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... sty had nine Governor-generals, all high-ranking Regional Governors, but their statuses varied greatly.
For instance, the Governor of Zhili, Yuan Kaisheng, and the Governor of Huguang, Zhang Wenda, oversaw territories so wealthy they might as well have been sovereigns in their own right, wielding supreme military and political power.
The Governor of Yungui was often a post for ministers in disgrace, banished there. Weak in power and low in presence, they were mere weather vanes, ...
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