"Liu Governor, has he recovered from his illness?" Wang Wenzuo hurriedly received the letter. He was busy with one thing after another in Chang'an these days. He was so busy that he almost forgot about Liu Rengui who came with him.
"In the past few days, he has almost recovered, but there have been some recurrences. The doctor said that he needs to rest for a while! After all, he is old!"
"Yes!" Wang Wenzuo opened the letter, read a few lines and said with a wry smile: "It seems from the letter that Governor Liu is very anxious. It's no wonder that he finally had the opportunity to meet the saint, but was delayed by his illness!"
"It's too late for him to face the saints now!" Jin Renwen showed a narrow smile: "Actually, it's all your fault!"
"Blame me? Blame me for what?"
"You also know how Liu Inspector came to Baekje. He offended Li Yifu and joined the army for nothing when he was over sixty years old. Why? Didn't he want to make a great contribution and become a saint, and then stand up? It was not easy to pacify Baekje Li. He did great work, but fell ill on the way, and you took away the opportunity to meet the saint, how could he turn around?"
"Brother Renshou, isn't that right? The chief envoy is Liu Governor, and I am just the deputy envoy. How can I take advantage of his opportunity?"
"Whether it's an envoy or a deputy envoy, as long as the situation in Baekje can be clearly stated, what difference does it make to the emperor?" Jin Renwen smiled and said: "The words come from your mouth, Your Majesty. The favor is on you. Even if Governor Liu goes to meet the Holy Spirit again, you will have to finish what he has to say. He will just say it again. If you were the emperor, you would be tired of hearing it, so what favor would you have? "
"His merit is still there. Promotions to official positions in the imperial court are based on merit, right?"
"Sanlang, in the Tang Dynasty, one can enter the political affairs hall with the fifth rank and become the prime minister. But the lowest rank for a provincial governor is from the fifth rank to the third rank. Are an official and a fifth-rank official the same thing as a governor?"
"Brother Renshou means that the key to an official position is not the rank?" Wang Wenzuo asked.
"Yes, this level is often deceptive!" Jin Renshou said with a smile.
It turns out that the first rank of the official system in the Tang Dynasty included three princes and three divisions, namely Taiwei, Situ, Sikong, Taishi, Taifu, and Taibao; in addition, there was Tiance general, but only Li Shimin had ever served. The first rank includes the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Crown Prince, the Prince's Taibao, and the three divisions of Yi and Tong, etc. The second-rank officials are the chiefs of the three provinces, namely Zhongshu Ling, Shangshu Ling, and Shizhong. Li Shimin served as Shangshu Ling, so after Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, no one served as Shangshu Ling anymore, and Zuo Pushe became the de facto Shangshu. ***official. Starting from Emperor Gaozong, the title of "three-rank official" gradually became an honorary title. Without the additional title of "third rank under Tong Zhongshu's family", one could not participate in political decision-making.
The people who really exercise the power of the prime minister are often only officials of the third, fourth, or even lower grades. For example, Di Renjie was awarded Tongfengge Luantai Pingzhangshi by Wu Zetian in 691 AD and became the de facto prime minister. At that time, he There are only four grades.
The reason is that the official system of the Sui and Tang Dynasties inherited the remaining shortcomings of the Wei, Jin, Southern and Northern Dynasties, and retained the characteristics of an aristocratic society rather than a bureaucratic society to a certain extent. That is, the grade of an official's official career corresponds to his family background, that is, the famous nine grades. Zhongzheng system. To put it simply, the 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 rural grades correspond to the 5, 6, 7, 89 and 56, 789 grades of the family officials. The higher the country's quality, the higher the grade of an official. For example, if your father is the Third Duke, then your country rank is generally the first rank, and then your official status is the fifth rank (Zhongshu Lang, Sanqi Changshi, etc.); if you just married a princess, then your country rank is generally the second rank. Grade, then your starting official is usually the sixth grade, which is the local grade of the second generation top official. If your father is just an ordinary central official or a local leader, then the rural rank is usually the third rank, and the official rank is the seventh rank, usually the county magistrate of a relatively remote place. And when ordinary people refer to local virtues such as filial piety and honesty, they are usually ranked fourth or fifth grade, and the official rank is eighth or ninth grade, which is still the kind of hard-working and dirty official.
