The Governor Of Gansu In The Ming Dynasty And The Governance Of The Northwest Frontier

Frontier governance is a basic national policy that has been attached great importance to in all dynasties.The Ming regime has paid attention to the issue of the northwest frontier since the very beginning of the regime.During the Yongle period of Hongwu,the military frontier defense system in the northwest of the Ming Dynasty was gradually established and improved,and the Gansu region became the military center of the Ming Dynasty in the northwest region.With the development of society,the military defense and social governance in the northwest region have become increasingly complex,and it is difficult to carry out social management only by relying on militarized management.Therefore,the central government began to dispatch civil servants from the six departments of the central government to Gansu to "counselor military affairs".At the same time,a large number of troops are stationed on the border,and the central government must strengthen the supervision of the local military system in order to prevent the military generals from embracing their own self-respect.Therefore,the civilian officials dispatched by the central government to the border towns are not only to assist the generals in handling military and civil affairs,they are more important.The main function is to supervise and supervise leading generals and local officials.Since the Gansu region in the Ming Dynasty was not set up as a province,the management structure of the region was very complicated.Since the post of governor was temporarily dispatched by the imperial court in the Ming Dynasty,it never became a fixed position in the Ming Dynasty,so the establishment and abolition of the post of governor of Gansu were more arbitrary in the early Ming Dynasty.In the Ming Dynasty,civil officials were allowed to participate in the management of frontier areas.The purpose and effect of it will become the main topic of this article.