Introduction to the concept of China ancient official signature. Be responsible for foreign (maritime) trade. When the Tang Dynasty was open to the outside world, foreign businessmen came to trade in goods, and cities such as Guangzhou became important trading ports. The state set up a municipal shipping department here, or made a special mission, or was concurrently appointed by our local envoy. It began in the Tang Dynasty, flourished in the Song Dynasty, and did not gradually shrink in the Ming Dynasty. In the Qing dynasty, the customs was set up and the municipal shipping department was abolished. Responsible for checking the goods entering and leaving the ship, collecting, extracting and trading. Historical Song Dynasty attached great importance to overseas trade. In the fourth year of Kaibao (AD 97 1 year), it set up a city ambassador in Guangzhou to take charge of maritime trade. In July of the first year of Chongning, Huizong set up shipping companies in Hangzhou, Mingzhou (now Ningbo), Mizhou (now Jiaoxian, Shandong), Xiuzhou (now Songjiang, Shanghai) and other places, which were responsible for inspecting goods entering and leaving ships, purchasing monopoly goods and managing foreign businessmen. Jianyan (A.D.1127-1130) was originally a shipping company in Fujian and Zhejiang, and was transferred to the transportation company. The Yuan Dynasty was the same as the Song Dynasty, and in the time of the ancestors, it was set up in Guangdong to promote the company, and since the reign of Wu Zong, it has stopped at Da Shi (A.D.1308-1310). Renzong relaxed the ban, and set up the ship lifting department in Quanzhou, Guangzhou and Qingyuan, which was in charge of issuing public inspection and certificates for ships going to sea, inspecting ships going to sea and managing ships at ports under its jurisdiction. In the Ming Dynasty, he took charge of the tributary affairs of overseas countries in various coastal disposal cities. After Jiajing, only one place was left in Guangdong. In the early Qing dynasty, the policy of closing was implemented, and the foreign trade ports were limited to Macao. In the 22nd year of Kangxi (A.D. 1683), the ban was relaxed and four ports of trade were opened in Guangzhou, Zhangzhou, Ningbo and Yuntai Mountain (now Lianyungang). During Qianlong, only one port of trade was left in Guangzhou. After the Opium War, a tax department and a general tax department were set up to manage customs affairs, and the power fell into the hands of foreigners. The Ming Dynasty followed the system of the previous dynasty, and the shipping company managed the tribute and trade affairs of overseas countries, with one person being promoted, two people being promoted from the five grades, one person from the six grades, and one subordinate officer from the nine grades. Promotion, or special mission, or by the provincial judge and the salt class promotion department. The Municipal Shipping Department is subordinate to the Chief Secretary. Therefore, the power of taxation is entirely in the hands of the Chief Secretary and other officials. It was not until the end of the Ming dynasty that a fixed tax system was adopted, and it was only then that the lifting was responsible for the collection.
In the first year of Wu (in the 12th year of Yuan Dynasty,1367), the company was established in Huang Du Town, Taicang Prefecture, Zhili (now near Taicang, Jiangsu), and in the third year of Hongwu (1370), the company was established in Guangzhou, Guangdong, Quanzhou, Fujian (later moved to Fuzhou) and Ningbo, Zhejiang. In Guangdong, it is designed for the tribute of Zhancheng (Vietnam), Siam (Thailand), Malacca (Malaysia) and Zhenla (Cambodia), and in Zhejiang, it is designed for the tribute of Japan. In Fujian, it is specially designed for Ryukyu tribute. For seven years, the above-mentioned three departments have worked
Brief introduction of eunuch in Bosi City, Guangdong Province in Ming Dynasty
Once abolished. In the first year of Yongle (1403), Huaiyuan Post Station was set up in Guangzhou, Laiyuan Post Station in Quanzhou and Anyuan Post Station in Ningbo, and the city shipping company was in charge of receiving the tribute envoys and their entourage from various countries. Huaiyuan Post, Guangdong, is a large-scale post with 20 rooms. Guangdong Bosi ordered the internal minister to be the prefect. In six years, in order to receive the tribute envoys from the southwest countries, we also set up a market ship promotion department in Yuntun (now Jinpu Port, Quang Ninh Province, Vietnam). In the first year of Jiajing (1522), due to the rampant Japanese pirates, they went to the second division in Zhejiang and Fujian, but only the first division in Guangdong was abolished, and it was not until 39 years ago that the third division was restored at the request of Tang Shunzhi, the governor of Huaiyang. In 1944, the First Division of Zhejiang stopped at the request of Governor Liu Ji. Fujian first division was opened and abandoned, and it was not restored until Wanli. Since then, there has been no major change in the company of the city in the last Ming Dynasty.