Provincial Governor' Origin in Shunzhi Period of the Early Qing Dynasty

Qing Dynasty united the inland of China within the eighteen years since Empire ShunZhi ruled the centre of China.The military chief,dominating the local people,was the Chinese Eight Banners,who were from Chinese and had a close relationship with Manchuria aristocrats.Qing Dynasty continued to use the system of Ming,in which governor-general and provincial governor controlled the local power.Above all,provincial governor was in charge of civil administration. It is counted and convinced that there were one hundred and twenty-five provincial governors in ShunZhi Period,among which ninety-seven,seventy-eight percent,were Chinese Eight Banners.The rest twenty-two percent were Chinese.The reason why Chinese became provincial governor was that Manchuria aristocrats intended to make use of Chinese bureaucrats and local Chinese power at the beginning of Qing.But with the strengthening of Qing's ruling,Chinese Eight Banners almost monopolized the position of provincial governor,Chinese provincial governors were few.They were controlled and supervised by Chinese highest provincial officials.In general,Qing defeating Chinese political power and dominated the central plains of China contributed to the using of Chinese Eight Banners to be the highest provincial officials and in charge of local powers.