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Text Chapter 185: Unwillingness and injustice on the first day of employment

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    The location of the Shangshu Province in the imperial city is not far from the political affairs. Compared with the noisy gathering place of various ministries and temple supervisors, it is much quieter here. The status of the Shangshu Province in the imperial city can be seen from its location alone.

    The buildings of the Tang Dynasty, especially the official offices, were all very spacious, and the Shangshu Province, which was regarded as the best government office in the world, was no exception. Tang Song saw a large area of ??houses covered in black crowds while he was still outside. After entering the gate, he walked through the screen wall and saw faintly.  As soon as I entered the yard, it was hard to see the end.  .

    Although the architecture of Shangshu Province is not new and gorgeous, it shows the atmosphere and coercion of the Yamen in the most simple and domineering way, making people feel proud of it as soon as they walk in.

    After explaining their origins to the gatekeeper, the petty officials responsible for guarding the gate heard that Tang Song was a new member of the yamen from the seventh rank of Shangshu Du. Seeing that he was so young and had a good demeanor, they seemed to be very polite. Even the chief official  He also personally took him to the official office.

    After walking left and right for a long time, the head of the official pointed to a small courtyard in front and said with a smile: "Since the Tang Dynasty was in charge of the official department, in the future, official affairs would be handled here. Officials  The official documents from the ministry must have arrived, but before joining the job, you have to go to the courtyard on the left to meet the superior officer."

    Tang Song looked at where the chief official was pointing. After thanking him, the chief official smiled and left.

    Walking into the small courtyard on the left, there was a faint noise, and through some half-opened and half-closed windows on both sides, many people could be seen.  At this moment, a man in his early thirties wearing Zhanggu official uniform came over. After looking at Tang Song's official uniform, he asked: "May I ask which yamen you are from? Why are you here?"

    Zhang Gu is a kind of official, whose duty is to take care of warehouses and furnishings, and also do miscellaneous tasks on a daily basis. It is said that he is the lowest-ranking person in the Shangshu Province.

    After Tang Song explained his identity.  The expression on Zhang Gu's face suddenly softened a lot. He bowed his hands and said, "I didn't know about the affairs of the Tang Dynasty before, so I'm being negligent! We'll discuss everything later. I'll report it to Dr. Liu right away."

    The Shangshu Province is now headed by two Shangshu Pushe, one of whom is in charge of three of the six departments. The Ministry of Personnel has always been under the jurisdiction of Shangshu Zuopshe.  Under him, there is Zuo Cheng, a fourth-rank minister. Under Zuo Cheng, there are also a doctor and a Yuanwailang to assist him. It is his turn to be the minister below.  It is said that Tang Song was under the jurisdiction of Shangshu Zuocheng.  However, due to the huge gap in their ranks, it is not enough. His immediate superiors are these two doctors and Yuanwailang.  It was also the person he wanted to meet.

    After just waiting for a while, the Zhanggu named Sun Shan walked out of the main room, which was the best in the middle of the courtyard.  "Mr. Liu has urgent business and has no time to see Mr. Tang, so you can go and see Mr. Wei while Mr. Tang is there."

    ??Compared with the standards of the six ministries and departments, the doctor who rose from the fifth rank was the chief officer, and the Yuanwailang who rose from the sixth rank was the deputy.

    It¡¯s not absence, it¡¯s missing!  Meeting a new official is just a matter of saying a few words of encouragement.  How much time can it take?  It's not that Mr. Liu has no time to see him, he simply doesn't want to see him.

    From this, Tang Song naturally remembered the scene when he went to the political affairs office to see Lu Yuanfang a few days ago. Among the officials waiting in the concierge outside the political affairs office was Liu Langzhong. Later, when Tang Song walked in, he vaguely heard him talking to another official.  Making sarcastic remarks.  He said that Tang Song was a confidant personally designated by Prime Minister Lu, "How dare I control such a person when he is under my command?"

    It seems that Liu Langzhong has some ideas about Lu Yuanfang's direct intervention in the personnel arrangements of his territory.  But he did not dare to question Lu Xiang, so he, Tang Song, became a punching bag.  Going out of your way not to see him at this moment is actually a very obvious knock.

    Although Tang Song felt uncomfortable with Liu Langzhong's petty behavior.  I can figure it out.  He was not ignorant of the world, so he naturally understood that Lu Yuanfang's behavior was indeed a taboo in the officialdom, and would make people like Liu Langzhong who were caught in the middle feel uncomfortable and awkward.

    After thinking about this, Tang Song didn't care about anything and followed Zhang Gu to another official room across the courtyard from Mr. Liu's official room. Needless to say, this was the official room of Mr. Wei.

