How powerful were the alternate officials of the Qing Dynasty?

Waiting for new officials is a system of the Qing dynasty. What is it called? Need time? It refers to the list of officials who have not filled the vacancy, and then the official department submits a petition for distribution. According to the position, qualifications and shifts, draw lots once a month and assign them to a certain department or province for use. It can also be seen that the alternate official is a nominal official, but there is no position. Maybe he gained real power in a year or so. Maybe a generation is just a backup, and he died before he even became an official. So the alternate officer is actually very bitter.

? First of all, in order to gain rights, alternate officials must wait for the actual appointment. The alternate officer looks beautiful, but it is not easy to get a real position. On the one hand, even if you are assigned to a Ministry or a province, you will have to wait for your present promotion or death, or you will be fired before you have a chance to fill the vacancy. On the other hand, there is a great risk in the process of waiting for the replacement, and other replacement officials may spend money to get scarce positions. Without a real job, there is no salary and rights, which is not much different from ordinary people. As the saying goes, donkey dung pills are light outside.

Secondly, the alternate officials in Yongzheng period had a good life. To say that alternate officials are the most beautiful, the so-called greatest power is in the Yongzheng period. Yongzheng was very cruel to corrupt officials, so he fully mobilized the enthusiasm of the alternate officials at this time. Of course, this was done under the authorization of the emperor. Alternate officials are equivalent to the Disciplinary Committee, and will take the initiative to collect evidence, assist the court to recognize any official's corruption crime, and investigate him, so that they can directly fill the vacancy. This invisibly gives the alternate officials some rights, which is not only conducive to their own appointment, but also can deter corrupt officials. However, this system did not last long, and it was abolished when it came to the upper position of Qianlong, and the alternate officials returned to the long waiting road.

? Therefore, the alternate officials of the Qing Dynasty have no rights, and they are also relatively bitter and depressed quasi-officials. They just can't eat the meat they put on their lips.