Chastity Layman

  Chapter 716 Poor Prime Minister

  Busy at the office of the Ministry of War until the sound of the evening drum, and the office of the Ministry of War was dismissed, Qin Lang stretched his waist and stood up from the sea of ​​Wenshan cases.

Shaking his head and rubbing his sore hands, Qin Lang couldn't help sighing that the project work was tiring compared to the front-line command. He really admired Li Shimin, a young emperor who was about to conquer the world, how could he stand up all these years With a low temper, he spends all day on these plan memorials.

In particular, he has to endure those endless remonstrances. Only from this point of view, Li Shimin is a real man who can endure what others can't bear, especially an emperor who can achieve this kind of self-discipline under very few restraints. I have to say it was really scary.

  Qin Lang thought he didn't have this ability. If there were a group of Wei Zheng around him chattering all day long, he probably would have turned into Yang Guang long ago, or Tang Minghuang would have been self-willed.

Calling a master secretary, Qin Lang knocked on the piles of official documents in front of him, "These have already been approved, and these here are all not in accordance with the format of the official documents I requested earlier. For a simple matter, follow me. Parallel five parallel six, he thinks he is a Hanlin scholar or a member of Zhongshushe? An ordnance dispatch list, not a good table, actuarial figures, but I quote the classics to compose poems and poems? Why doesn’t he go to the Imperial College to teach poetry and rhymes? Type all these back and rewrite them, and in addition, each person will be given a warning once, and each will be fined 500 yuan, which will be used for meals in the cafeteria and some fish meat for the yamen!"

Qin Lang hates this kind of official the most. He usually likes to pretend to be coercive when he speaks and reports, but it’s still the same when he writes a report. A simple military ration dispatch results in tens of thousands of words, but the most important figures are not clear. This kind of person What a jerk.

  He repeatedly complained about this matter to the Ministry of War, but there were always people who committed the crime again and again. I don't know if I'm really confused, or if I think I can show off my writing or calligraphy here at Qin Lang.

   What he wants is speed and accuracy, and what he wants is efficiency. How much time is wasted to write a report, write ten thousand characters, and write a brush in regular script?

   There are some guys who are obedient and use concise numbers and tables to report, but they are flying around, and some guys even wrote wild words to him. Qin Lang has a hard time recognizing it, and has to guess.

   "By the way, remember to post these unqualified reports in the cafeteria tomorrow for everyone to admire."

  After the confession, Qin Lang packed up his things and went to get off work. Although he was busy with official duties, Qin Lang had no plans to work overtime.

  It was raining outside, and the servant had already prepared the carriage with his official title. The guards also changed into bamboo hats and coir raincoats. The leopard heads were all covered with tung oil ponchos. The equipment was better than that of the guards.

  Seeing Qin Lang coming out, this guy actually grinned at him impatiently.

   After getting into the carriage, Zhang Chao also got in.

   "The treatment of my prime minister in the Tang Dynasty is getting better and better. There are two hundred and fifty clear roads for traveling, and there are hundreds of guards. This four-wheeled carriage is really comfortable and spacious, it is simply a mobile house."

Qin Lang also ignored Zhang Chao's envy. Datang's national power is getting stronger and stronger, and its finances have exploded in the past few years. The officials are still good. They have been on the throne for five years, but their salaries have been raised three times.

  Especially for the prime ministers, their remuneration has risen again and again.

  Each prime minister’s home is equipped with hundreds of guards such as guards and servants, not to mention that if the prime minister has the title of Duke of the State or an honorary officer above the Zhu State, he can also set up a mansion and set up assistants. There are also one hundred guards from Qianniuwei who are specially appointed for the accompanying guards when traveling.

Just Qin Lang got off the carriage. Although it was made by the Qin family's car workshop, it was a high-end four-wheeled carriage specially ordered by the imperial court for the prime minister. This carriage has a huge compartment and can seat eight people. , four more guards can sit on the roof.

