The politics of the Ministry of Officials lies in the selection of texts and the second division of merit.

The examination of merit lies in the assessment, and the Beijing officials are inspected in Beijing every six years, and the foreign officials have a major plan for three years, all of which are presided over by the Ministry of Officials.

And the Department of Literature and Anthology is to decide on the promotion of civil officials.

In the Anthology of Writings, Quanlang decided on the promotion of officials in the world.

The current Wenxuan Shilang is Chen Younian, a native of Yuyao, Zhejiang, and a Jinshi in Jiajing for forty-one years.

Chen Younian was wearing the official robe of the five-grade complement, and was sitting in the official corridor of the official department, talking to Qi Shichen in the matter.

In the anthology of Shilang, the officials all give things to the middle of the matter, one is five products, and one is seven products.

No matter how humble the official position is, it is powerful. Even the feudal officials such as the governor and the chief of the frontier had to be polite and respectful when they saw the two of them, and they did not dare to put an official in front of the two.

In particular, the officials are all given to Qi Shichen in the matter, Longqing five years of Jinshi, Jiangxi Nanchang.

Born as a Jinshi, he has been an official for more than ten years, and he is only in the seventh grade, and laymen will definitely laugh at the fact that you have been an official for so many years.

The layman looks at the bustle, and the insider looks at the doorway. Insiders know that what is the position of the officials in the matter?

The head of the platform, the leader of the officials!

Among the officials, only he has the power to elect, and among the officials, he is the only one who has the power to refute and impeach.

Below the ministry, even the secretary of the ministry had to be polite to him, not to mention other officials.

The officials of the department are not afraid of heaven and earth, but the promotion they value most must be helped by the officials, so they are called the head of the Taiyuan and the leader of the officials.

Procuratorate, Quanxuan to grasp it, and the official position is only the seventh grade, Qi Shichen has only been appointed as a clerk for only two years, but he already feels that the university scholar is nothing more than that.

So a Chen Danian and a Qi Shichen sat in the corridor of the six branches, and the officials of the six departments who passed by all the way had to take a detour when they saw them.

The two are now talking about personnel changes in the ministry.

Qi Shichen said: "Last year, it was a pity that Lu Pinghu was impeached and removed, but fortunately, Shen Siming made up for it, and there was Xingu as Quan Xulang, which can be described as a grand event in Zhejiang Province." ”

Lu Pinghu is Lu Guangzu, last year's first assistant Shen Shixing, the secretary of the Ministry of Shangshu Yang Wei and the official battle.

Lu Guangzu, the right attendant of the ministry, was impeached and removed from the position by the official because he stood on the side of Shen Shixing in the letter. After Lu Guangzu left, Shen was always made up as the right attendant of the ministry.

So Qi Shichen said that a Zhejiang person left, and another Zhejiang person came.

Chen Younian said: "But at present, the government and Kedao are attacking each other, and there is quite a party dispute, which is not a fortunate thing for the imperial court." ”

Chen Younian's words are a little helpless, his father is a speech official, so in the dispute between the government and the speech official, he is sympathetic to the speech official.

But he is the same year as Shen Shixing, and he belongs to the Zhejiang Party that is 'in power' in the DPRK and China, so he is in a bit of a dilemma in this position.

Qi Shichen smiled and said: "It's just a political disagreement, how can there be party fighting, gentlemen are harmonious but different, and the princes of the Manchu Dynasty may not have any selfish intentions." You and I have the right to elect, only to promote virtuous and upright people for the court, as for whether there are differences of opinion, do not care. ”

Chen Younian looked at Qi Shichen's words, and this person said that he was the leader of the officials, but his attitude was very ambiguous. Last year, Li Zhi and Jiang Dongzhi impeached Shen Shixing, but Yang Weishi, he stood up for Shen Shixing, and Yang Wei spoke.

The two chatted for a while, and then the two scarlet-robed adults walked to the official corridor.

