The Mangemant Of Ferries In Song Dynasty

Song Dynasty deveiop inland water transport , water transport facilities,promote the economic and cultural prosperity. The ferry crossing as important component of water transport was the Song government more seriously. In order to strengthen the management of the ferry crossing,The Song government established,a series of central and local institutions,particularly the crossing supervisor officer,prison official crossing ferry crossing direct management on behalf of the Central Government,the Government's policy is determined by monitoring the specific implementation of transitional government. Therefore, the Government attaches great importance to monitor the Song of the elected transitional government,and to develop a series of reward and punishment measures. Prison officials appointed by the Central Ferry,the role is to oversee the shoot workers,sailors law-abiding and safe economic transition,and also to prevent prohibited items through the ferry crossing disclose to the Liao,Xia, Jin territory. Overall,Song Ferries policy is strictly tend to loose. Ferries operating in government-based,business -bashing ways to buy a supplement.In order to ensure the effective implementation of the ferry crossing policy,the Song government to buy a license from the board,crossing the former examination,specific economic transition, sent envoys to supervise visits,etc. and to develop a transition government and the crossing of the monitoring reward and punishment husband measures. Song ferry crossing in accordance with the function and role of the different,we can Ferries divided into the following functions: First,ridiculed the police spy, to prevent reveal economic,and military intelligence. Second,the specification Monopolizing field of trade,to prevent the smuggling of contraband. Third,to prevent population loss,maintaining national stability.Fourth,the money collected crossing to supplement the state revenue .In the Song dynasty, rushed to buy operated by private ferry crossing, where these people are rich and powerful on the squire, also appeared in some places, the meaning of the transition charge crossing, crossing the husband to pay the cost of a local squire, although the number of small, but during the Song Dynasty on the local gentry in the country have started grass-roots political power.