Township chief, is the Tang Dynasty official position of the first level of Biri, which has existed in the Chinese feudal system for a long time, and should have been set in the Qin and Han dynasties, and has been responsible for the Sui and Tang dynasties, and is the specific implementer of the county to manage local affairs.

Li Tang basically followed most of the Sui system, which proved to be in line with the times, and the Sui book "In February of the ninth year of the emperor's reign (589), five hundred families were made as townships, one person was right, one hundred families were in the middle, and one person was long." ”

In the Tang Tongdian: "The Tang Dynasty has hundreds of households for the li, and five miles for the township." Later, in the fifteenth year of Taizong, the law abolished the township chief, but in fact, in the historical materials, the township system is often there.

The reason for this is that it has a lot to do with the sparse population in the early Tang Dynasty, which had a population of less than 3 million households, while at the end of the Sui Dynasty, there were more than 8 million households recorded in history!

What is the concept of more than two million households, that is, a little more than 10 million people, scattered into the vast territory of Li Tang? Vast but sparsely populated! 100 households can occupy an area within a radius of twenty or thirty miles, even in the densely populated Gyeonggi Province and Guanzhong area, it has to be a radius of several miles to make up for such a number!

This has caused a lot of inconvenience in management, so although the government does not recognize it for policy reasons, it is still necessary to manage the county-level localities, but the court does not need to pay salaries.

Chang'an County, to which Li Zhi belongs, is the richest and most densely populated place in this dynasty, but even so, everyone followed Zhuang Wuchen for more than ten miles until the sun went down before they reached the door of Cao Chengjin's house.

Backed by the Qinling Mountains, the mountains are bare and green, and you can even see the snow-capped summits, with flowing water and a few wooden and beam houses scattered around, which is obviously much better than the tenants' residences.

Along the way, Zhuang Wuchen asked Li Zhi to follow him and told him something about his relationship with this Cao Township Chief.

It turned out that this Cao Chengjin was a part of the famous general Xue Li, and during the Zhenguan period, Taizong went on an expedition to the east, followed Xue Li to enlist in the army, and his military exploits were transferred, and he won an honor.

Xue Li also relied on his proud military exploits from a white Ding, promoted to the national dynasty five rank of the general, guarding the palace city Xuanwu Gate, Cao Cheng Jin followed Xue Li when he was already forty and three, at this time he was nearly fifty years old, and his enterprising spirit had long been weakened, so he had the idea of quitting the army.

Xue Li, the word Rengui, Shanxi Lao Xi'er, was born in the Northern Wei Dynasty Hedong Wang's lineage, at that time was a real wealthy family, he was born at the wrong time, his father as a former Sui bureaucrat, but died young, the family is in the middle, even if he is the sixth great-great-grandson of the King of Hedong, he can only farm as a business.

However, this person is even more energetic in poverty and humility, studying military books hard, tempering skills, and the art of killing people is even more outstanding, and he is the most affectionate.

Thinking that Cao said that Jin She forgot to live and die and followed all the way from his hometown and never gave up, how could Xue Li let him return to Shanxi again and fall into his old age?

So he divided his own land for him to take care of, and at the same time operated it as a local village head.

That year, Cao Chengjin heard that Zhuang Wuchen and his group in the nearby mountains were outstanding in force and dragged their families with them, so he moved his mind:

His own generals are not good at drilling camps in officialdom, and they don't know how to cling to the powerful, so they can only kill the enemy in battle, otherwise it will be difficult to get ahead.

The origin of Zhuang Wuchen and his group, how can they hide the old and spicy Cao Chengjin, since they are all remnants of the Sui Dynasty and are also martial artists, then there is always a chance to speak, no matter how heroic and heroic, this dragger has to live in peace!

Later, although Cao Chengjin did not let these martial artists follow Xue Li as he wished, he made a friendship.

Zhuang Wuchen and the others also temporarily got a solid place to settle down, and farming is better than competing with wild beasts in the mountains...... That's where it comes from.

After listening to this, Li Zhi felt that this should belong to each taking what he needs, but in this era of attaching importance to the entanglement of origins, he can indeed take advantage of it.

"Is the township elder available?"

Li Zhi and the others stopped outside Cao's house.

"Who?" A little old man came out in a coarse cloth short coat, with a goatee, sleeves rolled up, and a willow branch in his hand, and a small head poked out of the door pitifully, and the snot and tears on his face had not yet been wiped clean...... Tang people like to beat their sons so much?

"Brother Zhuang is here, please please!"

