How many officials were there in a county in ancient times?

Different dynasties, the number of people is different, but the ancient county officials, including county orders, are basically three or five.

1, the chief official of Yipin, the county magistrate of Yipin, is the seventh product, the county magistrate and the magistrate of a county, and is the highest military and political chief.

2, attached to the official, three or five.

(1) xian cheng, eight products, equivalent to deputy county magistrate;

(2) the main sparse, is do, equivalent to the secretary-general;

(3) county commandant, equivalent to the minister of armed forces and the public security bureau chief;

(4) The imperial edict is equivalent to the Director of Education.

The principal officials and subordinate officials listed above are all officials with official establishment, imperial orders, official ranks and grades.

3. Except for Shangguan officials, the county official's son still has no rank, commonly known as "dirty", including station attendants, soldiers, forensic doctors, detective teams, arrogant men, porters, cooks and maids. The above-mentioned county government staff are not included in the official establishment and do not enjoy the salary of the court. Have a plenty of county magistrate.

Extended data:

After the Qin Dynasty unified China, the system of "county" was implemented throughout the country, but the earliest written name of "county" came from the ancient state of Jin.

Before becoming a local administrative unit, "county" and "suspension" were the same word. That is to say, hang up and contact. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the food city was called Wang Ji or Wang Ji, and the land in Ji was closely related to it. The interpretation of the word "county" in Shuowen says: "The son of heaven is in the capital, and the county is also."

The earliest founder of the "county" system was the State of Chu. In the middle of the 6th century BC, the State of Chu attacked the State of Chen many times, and all the princes of Chen were descendants of Yu Shun. Chu occupied the land of Yu Shun star, which was somewhat embarrassing. Isn't Ji Wang of the Zhou Dynasty called "County"? Chu established a "county" system on the land of Chen State. But at that time, the organizational system of "county" had not been popularized.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-County