Li You found out an old story about the government office from Inspector Hong. The year before last, Wang Tongzhi did something very unique. He reported all the officials in the government office except him, from the prefect to the general manager.
None of the judges, judges, experience, and ministers left.
It turns out that the population of the city was increasing day by day, so the government wanted to expand the city wall. During the construction, the prefect was a fair man and did not seek to monopolize the benefits of being greedy and overbearing. Everyone in the government office made more or less money, and it can be said that the people in the city were equally affected by the rain and dew.
At that time, Wang Tongzhi did not have the opportunity to make extra money, but he resolutely reported and exposed the government officials for accepting bribes, embezzlement (a kind of greed for extra money) and other bad crimes.
After hearing this, Li You was speechless to Wang Laotong. Did he have a brain cramp? These days, it is a rule for government officials to make some money from projects, from the construction of the palace to the construction of local city walls and rivers.
In this way, as long as the quality is high and the work can be completed on time, the superiors will not be too serious about a few taels of silver.
Therefore, making extra money through projects has become a common practice nowadays, and it is really not worth making a fuss about. Didn’t Li You himself receive hundreds of taels of kickbacks from the construction of Xujiang Shitang? Even Magistrate Chen can be called a gentleman.
I didn't even refuse the money. I really don't know what Wang Laotong's mentality was when he reported this matter, and he was so crazy that he took all his colleagues in one fell swoop.
In Li You's eyes, this is more of a performance art than a report. He has been in the officialdom for decades and is now sixty years old. How could he do such a childish and ridiculous thing? Even Wang Laotongzhi
If you want to be a pioneer in clean government and follow the path of Hai Rui and Hai Qingtian, you shouldn't be so mindless and strategy-less. In other words, this is not the way to engage in political struggle. I really don't know that this old man has lost all his decades of experience.
where.
Inspector Hong didn't know why Wang Tongzhi did something that no normal person would do, but he just stated the facts to Li You truthfully.
Li You thought about it over and over, and he, who prided himself on being smart, couldn't figure it out at this time. He could only think that Wang Tongzhi had Alzheimer's disease.
"A colleague reported all his colleagues because of trivial matters. Although it was stupid, the superior officials had to go through the motions and investigate. The Nanjing Metropolitan Procuratorate sent an old censor here. At that time, none of the gentlemen in the government
Thinking that there would be a report, he was unprepared, and finally Mr. Zhang came forward to wipe it out." Inspector Hong continued: "According to the old practice of corruption cases, Mr. Zhang was chased for the stolen goods, and he paid for his sins.
I vomited out an unknown amount of money before closing the case. However, I still left a record of the case, so I say that Master Zhang especially hates Wang Tongzhi."
Li You smiled bitterly. He knew that Wang Tongzhi was very strange, but he never expected that he would be so strange. And after drinking a cup of tea in Tongzhi Hall, he inexplicably became a relative and friend of Wang Tongzhi, the official enemy of the government. No wonder Master Zhang treated him so much.
Very cold and boring, what an expensive cup of tea...
Asking from the heart, it is unjust for everyone in the government office not to exclude Wang Laotongzhi, and it is indeed very satisfying for the prefect to suppress him. If Wang Laotongzhi had not been protected by the halo of the imperial official, the prefect could not move his position, otherwise he would have been unable to do so long ago
I don’t know how it was treated.
Here are a few words. In theory, all officials in this dynasty are directly appointed by the court, so they are called court officials. Not to mention the prefect, even a feudal official like the governor cannot directly appoint even a small ninth-grade official.
Official positions (not including military attaches) must go through the process of selection, transfer and promotion from the Ministry of Personnel. This inspection and change of positions requires each government to transfer and transfer on its own. This is a special case, and it is an exception that is not the case after authorization from the Ministry of Personnel in extraordinary times.
Therefore, no matter how disgusted the prefect is in his heart, he cannot directly touch Wang Tongzhi's official position. To deal with the fifth-grade civil servants who have violated the law, they must report to the imperial court before they can act. But Wang Laotongzhi doesn't care about anything now and doesn't do any work. It's really
If you can't find any crime in him, go ahead and deal with it. The boss of the prefect can only suppress him from the side for a while, or criticize him during the assessment. For example, in the past two months, he arranged for Wang Tongzhi to go to Xujiang to ask for money to make things difficult.
He, in the end, managed to get the money by some strange combination of circumstances.
In fact, Li You now also has the aura of a court official. Although he is a sesame among sesames, a ninth-grade miscellaneous job, it is still very troublesome to get rid of him.
In the end, Inspector Hong concluded: "Master Li, you are chatting and laughing with Wang Tongzhi in full view of the public, and have a close relationship. This transfer is destined to have no good results, and no one can help you. Frankly speaking, I may have little contact with you in the future.
I also ask Mr. Li to understand my difficulties."
Inspector Li thought about it again and again and decided not to approach Zhao Liangli. It would be too short-sighted to approach Zhao Liangli at this time. In Zhao Liangli's eyes, maintaining the image of a celebrity and a talented person is the only long-term solution. Who has ever seen a famous celebrity begging for a ninth-grade miscellaneous official position?
The connection? Should good steel be used on the blade? Anyway, there is an official doing it now.
