Jingzhao Mansion is located in Guangdefang, occupying nearly one-fifth of the area of Guangdefang.
Jingzhao Prefecture, Ling Wannian, Chang'an, Xinfeng, Weinan, Zheng and other twenty-two counties near Chang'an, are responsible for the public security, justice, taxation, culture, education, water conservancy and many other affairs of the entire Gyeonggi region. Their authority lies in all states and counties of the Tang Dynasty.
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Jingzhao Yin is a high-ranking official from the third rank, and the yamen of Jingzhao Mansion is larger than the ordinary governor's office. There are more than a dozen officials who have entered the rank of rank, and the officials recruited by Jingzhao Mansion themselves are countless.
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The Shaoyin of Jingzhao Mansion, Cui Guangyuan's deputy, is a middle-level official of the fourth rank. Wang Chengwei, wearing the green robe of a seventh-rank official, is inconspicuous among the officials entering and leaving Jingzhao Mansion.
But this is not the first time Wang Chengwei has come to Jingzhao Mansion. The last time he came to Jingzhao Mansion, Wang Chengwei sounded the drum for the case of hiding a corpse under the Zhuque Bridge.
But now the people in Jingzhao Mansion are just glad that they did not offend Wang Chengwei at that time.
Now the news about Wang Chengwei has spread throughout Chang'an.
The news that the new Jinshi did not want to be a censor, but wanted to be a grassroots official close to the people, has spread throughout Chang'an.
The emperor made an exception and granted Wang Chengwei the title of Wannian County Magistrate of the seventh rank. Since Wannian County is now vacant, Wang Chengwei takes charge of county affairs as County Magistrate.
All this is enough to illustrate the emperor's favor for this new champion.
And Cui Guangyuan, as a famous wallflower in the Tang Dynasty, a third-rank official and a well-informed person, also heard an even more surprising news.
The emperor actually asked Wang Chengwei to propose a new reign title. The emperor liked it very much and planned to change it after Zhengdan.
All these combined showed that the emperor was interested in this new champion.
Cui Guangyuan valued this young subordinate very much and personally greeted Wang Chengwei at the door of the court.
It seems that the other officials in the hall have become accustomed to Dayin's unruly show of kindness to his subordinates.
Another reason why Cui Guangyuan was so enthusiastic was that he also secretly took refuge in King Jianning. Now he and Wang Chengwei can be regarded as grasshoppers on the same rope.
After a period of hypocritical greetings, Cui Guangyuan said: "The Number One Scholar is a descendant of the Wang family in Taiyuan. According to seniority, I am your uncle."
Wang Chengwei complained in his heart that the dignified Jing Zhaoyin actually took the initiative to have a relationship with him.
Wang Chengwei said cooperatively: "Uncle Shi! Please bow to my nephew!"
Cui Guangyuan was even more happy in his heart. The last time Wang Chengwei sounded the drum, he was originally afraid that he would be a arrogant person, but he didn't expect that he would be so righteous, so he followed Cui Guangyuan to recognize him.
Cui Guangyuan continued: "The Wannian County Yamen has been vacant for a long time. I sent people to clean it yesterday. However, the court has confirmed that Wannian County has a serious shortage of internal officials, and you are the only county magistrate."
Liu Nei Guan is a formal official of the ninth and thirty grades awarded by the imperial court.
These officials were all registered in the Ministry of Personnel, participated in the Tang Dynasty government yamen assessment, and could be promoted based on their seniority and performance.
Liu Neiguan also received a salary from the imperial court. County magistrates like Wang Chengwei, who were in Shangxian County, were officials of the seventh rank and received a salary from the imperial court.
In a normal Datang County, there are county magistrates, chief registrars and county lieutenants under the county magistrate. These four are internal officials.
Under the county captain, there are also positions such as county recorder, county clerk, county clerk, county clerk, etc. These are all officials, and they are not high-ranking positions. They cannot be transferred and promoted like the high-ranking officials. They belong to the rank of official.
The career ceiling is very low and the subordinates often take the blame for hard work.
The salaries of these officials are paid by the county government. The specific amount they can get depends on the local economic situation.
For example, officials in wealthy areas can get a salary similar to that of a county captain, and even with various benefits, it is even higher than the salary of a local official.
But in some poor places, these officials don't even get wages, and they can take home as much money as they can exploit.
The subordinate officials are not the lowest level in the county government. Under the subordinate officials, there are also police officers, jailers, tax collectors and other government officials.
Yamen servants are not even officials, they are local people serving as laborers.
Originally, these government officials were rotated. In the early Tang Dynasty, when the military system was still sound, people took turns going to the city to serve as government officials, and those who were not qualified to serve as government officials joined the army.
But gradually, the government military system was destroyed, and few people were willing to serve as soldiers in the frontiers. At this time, government officials who were close to home became popular.
In the same service, it is clear at a glance which one is better and more efficient, whether to serve as a garrison at the border or as a yamen servant in the county town.
The qualifications of yamen servants were gradually monopolized by local powerful men, and yamen servants became a hereditary status. I passed down the family activities to my sons.
Serving in the army is the obligation of the people, and these government servants are not paid.
In Wannian County, there is only one county magistrate like Wang Chengwei who is a Liunei official. Unexpectedly, there is such a shortage of officials in Chang'an?
Cui Guangyuan added: "There is also a serious shortage of officials in Wannian County. If you have suitable candidates, just use them first and report their names to Jingzhao Mansion for registration."
Now Wang Chengwei has a much better impression of his boss. He supports his work and does not interfere in county affairs. It seems that although Jing Zhaoyin has a bad reputation, he knows how to be an official.
After a few more pleasantries, Cui Guangyuan handed over the bronze seal of Wannian County Magistrate to Wang Chengwei.
