This meeting may be very important to Xie Yiwei and Chen Lifu, especially Chen Lifu, who was extremely excited. This is the first time he has stepped into the office of Shengtianzi after so many years of service.
Once he made a report in front of the Holy Emperor.
He was so excited that he stuttered a little when he spoke. Fortunately, for Chen Lifu, this was a rare situation. But fortunately, this situation only appeared at the beginning. When the report gradually progressed,
The whole person just regained his composure.
After all, Chen Lifu is not an ordinary person. He was just nervous because it was his first time to give a report to a saint. After giving him a few minutes to adapt, the situation got better.
In fact, even Xie Yiwei still feels this kind of nervousness, because for Xie Yiwei, today's report is equally important.
Xie Yiwei knew very well that he knew nothing about securities affairs, banking affairs and other financial affairs. When Emperor Sheng transferred him to the Finance Department, he probably didn't expect him to make any practical achievements. Xie Yiwei's mission in the Finance Department was just to stabilize the situation.
It’s just the Finance Department.
Now that the Financial Department has been initially stabilized, Xie Yiwei doesn't want to hang around like this, and then wait for a year and a half before being transferred to other places to continue playing political battles. He still wants to make achievements in the Financial Department, so
, only then can he hope to go further in the future and become a second-rank official such as the governor of a province or the minister of a ministry.
Not to mention, Li Xuan really planned to transfer him to other places to continue this kind of political struggle when other places encountered trouble after Xie Yiwei had taken over the Financial Department. After all, what Xie Yiwei was best at was
In this matter, as the emperor of the empire, it is naturally very important for Li Xuan to make better use of his ministers and their abilities.
But to be honest, if this continues, Xie Yiwei will probably continue to work his way into the officialdom, and then be promoted. Finally, one day, he may become a second-rank official or a minister.
But the possibility of this is very small. Even if it can succeed, it is estimated that he will not have this opportunity until he is about to retire.
But Xie Yiwei doesn’t want this!
He wants to become a real important minister of the empire. He wants to become a minister in the next few years, no more than ten years at the latest. Only in this way can he have a glimmer of hope to reach the position of a minister.
As for the position of the Minister on Duty in the Imperial Study Room, he is self-aware. Even if everything goes well, the possibility of someone like him becoming the Minister on Duty in the Imperial Study Room is infinitely close to zero.
His greatest wish is to become a minister before becoming an official!
As the empire stabilized, the officialdom of the empire gradually became formalized, and there were also many hidden rules.
According to the relevant regulations of the empire, the period of service for officials from the third rank and above is 600,000 years. If we analyze this period, we will find that there are some hidden rules for promotion in the imperial officialdom. That is, if an official wants to become a member of the army,
Minister, then his age for promotion must be before the age of sixty-two.
Because in order to maintain the stability of the top management, unless something unexpected happens, the term of office for officials above the rank of minister is usually more than three years.
In order to maintain the three-year term, one must become a second-rank minister before the age of sixty-two.
At the same time, in order to ensure that sufficient qualifications are accumulated before promotion, it is usually necessary to accumulate at least six years of qualifications from the second grade. At least, the position of Zuo Shilang must be done, and this term is
After three years, before taking the position of Zuo Shilang, he must first serve as Right Shilang or governor of a province, which again takes at least three years.
In this way, it will take at least six years!
Three years plus six years, that is nine years. In other words, if an official does not become a second-rank official before the age of fifty-four, there is basically no hope of becoming a minister in the future.
And Xie Yiwei, now fifty years old, is still a third-ranked director of the Department of Finance. If he wants to become a minister before he retires, he needs to reach a higher level in recent years and strive to become a second- or third-ranked official.
Become a third-grade official before the end of the year, and then you can strive for further promotion step by step.
The officialdom of the Tang Empire is becoming more and more formal, and the more formal it is, the more cruel it is!
Unlike in the early years, when there were many rocket promotions, with a little ability, one could quickly become a third-rank official, or even become a minister. Today, the promotion of officials in the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty is very formal. In the early years, high-level officials with little ability were promoted haphazardly.
In fact, most of them went to work one after another to enjoy the glory and wealth. Qian Mengjiu, Wang Wenhua and others are typical examples.
The top officials in the empire's officialdom, especially those at the level of ministers and ministers, have basically been changed, and some positions have even been changed several times.
Such formalization of promotion, appointment and dismissal in officialdom also means that competition among officials is increasing.
Every step of promotion is a competition, because there are regulations on the number of years of service. Promotion is not allowed before the number of years. Every year and every term is very precious. If you waste one more year, it will be possible.
Let yourself fall behind in the competition. When it comes time to become an official, others may become a minister, but you may only become a fourth-grade magistrate.