When the left and right section officials saw the two, they avoided the road and saluted.

These two people are none other than Li Shida, the left attendant of the Ministry of Officials, and Shen Zheng, the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials.

Li Shida didn't say it first, but said that Shen has always been a bachelor of Hanlin and a right attendant of the ministry, but he is a popular candidate to enter the cabinet.

Shen always stood in front of the public corridor, and the officials of the six sections in their respective corridors all came out to take a look from time to time.

I've never seen it before, so I'll see you today.

I didn't care about it before, but I care about it today.

Although there are not many Hanlin in the Hanlin Academy, there are also a lot, and many of them are studying books and history all their lives in obscurity. If you don't get to the Hanlin bachelor, you won't be able to survive it, and it's not worth noting.

But if you take the Hanlin bachelor and the ministry, no matter whether everyone's position is the same or not, but in the future, I am afraid there will be no less.

Shen has been the right attendant of the Ministry of Officials for only two months, and he knows that many people look at him, but he has nothing to spare and does not take it to heart at all. He came to the front of the official corridor and said: "Heart Valley, Tsukasa is almost in the Qianqing Palace, let's go over too." ”

On this day, the Ministry of Officials wanted to report to the Son of Heaven, an outstanding civil official in the world, and it was logical that they would go to the Qianqing Palace to ask for an order.

Qi Shizu showed a sudden look, and said with a smile: "The official almost forgot about this matter, and I have been waiting for a few people for a long time." ”

Regarding Qi Shizu's words, several people naturally didn't believe it in their hearts.

So everyone came to the Qianqing door without speaking, but they saw Yang Wei, the secretary of the ministry, sitting under the eaves in front of the door.

Several eunuchs held umbrellas and served tea.

Yang Wei closed his eyes to recuperate, and waited for a few people to salute in front of him. Yang Weifang opened his eyes and nodded, "You guys are here." ”

At this moment, the Qianqing door opened.

Yang Wei, who looked old, suddenly got up from the chair with the support of the eunuch.

Shen Cheng and the others followed Yang Wei to the stone steps in front of the Qianqing Gate and knelt down.

But seeing that Gao Huai, the eunuch beside the emperor, came to the bottom of the steps, he helped Yang Wei up and said with a smile: "Yang Tianguan asked you to wait for a long time, this is Your Majesty's will, and everything is according to the invitation of the ministry." ”

Yang Wei held the holy decree in his hand and said: "There is a father-in-law, please rest assured that the minister will be impartial in selecting talents for the country." ”

Gao Huai nodded and went back, Yang Wei looked back at Shen Cheng and said, "Go back." ”

Speaking of this, Yang Wei said to Qi Shichen again: "Qi Du advises, please also be present to supervise the production as usual." ”

At that moment, everyone came to the ministry.

In the public hall of the Ministry of Officials, the scribes on the left and right were all retreated, and the door was closed.

Yang Wei said to everyone: "In the past, the officials were removed, and our officials, officials, and officials were all in the hall, looking at the seal of the election officials, and putting up the list and registering the book, waiting for the total payment. But this time the election is different from the past, this time it is not to elect officials, but to promote virtuous people. ”

Speaking of which, Yang Wei sat down in the public court, Qi Shichen sat down, and the rest of the officials sat down.

Speaking of public seats, the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of War when selecting officials, the officials and military departments must also be present during the matter.

According to the rules, Shangshu and Du gave the matter to sit together, but in the early years of Wanli, Chen Sanmo took the initiative to depreciate himself in the matter, and did not dare to sit with the Ministry of Shangshu.

However, in the Ministry of War, it has always been a situation where both the Ministry of War and the Military Department are seated side by side.

Chen Younian presented the menu first.

