"Your Majesty, the Minister of Military Aircraft, Qi Ying, has sent a request for instructions, please ask how to arrange Xu Qing's position. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Xu Qing has made such a contribution, if he doesn't even give a real shortage, then it's too chilling. ”

The matter of how to settle Xu Qing was included in the discussion of the imperial court, after all, Xu Qing made a lot of meritorious contributions this time, not only did he recover Hong Kong without spending a single soldier, but he could even make Britain spit out that part of the reparation, which is already a great merit. With such great merit, it deserves to be placed in an actual position.

At present, although Xu Qing is a nominal four-rank official, it is just a title of "four-rank secretary", which only represents the rank and status, and does not represent the actual position. Rank and status are not important, the actual position and actual power in officialdom are the most important. During the Manchu Dynasty, many people had a rank and position, but most of them could not obtain an actual position of equal status. Many officials have been waiting for a lifetime, and they can't wait for an actual vacancy!

Therefore, many people are nominally third- and fourth-grade officials, but they are also willing to go to a seven-rank county, that is, this actual shortage is too small, but there are too many people who enjoy high-level status but have no power.

This time, Qiying took the initiative to ask Xu Qing for an actual official position, which was a really good thing, and he planned to win over Xu Qing.

Emperor Daoguang thought about it for a while, this is still necessary. In the first Opium War that year, he lost a lot of money, and after the defeat of the army, he had to cede land and pay compensation, so that the majesty of Emperor Daoguang was also hit. Xu Qing took back Hong Kong without spending a single soldier and let the British spit out the reparations, which was obviously to save face. Emperor Daoguang not only wanted to knight Xu Qing, but also gave Xu Qing an actual official position, otherwise such a great credit would not have an actual official position, which would obviously be a meritorious service.

As the head of a country, it is also a big taboo not to reward merit!

"Baochang, you are the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, and you are in charge of Honglu Temple, what do you think of this foreign affairs?" Emperor Daoguang asked.

Bao Chang nodded affirmatively and said, "Your Majesty, the slave thinks that Xu Qing is good at foreign affairs, so it is better to arrange for him to serve in Honglu Temple." He was not originally the title of Honglu Siqing, but now we might as well simply turn the title into a real position, so that people can make the best use of their talents and materials. ”

This statement has been agreed by many people, because the power of Honglu Temple is not large, and diplomacy was not valued in ancient China, so official positions such as diplomacy are generally not valued. In addition, Honglu Siqing is a fourth-rank official, which corresponds to Xu Qing's identity, and the level is also just right. The future of the officials of Honglu Temple is not very long-term, so everyone has no opinions. What's more, Xu Qing is also famous for his diplomatic skills, so it is a good choice to let him be in charge.

"The minister seconded the proposal!" "Reconsideration!" "The minister seconded the proposal!" ……

Many ministers have received Xu Qing's benefits, so naturally every necessity is to make Xu Qing difficult, not to mention the official position of Honglu Temple, the value is not high, and it will be given if it is given.

"Your Majesty, the minister seconded the proposal!" Jain replied in the same way.

Emperor Daoguang saw that the minister agreed, and took the initiative to say: "Since this is the case, then Xu Qing will also be appointed as the Han Qing of Honglu Temple, and the original Han Qing of Honglu Temple will be arranged to serve outside the Ministry of Officials!" “

"Fengtian carries the emperor, and the edict says: '......'"

After a series of stinky and long fancy articles, the official order was finally issued.

"Appoint Xu Qing as the secretary of Honglu Temple, admire this!"

Xu Qing took the initiative to take the holy decree and said, "Thank you, Lord Longen!" ”

Xu Qing took over the holy decree and officially became a four-rank member of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and a four-rank member with an actual position, this is Honglu Siqing. Xu Qing is still quite satisfied with this position, at least he is in charge of diplomacy, and ordinary people don't pay attention to it, so he can maximize his interests.

Xu Qing took the holy decree and went to Honglu Temple to take office, and those officials of Honglu Temple hurriedly greeted him.

"Hello Lord Xu!" "Welcome Lord Xu to his post!" ……

A large group of sycophants hurried over to pat the sycophants, and at this time everyone knew that they were going to curry favor with the new leader. However, Xu Qing knew the situation of this Honglu Siqing, although this Honglu Siqing was in charge of foreign affairs, but in fact he did not have all the foreign affairs powers. Xu Qing knew that the diplomatic power of the Qing Dynasty was scattered, and the foreign affairs in charge of foreign affairs in the early and middle Qing Dynasty were completely multi-headed, with the Imperial Court in charge of Mongolia, Xinjiang and Russia, and the Ministry of Rites also in charge of some foreign affairs.