    Compared with the treatment he received just now, Zhang Gu Sun Shan had just entered for a short while when he saw an official in his thirties with a pale face and a beard walking out of the room with a smile, "This is the name of the new year."  Has Tang Song in Xiangzhou moved the world? I¡¯ve admired its name for a long time, but I didn¡¯t expect to see it today. Come on, come in quickly.¡±

    No matter what the reason was for Wei Yuanwailang to be so enthusiastic, his attitude really made Karamatsu, who was treated coldly by his immediate boss on his first day at work, feel much better.

    The official room of Mr. Wei is not small, and the decoration inside is not surprising at first glance. But if you take a closer look at the utensils, none of them are ordinary street goods, which makes the official room less dull.  , too muchVery elegant.  In the room, tea was being boiled on a small red clay stove. The heat was almost at 70%, and the aroma of tea filled the room.

    After entering the office room and seeing these, and looking at Wei Yuanwailang's seemingly ordinary but actually elegant clothes and accessories, Tang Song already had a preliminary impression of this enthusiastic boss.  This person's family background must not be ordinary, and he seems to be very idle in the yamen, but it is not yet known whether this idleness is intentional after he is unwilling to do things, or whether he has nothing to do at all.

    It¡¯s still very early now, and the office bell has just struck, so it¡¯s not the time to make tea by yourself anyway.  Therefore, Tang Song turned a blind eye to the aroma of tea in the room and the small red clay stove, let alone mentioned it. He sat down opposite the desk and listened quietly to Wei Yuanwailang's words.

    During this period, Wei Yuanwailang talked a lot, but Tang Song never said much except what was necessary. In short, his behavior was no different from other new recruits in the imperial city who were cautious in their words and deeds.  .

    Seeing him like this, Wei Yuanwailang was no longer too enthusiastic. After the two of them completed the normal pre-employment conversation.  Wei Yuanwailang personally sent him to his post and introduced him to some colleagues.

    It was at this time that Tang Song realized that he was actually the head of the six ministers. This did not mean that his official rank was higher than those five people, but because he was in contact with the Ministry of Personnel.  There are actually differences in ranking among the six ministries in the three-province six-ministry system.  At the moment, there are officials, households, rituals, soldiers, punishments, and work. The official department is the well-deserved head of the six departments. He, who is responsible for contacting the official department, naturally has a rising tide in the affairs of Shangshu.

    ¡°Besides, he is not a mere commander.  He is also in charge of a chief clerk who has been promoted from the eighth rank, and a chief clerk who has been promoted from the ninth rank. In addition to these two internal officials, there are also three officials, six clerks, and one official who belong to the outside.  If the pavilion is long and the two palms are solid, the internal and external flows are added up.  There are also more than ten people under his command.

    Looking at the expressions on the faces of the other five ministers when Wei Yuanwailang introduced him, it was obvious that they were no strangers to him, but under the face-saving greetings, these five people were not enthusiastic about him either.  Karamatsu even sensed a touch of hostility from two of them.

    Naturally, Tang Song would not reveal these thoughts, and met with his colleagues and subordinates in a normal manner. As Wei Yuanwailang left after completing the task, the five ministers also left one after another, and that was it.  Tang Song has officially joined the army and become a member of the Shangshu Province.

    Thanks to the great bureaucracy of Shangshu Province, Tang Song was able to have his own official room even though he was in the seventh rank. Although the area was not large, the layout inside was also very simple.  But it is a *space after all.

    After looking around the office room, the chief officer in charge walked in.  The two inevitably had a long conversation, and Karamatsu asked him in detail about his scope of responsibilities and current work arrangements.

    After everything is clear.  Tang Song smiled at the chief officer and said: "You are all old yamen, but a certain person has just come to take up the post. What can you say? How did you handle all the affairs in the past? How do you still handle the errands now? Don't make any mistakes.  Okay, as for the other things, we can wait until we get to know each other later. By the way, since we are about to start the examination of meritorious service, please bring me all the official regulations on examination of meritorious service from the imperial court."

    After listening carefully to Tang Song's instructions, the principal breathed a sigh of relief and at the same time, he also felt a little bit less dismissive.  The biggest fear for a person like him who is responsible for specific work is that when the superior officer doesn't understand anything, he will make random suggestions and give random instructions. This will add countless hard work to him, and this hard work will not have any effect.

    Of course, if they really encounter such a Shangguan, they will not have no cunning ways to deal with it, and they can even force the Shangguan to lose face. But when things really come to this, it will be a lose-lose situation. If they are not forced to the point of unspeakable suffering,  State, the boss doesn¡¯t want to be like this.

