So, what are the specific responsibilities and levels of these official positions he holds? In the Tang Dynasty, the county-level government had four leadership positions: county magistrate, county chief, chief clerk, and county lieutenant.
The county magistrate is the administrative head of a county, and manages the county's government affairs in a coordinated manner; the county chief is the deputy chief, equivalent to the executive deputy magistrate; the chief clerk is responsible for checking and supervising the office work, which is equivalent to the deputy magistrate and secretary-general.
and the person responsible for the specific implementation is the county lieutenant.
"Tang Liu Dian: Officials of the Three Prefectures and Protecting the Prefectures" records:
"cares about the general affairs, divides the judges, cuts off the chase, and adjusts the yield and class."
also has responsibilities including public security, finance and other aspects of work, which is quite Yu deputy county magistrate and director of the Public Security Bureau and the Taxation Bureau.
sounds very powerful, but the work pressure is high and the affairs are complicated. Therefore, some counties will set up a number of county magistrates to divide the work.
For example, in "The Story of the Tang Dynasty", Lu Lingfeng served as the county magistrate of Orange County, not only to complete the important task of detecting murders, but also responsible for collecting taxes, maintaining buildings, and dredging water conservancy facilities.
The official ranks of the Tang Dynasty are divided into nine ranks, which are divided into positive, subordinate, and then divided into upper and lower. Therefore,
is also a county commander, is also a county commander, and has different ranks according to the county level:
- has the highest rank of Jing County Commander, and the rank is from the eighth rank, such as Su Wuming's Chang'an County Commander;
- is followed by Jingzhao /Henan/Taiyuan Prefecture All county lieutenants, the official rank is the lower rank nine, such as the Wugong county lieutenant held by Su Wuming;
- is again the county lieutenant of the upper middle, the rank is from the ninth rank;
- The lowest level is the middle and lower County captain, the official rank is from the ninth grade, such as the orange county magistrate served by Lu Lingfeng in " Tang Dynasty Weird Stories". The rank of
from the ninth rank, such as the county lieutenant of Orange County, is also the lowest official rank in the official system of the Tang Dynasty. In the finale episode of
, Pei Jian, a servant of the Ministry of Personnel, who is on the fourth rank of the official rank, was demoted to the position of the county magistrate of Orange County, and he plummeted.
Because the rank is too low, the county magistrate is not qualified to open the government, and the office is called public house .
Official rank below Cong Jiu rank, is called "outer" official rank, that is, not in the stream.
Sima
Sima was originally a high-ranking official position.
The ancient way of warfare used to be an array of chariots charging against each other. Chariots are drawn by horses, so horses play an important role in warfare and are an important strategic resource.
thus has the official position of "Sima", which literally means in charge of horses, as well as military administration and military affairs. This is a very important military office.
During the Yin and Shang Dynasties, Sima and Situ, Sikong , Sishi, Si Kou were also called "five senses". During the Zhou Dynasty and , the rank was one of the three princes and the six ministers.
Since then, with the changes in the way of warfare, the level of "Sima" has gradually declined. Moreover, this official position will be set up in the military command organization, which is equivalent to a staff officer; local administrative agencies such as state and county also have Sima, responsible for military affairs.
In the Sui and Tang Dynasties, Sima gradually became an administrative officer, and his rank continued to decline. For example, Sima assisted the state governor in handling affairs, but his rank was slightly lower than that of the state governor and Changshi.
is also a state Sima. According to the state's rank, the official rank is also different:
- has the highest rank of Shangzhou Sima, and the official rank is from the fifth rank, which is the same level as the emperor's palace director;
- is followed by Zhongzhou Sima, whose official rank is the sixth For example, the Sima of Ninghu, served by Su Wuming in "Story of the Tang Dynasty", is of the same rank as the emperor's personal bodyguard "Qianniu Beishen"; State Sima, the official rank is from the sixth rank, and the rank of the emperor's physician and the county magistrate is the same.
The state of the Tang Dynasty is equivalent to the current prefecture-level city, so the state SimaEquivalent to Deputy Mayor.
Sima sounds like a member of the state's leading agency, but his rank and status are in the back, and he has no real power. Therefore, the state Sima was often used to house idle or relegated officials.
such as Di Renjie , Liu Zongyuan and other celebrities have served as state Sima . After Bai Juyi was demoted to Jiangzhou Sima, he wrote the famous piece " Pipa Xing", expressing his depression, grief and anger.
