: "There are many Jinshis in Chang'an City every year. There are many who can really be the prime minister. I am much worse than the Jinshis in the same subject, so I dare not expect to be a prestigious person."

Qi Xuan glanced at Xie Danran beside Lin Zhao, and then smiled and said, "Sanlang first entered the court and wanted to enter the political affairs hall. It is indeed impossible to say, but the uncle in your family now seems to have 70% or 80% chance of paying homage to the minister."

After hearing this, Lin Zhao did not answer because he knew very well that if Lin Jian worshipped the minister one day, it would mean that the obscure old emperor had fun in the sky.

Judging from the old emperor's positive attitude towards power, it does not seem like there is anything wrong with his body.

As the few of them talked, the carriage had already entered Chang'an City. Qi Xuan sent the two of them to the gate of Changxingfang before getting off the carriage and bowing farewell to Lin Zhao.

Lin Zhao and Xie Danran joined hands to Changxingfang. After arriving at their home, they saw that the officials of the Ministry of Personnel had been waiting for a long time.

The official had been waiting at Lin Zhao's house for a long time, but he was not angry. He even showed a very respectful look after seeing Lin Zhao.

After seeing this man, Lin Zhao was slightly stunned.

It was the official who collected his gold in the Ministry of Personnel that day.

Seeing Lin Zhao come back, Lin Erniang hurriedly walked over and pulled Lin Zhao's sleeve and complained: "I went out early in the morning and didn't say where I go, which made Shangguan wait here for half a day."

Lin Zhao smiled at his mother and said, "I went to the suburbs of the city, it's okay."

The official nodded quickly and said, "Madam, you are polite. The villain is just an official who sends letters from the Ministry of Personnel. He is not a Shangguan. What Lin Sizhi said is that it is not a problem or a problem..."

Lin Zhao looked back at the official and asked with a smile: "This is the second time we have met, it's also fate. May I ask if I have a surname and name?"

The middle-aged official hesitated for a moment and quickly lowered his head: "The villain's surname is Liu, and the family is Yi Er, and the people in Chang'an call the villain Liu Er."

As he said that, Liu Er handed over the document in his hand and said respectfully: "Lin Sizhi, this is the document of the Ministry of Personnel, and there is also the fish talisman of Zhan Shishi. Please hold it away. The Ministry of Personnel will send someone to tailor it for you tomorrow. However, the official uniform is relatively detailed and it should take more than a month to do it. You can go to Zhan Shishishi's Mansion to report at any time within three months."

Because of the inconvenient transportation, some officials are in other places, so the requirements for the time required by the Ministry of Personnel are still very relaxed.

Lin Zhao glanced at the seventh-grade fish talisman held by Liu Er, then touched the eighth-grade copper talisman on his waist, and asked, "I have an eighth-grade errand on my body. Will this fish talisman be handed over to the Ministry of Personnel?"

Liu Er was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Go back to Lin Sizhi, Shangguan didn't talk about this before the villain came, so he should be..."

“No need to hand over.”
Chapter completed!