Chapter 2626: Being an official, what kind of official is it?
Beiqu.
Wang Ying thought she was not good enough before.
Then I slowly felt like I could do it.
But now I'm starting to feel like I can't do it anymore.
This kind of ecstasy and strong stimulation made Wang Ying feel some discomfort.
It is natural to get sick.
I feel that I can be born knowing everything, either a god in mythology or a fool in reality.
Wang Ying is neither a fairy nor a fool. She was originally in Chang'an and thought she had learned well. But when she really compared her with Wang Ling, she found that she was like a stick. She was just an ordinary person who suddenly got a marquis.
, it is already very remarkable that it did not float up immediately and swell to the point of being uncontrollable. In this era when knowledge is money and power, for Wang Ying, how to be an official, how to be a marquis, and other such knowledge are all secrets.
I want to read a book, but there is no book.
I want to find someone to teach me, but no one can teach me.
Even if they are "good sisters", they will not give everything to each other. What's more, they are also a collective group of interests, not a true friendship like life and death brothers.
If Liu Guan and Zhang had not shown that indestructible brotherhood in repeated tests, how much friendship in adversity would there have been if they all went smoothly? Just like in history, when Guan Yu died, other people
They all tried to persuade Liu Bei not to send troops, because Guan Yu was only Liu Bei's brother, not their brother.
As for Wang Ying, Zhen Mi and others, they can't even be called brothers and sisters. Strictly speaking, they can only be regarded as joining a group to keep warm.
Such a group is the female officers.
Wang Ying recalled the discussions between her and Zhen Mi when they were in Chang'an.
The Cavalry General may want to promote female officers, which is something Zhen Mi can see. But if you want to become a female officer, you cannot be like Wang Ying, sitting at home and waiting for an official position or title to fall from the sky. After all, that is
It is something you can only meet but cannot be asked for. At the same time, it was obtained by sacrificing the male members of Wang Yun's family. Therefore, if you want to be a female official, you must first know how to be an official.
So, how should one become an official?
Wang Ling taught Wang Ying a lesson yesterday.
Officials don't sit out.
But it should be done.
If Wang Ling hadn't come, Wang Ying would have been unable to do anything. Because Wang Ying didn't know how to be an official, nor did she know when to do something, she thought it was still like being in Chang'an, or on the road from Chang'an to Taiyuan.
On the road, as long as she is sitting there, she only needs to state a goal, and her subordinates will do it for her...
So, what should we do?
Wang Ying doesn't understand.
Wang Ying is sick. As Wang Ling, it is natural that he should visit him.
When Wang Ling came, Wang Ying took Wang Ling's hand and asked for advice sincerely.
Wang Ling sighed slightly, then sat down again and asked Wang Ying, is there anything that does not require supervision and tracking, or special explanations, that can be handled properly by his officials?
Wang Ying thought for a long time and felt that he could not find the answer.
Wang Ling looked at Wang Ying and asked, "Why did Huang Dagong say that he couldn't find any clues yesterday?"
"Is it because he is lazy?" Wang Ying replied, and then changed his mind and said, "Is he afraid of trouble?"
Wang Ling shook his head at first. After hearing the last answer, he nodded slightly, "Why were you afraid of trouble before? Why are you not afraid of trouble anymore?"
Wang Ying pondered.
Wang Ling stood up again, "Xiaguan goes ahead and goes to Puzi to wait for the Marquis of Yuyang... After all, Xiaguan is still the magistrate of Puzi County. There are some things that need to be dealt with. It will probably take two or three days. If you are a Marquis
When your body recovers, just come here, if..."
Wang Ling glanced at Wang Ying, was silent for a moment, nodded and said goodbye.
In this era, not only Wang Ying doesn't understand, but many people also don't understand what this "official" is and how to be an "official". For the time being, let's put aside Wang Ying, who cherishes ideals but is a bit bruised and swollen in reality.
, looking back at Fei Qian, it is not always smooth sailing either, and everything can go as he wishes.
With the increase in Feiqian's territory and the preliminary establishment of the division of labor among officials, the demand for the number of officials has greatly increased. In the imperial examination, it cannot be said that anyone will lower the standards because of the increase in demand. After all, once the standards are changed at will,
Then not only the previous officials who passed the strict examinations became a joke, but also the imperial examination system implemented by Dai Feiqian would also become a joke.
