Xuande

Chapter 880 Everyone’s Cabinet Views on Politics

They initially thought that the dust would settle after the selection process, but later they discovered that it was not the case, so they became nervous.

Going forward, I felt like the dust had settled after the end of the exam, but it turned out that it wasn't.

Now, now, we have already been conferred and obtained official status. As a result, there is still a three-month probation period. If you do not do well during the probation period, you will still not be able to do it, and there is a risk of being dismissed.

It can be said that the journey has been bumpy, and they themselves feel that it is not easy.

But there is no way. Who makes the big man Liu Bei's big man and the dynasty Liu Bei's dynasty?

He has the final say.

Zhuge Liang thought this was normal and there was nothing wrong with it. Being an official should be done with caution. Selecting and appointing talented people is an eternal problem. If you can do the questions, you may not be able to be an official. There is no harm in being cautious.

On the day of the conferment, Zhuge Liang, as the number one scholar in the department, was the first to be awarded the ninth-grade official rank. He received the ninth-grade official uniform, two sets in summer and two sets in winter. He also received official certification documents and waist badges, as well as the four treasures of the study. A complete outfit, and even the first month's official salary.

It is said that this is a special grace from His Majesty the Emperor.

Considering that all candidates will have to move out of the candidate dormitories and find other places to live from now on, and not every candidate can afford the rent in Luoyang, Liu Bei specifically asked the Ministry of Household Affairs to allocate part of their salary as welfare bonuses to the new officials, and also asked The imperial court took the lead in finding collective low-rent housing for the new officials so that they could live in Luoyang.

In terms of life, Liu Bei's concern for them is full. After that, the rest depends on themselves.

After Zhuge Liang received all the things, he and 29 colleagues were taken away by a sixth-rank official. The sixth-rank official told them that from today on, they would be members of his political watch team.

Regarding the fact that Zhuge Liang, No. 1 in the scientific examination, was in his group, this official from the sixth grade was not polite. After explaining some things, he directly asked Zhuge Liang to stand up and lecture him.

"I know that you are the first number one scholar since the implementation of the imperial examination system, and you are still the first in the three examinations. I think you must be very proud in your heart, but I must tell you that the examination is an examination and being an official is an official. Secondly, completely different!
During the exam, you only need to be responsible for a paper, but after becoming an official, you need to be responsible for tens of thousands of people. One of your imprudent decisions may kill tens of thousands of people, so you must put away all your Put your heart and soul into doing things!

From now on, forget your status as the number one scholar. You are just an ordinary ninth-grade official. There is nothing special about you. In these three months, if you do not do better than others, I will never do it. Will give you high scores! "

Zhuge Liang was inexplicably insulted. While he felt helpless, he also realized what a serious imperial government office was like, and what kind of existence these senior and skilled officials were.

Because this sixth-grade official was very rude to the thirty team members including Zhuge Liang, when he left temporarily after the lecture, everyone began to defend Zhuge Liang, and they had a lot of opinions about this person.

"Why does he talk like this? Does it make us seem to have offended him?"

"He's just a low-ranking official from the sixth rank. Where does his authority come from?"

"We can be considered colleagues after all, right?"

"That's right, he dares to say this even when he is the No. [-] scholar? Are you not afraid of revenge on him when the No. [-] scholar gets rich?"

"Zhuge Jun, don't be afraid of him, we all support you!"

"Yes! We all support you! You are the top pick, don't give in!"

The remaining 29 people directly regarded Zhuge Liang as their backbone, hoping that Zhuge Liang would lead them to rise up and directly defeat this guy who didn't give him any good looks. However, Zhuge Liang had no such idea at all. He just smiled bitterly.

"Today, we are just government officials, not even real officials. I think what he said is reasonable. Examination and being an official are indeed two different things. Therefore, for the time being, we should be careful in our conduct and work. Let’s see the effects.”

Zhuge Liang said so, and the other 29 people had no choice but to nod in agreement.

Later, Zhuge Liang and 30 other people were taken to a department called [Cabinet] by this official.

