Chapter 69 Five-rank officials also have ambitions
"elder brother……"
Zhao Kuangyi laughed so hard that he was out of breath, but he still told the truth: "When I saw what you said about saving the people from the fire and water, I thought of the treacherous and hypocritical behavior of the little emperor and Yan Song..."
"Brother, your skills are not much better than theirs... Hahaha..."
Zhao Kuangyin's face has turned dark and oily...well, it was already very dark.
"Why do I have to deal with a bastard like you before I become my younger brother?" He said with a black face, picked up the soles of his shoes and rushed over.
Zhao Kuangyi was not satisfied with his movements at all. His fat body showed unimaginable flexibility and he jumped towards the door of the study like a rabbit.
The two nimble fat black men chased each other in the study for a while, and Zhao Kuangyi was about to escape.
Phew~
A white-soled black silk-covered cloth shoe flew through the air, grazing the back of Zhao Kuangyi's head, and banged against the door with a bang, but he had already escaped...
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Fuguo County refers to a county where the county government is within the capital and the county government is within the capital.
There are two Fuguo counties in the capital, Yongshou County and Xing'an County. The former is to the east of Zhuque Street and the latter is to the west.
As for Changsun Wuji, he is now the chief household officer of the middle household in the third class and six-room house in Xing'an County.
Sihu has no rank and is not even an official. He can only be called a petty official, which looks very inconspicuous.
However, the reality is completely different from this. Changsun Wuji is in charge of the officials, a large number of clerks and petty officials. The county's household registration, land tax, finance and taxation, marriage, famine relief... are all handled by the household house.
Handled most of the affairs of a county!
In his previous life, he was in charge of the city's finance bureau, taxation bureau, and grain bureau... and had full power.
Being able to sit in this position at such a young age is not only because his uncle is a doctor in the Ministry of Justice, but also because of Changsun Wuji's own abilities.
No matter how complicated the official duties were, he could handle them in an orderly manner without any sloppiness, which won the praise of officials up and down the yamen.
Of course, glory in front of others also depends on the efforts of others.
Changsun Wuji was sitting in the study room of Gaofu, checking the documents approved today again. If he encountered something he didn't understand, he would write it down, consult a book or ask his experienced uncle nearby.
"Water leaked. Water leaked out of the warehouse again at night. I need money to repair it..."
Changsun Wuji stroked his forehead helplessly: "Are those watchmen all working for a living? They have gone to the water three times this month!"
It was a sigh, but he had to criticize it.
It's summer, and the weather is dry and hot. There has been no rain recently, and the weather is dry.
There is a curfew in the capital at night, and ordinary people are not allowed to go out. Each building is patrolled by only one watchman, so some oversights are inevitable.
Changsun Wuji held the pen and thought for a while, then turned to look at Gao Shilian who was also in the study: "Uncle, what do you think of spending money to hire a few more watchmen in each workshop?"
Compared with the cost of hiring a watchman and the cost of repairs, it is nothing to say that it is a drop in the bucket.
Gao Shilian turned over the pages of the book in his hand boredly and replied casually: "As long as your county magistrate agrees."
"this……"
Changsun Wuji was stunned for a moment, then smiled bitterly and shook his head: "That must not work..."
Every time you take a water trip, you need to repair something, which costs a lot of money.
This money was used by people in the yamen and became their extra income.
Not to mention that the county magistrate would not agree to the addition of watchmen, even the petty officials below would be upset.
"Alas~"
Changsun Wuji rested his chin listlessly on his hands. He could handle the minor officials below, but he was helpless when it came to the senior officials who were pressing down on him.
"Uncle, tell me...how big an official do I need to be before I can do things without restraint?"
"Bake it up slowly~"
Gao Shilian flipped through the book absently: "Your uncle is now a fifth-grade official, and he has to look up to others."
He is also worried about his future.
The official system of large-scale cadres is complicated, and there are even many contradictions and duplication of powers.
This is the result of the efforts of successive generations of Daqian emperors to reform...sometimes the more reform, the better.
Although there is a lot of confusion in the officialdom, there is one thing that is recognized by many officials.
Only when you reach the third rank can you be considered a real high-ranking official.
As a veteran who has been in the officialdom for many years, Gao Shilian understands that the most difficult thing to step into that ranks is not the promotion from the fourth rank to the third rank, but the promotion from the fifth rank to the fourth rank.
The reason is very simple: there are too many monks and too little rice.
In the officialdom of Daqian Capital, there are countless positions of fifth-rank officials.
There are a large basket of doctors from various ministries, foreign ministers from the Yuan Dynasty, admonishment officials, the prime minister of Dali Temple, young ministers from other temples, bachelors from the Hanlin Academy, etc.
There are also many third-rank positions. Let’s take the third-rank ministers of various ministries as an example. They not only have actual duties, but also have unlimited virtual duties. You can add as many as you want. In addition, there are casual knights, Dali Temple, Taichang Temple, and Taipu. Temple, the chief official of Guanglu Temple, general political envoy, censor Zhongcheng, etc.
However, only the fourth-rank official in the middle has a pitifully small position.
There is no place for a fourth-rank official in the six huge departments.
There are only five places in the five temples, four places in Zhongshu Province, and two places in Menxia Province...
Even if some miscellaneous official positions are added, there are only a dozen or so fourth-rank officials in the capital.
One can imagine how difficult it is to get promoted!
Of course, officials in the capital can also seek external employment, but noble officials in the capital are different from local officials.
According to the unspoken rules of the officialdom, it is not uncommon for officials from the capital to be transferred from outside the capital to be promoted to three or four levels in a row. Promotions to two levels in a row can only be regarded as horizontal transfers.
In other words, if Gao Shilian, a doctor of the Ministry of Justice of the fifth rank, is transferred outside, he must at least become a county guard of the fourth rank, otherwise he will be demoted!
But once I am transferred out, I will be far away from the officialdom in the capital. I don’t know if I will get another chance of promotion and return to the capital again in the year of the monkey.
And even so, external transfer is difficult.
There are only those counties that are directly governed by the imperial court. The position of the county governor is like a carrot or a pit. Is it possible that you can go there if you want?
Even if there are vacancies, we must first provide good officials who have more money and are closer to big bosses such as Mr. He... ah no, they are more capable and qualified officials!
Take your turn slowly! Let’s wait until it’s your turn!
Gao Shilian also knew how to get promoted faster, that is, to join a few big shots in the court and become their pawn.
But there are quite a lot of pawns under his command. Even if he joins the army, he has to be ranked according to his seniority!
Logically speaking, an official like him should be content.
It would not be bad to just hang out like this and retire to work when you are old enough to become a rich man.
However, some news coming from the palace in recent days made Gao Shilian's already dead heart begin to feel alive again.
He turned the pages of the book in his hand, supported his chin with one hand, and said thoughtfully:
"Auxiliary machine...you think, if I surrender to His Majesty, can I go further?"