After working in the Qiongzhou Prefecture for several years, I finally passed the above-average examination, was promoted one level, and was transferred to the Guangdong Governor's Yamen.
But he didn't enjoy the good life for long. He was sent to Borneo as the magistrate by an imperial edict.
Although his rank has been upgraded by another level, he would rather not upgrade to this rank and hope to stay and serve in his hometown.
But after all, he is just a mid-level official with an ordinary background. The top officials believe that he has served in places with difficult conditions for a long time and has rich experience. He is suitable to be the governor of Borneo. What else can he say!
Resigning or not?
This is true. Many officials have done this in recent years. They would rather resign than serve in overseas territories.
But he, Wen Dong, can’t do it!
Although he did not do well in the officialdom, he was still a fifth-rank official, thus supporting the face of the Wen family. In his hometown, the Wen family could be regarded as a respectable gentry family.
Besides, his two sons are also successful in their studies. The eldest son passed the Jinling Medical Examination last year and got a pretty good ranking. He is now working in the General Affairs Office of the Ministry of Finance. Although he is only a low-level clerk, this General Affairs Office has
It is an important department, and the middle and low-level officials who serve in it have the opportunity to come into contact with the big bosses of the day.
But if this goes well, the future prospects should be better than that of his father.
The second son is also studying at Guozijian University. He is already in his third year. After graduating in two years, he will also take the exam.
Guozijian University is known as a training school for officials, and its graduates, especially graduates of liberal arts, will basically all enter the political field, and basically they can become official, it is just a matter of passing the Jinling examination or the provincial examination.
, just a high ranking.
Even if it was for the future of his two sons, he still had to go to Borneo.
Even though he is just an ordinary mid-level official and is inconspicuous in the huge officialdom, he has been an official for more than ten years and has not yet become an official. He is somewhat relevant in the officialdom. I dare not say that he has helped his two sons too much.
However, he was still able to provide some assistance to his two sons in the first few years when they entered their official careers.
If you don't dare to resign, the connections accumulated in the officialdom for more than ten years will be reduced to nothing. Who will show mercy to someone who doesn't dare to resign?
Maybe his resignation will affect his son's career. When others know that they have a father who is afraid of difficulties, he can still give these two sons good positions when they are transferred in the future.
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Whether it was for the sake of his family's reputation or his son's future career, he had to bite the bullet and go to Borneo. At worst, he would have to endure it for three to five years, but he would eventually be able to survive and return to his country.
In order to take care of the emotions of officials who went to serve in overseas territories, except for a very small number of officials who were demoted to overseas territories because they made mistakes, all officials who were transferred normally can be transferred back to the country after their term of office expires.
After all, the officials also know that everyone is unwilling to serve in overseas territories, but it won't work if no one goes. This is even sending people by force, but if you don't give them any hope, even if you send people there,
, it’s useless if the officials don’t pay attention to their work when they are gone.
Therefore, for officials serving overseas in the Ministry of Personnel, basically as long as the official's three-year term is over and the evaluation is above average, he can be transferred back to the country to serve, and he will be promoted to another level.
Of course, if the evaluation is inferior, or even inferior, then you will not have such good luck. If you continue to serve in a barbaric place like an overseas territory, if you are not lucky, you will be dismissed directly.
In the officialdom of the Tang Dynasty, being an official was not an iron job. If you did not do well, you would be fired!
Every year, there are always a large number of officials who are rated as inferior and are dismissed from office, and often they are followed by the sentence: never to be used again!
In this life, don’t expect to be able to recover and return to officialdom!
Wen Dong, filled with melancholy for his homeland, stood on the deck and looked at the invisible mainland land in the distance. At this time, Fang Dongquan also walked to the stern deck.
Fang Dongquan naturally knew why Wen Dong was like this, after all, he was different from himself!
However, Fang Dongquan also knew that although Wen Dong was not doing well in the local officialdom, if he went to Borneo, he would be the governor of Borneo and the most powerful local official.
Fang Dongquan's fiefdom is within his jurisdiction, so dealings with him will be inevitable in the future.
Although Fang Dong was a Marquis of the Empire and a dignified Marquis of Lu Nan, when it came to Borneo, Wen Dong was the boss. From now on, the development of the fiefdom would be indispensable without his cooperation and even help.
Therefore, Fang Dongquan did not show off as a founding father, former army general, or Lü Nanhou. Instead, he walked up to Wen Dong and said, "Master Wen is a man of temperament!"
Wen Dong turned around and said, "Xiaguan has met Marquis Lu Nan!"
In terms of rank, Fang Dong did not say that he was a former army general, even if he was the current Marquis of Lü Nan, he was considered to be a superior rank, and there was nothing wrong with Wen Dong calling himself a subordinate.
Of course, these are just polite words!