The moment he entered this department, Zhuge Liang heard someone talking quietly behind him.

"No wonder that person is so rude! He is actually a member of the cabinet!"

"I heard from my father that the highest position of cabinet ministers is only the fifth rank, but everyone is carefully selected by His Majesty, and everyone can serve as a local governor after leaving the cabinet!"

"I have also heard that many people say that the cabinet is the road to promotion for officials. As long as you enter the cabinet, no matter what positions you have held before, you will have a promising future!"

"Doesn't that mean we also have great hope?"

"If only I could stay in the cabinet!"

A group of people whispered something like this over there. Zhuge Liang thought for a while and didn't say a word.

It is too early to discuss staying in the cabinet now. With today's ability, which official who can stay by his side is a fuel-efficient lamp?

After being brought into the cabinet by the official, Zhuge Liang discovered that there were five groups that were also brought into the cabinet to observe the government.

He had no acquaintances in his own group, but in other groups, he saw Lu Yi, Lu Su, Sima Yi, his younger brother Zhuge Jun and his friend Sun Zhong who lived in the same dormitory.

This gave him some relief.

But soon, Chen Yao, a sixth-grade cabinet official, spoke coldly.

“Although the cabinet is not of high rank, as a close servant of the emperor, it has the important mission of assisting the emperor in handling government affairs and counseling on national affairs. All officials who enter the cabinet are all officials recognized by the emperor as good at handling government affairs.

I know you think that cabinet officials are not of high rank, but I want to say that if you think that a cabinet minister with a full fifth rank means the same thing as an official with a fifth rank in other departments, then you are totally wrong.

It is your honor to be in the cabinet to observe the government. You must thank those who assigned you to the cabinet to observe the government. But at the same time, this also means that you have to accept more rigorous training and assessment. Otherwise, you are not worthy at all. Remain in the cabinet for three months.I must tell you that the daily work of the cabinet is extremely complicated, very busy, and self-contained. Everyone has his own tasks. You are assigned to the cabinet. It is not only the emperor's trust in the cabinet, but also the emperor's trust in the cabinet. test.

If you enter the cabinet to observe politics at your current level, it will not be a help to the cabinet. It will only become a burden and an obstacle to the cabinet. Your presence will greatly hinder the efficiency of the cabinet. Therefore, you must understand His status in the cabinet!

Because of you, cabinet officials need to spend time and energy to guide you. Things that could have been handled by themselves in one stick of incense now require two or even three sticks of incense to guide you and provide support for you, lest you If we can't get things done, we will cause a big mess!

So remember, you are the obstacle now!It’s a burden!It's waste!If you don't want to be driven out of Luoyang City by me in three months' time with my comments of being an obstacle, burden and waste, then use all your energy and put all your energy into the cabinet, and do whatever the superior officer tells you!Did you hear that clearly? ! "

Chen Yao faced Zhuge Liang and other 30 people with a dark face. The thirty rookies were stunned for a while, not knowing how to respond to this kind of accusation that seemed to completely deny their existence.

We are all winners of the scientific expedition, and we are all the one-in-a-thousand winners. We have arrived at the other side of victory after a brutal scientific expedition. How come we have become a burden and waste in your mouth before we have done anything?

Isn't your talk too unpleasant?

Some people don't look so good.

At that time, only Zhuge Liang responded.

"only."

A simple reply without showing too much emotion.

His expression was calm, as if he didn't feel any displeasure about this matter.

Chen Yao glanced at Zhuge Liang.

"The No. [-] pick seems to be very self-aware. That's good. It's good that you know that you are a burden. If you don't even know this, I can't imagine how much you will drag down the cabinet in the future! Very good!"

Afterwards, Chen Yao divided the 30-person group into five small groups, each with six people in each group, and handed them over to a cabinet official to lead, while he himself led a six-person group headed by Zhuge Liang.

So from now on, Zhuge Liang and others became Chen Yao and other cabinet officials' errand boys, as well as making tea and delivering water. Chen Yao would tell Zhuge Liang and others to do any chores.

