After hearing Zhang Yue's promise to arrange errands, everyone's expressions and attitudes suddenly became more enthusiastic.
Xiang Qi also murmured in his heart why Zhang Yue was so easy to talk to.
A student here who was doing business at home had some doubts and immediately asked the famous old man for advice: "Senior, why is the position of a mere subordinate official so popular among people? Please give me some advice, senior."
But when I saw this special performance, I couldn't say anything.
The imperial student immediately took the wine cup and poured a pot of wine for the other party and said, "Senior, please give me some advice!"
The special performer glanced at Zhang Yue, who was being toasted, and said with a smile: "The affairs of this exchange are not very complicated. They are just official documents, writings, and the like, but the salary is generous, and In Bianjing, of course, the only flaw is the status of the officials."
The other party said: "Yes, no matter what happens, we are also scholars, how can we be reduced to subordinates?"
Te Zhuoming glanced at the other party and said: "There are clear and dirty choices. Generally, scholars don't want to be officials, but there are also high and low officials."
"As we all know, the so-called Exchange and Reference Office is the Duyanyuan, and the staff and personnel of the Exchange and Reference Office are all under the Duyanyuan. What kind of yamen is the Duyanyuan? The Jingyamen is directly under the jurisdiction of the Sansi Yamen. They are also officials, but How can the officials in Beijing and Yamen be compared to the officials in ordinary states and counties?"
Seeing the puzzled look on the other side, Tezuzou Ming picked up his chopsticks and pointed: For example, the post officials in the fifth room of the Zhongshu Gate, and the fifth room of the Privy Council's Department of Imperial Decree, all accept the imperial edict, and the officials here must be upright. It is not necessary for a qualified Jinshi to have a good family background. He can also move all the way to Yuanwailang and then be released as an official. When an official reaches this position, no official is more beautiful than him. "
"Duyanyuan is the official who directly belongs to the Sansi Yamen. The Sansi, Zhongshu Sheng and the Privy Council are collectively called the Liangfu and Sansi. The errands here are generally not available. Most of them are scholars."
The other party suddenly said: "That's it."
"What's more, the officials at the Citation Office are given double salaries. Even the officials in the three divisions of salt case are envious."
Hearing this, the other party was already moved.
"The monthly salary of a low-level selection official is only eight or nine thousand yuan, but an official at the Exchange Office can get this amount, and his private name can also be as much as five or six thousand yuan."
The other party said: "Listening to your words is worse than ten years of reading. However, this is only superficial. Taking into account the secret contributions of humble officials and subordinates, it is far inferior."
Te Zou Ming said disdainfully: "You know that everyone who is an official or a local official has a secret income, how can there be no noble and upright scholars?"
The other party said: "I understand."
"Why is my brother so interesting?"
"Yes, I am a concubine, and my brothers are taking care of the family business. In the future, the separation of the family will only involve a little land and house money. Now that I have such an errand, and Master Zhang is my classmate, why don't I go? …”
"I often do business at home. Since this exchange office is run by government officials, there will definitely be many places where Bachelor Zhang will use me in the future."
Special note: "Brother, you have a vision!"
After saying this, the man took the wine cup and went to toast Zhang Yue's wine.
Seeing Zhang Yue's enthusiasm, Xiang Qi couldn't help but murmured that he came to set up this situation today with the intention of letting Zhang Yue add glory to him. He was worried that Zhang Yue would refuse to help out of favor, but he didn't know that Zhang Yue would not refuse anyone who came.
This was beyond his expectation.
Zhang Yue also had some thoughts when facing the students who came to toast. An official must have standards for employing people, and Zhang Yue employed his classmates.
As long as you are a classmate of mine and have never served as an official, I will try my best to arrange it for you. Or even those who are not ranked can do so.
Having said that, Zhang Yue has been an official for almost two years, and has dealt with people from high to low, and found that it is more reliable to use scholars as officials.
Because this is a matter of no choice. In the final analysis, the country's elite is still a scholar.
Generally speaking, people can be divided into those who are enterprising and those who are not. Enterprising people are divided into two categories, one is a person who works, and the other is a person.
After really getting along for a long time, I found that people who work seriously are basically reliable, because they are too focused on things and have no time to play tricks with you, and they speak straightforwardly.
As a human being, those who spend all their time studying how to have relationships should be careful, and those who engage in personal clinging should be even more careful.
Often the corruption of morals appears in this type of people. Because leaders like to use people like this, and what’s even more annoying is that you can’t defeat him.
Fu Bi's most common saying is that a gentleman and a villain can't fight each other if they live together. It doesn't matter if a gentleman just walks away if he doesn't win. But if the villain cannot win, then he must do everything possible to win back. Therefore, he poisons kindness and seeks peace in the world, which is impossible to achieve.
Why are Tai students so reliable? Being able to pass the imperial examination where thousands of troops and horses cross a single-plank bridge proves his ability and at least one skill.
Of course, Tai students are not without their scum, but it takes too much time and energy to examine a person's abilities. Taisheng guarantees at least one offline and saves his own information costs to the greatest extent.
Of course, there is another reason, which is to arrange your own people in key positions.
Zhang Yue will leave his position as Judge of Salt and Iron sooner or later, so he must arrange enough of his own people so that he can still have a huge influence on Jiaoyin after he leaves.
The original design of the board of directors also served this purpose.
After the banquet ended, everyone sent Zhang Yue out of the Zhuangyuan Building. Everyone stretched their necks and watched Zhang Yue get on his horse and leave the street. After Zhang Yue left, everyone couldn't wait to go home and tell those close to them about this great good thing.
