Stretching the Qing Bureaucracy in the 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment
[Book]
Boston :
BRILL,
2018.
1 online resource (205 pages)
Monies, Markets, and Finance in East Asia, 1600-1900 Ser.
Intro; Contents; Acknowledgments; Illustrations; Sea Transport Chronology; Introduction The Challenge of Innovation. The 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment; 1 The 1825 Grand Canal Crisis; 2 Tricks of the Trade; Chapter 1 Linqing and Grand Canal Conditions in Northern Jiangsu; 1 Junction Conservancy Work, 1737-1765; 2 Protecting the Junction, 1770-1784; 3 Last Ditch Efforts to Shield the Junction, 1796-1826; 4 Qishan and the Pound Lock, 1827; 5 Conclusions; Chapter 2 Imagination at the Center: The Daoguang Emperor and Yinghe; 1 The Daoguang Emperor Launches the Sea-Transport Initiative
1 Governor-General Nayancheng2 Yinghe and the First Board of Revenue Memorial; 3 Nayancheng and Zhili Grain-Management Realities; 4 Lighterage; 5 Storage Logistics; 6 The Performance of Low-Level Grain-Handing Tasks in Zhili; 7 Calculating the Costs Down to the Last 1/100,000th of a Tael; 8 Conclusions; Chapter 8 Bai Chun and Low-Level Grain Transfers and Storage in Zhili; 1 The Role of Sub- and Extra-Bureaucratic Granary Personnel; 2 Grain Brokerage; 3 Brokers and the Inspection of Steamy Rice (zhengzhao); 4 The Broker's Role in Grain Transfers
2 Yinghe (1771-1839): Principal Architect of the Sea-Transport Plan3 Yinghe's First Memorial on the Comprehensive Grain-Transport Plan; 4 The Significance of Yinghe's First Memorial; Chapter 3 The Deepening Crisis and Yinghe's Second Memorial; 1 The Emperor's Response; 2 The Deepening Crisis at the Junction; 3 Intensification of Imperial Crisis Management and Yinghe's Second Memorial; 4 The Challenge of Commutation; 5 Conclusions; Chapter 4 Qishan and Disaster Assessment in Jiangsu; 1 Qishan's Mission; 2 Investigation in the Sixth Month (5.6.1-5.6.22)
3 Qishan's Assessment of the "General Situation"4 Qishan's Approach to Sea Transport; 5 Conclusions; Chapter 5 Stretching the Bureaucracy for Sea Transport; 1 Administrative Obstacles to the Sea-Transport Experiment; 2 Obstacles to Recruitment; 3 Qishan and the ad hoc Planning Cadre; 4 Tao Zhu's Special Mission to Shanghai; 5 Xiong Yutai's Advice on Recruitment; 6 Conclusions; Chapter 6 Sea-Transport Regulations and Coastal Defense; 1 Sea-Transport Regulations; 2 Coastal Defense; 3 Redrawing the Northeast Coastal Map; 4 The Route; 5 Conclusions; Chapter 7 Nayancheng and Regulations for Zhili
5 The Broker's Role in Escorting Lighterage Fleets6 Cart Haulage from Tongzhou to the Beijing Granaries; 7 Essential Equipment for Grain Transfers; 8 Terms, Conditions, and Pay for Lighterage Boatmen; 9 Loose Ends; 10 Conclusions; Conclusions; Glossary; References; Index
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Stretching the Qing Bureaucracy in the 1826 Sea-Transport Experiment.