Guide to Traveling through the Northern Song Dynasty.

Chapter 52
Every ten or twenty chapters, you can talk nonsense, and treat it as a small history class.

In the late Northern Song Dynasty, "brother" was already used to refer to brothers, but the word "brother" was rarely used.

That is, the second child calls the eldest brother "big brother".

However, the boss does not call the second child "Second Brother", but "Second Brother".For the convenience of writing, this book will use the term "Second Brother".

In the Tang Dynasty, "brother" could be called the father's generation, the brother's generation, and even the younger generation.For example, Xuanzong called his father "fourth brother" and his eldest son "big brother".It can also be used to refer to oneself. When Tang Taizong talked to his son, he once called himself "brother".

The "old man" in the previous article is not a typo, it is also the self-proclaimed name of the elderly, and the usage is similar to "old body".

Besides, "Xiangsi", it was called "shushou" in the Five Dynasties and the early Song Dynasty, and "Xiangshushou" in the middle of Northern Song Dynasty. It was a document specially used to collect taxes in Lizheng.There is almost one in every village, without salary and without establishment.

After Lizheng and household head (similar to Baojia chief) were abolished, "Xiangshushou" was renamed "Xiangsi" and became the secretary-general of the county government. The main job was to assist the head book to collect taxes.The power is gradually expanded, and when the master book is away, he can replace the master book to arrange work.The households of the common people were determined to be several households, and it was also the "township secretary" who had the final say.

However, although the "Xiangsi" has great power, it has never been formally organized, which is somewhat similar to senior external personnel.

"Yasi" was renamed "Dian Shi" in the middle of the Huizong Dynasty, but it was used mixedly before Jingkang, and it was mainly called "Dian Shi" in the Southern Song Dynasty.

I used the term "big marriage" incorrectly, and it has been changed.

(End of this chapter)