Governor of the River, official name. Colloquial name

"River Terrace". Ming Yongle nine years (1411) sent Shangshu to preside over the river, after sometimes sending the squire, the imperial history, Chenghua seven years (1471) set up the river governor (referred to as the river governor, the general river), stationed in Jining, Shandong, the first general river for the Ministry of Workers Lang Wang Shu.

At the beginning of the Ming Dynasty, the Yellow River was relatively light, and the imperial court was in charge of river affairs with the governor who managed the Cao Yun. In the event of a flood, a member of the Minister of the General River was temporarily dispatched to deal with the problem, and the matter was withdrawn immediately and set up a non-permanent situation.

In the fourth year of Zhengde (1509), it was stipulated that the imperial history of the capital should be filled. In the thirteenth year of Jiajing (1534), with the title of Shangshu or Shilang of the Imperial History Processing Department, the fourth year of Longqing (1570) was added to the military affairs of the Admiral, and the fifth year of Wanli (1577) was changed to the Prime Minister Hecao and the Admiral of Military Affairs, and the eighth year (1580) was abolished.

In the thirtieth year of Wanli (1602), the imperial court divided the river and Cao again, and they did not reunite until the death of the Ming Dynasty.

He was in charge of the Yellow River, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal and the Yongding River.

The seat of governance was in Jining, Shandong, and the first river governor Yang Fangxing. In the sixteenth year of Kangxi Reign (1677), Zonghe Yamen was moved from Jining, Shandong to Qingjiangpu, Jiangsu (now Huai'an, Jiangsu).

The governor of the river was stationed in Qingjiangpu, and once the embankments in Wuzhi and Zhongmu in Henan were in danger, they were often beyond the reach of the whip.

In April of the second year of Yongzheng (1724), he set up a deputy general river, stationed in Wuzhi, Henan, and was responsible for Henan river affairs.

Two years later, the dangerous section of the Yellow River gradually moved down from Henan to Shandong, and the imperial court handed over the river affairs of Caoxian, Dingtao, Shanxian and Chengwu in Shandong, which bordered Henan, to the deputy general river.

In the seventh year of Yongzheng (1729), the general river was changed to the governor of Jiangnan River Governor Military Affairs (referred to as Jiangnan River Governor or Nanhe Governor, with jurisdiction over the prevention and control of the Yellow River, Huai River and canals in Jiangsu, Anhui and other places), and the deputy governor of the river was the Governor of Henan and Shandong River Governors Military Affairs (referred to as the Governor of Hedong River or Hedong Governor, with jurisdiction over the prevention and control of the Yellow River and canals in Henan, Shandong and other places), and managed the north and south rivers respectively.

In the event of the two rivers being involved, the two river governors negotiated and played. In case of distress, they will rush to repair on the one hand, and inform each other on the other.

Zonghe evolved into the Governor of Nanhe, who was still stationed in Qingjiangpu; The vice-governor evolved into the governor of Hedong and was stationed in Kaifeng.

In the eighth year of Yongzheng (1730), the governor of the Zhili River was established (in charge of the prevention and control of various rivers and canals in the Haihe River system).

To distinguish it from the South River and the East River (as the official documents generally call it

"Hedong"), later generations called it Beihe. This is where the name of the Three Rivers comes from. In the 14th year of Qianlong (1749), the river affairs of Zhili gradually got on the right track, and the governor of Zhili was cut and the governor of Zhili was also in charge of river affairs.

After that, there were only two governors of the river: the governor of the south river and the governor of the east of the river. The governor of Jiangnan River (Nanhe Governor) was stationed in Qingjiangpu (now Huai'an City, Jiangsu), and was abolished in the eighth year of Xianfeng (1858); The Governor of Shandong and Henan (Donghe Governor or Hedong Governor) was stationed in Jining Prefecture (now Jining, Shandong) in the 28th year of Guangxu (1902).

The civil affairs of the governor of the river include the river reservoir, the river, the river management, and the general judgment. The military ranks include river mark deputy generals, etc.

In the eighteenth year of Qianlong, the governor of the river had no local responsibilities and was awarded the title of governor. The governor of the river is a second-class official.