The Economic Management of Ming Movernment in Taozhou Prefecture

TaoZhou region is the the main gateway from inner land to Tibetan areas,Ming government recognized the importance of its geographical location in early Ming Dynasty with strengthened administration.Apart from setting up prefecture and fort,carrying out military,political and religious policies such as local officials system and monk system etc,Ming government also attached importance to the economic management in TaoZhou prefecture,They took economic measures by the tributary trade,Tea—horse trade and troop station etc,which effectively strengthened the contact of the central imperial and the garrisons of Western region,and promoted interaction and communication of local Han,Tibetan and Hui nationalities.