Daming talker

Chapter 565: What does it mean to be promoted?

Upon hearing this, Lin Tailai slapped the copy of the edict of apology in his hand into Chen Younian's hand, pointed at it and said, "Does it contain the words 'Lin Tailai was reinstated and promoted'?"

Chen Younian was worried, so he carefully read the entire edict again before nodding and saying, "Yes."

The personnel administration does not tolerate any sloppiness, and veteran personnel administration officials are so rigorous.

Lin Tailai said in an orderly manner: "It goes without saying that I will be reinstated. This is easy to understand. It is nothing more than restoring my treatment as a compiler in the Hanlin Academy and a doctor in the Ministry of Rites.

It is this issue of promotion that requires your Ministry of Personnel to consider carefully.

This is the Emperor's order. I am not confident in your ability to carry out the order. I doubt whether you can carry it out."

Chen Younian smiled contemptuously and asked, "Who gave you the confidence to question the old cadres in the civil service examination?"

Then Lin Tailai continued, "So I want to test you. Can you explain to me what promotion means?"

Chen Younian answered without hesitation: "There are two general explanations for the so-called promotion. One is promotion, which means raising the rank. The other is holding other official positions concurrently."

However, Lin Tailai showed a look of great disappointment on his face, "Superficial, too superficial! Is this your professional level?
In your mind, is promotion only when one's rank improves?

Don't you, the Langzhong of the Ministry of Literature, really know that in my Ming Dynasty, an increase in rank is also considered a promotion?
For example, if a county magistrate is appointed as a censor, he is also a seventh-rank official, but it is considered a promotion!
There is also a third-rank provincial governor who was transferred to a third-rank deputy censor-in-chief and governor, which is also considered a promotion! "

Chen Younian had a tense face and said nothing, making no comment on Lin Tailai's statement.

Lin Tailai was surprised and said loudly, "No way? As the current person in charge of the Ministry of Personnel, the doctor of the First Department, you don't even know these common sense, right?"

Chen Younian: "."

This saying that official positions have high and low ranks is not clearly written in the system. To put it bluntly, it is an unspoken rule agreed upon by convention!
Lin Tailai can talk nonsense as he pleases, but he, Chen Younian, as a Langzhong of the Ministry of Selection, represents the official capacity on the issue of personnel administration and cannot publicly express or acknowledge such unspoken rules!

But this helpless silence was deliberately regarded as "ignorance" by Lin Tailai and was ridiculed, which made me feel so frustrated!

What was even more disgusting was that the other officials who were watching in the corner actually burst into laughter, as if they were very happy to see the high and mighty head of the Ministry of Personnel being embarrassed.

At this time, Zhao Nanxing, former deputy director of the Ministry of Selection, former deputy director of the Ministry of Examination, and current director of the Ministry of Examination, rushed out to help Chen Younian out and said, "Lin Tailai! Are you here to do business or to make a big fuss?"

Lin Tailai replied: "As the saying goes, there is no order without rules. First, we need to define the concept of promotion, and then we can define the rules, so that we can do things according to the rules!
Let's get started now! There is nothing to discuss about reinstatement, but regarding promotion, I have a few personal opinions to express, lest you mess up the emperor's will."

Chen Younian came to his senses and responded: "We welcome opinions from the Ministry of Personnel, but we also have our own rules!"

Lin Tailai ignored Chen Younian and continued, "First of all, the promotion is not appropriate for my position as a Hanlin scholar.

Because Hanlin officials were promoted by the emperor himself without going through the Ministry of Personnel, the Ministry of Personnel had no right to promote officials.

At the same time, the rank of Hanlin official is precious, and I have not made any great achievements, so it is really inappropriate for me to be promoted.

Therefore, the promotion can only be used for the position of Langzhong of the Ministry of Rites. I believe you in the Ministry of Personnel have no objection to this, right?"

Chen Younian kept a straight face and said nothing, because these were all true facts and he couldn't deny them. Lin Tailai continued, "But it is unrealistic to upgrade the rank of a fifth-rank doctor of the Ministry of Rites.

First of all, I haven't made any great achievements and am not qualified to be promoted.

Secondly, there is no fourth-rank official position in the six ministries, and it is impossible for me, a doctor, to skip the fourth rank and be promoted directly to the third-rank assistant minister.

If it is transferred through other temples or government offices, the impact will not be good either. After all, the quality of these government offices is much lower than that of the Ministry of Rites.

If I were to be demoted from the Ministry of Rites to some government office like the Taichang Temple or the Honglu Temple, could that be considered a promotion?

Therefore, it is totally unfeasible to upgrade my rank. Do you agree with this analysis, Ministry of Personnel?"

Chen Younian didn't want to talk, but he nodded anyway. These analyses were also reasonable.

The officials around were talking about it. They were all professional bureaucrats and were very clear about the hierarchy in the officialdom. There was nothing wrong with what Lin Tai said.

Seeing that no one objected, Lin Tailai continued his analysis: "So if you want to promote me as a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, there is only one way, and that is to increase my part-time job!
After all, Chen Bulang just said that there are two major types of promotions: promotion and increase.

Since I can't get promoted, I can only rely on adding part-time jobs.

But part-time jobs also have their own rules. The rank of the new part-time job cannot be lower than that of a doctor in the Ministry of Rites, otherwise it will be meaningless and cannot be considered a promotion!

For example, if a doctor of the Ministry of Rites also holds the positions of a secretary of the Ministry of Rites or a director of the Imperial Academy, there is no change in rank from the original one, and it can definitely not be considered a promotion! "

Lin Tailai’s analysis sounds reasonable and legal, but it is too trivial. The more I listen to it, the more annoyed I become!
Chen Younian asked angrily, "What do you want to say?"

Lin Tailai calmed down and consoled her, "Don't worry, don't panic. It will be soon. The answer will be revealed soon!
What I mean is that if you want to add a part-time job to the position of Langzhong in the Ministry of Rites, you can’t look for a lower position.

Not to mention temples and academies, even the Ministry of War, the Ministry of Justice, and the Ministry of Works, which were obviously not as good as the Ministry of Rites among the six ministries, could not be considered.

The Censorate, which has sufficient official rank but no fifth-rank official position, also does not need to be considered.

Therefore, the only government offices where I could work part-time were the Ministry of Personnel and the Ministry of Revenue, but I was from Suzhou and according to ancestral rules I could not work as an official in the Ministry of Revenue.

So after analyzing it to the end, the only government office I can work for part-time is our noble Ministry of Personnel!"

It was a clear daytime sky, and it seemed as if a loud thunder suddenly exploded in everyone's ears!
Others were fine, but Chen Younian, Zhao Nanxing and other officials from the Ministry of Personnel who were present were completely shocked!
Even his nephew Wang Xiangmeng, the Deputy Director of the Ministry of Literature, who had secretly run out to watch the fun, was petrified on the spot!
What the hell! What the hell! What the hell! You, Lin Tailai, argued for a long time, and the final answer turned out to be this!

You have won nine first prizes in civil and military affairs. Apart from your strength, do you have a thick skin?
Lin Tailai didn't seem to notice the abnormality in other people's expressions, and said enthusiastically:

"In other words, the only way to promote me according to the imperial decree is to let me work part-time as a doctor in the Ministry of Personnel!
I came to the Ministry of Personnel today to say hello to my future colleagues in advance!"

All the officials in the Ministry of Personnel thought they were dreaming and did not want to wake up.

But the other officials who were there to do business came to their senses and suddenly burst into a huge jeer.

The great fun of the high and mighty First Yamen may only be seen once in your lifetime!
(End of this chapter)