Chapter 44 Knowing and making good use of people (1)
On the 22nd day of the second month of Xinchou, on the third day before the lock-up ceremony, there were already countless officials inside and outside the Quanyamen Office, and they were surrounded by water.
Although, Liuneiquan only had the lowest official position among the three chambers of Quan and Cao in the Great Song Dynasty. (The previous information was wrong. Today, I checked the "Song Dynasty Official Glossary" and found that in the fourth year of Chunhua, Emperor Taizong, Kaokeyuan had been merged into Liuneiquan.
The later Quancao Siyuan of the Northern Song Dynasty did not appear until Shenzong)
But there is no doubt that he is the most powerful!
This is because the imperial court officials under the jurisdiction of the Judgment Court are directly subordinate to the Zhengshitang and are controlled by the central ministers.
As for the Sanbanyuan, the officials directly appointed Sanya officials to lead it.
Only Liu Neiquan belongs to the Ministry of Personnel, but the Ministry of Personnel now exists in name only and is just an empty frame.
Therefore, Liu Neiquan has very strong autonomy and independence, and naturally has great power.
After all, the prime ministers and auxiliary governors will not interfere in the selection of officials within the district unless necessary.
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It is precisely because of this that most officials outside the government office are uneasy.
Especially the newcomers and the old people who come here every year.
It’s easy to understand the apprehension of newcomers.
It is easier to understand the anxiety of the elderly.
Because there were too many officials in the Song Dynasty!
However, there are only a few positions. What's more important is that our ancestors have laws and regulations that each official can only serve a maximum of one term in one position.
This term may be three years, it may be thirty months, it may be twenty months or less.
However, no matter how long it takes, once the term is up, the official will have to pack up his baggage and come to Bianjing Quancao to be elected.
Those with sufficient political achievements, strong connections, or strong financial capabilities will naturally be safe and can be successfully promoted to new positions. Sometimes, if they are lucky, they can surpass their own seniority and become a higher-ranking official.
but……
If you have no political achievements, no connections, no ability to make money, and bad luck.
Then you can wait!
Because there were too many officials, and it had been a hundred years since the Song Dynasty was founded.
Therefore, Chen Chen is related to each other, and officials are added to each other.
Therefore, the most common situation an official encounters is: he comes to the Quan Cao, successfully delivers the text, completes the removal procedures, and the Quan Cao officer also gives him a stamp of approval.
Then, he will find that there is now someone in the position from which he was removed!
Therefore, the only choice is to either choose to change to another official position, or wait for that person to step down and then replace him.
If he were to change his position, Quan Cao Guan might not be happy with it, and even if he were to choose another position, the result would probably be the same.
As a result, strange phenomena appeared in the officialdom of the Song Dynasty.
Usually, in an official position, the predecessor has resigned, but he has not yet taken up the new position, so his title is still Official XX, but a new official has come to this position, and then, there is
One is waiting to take over.
These three people are all, in theory, certain officials.
It's just that only those who are working can get their salary and material money, while the other two can only eat for themselves.
This is redundant officialdom.
Nowadays, for some popular official positions, there may be as many as a dozen people waiting in line to take over.
In other words, even if some people wait until death, they may not be able to wait until the day they start working!
Therefore, a few days ago, Zhongshu issued a pardon, recruiting ninth-grade and eighth-grade officials from the prefectures and counties to go to the border to command the archers in the fields. Those who are willing to go and are selected will be reduced to one year for each appointment.
Those who have meritorious service and have excellent performance will be expelled from the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.
As a result, the officials in the twenty-two prefectures and counties of the Song Dynasty suddenly became enthusiastic.
In just a few days, thousands of people signed up.
Some people even wrote letters of ten thousand words, expressing their determination to "sacrifice their lives for the country" to Zhongshu.
Most of these people are officials on standby.
Therefore, except for a few of the officials who came to work according to the system, most of them were preoccupied.
So, they got together in twos and threes and chatted about their experiences to pass the time.
"Have you heard?" A low-ranking civil servant wearing a green official robe said quietly: "Just yesterday, in addition to Di Qing, the commander of Yanzhou, Shaanxi Province, the Privy Hall was under the jurisdiction of Yanzhou, and I was promoted to the envoy of Xishang Pavilion!"
As soon as these words came out, everyone exploded.
From command to command, this is a huge jump!
Not to mention that I was directly promoted to be the envoy of Xishang Pavilion. This is a military position of the sixth rank, and it is an official of the Beijing Dynasty!
And what was the previous officer of the man named Di Qing?
A straight man? A royal servant? Or is he just a mean little guy?
In other words, the lucky guy named Di Qing jumped over the dragon gate overnight and became the seed of the country's future general!
"Young masters don't know..." A well-informed official whispered: "Who are the leaders of Di Qing..."
"The person who revealed the truth was Fan Xiwen, deputy envoy of Shaanxi Economic Strategy and Comfort..."
"Later, the joint guarantee was provided by Shaanxi transit envoy Pang Chunzhi, Shaanxi economic strategy and pacification deputy envoy Han Zhigui and Huanqing Road deputy general manager Zhiqingzhou Ren Youzhi, and the person who assisted him was Shaanxi economic strategy and pacification envoy Xia Ziqiao..."
"Tsk, tsk, tsk... The entire Department of Economics and Strategy, all the important ministers and ministers of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, have jointly signed a guarantee..."
"This is going to God!"
When the others heard this, they all took a deep breath.
"I heard that I have made great contributions along the border, I was promoted very quickly, and I was awarded the title in a timely manner. I really live up to my reputation!" Someone sighed: "If I can be awarded an official position in Shaanxi this time, even if I have to wait a few years, I am willing to do so!"
The others nodded one after another, then thought of something and shook their heads unconfidently.
Now, the most popular official positions in the official circles of the Song Dynasty are those in Shaanxi, with the focus being on positions in Bianzhou counties along Qiyan Road, Qinfeng Road, Jingyuan Road and Huanqing Road.
Now, if there is a vacancy in a prison town along the border, there may be more than a dozen people competing for it.
Many promising officials would rather stay in their existing positions than stay in a position along the edge.
There is no other reason than that I can be promoted quickly and change positions quickly.
Especially for the candidates, the advantages of border official positions are comparable to those of Jinshi.
There is no way, the selection of people in the Song Dynasty has to go through the fourth level and seven rounds, and you can't get ahead by just surviving.
The only thing we can do is to find such a shortcut, even if we risk our lives and wealth, most people are willing to do so.
Otherwise, some time ago, Zhongshu was recruiting people to go to Yanbian and transfer to military positions, but why was there still an endless stream of applicants?!
There are even rumors that officials with a Jinshi and scholar background have also participated in the registration.
Facing such a fierce competitive environment, most people know in their hearts that they have no hope.
Apart from other things, this time Liu Neiquan can be used to select officials, and the number of officials who can be transferred to other officials can only be ten or twenty at most.
However, there were thousands of people waiting inside and outside the stream.
There are too many monks and too few people, and if you don't have enough confidence to be tough, how can you choose to take the edge?
It would be nice to have a position where you can take up an official position.
In fact, for most people, if they can pass today's body, speech, and writing test, they are already Amitabha, and they dare not look any further.
In this uneasy atmosphere, the main entrance of Liu Neiquan was pushed open by several officials.
Thus, the curtain of the Spring Festival of the first year of Qing Dynasty in the Song Dynasty officially opened.