Chapter 275

Although he was the Minister of the Ministry of War, he could not speak for himself alone.

There were also people from the Ministry of Personnel watching.

And some people in various positions had backers behind them!

If he wanted to turn all officials into people he promoted.

It was simply a joke.

Either the Emperor or the Retired Emperor would definitely kill him first.

However, Li Lin asked: "They have not taken the imperial examination, so they cannot be promoted too high rashly."

"This is natural."

Then, after thinking for a while, he said: "Yu Zishi is a secretary of the ninth rank, why don't you let your aide Jia Xu take his place, and also hold an aide position of the eighth rank. How about that?"

This Yu Zishi clearly had no backer.

Or rather.

His backer was not taken seriously by Li Lin.

However, Jia Hui still asked: "Who is the other party's backer?"

To avoid the other party digging a hole for him.

Li Lin smiled: "Marquis, please rest assured, this person has no background, the only thing worth mentioning is that he is close to the founding faction."

The implication was.

You are not afraid of the founding faction at all.

By the way, I will help you remove a political enemy from an external faction.

Jia Hui nodded with satisfaction: "Good!"

As mentioned before.

Although this secretary of the Office of Administration is in a low position, he has great power.

He has great influence in the Ministry of War.

It is a good job.

Afterwards.

Li Lin continued: "Cheng Yu, replace someone as a Vice Director of the Bureau of Appointments, and Jiang Ji will also be a Vice Director of the Bureau of Armaments."

A Vice Director is of the fifth rank, and above him is a Director.

Directors and Vice Directors belong to the same magnitude, officially called "Bureau Officials," while Ministers and Vice Ministers are "Hall Officials."

If compared to the present.

Ministers and Vice Ministers are Ministers and Vice Ministers.

Then Directors are Department Heads or Bureau Heads under a ministry, and Vice Directors are Deputy Department Heads or Deputy Bureau Heads, belonging to the bureau-level cadre.

However, there is only one in each bureau, so the power is very high.

Regarding this, Jia Hui could understand.

A fifth-rank Director.

Is no longer something Li Lin can control at will; this must be reported to the imperial court, and only with the permission of the Emperor or the Retired Emperor can it be done.

Even if Emperor Li Li Li Shimin values and appreciates Jia Hui, allowing him to promote some confidants to use.

But Cheng Yu, Jiang Ji, and others have no fame, so they cannot be promoted to the fifth rank so high all at once.

This is a key position in the Ministry of War, not an ordinary miscellaneous official.

Looking at Jia Hui, Li Lin reminded him sternly: "Among the six ministries, the Ministry of Personnel's Appointment Bureau and Evaluation Bureau, and our Ministry of War's Armaments Bureau are the three bureaus with the highest status."

Jia Hui nodded after hearing this, understanding the other party's meaning.

The Appointment Bureau is responsible for the selection and promotion of civil officials, and the Evaluation Bureau is responsible for the assessment and punishment of civil officials.

The status of these two bureau Directors is very high, and they can determine the future of civil officials, so they are more prominent than the Hall Officials of ordinary clean government offices.

And their qualifications for office are also relatively high, often held by the Emperor's confidants.

And the Ministry of War ranks after the Ministry of Personnel, Ministry of Revenue, and Ministry of Rites among the six ministries.

But the Armaments Bureau is a key department!

It mainly manages military records, weapons, military examinations for provincial and metropolitan examinations, and the distribution and garrisoning of troops.

Nowadays, there is a saying in the capital's officialdom: "Armaments, Armaments, idle and rich; Records, Records, poor and busy." Because the Armaments Bureau manages weapons and equipment, it has become a recognized fat job.

The two Director positions that Li Lin gave to Jia Hui can be said to be the best.

Among them, Armaments is even better!

Jia Hui understood.

This is Li Lin's reward for recommending him as Minister of War.

Two fifth-rank, one eighth-rank + ninth-rank.

Yet each is a key position, a fat job!

This return gift cannot be said to be light.

If you were just buying an official position.

These two official positions for Jia Xu are worth at least ten thousand taels of silver.

Cheng Yu's is at least ten thousand, one or two thousand.

Jiang Ji's is even more, at least twenty or thirty thousand!

If you meet someone greedy, they will add more.

And these official positions.

You can't buy them just because you want to.

Without personal relationships.

You can't buy them even if you want to.

Unless you pay several times the price.

And although Jia Hui can get the Emperor's consent.

But this is only one hurdle!

If Li Lin, as the Minister of the Ministry, does not agree.

Even if Jia Hui is the Left Vice Minister and has the Emperor's permission, it won't work.

He has the right to reject it, and if he makes a scene in the court.

Then it becomes a joke.

So this wave.

This is a priceless favor worth at least tens of thousands of taels, or even more, returned to Jia Hui!

Jia Hui doesn't need to spend money to handle it at all.

It can completely offset Jia Hui's recommendation of him as Minister of War.

And because of this.

Both sides owe nothing to each other.

Jia Hui can no longer use this to make a point, and Li Lin can also enforce the law impartially to Jia Hui in the future.

However, both sides have already obtained what they wanted, so they are very satisfied.

They looked at each other and smiled, raised their cups and drank: "Then I will toast the Marquis, and congratulate the Marquis on your promotion again!"

"I also celebrate Master Li's promotion!"

"Hahahaha!!!"

A power-for-power trade involving key departmental positions was thus completed in a few words of conversation.

【293】 Lu Bu leads troops south! The Ministry of War quietly submits.

Afterwards.

Jia Hui and Li Lin parted ways.

He went to one of his own rooms.

He called Jia Xu, Jiang Ji, Cheng Yu, and Lu Bu.

He told them about their new appointments.