The staff was recommended as an official. Although it was often seen in the Ming Dynasty, it was not a norm, but in the Jin Dynasty, the behavior of joining a certain adult to seek official positions became a normal practice.
After all, you cannot ask the Jin people who have just lived in hunting in the mountains and forests for decades. After becoming an official, you can immediately understand the various rules and unspoken rules of the officialdom. The court cannot hand over all positions to the Xia people.
Therefore, the aid system began to become popular in the Jin Dynasty.
Often, a Jin man's boss would hire a few or even a dozen divisions to assist them in becoming officials.
Many aides who were appreciated by the boss were later elected as local officials, which is a matter of mutual benefit. When the assistants become officials, they will be grateful to the boss, and the boss can also use the assistants to expand their influence in the court.
, why not do it?
Today, when it developed to the mid-19th century, a complete industrial chain has been formed, especially the masters in Shaoxing, Jiangnan.
The recommendation has become the second-class contempt chain of imperial examinations, second only to the selection of officials in Jinshi, and is even higher than the third-class discussion of the Ministry of Personnel of the Imperial College and the fourth-class shade to be an official. Of course, the lowest-class one is of course
I spent money to buy an official.
The reason why I recommend this retro official selection method that has been abolished since the Ming Taizu can become the second most sought after in the Jin Dynasty officialdom is that you have the ability to get the recommendation of Shangguan, but you don’t have the ability to do so.
The kind that relies on relationships to gain power is still looked down upon.
Anyone who can be a successful staff member has no ability, and is often more capable than a real official.
It’s just that these people have some ups and downs on the road to imperial examinations, so the ability of such staff to recommend officials in the officialdom is still very recognized.
There are even examples of senior officials such as prefects and prefects, and even governors from the side.
For example, the governor of Liangjiang in Jiangning, Lord Li, the Minister of Trade in Wukou, came from the famous bandit suppression minister Zeng Fuzi, who was known as the "nemesis of the Heavenly Kingdom".
Such examples have attracted scholars to follow their examples, but those who are truly capable will choose to take advantage of them.
A talent like Ning Jinsheng is outstanding among the masters. He has the reputation of a scholar. He is rare to be a strong man second only to a congenital master. He can be literary and martial, and can protect the safety of the boss at critical moments. He chooses to join in.
In fact, many people in the officialdom have regretted it because of the stupid official like the magistrate of the Demon City.
But I never thought that this despised Lord Wu, who was not on the imperial examination route, was promoted from a small seventh-rank county magistrate. In just five years, he has reached the current prefect of the Demon City and the fourth-rank Taoist platform.
If it is a Jin people's powerful and powerful position, there is no need to mention it. Examples of high positions such as the governor and general who have been promoted from low rank to second and third rank are not uncommon, but this is extremely rare for Xia people officials.
A scene.
Because this position took another step and crossed that threshold, it was a rank of the local governor's level, so I don't know how many people's chins were shocked at the beginning.
In fact, Ning Jinsheng was quite satisfied with his boss, because although this Lord Wu was greedy for money and lust, he was cautious and good at ease, and he did not lack the decisiveness of making all his bets. Otherwise, he would not have spent money to bribe the Ministry of Personnel and ignored the crisis.
He took over the hot potato of the magistrate of the Demon City, and then he was promoted to the fifth level and became the magistrate without any danger. Later, he was awarded the title of fourth-rank Taoist for his contribution to foreigners.
You should know that at that time, the Demon Capital was under the military front of the Long Haired Army of the Heavenly Kingdom, and was a dangerous position that everyone could avoid.
In Ning Jinsheng and others' opinion, such corrupt officials staying in the Jin Dynasty officialdom is indeed a good thing for their anti-Jin strength. Not only does they gradually erode and hollow out the foundation of the Jin Kingdom, but they are inconvenient to do many things.
, but the Jin Dynasty's own official was unscrupulous.
For example, if you smuggle some contraband, as long as the money is in place, these officials will be easy to talk to.
The reason why their organization has blossomed and grown exponentially in the southeast coastal areas over the years is due to the help of these corrupt officials!