I'm sorry, but Wen Dong doesn't have to dump Fang Dongquan!
On the land of Borneo, Wen Dong was the official in charge of the land of more than 700,000 square kilometers in Borneo. Fang Dongquan was the Marquis of Lu Nan, but he was just a subject under his rule. Nobles were also subjects!
The top local officials are the herdsmen of the Emperor. Regardless of whether they are county magistrates, prefecture magistrates, or magistrates, in a sense they all represent the authority of the central government and the Holy Emperor. No matter how awesome Lünan Hou Fangdong is, he cannot be as awesome as the Holy Emperor.
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What's more, he Wen Dong is also the governor of an overseas territory.
The top leaders of the state capitals in overseas territories have much greater authority than the prefects and prefects in China!
Whether it is the prefect of Luzon Prefecture or the prefect of Banten Prefecture, in addition to the traditional administrative powers, their authority also has some powers such as declaration of war and diplomacy. This is actually to put it bluntly. If you say that they are prefects of overseas territories, it is better to say that they are prefects of overseas territories.
He was the colonial governor.
Except for the two major powers of taxation and mobilizing the army, it basically has many other powers.
The political model of overseas territories is very different from that at home.
Wen Dong knew this, and Fang Dongquan also knew it.
What's more, although it was not stated explicitly, Wen Dong went to Borneo to take up a post. In addition to handling various local government affairs, he also had a major responsibility, which was to monitor the local nobles and prevent them from plotting rebellion.
Although Li Xuan was granted the title of meritorious official, it also greatly restricted the power of the nobles. For example, in theory, the fiefdom of Marquis Lu Nan extended to half of Borneo, but in fact, this fiefdom was more in name only. His only
Power means being able to obtain 0.5% of the fief salary from it.
It does not have any administrative, financial or military power.
These nobles hire armed guards from domestic bodyguard companies to develop their territories, fight against local indigenous people, or simply protect their estates.
They are not allowed to form any armed escort!
Despite this, Li Xuan was still uneasy. In order to prevent any eventuality and nip the danger in the bud, he asked officials with noble fiefdoms in their jurisdiction to monitor the local nobles. Once the local nobles formed private armed forces and made any rebellion,
Behavior must be reported immediately.
To put it bluntly, in addition to being the governor of Borneo, Wen Dong also shoulders the important task of monitoring Fang Dongquan and eight other nobles.
The Holy Emperor Li Xuan consecrated a total of eight nobles in Borneo. Fang Dongquan had the largest title and fiefdom. In addition, there were two viscounts and five barons.
A total of eight nobles divided up more than 700,000 square kilometers of land in Borneo.
Fang Dongquan remained polite, and Wen Dong also remained polite. However, because Wen Dong was in a bad mood, the two of them did not talk about anything on the stern deck, and soon went back separately.
Back in the cabin, Fang Dongquan's face was filled with sadness. This was not because he felt that Wen Dong was being rude to him or that someone was spying on him, but that he felt that Wen Dong's words were very important to the development of the local people's livelihood in Borneo.
He seems to have little interest in the economy and just wants to survive his three-year term and return to China.
This is not good news for the Fang family, who are preparing for a big fight in Borneo.
This development of fiefdoms is not something that Fang Dongquan and his family can do just by themselves. It requires the cooperation of the local government.
Whether it is attacking the local indigenous people, or the subsequent development of land and special products, etc., no matter what, it is inseparable from the support of the government. It depends on whether the Fang family can do it alone.
The reason why Wang Shanxi did so well in Bandan and made huge profits from fiefdom development was inseparable from the support of the local Bandan government office.
When Wang Shanxi first arrived in Banten, he actually only hired more than a hundred armed men. With just this few people, he could annihilate the indigenous people who were entrenched in the central part of Banten Island at that time.
It was the local government that really killed the local indigenous people!
Through lobbying and using real money to purchase a large amount of supplies and labor, Wang Shanxi mobilized the local garrison and killed the local aborigines with lightning speed, and then cooperated with the development of the Wandan Prefecture Yamen
Various local resources, the introduction of immigrants, etc. have led to the great situation today.
Fang Dongquan wanted to do something big in Borneo, so naturally he couldn't do it without the cooperation of the local government.
Although he had already contacted the senior officials of both the military and the government in advance and obtained approval, and he had also sent people to contact the Luzon Prefecture’s Yamen in advance, there would be no problems in the general direction, and it was expected that the military would be able to obtain the approval in a short time.
The army was supported by the Fang side to wipe out the local indigenous kingdoms.
But although the general direction has been implemented, it is still very important if the Borneo magistrate's office cooperates.
However, today's Wen Dong seems to be homesick and muddling along, which makes Fang Dongquan very disappointed.
If you want to be promoted and transferred back to China, you must first achieve political achievements!