Xiang Qi personally sent Zhang Yue back home.
Xiang Qidao: "Du Zhi, you are really impressive today, I admire you."
Zhang Yue said: "No, I am helping you, Brother Liu, today. I appreciate your kindness."
Xiang Qidao: "Why did Du Zhi say this?"
Zhang Yue glanced at Xiang Qi and said, "Brother Xiang, I'm very grateful that you helped Liu Zuo with his family affairs, but the Zhuangyuan Building later set up a trap. I'm afraid it was already intentional..."
Xiang Qiyi.
Zhang Yue said: "After all, they are also my classmates at Taixue, so it doesn't matter. But in the future, you should tell me in advance about such things, otherwise... there will be no next time for you and me!"
Xiang Qi couldn't help but be stunned after hearing Zhang Yue's words.
When Zhang Yue arrived at the Jiaoyin Office the next day, there were more than ten people sitting outside. Some of them were classmates with Yan yesterday, and the rest were recommended by others.
Cai Jing opened the door and walked to Zhang Yue and asked, "What are the bachelor's orders?"
Zhang Yue said: "These people outside are here on request. How do you plan to arrange them?"
"I need to check the status first."
Cai Jing was originally worried that there would be a mixed crowd, but when he saw the behavior of these people, he knew that they were either imperial students or civil servants. The rest were also scholars and he couldn't help but be overjoyed.
Cai Jingdao: "Reporting to the bachelor, this dynasty has selected talents from hundreds of subordinate officials in the capital. The letters and names of punishments are divided into four categories: excellent, inferior, average and unqualified."
“I’ll report it to Xiaoquan (Liu Waiquan) later!”
Zhang Yue said: "The Jiao Citation Office is between officials and businessmen. We must decide the order of promotion. All the official positions of our office belong to Duyanyuan. Any increase or decrease in posts will belong to Liuwaiquan. This is inevitable."
Cai Jingdao: "I'm afraid it's impossible to give away the title to more than 20 people in one go. Even if it is temporarily replaced by a private name, the imperial regulations will be issued in three years, followed by a test, a fill-in, and a labor test..."
Zhang Yue understood that the imperial court had strict control over the number of officials, and subsequent promotions had to go through Liu Waiquan.
Zhang Yue said: "All public officials in the Jiaoyin Office will have private names after joining the Yamen. A few outstanding ones can be promoted to the rank of Daique and have their names corrected."
The private name means non-establishment, and the so-called non-establishment means those who have no external support. This is an independent recruitment of our company. As for the waiting list and name rectification, if there are not many places, Zhang Yue can still arrange it.
Zhang Yue said to Cai Jing: "Chang Yuan, what I am discussing with you today is the way to employ people in our office."
"Like a student from Imperial College, he has never held an official position. He is like a piece of blank paper. He is obedient and easy to manage. In addition, he has not contracted any bad habits in the world of officialdom. The most important thing is to consider the court. These people must be settled. If you don't understand, Otherwise, Zhang Yuan and Huang Chao (plus Hong Tianwang) will serve as a lesson."
Cai Jing said: "I will remember it. The third point of a bachelor's degree is to have the best intentions."
Zhang Yue said: "However, the princes of the imperial court are suffering from the inability to settle down the candidates who have failed to pass the examination. Scholars and imperial students have been here for a long time."
"Every year, tens of thousands of officials are stationed at Beijing Houque for the election of officials. In a remote state, there are three or five people who have been dispatched for several years..."
"If the officials are like this, what should the scholars do? Therefore, the most important thing for the scholars is not to have a good mission, but to have a mission first.
"Another point is, how difficult is it to be an official despite the hardships we endured while studying? In fact, most things in the yamen can only be done if you can read and write in three to five years. Why is it necessary?"
"The reason why we are working so hard is, in a nutshell, that there is too much food for the monks."
Zhang Yue said it plainly. Involution among scholars is too serious. Most things in the yamen are not difficult. It is easy for scholars to reach this level. But why are the imperial examinations becoming more and more difficult?
After hearing what Zhang Yue said, Cai Jing realized that the way a bachelor hires people is based on public and private matters.
For example, the establishment of the Exchange Office is, firstly, to make profits from banknotes, and secondly, to prevent the price of salt banknotes from rising or falling significantly, which is beneficial to people's livelihood and national security.
The same is true for employing people. When using students from the Imperial College, the first reason is that they are really easy to manage, have a good morale, and have talents. The second reason is to share the worries of the court.
Cai Jing wrote it down carefully and felt faintly excited at the same time. He learned a lot from Zhang Yue.
Cai Jingdao: "From now on, if the names are corrected, they will be given directly to the establishment. This will be given to those who can work hard. As for the waiters, they will be neither better nor worse. Those who are not qualified will continue to have private names. This will not hurt the favor of the recommendation."
"Given time, we will gradually replace the slick old officials in Duyanyuan with these people."
Zhang Yue said: "Yes, these people are difficult to control and cannot be managed. The Exchange is run by officials and supervised businesses, and it is a place where efficiency is important. Not to mention these people usually commit petty theft, how can they make a difference if they occupy seats and do nothing? ?”
Zhang Yue asked Cai Jing to take exams for these people, and arrange a ranking of the exam results. Finally, after three months of trial, they would then rank their private names and wait for them to be corrected.
After Zhang Yue and Cai Jing discussed it, one person came to report.
Zhang Yue was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately rode back to his house from the exchange station.
At this time, the house was already busy, Zhang Shi, Zhang Qiu, and Guo Lin were greeting a man with a slightly vicissitudes of life.
The other party was Huang Lu, whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
ps: Happy New Year everyone!
