"Fengwu Jielang, governor of Qinzhou, founding lord of Langya County, deputy commander of the Japanese army..."
A series of official positions came out of Zhao Huan's mouth. Not only Wang Zhi, but also all the students were dumbfounded.
In the Song Dynasty, the division of official positions was extremely complicated. An official was an official, a job was a position, and a dispatch was a dispatch. Officials were divided into service officers, sent-remuneration officers, casual officers, honorary officers, school inspectors, meritorious officials, and constitutional titles... In addition, there were The title system outside of official positions is such a complicated and bloated bureaucracy that even many ministers who have been in office for many years can't figure it out, let alone the few imperial students in the hall who don't even have an Enyin.
"Cousin, this..." Wang Zhi was confused.
"I know you definitely don't understand. Let me explain it to you."
Looking at a circle of people with the same blank faces, Zhao Huan continued to explain: "You should know that in the Song Dynasty, officials, positions, and positions are separated. For example, among the titles my cousin was granted, the official rank is Wujielang. It is an official position of the 38th rank from the 7th rank among the 5th rank of Military Attache and Deputy Envoy..."
"Wait, cousin, wait..."
Wang Zhi stretched out his hand to interrupt Zhao Huan's words, pinched his little finger and said: "It means that we have been a rank-seven official for a long time, right?"
Zhao Huan gave a series of explanations, but he only understood three words - From the Seventh Grade!
"In terms of military attache rank alone, yes."
Zhao Huan first affirmed Wang Zhi's words, and then explained: "But cousin, this military attaché rank requires military merit to be promoted. Rushing to promotion without military merit will cause dissatisfaction among the army officers. From the seventh rank, the imperial court can give The highest possible rank."
Wang Erlang was slightly angry when he heard this, "Cousin, which side are you on?"
Zhao Huan said hurriedly: "Of course I stand with my cousin."
"Then you still speak for the court?" Wang Erlang glanced at him, very dissatisfied.
The students couldn't help but laugh after hearing this. What they said was quite shameless. He was the royal prince of the Song Dynasty. If he didn't speak for the court, who would he speak for?
Zhao Huan wanted to explain something, but he heard Chen Xiucai ask, "Master Fu, I have a question, Aba was born as a prince and has no military merit, so how can he be awarded the title of military attache?"
As soon as this statement came out, everyone immediately woke up. It is true that whether Wang Zhi is appeasing the refugees or quelling the plague, it belongs to the category of people's livelihood. Even if he is appointed as an official, it should be a civil official. How can he be appointed as a military attache?
Zhao Huan spread his hands and said helplessly: "I don't know either."
Seeing the suspicious expressions on everyone's faces, Zhao Huan said again: "Listen to what I have to say and then analyze it, and you may be able to know the secret."
Seeing everyone raising their heads to listen, Zhao Huan continued: "I just said that Wu Jielang is an official, and Qinzhou governor is a post. It's just that Emperor Taizu banned the positions of governor, prefect, and county magistrate and replaced them with prefect, prefect, and county magistrate. Later, these official positions became official posts without having to go to local places to take office. They were just empty titles representing status. They had no titles and no fixed personnel. They were basically rewarded by Enyin's descendants. My uncle made great contributions to the conquest of Fang La. , it is also reasonable for the imperial court Enyin’s cousin to be the governor of Qinzhou.”
After Zhao Huan finished speaking, he quickly added: "This is from the fifth grade."
Zhao Huan's biological mother Wang and Wang Zhi's father Wang Zhen are cousins, so Zhao Huan naturally calls Wang Zhen his cousin.
"From the fifth grade..."
Wang Zhi clicked his tongue. It was a pity to give up this official position. He knew about this false salary official. As the name suggests, "Jilu" is the standard for distributing salary. It determines the salary and grade of officials, that is, If you say that this official will receive a salary from the imperial court in the future, he will receive a salary corresponding to this official position. Apart from that, it has no effect. It just sounds nice. For example, his father is the "Wuzhou Observer", but you If you ask your father where Wuzhou is, he might not even know.
Zhao Huan continued: "As for the title of Marquis of the Founding of Langya County, it should be my cousin's real reward for quelling the malaria epidemic."
In the Song Dynasty, there were twelve ranks of nobility, while the Founding Marquis was only the ninth. The titles at this time were mostly symbolic. They had more salary and some privileges, but no real power, and basically could not be hereditary. That is, It is said that Wang Zhi is the founding marquis, but he has nothing to do with his descendants. After Wang Zhi's death, the title will be taken back, which is not a bit different from the hereditary marquis status in the Ming and Qing Dynasties.
"What is the use of this founding lord of Langya County?"
Wang Zhi thought about it for a long time, but he had never heard of any noble family having such a title. Even his father didn't have any title, so he really didn't understand what it was.
"It's equivalent to being a third-grade official."
Zhao Huan shook his head helplessly, knowing that he didn't understand the power and position of his blind official cousin, but he understood after talking to him a few times.
Sure enough, after hearing the three words 'from the third level', Wang Zhi's eyes lit up and he almost cried out. His father's observer was only at the fifth level. If he said this, wouldn't he be a step ahead of his own family? Is dad’s level still high?
"Don't think about it. It's just equivalent to being a third-level official. It doesn't have any real power. It's incomparable to the powerful officials like my uncle who are the third-in-command of the Imperial Army."
