The establishment,evolvement,and reinforcement of the jun-fu(军府)system in Xinjiang——Focusing on western Han,Tang,and Qing dynasties
The Protectorate of Xi-yu(西域,or the western region)established during the western Han dynasty was a form of jun-fu(军府,or military government)system which unified military and ad-ministrative powers and governed political affairs with military authority.This system had profound and long-lasting impacts on successive generations.During the Tang dynasty,it was adapted by being re-named from the Protectorate of Xi-yu to the Protectorate of An-xi(安西,or pacifying the west),and structurally changed from one protectorate into a dual protectorate system--the Protectorate of An-xi and the Protectorate of Bei-ting.These alterations not only retained the main ethos of the organisation,but al-so further clarified its governance objectives and augmented its institutional framework.The jun-fu system in Xinjiang during the Qing dynasty consisted of two Protectorates based on Ili and Urumqi respectively,with the General of Ili presiding over the northern and southern regions of the Tianshan Mountains.The garrisons at these two Protectorates,along with those from the Gansu and Qinghai regions,constituted a defensive force extending over the military-political districts of Tarbagatai and Kashgar,while the estab-lishment of various military agro-colonies supplied garrisons with grains and recruits.Both strategies rein-forced the institutional status of the system.However,on the other hand,the jun-fu system of the Qing dynasty also had an issue of favouring the north over the south.Overall,the long-term implementation of the jun-fu system in Xinjiang laid the foundation for the later enactment of prefecture-county system in the region.
the Jun-fu Systemthe Protectorate of Xi-yuthe Protectorate of An-xithe Protector-ate of Bei-tingthe General of Ili
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