travel through the past to be emperor

Chapter 139
It was not without reason that Zhao Fei was so surprised.

As an emperor, although Zhao Fei couldn't fully know the talent reserve of the entire official department, he could roughly figure out a figure.

Don't look at how happy Zhao Fei agreed to Sha Huwei, but Zhao Fei himself knew that it was all a superficial effort, and it was all for the purpose of shaking people away first.

Unexpectedly, Qin Hui not only agreed, but also expressed his attitude. The Ministry of Officials can really provide so many candidates.

This is surprising.

Especially Zhao Fei, he also got a report from Lin Wanrong a few days ago, saying that the imperial court lacks many officials, so he begged Zhao Fei to open Enke to obtain a scholar.

Unexpectedly, Qin Hui reported today that there are so many officials in the Ministry of Officials that there are so many officials who have no officials to send, and even many officials are willing to go to Hebei Province as officials.

Facing Zhao Fei's astonishment, Qin Hui smiled wryly, and then set his eyes on Liu Yong, who looked a little embarrassed.

Seeing the two of them like this, Zhao Fei's eyes flickered, and he asked: "Why, does this matter have something to do with Liu Yong? It seems that he has nothing to do with the officials, right?"

Liu Yong's official titles in the court were Grand Tutor and Grand Bachelor, both of which had nothing to do with the Ministry of Officials, and Zhao Fei did not believe that Qin would let Liu Yong intervene in the affairs of the Ministry of Officials.

Liu Yong smiled wryly and said, "Does Your Majesty still remember to accept the donation?"

Donate?

Zhao Fei was taken aback for a moment, but he remembered that the court had no money a few days ago, so he used Liu Yong to accept donations.

"Could it be that these officials are all donated officials?" Zhao Fei asked with his mouth wide open.

"Yes." Qin Hui nodded, and said: "Since the imperial court began accepting donations, the Ministry of Officials now has as many as a thousand candidates for officials, so Your Majesty really doesn't have to worry about the situation that there will be no officials available."

"But are these people available?" Zhao Fei's mouth twitched.

Three years of Qing Dynasty prefect, one hundred thousand snowflakes of silver.

This doggerel is really not bragging. If you are an official and don't want to benefit one party, but only want to make money and make money, then it is really not difficult to get [-] silver in three years.

Donate.

As the name suggests, it is to use money to buy official positions from the imperial court, ranging from a few hundred taels of silver to tens of thousands of taels of silver.

To be honest, the money to buy an official position depends on the meager salary of the imperial court. Even if he works for decades, he still can't make it back, and he might have to pay for it.

So Zhao Fei knew from the very beginning that the officials receiving donations were unreliable, and it was better to expect the sun to rise from the west tomorrow than to expect them to be officials without being greedy for money.

As for the donation itself, to be honest, Zhao Fei originally planned to collect money and not do anything.

What does that mean?

That is, the imperial court collects your money and gives you a false official rank. As for when to give you a real official position, just wait for the emperor to be happy.

The virtual and real jobs can be explained in our modern terms, that is, chief staff member and regular department, these two are equal in terms of rank, but in terms of job titles, the former is a virtual job, the latter is a real job, and the former can only be cleaned in the office Sanitation, sending and receiving materials, etc., and the latter can be the head of the township or the head of the department.

So Zhao Fei's original plan was to give these local tyrants some vain jobs. As for the official positions, they would never be granted.

After all, these people spend money to become officials, so there is no reason not to earn back the money spent.

Knowing that all the officials recommended by Qin Hui to go to Hebei Road are like this, Zhao Feidang shook his head and said, "It's not appropriate."

If the leader said it was inappropriate, then the subordinates would naturally understand that this matter was useless, so they didn't ask for trouble, but quickly thought of other ways.

However, Qin Hui seemed to be ignorant of this unspoken rule, and said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, I have actually wanted to talk about this matter for a long time."

"What is it?" Zhao Fei asked.

"It's about the collection of donations." Qin Huidao: "Originally, according to the court's regulations, the officials who accept donations are only given grades, not actual positions, but this time..."

"What's wrong this time?" Zhao Fei felt a little bad in his heart.

"Because the imperial court really had no money at that time, in order to encourage donations, [-] full-time officials were offered." Qin Huidao: "So this time the situation of donations is extremely hot, and now the backlog of donation officials in the Ministry of Officials has been exhausted." There are nearly a thousand people."

"What's the matter?" Zhao Fei said: "Since the imperial court has only given twenty places, no matter how many people there are, just find out the twenty who give the most money, and assign some idle official positions to them. yes."

"Your Majesty said that the minister has also thought about it, but many of the people who donated officials this time are dignitaries in the court and local tyrants. The minister really can't afford to offend, and there is really no way to pick [-] people out of it." Qin Qin Will smile bitterly.

"You can't afford to offend?" Zhao Fei looked at Qin Hui suspiciously.

Qin Hui was the head of all the officials. According to the general script, it was really the entire imperial court. Except for Zhao Fei, there was no one he could not afford to offend.

