Eertai was the governor of Yunnan, of Yunnan and Guizhou,of Yunnan, Guizhou and Guangxi from the 4th year to the 9th year of Yongzheng in Qing dynasity. From many things which had been done by Eertai in 6 years, this thesis chooses and researches three most important things: Eertai and replacing native officials with central officials, Eertai and opening Miaojiang, Eertai and irrigation works in the southwest of China, and then makes breakthroughs and brings forth new ideas as follow:------- Because there were no native officials in Shengmiaoareas of Guizhou, so Qing dynasity's opening those areas was a new behavior completely different from replacing native officials with central officials which reinforced central authority, and is called opening Miaojiang in this thesis.-------Eertai had never put forward the tactics of replacingnative officials with central officials like this: it was suitable for native officials and not suitable for central officials in the west of Lancang river, and it was suitable for central officials and not suitable for native officials in the east of Lancang river.------- Through analysing and researching the whole processof main incidents that Eertai replaced native officials with central officials, evaluates every main incident, so that we can hold identical views on evaluating replacing native officials with central officials,------- In the process of Eertai's opening Miaojiang in thesoutheast of Guizhou, there was a change from offering amnesty and enlistment to suppression and massacre.------- Eertai's thoughts and practice of irrigation works inthe southwest of China which are summed up systematically in this thesis are still worth using for reference in the present. |