Just when Chen Lifu was deliberately seeking revenge, Li Xuan also heard that there was another trouble in the tax department recently.
There is no other way. In the past few days, there have suddenly been more people impeaching the Tax Department, and the one who has been talked about the most for impeachment is naturally Chen Lifu, the director of the Inspection Division.
There is no way, whoever let Chen Lifu rush to the front and do things that offend people. Chen Lifu has served in the Inspection Office for several years. It is said that this person's reputation in Shilin has been so bad that it will not go away even if the wind blows ten miles away. Except for
Except for a few flatterers, most people who consider themselves righteous people are absolutely unwilling to have anything to do with Chen Lifu.
And Li Xuan knew this person, and even became more and more familiar with him in the past two years. This was because many ministers impeached him again and again.
This kind of impeachment would happen once or twice a year in previous years, and each time it was on a grand scale. People who didn’t know it thought Chen Lifu was the minister on duty in the imperial study. Otherwise, how could it attract hundreds of people every time?
Hundreds of impeachment memorials were sealed.
Li Xuan was also suspicious at first, and asked Hantong to conduct a secret investigation. As a result, he found out that some problems were related to his lifestyle. In addition, this person was too vengeful and was suspected of killing innocent people indiscriminately.
But these are all minor problems. The important thing is that this person has no political problems or economic problems, and this person is really a capable person. Qian Zili has spoken for this person many times,
It is even said that the tax collection department has been so smooth in recent years, and the contribution of the Inspection Office cannot be denied.
It would be difficult for Li Xuan not to pay attention to such a person.
No one even knows that Chen Lifu is actually on Li Xuan's cultivation list. He is in the heart of the emperor!
If he hadn't deliberately cultivated Chen Lifu, Li Xuan would not have kept Chen Lifu in the position of director of the Inspection Division despite countless impeachment attempts.
You must know that the director of the Inspection Division is currently the most powerful fifth-rank official in the Tang Dynasty!
In fact, the director of the Inspection Department has more power than the directors of many departments, and the directors of each department are from the third rank!
Although I know that taking this position will offend countless people, there are still countless people who want to take this position. Generally speaking, for such an important position, transfers are generally relatively frequent, and it is impossible to let an official
Sitting there for too long.
Most of Chen Lifu's previous division chiefs served for about one year before being transferred to other departments, but Chen Lifu has been in office for three years!
From the seventh year of Xuanping to the autumn of the tenth year of Xuanping, it has been more than three years!
According to Chen Lifu's political achievements and past experience, these three years have been enough for him to be promoted to two levels, but he has not been promoted. For more than three years, he has been the director of the Inspection Division of the fifth rank.
Even several of his subordinates, namely the deputy director of the fifth-grade inspection department, were so frustrated that they finally applied for transfer to other tax departments.
Under normal circumstances, they would basically change every year, and they would have a chance to take the position of Director of the Inspection Division, just like when Chen Lifu was promoted. But now, Chen Lifu seems to have secured his position.
They couldn't wait any longer when their buttocks were motionless.
Most of their people are in their thirties or forties, the golden age for an official, and most of them who can serve as deputy directors of the Inspection Division are also elite officers in the tax department, but they don't have much time to spend under Chen Lifu.
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As a result, many people were transferred away, and one of them even had a higher rank than Chen Lifu!
Three years ago, he was the deputy director of the Inspection Division of the Fifth Grade. Two years ago, he was transferred to the local government to serve as director of the taxation bureau. He was then promoted to director of the provincial taxation department. This year, he was transferred back to Jinling City and served as deputy director of the Overseas Department of the Ministry of Taxation.
Director, fourth grade.
However, this may seem like a promotion, but in fact, if the position of director of the Inspection Division of the Grain Recruitment Department were exchanged with him, I'm afraid he would be very happy!
After all, in the officialdom, although rank is important, actual power is even more important. At the same time, for the sake of their future, many officials would rather slow down the pace of promotion and accumulate a few years in important positions.
The most obvious example is that of the Hanlin Academy. All officials who serve in the Hanlin Academy hope to serve a full term of three years. They only serve for one or two years before being released. In fact,
This is not a good thing for these Hanlin officials.
The same is true for Chen Lifu!
He himself could also feel that his superiors valued him, but he thought it was Qian Zuoli and other big bosses from the tax department who valued him, but he did not expect that in addition to Qian Zuili, Li Xuan was also paying attention to him.
After being subjected to numerous memorials to impeach Chen Lifu again, Li Xuan did not frown at all, but was very pleased.
For a tax inspection official, the impeachment memorial is their medal. Without so many people persisting in the impeachment, Li Xuan would not bother to pay attention to Chen Lifu.
