The Renovation and Warranty Repair of the Shengjing Palace during the Xianfeng Period of the Qing Dynasty
After the Qing Dynasty established its capital in Beijing,the Shengjing Ministry of Internal Affairs and the Shengjing Ministry of Works were set up in Shengjing.The Shengjing Ministry of Internal Af-fairs was in charge of the report of the renovation of the Shengjing Palace,and the Shengjing Ministry of Works was in charge of the construction of the Shengjing Palace.During the Xianfeng Dynasty,the Shengjing Ministry of Internal Affairs submitted a total of 23 petitions to the Shengjing Ministry of Works for the repair of the Shengjing Palace,and the Shengjing Ministry of Works made decisions on normal re-pair,delaying repair,postponing repair and inability to deal with the repair according to its duties and the situation of the repair project.About one third of the repair projects were repaired by Shengjing Ministry of Internal Affairs,Shengjing Ministry of Works and Shengjing General Yamen or by both or three parties jointly or independently,while the rest of the repair projects were delayed or postponed or no one was inter-ested in them.Of course,there were a number of factors,such as the cold weather in Shengjing in winter,the lack of firing bricks and tiles,and the damp wood.The fundamental reason is that the treasury is empty,and there is no money to allocate for the renovation of Shengjing Palace.In order to ensure the quality of the renovation project of the Shengjing Palace,the Qing court implemented the warranty repair,which not only supervised the quality of the project,but also supervised the renovation personnel.Once the repair project is compensated,the compensation execution cycle is longer or delayed,and the treasury advance funds can not be quickly recovered,which will affect the operation of the treasury funds.Even so,warranty repair is still an important measure in the repair project,which provides historical reference and experience for to-day's project construction and repair.