With Wang Ziteng's death, the Wang Clan had also come to an end. Although they had not been raided, the speed of their decline was not much better than the raid.
"Minister Jia is loyal to the monarch and loves his country. It is obvious that he is loyal to his country. He has ordered Jia Lian to be promoted to the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel. He will be rewarded with a hundred-year-old ginseng, ten health pills, and a thin robe.”
The Emperor was very happy and directly promoted Jia Lian's official position in front of all the civil and military officials, making Jia Lian, a fifth grade blabbermouth, promoted to the third grade Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
At the same time, he also gave her some unimportant things.
This was a real promotion of four levels in a row. Moreover, this assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel Affairs was the second-in-command of the Ministry of Personnel Affairs.
Not only did he have real power in his hands, but it also allowed Jia Lian to be promoted from an official of the imperial court to an important minister of the country.
The Ministry of Personnel had the Department of Personnel, the Department of Entitlement, the Department of Honor, and the Department of Merit Examination. They were in charge of the appointment, dismissal, promotion, honours, and transfer of civil servants.
It could be said that the Ministry of Personnel Affairs affected the official career and was the head of the six departments.
Although the emperor had greater power, he only needed to say a word to dismiss an official.
However, many times, the emperor would order the Ministry of Personnel to give their opinions on the promotion and honours of an official.
At that time, the emperor would decide.
For example, the inheritance of Jia She and Jia Zhen's titles was reviewed by the Ministry of Personnel and reported to the Emperor.
Jia She and Jia Zhen's daily activities and their silkpants personalities had all been investigated by the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs.
It was also because of this that the titles they inherited were demoted so quickly.
When Jia Daishan and Jia Daihua inherited the title, they were willing to inherit the dukedom.
Back then, the two of them had fought alongside the first Duke of Ning and the first Duke of Rong, and had achieved illustrious military merits.
It was precisely because Jia Daishan spent more time leading troops outside and less time at home that he didn't have the time to teach the children, while Grandmother Jia only cared about fighting for power at home.
In addition, he hated Jia She, the eldest son, for favoring Jia Zheng, the second son. This also caused Jia Daishan to hear the entire residence talking about Jia She and praising Jia Zheng's various good qualities every time he returned home.
This made Jia Daishan go from being skeptical at the beginning to being convinced in the end.
Back to the main topic…
The task of the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel was to assist the Minister of Personnel, but to put it bluntly, the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel only had a little less power than the Minister of Personnel.
Of course, the promotion and dismissal of officials in the Ministry of Personnel required the emperor's ruling.
For example, officials with low ranks did not need to report to the emperor for the emperor's ruling.
For example, the fifth grade officials in the capital could be directly settled by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, and the fourth grade local officials could be managed without reporting.
Even though the Emperor had to decide on the higher officials, it was still enough to make the civil and military officials afraid.
Let's not talk about anything else…even if you are a first-grade official and I don't like you, I will write less good and more bad for you during the official assessment for the emperor to see. What do you think the emperor will think?
If he couldn't defeat you once or twice, wouldn't the Emperor be flustered when he saw the evaluation form of a first-grade official like you?
Of course, under normal circumstances, the Ministry of Personnel Affairs would not do this. In fact, the Ministry of Personnel Affairs would have concerns as long as the officials could attend the court.
Not to mention how high the official's rank was and how powerful he was, if you were to mess with him, he would definitely resist and go against you.
Besides, among the officials in the court, which one did not know and understand other than Emperor Jia Zheng?
How could the Emperor not know that you framed them?
If you do this too many times, will the Emperor like the officials of the Ministry of Official Personnel?
Moreover, the Ministry of Personnel Affairs doing this is equivalent to telling the emperor that we have too much power and that we are going to do whatever we want.
As the emperor, it's time for you to stop our Ministry of Personnel.
Therefore, for high-ranking officials, it could only be said that they could check and balance each other with the Ministry of Personnel Affairs, and neither of them would offend the other.
For someone like Jia Lian, who was directly promoted by the Emperor, he did not even need to go through the Ministry of Personnel's review.
And now, everyone could see that Jia Lian was deeply in the Emperor's heart. Under normal circumstances, regardless of whether Jia Lian had a dark history, was capable, or even if Jia Lian used his power for personal gain and knowingly broke the law, as long as it wasn't too excessive, the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs would turn a blind eye.
It was because the Emperor liked someone, and the Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs was going against him. Wasn't that a slap to the Emperor's face?
Of course, this was under the circumstance that Jia Lian was not in the Ministry of Personnel Affairs. Now that Jia Lian was the second-in-command of the Ministry of Personnel Affairs, the situation was naturally different.
For someone like Jia Lian, who had just been promoted to an official position and had yet to sit on the hot seat, to be promoted four levels in a row, many officials should have objected to Jia Lian's promotion by saying that it was not in accordance with etiquette.
However, Jia Lian's position as the second in command of the Ministry of Personnel made all the officials who wanted to oppose shut their mouths.
As for the old relatives who were impeached by Jia Lian, their faces turned pale.
Jia Lian had a look that he wouldn't give up until he killed them. Now that he was the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, would they still have a good life in the future?
And Jia Zheng, who had nothing to do with Jia Zheng but had been at the side for half a day, could no longer stand this stimulation and directly spat out a mouthful of blood, almost fainting.
In Jia Zheng's opinion, Jia Lian had spent his money to offend the relationship that had been established for generations in Rong Guo Mansion. In the future, his relationship had actually been promoted four levels.
One had to know that he had been the Minister of Works for nearly twenty years.
He had always dreamed of being promoted and moving his butt.
But now, Jia Lian had used his own money to become the assistant minister of the Ministry of Personnel.
This was a position that he had dreamed of but could not get.
Moreover, he and Jia Lian were uncle and nephew. He had been an official for twenty years without any news, but Jia Lian had become the officer who controlled his career.
Not only did this make him feel embarrassed, but it also made him feel ashamed to stay any longer.
It was already good enough that he was not angered to death.
"I thank the Sage for his great kindness…"
Jia Lian, who was unaware of the changes in Jia Zheng's heart, glanced at Jia Zheng, who was vomiting blood, and ignored him. He directly thanked the Emperor and received the decree.
At this moment, Jia Lian was feeling very comfortable. After spending so much money, he had finally received a return. Not only that, but he had also completely severed all ties with his unlucky relatives.
If Jia Lian knew what Jia Zheng was thinking, he would probably send Jia Zheng flying with a kick.
Everything in Rong Mansion had always belonged to the First Branch.
It has nothing to do with Jia Zheng. I let you live in Rong Mansion, provide you with food and drink, and arrange servants to serve you. It's fine if you're not grateful, but you still want my Rong Mansion.
Now, Jia Zheng's family included Jia Zheng's wife, Wang YiNiang, Zhao YiNiang, Zhou YiNiang, Jia Huan, Jia Tanchun, Li Wan, and Jia Lan.
These people spent a lot of money on food, drink, and maids every day.
However, the happy Jia Lian did not know what Jia Zheng was thinking. However, even if he did not know, if Jia Zheng or the second branch were to cause trouble, then don't blame him, the nephew of the Assistant Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, for demoting you.
You won't even be able to do your job as a councilor of the Ministry of Works.
When the time comes, we'll just go our separate ways.
Just like that, the court session ended with Jia Lian, the Emperor, and the Minister of Revenue, Liu Wen. The six princes, the historians, Jia Zheng, and the others were all happy.
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