Study On The Supply Materials In Fujian In Ming Dynasty

The upper supply materials were all kinds of materials provided by the local authorities in Ming Dynasty under the influence of the traditional earth tribute system.They were generally paid free of charge according to the needs of the central government,which was a supplement to the income of the zhengxiang field.The requisition of materials for upper supply involves the political,economic and social factors of traditional dynastic countries,so it has important research value.The system was inherited in Ming Dynasty.Under the influence of fujian’s nature,culture and history,the system operation of the upper supplies in Ming Dynasty showed many characteristics different from that of the previous dynasties,among which the most representative ones were the appearance and expansion of military supplies and silver conversion.Throughout the Ming Dynasty,the collection of materials for supply in Fujian showed an increasing trend in terms of name,type and amount.In terms of categories,the varieties of materials in Fujian gradually increased in the middle of the Ming Dynasty,including local products,military products,handicrafts,including 7categories,87 kinds;In terms of the amount,there were three growth stages of Hongzheng,Jiajing and late Ming dynasties.With the increase of the type and amount of materials sent to Fujian by the central government in the middle of the Ming Dynasty,the burden of the grassroots li jia is increased,ordinary households under the burden escape constantly,the operation of the material system for the system is difficult to continue,the reform is imminent,and the basic trend of the reform is li Jia is flat,silver and share ding into mu.However,both the reform of the eight-point Method in the fifteenth year of Zhengde(1520)and the reform of the One-whip Method in the sixth year of Wanli(1578)were only effective for a short time.The fundamental reason for the incomplete reform lies in the financial structure of Ming Dynasty,which is manifested as the mode of decentralized supply,the deep-rooted primordialism and materialism,and the financial structure of local subordinate to the central government.To sum up,the collection of supplies was an important part of the whole system of supplies in Fujian in Ming Dynasty,which was particularly obvious in the supply of military supplies.In Ming Dynasty,the system of collecting materials for supply in Fujian not only had the regional characteristics of systematic reform,but also reflected the general characteristics of the reform of the system of supplying materials for supply in the whole country,that is,the core of "folding silver","official collecting official solution" and "sharing to the land".In general,for material system in fujian local operation,on the one hand,increased the fujian local fiscal burden,on the other hand for material collection also allows us to better unearthed property between Fujian regional advantage,rooted in this,the fujian regions can foster strengths and circumvent weaknesses,make the region advantage industry,thus forming characteristic of "fujian economy".