The Construction of Cities and Changes in the Personnel Distribution in the Zuojiang River Basin During Ming Dynasty:A Study Centered on Taiping Prefecture
The construction of the city walls and passes of Taiping Prefecture in the Ming Dynasty was aimed at suppressing the Zuojiang River chieftain,defending against the invasion of Annan and strengthening the Ming control over the border areas of Guangxi. The construction process of the urban areas under its jurisdiction is relatively slow,which is an extension of the policy of " bureaucratization of native officers" and is also the primary prerequisite for carrying out various good governance. The construction of the city has had a positive impact on promoting local development and changing customs,and the governors who built the city are highly respected by later generations. The distribution of construction workers in the Taiping Prefecture city during the Ming Dynasty is a microcosm of local social changes. With the reduction of military personnel in the garrison,civilian households and local government offices became the main force in the construction of the city. From the construction of cities led by soldiers in the early Ming Dynasty,it evolved into a distribution model of "seven parts military,three parts civilian" and then to "three parts military,seven parts civilian",and formed a collaborative mode where local government offices provided labor and materials,while civilian and military households only provided labor. Due to the limited number of registered households and local residents in the Taiping Prefecture,most of the urban construction was undertaken by the local residents in the local administrative areas,which also tested the Ming control over the Zuojiang River chieftain. During the Chongzhen period,the reconstruction of the Taiping Prefecture city deliberately avoided the participation of the Zuojiang River chieftain,demonstrating the complex attitude of local officials towards the chieftain's involvement in city construction in the face of declining national strength.
Ming DynastyGuangxi ChieftainTaiping PrefectureFortificationMilitary Outposts
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