Just as Zhong Zhen had guessed, Zhong Zhen was already moved.
It is undeniable that he is now serving as a third-level official in the imperial palace, which is a great job in the eyes of ordinary people. But in the final analysis, he is still a Yinbu official awarded by the imperial court and his father Zhong Shiheng for his merits during his lifetime. To put it harshly, , it was his father's death that gave him this position.
But what happens after this?
To be honest, there is no friendship left, so I can only rely on myself to slowly gain seniority. After a certain number of years, I can "grind the survey", which is the performance appraisal and promotion system.
Under normal circumstances, civil servants are inspected every three years and military attachés are inspected every five years; if mistakes are made during the period, it will be postponed for at least one to two years.
After the review period expires, someone still needs to be recommended, and the recommender must be qualified for recommendation, that is, the official rank and position must reach a certain level.
Take Zhong'e as an example. He was only recruited by the imperial court to serve in the third class one year after his father Zhong Shiheng died of illness. He has been in this position for almost three years so far, and he barely has the qualifications to "mokan" .
In view of the five-year training period for military attachés, under normal circumstances it would take another five years for Zhong'e to be promoted to the rank of officer and promoted to the left and right ranks with the recommendation of the recommender; after that, it would take another five years to be promoted to He served as the left and right attendants, and five years later he was recommended to move to the east and west to serve as officials.
After fifteen years, Zhonge, who was at least thirty-five years old at the time, was barely able to be on an equal footing with the current Wang Zhongzheng - barely because Wang Zhongzheng worked for Nei Nei Sheng Province and had a higher status than Nei Nei Province. .
In the next five years, the ambassador was moved to the imperial court, which means that the inner hall inherited the system and the inner hall worshiped the class.
In another five years, he can be promoted to deputy envoy of various departments under the Imperial City Division, such as deputy envoy of Luoyuan, deputy envoy of Liuzhai, deputy envoy of supply and storage, etc. At this time, he is the seventh rank.
In another five years, he can be promoted to the envoys under the Imperial City Department, that is, the deputy position will be changed to the full position. At this time, he will be the seventh rank.
After that, they can be appointed as Yaojun officials, namely Yaojun governor, Yaojun regiment training envoy, Yaojun defense envoy and Yaojun observation envoy, with the rank of Zheng and Cong six.
At this point, the promotion path of the third-class official is basically over. However, if you have made meritorious service and received a special order from the official, you can advance to another level and change "Yaojun" to "Zhengren" , such as the governor of Yaojun becomes the governor, and the observation envoy of Yaojun becomes the observation envoy.
At this level, except for Jiedushi, who is almost impossible to grant, and is in the second grade, the others are all in the fifth and right grades, and this is basically the highest grade that a military attache can get.
Looking back on the entire grinding and surveying process, which took a full forty years, Zhonge was already over sixty years old at the time.
And this is still the theoretical promotion speed. In reality, it is common for some people to stay in a certain position for more than ten years.
The most critical factor is whether there is a qualified recommender for you. If you cannot find a qualified recommender, it will be useless even if the review period expires.
And the Zhong brothers can't be said to have any good connections in the court. Their father, Zhong Shihengsheng, was the former Huanqing Road military commander. To put it bluntly, he was just a sixth-rank local official, and one of the few in Beijing with acceptable connections. Officials, such as Fan Zhongyan, Han Qi, and Pang Ji, the first two had been sent out of the local prefectures and counties at that time, and the latter did not have a good relationship, so how could they take special care of the Zhong brothers.
In view of this situation, Zhao Yang took the initiative to recruit this time, with a sincere attitude and full courtesy. In fact, Zhong E was already attracted.
Although it is indeed a bit of a disadvantage that the palace guard who served in the third squad was transferred to the Tianwu military camp-level deputy commander. The former is ninth grade, and the latter is simply a non-grade miscellaneous rank, but he can't stand the background of this Zhao Xiaolangjun. Considering that he even Being in the palace, unless there are special circumstances, you may not be favored by the officials. If you exchange a ninth-grade official rank for a promising backer, you can naturally see clearly which one is more important.