The imperial court asked Wang Chengwei to take charge of county affairs, so Cui Guangyuan gave him the seal of Wannian County.
Wang Chengwei declined the kindness of the Jingzhao Mansion government officials to escort him to his post. After leaving Jingzhao Mansion, Wang Chengwei rode toward Wannian County Government Office.
After Wang Chengwei left, a woman in red came out from behind the screen.
She said coquettishly: "Father, why don't you let someone accompany Duke Zhuangyuan to take office? It's not like you don't know how abominable those subordinate officials are."
Cui Guangyuan was speechless as to how his daughter's elbows were turned outward.
Cui Guangyuan is also a fierce man who repeatedly jumped between the Tang Dynasty and the Pseudo-Yan Dynasty, but it is uncomfortable for his daughter to face outsiders like this.
"Your father took the initiative to bring it up. It's normal for a young man to be arrogant and refuse."
"Wait until he gets into trouble before taking action, so that you can remember your father's kindness."
"Shujun, why are you talking to outsiders now?"
This woman is Cui Shujun who returned to Chang'an City with Wang Chengwei yesterday.
Hearing the joking in her father's tone, Cui Shujun's face turned red.
Cui Guangyuan said: "However, Wang Chengwei is from a family. Although he is only a branch of the Wang family, his family status is enough."
"She is the number one scholar and is the emperor's favorite. She is indeed a good match."
"But after thinking about facilitating this marriage, I still need to think of a way. There are many people in Chang'an City who want to marry this number one scholar."
Discussing her daughter's marriage in front of her daughter, Cui Shujun's ears felt hot. She snorted and said:
"Father, don't talk nonsense! Who said Shujun is going to marry him!"
After saying this, Cui Shujun ran back to the boudoir.
When it came to his daughter's marriage, Cui Guangyuan also sighed.
Originally, families like the Cui family were already married when their children were young.
Cui Shujun's original engagement was to the direct grandson of Chen Xilie's family. Chen Xilie was Xu Guogong, who had served as prime minister and minister of the Ministry of War. Although Chen Xilie eventually resigned as prime minister because Yang Guozhong did not want to see him, the direct grandson of the Chen family was also a famous noble son of Chang'an.
It seems that Cui Guangyuan has reached a higher level.
But unexpectedly, the Anlushan Rebellion completely changed the fate of the two families.
When An Lushan entered Chang'an, neither Cui Guangyuan nor Chen Xilie could escape.
Both of them surrendered to the puppet Yan and became officials. Chen Xilie was entrusted with important tasks and was appointed prime minister of the puppet Yan by An Lushan. Changan stayed behind.
But Cui Guangyuan saw that the fake Yan was strong on the outside but weak on the inside, so he decisively ran to Lingwu to seek refuge with the new emperor Li Heng.
Now that Chang'an has been restored, Cui Guangyuan has returned to the position of Jing Zhaoyin of the Tang Dynasty.
But Chen Xilie has become a sinner of the Tang Dynasty.
The engagement between the Cui family and the Chen family was automatically terminated. Cui Shujun was even more relieved about such a marriage.
Chen Xilie's family tradition was not good, and his direct grandson also had a bad reputation in Chang'an.
Although the decline of the Chen family is regrettable, for ancient women, this was also a timely way to stop losses.
If Cui Shujun is already married, then she will be punished together with the Chen family.
Cui Guangyuan was well-informed, and he already knew that the Sanfa Division had issued its verdict against these rebellious ministers.
After careful consideration, the emperor finally supported the lenient argument of Li Xian, the Minister of Dali Temple, leaving Li Xian who was ready to resign.
According to the circumstances of the crime, the false officials were convicted in the sixth grade. "The most serious case is imprisonment in the city, the second case is sentenced to suicide, the second case is the heavy punishment of a hundred soldiers, and the third case is demoted to the third grade."
Da Xixun was convicted of first-class crime and seventeen others were beheaded.
Chen Xilie was convicted of second-class crime and was ordered by the emperor to commit suicide in Dali Temple.
Once again, the first-class heavyweights were to be executed in front of the Jingzhao Mansion, and Cui Guangyuan had already gotten word from the palace that these people would also be executed with a cane.
For the old officials in Jingzhao Mansion, a person could be beaten to death with only ten heavy sticks, or a hundred heavy sticks could only cause superficial wounds.
Since the palace wanted to kill these guilty officials with a stick, Cui Guangyuan would certainly arrange it.
For the family members of criminal officials, those who knowingly participated in the crime were convicted together. For example, Da Xixun's son Da Xizhi also served as an official in the puppet Yan Dynasty and was convicted of a third-class heavyweight reward of one hundred.
Although other members of Chen Xilie's family did not discuss the death penalty with him, except for their titles, everyone in the Chen family was exiled.
However, the emperor finally pardoned Zhang Jun, the son of former prime minister Zhang Shuo, and sentenced him to a third-class exile, which meant a long life of three thousand miles.
As for those officials such as Wang Wei who were forced to surrender to the enemy and did not lead the way for the puppet Yan after surrendering to the enemy, the court did not pursue their "disloyalty" and only asked the Ministry of Personnel to inspect them before considering their appointment or dismissal.
Cui Guangyuan was a little sad. Many of those who were executed this time were officials in the same dynasty as him, and the Chen family almost became in-laws with him.
The situation in the government is dangerous, and one wrong step will lead to disaster.
Cui Guangyuan still had doubts about joining King Jianning, or the current King of Yue, Li Tan.
The matter of seizing the direct descendant is more dangerous than the last horizontal jump, but now Cui Guangyuan has no way to get off the boat, so he can only go on bravely.