Entering the courtyard gate, everyone simply greeted each other, Cao Chengjin was not tall, his face was ruddy, his voice was loud, his body looked extremely tough, and only his gray hair showed that he was not young.

The little old man shouted to the house that the guests were coming, and invited Li Zhi and them to the stone table in the courtyard.

His wife also wrapped a handkerchief and brought a few bowls of coarse tea from the house, and the little old man was not happy, so he opened his mouth and reprimanded his wife: "Go and boil the fruit tea that the general appreciated in the year, I don't have the eyesight to see it!" ”

Zhuang Wuchen and the others didn't dare to hold it up, and hurriedly got up and hugged their fists at the woman, with Li Zhi as the protagonist...... Of course there are no seats.

Standing in the most inconspicuous place, it was also more convenient for him to look at the family.

This Lao Cao should be a pro or continuation after settling in Chang'an, his wife looks ordinary, looks like she is in her thirties, but she is a powerful character, and the stall with Zhuang Wuchen and others did not forget to stare at the little old man fiercely, the little old man looked embarrassed and pretended to be angry: "This mother-in-law is the problem, if it wasn't for Lao Tzu to give birth to a cub with a handle, she would have taken an early break to go to the ball!" ”

......

Everyone didn't answer, and looked at this girl with a smile, just looking at the disdainful eyes of the snotty cub in his house, and they understood that he would have to sleep on the ground again at night!

Soon Zhuang Wuchen explained his intentions, according to the previous appointment, this matter is here in Cao Chengjin, it is better for Lord Li Zheng to take the lead, he is a little hairy child, and there is nothing wrong with being less.

"Brother Zhuang didn't tell the truth, it didn't take much trouble for the elder brother to help him, but he didn't want to be confused, the small family of the Huang family was not in the way, but after all, he was related to those well-dressed households."

"Huh? This little brother looks at the face of the child, and he is also a young man in the village? ”

The little old man looked at Zhuang Wuchen with a smile, and said that, since people already have suspicions, if Li Zhi doesn't stand up again, he will hit the face of his hometown in person.

There is no one to get along with, Li Zhi sighed in his heart, took two steps forward, and said respectfully before Zhuang Wuchen continued to lie:

"The township elder is aware of everything, the boy Meng Lang, this matter does involve the well-dressed household, but it is not unfavorable to us, after making good use of it, it will become the key to our success......"

Cao Chengjin stroked his gray beard, listening to Li Zhi's eloquent conversation, the snot boy at home also stood quietly behind him, and when Li Zhi finished speaking, there was no expression on his face, as if he was in thought.

Knowing that people were weighing the pros and cons, they didn't bother, so everyone waited quietly.

After a long time, the kid snorted his nose, and the movement was not small, which was like pulling the soul of the little old man back.

"Hahaha...... The hero is a teenager, and the little old man has seen it today! The old man should do this, this little brother. ”

"Cheap name Li Zhi!" Li Zhi hurriedly bowed down and replied.

"Oh? It's not a cheap name at all! Cao Chengjin teased with a smile.

"The ambition of ambition!"

"Oh!" Cao Chengjin nodded, there are thousands of people in the world, and there are many people with the same name and surname, as long as they are not particularly famous, even if they have the same name as the Son of Heaven, it will be fine.

"The old man sees that Brother Zhi is only twelve or thirteen years old, right?" Although Li Zhiyan spoke far more than his peers, Cao said that Jin still asked out of caution.

"Twelve." Li Zhi knew what Cao Chengjin wanted to ask, but he couldn't explain it himself, how did he explain it? can only be classified into the life and knowledge: "Li Zhi almost died a few days ago, and he felt that someone whispered in a coma, and after waking up, he understood something he didn't understand before. ”

Li Zhi looked directly at Cao Chengjin, this was not only explaining to Cao Chengjin, but also explaining to Zhuang Wuchen, Li Quanhu and others, there must be an explanation for things, rather than letting everyone guess, it is better for him to make up one himself.

Fortunately, the Tang people are innocent, and strange people and strange things emerge in endlessly, not to mention the anecdotes of celebrities who have been widely publicized, such as dreaming of a white snake, dreaming of a phoenix, picking up a stone man, etc., etc., etc.

In short, unlike later generations, the people of this era were very happy to accept this, and sure enough, Cao Cheng nodded with a beard: "Hmm...... Brother Zhi is really strange! ”

When he said this, with Li Quanhu, everyone nodded again and again, especially the snot boy and Zhuang Buxian, who was full of muscles, and even more stars appeared in his eyes, and he couldn't wait to pull Li Zhina's head and worship when he saw the posture...... But unfortunately, there is no peach grove here!