Reducing Redundancy"Movement"and National Governance in the Qing Dynasty:The Abolition of Administrative Positions in Various Provinces in the Mid-Daoguang Reign
To adjust the governing system,improve administrative efficiency,and reduce financial expenditures,the Qing Dynasty launched more than a dozen nationwide initiatives to reduce redundancy to create a more distinctive national governance model.Covering eighteen provinces,two river districts,three salt districts,and one hundred and seventy eight posts,the Daoguang era initiatives began in November 1831 and ended in November 1833.This top-down"movement"was launched suddenly.The movement broke with the governance model of bottom-up reform and adjusting the administrative structure according to local situations.The initiative was also based on conventional procedures and was handed down gradually and with detailed instructions at every level.It can be described as an organic combination of"campaign"and"conventional"governance that demonstrated the internal logic of administrative operations under China's monarchical centralized system.
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