Is there a guaranteed vote? Can I vote for Ronaldo?

Early the morning after settling down on Liu Minzhong, Xu Ziyuan took the secretary's waist card and put on a Confucian uniform borrowed from a Cangzhou scholar, and walked to Cangzhou Palace to work.

In the current Beiming Dynasty, the official system is not sound. The officers have military ranks to replace the military ranks to indicate the size of the official position. However, the civil servants do not indicate the size of the official position, and there is only one dispatch, or "unity and position integration". Officials are positions, positions are officials, and there is no rank.

The reason for this is that on the one hand, the Ming Dynasty was founded and the country had not yet been officially established, so the official system was naturally incomplete.

On the other hand, it is also related to the political system of the Ming Dynasty. The Ming Dynasty was actually a feudal democratic country, not a traditional feudal bureaucratic country. Therefore, it was impossible to copy the official system of the feudal bureaucratic country. Just like the later generations of Midi, there was no way to copy China's cadre management system. In Midi, a civilian without any administrative level may even be elected as president. As for electing mayors, county magistrates and other things are even more common.

What level should such mayors be given to? The local department level? Yesterday was a civilian, but today they were at the local department level. After two years of term, they were civilians again... Isn't this too unreasonable?

Because Chen Dexing has implemented aristocratic democracy and local autonomy, there is also a problem of chaos in the administrative rank of civil servants similar to Emperor Mi. Before the Battle of Yanyun and Hebei, it was incorporated into the five prefectures and four prefectures of the Northern Ming Dynasty. Although the prefect and magistrate were appointed by Chen Dexing, the magistrates and cities who directly manage the people were elected by the aristocratic parliament.

In theory, any lord or gentry who has the right to vote may be elected as a magistrate or a city, and after their term of office expires, they will lose their official positions. Therefore, they are not bureaucrats in the true sense.

The practice of granting separate officials and establishing ranks for civil servants to determine their qualifications cannot be said to be completely inapplicable to the Beiming Dynasty. However, it cannot be simply copied from the Song and Tang systems.

In addition, this feudal aristocratic republic in the Northern Ming Dynasty in turn stifled the traditional Chinese bureaucratic system. Because members of parliament at all levels and elected magistrates, the zhishi city was not a real bureaucrat, but aristocratic politicians. They were two completely different systems from the bureaucrats who served as affairs officers.

An important reason why the Beiming was unable to implement the imperial examination system was also that this feudal aristocratic democratic system was because most of the government officials came from elections, so naturally there was not enough room for the imperial examination civil servants to arrange the imperial examination system. The ladder to the sky of middle and lower intellectuals was interrupted by most of this!

In the eyes of scholars like Xu Ziyuan, it is difficult for scholars like him to become officials of the Ming Dynasty. The way out for them is nothing more than being a minor official who runs errands. It is difficult to be promoted to a county magistrate or a city magistrate, let alone a chief official or a central chief.

And he can become a "senior minister" and become a secretary, which is really like an immortal!

Thinking of his ability to rise to the top in the future, Xu Ziyuan's mood suddenly improved a lot and his steps accelerated. Soon after, he arrived outside the Cangzhou Palace. He didn't know what happened. There were many people queuing outside the palace, and they were not ordinary people. They all seemed to have a few wealthy figures. Not only were they wearing silk and satin, there were also several servants around each other, and the servants were carrying boxes and baskets, which looked heavy. I don't know what was inside?

Xu Ziyuan walked to the side gate of the palace with a question, where there were two steel armored warriors standing motionless, holding spears in their hands. Seeing Xu Ziyuan coming, the two spears crossed and blocked their way.

"Two lords, these are the waist cards of the lower officials." Xu Ziyuan politely called the two soldiers guarding the door "lords". In fact, these two are indeed lords. However, Xu Ziyuan is a civilian (in terms of title), and his identity as a secretary of the Ming king who is lower than their status is actually lower than a big-headed soldier who is guarding the door! Such a high and low order is probably acceptable to the Northern Rus, who are used to being bullied by the Mongols?

"Secretary Xu? You can go in."

After checking the waist card, the two long spears separate. The way to enter the door is clear.

"Two lords, what are the people who are queuing up here for?" Xu Ziyuan asked.

"I'm here to buy indulgences," a jeweled soldier replied with a smile. "These people are guilty and have been with the Tartars. So they have to buy indulgences, and after buying indulgences, they will not pursue the past."

Another sir soldier also said: "If it is a Han person, a sacrificial coupon costs 500 guan, and if it is a sacrificial coupon, it will cost 1,000 guan."

There is also such a thing!? Xu Ziyuan opened his mouth. This is a very special punishment for King Chen Ming. It is a country's important weapon. How can people pay for their sins? Isn't this equivalent to buying and selling laws?

Why didn’t there be any censors to give advice? By the way, there are really no censors here in the Ming Dynasty.

Xu Ziyuan shook his head and without saying much, he stepped into the palace. The courtyard of the palace was very lively, and there were a row of squads. There were also officers in charge of military logistics to check gold and silver there, verify the quality first, then weigh the weight, and then pack it with seals...

