The smallest official appointed by the ancient court was the county magistrate. So how are the subordinate officers below the county magistrate selected?

The smallest official in ancient times was not a county official. There are usually seven or even five sheriff. Under the county magistrate, there are generally Tongzhi (deputy magistrate), main book (deputy magistrate in charge of taxation and administration), Xian Cheng (director of public security), Dian Shi, teaching instructions, inspection department, Fa Cao, Tax Cao, Criminal Cao and so on. These are all hierarchical countries.

Housekeepers, catchers and the like are generally recruited locally and belong to long-term contract workers, which are not included in the establishment. During the Ming and Qing Dynasties, county officials and teachers were paid secretaries of county officials.

Extended data:

County magistrate. Official name. During the Warring States Period, the three Jin Dynasties (Wei, Zhao, Han) and Qin called the county magistrate an order.

Qin Shangyang's political reform, taking the small town as the county, set orders and responsibilities. The county magistrate is directly subordinate to the monarch. At the end of the warring States period, a two-level system of counties was formed. The county belongs to the county, and the county magistrate becomes the subordinate of the chief. According to the laws and regulations of Qin and Han Dynasties, county officials in counties with a population of more than 10,000 are called county orders, with grades ranging from 600 stone to 1,000 stone.

According to the length of less than 10,000 households, the ranking is 300 to 500 stones. After the Han dynasty, the ruler's width was relaxed, and the number of households under his jurisdiction was less than one tenth of that of the Han system. During the Southern Dynasties, the number of households was generally small, but most of the records in Song County were orders. After that, all orders will be made.

Sui Shuzhi only says that there are more than 5,000 county orders in Chen, not to mention the county orders. Beiqi county is divided into nine grades, and county officials are all life.

Because of this, the Sui and Tang Dynasties only classified the county officials according to the county level, and the Tang county magistrate, Jingxian county and Jixian county were both positive ranks, while the Song county magistrate was ineffective, and it was said that he knew something about a county, so he got the name of the county magistrate. Yuan is the county Yin. During the Ming and Qing dynasties, the official name was magistrate of a county.

After the Revolution of 1911, the period under the rule of Beiyang warlords was called county magistrate. During the Kuomintang rule, it was called the county magistrate. After the Communist Party of China (CPC) came to power, the county magistrate was lower than the mayor (prefecture-level city) and higher than the township head. The county magistrate is the second-in-command of a county (second only to the secretary of the CPC County Committee), and is generally the deputy secretary of the CPC County Committee of the county.

References:

Baidu encyclopedia-ancient official rank

Baidu encyclopedia-county magistrate