First of all, let's first look at the rank of the inspector and the governor, the inspector is normally from the second product, but in most cases the imperial court will be awarded the rank of military attendant, and at this time the inspector will be highly matched to the second product. The viceroy is normally Zheng Erpin ( 正二品), but the same imperial court will generally grant the title of Shangshu of the Military Department or the Title of Right Governor of the Imperial Household, at which time the Governor will be highly assigned to Congyi Pin (從一品). Of course, whether or not the title was awarded, the rank of inspector was lower than that of the governor.
Moreover, let's look at what are the powers of the Governor of Jiangsu and the Governor of Liangjiang? Inspector Jiangsu has jurisdiction over all affairs such as civil affairs, military administration, official administration, prison, taxation and all other affairs in Jiangsu Province, and controls all the green battalion soldiers and horses in Jiangsu Province, and Inspector Jiangsu has about 2,000 directly subordinate troops, which can be mobilized without going through the Military Aircraft Department and the Military Department. The Viceroy of Liangjiang was in charge of the military and political affairs of jiangsu, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces, including military affairs, river defense, grain and salary, tax burden, prison and other military affairs of the three provinces, and also managed the dredging and embankment affairs of Jiangsu river channels, after which the power of the viceroy of Liangjiang in the middle and late Qing Dynasty was further expanded. From the fifth year of Tongzhi, the Viceroy of Liangjiang began to concurrently serve as the Minister of Trade and Commerce of Nanyang, managing the trade affairs of Xiamen, Guangzhou, Fuzhou, Ningbo and Shanghai.
It can be said that the power of the governor of Liangjiang from the perspective of rights alone is definitely greater than that of the governor of Jiangsu, after all, one is in charge of the military and political affairs of the three provinces, while the other is only in charge of the military and political affairs of one province.
But if you compare the power of the two of them in Jiangsu Province, in fact, the power of the Governor of Jiangsu and the Governor of Liangjiang is as big, no one is big and no one is small, you don't look at one is the Governor, the other is the Inspector, but the two of them are not superiors and subordinates, they are equal, their direct superiors are the emperor, they all have the right to directly face the Holy Son, and they all have the right to face the Sacred Music and the Secret Fold.
The Governor of Jiangsu and the Governor of Liangjiang are actually the relationship of mutual supervision, I look at you, you look at me, but the two of them only have the right to supervise, just like if you make a mistake, I will inform the emperor, but there is no right to govern each other, and the only one who can manage them is the emperor of the dynasty. In fact, the existence of this relationship is justified, Jiangsu and Liangjiang governors are the richest places in the imperial court, if one family is allowed to dominate, then it is bound to threaten the entire Great Qing, the Manchu Emperor will not be so stupid, he must have measures to prevent this kind of thing from happening, and let the inspector and the governor stare at each other is the best solution, so that no one can be the only one, if you want to suppress the local area, you have to rely on the emperor.
Of course, this situation of mutual equality did not exist at all in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, when Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Liangjiang, could be said to be the governor of Liangjiang, who was in power over two rivers, and the military and political affairs of the three provinces of Anhui, Jiangsu, and Jiangxi were all decided by Zhang Zhidong, and the inspectors of the three provinces could say that they had no rights and could only obediently listen to Zhang Zhidong, and what Zhang Zhidong said was what he said, and the inspectors of the three provinces did not even dare to refute it. Then at this time, whether in Liangjiang or Jiangsu, the power of the governor of Liangjiang was greater than that of the governor of Jiangsu.