Yang Wei said: "This is a total of two hundred and sixty-five officials of the state government, please list the department, among them, Fu, press, and Bu Sansi Baoju are marked on the side, we will select virtuous from them, and then report to the Son of Heaven." ”

Qi Shichen got up and asked, "Dare to ask Dazai, why is he promoted from the state government officials this time?" ”

Yang Wei said: "Because the foreign officials are about to plan, the Beijing officials will be put aside first, and the officials will deliberately promote virtuous people from the state officials to set an example." ”

Qi Shichen asked again: "Then why exclude the second division, as well as the state and county officials?" ”

Yang Wei pinched his beard and explained: "Because the state and county officials have humble positions and a large number of people, it is not easy to recommend them one by one. ”

"Although the state government official is not a feudal official, he is also a major official, who inherits the center at the top and is close to the people at the bottom, and has the right rank. What's more, the headquarters remembers that it has been a long time since the Ministry has elected a virtuous state official to report to the Son of Heaven. ”

Qi Shichen said: "The lower officials have been taught. ”

Chen Younian listened to the conversation between Qi Shichen and Yang Wei on the side, but he had a first-class idea in his heart.

Sometimes when the imperial court selects officials, it will formulate standards one by one, such as this year's examination for honesty and strictness next year.

In the past, it seemed that officials were selected according to criteria, but in fact, it was not, and many times it was a reversal of cause and effect.

At this time, Shen ***: "But there are many of the more than 200 officials, many of whom have outstanding performance, and it is not easy to select virtuous and virtuous officials to recommend to Your Majesty." ”

Yang Wei nodded and said: "What I said is good, the officials outside call the Ministry of Officials the Ministry of Officials, because the Ministry of Officials has the responsibility of selecting officials. ”

"We need to examine whether the officials are virtuous or not, whether they are honest or not, and how well they have been governed. But it is also necessary to guide the wind in the direction of the morale. Previously, Lu Shilang introduced Hai Gangfeng to the Son of Heaven for the election of Lang, and since then he has swept away the vices of officialdom, and all the scholars in the world know that the use of officials in the imperial court puts honesty and integrity in the first place. ”

"And what is the atmosphere of officialdom now? In a word, stay out of the camp. A few days ago, when Hisuke talked to me about this, he was also heartbroken. At present, in order to seek relocation to Beijing posts, officials even do not hesitate to degrade several levels. Last month, a royal historian of the Metropolitan Procuratorate was released to participate in politics and left angrily. There are also some Beijing officials who hold themselves clean and refuse to do things close to the people, and all kinds of things are too numerous to mention. Therefore, the headquarters thought that the Beijing officials from the state capital could be given priority! ”

After listening to Yang Wei's words, several officials knew it in their hearts, and quickly searched for officials who were released from Beijing in their hearts.

At this time, Li Shida, the left waiter, said: "I don't know if the officials who are degraded by the saint are taken into account?" ”

"This?" Yang Wei did not answer immediately.

Li Shida continued: "Many of the officials in Beijing who were released to the local government were belittled by His Majesty, such as Li Sancai, who has a great political performance in the local area and has a good official reputation, but he was angry with His Majesty and released, if he is promoted, I am afraid that His Majesty will not like it." ”

At this time, Yang Wei said: "As a human minister, we should be honest, as long as it is in line with morality, even if it is contrary to the ear, we must be truthful." The Li Sancai you mentioned, the headquarters has heard that this person has a good official reputation and can be listed on the list of sponsors to the Son of Heaven. ”

Li Shida was overjoyed when he heard this, Li Sancai had an old relationship with him, and this time he just took this opportunity to propose it to Yang Wei.

And Yang Wei also understands what he means, he also has to balance the interests of the officials below, and the face of this official must be given.

Yang Wei said immediately: "You see if there are officials in this state government who have been demoted to the local area by the Son of Heaven like Li Sancai, but have outstanding political achievements, you can recommend them, and then report to the Son of Heaven." ”

At the moment, Chen Younian, Shen has always said: "There is a candidate for the lower official." ”