On the first day of taking office, Zhang Shun will not open the court immediately, and he must first figure out the obligations and rights of his official position.

The official history of the Yan State is divided into six ranks, namely the chief officer, the second official (i.e., the deputy), the chief officer, the teaching position, the miscellaneous position, and the miscellaneous servant.

The chief official is naturally the magistrate, although in the entire group of officials, the magistrate is just a seven-grade sesame official, in the middle and lower ranks.

However, because he is an official close to the people, he is in the position of connecting the upper and lower levels, and is most valued by the court among the officials at the most basic level. Therefore, the magistrate also uses the new jinshi to serve as a new jinshi (Zhang Shun's palace test is somewhat special).

The second official is the deputy of the county, assisting the county in managing grain and horses, patrolling and other matters. There are two officials in the county, one is the county Cheng of the eighth grade, that is, Liu Yi, and the other is the main secretary of the ninth grade, Guo Mingjian who greeted Zhang Shun.

In a county, the second official is the second highest in status after the magistrate, and he is also the prefect of the county. When the prefect is vacant or before the new prefect arrives, the deputy officer generally acts as the prefect. There are many magistrates who are also directly promoted from the county.

The head of the county is a warden, who is not in the stream, and is responsible for handling the county's paperwork and collection, which is equivalent to the director of the office of the Blue Planet.

The prefectural faculty has teachings and teachings, all of which are not in the stream. However, unlike the wardens, although their officials were small, because they were the high-ranking officials who managed the education of a county, the sources were all Confucian scholars, so their status in the county was quite respected.

There are generally two kinds of miscellaneous duties in a county, one is an official who manages specific affairs, and the other is a technical official.

In some counties, according to different situations, there are some officials who manage specific affairs, such as inspectors, post officials, ambassadors of the tax bureau, ambassadors of the warehouse, and ambassadors of the weaving and dyeing bureau. Lower status than the Warden.

Officials are the people in the yamen who handle specific affairs. Formal officials are required to register with the Ministry of Officials, and the state grants them a salary, but there are certain term limits.

Yan State stipulates that there can only be ten officials, but many counties have excesses, for example, there are eighteen officials in border counties.

Although there is no grade of officials, there are also high and low, and the difference lies in the number of salaries. The chief of the officials is called the priest, and the deputy leader is called the warden.

Miscellaneous labor: It is a person who handles miscellaneous affairs inside and outside the yamen, specifically not a job but a kind of labor.

There are many miscellaneous servants in the yamen, and there are two or three hundred people in the border city and county, and generally speaking, there are the following types of miscellaneous servants.

Servants: Refers to those officials who run around in the government office, and are divided into three classes: soap, fast, and strong. Among all the miscellaneous servants of the yamen, the status of the yamen is the highest, and among the yamen, the treatment of the fast class is the best, and the fast class is the highest.

Soap Li: It is the person who guards the gate on duty in the county office, and its number is the smallest.

Kuaishou: that is, we are familiar with the "fast catch", responsible for the arrest, the largest number of people. The servants of the fast class are divided into horse fast and fast step, that is, they are equivalent to the difference between cavalry and infantry, and the work and food of the fast horse are much higher than the fast step.

The officials of the Zhuang class refer to the people who are responsible for public security and defense, and there are about 100 of them.

Cangfu: The place where the grain is stored in the yamen is the warehouse, and the place where the goods are stored is the warehouse, and there are two people in the border city county.

Menzi: Menzi is responsible for guarding the gates of the office, schools, altars and temples.

Banzi: They are responsible for guarding prisons, ranging from a few to a dozen people in each county. There are six people in the border city county, and the labor and food of the forbidden son are slightly lower than those of the miscellaneous labor.

In fact, their main income is not in the food and silver of the workers, but from the common practice of the prisoners, so that the income is quite large. Therefore, the forbidden child has also become a popular choice for many people to find jobs.

Cook: He is responsible for cooking for the government office and various departments. This kind of labor has a certain skill, so there is more food and silver than other miscellaneous labor. Because the kitchen is responsible for official use? The purchase of materials is often used to bully businessmen or deduct kitchen materials by taking advantage of official power, which not only has oil and water available, but also sometimes becomes a nuisance to the people.

Zhaifu and Guanfu: Zhaifu and Guanfu are responsible for the arrangement, cleaning and management of utensils in schools and post houses, and they are relatively fresh in the miscellaneous work, and their formal income is also higher, but their additional income is less.

Drummer, bellman, bell-drum man: It is responsible for the bell and drum tower night bell and drum time signal, that is, commonly known as "change husband".

Horseman: He is responsible for the feeding and use of official horses, stagecoaches, etc.

