Wild North America 1846

Chapter 235 Officialdom
Except for the first of the four major military and political affairs announced by Liu Xianjun, head of the Royal Secretariat, which involved the British attempt to reorganize the Fifth to Ninth Divisions of the Expeditionary Force to fight back in situ, the other three political affairs were approved by His Majesty without exception and were decreed to be implemented.

After the performance was over, Liu Xianjun retreated politely and came to a three-story building outside the palace, which was diagonally across the street from the palace, so it was very convenient to come and go.

This is the daily office of the royal secretariat. It is a small baroque building with 8 rooms. More than 220 people in the royal secretariat work here.

Only the head of the secretariat, Liu Xianjun, has a separate small office with an area of ​​more than 10 square meters. The other deputy directors and the first-level secretaries who can meet with His Majesty and wait on him are all crowded into one room by three or four people.

As for the second- and third-level secretaries, secretary assistants at lower levels usually have a large office with more than 20 people. Only the telegram team has two separate rooms. The telegram team office and computer room are also on the third floor. The office of the chief and deputy chief (including the first-level secretary) is at the same level.

play in the palace
Although Liu Xianjun has long been used to coming and going every day, he can always feel the heavy pressure, maybe it is His Majesty's remaining prestige, maybe it is the three beasts who are always staring at him, or it may be other reasons.

after going out
Liu Xianjun breathed a long sigh of relief, and the pressure on his body suddenly eased. As soon as he walked briskly to the door of the Secretariat office building, he was stopped by a soldier and several middle-aged men in youth clothes. Several people clasped their fists and saluted with smiles, saying;
"Liu Gongbao has worked hard, I'll be polite here."

The Tang Kingdom is dominated by Tang people from China, so it has inherited many official etiquette and customs from China, and this official title is one of them.

The title of "Gongbao" comes from the minister who granted the crown prince Taibao in the Ming Dynasty, but in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, there was generally no crown prince. From Shunzhi to Kangxi, the throne was passed on secretly, and so did all subsequent emperors. It gave the Empress Dowager Cixi a chance to do something.

This is off topic.

In the Qing Dynasty, the emperor's close ministers or governors from all over the country would generally be granted the crown prince Taibao.

The Tang Kingdom does not have such a position, but the head of the secretariat is an out-and-out minister of the interior, the king's close ministers, and it is okay to call him "Kongbao".

Just like the prime minister of the cabinet can be honored as "Master Zhongtang", in fact, the Tang Kingdom does not have a bachelor, nor does it have a position in the military aircraft department similar to Zhongtang, but the status is similar.

Similarly, Viscount Huang Yuanqing, Minister of Finance, Earl Chen Cailiang, Minister of Economic Affairs, Viscount Gai Wangshan, Minister of the Interior, Count Juan Carlos, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Baron Dong Jie, Minister of Colonial Affairs, Viscount Huang Yuanjia, Minister of Communications, and other important cabinet staff all It can be called "Master of Ministry".

Liu Xianjun, secretary-general of the royal family, glanced at these people majestically, and saw that they were all familiar faces. They were nothing more than middle and upper-level bureaucrats from the Army Staff Headquarters, the Colonial Ministry, and the Ministry of Economic Affairs. The reason for waiting here was self-evident.

He nodded copingly and said, "How many ministers are here?"

"The matter is of great importance. The Lord of the Hall is waiting on the 3rd floor. Please, Lord Gong Bao, please move forward and talk. I will welcome you late. Please make amends."

"Well, the office above is small, so please serve tea in the foyer."

"Thank you, Mr. Gongbao, for your generosity."

"Well, just a moment."

Only at this time did Liu Xianjun show the majesty of the king's close ministers. As the saying goes, "the prime minister's family is a seventh-rank official".

He, the secretary-general of the royal family, is equivalent to the chief steward of the royal family. He is in charge of the secretariat, the internal treasury, and the royal fund and many other institutions with more than 500 people. the inner phase.

Liu Xianjun walked in from the gate, and the bureaucrats and secretaries he saw along the way stood on both sides one after another, bowing their hands respectfully to greet him;

"Humble post welcomes you."

"For a humble position, please refer to Mr. Gongbao."

These bureaucrats have different identities and different titles. Some senior officials and first-level secretaries seem to be close to each other by calling them "Virgins", and Liu Xianjun will bow his head slightly in greeting.

His Majesty often made such movements during the imperial meeting, so the ministers around him imitated the example, and their demeanor imitated seven or eight points.

Those with low official positions should address them as "Master Gongbao" to show their respect, and Liu Xianjun has no time to pay attention to these little miscellaneous fishes, and strode directly up the stairs.

Hearing a chaotic noise at the stairway, Lieutenant General Dai Changfu, Chief of Army Staff, Earl Chen Cailiang, Minister of Economic Affairs, and Baron Dong Jie, Minister of Colonial Affairs came out to welcome him, and stood at the stairway waiting for Liu Xianjun to come up.

After seeing them, the three of them clasped their fists together with smiles on their faces, and said with a smile, "We have already drank two pots of tea with you, just to wait for Mr. Gongbao. You have worked hard."

"Boss, sir, please forgive me for my lack of hospitality here." Liu Xianjun walked up to salute with neither humble nor overbearing, then turned his head and said; "Make a pot of hot coffee, and some small snacks and Cigar, I want to talk to you adults slowly."

"As ordered, it will be delivered immediately."

"Come, come, all adults, please come and sit inside." Liu Xianjun greeted warmly.

In the entire Royal Secretariat, there is only a small reception room outside the director's office, about 8 square meters.There are two sofas facing each other, a tea table in the middle, and a few pots of green plants next to them, which can only seat five or six people at most.

