The Garrison Reclamation System In The Ming Dynasty Of Guangdong And The Local Society

The Garrison Reclamation system in the history of China can be traced back to a very distant era, its created has a close relationship not only with the agriculture but also with the military, the financial, the ethnic and the immigration policy of a nation. This paper mainly discusses the Military-cultivation's establishment and development of Guangdong in Ming Dynasty, then how the governance declined and the social problems caused by its waned.This paper has three parts:the first part is a generalization about the Garrison Reclamation system of Guangdong, Including its establishment period, the distribution, the classification, and the governance.The Second is talking about the Garrison Reclamation system decline and its reform after the middle period. At beginning, the system played a as rule to strengthen their governance for the feudal class; However, because of poor management and many other reasons, the system grew several of deficiencies, Garrison Reclamation system began to decline. Originally, a large number of officer- refugees came out, who caused by the pressure which came from society, living conditions, product situation,environment, and so on. There cultivate-inertness and Cultivations-abandon were appearing. Then, for the short of administration tyrannical classes and officials usurped or secretly held the Cultivations, scrambled for benefits from the country. This is an appearance that the feudal government began to collapse.Thirdly ,Garrison reclamation , military families and the local community in Guangdong. Garrison reclamation right by the local community not only had a far-reaching impact, Garrison reclamation need to relocate a large number of non-commissioned officers, caused by the large number of non-commissioned officers immigrants, the Guangdong region of social, cultural, Council and many other areas will be affected. Garrison reclamation not only to military officials and soldiers provided a pension grain security, the strengthening of the armed forces of the ruling class, Garrison reclamation in the form of cultivated land under cultivation of the land, the development of agriculture has played a very important role. As Garrison reclamation also have unique military households village and the massive immigration officer. These settlements immigrants and the local people and the culture is constantly in conflict integration and exchange, This local community have had a profound impact.