The long history of
The long history of the history, most of them are officials of the nature of staff, but sometimes they are also military.
For example, a general's long history can lead an army into battle. Banchao of Han Dynasty once served as the history of generals and soldiers, conquering many countries in Western Regions .
In the Tang Dynasty, military institutions such as Zhuwei Yulin, Left and Right Qianniuwei, and military mansions all had the post of Chief History Officer, and local administrative organs such as Dudufu, duhufu, state and county also all Has a long history.
Long Shi is one of the deputy governors of the state, but he doesn't have much real power.
is also the history of governors. According to the state level, the official rank is also different:
- , the history of governors, in terms of the fifth grade, is at the same level as the official rank of the ministers, the secretary and the prince. In terms of product, it is of the same rank as Doctor Taixue and magistrates of Jingzhao/Henan/Taiyuan prefectures; under
- , the governor's history, under the sixth rank, is the same as the official rank of Zhongzhou Sima. In
"Stories of the Tang Dynasty", Su Wuming was transferred from Ninghu Sima to the governor of Luozhou, and the official rank was raised from the sixth rank to the sixth rank.
This official position is not very high, but because it is in Luoyang, the eastern capital, the position is conspicuous, and the talents and achievements are easy to be seen, and the promotion is relatively fast. For example, in the first year of Emperor Ruizong of Tang Dynasty, Song Jing, the governor of Luozhou, was promoted to the third rank of the official minister of the Ministry of Officials and the third rank of Tongzhong Shumen. The official rank has risen from the sixth grade to the third grade at once!
Here I have to mention the long history of Yongzhou , which is a special "long history".
Yongzhou in the Tang Dynasty is located in the land of Gyeonggi, and its administrative jurisdiction covers more than 20 counties such as Wannian and Chang'an around the capital Chang'an. Therefore, the Tang Dynasty later renamed Yongzhou Jingzhao Fu .
The Tang Dynasty imitated the ancient "state animal husbandry" system, and called the administrative heads of several places such as the capital (Jingzhao) as "shepherds".
So the second-in-command "Changshi" became the actual steward, and 's function is equivalent to the current executive vice mayor of Beijing.
Therefore, the function of Yongzhou Changshi is special, and the official rank is also higher than that of ordinary Changshi, and the official rank is the fourth grade.
For example, Shi Duming, the governor of Yongzhou in "Story of Tang Dynasty", not only received foreign envoys, but also presided over the inauguration ceremony of the towering tower, and was also responsible for arresting the court's SARS criminals.
Moreover, although the prince and the princess jointly recommended Lu Lingfeng to join the Yongzhou judicial army, Du Ming still expressed his dissatisfaction and disdain.
Qianling Cheng
Qianling is the joint tomb of Emperor Gaozong of Tang Dynasty Li Zhi and Wu Zetian, located in the outer suburbs of Chang'an City, the capital of Tang Dynasty (now Qianxian County, Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province).
Next to the main tomb of Qianling, there are some small accompanying tombs, where other members of the royal family and heroes are buried.
was built according to the burial system of "mountains as mausoleums" in the Tang Dynasty, and Qianling was built in the pattern of Chang'an City, the capital of Tang Dynasty.
In order to protect the tombs of the ancestral temples of the emperors, in ancient times, there was an official position in the Office of the Mausoleums of Taimiao. In the finale episode of "Story of the Tang Dynasty", Su Wuming's demoted Qianling Cheng belongs to this type of official position, whose duty is to guard and manage Qianling.
Although it sounds that the official position of Qianling Cheng is inconspicuous, but the official rank is from the seventh rank, which is higher than that of the Chang'an County Lieutenant Su Wuming served, and is a proper deputy county.senior officer.
This is a typical idle position, similar to the level and nature of the work of the small cadres who manage the imperial palace. Therefore, Su Wuming also said, "Qianling is quiet, clean in the daytime, and read at night, wouldn't it be beautiful!"
From the frequent changes of official positions in Su Wuming's "Story of the Tang Dynasty", we can see the official system and ecology of the officialdom in the Tang Dynasty .