The imperial examination cannot be relaxed, the staff cannot be replenished for a while, and the response of female officials is not very high...
Fei Qian said he had a headache.
China has been a large country with a relatively vast territory since ancient times. The great unification is a big stone thrown by Qin Shihuang in the long river of history. Emperors of all dynasties can see it. Whether they can touch it or cannot touch it, they all move in that direction first.
To work hard and become the primary political ideal and goal of rulers of all ages.
After unification, a large and effective administrative system will be needed. From the central to the local governments, from administration, finance and taxation to the military, after these layers of institutions are set up, there will naturally be officials, large and small, with various interests intertwined.
, various forces are intertwined, forming a huge ecosystem.
Since it is an ecosystem, it will naturally have its own inherent life cycle and inertia.
When vested interest groups in a political system gradually settle down and form huge rentier groups that are parasitic on the ecosystem, the system will gradually become bloated, inefficient, and gradually deviate from its original goals and functions.
Ecosystems also have the function of self-healing, and when this self-healing ability in the system is no longer able to correct errors, major turbulence is inevitable...
Various problems such as resistance and riots will break out until internal and external forces cause the system to collapse, and a new system will be reorganized to perform the necessary management functions. During the reconstruction process, some loopholes in the previous system will be eliminated.
Deliberately strengthening or even sealing it, it becomes a thick cocoon, which makes the ecosystem lose its flexibility and may eventually become the next hidden danger.
Not only Wang Ying is thinking about this issue, but Fei Qian is also thinking about it.
China had a feudal dynasty, but it went in a completely different direction than the West.
It can be said that although Western Europe established a so-called alliance in later generations, they still lived their own lives. They have been feudal traditions from ancient times to the present, but the outer packaging is slightly different.
And China is innovating...
"If you don't innovate, you will be in danger." Fei Qian said slowly, "Just like that Buddhist monk... Well, what is that guy's name? Brother Langqu?"
Pang Tong looked through the information and said, "Deglanzi."
Fei Qian curled his lips and said, "Let him choose a Chinese name."
Now this is a Han Dynasty, so of course you have to give it a Han name.
Although Fei Qian did not specifically emphasize that a Chinese name must be given, as more and more Hu people come in, it is really not easy to remember the names of so many Hu people. Even Pang Tong needs to carry one with him.
Notes, focusing on the names of some characters, not to mention ordinary officials. Therefore, it is indeed more convenient for characters like the Buddhist scholar Degrange to be given a Chinese name. In later generations, in foreign companies, it is not
Do they all have to have foreign names?
Pang Tong nodded.
"The official system must be changed, and it must be greatly changed. Just like the man who learned the scriptures, he learned the scriptures just to change... We should not just watch others learn the scriptures, we must also "learn the scriptures" ourselves, ancient scriptures and foreign scriptures
, and then determine our own scriptures..." Fei Qian continued, "Since ancient times, Yao, Shun, and Yu have been changing. From abdication to inheritance, although no one has remembered its history, it must have been in the process.
There will definitely be a turbulent situation, and there will be no casualties..."
Fei Qian flipped through a table of strategies and took out one, "This Xing Zi'ang wrote well... but it's not enough. Shi Yuan, please read it first..."
Fei Qian handed Xing Yong's strategy to Pang Tong.
"Xing Zi'ang did not discuss scriptures in terms of scriptures, but said that since ancient times, scriptures have been constantly changing. There are no scriptures that can remain unchanged forever. Today's scriptures can also be praised by future generations...
..." Fei Qian tapped the gum on the table lightly, recalling Xing Yong's words in the policy discussion, "The present respects the past, the Ming respects the present, and if future generations follow the same principles as their predecessors, how can future generations follow them?" This is very interesting.
It's interesting, but it's a pity that it just stayed at the discussion and didn't propose a more detailed strategic plan..."
Pang Tongyi said while reading: "It is not easy to be able to say these words."
"Yes, indeed." Fei Qian nodded, and then said, "How about asking Xing Zi'ang to go to Qinglong Temple to serve as the official of the Zhengjie School?"