Finally, he handed over a suicidal voucher with the seal of the Ming King to a leading figure in Cangzhou City, and also gave him a "Instruction for the Enthronement of Gentlemen", which included the content of how the identity of gentry was sold. As the momentum of the Ming Dynasty continued to rise, there were signs of unification of the world, and the price of gentry in the Ming Dynasty naturally increased. Now the good days of buying a gentry of 200 guan will never return. The price of gentry has risen to 500 guan!

But there is no need to worry about not being able to sell it. I spent 500 guan to buy an indulge and 500 guan to buy a gentry with voting rights. Together, it only costs 1,000 guan. It is nothing to a group of unscrupulous merchants!

...

"Xu Ziyuan, your handwriting is neatly written, so I am responsible for copying the oral orders of His Highness the King and recording the remarks of the court officials and the king. You must be with the king before the hour of the day and leave at the hour of the Xu. However, your assignment is confidential and important. You cannot leave the king's shogunate without my permission. This afternoon, you are allowed to have a half-day leave to clean up your property and arrange trivial matters. If you have a wife to take with you, I will arrange your residence for you and your wife."

The woman assigned a job to Xu Ziyuan was Yang Po'er, who was also the chief manager who Chen Dexing carried with him. She originally only cared about internal affairs and was responsible for serving Chen Dexing. However, now she is also in charge of foreign affairs. Because the attendant of Chen Dexing's side had just been appointed as the governor of Cangzhou, Yang Po'er temporarily served as the post of attendant of the Northern Ming territory. The population of the territory has expanded greatly, so the reserves of officials are naturally insufficient, so she can only give up.

After receiving the dispatch, he reported to the servants, received some stationery equipment, paid a month's salary, and even assigned a small wing room in the inner courtyard of the palace. Then he took the leave and returned to his house in Cangzhou City.

When he got home, Liu Minzhong was leaning on the kang in a daze. There was a wine pot and two plates of leftover food on the kang table.

Seeing Xu Ziyuan pushing the door in, Liu Minzhong was stunned, "Brother Fuzhen, why is it so early?"

Xu Ziyuan sat on the kang and took out two small silver dollars of one or two ounces of prepaid salary, which was exchanged for three and a half stagnant of copper coins. This was his monthly income as a secretary. In addition, he could also receive a reward during the Chinese New Year, and he could also give away four clothes every year, and eat Chen Dexing's three meals a day.

If he had performed his duties conscientiously enough, he might have a lord and 300 acres of land in one or two years, and he would have the opportunity to be a local official. In Chen Dexing's servant, he already knew that his ex had sent him to serve as a acting magistrate, and his former servant chief was now the magistrate of Cangzhou.

In general, being a secretary for Chen Dexing is a promising job, but his current income is a bit meager, just like the military pay of ordinary soldiers.

"Fuzhen, you are..." Seeing Yinzi, Liu Minzhong suddenly had a bad premonition.

"Duanfu, you can take the flowers of these silver first. I don't need this house. You can live as long as you want." Xu Ziyuan smiled bitterly, "I have entered the royal palace to be a secretary. I cannot leave without permission. Moreover, the Ming King will not stay in Cangzhou for a long time, and will return to Yanjing soon."

"Oh, then I'm going to congratulate Brother Fuzhen. You are now a close minister of the emperor." Liu Minzhong tried hard to squeeze out a little smile. The close minister of the emperor would have a bright future. If he ran away with him that day, maybe there would be a secretary now...

"It's a pity that the emperor's close minister's salary is currently small. He only paid an advance salary of one month, only two taels of silver..."

"Enough, enough," Liu Minzhong smiled, "I have already thought about it and make a living in Cangzhou. Fortunately, I am alone now, and I am full, so my whole family will not be hungry."

"It's good," Xu Ziyuan said, "I'm sorry for Brother Duanfu for a few years. When my younger brother is released from the prefectures and counties, I will definitely arrange an official position for Brother Duanfu."

"I'm so grateful..." Liu Minzhong's eyes suddenly became a little wet. Now he could be said to be unfamiliar and desperate. Fortunately, there was a brother from a family family willing to help him.

"Why did Brother Duanfu say this?" Xu Ziyuan sighed, "You and I are both people who have fallen into the world. They have a family and a career, but they have nothing. I have some spare time now, how can I not help my brother? If my brother and I change positions, I will definitely help me.

By the way, it’s better for us to be a good friend. Brother, you are three years older than me, and you will be your elder brother. How about you share the blessings in the future?”

"Okay, okay," Liu Minzhong nodded gratefully, his eyes sore, and tears fell down again. Xu Ziyuan felt uncomfortable. When he thought of his parents, he also burst into tears. The two brothers hugged each other again, and only after they cried, they worshiped the world. Oh, they worshiped and made an appointment to meet in Yanjing a year later. Xu Ziyuan estimated that he should have some power to help Liu Minzhong take a job at that time.
Chapter completed!