It was originally a high-level organization dispatched by the central government, and later became a local organizationadministrative divisionname.
The central government of the Yuan Dynasty was calledSecretariat, with a municipality (called“Intra-abdominal”）And dispatched offices in the fieldexecutive secretariatLater, it was gradually called the region under its jurisdiction (the highest placeAdministrative Region）It is a province, later referred to asprovince。
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provinces
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Senior agencies dispatched by the central government
The central government of the Yuan Dynasty was calledSecretariat, enteringcentral plainsAt the beginning, it stationed its dispatched agency, the province of books in the industry, in various places to take charge of military and civilian affairs, and later became the highest administrative division.In the middle of the Yuan Dynasty, in addition to the areas directly under the jurisdiction of Zhongshu Province, ten branches of Zhongshu Province (province for short) were added nationwide. Since then, the local political system has entered the stage of provincial governance.Yuan dynastyThe highest administrative organ of the central government was Zhongshu Province, which was also divided during the period of Zhongtong and ZhiyuanHenanJiangbei、Jiangsu and Zhejiang、Jiangxi、Huguang、Shaanxi、Sichuan、Liaoyang、Gansu, LingbeiYunnan10 placesexecutive secretariat, referred to as the province, the prime minister, Ping Zhang, YouchengZuo Cheng、Enquiry into political affairsHe was in charge of money, food, soldiers, farming, transportation, and all military and state affairs, and was compared with Zhongshu Province, which was gradually called the region under his jurisdiction (the highest placeAdministrative Region）It is a province.Separate todayHebei、Shandong、ShanxiA region directly under the Central Government of China is called“Intra-abdominal”。executive secretariatAdministrationroad、House、State、countyIt is also called the province for short.The officers have the prime minister, Ping Zhang, the left and right prime ministers, and political advisers, and they have great power.At the end of the Yuan Dynasty, the provincial system began to be chaotic, and one province released several provinces.
Strengthening in the early Ming Dynastycentralization，revokeSave books in the line, change the designDeclare the Minister, which is still known as the province and the national level administrative regionprovince(Japan still calls the central department the province, such asTibet、Ministry of Education, Culture and Sports）。In the early Qing Dynasty, it increased to 18 provinces, and later to 22 provinces.
Some said that in the Southern Song Dynasty and the Jin Dynasty, there was a provincial name.The Jin History · Hundred Official Records says:“Heejong After 15 years of Tianhui's retirementtemporary residence of a high-ranking officialShangshu Province in Bian ".The platform is the province of travel.
