After years of film and television drama rendering, when it comes to county orders, most of the people who come to mind are small nine-pin sesame officials. Not only do they have little power and status, but they are also a big catch. However, in history, compared with the commoners, as the Nine Pin Sesame Officials, their power is really not small. Since ancient times, there have been theories of the prefect of the broken family and the order of the county, who are local officials with real power, with functions such as taxes, decrees and lawsuits, and it is very simple to destroy an ordinary family.
It is precisely for this reason that in order to prevent local officials from harming one side and becoming a force of their own, the imperial court will often evaluate and transfer officials, and can also maintain the integrity of grass-roots cadres relatively. However, there is a family in history that has subverted this law, sitting in the position of county order for 890 years, ignoring the changes of the dynasties! This is Confucius's Confucius family!
Confucius was a famous educator and thinker in ancient China, as well as the founder and soul of the Confucian school, who pioneered private lectures and taught them in the form of poetry, books, rituals, and music, and advocated benevolence, righteousness, and wisdom. He has traveled around the world for 13 years, and his disciples have reached 3,000, which has a far-reaching influence. Although Confucianism was not universally recognized at the time, nor was it reused, it was deeply respected.
With the development of the times, Confucianism is also gradually developing and progressing. During the reign of Emperor Wu of han, at the suggestion of Dong Zhongshu, Emperor Wu decided to "depose the Hundred Families and respect Confucianism alone." Since then, Confucianism has also become an important idea for maintaining the autocratic rule of the emperor.
After this, Confucianism almost penetrated the dynasties, Confucius was revered by the emperors of all generations, from king to canonization, Confucius completed the process of crossing from "man" to "saint". As a result, the status of the Confucius family has risen sharply, becoming a behemoth that no one can shake for thousands of years, and Confucians have taken the Kong family as the orthodox.
It is precisely for this reason that in order to further show respect for Confucius. During the Tang Dynasty, Emperor Yizong of Tang ordered that Confucius's hometown of Qufu be served as the county commander by the descendants of the Confucius family. In addition, it also issued a special decree: to order the descendants of the Kong family to inherit Qufu County. Qufu has also been built into the Holy City of the East along with the "Jerusalem" of the West! No matter how the situation changes and how the war rages, the Kong family can quickly recover and pass it on. And the hereditary lineage of the Kong family in Qufu even lasted until 1756!