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| Guangping Prefecture | Daming Prefecture |
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| An essential region near the capital; the people are strong and brave. Under Tang dynasty rule, the mountain and water atmosphere was clear. From Wu'an to Pinggan, it was the Han dynasty's Longguang. Includes Yongnian. The terrain features nine autumns and five heights. Over nine thousand [units of measure]. It is 900 li A li is a traditional Chinese unit of distance, roughly 500 meters. from the capital. The earthen walls are lost among the thousand ponds and two springs of Yongnian. The land is vast and the people are healthy. | Attached to Yangping and Wei Commandery. It possesses the grand and solemn atmosphere of the Sui and Tang dynasties. Taxes are significant. It governs one sub-prefecture and ten counties. It is a vital crossroads between the Huai River and the provinces of Henan and Shandong. Annual dredging and maintenance work is quite burdensome. In winter, the military and civilians suffer under the weight of different labor duties. Most of the population consists of families from Yuancheng and Wei counties under the Ministry of War. |
| Formerly Yan Shalu, the seat of the commander of the ancient Wei city. The city walls extend thirty-eight li. Population and tax ratings are middle-middle-middle A Ming dynasty ranking system for administrative difficulty based on population, taxes, and social stability.. |
Includes Yongnian. Quyang and Guangqing (or Qing) have heavy tax burdens. Thirty-three li in size. Ranked: Burdensome-Middle-Middle-Middle.
Includes Wu'an, Qingping, and Zhangcheng. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle. Forty li in size. Ranked: Burdensome.
Includes Quanping and Hui. Ranked: Burdensome-Difficult-Middle. Thirty-three li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Taxes are assessed; the people are simple and the families are pure. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle-Middle. Forty li in size.
Covers Chiqiu, Zhangqing, and the Shui River. Ranked: Tax-Middle-Middle-Middle. Forty-eight li in size.
Belonged to Guangping in the Tang dynasty. A clear city. Ranked: Clear-Difficult-Burdensome. Eleven li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Capital of the ancient Zhao State. Located on the flat plains. Ranked: Clear-Difficult-Burdensome. Nine li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Chiqiu and the Clear Zhang River. Tax ranking: Middle. Ten li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
The river is clear and taxes are assessed. Ten li. Ranked: Difficult-Middle-Middle.
Ren County. Clear Huainan Garden and Qianhe City. Nineteen li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Julu and Longping. The people are connected. Ranked: Difficult-Burdensome. Twenty-two li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Inside Linzhang. Taxes are burdensome. Thirty li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Inside Linqing. A place of gold where the streets are heavy and the people are troubled. Thirty-three li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Fan County. Both the prefecture and counties are burdensome. Thirty li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Connects to Henan and Tongzhou. One military unit. Fifty li. The people benefit from clear celebrations. Ranked: Tax-Middle-Middle.
Ancient Suoping land. At the intersection of the provinces. Taxes and people are prosperous. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
Yicheng and Chengwu. The character of the people is thick and honest. Eighty-nine li. Ranked: Difficult-Middle-Difficult governance. Lower-middle.
East of the walls. Near the commander's territory on the river. Ninety li. Ranked: Middle-Middle-Middle.
The soil is heroic and fertile, but taxes are heavy and customs are extravagant. Seventy-eight li. The county seat is established in the suburbs. Ranked: Middle-Upper.
Wealthy and combined Left, Right, Front, Rear, Upper Valley, Lower Valley, Shunde, Longqing, Yunzhou, and the Combined Guard. The Combined Guard is located at the Prefecture.
Banner Office, Front-Front-Rear, Yulin Left and Right, Jinwu Left and Right, Huben Left and Right, Daxingqi. Hands: Left-Right, Left-Right, Front.