   There can even be a bed and a coffee table inside.

This kind of carriage not only has exquisite materials for the body, but also is extremely advanced in technology. It has extremely high shock absorption technology, traction and turning technology, and even a very strong killing technology. Sitting in the carriage, if it is driving in Chang'an City , and even poured a cup of tea on the tea table in the car so that it wouldn't shake out.

  Each carriage is also painted with exquisite lacquer. On these carriages, the lacquer craftsmen of Datang showed an unprecedented level. They used thick lacquer to form raised patterns of lacquer signs, and used shells to cut objects into images, apply thread carvings on them, and inlay patterns on the lacquer surface. , It is also inlaid with gold and silver flowers.

  The craftsmanship shines brilliantly, engraved and chiseled, exquisite and exquisite. These lacquer techniques are admired by Qin Lang, and they are more artistic and beautiful than the high-tech of later generations.

   Each of these carriages is unparalleled. Driving on Chang'an Avenue, it represents the mighty strength of the empire and the emperor's incomparable favor to the prime ministers.

"You work hard, boy, and you will also have the opportunity to be a general and a prime minister in the future. My Tang Dynasty has always been open. The down-and-out scholar Ma Zhou can also become the prime minister, and the slaves Qian Jiulong, Fan Xing, and Ma Sanbao can also become generals and princes. Doesn't a humble **** like me also live in a first-rank official? So, there is a chance." Qin Lang laughed.

  Zhang Chao was not confused by this chicken soup. Today's Tang Dynasty is indeed tolerant and open. Whether it is a son of a famous family, a landlord or a tenant farmer, he can be an official by virtue of the imperial examination or military merit, and he has the same opportunity to become a prime minister. But another fact is that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the famous families accounted for the majority. Not to mention, it is rare for a poor family to get a prime minister, and tenant farmers have little chance. Although the industrial and commercial industry has also relaxed the restrictions on enlistment and imperial examinations, there are still many other invisible conditions.

   Even if ten years of hard study and a successful Jinshi, without the support of a strong family force, without connections, it is still difficult to move forward in the officialdom, even in the army.

   Today's army is even more difficult to mix. In the early years of the founding of the country, there were frequent wars and the world was not peaceful. Slaves can also argue with their masters, but now it is difficult to think of a slave king.

"I believe in fate. I don't have such a fate. Eighteen generations of my family's ancestors were all humble and low-level people. My father also had **** luck. He was able to follow the Taiwei, which is why he has the honor of protecting the army today. Although it is regarded as the third rank, but the real selection of officials is based on meritorious officials, but they can only be awarded the lower ranks of the sixth rank, and they have to be elected."

Zhang Chao smiled, he was promoted to the Honorary Officer of the Guard only after turning nine grades of military merit, although he was regarded as a third-rank and could enjoy some treatment from a third-rank, but in fact this was not an official rank from a third-rank, nor did he have the authority of a third-rank. There is also no rank from the third rank.

It’s just equivalent to being able to enjoy some treatment from the third rank. If you choose an official position as an honorary officer, then even the Shangzhu Kingdom with the highest rank of the twelfth rank can be regarded as the second rank, but in fact you can only be regarded as the sixth rank. For official positions, the premise is that there are vacancies to be selected.

  In fact, at the beginning of the founding of the country, Datang had a serious abuse of official positions, and tens of thousands of people were dismissed in one day at most.

At the beginning of Li Yuan's army, he traveled south from Taiyuan under the banner of respecting the Sui Dynasty. In order to buy people's hearts along the way, he gave scattered posts everywhere. , and also awarded a large number of dismissals, and even when the captives were dismissed, thousands of dismissals were awarded at one time.

By the time of the founding of the country, there were already tens of thousands of casual jobs above the fifth rank, and there were neither appointment letters nor official seals. Li Yuan gave it away for free.

