Research The Management Of Xizhou In Northern Song Dynasty

XiZhou which belongs to LinTao GanSu today is a famous town in North-Westsince ancient time. The area surrounded by four mountains, a water flow north,mountains and valleys centralized distribution,and the situation is advantageous.XiZhou area has a long history dating back more than five thousand years of history.In the early time, XiZhou was occupied by Tibet and under the jurisdiction of thepolitical power of “Gu Si Luo”. In the Northern Song Dynasty, the XiZhou’s strategicposition is very important, which is not only running into HeHuang and curbingXiXia, but also are traffic arteries linking Chinese and western. With the rise of theXiXia and DangXia, Northern Song Dynasty imperial government policy began tochange sides. So in Shenzong Xining period, he put forward the governance of XiHeriver can pose a threat to XiXia. In Xining the fifth years, under Wang Shao and otherpeople’s efforts XiZhou was successfully recovered. Then choosing a clever, capableperson as the state is the most important issue to manage XiZhou. So in the NorthernSong Dynasty as the state has more than30people. They are mostly competentminister. Such as Wang Shao, when he is in charge, advocating farming, settingmarket, building fort and so on, which layed a good foundation for the long-termdevelopment of the XiZhou.It is well knowed that XiZhou has a lot of Tibets. So Tibet in XiZhou has animportant influence on the northwest frontier situation. The rulers attach important toit by drawing in politics which Tibet belong to XiZhou, economic help, military strike,cultural control according to the change of the frontier situation. By it, the measureshad a positive effect. Tibet tribe majority can be attached to the song dynasty andbecome an important force in Northern Song Dynasty North-West frontier. In addition,XiZhou is rich in resources, forestry and animal husbandry. When XiZhou is getconquered, Government of the Northern Song dynasty advocated farming, recruitedarcher, builded water conservancy, developed trees, promoted the development oflocal agriculture, forestry. XiZhou is an important economic and cultural exchanges in the Northwest region. The ruler in order to make most of it, they set market, set “MaiMa Si”, open border market, promote economic development.So governance ofNorthern Song dynasty XiZhou has achieved good results.