In the Qing Dynasty, if a magistrate of the seventh grade performed well, what was the direction of his next promotion? Most people might think that if they hold a local position, they should be promoted to the governor; If he is transferred to the capital, it is very likely that he will be in charge of each ministry.
The actual situation is not as people think, and the promotion level of the county is quite embarrassing. In the bureaucratic system of the Qing Dynasty, the promotion of civil officials usually followed a fixed step, step by step, and it was very rare to be promoted by skipping ranks.
For example, the prefect is promoted to a Taoist, a Taoist is promoted to a probationary envoy, and a probationary envoy is promoted to a political envoy. In the magistrate system, starting from the five ranks, each level has a specific official position, and they are all the official heads of the yamen, with the exception of the magistrate.
According to the regulations, the promotion of Qipinzhi County should be six ranks, but there were many six grades among the local officials in the Qing Dynasty, including the experience of the political secretary, the reasoning, the transportation judgment, the same state of Zhili and the same state of Sanzhou.
However, none of these positions are official**, and if the magistrate is promoted to these positions, it seems to be a bit overkill. As for what kind of official position the magistrate should be promoted, let's not mention it for the time being, let's first understand the promotion process of the magistrate.
Planning and Supervision: The Road to Promotion for Magistrates"The magistrate is held every three years"Big plan"Those who rank first in the assessment will be promoted, those who rank second can be transferred, and those below the third class may be demoted or dismissed.
In addition, the superintendent is carried out every year"Year-end secret exam", and the state and county officials with outstanding political achievements will be promoted. The results of these examinations will be screened and put together in a list before being submitted to the Emperor.
However, even after these steps, the magistrate will not necessarily be promoted, and he still needs to pass"Introduction"link, accept the emperor's interview, if you are satisfied, you can be transferred after promotion.
The promotion of magistrates in the Qing Dynasty included a promotion in rank and a change in position, the former from the seventh rank to the sixth rank or above, and the latter from simple to essential.
In most cases, the magistrate will stay in place after the introduction, and only a very small number of people who are rated as "excellent" in the plan can be officially promoted to the rank. For example, after Yu Chengchan's term in Luocheng Zhixian expired, he was rated "Excellent" and was promoted to the Zhizhou of Hezhou, Sichuan the following year.
Of course, among the more than 1,400 counties in the Qing Dynasty, there were also some young and promising people who were born in professional classes, and they were the key training objects of the imperial court, and there were more opportunities for promotion.
So, what positions should these magistrates be promoted? Promotions need to be made in the prescribed order. According to the records of the "Qing Historical Manuscript and Official Chronicles", the promotion of the magistrate includes the director of the six departments, the capital affairs of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the experience of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, the left and right commentators of the Dali Temple, the doctor of the Taichang Temple, the Chinese calligraphy department, the experience of the general political department, the governor of the general political department, the experience of Luan Yiwei, the general judge of the Beijing government, the county governor of Jingxian County, the governor of Futong, the governor of Zhili Prefecture, the governor of Sanzhou, the deputy of the salt transportation division, and the general judge of the foreign government.
Although it seems that there are many opportunities for promotion on the surface, in fact, the road to the promotion of the county magistrate to the Beijing official has been blocked after Qianlong, and the magistrate of the county and the general judgment of the Beijing government are generally determined by the king.
Therefore, the promotion of the magistrate is mainly in the magistrate system, and the yamen of the salt transportation department is recognized as a fat shortage, and it is difficult to squeeze in. Therefore, it is very unlikely that the county magistrate will be promoted to the deputy of the salt transportation department.
Although the remaining foreign governors are also promotion opportunities, because of the grade problem, it is obviously unrealistic to be promoted to the fourth level at once.
Tongzhi and Tongju were two important positions in the local official system of the Qing Dynasty. They serve as the deputy of the prefect, similar to the county secretary and the chief secretary of the prefect's yamen. However, since the Kangxi reign, the administrative body of the department began to be established in the local institutions.
The hall is divided into the Zhili Hall and the Scattered Hall, this is because some newly established areas are inconvenient to set up counties or prefectures, so they set up halls. The hall was a formal local administrative body in the Qing Dynasty, and its chiefs were Tongzhi and Tongju.
The level of the same knowledge is the positive fifth grade, and the level of the general judgment is the positive sixth grade. Generally speaking, after the magistrate is promoted, he will be promoted to the magistrate of Sanzhou or the general judgment of Santing. This is because their level and business scope are relatively consistent with those of the county, and at the same time, they are not too high in terms of level.
If you are ranked first in the assessment at the end of your term, you may be promoted to the same governor of the Zhili Department or the governor of Zhili Prefecture.
Although promotion to the Zhili Prefecture is a regular promotion path for the prefect, few people are able to advance to the prefect level. Because once the prefect level is reached, the promotion is no longer the responsibility of the ministry, but by the emperor himself.
According to the historical data of the Qing Dynasty, the prefect often came from the ** transfer of the capital, and the prefect may stay at the level of the prefect for the rest of his life.