Tang Dynasty good brother-in-law

Chapter 760 Datang's Entrance to Officials

Fang Xuanling said troublesome.Li Shimin immediately asked, "How troublesome?"

"If the Goguryeo people attack, they can supply supplies from the road, but our countless troops, ordnance, food and grass all need to be transported by sea. Supplies are more difficult than Goguryeo. The two defeats outside Beisha City in the former Sui Dynasty were due to supplies."

Li Shimin didn't ask any more questions, but said to Qin Qiong, "Tai sent capable men to infiltrate Goguryeo."

"I understand."

Qin Qiong immediately wrote a warrant and gave it to the intelligence officer, and the intelligence officer of Wenyue Pavilion saluted and retreated.

Li Shimin then said: "There are some things I haven't told you, but Beisha City can't back down. This is the bottom line. As for supplies and defense, Liumu has some extraordinary means. It's useful, and it's unlikely to be a battlefield for a few years."

Xiao Yu got up at this moment: "Sage, my Tang Dynasty has been streamlining officials some time ago, abolishing incompetent officials, and relocating redundant officials. I have considered the changes in the next three years, and I think that the court will start to lack qualified officials. gone."

Li Shimin thought that he was talking about Goguryeo, why did he talk about officials again.

But Li Shimin still asked: "A while ago, didn't more than 7000 people sign up to be officials?"

"Yes, there are a few outstanding ones selected, but it is still not enough."

"Tell me." Li Shimin signaled Xiao Yu to finish what he wanted to say.

Xiao Yu said: "Sage, do you think Beisha City needs officials?"

Li Shimin understood, and nodded to express his approval of Xiao Yu's statement.

"Saint, let's talk about Kumamoto Castle first. How many officials Liu Concubine has called, and as far as I know, it is still not enough. The heavy official duties keep many officials busy day and night. In addition to the double salary given by Liu Concubine, maids, servants, meat, supplements, etc. Wait, it can be said that the income of officials in Wajima is several times higher than that in Chang'an, but there are still many people who are tired and sick."

Li Shimin only saw the achievements of Wajima, but did not see the problems of officials.

Under Li Shimin's signal, Xiao Yu continued: "Sage, Kumamoto Castle does not count the more than 70 official officials of the Ship Division, and more than 200 foreign officials, these are not counted as military officers at all levels. It is only said that Kumamoto Castle has been stationed for many years. The so-called stewards of Wozhu Zidao are actually officials."

"Tell me, I'm listening."

"The sage, the officials of the four prefectures and their subordinate counties, as well as the officials at all levels in the subordinate divisions, that's more than 900 people."

"600 people, a state needs more than 250 people?"

Li Shimin couldn't believe it, because there were only a few dozen officials in a state directly under Datang.

Xiao Yu said slowly: "Including foreign officials, there are 2000 officials from both inside and outside the Great Tang Dynasty on Chikuzi Island, and this is not counted as small officials from the Japanese."

"Saints, mines, canals, roads. Mulberry farming technology, vegetables, fishery. Basic education, ritual education, infant education. Coastal defense, city defense, county and township security. Official assessment, supervision, training. Accounting for money, grain, hemp, silk, etc... "

Speaking of this, Xiao Yu didn't want to say any more.

Fang Xuanling interjected: "I have also read the direction documents. These are only important things, and there are many unimportant things that need to be done. There are some differences. The officials of Dagongfang and Dasanglin District are also Wajima is a special case for officials who have filed records with the Ministry of Officials."

"That's the reason. There are nearly a hundred teachers with high grades in the Ministry of Rites on the Japanese Island, and hundreds of teachers with low grades. If these people are all officials, it sounds like a lot, but these people are still not enough. .”

"Going off topic, what I mean is that we need to recruit more officials."

"This recruitment..." Fang Xuanling felt that this was a headache.

Datang officials currently have six ways to become official officials.

The first is the imperial examination, which is ranked first on the surface. However, the imperial examination system originated in the Sui Dynasty. At this time, it was still in a period of development. There were not enough students to participate in the imperial examination. To put it bluntly, they could participate in the civil service The base of the examination is too small to pick out the elite.

Then there is the second type, which is Menmeng.

There is a strict and detailed rule in Datang for Sanpinmeng and his great-grandson, Wupinmeng and his grandson, etc.These people will be sent to officials at all levels to study, and then they will be selected as officials.

The third type is out-of-state entrants, that is, out-of-level small officials are promoted, starting from the ninth rank, but this kind of people may spend their entire lives, and there are very few who can surpass the fifth rank.

The fourth category is Datang's largest and most important source of officials.

Recommend to become an official.Officials at different levels are eligible to nominate corresponding officials.For example, Cui Yiye's entry into an official position was jointly recommended by several members of Qinghe Cui family.

Ma Zhou's entry into an official position is Liu Mu's recommendation letter, and once he enters the officialdom, he is a fifth rank.

Su Dingfang directly came from a third-rank military officer, but the thickness of Su Dingfang's recommendation letter was astonishing. Qin Qiong led at least nine generals to sign, plus his meritorious service in the two North Wars, so he became an official from a third-rank military officer.

The fifth category was added by Liu Mu's efforts.

There is no upper limit to meritorious service. Xi Junmai is a real example. Entering an official with military merits, as long as you have enough military merits, you will keep rising.

Right now, another political merit is added, such as an agricultural official in a certain county, who has greatly increased the county's grain production, then he has great merit and will definitely be promoted.It will also bring a meritorious service to the county magistrate and so on.

In addition, the rest of the official career will be one of the above five situations, or a mixture of multiple situations.

Li Shimin issued a strict order prohibiting donations at any time and under any circumstances.

Donations are the beginning of destroying officials.

In real history, the only case of donations verified in the Zhenguan Dynasty was when Li Shimin made an expedition to Goguryeo in the 17th year of Zhenguan.Then it was Wu Zetian's time to break the rules in the Tang Dynasty, and donations have become a custom.

It can be said that the Anshi Rebellion was the late period of Wu Zetian, especially Zhongzong's short five years, which harmed Datang.

"Saint, we need more officials, but maybe we can change the way. Officials who are not officials are paid according to their ranks, but they actually hold a specific job instead of being an official."

Xiao Yu simply stated what he meant, which is to distinguish the normal officials of the state capital from the many officials in the occupied areas of the Bosi, and even the people in the four northern counties who could be officials, officials, or people. new arrangement.

In modern terms, it means official department, career department, enterprise department, and contract workers.Four categories.

"Sage, it is true that we are recruiting some useful talents. For a small city like Beisha City, there may be more than 200 civil servants, and the number of military officers is estimated to be about the same."

Du Ruhui's words resonated with everyone.

Qin Qiong said at this time: "Saint, I remembered something."

Li Shimin smiled and motioned Qin Qiong to speak out, "Speak."

Qin Qiong said: "The soldiers of Shence Guard are all literate and can write."

(End of this chapter)