Daming Yuanfu

Chapter 322
Jieying, this is a time-honored tradition in the officialdom. It is not a rule, but it has been passed down silently in the "official history" of more than 2000 years, and it still has a great market until the later generations of high-level pragmatic travel to Ming Dynasty.

The so-called Jieying means that local officials lead their subordinates to the border of their jurisdiction to greet them.

As for who to greet, it's hard to say, generally speaking, it must be the Shangguan.Moreover, Jieying is the highest standard for welcoming a Shangguan.At the same time, there is no doubt that if you welcome Yujia, you will definitely need Jieying.

Of course, Gao Shi's master is far less noble than Yujia, so what's the difference?However, this may not be the case for Liang Xianzun. For him, Gao Shidu's master may be more important than Yujia.

Not to mention that it was almost impossible for a local official in the Ming Dynasty to see Yu Jia. Even if he took ten thousand steps back and said that he could really receive Yu Jia, His Majesty the Emperor would not pay attention to a small county magistrate in his district. Honor, let him rise to the top, get promoted and move to the right.

But Gao Shidu's master is different. Liang Xianzun feels that if he can satisfy Gao Shidu, after he returns to Beijing in the future, as long as he casually praises himself in front of Mr. Gaoge, then his evaluation will definitely be "excellent" "?
You know, Mr. Gao Ge is also the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, and all the affairs of the world are in his hands!For a seventh-rank county magistrate, if he lets you be promoted, you will definitely be promoted;Anyway, magistrate Liang dared not.

In the officialdom in ancient China, there were so-called three provinces and six ministries very early on. Among them, the "three provinces" were abolished and abandoned, but the six ministries have been maintained stably to this day, and the most special of the six ministries is the official ministries.

According to the rules of the Ming Dynasty at this time, Beijing officials do not need to kneel to pay respects when they see their superiors, but if they meet a cabinet scholar or official secretary, they must kneel to pay respects.

There is a question here, why do you not have to kneel when you see other ministers, but you have to kneel when you meet officials?How can the Minister of the Ministry of Officials be so special that he is the same as a cabinet scholar who "has no name as a prime minister, but has the reality of a prime minister"?
Without him, power also.

Because of the Ministry of Officials, it determines the future of most officials.

As mentioned earlier in this book, since the formation of the cabinet system, the cabinet began to gradually erode the power originally belonging to the six ministries (Wufeng Note: This refers to the power of the six ministries that has been strengthened after Zhu Yuanzhang abolished the Prime Minister). In the Jiajing Dynasty, especially after Yan Song took power So far, the authority of the first assistant is even more powerful, except that there is no "opening the mansion", it is almost the same as the prime minister.Of course Li Chunfang may be considered an exception...

How severe is this erosion?For example, the Ministry of War, without the approval of the cabinet, the dignified Minister of the Ministry of War cannot even transfer troops. If a frontier general receives an order to transfer troops from the Ministry of War, he will not execute it immediately, but will first ask: Is there a cabinet statement?
If not, then I'm really sorry, "Forgive me, I won't dare to be transferred."

All in all, in short, except for the Ministry of Officials, the power of the other five ministers has been greatly reduced.In the Ming Dynasty, some official ministers were not even willing to join the cabinet.Because he entered the cabinet by himself, if he ranks low, he may be promoted secretly, and his actual power is not as good as that of the Minister of the Ministry of officials.

Beijing officials face all kinds of big bosses every day, and they are not uncommon for high-level officials, but if they are ministers of the Ministry of Officials, Beijing officials call him the Lord of Heaven.This is far beyond the reach of other ministers. Even in name, the Ministry of Rites is number one, but in terms of actual power, the Ministry of Rites is not even as good as the Ministry of Households.

The only advantage of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites is that it is relatively easy to join the cabinet. Before entering the cabinet, many elders will first name themselves as Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, and then hold court promotions to follow the trend to join the cabinet—for example, Gao Gong did the same in the past.

Why are the officials so powerful?Because its main function is to assess and approve and appoint and dismiss officials at all levels.

According to the rules of the imperial court, the appointment and dismissal of officials below the fourth rank is decided by the Ministry of Officials.Only officials of the fourth rank or above need to discuss with the Ministry of Officials—note that it is a consultation with the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials still has a great say.

Generally speaking, officials above the fourth rank belong to middle and senior officials.According to the official system of the Ming Dynasty, only the prefects with military preparations and important positions belonged to the fourth-rank officials.In other words, those officials such as magistrates and prefectures are just numbers in the Ministry of Officials.If an official offends the Minister of the Ministry of Officials, the Ministry of Officials can retaliate reasonably within the normal scope of work.

For example, to transfer an official to Yunnan first this year, and then immediately to Liaodong the next year—how, is it good?Half a year of your one-year tenure has been delayed on the road!Grandpa can't kill you?Do you still dare to be disobedient?If you are not obedient, you will continue to return to Yunnan next year.

And the reason why Gao Gong resigned from the Minister of the Ministry of Officials several times in a row is because the power is too great: he is the second assistant, Li Chunfang doesn't dare to take care of things, he is actually in charge of the cabinet, and he is also an official The Minister of the Ministry, once he wants to decide the promotion or promotion of an official, even if it is above the fourth rank, it is equivalent to discussing it with himself - before the governor of Hai Rui Yingtian, didn't Gao Gong transfer him when he said he would be transferred?

It's worth it!In the eyes of outsiders who don't know the truth, isn't this "stealing the king's majesty and blessing for self-discipline"?If this accusation is true, then it is a traitor and a traitor!
So Gao Gong had resigned from the position of Minister of the Ministry of Officials three times in a row in the past six months, but the emperor insisted on refusing, so there was nothing he could do.At this time, Gao Gong himself didn't know that in the past two years, he had formally asked to resign as Minister of the Ministry of Officials eight times in just over two years, but the emperor was not moved at all.

Longqing's deep trust in Gao Gong can be seen from this.

As the so-called "Spring River Plumbing Duck Prophet", Gao Yu was in the capital, but he didn't know enough about Gao Gong's power, but Liang Wuliang County respected the local government, but he had a deeper understanding of the power of his benefactor.

So, at noon that day, Gao Wushi had just passed the Dingxing county boundary along the Xuanhua Mayi, when he saw a scene that surprised him.

Originally, he thought that he "returned to his hometown to prepare for the exam" with a full two hundred horsemen, which was already a huge ostentation. Who would have thought that in terms of ostentation, the magistrate would be even more awesome--Liang Xianzun was dressed in a straight official uniform, with Hexian Officials, yamen servants, country gentry and elders, plus extras hired from nowhere, a total of five or six hundred people lined up on both sides of the post road to welcome them.

Gao Wushi was stunned and dumbfounded.

"What the hell are you doing... I'm really just passing by!" Gao Shidu, who was well-known as a scholar in the capital for his literary name, cursed without grace while sitting in the carriage, in a voice that could not be heard by outsiders.

　In other words, I have to say a word of credit to myself: this Liang Wuliang County Honorer is really the name I found on the Jinshi Gold List in the 38th year of Jiajing.But I really can't find the local county annals, so this character is still a fabrication.In addition, thanks to the book friend "fengjiyue" for the reward, thank you!
　　
　
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