    Originally, the officer in charge was still worried because Karamatsu was too young. After hearing his words, he felt relieved after knowing that he would not make random remarks. At the same time, he also understood that this excessively young Shangguan was not someone to be fooled.  Lord.

    Soon after the principal left, he sent a thick stack of written regulations, which are the basis and standards for the current imperial examination.

    After the first day of employment, except for finding a restaurant outside the imperial city and inviting a dozen of his subordinates to have a meal together at noon, Tang Song focused all his attention on reading the written orders.

    After a closer look, Tang Song's heart felt cold. When Gein completed the task assigned by Lu Yuanfang, his process of selecting the final list deviated from these regulations. If this was the case, even if Lu Yuanfang trusted him,  How should we treat the list he handed in? How should we treat the list he handed in?

    ¡° If this mission was a test for him by Lu Yuanfang, as he had originally speculated, does that mean that he had completely failed in this test?

     Tang Song stood up from behind the desk and paced slowly in the office room, feeling both regretful and unwilling.

    "I regret that I was so careless. Since I was selecting a candidate, why didn't I think of carefully studying the examination standards? I stayed at home every day and made such a big and low-level mistake."

    As for unwillingness and injustice, in his opinion, the "Four Goodnesses and Twenty-Seven Best" examination standards implemented by the current imperial court seem to have a complete system, but if measured by goal-oriented standards, its operability and effect  It's really a big question mark.

    The four virtues and twenty-seven sins are the general term for the examination standards. The four virtues that bear the brunt are all moral standards. The first is virtue and justice, the second is purity and prudence, the third is fairness, and the fourth is diligence and laziness.  .  These four conditions are the common requirements for all officials who participate in the examination. In the specific examination, the more good deeds an official obtains, the higher the ranking. If the official has all four good deeds, he or she will be the best.

    As for the twenty-seven crimes, they are standards based on the differences in talents of various government agencies.  For example, the first one is about whether the offering can be replaced, picking up leftovers and filling in the gaps, which is the best for close servants; the second is about Quanheng people, promoting talents to the fullest, which is the best when selecting officials; the third is about promoting the clear and stirring up the turbid, and must be praised and criticized, which is the test of the school.  most¡­¡­

    The above regulations and standards cannot be said to be imperfect, but they inevitably face two problems. First: In line with the current scholarly tradition of emphasizing Dao and despising martial arts, this examination standard has a relatively obvious emphasis on virtue and devaluation.  This is not the main problem. The biggest problem is that these four standards sound good, but their operability is too poor, that is, it is difficult to distinguish one official from another.  "Virtue" itself is a relatively broad concept. How can we use such a broad and difficult-to-quantify standard?

    The second is that the "Twenty-seven Most" standards are too general and simple, which brings about the disadvantages of ambiguity.  What are the criteria for making up for the mistakes?  To what extent can it be considered as filling in the gaps?  According to this article, how can the close servant be classified as the third or ninth grade?  What are the criteria for selecting candidates to promote their talents

    ?? In short, it is a sentence: the standard implemented by the current court looks beautiful, but it is too weak to use, the operability is too poor, and the corresponding arbitrariness is too high.  Based on this to evaluate the merits of officials, the effect is worrying!

    Compared with the twenty-seven of the Four Good Things, although Karamatsu's standards when selecting the list were far less perfect, each item was based on actual political achievements. For example, after serving as a county magistrate,  Has the county's population increased?  How much has it increased?  Have the Koufentian and Yongye fields increased, and by how much?  Will rent and taxes be increased?  How much has it increased Its evaluation of each official is supported by these real statistics; its final conclusion on the distinction between officials is based on calculation and comparison of data.

    The Twenty-seven Four Good Things are the most gorgeous and empty, but they are complicated and practical; The Twenty-Seven Four Good Things are the most difficult to operate, and they come from real operations.  Under such circumstances, if Lu Yuanfang is still dissatisfied with the results of the test and then abandons the list he worked so hard to compile, how can he be reconciled?  How could he not feel aggrieved?

    In this rather tangled state of mind, the long and leisurely ringing of the office bell came outside. When Tang Song rubbed his dry eyes and was about to go home, the chief who called Wang Feng came in with a young eunuch.  Yan said that his Majesty summoned him and ordered him to enter the palace immediately.

    Hearing this, Tang Song's heart suddenly shook, and he felt a little uneasy. The crystal incident caused by Zhang Changzong's hidden arrow was finally going to come to an end.

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