Meishan Su family, Su Yun is the most virtuous

Chapter 209: Three more levels up!

At this time, Wang Gui quickly supported Zhang Xu and said, "Zhang is indeed a mature and experienced man who cares for young people. Although young people should be given more responsibilities, they should not be given too much burden, otherwise it will damage their health and that would be bad."

Zhao Xu didn't care about the assignment. He mainly wanted to promote Su Yun's official rank. As long as his official rank was raised, his assignment could be adjusted at any time in the future.

Therefore, Zhao Xu smiled and said, "Then if you think there is any suitable assignment, please mention it."

At this time, Zhang Dun suddenly said, "Why not let Ju Zheng be the attendant? There are several attendants, and it is not too heavy to take turns."

Zhang Xu's heart skipped a beat. This was unacceptable. Although the Emperor's Recorder was only a historian who recorded the emperor's daily life, he was not just a historian. Sometimes he also served as an advisor to the government, and his duties were somewhat similar to those of the Imperial Records Director and the Hanlin Academician.

When Emperor Yingzong wanted to promote Su Shi to the Imperial Academy, Prime Minister Han Qi objected, saying, "Su Shi is a talented person and will definitely be promoted in the future. However, he has only been in office for a few years and has been promoted out of turn. Others will be very dissatisfied and this will be detrimental to Su Shi's future career."

Does this sound familiar? Yes, Wang Gui said the same thing a while ago.

If I can't draft imperial edicts, then at least I can record my daily life, right?

So Yingzong proposed that Su Shi compile the daily records.

Han Qi refused again: "The position of Jizhu is almost the same as Zhigao, so it cannot be given. If the emperor really values ​​Su Shi, he should let him take the exam. After he passes the exam, he can be given a position in the imperial library where he can see the emperor frequently."

From this conversation, it can be seen that the Attendant of the Imperial Household does have some similarities with the Director of Imperial Edicts. Naturally, Zhang Xu did not want such a capable young man like Su Yun to stay with Zhao Xu.

With this young man's skills, if he stayed by the emperor's side, the emperor would probably be bewitched soon. In addition, Cai Que now holds power as the second prime minister, so the situation of himself and Wang Gui's faction would be difficult.

Zhang Xu's brain raced, and then his eyes lit up and he said, "It's not appropriate. Su Tongpan's uncle Su Ziyu is the attendant. It's not good for an uncle and nephew to share the same position. It's not appropriate."

Zhang Dun laughed and said, "It's not the position of prime minister, what's wrong with that? If you say that, do you mean that the Cai Yuanchang brothers can't serve as Zhongshu Sheren together?"

Cai Jing's expression suddenly changed slightly.

He became a Jinshi in the third year of Xining, and was transferred to Qiantang Wei and Shuzhou Tuiguan. After returning from his diplomatic mission to the Liao Kingdom, he was appointed Zhongshu Sheren.

At this time, his younger brother Cai Bian was already the Secretary of the Central Secretariat. According to regulations, officials had to be appointed in order of seniority. Cai Bian requested to be ranked after Cai Jing. The two brothers were responsible for writing imperial edicts at the same time, and the court was proud of this.

Now that Zhang Xu said this, what does he want to do?
When Zhang Xu saw Cai Jing's face change, he suddenly panicked. His official position was naturally higher than Cai Jing, but Cai Jing and his brothers were quite trusted by the emperor, and they were close ministers. The power of the Zhongshu Sheren was much greater than that of the Qijūnlán, and even he was unwilling to offend him.

Zhang Xu laughed dryly and said, "That's not what I meant. What I meant is that there is a position more suitable for Judge Su, which is the position of the Imperial College. Judge Su is a master of classics. Entering the Imperial College will also help promote Master Su's two annotated works."

Oh my god, I am such an impetuous person that I even thought of this.

Zhang Xu felt quite a sense of accomplishment.

When these words were spoken, not only did Zhao Xu's eyes light up, but even Zhang Dun looked surprised, and it seemed that he would not stop him.

Zhao Xu looked at Wang Gui and Cai Que and said with a smile, "What do you two think?"

Cai Que actually didn't care. He supported Su Yun only because of Zhang Dun. If Su Yun could be pushed to become the Censor, it would naturally be a good thing. But for now, Wang Gui and Zhang Xu would definitely not support him, and the same was true for the Attendant. Since that was the case, there was no need to force it.

So Cai Que smiled and said, "I have no objection."

Wang Gui didn't care about the position of Imperial College Chancellor as long as Su Yun didn't serve as the Imperial Censor or the Imperial Recorder. He nodded and said, "I have no objection either."

Zhao Xu nodded and said, "Mr. Cai, I'll leave it to you to draft the appointment letter."

Cai Jing nodded and said, "Yes."

Zhao Xu saw the thriving underground cave today, and the promotion of Su Yun was finalized. He immediately felt relieved and said with a smile: "Great, great. With the income from this underground cave, the court can have a good year this year."

