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Text: Li Fangzhou
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introduction
Being an official is naturally a good thing, if you travel to the past, as a traverser, you can't lie down and wait for death.
Since they all have official positions, they don't have to go through the difficulties of the imperial examination and studying hard for more than ten years, so the official environment is a little more difficult, don't think too much, it's not a war era. Then close your eyes and let's go back to the Ming Dynasty together.
(Ming Dynasty officialdom painting book)
1. Return to the Ming Dynasty as an official
Well, open your eyes, don't sleep, you sleep all the way. The Ming Dynasty is in front of you, but the dynasty has just been established, you have to be considerate and considerate, and you will get out of it after a few more years. Since we want to be an official, let's first familiarize ourselves with the officialdom of the Ming Dynasty. When you are an official, you have to know who the officials are, otherwise what will you do if you get into trouble one day.
(Ming Dynasty officialdom painting book)
There are many ways to be an official, not that all officials are officials. First of all, there are three categories: the emperor's auxiliary ministers, central government officials, and local government officials.
Needless to say, you must know in your heart that being an official by the emperor's side may be the best and fastest way for you to gain glory and wealth.
Naturally, the assistant minister didn't have to run. What kind of eyes are you, your thinking is off track, the auxiliary minister is the person around the emperor who seriously assists the emperor in handling government affairs, and he can't get this job without some ability, don't think that he can get close to the emperor with a knife and get countless glory and wealth.
(Daming Forbidden City)
The auxiliary ministers also have their own divisions: Zongren Mansion, Sangong, Sangu, Donggong Auxiliary Minister, Zhan Shifu and Tai Hospital. I haven't watched a lot of novels and TV series, but this Zongren Mansion is not another Zongren Mansion, not the Zongren Mansion that is brought out at every turn in film and television dramas. What the Zongren Mansion does exactly, one or two sentences can't explain clearly.
Zongren Mansion is in charge of the clan roster of the nine clans of the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and writes the imperial genealogy on time, recording the descendants, names and titles, heirs, births and deaths, marriages, funeral titles and other matters of the children of the clan members. All requests for the clan to state are reported to the emperor, and talents are introduced, gains and losses are recorded, etc.
(Daming, Beijing, 13 provinces)
To put it simply, it is an important yamen that records the genealogy of the clan for the emperor's family. But then this business was transferred to the Ministry of Rites to be in charge, and the department was also annexed.
Then again, the professional ability of the auxiliary minister is too demanding, and if you really come over and just become an auxiliary minister with such a little back, no matter how much you teach, it is estimated that it will not be useful. Since there is no luck in being a close minister in his life, there are other options, and it is good to be a "central army".
Second, recognize one more as one
We have a rule in the Ming Dynasty, officials will not directly call your serious official name when they meet, you can't step on this "minefield", after all, officialdom is like a battlefield, maybe one day if you say the wrong thing, our efforts will be in vain. Since you have become the "Central Army", let's first familiarize yourself with the six departments.
(List of official positions in the Ming Dynasty 1)
Everyone should be familiar with the six departments, and the six "leaders" of the past dynasties have all been called like that, the official department, the household department, the military department, the rites, the criminal department, and the Ministry of work. But there is a joke that you must have heard, the deputy minister's surname is Zheng, and Minister Zheng's surname is Fu, what should you call when you meet?
But the situation in the past is more complicated than now, the official department is not only the official department, the official department is sometimes the teacher of a little prince, this also has to have a name, usually temporary emergencies have some emergencies, arrange a temporary task for our book, and there must be a name.
(Ming Dynasty Official Position Table 2)
In this way, if you really meet and call someone an official name, you can't get down without thirty words. Anyway, everyone is also a big man with a head and a face, you can talk about meeting and holding hands for a long time for a name, is it appropriate, obviously inappropriate. Therefore, the "exquisite" colleagues gradually derived the nicknames of their respective official positions in the work that they slowly got started.
As a result, the official department Shangshu became "Datsuka Zai", the household department Shangshu became "Da Situ", the Ministry of Rites Shangshu could be called "Da Zongbo", the military department Shangshu could be called "Da Sima", the Ministry of Industry Shangshu was called "Da Sikong", and the criminal department Shangshu became "Da Sikou". Don't get distracted, take a note, you can use the serious knowledge when the time comes.
