Management of local government. Up to the county level, in the villages below, the court only cares about the general direction, collecting taxes and labor, and the rest, squire management is implemented on the basis of patriarchal clan system.
Most ancient villages were formed on the basis of clans. There are many things in the village, which are very complicated. Because "it is difficult for an honest official to break housework", it is difficult to have a right or wrong standard and detailed management methods for many things. In this case, the patriarchal clan system has become an effective way to manage grass-roots villages, and the squire in charge of the patriarchal clan system has become the backbone of the management of grass-roots villages.
In this case, the squire has great power at the grassroots level; As for court officials, because they are outsiders, they must get in touch with the local squire as soon as possible if they want to open up the situation after arriving in a new place, but how can they get in touch with the local squire?
There is no other way but to recruit and select some local officials to serve as a bridge between the county government and the countryside. Only by sorting out this relationship smoothly and selecting county officials from the government can the county government issue orders and implement them at the grassroots level.
From this perspective, officials are very important for local management. In this case, Song Jiang, Zhu Tong and Lei Heng in Water Margin entered the county government and became so-called "civil servants"; Shi Wenbin, a foreigner who has just arrived in Yuncheng, can only rely on them to manage this place well.
Originally, if Song Jiang and others can be loyal to their duties, under the guidance of Shi Wenbin, Yuncheng County will be well managed. But the bad news is that although Song Jiang and others are Liangshan heroes, they are still called Liangshan heroes who especially hate corrupt officials. However, they have their own small abacus.
Such a hero, Shi Wenbin also used three times. What's the use of his cleverness and incorruptibility? It is strange that he can become a good official with the help of these people.