The Pei County Of The Han Dynasty

Pei County is close to the Central Plains,with convenient transportation can easy access to all directions.During the Western Han Dynasty,the administrative district of Pei County was obviously influenced by the government’s policy towards the kingdom.The change of its administrative district reflects the phased characteristics of the establishment and abolition of the counties in the Western Han Dynasty.The establishment of Pei County was due to the weakening of the kingdom during the reign of Emperor Jing.During the period of Emperor Wu,he increased his efforts to attack the vassal Kings,so the administrative district of Pei County changed visibly.The period from Emperor Zhao to Emperor Cheng was a stage to adjust the relationship between counties and kingdoms,Pei County also had great changes.At the end of the Western Han Dynasty,the regional government was generally finalized.The early Eastern Han Dynasty basically followed the pattern of the late Western Han Dynasty,except for the adjustment of the administrative district during the reign of Emperor Guangwu,there was no great changes in Pei County.This indicates that the power of the vassal Kings was weak at this time,and the central government didn’t need to restrain the vassal Kings by promulgated the favor orders and other measures.It has remarkable characteristics in regional development.Not only has large economic aggregate and population,but also has developed agricultural production and prosperous handicraft industry,it’s commerce has been active since the Warring States Period,therefore,it occupies an important economic position in the country.In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty,the Chu culture and Huang-Lao Taoism in this area influenced the political of the Han Dynasty through emperor Liu Bang and the Feng Pei group.During the reign of Emperor Wu,Confucianism began to be regarded as the sole authority,Pei County began to approach the cultural policy of the central government.By the influence of its surrounding Qilu area culture radiation,in the period of Emperor Xuan,there were many people who propagandize and study Confucian classics.By the Eastern Han Dynasty,Confucianism in this area was more prosperous,thus Generations of officials appear in the great families by generations studying Confucian classics.In local governance,the prefects(ministers)act as the executor of the local administration appointed by the central government,their performance in local governance was closely related to the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty.Especially in the Eastern Han Dynasty,the prefects(ministers)and local governance of Pei County were obviously related to the political of the government.First of all,on the selection of Pei County’s minister candidates,it reflects consort clans,eunuchs and bureaucratic scholar-officials competed for the position.Central control over the local areas was gradually eroded.Secondly the performance of prefects(ministers)in local governance affect the political stability of the region,then affect the development of the current situation.Three important political changes took place in Pei County in the Han Dynasty,which affected its own status and the development of the Han Dynasty.In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty,Liu Bang and Feng Pei hero group who born in this region established the Western Han Dynasty regime,they are at the core of the central government and played an important role in the political situation in the early Han Dynasty.In the early period of the Eastern Han Dynasty,Pei County,as a place of prosperity in the Western Han Dynasty,had important symbolic significance and it was valued by Emperor Guangwu.At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty,the Qiao Pei Group,which was formed by the powerful families in this area who were linked together through official service,marriage and making friends,began to rise and participated in the struggle for power at the end of the Han Dynasty and finally took over the Han Dynasty.