明朝对洮州卫的经济管理

The Economic Management of Ming Movernment in Taozhou Prefecture

洮州是内地通往藏区的必经之地,明朝从建国初年就认识到其地理位置的重要性,进行重点经营。除了建卫置堡,实施土官、僧纲等军事、政治和宗教政策外,明政府还注意加强对洮州卫的经济管理,采取"朝贡"贸易、茶马互市和军民屯田等形式的经济管理措施,有效地加强了中央王朝同以洮州一带为主的西番诸卫的联系,推动了当地汉、藏、回等民族之间的互动与交流。

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.