webnovelfull Chapter 505 Part 6
Chapter 505 Part 6
This is the first reason. Shen Zhiqiu also said: "Secondly, officials themselves attach great importance to family background. Your father and I did not get promoted through the imperial examination, but went directly to the Ministry of Works. If we make achievements in the future, we will probably stay in the Ministry of Works.
For someone like me who has not passed the formal imperial examination, the best we can do is to be a director of the Ministry of Works, like Director Qin. Even a vice minister cannot do that.
Not to mention the Shangshu above.
Although I don't really want to be an official, if I can always have a wife and children and a warm bed, then I definitely don't want to study, take the imperial examinations, and even less want to be an official.
I want to earn some money to take care of you and your two children, and then lead our family to live a peaceful and stable life. This is my wish.
But since I can't escape it and they insist on making me an official, I'm not willing to be someone else's pawn all my life. After all, in the officialdom, I can't stand having to bend over and kneel at every turn.
So I, your father, would rather take a chance, turn a bicycle into a motorcycle, become a high-ranking official, and make others bow down to me. "
What Shen Zhiqiu didn't say was, don't underestimate the relationship between colleagues. You didn't get in through the imperial examination, and if you went to the Ministry of Works.
I guess the more good things you produce in the future, the more your superiors will appreciate you, and the more your colleagues will look down on you.
If they are good or not, they will say: "What kind of scholar is this? I think he is just a name, and he is probably just tinkering with some strange and lewd techniques."
Although the six departments of "Li, Hu, Li, Bing, Xing, and Gong" appear to be equal in status,
But in fact, they were in charge of different matters, and their importance in the emperor's heart was also different.
The Ministry of Industry was the "bottom-ranked department" and was "looked down upon" by the other five departments.
As for why?
Then we need to first understand the six ministries and what affairs each of them manages.
The first Ministry of Rites was responsible for selecting and appointing officials.
Moreover, the Ministry of Personnel is responsible for the appointment, dismissal, promotion, demotion, honors, and transfer of officials.
Similar to the Organization Department of the Central Committee in the previous life,
Think about it, it is not an exaggeration to say that the Ministry of Personnel is the place where "life and death" are decided for any official.
Of course, its status could not be higher, so it was known as the "head of the six ministries."
The second is the Ministry of Household Registration, which is in charge of household registration and finance.
As a department in charge of the purse strings of a country, all other departments have to go through it if they want to spend money. Without a doubt, there is only one word to describe it, that is, "rich."
I won’t mention anything else, but the treatment is definitely the best.
Land tax, customs duties, likin, public debt, currency, etc., are all under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Revenue.
It is said that the famous Heshen did a good job in the Ministry of Revenue and saved a lot of money for the country. Even though Emperor Qianlong knew that he was corrupt, he tried his best to protect him while he was alive.
Of course, it was also because of the Ministry of Revenue that Heshen became as rich as a country.
The third is the Ministry of Rites, which is in charge of the ceremonial system of the five rituals, as well as the methods of school examinations.
To be honest, the Ministry of Rites was originally the "head of the six ministries".
Because it was responsible for the preparation and holding of major national ceremonies, managing schools across the country, arranging imperial examinations, and even national diplomatic activities.
Especially in the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Ministry of Rites was definitely the most honorable existence.
But unfortunately, the work of the Ministry of Rites has nothing to do with "money and power" at all, so it was gradually put at the back of the list.
As for the Ministry of War, which is in charge of the selection of military officers and weapons, etc., I won't go into details.
It is equivalent to the current Ministry of National Defense. No matter what era, a country can maintain long-term stability and peace, which is inseparable from the support of military force.