Cai Que smiled and said, "Today is a double blessing. The court has gained both wealth and talent. With millions of guan in revenue, and a scholar of classics like Su Tongpan in charge of the Imperial Academy, the court will be filled with talents in the future."

Zhao Xu laughed heartily.

With Zhao Xu in charge, and the three provincial officials and the Zhongshu Sheren making decisions together, Su Yun's appointment letter came down in just a few days. Now Su Yun's official position has been promoted three levels, from Xuan De Lang to Cheng Yi Lang, and he is now the Imperial College Secretary and the Kaifeng Prefecture Tongpan. This promotion speed is jaw-dropping.

When the news reached the Kaifeng government office, there was some commotion inside.

In just a few months, Su Yun jumped from Xuanyilang to Chengyilang, rising four levels at once. If it were before the Yuanfeng reform, this would be considered a direct promotion to the ninth level!

If you still don't understand how shocking it is, then compare it with Su Che, who has been in officialdom for nearly twenty-five years. At that time, Su Che was just a court official, only two levels higher than Su Yun.

Hehe, what level is Su Xian at this moment? He is the Deputy Commander of Huangzhou, which is equivalent to the rank of official salary after the Yuanfeng reform, which is... below Chengwulang, not even a Beijing official.

How miserable.

It is no wonder that Su Shi was discouraged. After all, he was already the Minister of the Palace (a fifth-rank official) and was directly affiliated with the Historiography Institute, which was an official position in the Institute.

This is the end of the story.

However, compared with Su Shi at that time, he is not very interesting, but he is more representative compared with Su Zhe.

The officials of Kaifeng Prefecture saw a rising star in the officialdom, so except for the prefect of Kaifeng, all the other officials who were close to Su Yun or had some dealings with Su Yun would either invite Su Yun to a banquet or give him gifts.

Some can be returned, but some cannot be pushed aside. Su Yun drank a few glasses of wine.

A few days later, Su Yun made some arrangements at the government office and then went to the Imperial College to take up his post.

This time I went with people from the Ministry of Personnel.

Before the Yuanfeng reform, these powers belonged to the Western Court and the Eastern Court. After the reform, the method of selection and appointment was entirely under the control of the Ministry of Personnel. The Eastern Court was abolished and replaced by the Ministry of Personnel's Minister of Left Selection, the person in charge of officials with salary in the capital, and civil officials whose positions were not appointed by the Secretariat.

The Liunei Quan was abolished and replaced by the Libu Shilang Zuoxuan, who was in charge of civil officials from their initial appointment to selection.

The Western Court of Judicial Review was abolished and replaced by the Right Court of the Minister of Personnel, which was in charge of military officials who were promoted to court officials and above and whose positions were not appointed by the Privy Council.

The Sanbanyuan was abolished and replaced by the Right Selection of the Ministry of Personnel, which was in charge of military officials from deputy lieutenant to junior officer.

So the person who brought Su Yun to take up his post was an official from the Ministry of Personnel. Originally, for a minor official like Su Yun, it would have been enough to send a clerk to take him there, but Su Yun's identity was not ordinary.

The officials of the Ministry of Personnel study people every day and are familiar with the relationships between various officials. Naturally, they know the relationship between Su Yun and Zhang Dun. They are also very clear about the importance the emperor attaches to Su Yun and will naturally not take it lightly.

So the person who accompanied Su Yun to take up the post in the Ministry of Personnel was the Deputy Minister of Personnel of the Shangshu Zuoxuan, who introduced himself as Liu Fengshi.

This person was not an unknown person, but a well-known politician and scholar. He was one of the Yuanyou Party members and was known as the Three Lius of Xinyu together with Liu Chang and Liu Xun of Xinyu, Linjiang Army, Jiangnan West Route.

Liu Fengshi is a quiet man of few words, but he is not rude to Su Yun. Maybe that's just his personality.

However, he introduced Su Yun very seriously, saying, "The chief official in the Imperial College is the Jijiu, and there are two other Siyes who are in charge of the Confucian teaching policy, including the seven schools of Imperial College, Imperial College, Guangwen, Four Schools, Law, Books, and Mathematics.

The Imperial College has one chancellor who is in charge of the supervision, and that's you. You are in charge of all the internal affairs of the college. You will learn more about the details later."

Su Yun nodded. Jijiu was equivalent to the president of a university, Siye was equivalent to the vice president of a university, and he, the Jiancheng, was the official in charge of administration and teaching affairs in the Imperial College, which was equivalent to the administrative director and dean of the academic affairs office of a university in later generations.

However, the Imperial College is not an ordinary university. Perhaps it would be more appropriate to call it the Ministry of Education.

So, this should be considered the Director of Finance, Director of Personnel and Director of Education Supervision Bureau of the Ministry of Education.

Hehe, it’s also very awesome.

This right is quite large, but not as great as the power to promote the two anthologies as Zhang Xu mentioned.

However, Su Yun didn't care much about it. His two books had already been entered into the Imperial College under the promotion of Zhao Xu. As his official position rose in the future, the Imperial College would naturally pay more attention to them.

(End of this chapter)