  After he established Datang, Li Yuan also discovered the sequelae, and he had no choice but to abolish it. So he took out Yang Jian's scattered official system that was abolished after Yang Guang became emperor, and then began to use scattered official posts to win people's hearts again and distribute them everywhere.

   But in the seventh year of Wude, not only Yang Guangbalang and Bawei's set of scattered officials were rotten, but Yang Jian's set of Kaifu Yitong Sansi and Shangzhu State's scattered officials were also completely abused.

  The great governors, generals, and even the top generals are all over the street, Shangzhu Kingdom.

At the time of the Three Kingdoms, the Great Governor, who was considered the highest military position in a country, now only became a casual official of small officers such as captains and brigade commanders, and a general in the Han Dynasty was at most a centurion at this time. In the Southern and Northern Dynasties, the top Zhu Kingdom, Shangzhu Kingdom, was completely reduced to the Sanshi Guan of the middle-level officers.

Li Yuan couldn't do anything about it. Yang Guang and Yang Jian's two sets of official positions were all ruined by him. Therefore, in the seventh year of Wude, when the Central Plains was almost unified, Li Yuan issued an edict to transfer the previous dismissal and dismissal ranks. Abolished, collectively referred to as the honorary name of the early days of the country, and replaced it with a new system of Wensanguan, Wusanhao General and Honored Officers.

  The honorary titles at the beginning of the country can be retained, but there is only one title left, which has no practical effect. The imperial court changed them to Wensanguan or Wusan General or Honored Officers, but they had to be downgraded by many levels.

  General San has ten ranks, ranging from the second rank of Fuguo Grand General to the fifth rank of Guerrilla General, and the rank of Honored Officers is from Shangzhu Kingdom to Wuqiwei.

  General Sanhao is a high-ranking military officer, but honored officers are regarded as high-ranking officers. On the surface, they are of high rank, but they have to be demoted by 12 ranks when actually selecting officials, and they are only awarded positions from the sixth rank. In fact, the honorary officer is equivalent to the lower rank of General San. The tenth rank of San General and the twelfth rank of Honorary Officer constitute the military officer's rank system, but it is still somewhat incomplete.

In short, after Li Yuan won the world, he turned his face and refused to recognize anyone. He put up his pants and reneged on his debts. He collectively referred to the scattered officials and scattered officials who were indiscriminately granted in the past as honorary titles in the early days of the country, then stopped using them, and recreated a set of scattered officials. , Honorary officer system.

After Li Shimin succeeded to the throne, with the help of Qin Lang and other prime ministers, the two sets of official systems that Li Yuan had not perfected were gradually improved. The 29th-level Wu San Guan corresponds to Wen San Guan.

   It also clarifies the quality of scattered officials as officials, as well as the standard of salary. Honorary officers are used to reward military merits, or confer civilian titles, emphasizing once again the clear conditions for awarding officials based on merit, which actually devalues ​​honorary officers again.

Zhang Chao's father, Zhang Tieqiang, followed Qin Qiong in the southern and northern wars, and he is also a veteran who has made many meritorious deeds. He was awarded the honor of guarding the army of the third rank, but the actual military position is only the sixth rank.

It was Qin Qiong who became the Taiwei, and Qin Lang took special care of him after the Longyou War. When the Ministry of Officials recorded honors and awarded officials, he was transferred from the fifth rank, and he was still serving in Songzhou, and he was awarded the title of the founder of the country. It's just noble.

  Zhang Chao followed Qin Lang for several years, was lucky and fought many battles. In the Battle of Yematai, he even pretended to be Qin Lang as his commander, but now he is only a seventh-rank riding captain who regards him as the fifth rank, and a false founding baron.

Even with Qin Lang's help, in the officialdom, he has long been labeled as Qin Lang's trilogy. In this life, he is lucky enough to be awarded a fifth-rank real job like his father. dream.

  (end of this chapter)