According to the rules of the Tang Kingdom;
It is not allowed to submit memorials for peace, birthday and new year memorials that have nothing to say, and impeachment memorials and recommendation memorials that are partisan and dissidents are used with caution.

In this way, the number of memorials that His Majesty needs to review has been reduced by 9%, and he can concentrate on the important state affairs that need to be dealt with.

The impeachment memorial is not impossible to play, but it needs to take huge risks, and one of the two must be dismissed.

If it is exaggerated, the minister is suspected of retaliating against his colleagues, beggar-thy-neighbor, and even a fatuous old man. The crime of knowing people without knowing people will not escape, and he must be transferred from his current position to wait for participation.

The light ones are deposed and demoted to use, and the serious ones are deposed from their posts and convicted. This is a tragic tactic in the political struggle.

If the facts of the impeachment are verified to be true, then the impeached officials will be miserable. The minister who played the impeachment memorial will naturally make a contribution, but it will also make the bureaucracy avoid it.

The officialdom pays attention to "being in harmony with the light and the dust", and they will always use the "impeachment memorial" to kill you and kill each other. Who will not hide away when they see it?
The same is true for the recommendation memorial. Whether the recommended officials do well or not, the recommending ministers must bear corresponding responsibilities, and if they make a big oolong, it will affect their career.

The memorials written by Lieutenant General Dai Changfu and other ministers are all important affairs of the Ministry, so after sitting down, they looked eagerly at Director Liu Xianjun, hoping to get an answer from him as soon as possible.

Director Liu Xianjun was also helpless, he smiled wryly and said; "Today, there are 4 things that were submitted to the imperial examination, and His Majesty approved three of them, but the matter of the chief seat is a bit troublesome, and His Majesty is not very satisfied with the British's deduction and search. what!"

"Oh, please Liu Gongbao explain in detail." Lieutenant General Dai Changfu's eyes lit up, his body couldn't help leaning forward, and asked hastily.

As the helm of the Army Staff Headquarters, he also coveted the elite officers and soldiers of the Expeditionary Force who had been baptized in the bloody war in Europe, and wished to keep them for himself.

Everyone knows
One year of training is not as good as going to the battlefield for a week. Under the test of life and death on the battlefield, officers and soldiers will quickly undergo transformation.

The more brutal the war, the more it can train people.

Since the Battle of the Chenaya River, the expeditionary force of the Tang Kingdom flew over the snow-capped mountains, killing and injuring 4.79 Russian troops and capturing 1.66 enemies at the cost of more than [-] casualties.

Since then, he has participated in more than 10 battles in a row, and successively broke through Odessa, Yamiansk and other important towns. Because of the strength of France's first-class European army.

Each of these elite officers and soldiers is a good seed. When they come back and enter the military officer school for training, the new army formed with this as the backbone is an iron bump that cannot be broken or smashed, and has the background of a world-class strong army.

Liu Xianjun saw that Lieutenant General Dai Changfu was in a hurry, so he made a gesture of calm down, and he did not pretend to be impatient, so he described His Majesty's meaning truthfully.

"Hahaha...hahahaha...you really deserve to be His Majesty, hahahaha..." After hearing this, Lieutenant General Dai Changfu looked up to the sky and laughed, his complacent expression couldn't be stopped no matter what.

This strategy of "drawing salary from the bottom of the pot" is really wonderful!
What the British want is the troops of the 5th and 9th Divisions. Officers and non-commissioned officers with great combat experience, as well as veterans who have performed well, have been drawn out to replenish a large number of recruits.
not to mention

The Army Staff Headquarters will also make some small moves in private, such as the proportion of about 1/4 mentioned by His Majesty, and it is normal for it to fluctuate up and down during implementation.

Wouldn't it be good for the officers and soldiers of the first to fourth divisions who performed poorly in the war to take this opportunity to adjust and make room for elite veterans?

One side is a biological son, and the other side is an adopted one. Now the British will want to go back at any time, so it is self-evident how to choose.

When I get to the expeditionary army, I am afraid that I will try my best to hold all the good soldiers in my arms, and there will be nothing good for the British.

The 5 fingers sticking out are not generally uniform. In the Chinese Expeditionary Army, the performance of the officers and soldiers is naturally good and bad. After the bloody baptism of the European war, the officers at all levels naturally know the officers and soldiers under them.

So collectively digging corners is not ordinary.

"My lord, I think that if you care about it, you will be chaotic. Today, the sage is in power, living thousands of miles away from the temple's control, and the world is like looking at the tattoos in the palm of your hand. Since when did your majesty ever do a loss-making business?" Director Liu Xianjun said with a smile.

Lieutenant General Dai Changfu was not embarrassed when he was reminded of the small thoughts in his heart, he clasped his fists with both hands and saluted in the direction of the palace;
"How can we, ordinary people, be compared with the Holy King? The British ghosts are not authentic, and the troops who have been trained hard by the military department will take them away if they are taken away. Am I worried?"

"You let the masters of the Ministry have a look, is it unfounded worry?"

"Hahaha... I admit this, thank you Liu Gongbao for your hard work, I have remembered this love, and I still have two catties of good tea sent from China all the way at home. Come on, please accept it with a smile."

"I'm ashamed to accept it, but it's disrespectful, hahaha..." Director Liu Xianjun also laughed out loud.

It is not advisable for an inner court minister to have a close relationship with an important member of the military, let alone get married. He must pay attention to all aspects of influence, otherwise, what do the two want to do when they collude?
But a bag of tea leaves is still fine.

(End of this chapter)