Chapter 43
Since Zhao Kuangyin established the Song Dynasty, he began to adjust the central government system.
In order to prevent someone from ascending the throne in the future, Zhao Kuangyin adopted the method of establishing officials and dividing the power of officials at all levels to weaken the power of officials in charge of various departments. The result is that some officials are just empty names, and the so-called "officials" are often just simply receiving a salary.
There are two situations for this type of official. First, in the process of Zhao Kuangyin and his successor to the throne, Zhao Kuangyi, unified the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, in order to complete the unification faster, a large number of old officials from various countries were retained to keep their official positions and receive salaries, but they did not allow them to gain real power (only some actual positions are arranged for those who think they are reliable); second, for the royal family, relatives, and old masters, they were only granted high-ranking officials, and had extra salaries, and not given actual positions. When Emperor Zhenzong of Song Dynasty, these measures were institutionalized.
According to the system formulated by Emperor Zhenzong of Song, officials in the Song Dynasty generally had the titles of "official" and "subjection", and some officials also had the title of "post". "Official" only means that they can receive salary, and jobs are truly practical power.
Each institution restrains each other, and the situation of "responsibility is not his official position" is very common. For example, the left and right servants, the six ministers, ministers, officials, doctors, doctors, officials, ministers, ministers, juniors, and Shaoqings, etc., after becoming the name of the official rank, they lose their original meaning and no longer hold positions corresponding to the official title. These official names are only used as the basis for the establishment of the rank, salary, seals and orders of transfer, so they are called official or official, also known as rank officials or official officials. There are also differences between literary and military ranks.
Among the official positions in the Song Dynasty, only the dispatch refers to the actual position held by officials, also known as "official officials". The official positions assigned often contain the words "judge, judiciary, power, direct, test, supervisor, promotion, promotion, letter, signature, and supervision, such as the magistrate, the magistrate, the imperial edict, the direct secret cabinet, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the official affairs of the prison, and the sect of the sect, the sect of the sect, the sect of the official affairs of the prison.
Official ranks are promoted according to annual qualifications. Even if they do not serve as dispatch, they can receive salary according to the rank. The dispatches are transferred and promoted according to the needs of the court and the talents of the officials. Therefore, what really determines the power is not the official rank, but whether there are words such as "dispatch" before the official position.
The separation of official titles and actual positions left a large number of officials inside and outside the court of the Song Dynasty idle. There were formal officials in the name of three provinces, six ministries, and twenty-four departments, but they had specific real power unless the emperor ordered them to do so, and most of them did not manage the department's duties according to their official positions. Therefore, in the government agencies at all levels of the Song Dynasty, many officials might not know what their real powers were, and what they should do and what they could do even when they retired.
This led to extremely deformed bloated officials and extremely large and bloated bureaucratic institutions in the Song Dynasty.
Tongzong, also known as the governor, is generally a seventh rank or a sixth rank. In order to strengthen control of localities, Song Taizu set up a Tongzong position in each state according to the Tang system, assisting the governor or prefecture in handling government affairs. For military and civilians, money, household registration, taxes, prison lawsuits and other state affairs, there must be Tongzong and prefectures. The magistrate signed the name at the same time to take effect, and has the power to supervise officials, so it is also known as "Jianzhou".
The ranks of the prefects and prefects of the Song Dynasty were generally from the third and fourth ranks, while the ranks of the sixth and seventh ranks. There was a certain difference between the ranks of the power ranks and the prefects. The ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of the ranks of
Only by the magistrate, the prefect, the magistrate, the magistrate, can the emperor better control the place.
As the imperial capital, Lin'an Prefecture is only one prefecture, but the rank of the prefect of Lin'an Prefecture is one level higher than that of the local prefecture, and is the third rank. At the same time, the magistrate of Lin'an Prefecture is also the first rank higher than that of the magistrate of each prefecture, and is the sixth rank.
The official rank is not too important. According to the official system of the Song Dynasty, there were many first-class officials and even super-class officials. Although the rank was very high, most of them were false names and did not have much real power.
For example, Zheng Qingzhi's special promotion to the Left Prime Minister is also a Left Prime Minister, but to put it in a bad way, it is just a false name, that is, he only has the title of Left Prime Minister, but it is impossible to compare with the actual power of the Left Prime Minister Qiao Xingjian.
However, Tongjuans are different. Tongjuans are not of high rank, but their authority is extremely heavy. In addition, they are directly appointed by the emperor and have the power to face the emperor's report and supervise local officials. Therefore, some strong Tongjuans can even use small commands to command the generals and prefects to play with applause. Therefore, although Tongjuans are not at a high level, they are one of the top real power positions among local officials.
Jia Sidao had just added a rank of Tian Ling before. This rank of Tian Ling was from the seventh rank. Whether it was rank or power, it was the least ranked or ranked official position in the Song Dynasty. Many people even did not call him an official, but was just an official.
The minor official who was never accomplicated became a first-class official position like the Tongji of Lin'an City, the imperial capital of the Song Dynasty. Not only did some officials not complete the promotion that they could not complete in their entire lives, but they also jumped three times in the official ranks, which was considered to have officially entered the ranks of intermediate officials of the Song Dynasty.
Even though Jia Sidao had already passed the first grade of Jinshi and was about to be awarded an official position soon, even the top scholar was awarded the position of the seventh magistrate at most, let alone the rest of the Jinshi who were not the top scholar. At the beginning of the officialdom, the official position was basically idle, and then they would be transferred as appropriate when there was a real gap.
Therefore, after three days, most new Jinshi will receive rank and some empty positions, and then do nothing, waiting to make up for it when there are real or vacant vacancies; only those scholars from noble families or wealthy families can truly get some real shortcomings.
However, although it is a real shortage, most of the actual shortages are lingering among the minor officials of the eighth grade to seventh grade, and then they will last for two or three years, and wait until they have enough qualifications before they can move up.
It’s not that no one has ever been able to get real and extremely important positions like Jia Sidao who just passed the Jinshi. At least in recent decades, Jia Sidao was the first. Even if Shi Songzhi passed the Jinshi at that time, the powerful Shi Miyuan put Shi Songzhi first as a minor official and went to the local area for two years to train before he was promoted.
Of course, the situation between Shi Songzhi and Jia Sidao is naturally different. But even if it is different, even if Zhao Yun wants to reuse Jia Sidao, would it be too urgent if this is the case?
"Master, the wood is so beautiful that the wind will destroy it. Please think twice!"
Chapter completed!