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Was the administrative division of ancient Qin Dynasty a county? What is a "village pavilion"

The administrative division in ancient Qin Dynasty was a county system, and the "village pavilion" was a local grass-roots system, which complemented each other.

The biggest feature of China's traditional centralized system is that imperial power dominates the whole society. Therefore, since the Qin and Han Dynasties, a whole set of ruling system has been formed, from the emperor, county magistrate, county magistrate to the rural people, Tingchang and Li Kui.

The establishment of the county system in Qin and Han dynasties aims to overcome the historical chronic disease that the vassal power was too strong and threatened the central government after the Western Zhou Dynasty.

After the Qin Dynasty unified China, there were 36 counties (later increased to 49 counties) in the whole country, and there were counties under the county, and the county had a village library system. Since then, "the county is a county in the sea, and the laws and regulations are unified."

Extended data:

County is a key first-level organization in the ruling institutions of the Qin Dynasty, and it is a relatively independent unit from the central to local government institutions. There are counties in the mainland and roads in ethnic minority areas in the border areas.

Counties with more than 10,000 households have county orders, and those with less than 10,000 households have county heads. Make and long for the length of a county, in charge of the county's government affairs, controlled by the county magistrate. The county magistrate is composed of Wei Hecheng. Commandant, in charge of the county's military and public security; County magistrate or assistant county magistrate Cheng is in charge of the county's justice.

There are townships, villages and pavilions below the county level. Villages and townships are administrative organizations, and kiosks are public security organizations. There are three old people, a miser and a swimmer in the country. Three elders are in charge of education, misers are in charge of litigation and taxation, and vagrants are in charge of public security. Below the township, it is the most basic administrative unit of Qin State.

References:

Baidu Encyclopedia-Administrative Divisions of Qin Dynasty