1, local prefectures and counties, etc. , known as the chief servant. Specifically, there are inner classes and outer classes: the inner class works in the official's son, such as doormen and waiters; There are "three classes" such as Zhuang class, soap class and express class, as well as poor food and slaughter workers.
2, the chief executive has no official position, only belongs to the nature of serving the yamen. These people are responsible for standing guard at the yamen, arresting, detaining, urging the police, collecting food, releasing and detaining. Taking the county government in the Qing Dynasty as an example, the professional service is divided into three levels, namely, soap, catching fast and strong. Each class has a monitor, or foreman, who is in charge of the class.
3. Officials can be roughly divided into two categories, one is what we call "three shifts of officials", and the other is handyman, such as surveyor, groom, cook, night watchman, and Kuding who looks after the warehouse. The so-called three-level chief executive is more about the identity of law enforcers. According to the functions, each chief executive has his own responsibilities. Of course, on some important matters, the three chief executives will be dispatched at the same time.
Extended data:
(1) Station guards, similar to today's bailiffs, are responsible for escorting the way with officers, standing on both sides of the lobby during the trial, maintaining discipline, escorting criminals, and executing torture and flogging.
(2)a auto quickless, referred to as arrest officer, is somewhat similar to today's criminal police, and is responsible for summoning defendants, witnesses, investigating criminals and searching evidence. This is what is often called "observation" in Water Margin.
(3) Strong classes and strongmen are responsible for guarding key parts such as gates, yamen, warehouses and prisons, and patrolling urban and rural roads, similar to today's armed police. This is the "Dutou" often mentioned in Water Margin, besides which there are the jailer who guards and manages the prison, the executioner who executes the death penalty and so on.
(4) The coroner who examines the bodies and injuries, the night watchman who keeps vigil, Kuding who looks after the warehouse, the bell drummer who tells the time, the groom who keeps horses, the cook who cooks, etc., are collectively called the chief.
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