As for Honglu Temple, it is not so much a diplomatic department as a "protocol department" of the foreign affairs department in later generations, and its main responsibilities are more similar to entertaining foreign guests, rather than being specifically responsible for diplomatic decrees, and the real power is not as great as imagined, so it is not taken seriously.

Xu Qing sat directly in his position, and then asked: "Shouldn't there be a Manqing in Honglu Temple, where is this colleague of mine?" “

In the Qing Dynasty, many central departments held official positions with multiple people, divided into full vacancies and Han vacancies, and the full vacancies were held by banner people, and Han vacancies were held by Han people. In addition to a Han Qing in Honglu Temple, there is also a Man Qing, and Xu Qing certainly wants to know where his colleague is.

"Lord Xu, this Manqing has never met anyone, he doesn't come here to serve, just in name. For a long time, Honglu Temple has been the place where the nobles of the Eight Banners are suspended, so ......"

Xu Qing understood the problem here, this was originally a temporary post and mixed in other places, and this was the privilege of the Manchu bannermen. Anyway, Honglu Temple has no real power, and it is not taken seriously, so it is also a good choice to use it to mix with the nobles of the bannermen.

"I see, in this case, what else do we have to do in Honglu Temple?" Xu Qing asked.

Xu Qing didn't really understand the actual responsibilities of the ancient Honglu Temple, he could only take the initiative to "ask shamelessly" and ask his subordinates directly, which was not too embarrassing. Anyway, Xu Qing didn't take the identity of this Honglu Temple seriously in his heart, his ultimate goal was to overthrow the Manchu Dynasty, this was his duty, and he wouldn't really regard himself as a Honglu Temple.

"My lord, the imperial court has now carried out the imperial examination, and the new branch jinshi will enter the palace in a few days to thank him. According to the rules of the past, we should be ready to go to the Honglu Temple to carry out the roll call, which is one of the responsibilities of our Honglu Temple. ”

Soon Xu Qing understood how the name of the ancient imperial examination "Chuanlu" came from, in Xu Qing's eyes, the top three in the Ming and Qing imperial examinations were the top list of the eyes of Tanhua, and as for the first place in the second list and the third list, they were all called Chuanyu.

However, the origin of this pass is actually when the new Kejin Shi is grateful, the officials of the Honglu Temple carry out the "passing", and the officials of the Honglu Temple take the roll call one by one, and then the new Kejin Shi enters the palace to thank him. This process is called "Chuanlu", because Honglu itself also has the meaning of loudly praising and guiding etiquette, and later extended to receive foreign guests.

However, in the later period, Honglu Temple was also responsible for the audience arrangement of the new science and technology scholars, which was an important embodiment of the "protocol" function of Honglu Temple. Although the later generation became a representative of the rank, this responsibility has always been the responsibility of Honglu Temple. Xu Qing took over the Honglu Temple in this world, and this responsibility is naturally taken care of by him.

"That means we're in charge of this, right?" Xu Qing asked.

The officials of Honglu Temple nodded one after another, they have always been responsible for this matter. The duties of Honglu Temple are a complete hodgepodge, responsible not only for foreign etiquette, but also for domestic etiquette. And as an administrative agency, there are many things that they are naturally responsible for, and they have to do their best to meet them.

Xu Qing was quite satisfied when he heard this responsibility, because since this year's new science and technology scholars were admitted to this imperial examination, he was responsible for the roll call, and he could be regarded as half a "teacher". There are a lot of bad habits in the ancient officialdom, and there are still a lot of broken rules for the new branch of Jinshi apprentices, and they are responsible for the roll call in Honglu Temple, which can be regarded as leaving a relationship with these Jinshi of Honglu Temple, which will help to pull the relationship in the future. So Xu Qing will not miss this opportunity, although these jinshi are useless on the surface, but once they gain power in the future, they will become their own undercover agents.

He, you Jinshi, maybe this faint relationship with Xu Qing will make them the last straw that crushes the Manchus. Once they gain power in the future, they will take advantage of this relationship to act as undercover agents, which has many benefits. So taking the opportunity to pull the relationship, that is also beneficial.

