明朝万历年间的吏部尚书孙丕扬,发明了一种任用官吏的方法——掣签法。此后,这种方法一直被沿用下来。所谓掣签法,就是在具备了任职资格的候补官员中,如何决定其具体职务的一种方法。按照当时的制度,同样是出任知县,县份的差别是明显的。因此,把谁放在哪里,就成为任职的焦点。 During the Wanli period of the Ming dynasty, Sun Xiaoyang invented a method of appointing bureaucrats, the signing method. Since then, this method has been used. The so-called signing method is a method of how to determine the specific position of an alternate officer who is qualified for the post. According to the prevailing system, the difference between the county and the prefecture was obvious. Therefore, putting whoever puts them will become the focus of office.