(List of official positions in the Ming Dynasty 3)
Of course, you also have to know that the second-in-command of the department is the so-called "deputy director problem", and the second-in-command of the six departments are all hand-in-command hand-picked by the emperor. Since it is the second-in-command, it is enough to change the "big" in the nickname to "small". As for this, there may still be many readers who have not seen the official position that satisfies them.
If you can't do it if you need cultural accomplishment, and you can't do it if you need to understand the eyes of officialdom, then you can only turn from theoretical knowledge to practical activities. Don't think about it, it's not for you to lead troops to fight, you and I both know in our hearts that it's self-inflicted humiliation and a miserable death. Go to the five temples, they are good at work.
(Metropolitan Picture Book)
You are certainly no stranger to Dali Temple, which is equivalent to today's Supreme Court and the highest appellate organ in the country. If you're a law student, you're in good fortune, and you're finally in the right place to graduate. As for Taichang Temple, it is responsible for sacrificial ceremonies and music, and is subordinate to the Ministry of Rites. This is a "good job" that does not start work for half a year and starts working for half a year.
Guanglu Temple, just listen to the name, you know that it is in charge of the birthday banquet and belongs to the Ministry of Rites. If you're a foodie, you're in for a treat, after all, someone has to try the dishes at the banquet.
Taifu Temple estimates that everyone is unfamiliar again, Sun Dasheng worked as a worker here back then, yes, he belongs to the military department and manages horses. What a Bi Ma Wen, your subordinates are all "sports cars".
(Picture of the king's flag)
In the end, Honglu Temple is responsible for receiving foreign guests, although the history of the Ming Dynasty is not as prosperous as the Tang Dynasty as the center of the world, but the vassal states of the Ming Dynasty are not a few, not to mention Zheng He also "seven to the West". If you're feeling adventurous, you might as well apply to go along.
These temples played an important role in the central administrative structure of the Ming Dynasty and remained in use until the end of the Ming Dynasty, so if you are assigned to these yamen, then you are not afraid to say the wrong thing no matter what time period you are in the Ming Dynasty. Come, follow the teacher's explanation, cheer up and draw the key points.
(Ming Dynasty Army Picture Book)
Dali Siqing is the great court captain, Honglu Siqing is the great canon, the Taifu Siqing is also called the big servant, and the Guanglu Siqing is the big secretary. The usage of "big" and "small" is the same as in the introduction of the six parts, so you don't have to go wrong then.
3. The magistrate may be the best way out
Of course, film and television dramas are true and false, and of course you can't believe all the content in them, but I still have one more sentence, and the political struggle in reality is definitely more than that. So be a magistrate, the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and it is not bad for you to have a small world by yourself.
(Ming Dynasty Army Picture Book)
The local political system of the Ming Dynasty includes two capitals and thirteen provinces, of which the highest governors of the two capitals are Shuntianfu Yin and Yingtianfu Yin, also known as "Dazanfu", and the adjutant is Fucheng, called "Dazanzhi".
The highest governors of the thirteen provinces are the three divisions, namely, the chief political secretary, the judicial department, and the metropolitan department, which are respectively responsible for civil affairs, justice, and military affairs, and the chief officials are the political envoys, the procuratorial envoys, and the commanders.
Corresponding to each other one by one, the political envoy is the Great Domain, and the envoy is called the Great Xiantai, and the commander is the Great Commander. Of course, there are many official positions that you also need to know, such as: the prefect is a big county marquis, the government is the same governor is a big county cheng, and the government is called a big county magistrate. Below the prefecture is Sanzhou and county, which belongs to the pro-people officials, Zhizhou is also called "Great Shepherd", and Zhixian is also known as "old ancestor" and "old parents".
(Ming Dynasty officialdom painting book)
Yes, when I heard it, I was the "parent official" of the common people. The introduction is almost the same, it is not appropriate to say more, they are all important knowledge points, Xi them a few more times. As for whether it will come in handy or not, it is all up to luck.
Resources:
Jiang Jianzhong -.Interpretation of Ancient and Modern Official Positions[M].China Book Publishing House,2013.