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Hazhan: Banner Official and Governor-General during the Revolt

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Hazhan belonged to the Irgen Gioro clan of the Plain Blue Manchu Banner. Educated through the official school system, he entered service as a ceremonial officer of the Court of State Ceremonial and subsequently served in the Board of War and the central secretariat. In 1673, as t…

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Early career

Hazhan belonged to the Irgen Gioro clan of the Plain Blue Manchu Banner. Educated through the official school system, he entered service as a ceremonial officer of the Court of State Ceremonial and subsequently served in the Board of War and the central secretariat. In 1673, as the Revolt of the Three Feudatories began, he became governor-general of Shaanxi. The ceremonial post and the regional governorship were functionally different appointments and should not be treated as successive versions of the same office.

Wartime coordination and criticism

Hazhan organized grain provisioning in Shaanxi and worked on routes serving Hanzhong, Guangyuan, and the approaches to Sichuan. His memorials addressed boatbuilding, the movement of troops, and the transfer of supplies. After Wang Fuchen's rebellion and the loss of places including Lanzhou and Yan'an, the emperor criticized Hazhan for concentrating forces on his own defense at Xi'an. His service record thus combines substantial logistical organization with disputed strategic decisions.

Changing jurisdiction

As conditions in Sichuan evolved, the court at one point combined the administrative responsibilities for Sichuan and Shaanxi and charged Hazhan with the resulting governorship-general. This was not a permanent territorial definition applying to the entirety of his term in Shaanxi. Later he served as president of the Boards of War and Rites and died in 1686. Honorary attachment of a board-presidential title to a provincial post must also be distinguished from an actual subsequent appointment to preside over the board in Beijing.

Sources and Bibliography

  1. Historical source 1 — zh.wikisource.org
  2. Historical source 2 — zh.wikisource.org
  3. Historical source 3 — zh.wikisource.org
  4. Historical source 4 — zh.wikisource.org

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