Xu Qing thought for a while, and then said, "Okay, you continue to do yours, just go as usual." I'm not going to give any special orders, everything will follow the rules of the past. You all do your part, get things done together, and then I won't say anything more. ”

Those officials of the Honglu Temple finally breathed a sigh of relief, knowing that what they were most worried about was that these superiors would casually issue some ridiculous orders, so they would be very troublesome. Now that Xu Qing has taken the initiative to show that everything is business as usual, Xu Qing will not give any strange orders temporarily, and he will not deliberately adjust various things in order to show his power, so they finally feel relaxed.

The most worrying thing for these subordinates is to change the leader, and as a result, the new leader gives orders everywhere. Even in order to show that he is different from his predecessor, he deliberately shows his authority, and then does not hesitate to change his predecessor's rules, which is the most headache. There are too few leaders in this world who can follow Cao Cao, and Xu Qing can be like this, which naturally makes many subordinates very relieved.

"Thank you for your understanding!"

Xu Qing just became the secretary of Honglu Temple who didn't have much real power, he came to Honglu Temple, no rules have changed, it's still the rules of his predecessor, and even Xu Qing just came to the first day, so he took the initiative to adopt the strategy of delegating power, and all the powers that can be delegated are decentralized, and he even wants to deal with some things less.

Those Honglu Temple officials had a lot of discussion because of this.

"See? This new Honglu Siqing is actually a coward, and he doesn't even dare to take care of things! "Yes! It seems that he also knows what his identity is, a donor from a class, so that's it! "Hmph, we, who were born in the two lists, actually want to be a subordinate to a person who was born in a donation class." "However, this guy still understands that he is from a donation class, so of course he can't speak hard!" "Humph!" ……

Many officials of Honglu Temple not only did not express any gratitude for Xu Qing's approach, but instead despised Xu Qing for a while, because Xu Qing's behavior was also a "weak" behavior in front of those subordinates. Even those officials who were really born on the right path of the imperial examination expressed their displeasure with Xu Qing's cheap father spending money to donate the identity of a seven-rank candidate magistrate. There are many kinds of origins in this Qing Dynasty, and the Eight Banners and the Imperial Examination are the most important ways, the former one represents the special interests of the banner people, and the latter one represents the interests of the Han landlords and doctors.

As for the others, donating to the class is to spend money to buy officials. This status is the lowest, and it is generally impossible to wait for an actual position for a lifetime. The contempt for those who are on the right path of the imperial examination is a common practice in the officialdom of the Qing Dynasty. No matter how much meritorious service Xu Qing has made, he will be despised by these people who were born on the right path of the imperial examination, which is inevitable. Anyway, Xu Qing's diplomatic talent was not really valued in ancient times, and his background in the donation class made those who were on the right path in the imperial examination even more dissatisfied. Now that Xu Qing has become their boss, it naturally makes them unhappy, but they don't dare to talk back directly, so when Xu Qing chooses to delegate power, they also arrange Xu Qing.

"This Xu Qing, as expected, is still self-aware, knowing that his ability to be a donor is definitely not as good as those of us who are on the right path, so he simply came to be this idle peace officer. This can be regarded as self-aware, but how did he make this incompetent man our boss? "Yes! It's hard work to have such incompetent people become our bosses! ”……

Those guys were red-eyed, Xu Qing came back to rent their boss, and began to arrange it.

"My lord, someone is arranging you here, they look down on your background, and even think that you are so decentralized, which is a weak and incompetent act." A small official said.

There have been many such small officials who make small reports since ancient times, and soon some people will take the initiative to make small reports.

But Xu Qing is practicing calligraphy, after all, he is not familiar with calligraphy, and now he still has to practice calligraphy. He didn't seem to have heard the little official's report, and he was still practicing calligraphy.

Xu Qing took the brush and splashed ink, and then wrote a few words.

"Summer insects can't talk about ice!" Xu Qingnian said.

When the little official next to him heard this, he was also surprised in his heart, this Xu Qing's words were obviously sarcastic to those who arranged him. Those who look down on Xu Qing and arrange Xu Qing, how do they actually know that Xu Qing also looks down on them, and directly compares them to "summer insects".

Xu Qing's eyes were by no means this Honglu Temple, let alone any official position in the Manchu Dynasty, his eyes had already been cast on the chair in the Taihe Palace.