For example, serving tea and water, preparing meals for Chen Yao, cleaning up the garbage on the desk, keeping the workstation tidy, and other tasks such as passing messages, running errands, and delivering things.

Chen Yao handles a lot of government affairs, or the entire cabinet handles a lot of government affairs.

Piles of memorials were sent to the cabinet. The cabinet needed to be sorted out initially, sorting out some trivial matters, sorting out some major military affairs, and handing them over to the most senior cabinet ministers. Meet the emperor and deal with it together.

The number of serious military and state affairs that the emperor needs to deal with is not many. Most of them are trivial and insignificant matters. However, these matters are numerous and complicated, and some are quite difficult and difficult to deal with.

The cabinet needs to give an opinion on how to deal with these matters, and then sort them into categories according to the attributes of the affairs, send them to the eight ministries, and hand them over to the people of the eight ministries for specific implementation and disposal.

The cabinet is just an opinion department that assists in handling matters and does not have the authority to handle matters seriously.

Despite this, the cabinet's responsibility as a link between the previous and the following is also very important. If there is a major negligence in classifying or handling opinions, the cabinet must also bear the responsibility. If the emperor is angry, or the eight ministries come to the door to cause trouble, the cabinet will also be responsible. Intractable.

Of course, the cabinet is not a doormat.

Because it has no decision-making authority, the cabinet does not bear the main responsibility for the implementation of specific affairs. Even if the office department does not adopt the cabinet's solution, it must use its own solution. If something goes wrong, they need to bear the responsibility themselves. And can't cause trouble with the cabinet.

If someone wants to take this opportunity to blame the cabinet, then don't blame the cabinet for talking to you about this matter.

Because it involves all aspects of the court's decision-making, it has to deal with the emperor, the eight yamen, and all the administrative departments. If there is any dispute, the cabinet will often be involved.

Therefore, the cabinet is an extremely busy and stressful department. Those who can come in are elites, and those who can withstand the pressure and survive are the elites among the elites.

Over the years, the Luoyang court has recognized that the cabinet is the Shura field in the court. Those who can persist here for a year or two until Liu Bei releases them to serve outside are all very capable and resolute officials. Wherever he falls, he is also a top-notch little bully who can withstand pressure and is very capable.

When they return to Luoyang, it will be a matter of time before they enter the Eight Departments and become the boss of the imperial court's decision-making team.

This special attribute of the cabinet basically determines that those who can survive in the cabinet will not be good-tempered gentlemen. Even if they are genuine fifth-grade [officials] who often meet with the emperor and handle affairs with the emperor, He is by no means a good-tempered gentleman, let alone a sixth-rank [cabinet member] like Chen Yao.

From the first day when the government officials entered the cabinet, the ill-tempered cabinet ministers began to torture them.

Among the government officials, including Zhuge Liang, there was no one who had not been reprimanded from the first day. Although it was not an insulting reprimand with no roots, this kind of reprimand did make these people just feel very sad. It was difficult for the government officials who had just finished the exam to accept it.

What is more difficult for them to accept than the reprimand is the extremely heavy physical work.

They thought that entering the cabinet would be the kind of work where they could handle government affairs together with the cabinet ministers, the feeling of sitting upright on a soft cushion and handling government affairs in a graceful manner. They yearned for such a life, but in the end they took their cabinet with them Cabinet members often only ask them to do errands and menial jobs.

Serving tea and water, delivering things, passing messages, and running around.

Here I went to the Ministry of Works to deliver something, and there I went to the Military Department to send a message. I just came back from the Ministry of Personnel, and there I was about to rush to the Ministry of Punishment.

The six people who followed Chen Yao, including Zhuge Liang, had their feet not touching the ground. From the first day on, at least one of them traveled to five government offices and sent messages back and forth more than ten times in one day.

The most one time was that one person visited ten government offices and sent messages back and forth 23 times. When Chen Yao went to have a midnight snack and prepare to go home to sleep, the unlucky man had already collapsed and passed out in the cabinet office.

The first days were so hard and tiring.

(End of this chapter)