自从有了衙门,就有了吃衙门饭的人。一代一代,越吃越有滋味。 皇上设置了各级衙门,派官员主管。官员不管能干的还是不能干的,哪怕你三头六臂,也不能单枪匹马,包打天下。因此,必须有人替他掌管各项事务,钱谷、刑名,文书、河工;还要有人替他跑腿,催粮、催款,抓贼、拿人。这些办事的,跑腿的,就是“吏”。如果说“官”还有一半是吃的皇家饭,“吏”,便是吃定了衙门饭的人群。 Since there Yamen, there are people who eat Yamen meal. From generation to generation, eat more taste. The emperor set the Yamen at all levels, sent officials in charge. Officials can not do anything, even if you can not do anything, even if you have three heads and six arms, can not single-handedly, including the world. Therefore, there must be someone in charge of various affairs for him, the money valley, the criminal name, the documents, and the rivers and weeds; These services, errands, is “officials.” If we say that there are half of the “officials” who eat the royal rice, “officials”, they eat the Yamen meal.