Song Jiang is an abbot, what is the official position of the oshi? It can be seen from "Water Margin" that his work is quite important, he has the right to deal with judicial cases, and he also participates in the work of catching thieves and thieves, and many confidential documents are handled by him.
Song Jiang is a very powerful character in Yuncheng County, Shandong Province, and there are very few descriptions of county orders in "Water Margin", but Song Jiang is written at all costs, and the scope of business under the jurisdiction of this department is equivalent to the collection of judicial and administrative powers of today's three-power separation state.
According to the Records of the Officials of the Song Dynasty, the Qunmu Division, as well as the prefecture and county yamen, will set up an escort officer. Among them, the herd priests set up a charging officer. In each of the nine counties of Lin'an Province, there are eight officials.
In ancient times, although the chiefs and clerks of the official government were collectively referred to as officials, officials and officials were obviously two different types of people. Officials have grades, but officials do not, and officials belong to the category of "not entering the stream". Officials are generally recruited and recommended, and there are also individuals who donate money to buy officials. For example, if the performance is good, there is still a chance to turn into an official, but there are more restrictions. Ordinary officials who were born as officials could only be some low-level officials, and it was difficult for them to become high-grade officials of the imperial court.
According to the data, the Song Dynasty's Zhixian Yueyin was 20 taels, and it is estimated that the first abbot Song Jiang's monthly salary may be about 10 taels. But don't underestimate the oil and water of this Oshi. Although the official is not large, his power is not small, because he is responsible for specific undertaking affairs and dealing with the grass-roots people on behalf of the government. For example, if you collect a tax or something, which shop will pay how much tax, the Oshi will decide, you can let him pay more, you can also let him pay more. In order to pay less tax, these merchants must be divided into three or five minutes, and they will mean to the Oshi. The salary of the Oshi is not high, but the gray income is more, even many times higher than the salary, which is the reason why Song Jiang's money cannot be spent.
The income of the scriveners is also considerable. Although there are very few servants in the Yamen, according to the rules, every time they do a case that involves money or money, or a government affair that requires them to come forward, they can get benefits from it, which is a handling fee and can be taken into their own hands. Therefore, in the "Water Margin", although Song Jiang is a scribe, he can give money to everyone, provide relief in times of trouble, and get the reputation of "timely rain".