The next morning, very early in the morning, the Imperial Guards who sent Hong Min here yesterday appeared again at the official inn.

Then he led Hong Min out of the inn.

"Did he lie to us yesterday?"

"That's right. Yesterday, I said that the Imperial Guards would take him along the way. Why did they come to take him away today?"

"Yes, we have been here for ten days, right? For two or three days, who didn't come here by ourselves? I haven't seen anyone come to us..."

Everyone in the inn looked at Hong Min who had disappeared, and they all instantly became like great detectives.

Some people also began to secretly regret that their behavior yesterday was too philistine.

Even if you don't deliberately intend to make friends, at least you can't act too cold.

But looking at Hong Min's age and official position, it doesn't seem like he has any background.

Otherwise, a man in his thirties must be at the level of a county magistrate.

They think it is unlikely that someone with a background in Luoyang is just an official in his thirties.

A group of people are still staying in the inn waiting for news about them.

Hong Min followed the imperial army into the palace and was then taken to the Ministry of Personnel.

In fact, there was no need for anyone to bring him here in person, but Wang Buxu brought Hong Min back in person.

Moreover, it was already late when I came back yesterday, and there was no order for Hong Min to enter the palace.

It would be too much trouble to send it out today. It would be better to just let the Imperial Guard take it in, and then make the arrangements that need to be made without having to make another general order or something.

Entering the official department, Hong Minxian was a little at a loss.

Everyone was busy, but I was idle alone, and the Imperial Guard who led me left when I arrived at the place.

He didn't explain what he was asked to do here, and there was no one from the official department to receive him.

Of course, I am just a chief official. Even if the county magistrate comes to the official department, he is far from being able to be received.

It was neither standing nor sitting like this. After waiting for half an hour, a middle-aged official with a slight sweat on his forehead came over and asked: "Who are you? What are you doing standing here?"

"Xiaguan Pingyin's chief officer, Hong Min, was brought here by brothers from the imperial army. I don't know what I want to do..." Hong Min quickly saluted and said helplessly.

"Oh, you are Hong Min! Go out and turn right to the third room!" The middle-aged official hurriedly explained a few words and then continued to be busy without knowing what he was doing.

Hong Min had no choice but to follow the prompts, turn right when he went out, and came to the third room.

The Ministry of Personnel is very complicated. There are four divisions below it, namely the Ministry of Personnel, the Division of Feng, the Division of Honors, and the Division of Kao Gong.

Hong Min glanced at the sect hanging outside the house, which read "Personnel Department".

Obviously, he came from the Department of Personnel Affairs.

Although I have been here before, this is the first time I have entered the real Department of Civil Affairs.

The busiest thing is here, the Department of Personnel is responsible for the appointment, removal and transfer of officials.

Si Feng is in charge of promotions and promotions, while Si Xun is in charge of the issue of honors and titles. Merit assessment is naturally an assessment.

The general process is that the Merit Examination Department will produce the evaluation records of the officials within a specified time, and then the Fengshi Department will judge whether they should be promoted or demoted.

After confirming the promotion, the list will be handed over to the Department of Civil Affairs, which will decide where to transfer and what position, and make the final appointment document. After submitting it to the Minister for review, it will be printed and effective, archived and issued.

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Therefore, it is difficult for a local official to rely on his relationship with an official to get promoted.

Unless the other party is willing to spend a lot of effort to find accommodation for you from the other two departments.

Otherwise, if your political performance is not good enough and someone like Si Fengsi demotes you, then you will be doomed.

Even if I give you a break, the rest of your life will not be easy.

According to convention, if you give a flat rating, it means a flat tune, and a flat tune means that the next place you go to will definitely not be better than the place you are staying now.

If the counties are divided into upper, middle and lower counties, the level adjustment means that at the same level, the status, economy, population, external factors, etc. are not as good as the county where you are now.

Therefore, under the current system, you cannot offend anyone in the Department of Civil Affairs. They are the ones who can really decide your fate.

As the chief official, Hong Min has a very thorough understanding of the affairs of the official department.