This kind of pressure is not obvious to Chen Lifu because he is still young. He is only thirty-three years old this year and is already in the fourth rank. Moreover, his previous resume is almost perfect. As long as Chen Lifu does not commit suicide, he will be promoted in a few years.
It is a safe step to become a third-grade official.
Without this qualification, Chen Lifu would not have the extravagant hope of entering the imperial study, becoming the minister on duty in the imperial study, and bringing order to the Xuanping era.
Without such qualifications, such ideas are no longer extravagant hopes, but just daydreams.
Age and experience are Chen Lifu’s greatest assets!
But Xie Yiwei doesn’t have such age and experience!
If you want to carve out a bloody path, you can only take other paths, such as making great achievements and making achievements that cannot be ignored and that the Holy Emperor will pay attention to.
How did he achieve results in the Financial Department? Even a fool, Xie Yiwei, knew that he had to do a good job in the empire's financial system, so that he could achieve results. But he knew what the goal was, but how to achieve it, he couldn't figure it out.
After all, you can't expect a person who dealt with the Four Books and Five Classics every day in his early years, and who intrigued and intrigued every day after becoming an official, and put on shows to please his superiors, to know how to engage in finance.
To be honest, Xie Yiwei doesn’t even understand the financial system of today’s empire!
But as the Director of the Financial Services Department, do I need to understand what the financial system is specifically?
Xie Yiwei thinks that he doesn't need to understand this. It doesn't matter if he doesn't understand it himself, as long as someone under his command understands it. Chen Lifu knows a lot. Xie Yiwei has been observing Chen Lifu for a while and found that this man is involved in securities affairs.
He is very clever, but they can't figure out why Chen Lifu can do it so efficiently since he has never been involved in securities and financial affairs before.
At this time, Xie Yiwei didn't know. In fact, Chen Lifu himself didn't understand these securities matters, but it didn't matter if he didn't understand. Just go and study it.
And why does he need to know how the securities system works? He has a large group of professionals under his command. He only needs to solve problems when problems arise. After all, he does not need to redesign a whole new system.
As for the securities trading rules, even if he really wants to do this, he doesn't have to design it himself. There are professionals in the securities office. Even if it doesn't work, he can still ask the Royal Institute of Technology's Economics Department for help.
Those perverts in the Economics Department of the Royal Institute of Technology are the professionals, okay?
To a certain extent, Xie Yiwei and Chen Lifu are actually somewhat similar. They both came from traditional imperial examinations, and they both served as officials in the former Ming Dynasty. Well, although Chen Lifu only served for a few months before he was dismissed.
But there are differences between the two.
That is, Xie Yiwei always wants to use other political means to play too much. Even now, he is using Chen Lifu's ability to contribute to his political achievements.
Chen Lifu, on the other hand, doesn't like making so many messy things. He likes to cut through the mess quickly and solve problems when they arise, even if blood is shed in the process of solving the problem!
For Chen Lifu, these bloods are all sacrifices he had to make for the prosperity of the empire!
It is their honor to sacrifice their blood and even their lives for the prosperity of the empire!
Chen Lifu and Xie Yiwei each had their own thoughts and ideas, but Li Xuan, who was sitting at the top, seemed much more pure.
Because he doesn't need to think about too many messy things at all. These political matters are actually not difficult for Li Xuan!
Because he is the Emperor of Tang Dynasty!
He is the eternal sage who is greater than the sun, the son of heaven, and the god emperor!
Many things that are very complicated and troublesome for ministers are actually just a matter of one sentence for Li Xuan.
It's just that sometimes, he doesn't want to say such a thing!
For example, he has seen the chaos in the Finance Department before. In fact, as long as he is willing, he can ensure that the Finance Department will take on a new look with just a few words without even issuing a special edict.
But Li Xuan was unwilling to do this. Instead, he continued Chen Lifu's original impeachment memorial, and then beat Qian Zuili and Song Ruangao fifty times each. Finally, he called in Xie Yiwei and asked him to stabilize the situation in the Financial Department.
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This kind of operation method is very troublesome and even unnecessary, but Li Xuan still does it. That is because Li Xuan is unwilling to break some unspoken rules in the imperial officialdom, and is even less willing to personally participate in the political struggles of his ministers.
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As the emperor of the empire, the role he needs to play is that of a referee, not a player!
Such Li Xuan, when listening to Xie Yiwei and Chen Lifu's plans for securities reform, naturally did not consider too many other messy things. What he focused on was very simple, that is, whether this reform is necessary!
Yes, his focus is not whether the reform plan is good or not, but whether it is necessary!
If there is no need, then even if this reform plan is very good, Li Xuan will just throw it into the trash can.
If there is a need, even if this reform plan is rubbish, Li Xuan will push for its implementation!
On what basis is this necessity judged?
Stablize!
On a smaller scale, it means financial stability; on a larger scale, it means the rule of the empire or the stability of Li Xuan's rule!