Chapter 97 Chapter 97

There is a saying: When an official does not decide with the people, it is better to go home and sell sweet potatoes.This sentence is already well known, and basically reached the consensus of the whole society. However, this sentence comes from the estrangement and unfamiliarity with the officialdom. It was fabricated by people who know nothing about the officialdom and government affairs based on their own subjective wishes, and they were also influenced by the same understanding of the officialdom and government affairs. Approval by an ignorant public.In this way, spreading false rumors, making mistakes and making mistakes, has gradually become the most basic public perception of officials.

Ordinary people believe this sentence, but whenever they encounter officials, they will inevitably feel ashamed and disgraced.If the official believed this sentence, then there must be something wrong with the official's mind. No matter how high he climbed, he would be kicked out sooner or later. Is there any basis for such a conclusion? During the Qing Dynasty, there was an official named Zhang Mu'an in Haifeng. One day, when he was leaving the government office in a carriage, he saw an old lady in front of him stumbling onto the road, knelt down to stop the vehicle, and shouted for grievances.

Zhang Mu'an stopped the carriage and asked carefully.I saw the old woman burst into tears, weeping choked up, crying that her husband had married a young and beautiful concubine again, and now she was old, so she was driven out of the house by the concubine.The old woman who had no food or clothing begged Master Qingtian to redress her grievances. Zhang Muan laughed loudly when he heard this, and sternly told the old lady to get out of his way, and shouted: "I am a salt seller, and I don't care about jealousy." Obviously, this Zhang Mu'an is unwilling to make decisions with Xiaomin, so are you considering sending this guy home to sell sweet potatoes?

Can't.Because Zhang Muan was originally an official in charge of the local salt administration. He was in charge of the production, trading and transportation of salt. As for local administrative and judicial affairs, he had no right to intervene at all.But after all, he is relatively close to the officials in charge of the judiciary, so why can't he report it to the judicial officials?If anyone thinks so, he is wrong.As we said, although Zhang Mu'an is only a salt official, in daily affairs, he will inevitably have contacts with judicial officials, and the mutual shift of responsibility will be somewhat dirty. It's fine if Zhang Mu'an doesn't mention this matter. , but it becomes troublesome.

But why didn't Zhang Mu'an explain it clearly to the poor old woman? This matter is not clear.The old woman lived her whole life without knowing that the official's work was performed according to her own duties, so she filed a complaint with the Yan official.She doesn't even understand such a simple thing, if Zhang Mu'an explains to her more complicated official inside stories, will the old woman understand? In fact, China's administrative system already had a division of functions as early as the time of Qin Shihuang, the so-called system of three officials and nine officials.In the era of Li Shimin in the Tang Dynasty, the system of three provinces and six ministries was established.What are the six parts?The Ministry of Officials was in charge of appointment and selection of officials, the Ministry of Households was in charge of finance, the Ministry of War was in charge of military affairs, the Ministry of Industry was in charge of civil engineering, the Ministry of Rites was in charge of education and etiquette, and the Ministry of Punishment was in charge of justice.In addition, there are Sitiantai in charge of astronomy, Yushitai in charge of supervising officials, and nine temples and five supervisors.Nine temples: Taifu Temple, Sinong Temple, Honglu Temple, Dali Temple, Taipu Temple, Zongzheng Temple, Weiwei Temple, Guanglu Temple, Taichang Temple; five prisons: Dushui Supervisor, Ordnance Supervisor, General Zuojian, Shaofujian, Guozijian.Among all these departments, except for the Ministry of Punishment and the Ministry of Rites, which still deal with the grassroots, the other ministries, monasteries and supervisors do not have the function of "making decisions for the people".

For such a simple truth, it is understandable for a person not to understand it when he was young, but if he still does not understand it when he is old, and he goes to the wrong office to file a complaint, then he is obviously in trouble. Similarly, it is a good thing for a young man who has not entered the officialdom to serve the country and the people.But if you are still so brainless after entering the officialdom, it is by no means a good thing.You must know that in the officialdom, except for the big officials who specialize in one side, almost 100% of the officials have a share of specific work that they are responsible for.Some are copying files, some are registration documents, some are responsible for cleaning tables, and some are responsible for cleaning windows. Those who wipe the tables are not allowed to clean the windows without authorization, and those who clean the windows are not allowed to wipe the tables.This division of functions is also called professional management.

The officialdom is a professional assembly line. Although the division of projects on this assembly line is not so scientific, and some extra errands will always come to the door, they are all similar to the railway police - each section is in charge, but this is the officialdom. The most obvious feature of classification management. Those who do not understand this truth will make demands on officials beyond their duties.Anyway, the common people only recognize you as an official, regardless of whether your duty is to wipe the table or clean the windows, anyway, they will recognize you, so the phenomenon of nowhere to ask appears.And officials who understand this truth can turn decay into magic, show their hands and feet in this reincarnated place, and use the strategy of "sawing and arrowing" to do something vigorously.