Although the Ministry of Finance is a new agency, many of its agencies were actually transferred directly from the Ministry of Taxation. Therefore, the Finance Department is not a new thing, and the Securities Division of the Finance Department has also existed for a long time.
However, not many people know about this securities office. Ordinary people will not pay attention to an institution that specializes in managing securities transactions. However, many domestic financial industry practitioners, especially those in regime-related industries who have appeared in large numbers in recent years, do
I know it and I understand it very well.
Because they are the ones in charge of the Securities Department!
The Securities Division is the agency that directly manages all domestic securities companies. The two major domestic exchanges, namely the Shanghai Stock Exchange and the Guangzhou Exchange, are under the direct jurisdiction of the Securities Division.
Is it powerful? It depends on which organization it is compared with. If it is compared with the previous inspections of the Grain Collection Department of the Ministry of Taxation, it is naturally far inferior. But if it is compared with other division-level agencies, its power is still very high.
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The Securities Department is just one of the many subordinate agencies that Chen Lifu is in charge of. Although in order to carry out his work better, he directly serves as the director of the Securities Department, but his original job is still the right deputy director of the Finance Department, and he is also in charge of
Some other institutions have considerable real power.
Generally speaking, the number of deputies in the Tang Dynasty was not large. There were usually one or two deputies under the top leader, and there was basically no situation where a deputy had no real power.
Deputy positions are basically all real positions, and they all have real power.
The county magistrate of a county is almost the most typical representative. Logically speaking, the sixth-rank county seat is tightly suppressed by the sixth-rank county magistrate, but the county magistrate usually coordinates the administrative affairs of the county.
I won’t cover everything and take care of everything myself.
Because they don’t have enough time and energy to handle all the affairs!
Therefore, the county magistrate usually takes on some of the affairs that the county magistrate does not have enough time to take charge of personally. They are generally responsible for local economic development, education development and other matters, and their real power is also considerable.
As the third-in-command of the Finance Department, Chen Lifu is a typical deputy position!
From the former prefect of Xingquan Prefecture to the deputy director of the Finance Department, to be honest, Chen Lifu didn't know whether this was good or bad for him.
Xingquan Prefecture is a place of great political significance. Serving as the prefect in Xingquan Prefecture can basically be regarded as de-gilding, and you can directly become a local official in the future. Finally, you can serve as the chief envoy or even the governor, and become the minister of the frontier.
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But after bypassing this step, directly serving as the deputy director of the Finance Department also has great benefits, because although the right deputy director of the Finance Department is also a fourth-grade official, which is equivalent to the prefect's rank.
But everyone knows that when comparing the officials in the capital with the local officials, even if they are of the same rank, the officials in the capital are still half a level higher than the local officials. This can basically be seen from the official promotion route of the Tang Dynasty.
When a local governor is transferred to the capital, he usually serves as a minister, and the two have the same rank, but even so, it is considered a promotion.
Similarly, if a minister is sent to serve as a governor, this situation is usually regarded as a demotion unless there are special circumstances.
There is no doubt that a deputy director-general who is a fourth-rank official is more important than a local prefect who is also a fourth-rank official.
Chen Lifu's appointment is actually a manifestation of this. Chen Lifu was not transferred from the director of the Inspection Department to the right deputy director of the Finance Department, but was transferred from the director of the Inspection Department to the prefect of Xingquan Prefecture, and then from the director of the Xingquan Prefecture.
The prefect of Quanfu was transferred to the right deputy director of the Finance Department.
Although Chen Lifu had not been the magistrate of Xingquan Prefecture for a few days in total, and he had not had time to go to Xingquan Prefecture to take office. He had just received the appointment document, and within a few days he was informed that he was a candidate for removal.
But even so, he still has to write the words "Xingquan Prefecture Magistrate" on his resume. At most, he can only add a note: not yet taken office.
Under this situation, Chen Lifu was actually a little unsure whether his approach was correct. Although Beijing officials were good, local officials were not necessarily bad either.
Especially the trends in imperial politics in recent years have intensified Chen Lifu's worries!
Which direction is the wind blowing?
That is to pay attention to the experience of governing the local area when promoting!
For example, when the Hanlin Academy selects newcomers, they are almost always selected from local areas, and the first criterion for selection is that they need to have experience in governing a local area. A low-level Hanlin Academy needs to have been in charge of a county, while a mid-level and high-level Hanlin Academy needs to have been in charge of a county.
Secretary, that requires experience in running a state government.
At the same time, the empire has had many transfers of governors in recent years, and all the newly appointed governors have experience in running a government.
In addition, there is another point. In recent years, the empire's newly promoted ministers and ministers have gradually formed a pattern, that is, ministers are promoted from ministers or governors.
And here's the interesting thing, even if they are promoted from the ranks of ministers, these ministers basically have experience in governing. Some have served as governors or Taoist priests, and the worst ones have also served as prefects.
In other words, to become a minister, you must have a history of serving as a local leader. Even if it is not a high-level position such as governor or Taoist priest, you must have been a prefect.