Pang Tong said: "Let him find answers? Do you want to give him some advice?"
Fei Qian touched his beard and said, "Forget it, there is no need to mention anything. If you can understand it, it is better to understand it yourself. Otherwise, it will be easy to pretend to understand, which will lead to bad things."
"Yes." Pang Tong nodded, then picked up a pen and made a note to avoid missing anything due to complicated affairs.
"By the way, where is Wang's daughter?" Fei Qian asked.
Pang Tong replied, "They say they are still in Beiqu."
"Huh?" Fei Qian frowned, "Are you scared?"
Pang Tong shook his head, nodded again and said, "I said he was sick...but if he said he was scared...maybe..."
Fei Qian pondered.
If others were so cowardly and incompetent, Fei Qian would not have paid much attention to it. But it is Wang Ying after all. It is not that Wang Ying is a woman, but that Wang Ying is a flag that can easily fall. For Fei Qian's reform of the bureaucracy,
There is no benefit.
The bureaucracy may sound simple, but it is actually very complex.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were the budding period of Chinese autocratic bureaucracy. The Zhou Dynasty, which was based on the patriarchal feudal system, began to collapse, which represented the collapse of absolute feudal rule, followed by the rise of a new political system. In the late Warring States Period, various countries
In order to strengthen their own national strength, not only Qin but also the other six countries promoted domestic reforms to a greater or lesser extent, initially forming a centralized political system of feudal absolutism and establishing a bureaucratic government headed by the kings of each country.
The hiring of ministers to manage state affairs was the beginning of China's path towards a bureaucratic system that was completely different from that of the West.
Regardless of the differences in the definition of feudalism between the East and the West, as well as related academic differences, looking at this bureaucratic system, in fact, both the East and the West have the same problems. After being separated from the support of aristocratic blood, the bureaucratic systems of the East and the West
They all entered a chaotic situation, but unlike the West, China quickly found a new starting point.
The Qin and Han Dynasties were a period when the bureaucratic political system was fully developed.
During this period, all elements of bureaucratic politics developed to a considerable degree, and profoundly affected subsequent dynasties.
A huge bureaucracy was established, although this "huge" was nothing compared to later generations. The original aristocratic system collapsed rapidly, and the new landlord class became the protagonist.
This is innovation, unprecedented innovation.
In the concepts of later generations, the landlord class is undoubtedly synonymous with backward, authoritarian, feudal, ignorant, etc. However, in the early and middle Han Dynasty, the landlord class was the representative of emerging forces, supporting the strength of the Han Dynasty and its influence on the surrounding areas.
The conquest of the territory and the confrontation with the Xiongnu.
Later, the Tang and Song dynasties were the mature period of the bureaucracy.
What Fei Qian wants is to add something newer to the current bureaucracy, just like a branch on a branch. After a hundred years of cultivation, it may bloom into a different kind of flower.
Fei Qian felt that the main problem in the bureaucracy of the Tang and Song dynasties was that the relationship between monarch power and prime minister power was not properly handled, resulting in all internal struggles basically centering around these two powers. Therefore, on the one hand, it is necessary to strengthen the decision-making mechanism.
Institutionalize the decision-making group and expand the decision-making group. From the independent prime minister to the group prime minister, and from the group prime minister to the cabinet, we will follow a path that is somewhat similar to the constitutional monarchy, but different.
At the same time, the supervisory agency still needs to be further strengthened. The personnel, officials, and structure of the supervisory system, as well as the daily supervision of officials, quarterly reviews, and annual ratings all need to be further improved. Zheng Xuan serves as the admonishment doctor and is still
There are still some people who are not sure of the direction. The so-called admonishment not only needs to focus on Fei Qian, but also needs to focus on the middle and lower-level officials under Fei Qian. This is the real role of admonition, not for the so-called cleanup.
Name, deliberately for show.
Of course, how to maintain the independence of the admonishment agency and prevent it from being penetrated by other forces will be a headache for future generations.
In this regard, Fei Qian has not thought of any good methods for the time being. He can only mention a few points first, then mark them for people to pay attention to, and leave some methods for replacement, review, self-awareness improvement, and strengthening daily ideological construction, etc., and then follow up.
Observe what works and what doesn’t.
