The Ministry of Officials is having a meeting today. The Minister, the Minister, and the Department of Literature and Selections are concentrating on discussing the vacancies of state and county officials this month and the arrangements for officials.
Of course, like other departments, when it comes to specific business issues, the Selection Department and the Minister mainly speak, and the Minister can only occasionally intervene.
After the list of newly appointed officials with vacancies in various states and counties is finalized, it will be announced at the beginning of next month.
There are more than 300 prefectures and thousands of prefectures and counties in the world. Many positions are vacant every month, and it is up to the officials to figure out how to fill the vacancies.
This is the job of the official department, simple and unpretentious.
Just half an hour into today's ministry meeting, a clerk stood outside the court and reported: "Lin Xiuzan from the Hanlin Academy wants to see the heavenly official."
Yang Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, was a little surprised. Why did Lin Tailai pay him a public visit? Ci officials had their own system, and they had no control over the Imperial Academy.
Besides, usually, if something happened to Lin Tailai, he would always greet him through his chief assistant, Shen Shixing, and basically never come to him directly.
After thinking about it, Yang Wei declined politely: "Tell him, there is a ministry meeting going on now, and I can't get away, so I disappeared first."
Among those present, except Zhao Zhigao, the left minister, others such as Chen Younian and Zhao Nanxing from the Selected Literature Department were Lin Tailai's mortal enemies.
The Qingliu forces occupy a near-monopoly among the middle-level officials.
So if Lin Tailai comes in now, it will definitely cause trouble. If there is a fight on the spot, it will be too ugly.
Yang Tianguan is in his seventies and cannot bear too much stimulation.
But the secretary added: "Lin Xiuzhuan also claimed that he came here with official business under the instructions of Master Chen, the head of the academy."
Zhao Nanxing sneered and said: "What kind of official business can there be between the Hanlin Academy and the Ministry of Personnel? You might as well come in and discuss it publicly."
He also thought that there was some secret transaction between Lin Tailai and Yang Shangshu, but Yang Shangshu didn't want to make it public, so he just ran away.
The left minister Zhao Zhigao, who didn't talk much, said quickly: "Since we have to give a public opinion, let Lin Xiuzhan come in and talk about it face to face!"
Yang Tianguan stopped talking and just glanced at Zhao Nanxing. Why are you guys so stubborn?
So the secretary went to invite Lin Xiuzhan again. When he walked to the gate, he saw Lin Xiuzhan standing at the second gate, talking to the officers and soldiers guarding the second gate.
"You, the gatekeepers of the Ministry of Personnel, are not aware of your colleagues in the Ministry of Rites. No one will stop me when I enter the Ministry of Rites!"
It's all nonsense. The gatekeepers and soldiers just pretended not to hear it. Can the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Rites be the same?
There are a lot of officials coming to the Ministry of Personnel Gate every day to do business, and most of them go through the procedures in the front lobby, but who doesn’t want to enter the second gate to camp?
If we could just let people into the Ministry of Civil Affairs at will, I'm afraid hundreds of people would come here every day.
Afterwards, Lin Tailai was taken in by the Secretary of the Ministry of Personnel and came to the Shangshu Hall in the inner courtyard.
Lin Tailai quickly glanced around after entering the room and said in surprise: "Even people from the Literature and Selection Department are here for such a thing like me? God is so polite."
Yang Wei, the Minister of Civil Affairs, said helplessly: "We were already having a ministry meeting, but you just happened to be meeting. What official duties do you have?"
Lin Tailai replied: "That's right. If I were to be rewarded based on my merit, the Hanlin Academy would not be able to arrange it.
Therefore, Scholar Chen asked the officials to come forward and select an equal part-time official for me to reward me as a meritorious official of this country."
Hearing the words "hero of the country", Yang Tianguan fell silent. Who doesn't know about you, Lin Tailai, who sacrificed his life for the country?
If you, Lin Tailai, hadn't slept in Sanniang's bed, would you have been able to kill Lai Sanwu in a row, defeat two big bosses, and then escape unscathed?
Moreover, the third lady will help you testify and prove your merits afterwards, blocking the criticism of everyone in the court. If you two are innocent, I am afraid that no one in the civil and military circles will believe it.
Damn it, why didn’t I have such an opportunity to make meritorious deeds when I was young?
Selection of officials is the business of the Literary and Selection Department. Chen Younian, a doctor in the Literary and Selection Department, responded: "You guys have the rules of the literary world, and there is no reason for our official department to help you get promoted in the Imperial Academy."
Lin Tailai then replied: "Probably, Master Chen thought that I was too young and needed more experience outside, so he asked me to seek a part-time job outside Ci Lin."
Zhao Nanxing, a member of the Literary and Selection Department, couldn't help but said: "Your Hanyuanfang Bureau is originally one, even if there is no place in the Hanlin Academy, there is still Zhan Shifu.
As far as I know, there are a lot of vacancies in Chunfang in Zhanshi's mansion, can't they accommodate you?"
Even if you didn't know Zhao Nanxing before, just by hearing these words, you can tell that he is not a good person!