He has never even been a magistrate, which shows that this person's career in politics has always been on the fringes of the political arena.
In this way, Chen Lifu had to worry that his lack of experience in serving in the state capital would affect his future career, affect his becoming a minister, and then affect his entry into the imperial study.
Well, although there are no clear regulations, if ordinary civil servants want to enter the imperial study and become what outsiders call the minister on duty, without the title of minister, they are not even qualified to compete!
If he were an ordinary official, he would definitely not consider whether he could enter the cabinet as minister or whether he could enter the imperial study room. But Chen Lifu is not an ordinary official!
He has great ambitions and lofty ideals, but he has been working hard to enter the imperial study room and work hard for the peaceful and prosperous age in his heart.
Besides, aside from these ideals and inner thoughts, even Chen Lifu himself knew that his official career was valued by many important people. Back then, His Majesty said that he was a talented person, and many important people above him
I also value myself.
If nothing else goes wrong, it is very likely that I was included in the list of key personnel for training. Otherwise, I would not have been able to take the position of Director of the Inspection Division back then, and I would have been there for three years. At the same time, I would not have been appointed some time ago.
As the prefect of Xingquan Prefecture.
Just from these two appointments, any fool can guess that Chen Lifu is the one who needs to be trained!
Chen Lifu himself is also very aware, so perhaps other low-level officials' dream in this life is to become a sixth-grade county magistrate or a fourth-grade prefect, but Chen Lifu knows that the fourth-grade or even third-grade positions are just a springboard for him.
If you go on smoothly, it is very possible to become a minister.
And Shangshu is not hopeless!
Precisely because he knew that he was being specially trained, Chen Lifu was a little confused as to whether his appointment was a good thing or a bad thing.
After all, in the imperial political arena, the experience of the party in charge is very important. Now that he is a deputy director of the fourth rank, he will definitely have no chance to serve as a prefect in the future.
Is it possible that I will directly become a Taoist priest or governor in the future? But there is no precedent for this!
So when he entered the city, Chen Lifu was a little worried. Becoming a fourth-rank official in the capital and the right deputy director of the Finance Department with real power was, for most officials, almost their lifelong goal.
If an ordinary official learned that he had become deputy director, he would definitely be extremely happy.
But Chen Lifu was different, so he was a little uneasy, even worried!
worry about what?
I am worried that the importance attached to me by my superiors has changed, and I am worried that I will not be able to enter the imperial study room and become the minister on duty in the future!
Chen Lifu is worried about his future. Similarly, many people are worried about their future at this moment, such as Qian Zuoli, the Minister of Taxation.
In the past half month, he has been fighting on the front line of political battles, directly fighting with other people who want to split up the tax department, and trying to preserve the tax department as much as possible.
However, splitting up the huge tax department has become the consensus of both the government and the public, and even the Holy Emperor acquiesced.
Faced with this general trend, Qian Zuili was quite helpless, and in the end he could only compromise. However, he was not completely defeated during this period. At least, the tax department still retained its core power: tax collection!
At the same time, some authorities have been retained to ensure smooth tax collection. For example, the inspection office of the Grain Collection Department is still retained and has not been abolished. At the same time, the tax inspection team has not been removed, but remains in the tax department.
At the same time, he also brought the Customs Department back!
As a result, although the Ministry of Taxation was said to have been split into several important agencies, it retained its power to collect taxes and took back customs authority, which can be considered a good thing.
But even so, Qian Zili still felt the hostility towards him from both the government and the public!
Although the reform plan for the tax department has been finalized, a formal edict has not yet been issued, and the establishment of a new department and the transfer of business to the new department cannot be decided in a day or two.
Therefore, today the Finance Department and the Budget Department are actually still under the management of the Ministry of Taxation. In addition, although the Ministry of Finance is a newly established agency, the personnel are all assigned by the Ministry of Taxation. In the future, most senior officials of the Ministry of Finance will also be
He was transferred from the tax department.
To put it bluntly, the future senior officials of the Ministry of Finance will all be his old subordinates in Qian Zuoli!
Some of the younger generations he valued very much, such as Chen Lifu!
It is not difficult to see that although the Ministry of Taxation was split, Qian Zuoli still used the influence of his old subordinates to save the country in a curve and brought the newly established Ministry of Finance into his sphere of influence.
However, even so, Qian Zuili is still a little worried. This tax reform will most likely be the biggest crisis he has encountered since entering politics. If he is not careful, he will lose his official position!
He has offended many people. Now that the tax department has been split, will it cause widespread attacks from the outside world and lead to instability in his title as minister on duty?
Well, in fact, it is indeed the case. Many people actually regard the reform of the Ministry of Taxation as a sign of Qian Zuoli's resignation. A group of people are preparing to impeach Qian Zuili, hoping to take advantage of this opportunity to impeach Qian Zuili.
Qian Zuoli was completely pulled off!
Just like before when they impeached and pulled down Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua and others!
There are only nine positions for ministers on duty. If we don't kill these old guys like Qian Zuoli, how can they get to the position?