忽必烈时期提举河渡司设置考

Investigation into Ti Ju He Du Si (An important official position) during the Reign of Kublai Khan

忽必烈时期,元朝与南宋对峙期间,曾在黄河沿岸的重要渡口设置8处提举河渡司。这一官职的设置时间并不是《元史》中记载的至元四年(1267),而应该是至元二年(1265);其目的是为了纠察向南宋的马匹走私,同时也是为了防范南宋派来的间谍、奸细;设置的地点最初是8处,但实际上并不止8处;灭宋之后大约十余年,这一官职才被废除,标志着元朝南北大一统局面的全面完成。

During the period when Yuan dynasty and South Song dynasty was confronting each other,Kublai Khan appointed 8 Ti Ju He Du Si(An important official position)along the important river crossings of Yellow River.And this should happen in 1265,instead of the year 1267 recorded by Yuan History.The appointment of Ti Ju He Du Si aimed at checking the smuggling of horses to South Song dynasty and guarding against spies from South Song.