Waterman: It is a laborer who is in charge of the supply of drinking water to the government.

Courier: Courier is a forced servant set up by a county with a courier and a post station, and is responsible for delivering official documents and goods.

Coachman: The coachman is responsible for driving and transporting animals.

Sedan chair driver: The sedan chair man is responsible for carrying the official sedan chair.

Umbrella driver: The umbrella driver is a forced force to hold an umbrella for traveling officials.

Blowers: Blowers are the forced labor of blowing trumpets and clearing the way for officials.

Soldiers: It is responsible for the escort of military documents and military items, as well as the affairs of public security in the county and the detention and detention of petty offenders.

City defense soldiers: soldiers defending the city, there are more than 600 people in the border city county, led by the county lieutenant.

After understanding all the duties, the lord Bo Guo Mingjian took Zhang Shun and others to visit the entire border county.

First of all, it is naturally the county office, the county government comes out in front of the place where the case is opened, and there are several study rooms in the back, which is where other officials work, and the county order, the chief book and the county lieutenant all have separate study rooms, but generally do not need to work in the study.

In the back is the rest place of the prefectural order, four rooms, a latrine, a kitchen and warehouse, plus a small garden, all very luxuriously decorated, I think it should be the former prefectural order.

On the left side of the yamen are the resting quarters of the yamen staff, on the right are the houses and warehouses, and on the back are the prisons, which are built underground and have only one entrance above.

Soon, I came to the most important place in the entire border county, that is, the barracks, where the soldiers stationed in the border county rested.

There were four barracks in Biancheng County, each of which was built on the edge of the city wall near the four gates.

Each barracks could accommodate 300 people, but now there were only about 150 people in each barracks.

The barracks are a little dilapidated, just a few simple tents set up, and the soldiers inside are also uneven, old, weak, sick and disabled.

Logically speaking, a county must have more than 1,000 soldiers, but there are only more than 600 people in the border counties, and in addition to the old, weak, sick and disabled, there are probably only more than 300 people who can handle it.

Moreover, the equipment of the soldiers defending the city is mostly tattered, either the leather armor is broken, or the weapons are embroidered, and there is a lack of training in ordinary times.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Zhang Tie frowned, and said secretly: "With these people, it seems that it is impossible to exterminate the bandits, and they have not yet caught fast and strong." ”

In the past, there was no county lieutenant in the border city, and the county order was controlled by one person, and the soldiers in the barracks were not like this at the beginning.

Liu Yi also had an ugly face, this was the city defense soldier he was going to take over, how could he be happy now that he was like this.

After observing the three barracks one after another, all of them were like this, and Liu Yi's face became even darker.

On the way to the last barracks, Liu Yi came to Zhang Shun, thought for a while, and said in a low voice: "My lord, this city defense soldier can help a lot in terms of equipment." ”

Zhang Shun was stunned at first when he heard the title, and then realized that now that he has officially taken office, he really wants to use a formal title outside.

Thinking of some of the equipment that Zhang Tie looted, Zhang Shun nodded, "Well, don't worry, the city defense soldiers are very important existences, but in this regard, I will talk to my brother." ”

When they came to the last barracks, the scene in front of them was really refreshing to Zhang Shun and the others.

The barracks were also dilapidated, and the leather armor on the soldiers' bodies was also a little shabby, but the weapons in their hands were shining with cold light.

The soldiers in the barracks were all practicing under the leadership of one person, marching in order, waving the blades in their hands, and shouting in unison.

Looking at the scene in front of him in surprise, Liu Yi hurriedly asked Guo Mingjian on the side.

"Lord Guo, why is this barracks so different?"

"Does Lord Liu know who is taking the lead in the drill?"

Guo Mingjian did not answer Liu Yi's question, but pointed to the people in the barracks who took the lead in training the soldiers, with a strange expression.

Zhang Tie and the others looked at the leader curiously, the leader was in his twenties, more than eight feet tall, with a square face, his eyebrows were also a little broad, and he was holding a bright silver gun in his hand, practicing the soldiers behind him with one move and one style.

Liu Yi shook his head and glanced at Guo Mingjian suspiciously, "Master Guo, how do I know who he is, I just arrived here." ”

Guo Mingjian was a little surprised, but he didn't expect that Liu Yi and the others didn't know the person who took the lead in the exercise.

Shaking his head, Guo Mingjian said with a strange expression: "This is none other than Yan Beichen, who killed the previous county commander." ”

"What!"

PS: I'll admit that I'm watery in this chapter, but ,,,,, this must be introduced. Let me water this chapter, after directly introducing the situation of officials in Border City County, it is also to let everyone understand the duties of Border City County.

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