When listening to "county", many people will think of the county system and think that this official position originated in the Qin Dynasty. Actually, it's not. At the end of the war, many vassal States implemented the county system. After Qin Shihuang unified the six countries, the county system was implemented throughout the country. The court only goes to the county level, and its chief executive is directly appointed by the court. However, there are three levels below the county level, namely, "township, pavilion and village". Its officers are recommended by the local people and the court does not interfere.
During the Qin and Han dynasties, a county magistrate was called "county magistrate" or "county magistrate", but there were subtle differences between them. Under normal circumstances, the chief executive of a county with a population of more than 10,000 households is called a "county magistrate". Wages range from 600 stone to 1000 stone. In counties with a population of less than 10,000 households, chiefs call them "county orders", and their salaries range from 300 to 500 stones. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, because of the war, the population decreased greatly, and the measurement standards of county magistrate and county magistrate were different.
It is worth noting that the "magistrate of a county" in the Song Dynasty has greater authority than the "county magistrate", which not only manages the government affairs of a county, but also supervises the local military. The Yuan Dynasty was not the Han Dynasty, and the Han system was not adopted. The length of a county is neither a county magistrate nor a county magistrate, and it is called "County Yin". In the early Ming Dynasty, Zhu Yuanzhang followed the system of "magistrate of a county" in the Song Dynasty in order to control the place. Although the Qing Dynasty was not the Han Dynasty, most systems were inherited from the Ming Dynasty, such as "magistrate of a county". "Magistrate" is appointed by the court. Judging from the official rank, most county magistrates are "positive five" officials and county magistrates are "positive seven" officials.