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The Money of State and County Officials: China's Rationalized Fiscal Reform in the Eighteenth Century (overseas Chinese Studies Library·yilikan)

(us) Zeng Xiaoping

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This book is about China before the "arrival of the West". China in the 18th century was not "unchanged", but was undergoing vigorous "change". It was a period of reform that was of great significance to the potential development of a powerful, modern China. "Returning waste to the public" was the culmination of the main area of ​​reform in the fiscal system. It not only solved various problems left over from the previous dynasty, but was also an effective and rational solution to various fiscal crises at that time. Each province implements reforms in accordance with local conditions, enjoys full autonomy, and achieves remarkable results, which is beneficial to the national economy, government officials, and people's livelihood. However, "returning envy to the public for consumption" could not permanently solve all the financial problems of the Qing Dynasty through labor reform. The reform was resisted from the beginning. Coupled with the financial requirements of the centralized state, changes in social and economic conditions, and the fundamental constraints of the traditional economic structure, the later policy of "returning envy to the public" was no longer brilliant. This is a work of "discovering history in China" and a representative work that uses archives to explore Chinese history in detail.