Shaanxi Governor And Local Governance In The Ming Dynasty

The governor system is a special administrative system created by the Ming government to change the shortcomings of the local affairs in the early Ming dynasty,and to improve the centralization and better handling of the central and local relations.Through the study of the local governor of Shaanxi,it is helpful for us to interpret the setting and development of the governor system of the Ming Dynasty as well as enrich the case study of the local governor from the perspective of local governor.At the same time,since the late Tang Dynasty,Shaanxi has lost the status of Central Gyeonggi.In the past,Shaanxi was accustomed to the problem from the central,macro perspective,and the Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty had to rethink it from a regional and microscopic perspective.Through the Shaanxi governor in the local governance of the deep inquiry,help us to reinterpret the Shaanxi local and central relations.Shaanxi governor was formally established in the Ming Xuande years.To Jingtai,to the governor Geng nine domain began to grant the title,become custom,as of the end of the Ming Dynasty,gradually from the nature of the temporary dispatch officials to the permanent resident.Shaanxi governor set up early,the whole territory of Shaanxi,until the orthodox,with the addition of the three governors,Shaanxi governor’s territory gradually narrowed,and finally left Shaanxi Guanzhong and eastern Gansu.Hongzhi after the border emergency,the establishment of a three-sided system to the four town governor,to better carry out military defense.There are Ming generation,the governor of Shaanxi after hundreds of replacement,the establishment of the majority of the central authorities appointed at the beginning of the guard.Orthodox later,gradually by the local cloth,according to two to make senior officials transferred to the governor.Judging from the principle of selection,the general department of the mainland,in the side,will be elected soldiers.From the origin of the governor,as the governor of Shaanxi officials in addition to the first Guo Dun for Hong Wu Tai students born outside,the rest are the way to Jinshi origin.Visitors from the governor of the distribution point of view,as the officials of the governor of Shaanxi generally more from the neighboring provinces of northern Shaanxi provinces,north of Zhili,Shandong,Henan-based.From the Shaanxi governor’s election and management can be seen,the governor of Shaanxi in the Ming Dynasty to strengthen the central and local links between the important role.Shaanxi governor from the initial central comrades to develop into a permanent local officials,its terms of reference also will be more extensive,its duties mainly related to economic,social,official,military and other aspects,including the operation of reclamation,tax relief,The construction of water conservancy,the reorganization of officials,the impeachment of local officials,the education of the people,raising rations,military affairs and a series of policy measures.Because Shaanxi is located in frontier,geographical location and its importance,so the governor of Shaanxi in the local governance compared to the governor of the rest of the Ming Dynasty,but also both to consolidate the military defense in the northwest Ming Dynasty and promote economic and cultural exchanges between the Northwest.