Adjustment of Northern Song Circuits

Timeline

1. 1007Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Capital CircuitBased on ten years of actual grain-transport performance in Huainan, Jiangsu-Zhejiang, and Jinghu circuits, the Three Departments fixed the annual Bian River rice tribute at six million shi as permanent standard, assigning it to the circuit intendants of the Two Zhe, Jiangnan East and West, Jingnan and Jingbei, and Huainan circuits, with each circuit's transport officials accounting at year's end.
2. 1007Bianjing (Kaifeng) · Capital CircuitDing Wei authored the six-volume Jingde Accounting Records, compiling the households, annual revenue, tributes, and military expenditures of the seventeen circuits, serving as the benchmark document for evaluating circuit intendants and controlling circuit finances, marking the maturation of Northern Song circuit management from rough establishment to fixed quotas.