The local official system of the Qing Dynasty followed the county system of the Qin Dynasty, which is very similar to today, and is divided into three levels: "province-prefecture-county". To put it simply, the highest governor of a province is the inspector, the highest governor of a province is the prefect, and the highest governor of a county is the zhi county. But in practice it's far more complicated than that.
1. Governors and governors who are mutually restrained. First of all, the governors and inspectors were all feudal officials, and they were all directly under the emperor's command. The governor is in charge of the finances, taxes, and civil economies of several provinces, and pays more attention to the military; the governor oversees the finances, taxes, and civil economies of a province, and pays more attention to the economy; however, the governor is subject to the governor's moderation. "Temperance" here is not the meaning of command and management, but more like the meaning of "guidance", as for whether the inspector listens to the governor, how much to listen to, how to listen, is a metaphysics. Therefore, there are often cases of supervising each other, and even often make trouble in front of the emperor. Of course, this was also deliberately done by the Qing court to prevent these feudal officials from supporting the army and respecting themselves.
Normally speaking, the governor is Zheng Erpin, and generally adds the titles of "Bingbu Shangshu" and "Inspectorate Right Capital Imperial History" and is promoted to from Yipin; some will add the title of "University Scholar" to Zheng Yipin. There are also the Governor of Caoyun and the Governor of Rivers, who are in charge of Water Transport and River Channels. The inspector was promoted from Erpin (二品), generally with the titles of "Bingbu Shilang" (兵部侍郎) and "Du Cha Yuan Right Deputy Du Yushi(御史)", and was promoted to Zheng Erpin (正二品). Special is the Inspector of Shandong, which is not titled Zhengerpin. Therefore, it is also called "quasi-governor".
2. The Admiral obeys the orders of the Governor and the Admiral is a military attaché, from Yipin, mostly the highest commander of the Green Camp in a province. However, the Green Camp Army has always been less popular with the Qing court, so the titular status of the viceroy is high, but the actual status is low. Most of the admirals were subject to the jurisdiction of the governor and the governor, but were also under the supervision of the generals and governors of the Eight Banners.
Third, it is easier to understand that the prefect is the highest official of a province, that is, the highest official of a province. The qing dynasty's prefecture-level city was equivalent to the current prefecture-level city, so the prefect was the mayor. Most of the prefects obeyed the governors. The prefect is generally from the four pins. The more special one is Yin of Suncheon Province, who is also the prefect, but he is in the most core of the Beijing Division. The official rank is Zheng Sanpin and has great power, and the direct subordinate governor cannot directly administer it. The Qing court set up this way, but also to prevent the viceroy of the direct subordination, after all, the royal family is on his territory, and most of the time there is no inspector in the direct subordination, unable to contain the viceroy. Therefore, Suncheon Fu Yin played a role similar to that of "direct subordinate inspector". Suncheon Fu Yin also has the right to hear criminal cases nationwide, and is known as the "Small Punishment Department".
4. The Daotai is between provinces and provinces. The dodai is special, an official position between provinces and provinces. The grade is not fixed, according to the different responsibilities, most of them are positive four products or three products. There are generally four provincial-level officials: the governor, the governor, the envoy (in charge of a province's finances and taxes), and the envoy (in charge of a province's judiciary).
The Daotai was located under them, and some would be appointed as envoys and deputy envoys to assist the two envoys. The deputy envoys of the envoys are called shoudao, and the deputy envoys of the envoys are called patrol roads; some will be appointed to manage special affairs, such as the grain inspector's road, the customs road in charge of customs, the salt law road that manages the salt works, and so on.