The traditional society in China is a highly self-controlled society. In feudal society, a county magistrate could take several officials.

This understanding is wrong. China had a small population and slow growth in ancient times. In fact, there are not tens of thousands of people in a county, which is not as big as a township now.

Du Fu's poem "Recalling that there were thousands of households in the small county in the prosperous time of Kaiyuan" means that there were thousands of households in the small county in the prosperous time of Kaiyuan. It can be seen that in ordinary counties, only large counties have tens of thousands of households, and small counties may have only a few thousand households.

After all, there are only 100,000 people in 10,000 households, which was the size of the county seat at that time, equivalent to a bigger village now. It is entirely possible for a county magistrate to take several directors. In addition, there are garrisons in general counties (leaders are generally called county commanders) and Garbo organizations. In peacetime, everyone can make a living and have no life. ...