That he was impeached shows that Chen Lifu harmed the interests of many people, which is very important for a tax inspector.
If you don’t offend anyone and don’t harm other people’s interests, how can you collect taxes for the country?
A tax inspector who is not impeached is not a good tax inspector!
Perhaps, during this time, we should consider mentioning Chen Lifu, but not too quickly.
Li Xuan has some expectations for Chen Lifu. He hopes that he can lay a good foundation so that there will be no problems when he is promoted in the future. As for rocket promotion, if this situation is at the grassroots level, then it is okay.
It's nothing, but among middle- and high-level officials, rocket promotion is prone to problems.
What's more, the Tang Dynasty now has a complete official system. The Ministry of Civil Affairs and even the Ministry of Civil Affairs have successively issued some express regulations, stipulating that officials cannot be promoted before holding a certain position for a certain number of years.
For example, promotion from the eighth rank to the seventh rank is an important step in the transition from low-level officials to mid-level officials. The Ministry of Civil Affairs passed the latest relevant regulations this year, which clearly stipulates that if you want to be promoted from the seventh rank, you must serve in the eighth rank.
For more than three years, the tenure must be more than five years!
In other words, it takes five years after entering the officialdom to be promoted to the seventh rank.
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was possible to climb to the middle level in just a few months and become a high-ranking official in the empire in just a few years. Gone are the good things.
This is also normal!
In the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, everything was in a mess, and there was an extreme shortage of people. Basically, all the scholars who knew Chinese characters and were willing to be loyal to the Tang Dynasty used it.
But as time goes by, this situation becomes less and less, and promotion becomes more and more difficult.
In this case, the time is also normal!
After all, there are many middle and low-level officials across the country, and the position of high-ranking officials is only so small. Even if the people below are capable, it is very difficult to climb up because there are no more positions for them.
How to arrange a new position for Chen Lifu is also a troublesome matter. However, Li Xuan still did not say anything personally about this matter, but as before, he left all the memorials to impeach him unpublished.
At the same time, when I was talking about this matter with Qian Zuoli, I also said, young people, don’t be afraid of putting pressure on them. Only when you have pressure can you grow, which is a good thing!
When Qian Zuoli heard this, it turned out that the Holy Emperor was ready to put an extra burden on Chen Lifu. After all, a heavier burden means greater pressure!
So, while Chen Lifu was still thinking about how to investigate and how to take revenge, countless people outside were also waiting to see how the cabinet would respond to this wave of impeachment.
However, the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Personnel sent an official document to Chen Lifu, asking him to go to the Literary and Selection Department to give a work report in three days!
Debriefing report?
This may not be clear to outsiders, but people in the officialdom know it too well. This kind of work report often represents the end of a term. As for the subsequent promotion, demotion, or level transfer, it is all possible.
thing.
The sudden appearance of the work report made Li Xuan realize that his term in the Inspection Office was coming to an end, and what to do next would probably depend on the thoughts of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs.
Because of the official system of the Tang Dynasty, the decision-making power for the appointment of officials, whether they were promoted or demoted, was in the hands of the Holy Emperor, but this was just a theory.
Theoretically, the Holy Emperor holds the power to appoint all officials, but in practice, it is impossible for Li Xuan to decide the appointment of all officials. Even the central personnel department cannot decide the appointment of civil servants all over the world.
Therefore, the power is also appropriately disadvantaged. Basically, officials from the second rank and above usually make the decision personally, and basically do not give outsiders a chance to intervene.
As for the positions at the three levels of the third rank and the fourth rank, the official department is usually responsible for the recommendation, the cabinet discusses, and finally makes a summary report, listing a number of candidates for Li Xuan to choose.
However, Li Xuan generally would not reject such reports, and usually directly select people from them to confirm, so it was often a game between the Ministry of Personnel and other departments of the cabinet.
This is why in the Tang Dynasty, there was often no commotion about the appointment of truly important officials from the second rank and above, but the appointment of officials of the third rank often caused waves, because this was something that the courtiers could control.
The highest-ranking official has been appointed, how could he not be involved in it?
As for the fifth rank, from the fifth to the sixth rank, the positions at these three levels are decided by Jinling's official department, and the cabinet is not involved. Of course, the various employing agencies may make suggestions, but it depends on whether they listen to the suggestions.
The mood of the officials.
Sometimes, for the sake of balance, the Ministry of Officials will deliberately mess up some appointments in order to ensure that a certain institution protects the local political ecological balance.
You should know that although the Ministry of Officials controls the power, they will bear the brunt if problems arise in the administration of officials. Therefore, all appointments are made with great caution. If problems arise, they will be the first to die.