After all, if you calculate carefully, he can be regarded as a smaller version of the Minister of Civil Affairs.

The responsibilities of each department are very clear.

"Xiaguan Pingyin, the chief official, Hong Min..." Hong Min continued to maintain a humble posture and saluted the people who were busy in the room.

A manager sitting there who was busy looked somewhat unhappy.

I secretly thought to myself that the officials in these places really didn't pay attention at all. Didn't they see that everyone was busy?

Don't you want to wait outside for a while?

Or come in when everyone has a little free time?

but……

Pingyin County?

Chief official?

Hong Min?

Why does this series of information feel so familiar?

"Ah..." The head of the Ministry of Personnel suddenly remembered this information and quickly patted his head in annoyance.

Apologizing to Hong Min, he said, "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry. It's too busy here and there aren't enough staff. I forgot about the business when I got busy."

Only then did the head of the Ministry of Personnel remember that earlier today, the doctor of the Ministry of Personnel had specifically told him that this was someone arranged by His Majesty himself, and that he would report today and let him make arrangements.

As a result, I became so busy that I couldn't care about anything.

"It's all for the empire..." Seeing that the head of the staff department actually apologized to him, Hong Min felt a little uncomfortable and quickly gave in.

"Well, can you give me your token?" asked the head of the Ministry of Personnel.

Hong Min took off the token from his waist and handed it to the other party.

The other party took out a piece of silk cloth, wrote the content on it, and compared it with each other.

Then he took out another bamboo slip, wrote on it with a pen, and handed the bamboo slip and the token to a clerk.

"Yang Miao, the head of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, has met Yuan Wai Lang!" After doing this, Yang Miao stood up and saluted Hong Min.

"Yuanwailang?" Hong Min was stunned for a moment.

Are you a member of the civil service department?

Confused...

Confused...

Countless faces were confused...

Did you get promoted in a state of confusion again?

According to the new official rank, the chief official of Pingyin County is a ninth-grade official.

The county magistrate and county lieutenant are of the eighth rank, and the county magistrate is the seventh rank.

As for the head of the Ministry of Personnel, he is ranked from the seventh rank, which is only one level lower than the county magistrate.

As for the official wailang, he is a senior official from the sixth rank, which is one level higher than the county magistrate.

In other words, from the ninth rank, he directly jumped from the eighth rank, to the eighth rank, from the seventh rank, to the seventh rank, and crossed four levels to become a member of the civil service, Wai Lang, from the sixth rank?

And what does this position do?

It can be seen as the deputy director of the Department of Personnel.

The eldest is the doctor, the second is the four deputies, the wailang, and the next is the chief. Below the chief are a bunch of various envoys, book orders, history, Zhang Gu and others.

"Is this... a mistake? I remember that there were four Yuanwai Lang in the Ministry of Civil Affairs..." Hong Min asked with a confused look on his face.

I haven't heard of any vacancies in the Ministry of Personnel recently. So if I am now appointed as a Yuanwailang, doesn't it mean that there are five yuanwailang in the Ministry of Personnel?

The preparation exceeds the standard...

"This official also doesn't know. There are indeed four Yuanwailang in the Department of Personnel. Including you, there are five. However, this is what Li Langzhong personally handed over to this official this morning. There should be no mistake." Yang

Miao took out the piece of silk cloth and handed it to Hong Min to look at.

I found that it was indeed written on it that I was appointed as a member of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, but it had not been stamped yet.

After experiencing it once, Hong Min naturally knew that this was the process of the official department.

Generally speaking, officials who need to come to Luoyang will first meet the person before taking the appointment to have the minister seal it.

For local officials, the process is to make a draft of the letter by Ling Shi, and make a final letter of appointment. The Ling Shi is responsible for delivering it, either to an official post along the way, or to make a trip in person.

Hong Min was a little confused as to what he was doing here, but he vaguely sensed that it had something to do with the reforms in Pingyin County.

Yesterday, the censor asked a lot of related questions, and even asked some of his thoughts on the appointment and dismissal of officials.
Chapter completed!