In fact, in the early Tang Dynasty, there was also a very complete system of civil and military scattered officials inherited from the Sui Dynasty. The civil officials were called Dafu, the military officials were called Generals, and the distinguished officials were called Zhu Guo. If we continue to play the way we did before, it won't be long before seven or eight-year-old Lang Guan and Xiao Lieutenant are everywhere, and they will all be first- and second-grade officials in the future. In the Tang Dynasty, the grades of the imperial examination officials were low. The scholars were divided into four grades. The highest grade official was the eighth-grade official, while the Mingjing official was also divided into four grades. The highest grade official was the eighth-grade junior official. Jinshi was divided into two grades. From the ninth grade.
However, in the Tang Dynasty, the grades were very finely divided. There were not only upright and subordinate grades, but also up and down grades, ranging from the ninth grade to the upright grade. (This chapter is not finished yet!)
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There are eight levels on the eighth level. Even if an ordinary person enters an official position at the eighth rank when he is twenty, he will be promoted to the first level in two years, and he will only reach the third rank when he is sixty, which is still early from the rank of the prime minister in the Wei and Jin Dynasties. Therefore, if the emperor of the Tang Dynasty did not want to be monopolized by aristocratic gentlemen, he must break the boundaries of official ranks and push down the official ranks that control the core power. Only in this way can the aristocrats' monopoly on central power be broken and they can be selected from among the poor. The talents you need.
Obviously, the most important thing for Liu Rengui when he returned to Chang'an was to be able to meet the saint, and then leave a deep impression on the emperor. To be precise, let the emperor have him in his heart. This would be beneficial for the emperor to think of him. Li Yifu wanted to I have some scruples about killing him. This is ten thousand times more important than getting promoted. Otherwise, what's the point of promoting him to the fourth rank? It's just a Shangzhou governor. As long as Li Yifu is in the position of prime minister, killing a fourth-grade Shangzhou governor is just a matter of words. (Li Yifu was imprisoned in April 663 AD. This is postponed due to circumstances)
"I see, I didn't expect that!" Wang Wenzuo nodded: "Isn't it possible even if Liu Governor can meet the emperor?"
"It's difficult!" Jin Renwen shook his head: "You have to know that the Emperor of the Tang Dynasty ruled the world, and there were 400 states and counties in the world with billions of people. There were too many things to worry about. @ESSENTIAL\/书馆* First published Update~~ For him, now that the war in Baekje has been settled, and he has learned the details from you and me, it would be a waste of time to spend time to see Liu Rengui, not to mention that his health is not good. Even if they meet, That is to say, just a few perfunctory words and we will never talk for a long time like I did to you and me! Saburo, you are very lucky. There are many people with talent and ambition in the world, but someone like you can reach heaven and get the opportunity to show off. There are very few talented people, and the vast majority of people will be frustrated throughout their lives and become subordinates. You must not waste this luck!"
"I understand!" Wang Wenzuo nodded. History books record that Liu Rengui's family was poor since he was young, but he loved to study. As an adult, he was well versed in classics and history. He was outspoken and courageous in admonishing, upright and decisive, but also full of opportunities. However, due to his humble background, he was unable to achieve his goals until he was sixty years old. It was not until the Battle of Baijiangkou that he became famous throughout the world. But Wang Wenzuo's time travel caused a slight twist in history. Although the Tang army still defeated the Japanese-Baekje coalition in Baekje, a cold wind and a little coincidence made the biggest fruit of victory fall on Wang Wenzuo's head. Although I don't know what will happen in the future, one thing is certain. It will be difficult for Liu Rengui to rely on this opportunity to win the emperor's heart. .
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