Many readers can't guess how big an official position the prefect was in the Song Dynasty. It turned out that Lu worked as a police officer in this small-scale operation department, that is to say, he was appointed as an official. Every place in the Song Dynasty had a county, with an envoy appointed by the imperial court as the chief executive. Then the small-scale Beijing Law House is equivalent to the chief personnel of the local administrative organs in each county, and Lu can serve as a policeman under the Xiaojin Law House, which can be said to be a very high official position. He was very bureaucratic during the reign. For example, he saw a bully in his area: the butcher Zheng was bullying two women, and he generously arranged accommodation for them, and then went to Kansai, a disciplinary town, to vent his anger on the people. At the same time, we can also see that he is a qualified and responsible good official.
According to the "History of the Song Dynasty", during the Chongning period, the court added a bureau in the county: responsible for the military horse; Governance: Take charge of the armor, that is, soldiers. Both of them are local guards, responsible for local peace, and ready to send troops to resist the invading enemy. It can be seen that the responsibility of promoting this official position is far-reaching and the authority is not low. In the Southern Song Dynasty, there were four officials in charge of four aspects, one was in charge of the tea farm for the imperial court, and the other was in charge of the quality of the imperial tea served every year. Those who are in charge of the things used by the tribute court should strictly supervise whether the things used by the official court are top grade; There are also items that need to be purchased by the government. It sounds like a father-in-law who works as a handyman in the palace, but this position is not a coolie and needs to be carefully calculated. Officials who want to do it like it and spend money to do it comfortably; Finally, there is another person who is responsible for the custody of property and silver. If the government wants to bring all local taxes and silver into the national treasury, it needs to count and be responsible for the amount of local taxes collected every year.
In the Water Margin, there are not only Lu as the satrap, but also Yang Zhi, a green-faced beast. Yang Zhi was originally the commander-in-chief of the temple. Because he was disliked by his superiors, he was banished to a far-away place, but he was reused by Liang Zhongshu, a famous official, and he stayed behind and was promoted to magistrate. Most of the official positions in the Song Dynasty disappeared in the Five Dynasties, so it is understandable that the official positions in the Song Dynasty have strange names. In the Song Dynasty, this was a very powerful official position. Although it is not as high as the government office in the county, it is below the government office with five grades, so it is an office with about six grades. In contemporary times, it is probably an official position like the head of the regiment.