The current focus is to expand the number of officials...
The Chinese people have this ability before they are castrated.
The system of the Ming Dynasty was a manifestation of the end of the extreme landowner line. In the end, everyone in the court became the shape of the landlord class. The core was the land, and all interests revolved around the land. As long as the land remained, management
Who is the emperor in his court...
The Qing Dynasty, to be honest, there was basically no innovation, only constant regression. The Manchus became the rulers of ethnic minorities, and they did not even think about the great ethnic integration promoted by later generations, and were always on guard against the influence of the native Chinese people.
They counterattacked and gave a lot of money and land to the foreigners, but they continued to raise taxes on the internal people, restricted their exchanges, increased their burdens, and created a literary prison...
When Fei Qian thought of this, he suddenly felt as if there was something somewhere like a pliers on his neck. Suddenly, the back of his head felt cold and he didn't dare to think about it any more.
"To establish an official system now, we must have a large number of officials..." Fei Qian said slowly, "Scientific examination is one aspect, and female officials are another... If female officials can be used, they can be
A large number of new officials have been recruited... It's just that most ladies today are accustomed to living at home and have no desire to serve in official positions..."
If the years can be peaceful, who the hell wants to move forward with a heavy burden?
It can be said that Fei Qian had previously promoted the system of female officials and increased the number of positions for female officials in Zhiyin Prison, but the actual effect was not very good. Since the Han Dynasty had not promoted female officials for a hundred or two hundred years, many ladies did not even think about it.
Although he wanted to become an official, he fully recognized Fei Qian's suggestion that women could inherit the title...
"Treading on the Stars"
meaning.
This is not okay. No matter if you are a man or a woman, you should do it when there is benefit and shirk it when you have to do work. People will not like this kind of person.
Furthermore, if the female official system is not established and the number of officials cannot be quickly replenished, how can we find replacements for the large number of middle- and lower-level officials who were originally hoarded in Shuzuo Wenli and other positions? The "Four, Three, Two, One" County that Fei Qian needs to implement
How to establish a new county official structure model? How can each branch of the central court have sufficient personnel to support it? The education system, medical system, cultural system, etc. do not need to face risks relatively, and are biased toward rear-line construction-type official positions.
Among them, most of them are suitable for female officials.
At this stage of the Han Dynasty, redundant officials are not unavailable, but more often than not, their responsibilities are not clear. In many places, there are no officials from the court to manage them at all, and they have to delegate authority to local gentry...
Pang Tong nodded, thought for a while and said: "In this way, the matter of Taiyuan is to show what female officials can do, and it should not be done halfway. If you have a unified strategy, it is better to transfer Zhen to assist... Before Zhen took the job, he was in the Baiyi Clinic to deal with Huan Gongya's case.
Things should be done with reason and evidence, and advance and retreat should be measured. Things in Taiyuan today are complicated, and the Wang family is timid, and her name is indispensable, so it is better to use the Zhen family to help, and it can be done."
Zhen Mi as deputy?
Fei Qian thought for a while. Although Xun Chen in Pingyang also added an insurance policy to Wang Ying and sent Wang Ling, Wang Ling may not be able to control this speed well. Maybe now he will become Wang Ling.
The situation is that Wang Ying is the leader, and Wang Ying is the assistant. Therefore, to strengthen the emphasis on female officers, naturally the only way is to send women there. Zhen Mi's previous performance was pretty good, and she can really give it a try.
Fei Qian nodded in agreement and said at the same time: "That's it. Well, since Zhen is allowed to go, then Wang Yanyun doesn't have to go with him." Xun Chen's authority can only be assigned to Wang Ling, and he cannot command the officials in the Sanfu area of Chang'an.
Therefore, we cannot say that Xun Chen’s behavior was a mistake.
Pang Tong also agreed, and then said, "Then Wang Yanyun... it is better to send him as an envoy to Jiankun and serve as the ambassador of Jiankun, responsible for the communication between the Han and Jiankun, and the docking of various affairs... I don't know what my lord thinks."
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"Well... let's do it like this." Fei Qian thought for a moment and nodded, "Send someone to tell Wang Yanyun that he can recruit more young people from Jiankun to study in Chang'an Academy..."
