**Wan Fan Incentive Plan If the governor of the Qing Dynasty is transferred to a certain department in the capital, is it considered a promotion? This is an interesting question that an imperial historian discovered while studying the materials of the Qing Dynasty's civil bureaucracy.
Through a number of case studies, he believes that this issue is worth in-depth with everyone.
The promotion system of civil servants in the Qing Dynasty was strict and meticulous, and there were few indiscriminate or indiscriminate promotions. In the case of governors, for example, they are usually selected from the positions of cabinet scholar, deputy Zuodu Yushi, Shuntianfu Yin, Fengtianfu Yin, and Buzheng envoy, and the promotion is usually transferred to the governor.
It is not uncommon for a governor to be transferred to the capital to serve as a chamberlain in a department, as it does not conform to the personnel process. So, is the governor turned to the squire considered a promotion? This needs to be looked at rationally.
The original product of the governor was from the second grade, but since Qianlong, the governors of the provinces usually added the title of "soldier squire", and with this title, their grade became the second grade.
However, the title of the Qing Dynasty is an esoteric knowledge, similar to the principle that the second class jinshi "gives the origin of the jinshi" and the third class jinshi "gives the same jinshi origin", and the title is slightly different from the original.
Taking the late Qing Dynasty as an example, he went through Jiashen Yishu, was promoted by Cixi as the king of Qingjun, and was given the title of prince, and when the Empress Dowager Cixi was 60 years old, Yixuan was officially canonized as a prince, and it was not until after the Wuxu coup d'état that the prince's title was hereditary.
Therefore, we can see that there is still a difference between the title of prince and the real prince. In the same way, although the governor and the rank of squire of the military department can be regarded as a first-class **, from the perspective of the Qing Dynasty's official system, the governor is not really a "quasi-second-grade"**
The reason for the addition of the rank of squire of the military department was to increase the power of the governor, so that he could control the local military attaché of the green battalion and give him military power. Therefore, in many Qing Dynasty history books, the rank of the governor is set as "from the second rank to the second rank".
The differences and distinctions between these are very important. Therefore, the change of governor to squire is considered a promotion, but the magnitude of this promotion is very small, and it is not usually done in this way.
Only under certain circumstances will the governor be transferred to the capital as a chamberlain.
The Qing emperor would focus on cultivating a group of talents with good quality and potential but still with little qualifications, and parachute them into local high-ranking official positions, such as Taoist officials, in order to quickly accumulate administrative experience.
Although they were temporarily in the feudal territory, the emperor had higher expectations for them, expecting them to be promoted to the capital to serve as squires and scholars in various ministries, and even to enter the cabinet to worship the prime minister and take charge of the military aircraft.
Most of these key training objects are not the second generation of Jinshi, Hanlin or officials from professional classes, but the sons of aristocratic princes, or people with red and positive roots.
The Qing Dynasty was extremely strict in the selection of governors, and the assessment methods were detailed and detailed. Throughout the history of the Qing Dynasty, the frequency of changes in the country's eight governors and fifteen governors was extremely high, and few people were able to serve in the same province consecutively.
Those who performed well were usually transferred from smaller provinces to medium or large provinces at the end of their term of office, and if they were particularly successful and appreciated by the emperor, they were promoted to governorships in a step-by-step manner.
If the governor's performance was just as good, he often won the position of cabinet scholar, such as Ortai, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou in the Yongzheng Dynasty, and Yin Jishan, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qianlong Dynasty.
However, for those governors with good official reputations and good character, but with average political achievements, they are usually transferred from the governor's post to the position of squire of various ministries, and this promotion is essentially a clear promotion and a secret demotion, just like the provincial party secretary is transferred to the head of a department.
There was an unwritten rule in Qing officialdom: the status of local officials was constantly elevated, while the status of civil officials was relatively low. This phenomenon has been the case in all dynasties and dynasties, and it does not need much explanation.
Beginning with the Yongzheng Emperor, the importance of magistrates has been enhanced, while the concept of "Ning in Beijing as the seventh grade, disdain for the third grade" in the Ming and Qing dynasties has become obsolete.
Emperor Yongzheng and Emperor Qianlong paid more attention to the selection of magistrates in the administration of personnel, and often transferred those with average ability to the capital to serve in idle positions, not only at the level of governors, but even at the intermediate level such as cloth, press, province, and government.
This phenomenon is also very common in the reports of local governors, who usually write some mediocre ability of the province and government ** into the list during the year-end secret examination, and recommend "using Beijing personnel".
The emperor would also listen to the governor's advice and select a group of talented people to fill these positions. Gradually, a notion was formed that the ability of the Jingguan was inferior to that of the local officials.
The governor was transferred to the rank of squire due to his mediocre talents, which was despised in the officialdom and meant that his path to promotion was over, and it was unlikely that he would be promoted to a scholar or a scholar.
If he is transferred to the Ministry of Officials or the Ministry of Households, it is not bad, after all, these two departments have more power, and even if they cannot be promoted, there are many benefits to enjoy. But if you are transferred to the Criminal Department or the Ministry of Industry, you will probably have to spend time waiting for retirement.