Zhao Huan seemed to have read through his cousin's mind and hit Wang Erlang on the head without any politeness, but it didn't seem to wake up Wang Erlang.
I learned from the overflow of titles in the previous dynasties, which resulted in a group of nobles that could not be eliminated. The Song Dynasty was very strict about the control of titles. It rarely granted titles to people with different surnames. Even if they were granted titles, the founding princes were basically at the top. As for the princes above They are basically posthumous gifts. Wang Zhi’s contribution to quelling the plague that has plagued China for thousands of years is not insignificant. In the former Tang Dynasty, more or less a duke was indispensable, and he might even be crowned a king. But in my case Great Song Dynasty, the ninth founding prince collected it, love it or not!
Therefore, the lords of the Song Dynasty rarely used this title to show off, so that some princes did not know each other when they met. They were just lords with no real power. There was no need to know each other. In our Song Dynasty, it was all about real power. You must know that even the position of prime minister under Zhongshu's sect, Ping Zhangshi, is only in the third rank.
If you want to talk about official power, there are many people who are bigger than the prime minister, but if you want to talk about power, he is the first person under the emperor. In many aspects, he even has more authority than the emperor and has no scruples. Real power reigns supreme.
"If you want real power, you have to do things. If you don't want it, it's fine to have a false title. You can make a living without having to work. Where can you find such good things?"
Wang Erlang crossed his legs and looked very embarrassed. He suddenly thought that these officials were all bait for fishing. If he couldn't help but bite them, he might be hung up from the front and back, so he stopped talking. .
"By the way, you are talking about real power. This last deputy commander of the Japanese army is the real power officer, that is, your dispatch. This dispatch belongs to the provincial level and does not distinguish between grades..."
Zhao Huan became a little puzzled as he spoke, and muttered: "Although the position of deputy commander of this army is not high, he is actually a powerful military attache with the power to lead troops. But why should you be given the title of a powerful officer? It is unreasonable... "
"Master Fu, which division of the Forbidden Army does this Japanese army belong to?"
Chen Dong became a little clearer at this time. He often asked the court to chop off the heads of corrupt officials. Naturally, he had a very clear investigation into the family background of these corrupt officials, so when he heard about praising the Japanese army, he knew He understood the intention, but it was difficult for the prince to show off at the moment, so he reminded him.
"correct!"
Zhao Huan suddenly realized, "It is true that the deputy commander of the Japanese army is a powerful official, but the Japanese army belongs to the jurisdiction of the front department!"
As soon as Zhao Huan said this, everyone understood. No wonder Wang Zhi, a student of the Imperial Academy, was awarded the title of military attaché.
This is a conspiracy. It depends on whether you accept it or not. If you don’t accept it, we won’t tell you. If you accept it, you will be the general under the command of the Palace Chief. Isn’t it natural to arrange for you to do something in the future? What kind of accident happened during this errand? Isn't it normal?
In this world, you can refuse an imperial edict at will, but if you dare to refuse a military order, you will die if you try, and your death will be in vain.
"No answer!"
Wang Zhi waved his hand and said: "I have thought about it. I refuse this imperial edict. I will not hold any of these official positions. What is the reason for a real man to have no official position? I don't care about it."
Everyone agreed after hearing this, but what's the matter with the tears twinkling in the corners of your eyes?
"Cousin..." Zhao Huan hesitated.
"Say!" Wang Zhi didn't even want the third-grade title. He had nothing to worry about anymore. He had nothing to fear.
Zhao Huan hesitated and said: "Well... let me tell you something..."
"Huh?" Wang Zhi frowned and looked at him.
"My cousin returned to the court yesterday and should be in the military camp outside Nancheng..."
Zhao Huan looked hesitant, as if he was talking about something distressing.
"Ah! My father is back?"
Wang Zhi slapped his thigh, and without paying attention to his expression, he stood up and said, "Oh, why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Zhao Guan explained: "I asked someone to look for you yesterday. I heard that you went to the mountains to find medicine, so you came back. Didn't I just see you today..."
"Oh, I wrongly blamed my cousin. Then my father has already been stationed outside the city. Why don't you go home?"
"Yesterday, when the epidemic was still under control, no one in the military camp dared to go out. There were tens of thousands of people in one army."
"You're right, I'm going to find my dad right now."
After Wang Zhi finished speaking, he was about to turn around and go out, but was grabbed by Zhao Huan, "Hey, cousin, I figured it out..."
"This time my uncle returns to the court with great achievements, he will definitely be rewarded. Not only the uncle, but also the aunt and cousin will definitely receive rewards, including your reward. No accident, they should be rewarded together. If they are in the same According to the imperial edict..."
Zhao Huan stopped here, but everyone, including Wang Zhi, all understood.
It’s okay if you don’t want your reward, but what about your whole family’s? Don’t want it either?
This is shameless, this is too shameless!
Wang Zhi was stunned for a moment and sat down. Everyone was silent. It was hard to say anything. After all, this involved the wealth of his entire family.
"Haha, forget it, don't think about it anymore, the soldiers will come to block the water and cover it up with the soil, I'm afraid of him being a bird egg!"
Wang Erlang smiled heartily, stood up and walked out of the door, as usual without any scruples.