With a long sigh, Li You faced the setting sun and said with emotion that he had come to the wrong place today, and then left Fucheng lonely.
Li You's new official position came faster than expected.
In the past two days, Inspector Li knew that his resignation was scheduled, and he didn't bother to go to the inspection department. Today he went to the county office for a stroll, casually entered Mr. Huang's office, and started talking all over the world with Mr. Huang. At this moment,
His appointment documents have arrived.
Li You pinched the document and looked at it and was stunned.
"What official position?" Master Huang asked curiously.
"The Governor of the Department of Government Experience of the ninth grade..."
Mr. Huang was surprised and said: "It's not like he was moved to another inspection department?"
Li You sighed.
"What do you have to sigh about?" Mr. Huang didn't understand Li You very much. "Don't always think that the inspection department is powerful and evil among the villagers. It's just a small thing that is not on the stage. This experience is the center of the Yamen, in charge of political orders.
When official documents come in and out, if you go there and be the governor, I may still rely on you to take care of you in the future. I would like to congratulate Governor Li first."
Li You said helplessly: "I haven't finished reading it yet. The next sentence is, "Bi Li Tong Zhi Ting".
Even though Mr. Huang is well-informed, he is still a little confused. It is said that in the official system of this dynasty, there are many dispatches where the official is responsible for certain areas. For example, the left-hand political officer is assigned to guard a certain road, and the deputy inspector is assigned to patrol a certain road.
The Tongzhi branch is in a certain place. The above branches are all within the officialdom system and can be regarded as formal official positions.
But the term "distribution" is more free and casual. It means that the chief seal officer of the yamen appoints the official according to the situation, but usually the second assistant officer is designated to handle certain official duties. I have never heard that the ninth-grade miscellaneous official in the yamen is still qualified to do so.
What's the point? The official position of governor of the experience department and director of the Tongzhi Office is really... very humorous. Are you responsible for cleaning the Tongzhi Office? Wang Laotongzhi Xiancheng is like that. Is there any official document that requires someone to sort it out?
"I heard that Wang Tongzhi is very useless in the government office. Why were you sent to him? Could it be that you have offended someone?" Master Huang couldn't understand this.
"It's hard to explain! It's like this after drinking a cup of tea." Li You sighed. He has been sighing a lot recently. It seems that the main task in the future is to drink tea with Wang Laotongzhi.
Mr. Huang comforted him and said: "When you arrive in Fucheng, the world is vast and you can do a lot with your talent."
The news that Li You was going to become an official in the government office spread, and people from all walks of life congratulated and showed their goodwill to Li You. In the eyes of ordinary people, Mr. Li's rise from the county inspection to the Suzhou government office was a promotion. There are also some
People think that Li You is not as comfortable as being an inspector in a small place. There are so many superiors in the government office, and the Suzhou government is full of dignitaries. Being a small governor does not know how many people have to look at their faces.
People with these two views are ignorant of the truth. Li You is embarrassed to say that he will be idle when he goes, otherwise where will he show off his face? He can only force a smile and deal with it falsely, which can be said to be a swollen face.
Fat man.
It is necessary to introduce the structure of the government department here and let the officials understand Li Youxin's working environment.
The government officials in the government offices can be divided into five levels in terms of status, arranged in a pyramid shape. The first level is Zhengyinguanzhifu, which has only one. The second level is Zuoerguan Tongzhi, Tongpan, and Tuiguan, among which Tongzhi is the official.
The general judge assists the prefect in handling various official affairs, and the judge is responsible for prison cases. Each person has his or her own exclusive court. The third level is the officials in the internal institutions, such as the experience department, the nursing office, and the prison department.
, is commonly known as the miscellaneous official, ranging from the eighth to the ninth rank, and Li You is of this level. The fourth level is the registered subordinates with three classes and six rooms, such as Hong Xunjing. The fifth level is the doorman and the bearer of the sedan chair.
, Bai Yi and so on.
Does this classification of status levels look familiar to the officials, as if you have seen it somewhere? I have to say that traditional culture is traditional culture, and its vitality is very tenacious. Even in the 21st century, this classification is still the same in yamen.
Just changed some names. First leader, deputy, civil servant, public institution, temporary worker...
As for the internal agencies of the government office, there are four main ones. In addition to the experience department, the care office, the prison department and the government office mentioned earlier. The experience department is in charge of the exchange of official documents, and has official positions such as experience and governor;
The grinding office is responsible for checking the status of official documents, checking for omissions and filling in the gaps, and has the official position of grinding, proofreading, etc.; the prison department manages prisons for prisoners, and has the official position of prison director.
As for the government office, there are no official positions, and there are six rooms for officials, rites, soldiers, punishments, and workers. The officials all belong here to handle various official affairs and work for the officials. The office is located in the rolling shed corridor outside the government office lobby.
There are other treasuries in the room and the government office. I won’t go into details about the treasury and the like.
Li You sighed again. After all, he had to go to the government office. He planned to take office alone and leave his wife and concubines in Xujiang County for the time being. This was not because Li You wanted to sink into the colorful world of Gusu City and disliked his wives and concubines.
It is a hindrance, but because when he goes to the government office, he will definitely sit on the bench, so he does not want his wives and concubines to see the dejected look of his husband in the government office, and he cannot afford to lose face in front of his family.
