Wu Song was the head of the capital of Yanggu County. How big an official was the head of the capital? Why is Ximen Qing afraid of him?

After Wu Song killed the tiger in Jingyanggang, he was favored by the magistrate of Yanggu County and was hired as Wu Dutou of the county government. Dutou was not a big official in ancient times. It can be said that he is a petty official, equivalent to a police captain in the current county public security bureau. He was not a military officer recognized by the imperial court. He was just a temporary worker hired by the magistrate of the small county government. He did not receive royal food. Therefore, after Wu Song killed Ximen Qing, he did not need to be demoted and was directly assigned because Temporary workers can be removed at any time. When Wu Song was the captain in Yanggu County, he was equivalent to a police captain

Wu Song killed a tiger in Jingyanggang. He was regarded as a tiger-fighting hero and came to Yanggu County. The county magistrate saw that he was good at martial arts and ordered him to We want him to be Dutou. In the film and television drama, we can see that after Wu Song became Dutou, he would be followed by two soldiers every time he went out. In fact, he looked quite majestic, but his official position was not Da, he doesn't have any real power in the yamen. He is responsible for helping the county magistrate to investigate cases and run errands. His position is not much higher than that of a police officer. As we all know, in the ancient bureaucracy, there were officials and officials. The county magistrate was the official, and the head of the capital was the official. The officials had to obey the official's arrangements. Therefore, later, Ximen Qing bribed the county magistrate, so Wu Song did not sue him. Wu Song was very good to his subordinates when he was the chief, and everyone protected him

When Wu Song came back from work and saw his brother died tragically, he wanted to find the real culprit for his brother, and several of his subordinates also kept trying. When helping Wu Song, when Wu Song killed his sister-in-law, several of his subordinates were also present and kept helping. This also shows that Wu Song treated his subordinates very well. Originally, Wu Song was a man in the world, and he was righteous. After being assigned, the two One of the escorting officers specially bought Wu Song a roast goose. When Wu Song said that he would give the remaining money to the two officers, the two officers said that they should let Wu Song use it himself. There is a lot of money in prison, so it can be seen that there are many places to spend money. Wu Song was very popular when he was the head of the capital.

Although Wu Song had only been the chief for a period of time, he also knew very well that killing must be punished with a life, so after he killed Ximen Qing, he chose to surrender to the government and was spared the death penalty. Ximen Qing was afraid of Wu Song, not because Wu Song had an official position, but because Wu Song was good at martial arts and he couldn't beat Wu Song.