Ning Jinsheng was also satisfied with Lord Wu's tactfulness. Such a person is worthy of their pursuit of training, and it is not in vain that he and the organization bothered to push the other party to their current position.
Just as Master Ning was thinking about what happened these days, a slight sound of breaking through the air suddenly appeared on the wall of the yard.
Ning Jinsheng, who seemed weak and actually had a strong strength, immediately looked up and saw a golden paper man flying lightly on the wall.
"Master Ning, I haven't seen each other for two days. I miss you and I meet here..."
The paper man said something without moving his lips, then he bent his arms and flicked his body. A small ball of paper fell in front of Ning Jinsheng, and then disappeared.
It's like entering a nobody's place.
While reaching out to take the paper ball, Ning Jinsheng felt a little relieved when he recalled Lu Lianbin's previous story.
When I opened it, I saw that there were only a few small characters on it. It didn’t look like a brush or charcoal pen, but it looked more like a brush from the West, but the handwriting was more delicate and clearer than that brush.
As for the simplified Chinese characters above, Ning Jinsheng didn't care. Generally, except for formal occasions such as writing books or dealing with official documents, the private letters of these scholars are naturally simple, so the simplified Chinese characters are not surprising to him at all.
At most, the shapes of individual characters are different, but there are many simplified characters in the same character, and the appearance of a few that are not commonly used will not affect reading comprehension.
After thinking for a moment, Master Ning held a small purple clay pot in his hand, and drank it while walking. The yamen runners and colleagues he met on the road were greeting as usual, and walked out of the side door without any suspicion.
Government office.
According to the address on the note, Ning Jinsheng walked slowly to a teahouse that was only a hundred steps away from the government office.
Because this teahouse is either rich or noble, it is not as lively as its peers in the market. Most of the people who come and go are either officials, scholars or businessmen.
Let’s make an appointment to meet in the private room upstairs, which is not only convenient for talking about various private matters, but also close to the government office and other places, making it convenient for sending messages nearby.
Mr. Ning doesn't come often, but as the prefect's aide, he often talks about things on behalf of Lord Wu and people from other forces. Generally, insider trading does not require the officials to interview themselves. The aides on both sides are drinking tea.
After dinner, we got things done.
This is already a tacit thing in this era.
"Yeah, Master Ning! I'm paying you a favor. You haven't seen each other for a few days!"
The guy in the teahouse enthusiastically spoke a Mandarin with a slightly Jiangnan accent, nodded and bowed to invite Ning Jinsheng into the teahouse.
Although the master is not an official, on the one hand, he represents an official, and on the other hand, he must at least have the fame of a scholar to be a master, and more of them are Juren. Ning Jinsheng also has the fame of Juren, no matter whether he is a rank or not, he can be ranked or not.
, and are also qualified to wait for the Ministry of Personnel to be elected as an official. Although usually the juren is only the chief clerk, an assistant official like a county magistrate can be called a master wherever he is placed, so these ordinary people dare not neglect at all.
Ning Jinsheng nodded slightly, gave his friend a small silver bead as a reward, and said:
"You don't need to serve here!"
The guy immediately understood that there was something to talk about, and then he didn't say a word but bent down deeply and left the door, and didn't even shout out the words of Xie Sheng.
This is the rule of their teahouse. You can sing and greet guests downstairs, but those who talk about things in the private room upstairs may not be shameful, but guests will not want to expose their identities, so they are often not allowed to talk about things.
The behavior of chanting and giving gifts in restaurants and tea shops is not feasible here. If you don’t want to be hated by the guests or beaten by the boss, quitting is the best choice.
The people who were waiting upstairs were also careful and did not look at what they shouldn't have. They lowered their heads and sent their refreshments and then came out. Except for the parties who made an appointment, no one knew which private room they entered or who they would talk to.
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If it were a storytelling teahouse or brothel, many customers would be very high-profile. Whoever rewarded would have a mentality of comparing with each other. The store would deliberately sing it loudly to let everyone know. This is also a disguised form.