"Your Majesty, if it's just one family or two, I will naturally offend you." Qin Hui sighed and said, "But now it's more than just one family and two families. Among the thousands of officials who donated, hundreds of them are related to the princes of the royal family or The ministers in the court have connections, how dare the ministers offend so many people at once."

"So many people with background?" Zhao Fei grinned, then turned his head to stare at Liu Yong and said, "Liu Yong, how do you do things? I entrusted you with the donation, how did you manage things like this. "

Anyone who has read Journey to the West will understand that no matter how evil a monster with a background is, they will eventually return to the sky to become a god. , Tell the monkey to kill him with a stick.

Bullying the good and fearing the evil has been the law since ancient times. As an organization, the imperial court actually does things the same way. The imperial court must always unite the majority and attack the very few.

It was not troublesome to accept the donation, but because of the mental twitch of the people who did it, it turned out that the court is now in a dilemma, and it can't be up or down.

Just listening to what Qin Hui said, Zhao Fei understood that not only Qin Hui could not afford to offend those hundreds of monsters with backgrounds, but Zhao Fei, as the emperor, could not afford to offend either.

But if Zhao Fei honestly admitted this tone, Zhao Fei felt a little depressed.

Perhaps seeing Zhao Fei's thoughts, Qin Hui said, "Your Majesty, I also know that such an arrangement is not in line with the court rules, but there are currently a shortage of officials in Hebei Province. Wouldn't it be good to let them go?"

"En." Zhao Fei nodded noncommittally.

"Your Majesty, Hebei Road is located in a remote area, and it has just suffered from a drought. Although the entire territory of Hebei Province is not a thousand miles away, it is still poor." Liu Yong said: "When the imperial court arrests all the officials in Hebei Road After the arrest, the entire imperial court probably has very few officials who are willing to go to Hebei Province, so it would be a good idea to send these people to Hebei Province."

"Imperial officials are always evaluated in terms of knowledge, ability and morality." Zhao Fei said, "Are these donated officials really good?"

"Your Majesty, it can't be any worse anyway. Sending these people can be used for emergency on the one hand, and on the other hand, the situation in Hebei Road is complicated. Wherever these inexperienced people go, it is easy to make mistakes. At that time, the court will have an excuse to send them away." Dismissal and investigation will also give an explanation to the people behind them." Qin Hui said.

How about saying that all the prime ministers are talented.

Qin Hui's words touched Zhao Fei's heart.

What Qin Hui said is not bad, anyway, it is already like this, and the court really has no better way, this kind of not very good way is also a solution.

No matter how bad it is, how bad can it go?

Before he could think of a better way, Zhao Fei really had no way to solve this problem. After thinking about it, he turned to look at Lin Wanrong and said, "When can the new division Jinshi be appointed as officials?"

"Your Majesty, next month is the scientific examination every three years in this dynasty. The scientific examination is divided into three months. After the admission work is over, there will be a three-month training for new Jinshi." Lin Wanrong looked at Zhao Fei and said : "So, it will take half a year at the earliest for this batch of new Jinshi to be dispatched abroad."

"Huh?" Zhao Fei wondered, "That's not right. Since the new division Jinshi needs three months of training before they can become officials, why don't the donated officials need to be trained?"

Qin Hui smiled bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, most of the officials who received donations were from officials and officials who had committed crimes before. They already knew how to be officials and how to do things, so they didn't need training. It just needs to be done by His Majesty before taking up the post." Just a routine speech."

"That's it." Zhao Fei thought about it too. If they were ordinary scholars, there would be no background that Qin Hui couldn't afford to offend.

After thinking about it, Zhao Fei decided not to entangle with this issue, but turned to look at Sha Huwei and said: "Now the official's problem has been solved, do you have any questions?"

"Your Majesty, do you want me to use these donated officials to govern the region?" Sha Huwei smiled wryly.

"That can't be helped." Zhao Fei spread his hands and said: "You have also seen that the imperial court is indeed without officials, so please understand the embarrassment of the imperial court and work harder yourself. I believe that you can do well .”

"Your Majesty..." Sha Huwei wanted to say something more.

But Zhao Fei interrupted: "The matter is settled like this, otherwise I promise you, how about sending these people to you as soon as these new subjects are available?"

"This..." Sha Huwei was still a little hesitant, but feeling the threatening gazes around him, he had no choice but to lower his head in the end, and said: "I take orders, and I will definitely live up to your majesty's grace."

When Sha Huwei agreed, Zhao Fei nodded in satisfaction, this is the attitude a courtier should have.

As a younger brother, you shouldn't talk to the leader about the conditions when you have nothing to do, although most of the time you can't talk about it.

The matter in Hebei Road has come to an end for the time being, but whether it is Zhao Fei or the officials, they all know that this is only temporary, and there are still bigger turmoil waiting for everyone to resolve.

Zhao Fei sighed, full of exhaustion, and then saw Wang Qinian in the blink of an eye, and asked involuntarily:
"Wang Aiqing, have you met the person I recommended to you?"

(End of this chapter)