Therefore, during the following banquet, Zhong E frequently persuaded his two brothers to drink. Then, while the brothers were drinking, he pretended to recall their past experiences in his father's army, and took the opportunity to tell Zhao Yang what his two brothers were good at. : "...I remember that at that time, my father was appointed as the official of Qingjian City and the governor of Huanzhou...At that time, the eldest brother and the second brother were his right-hand men, the third brother was the grain officer, and the fourth brother was the army lieutenant..."
Zhao Yang listened while drinking, and sometimes thoughtfully observed the second type of consultation and the third type of consultation.
He had seen before that Zhongxian had a calm temperament. Although he was wearing a simple soap blue official uniform and seemed to be quite elegant, his frame was larger and looked quite thick, and he had a vague air of a general; compared to Zhongxian, Zhongxian was Zhen looks a little thinner, but his reactions are quicker. This may be related to the fact that he served as a grain officer by his father's side when he was young.
One is a general who has a comprehensive understanding of military affairs, and the other is a talent who is familiar with military logistics affairs. There is no doubt that if the two of them join the Tianwu Fifth Army together with Zhonge, whom he calls "Yong" In the first battalion, Zhong Sheng serves as the "chief general", Zhong Er serves as the "brave general", and Zhong Zhen serves as the logistics and food officer. These three brothers alone are enough to support a battalion.
But unfortunately, the doctors and consultants didn't seem very happy.
And the fact is indeed the case. When Zhongxian and Zhongzhen heard their younger brother Zhonge mention the past events for no reason, they immediately guessed his brother's intentions and cursed secretly in their hearts, but they couldn't interrupt in front of Zhao Yang, so they could only In turn, he persuaded his brother to drink in order to stop his brother from revealing any more.
It's neither selfish nor disregarding brotherhood. After all, they both have to consider their own future.
Now, one of them is serving as the Chief Registrar, and the other is serving as the Suburban Shezai Lang in Taichang Temple. They are both civil servants. It is easier to be promoted than the military attache, and their status is higher than that of the military attache. Since they have the opportunity to escape from the pit of military attache, Why step in again?
If there is any hesitation, it is only because of Zhao Yang - after all, they also know that this young man has a good background, and for some reason he is deeply trusted by the officials. Choosing to defect to this young man, as civil servants, they naturally had to make more trade-offs.
As for the two people who have not relented, Zhao Yang did not care. After all, he also understood what caused it - if it were not for his special situation, he would not be willing to take up a military position in the Song Dynasty. How easy is it for civil servants?
Thinking of this, he said to Zhong E, who was still trying to persuade his two brothers: "Zhong Fengzhi, since your two brothers are unwilling to agree, forget it..."
"Yuanwailang..."
Zhong E seemed to have misunderstood something, his expression changed slightly, Zhong Di and Zhong Su also looked surprised.
Just when the three of them were about to explain something, Zhao Yang pressed his hands and smiled: "Don't misunderstand me, I don't mean anything else... In fact, I can understand why Erlang and Sanlang of the Zhong family are unwilling. Today's atmosphere in the Song Dynasty is different. I am a civil servant, and I don’t want to step into the pit of being a military attache. Not to mention the hardship and danger, I am not in a good position, and I am looked down upon everywhere..."
Seeing Zhao Yang speaking so openly and openly, both Zhong Xian and Zhong Xian were stunned. Then Zhong Xian felt ashamed and said, "Yuan Wai Lang is so open and generous, which makes us... ashamed."
As soon as he finished speaking, Zhongcheng couldn't help but be curious and asked the same question as Cao Yi before: "Then Zhao Yuanwailang knew this very well, why did he take up a military post? With the Ministry of Works Secretary Wailang It is unheard of for an officer to serve as the commander of a battalion."
"Maybe it's because I want to make some changes..." Zhao Yang shook the wine cup a few times and said in an incomprehensible tone: "Dazong claims to be orthodox in the Central Plains, but he divides the world with Xixia and Liao and has millions of forbidden troops. , the whole country’s army is no less than millions, but every time there is a war and repeated defeats, don’t you feel useless?”
"..." Zhong'e and Zhong'e looked at each other and didn't dare to talk. However, Zhong'e became very emotional and nodded repeatedly.