Zhan Shifu was essentially an official subordinate to the prince. It would be set up when there was no prince, but it was just an empty structure. It was usually used for promotions in the Imperial Academy.
Nowadays, the battle over national origin has begun. Zhan Shifu, which was originally empty, will definitely become a sensitive place, and it is not impossible to even become the focus of a storm.
The reason is very simple. Others can keep a low profile on the East Palace issue, but Zhan Shifu, who is nominally an official of the Crown Prince, can't help but express his position, right?
At this time, if you persuade people to take up posts in Zhan Shifu, isn't that just pushing them to the forefront of the struggle over national origin?
Master Chen, the head of the Hanlin Academy, no longer wanted to see Lin Tailai, nor did he arrange for Lin Tailai to work part-time in Zhan Shifu.
"What? Does Lin Xiuzhuan look down on Zhan Shifu, or does he dare not hold the position of Zhan Shifu?" Zhao Nanxing said, half sarcastically, half irritatingly.
It's just a matter of a few words. If Lin Tailai really falls into the trap, wouldn't he make a lot of money?
The smile on Lin Tailai's face disappeared instantly, he snorted coldly and cursed at Zhao Nanxing:
"Are you a beast that cannot understand human language? Or are you saying that what I just said is beyond your intelligence level?"
Damn it! Zhao Nanxing was immediately furious. What if you came to the Ministry of Personnel to seek an official position and were ridiculed a few times? Didn’t others endure it like this?
You, Lin Tailai, are the first one who dares to point and insult an official from the Literature and Selection Department when he comes to ask for an official position!
Yang Tianguan immediately said: "If you have something to say, it's easy to say it! Don't humiliate others!"
Lin Tailai said arrogantly to Zhao Nanxing: "The opinion of our Hanlin Academy is that the rank of Ci officials is too valuable, and one level is worth two or three levels in other places.
It is really inappropriate for a newcomer like me who is only two months old to be promoted to the position of Ci Chen by two levels.
So I need to use the low-end grades of you foreign government agencies to transition first, so as not to be too shocking!
I have to say it so straightforwardly, how can you, a low-end yamen official like you, understand it?"
Yang Tianguan: ""
What is a low-end yamen? If you were prevented from scolding Zhao Nanxing, you would scold the officials together?
Zhao Nanxing was suddenly so angry that his face turned red and his whole body was shaking.
Ever since he became a member of the Literary Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, he has almost stood at the top of the official discrimination chain!
He was always the one scolding others, but when had he ever been scolded by someone in return for a low-end government office or a country official?
Lin Tailai not only scolded Zhao Nanxing, but also included the entire staff, but no one could publicly refute it!
Because in the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty, discrimination was encouraged.
In addition to the institutionalized grades, there are also those that are not directly reflected in the regulations, forming a chain of discrimination.
Officials in the Ministry of Personnel and Ke Dao are all top-notch in terms of rank, and can discriminate against all other yamen, and their qualifications are very high.
But above the officials and officials, there are Ci officials! Ci officials are so powerful that even officials and officials can despise them.
Therefore, Lin Tailai, the poet, here denounced the official department as a low-end yamen, which is "reasonable" in the official culture of discrimination.
It's just like civil servants oppressing military attachés, and Jinshi discriminating against Juren. It's very reasonable.
Even if the officials were privately dissatisfied and could even think of ways to retaliate, on the surface they could only listen, and Zhao Nanxing himself could not retaliate.
Since others can't talk back, Lin Xiuzhan's three consecutive outputs are gushing:
"You are a piece of trash that even a bastard cannot choose. Even Zhang Juzheng didn't like you back then!
After working for ten years, I got lucky and got into Shen Li's lap, and I was able to enter the Literary and Selection Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs! As expected, my name is Zhao Nanxing, but I can't find Bei immediately?
Now that your old benefactor Shen Li is gone, why don't you follow him? Why are you still staying in the court?"
Damn it! Zhao Nanxing finally broke through his defense and stood up violently!
Lin Tailai seemed ready to make a move when he saw Zhao Nanxing. He took another big step, walked up to Zhao Nanxing, stretched out his face and shouted:
"By the way, the "Jin Ping Mei" you wrote is really good. Why not go home and write another one!"
Zhao Nanxing looked at the face right in front of him and couldn't help but punch him!
Lin Tailai turned his head to dodge, but Zhao Nanxing's fist still hit Lin Tailai hard in the chest.
After a muffled sound, everyone saw Lin Tailai squatting down in pain, covering his heart.
Yang Tianguan: ""
He knew that if he let Lin Tailai in, such a scene would happen.
Zhao Nanxing wanted to continue fighting, but Chen Younian, a doctor in the literary selection department, rushed forward, hugged Zhao Nanxing tightly, and shouted: "Calm down! Think of Tie Ruyi!"
At last year's Winter Solstice banquet, Zhao Nanxing, who was identified as the author of "Jin Ping Mei", was so angry that he "injured" Lin Tailai with Tie Ruyi, and then the Qingliu forces paid a heavy price for peace.
To be continued...